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The Greatest Adventure on Earth!!

Shera — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:32:57 GMT

There will always be evil in the world of hypnotized humanity. Even amongst humans who believe they are free for they fail to see that their beliefs are what block them from truly seeing the grand reality of what they really are. Generation after generation of hypnotized human beings who teach every successive generation that freedom and success depend on worshipping some form of god or in thinking a certain way, teaching them that their greatest power is within their own minds or treating others as they would wish to be treated or the ten commandments or any other lofty sounding script. But the real truth is so much better than that. Infinitely and exponentially better. And it is closer than your own breath. Closer than something you can learn. The real truth is beyond the mind, is undefineable and expresses everywhere and every when. It is not within you so much as you are within it. The greatest adventure on earth is in finally discovering who you really are. Beond beliefs and past and future, beyond your actions and skills and personality. Beyond names and identities, beyond emotions and fears and anticipations. Yet the everpresent YOU has always been here, has always been awake, enlightened, ascended or any other lofty description you can attach. The greatest adventure lies in ending our own self hypnosis through self discovery, by discovering that pain and fear and hope and manifesting and all the other things that keep us bounding like a wild pendulum are actions of our false self. If you should find yourself in a place where you find there is nothing else that you can believe in and trust. Rejoice then for now better than any time you can stop trying to hold on to beliefs which change constantly, you can stop listening to your hopes and your fears and. You can let go of everything. Everything. And discover your most amazing secret. It is not for me to guide you, I can only assure you that it is true. There have been others among hypnotized humanity who had finally gotten so tired of the game and set out to discover their own true self. They too can only give us hints and tell us about the path. They can be very helpful but dont you believe ANYTHING. Dont believe anything unless you test it for yourself first. Let go of lofty sounding spiritual axioms and words. Religions speak of this truth but without knowing ourselves, the words are only that....words. Self discovery is as simple as it sounds. Rely not on great sounding spiritual messages or channellings or books but discover yourself through self observation. Without opinion or self condemnation, wherever you are right now. Look. Discover. Notice that intrugueing property that you can be thinking about something And you can also be AWARE that you are thinking about something. There is your point of perspective. Without condemnation, without opinion--merely discover what is true and has always been true. Then and only then will you understand that the ten commandments are not commandments but the only way to live. For a self knowing individual would never "break" any of them, even accidentally. You will truly understand the phrase "take no thought for tomorrow" You will have the only thing that you will ever need, the only thing you came here for. You will never need to find love or be loving because you ARE love. You will never need to manifest abundance because you will BE abundance. You will never need to seek freedom for you will be free and can never lose that freedom. This Truth is stronger than fear and war and New World Order and hypnotized humans. If these words feel right it is because they reflect a truth that is already within yourself. And it is. Start now. Wherever you are. Start now.

Dumbest Things Ever Said in a Courtroom

Shera — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:45:21 GMT

Was that the same nose you broke as a child? Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn't know anything about it until the next morning? What happened then? He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify me." Did he kill you? Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war? The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? Were you alone or by yourself? What is the meaning of sperm being present? It indicates intercourse. Male sperm? That is the only kind I know. Can you describe the individual? He was about medium height and had a beard. Was this a male or female? How long have you been a French Canadian? How far apart were the vehicles at the time of collision? Mr. Clark, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you? I went to Europe, sir. And did you take your new wife? Do you have any children or anything of that kind? I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture. That's me. Were you present when that picture was taken? Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in? Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated? By death. And by whose death was it terminated? Do you know how far pregnant you are now? I'll be three months on November 8. Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8? Yes. What were you doing at that time? Mrs. Jones, do you believe you are emotionally stable? I used to be. How many times have you committed suicide? So you were gone until you returned? She had three children, right? Yes. How many were boys? None. Were there girls? You don't know what it was, and you didn't know what it looked like, but can you describe it? You say that the stairs went down to the basement? Yes. And these stairs, did they go up also? Lawyer: What device do you have in your laboratory to test alcohol content? I have a dual column gas chromatograph, Hewlett-Packard 5710A with flame ionization detectors. Judge: Can you get that on mag wheels? Only on the floor models. Have you lived in this town all your life? Not yet. All you responses must be oral, ok? What school did you go to? Oral. Are you qualified to give a urine sample? Yes, I have been since early childhood. Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Do you recall approximately the time that you examined the body of Mr. Brown? It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 8:30 p.m. And Mr. Brown was dead at the time, is that correct? No. He was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy!

Happy UNbirthday!

Shera — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:59:19 GMT

I have always enjoyed practicing random acts of kindness. Doing something good for someone without expecting anything in return. So for quite awhile it was random Acts of Kindness--pass-it-on cards attached to a $5 bill, left anonymously somewhere. At Christmas it was CD case calendars which cost only pennies to make and were enormously fun to make and share with total strangers. And I have been looking for something new, another way to play the game. So here it is. I have been enjoying card making--which also has been really inexpensive. A bit of embroidery thread, a few scraps of brightly colored paper, some love and attention to assemble and a place to put loving and happy thoughts. And as any card maker knows, unless you have an enormous family or circle of friends, you run out of people and occasions to give them greeting cards. So here I have a whole shoe box full of bits and bobs, a cupboard full of papers, card stock etc and all my greeting cards to date have been lovingly assembled and delivered. Yet the urge to make cards is still strong. So, a little thought flew by and said "why not connect the two?" Brilliant! Beautiful! Yes, I'd love to! So I have been happily making Happy Unbirthday cards With a short message about how I dont know you and it's probably not your birthday but I want you to have this anyway and I hope you have an enormously incredibly outrageously wonderful day. I also like to include a copy of We Are The New Civilization by Flemming Funch on the left side of the card. What a hoot! One for the first person I see in the mall, one for someone I meet walking down the street, for the lady at the grocery store counter. The looks on their faces, the love. It's best when I can do it anonymously. Oh yes, I sign my name. I am just saying that people feel better about such a gift if they arent immediately put in the situation of wondering what this crazy lady wants from them by giving them this. And wondering how to respond. So if you havent gotten one of my Happy UNbirthday cards, just allow me to wish you a very Happy Unbirthday! And hope that you have an amazingly fantastically scrump-dillyiscious day! _________________ We are the New Civilization We are here. We are waking up now, out of the past, to dream a bigger dream. We are friends and equals, we are diverse and unique, and we're united for something bigger than our differences. We believe in freedom and cooperation, abundance and harmony. We are a culture emerging, a renaissance of the essence of humanity. We find our own guidance, and we discern our own truth. We go in many directions, and yet we refuse to disperse. We have many names, we speak many languages. We are local, we are global. We are in all regions of the world, we're everywhere in the air. We are universe being aware of itself, we are the wave of evolution. We are in every child's eyes, we face the unknown with wonder and excitement. We are messengers from the future, living in the present. We come from silence, and we speak our truth. We cannot be quieted, because our voice is within everyone. We have no enemies, no boundaries can hold us. We respect the cycles and expressions of nature, because we are nature. We don't play to win, we play to live and learn. We act out of inspiration, love and integrity. We explore, we discover, we feel, and we laugh. We are building a world that works for everyone. We endeavor to live our lives to their fullest potential. We are independent, self-sufficient and responsible. We relate to each other in peace, with compassion and respect, we unite in community. We celebrate the wholeness within and around us all. We dance to the rhythm of creation. We weave the threads of the new times. We are the new civilization. ---Flemming Funch

Through hell to Paradise

Shera — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:29:56 GMT

Through Hell To Paradise You cannot learn the Self. You cannot learn consciousness. You cannot learn love. You cannot learn trust. But you can learn how you deny all of that. For this denial, there are techniques and strategies. There is either indulgence or repression, and with both there is an avoidance of simply experiencing the power and the immensity of the moment. There is a power, a force, that when it is experienced is then a force of light. It is a force of love, of consciousness, meeting itself here, deeper than ever before experienced. If it is denied or repressed, it is just the same old habit. When it is indulged, it is just the same old violence. We are speaking of a certain kind of addiction, the addiction to a pattern. With addiction there has to come a point when you see that the desire is out of your control. Maybe the addiction is physiological. Maybe it has been practiced for so long that it has its own groove. But what is in your control, absolutely, is the willingness to not move when the desire appears. The willingness neither to indulge nor repress but to not move in the fire of this impulse of thousands of years . Then you know the beauty of this fire. You know that in this moment, there is actually a willingness to die. Because the addiction to mind or to habits can be so strong that there is the sense if you don't feed the addiction, you will die. Eventually, through the maturity of the soul, there is a willingness to say, "Okay, if I die I will die. But I am not going to follow this demon down this road again." This, too, is the mind, but it is the mind in service to what was betrayed. Vigilance was betrayed, and the mind humbled by this. It feels like a descent into hell because with any addiction, the impulse is strong to get rid of the craving, to get rid of the fire. How? How? How? There are millions of ways how, but to not get rid of it, to not go numb with it, to let it burn—this is the fire. Everyone has to experience this—Oh my god, I am dying. Okay, so I am dying. I surrender. I surrender—and there is peace, there is freedom. You recognize what has never left. You recognize what is always here. In that moment, there is a break in the habit pattern. The habit may reappear, but there is something bigger than it, so it does not have the same hold on you. Do you follow this? I want you to recognize that there are many moments before the acting out. There are many choices. They happen very fast. But if you will slow them down in your mind, just slow the film of this movie down, you will see where the choices were made. Justification can arise, and a kind of thrill from the adrenaline and the power that comes with justification. There can be quick excuse making, such as, "Well, so-and-so did it," or, "It doesn't matter," or, "We're all one, it is all the Self," but this is all thought. It is all the sirens saying, Come, come back, back into where you were all-powerful, where you were in control, where you were God, where you got to say what happens. Don't follow any of it. DON'T MOVE. And an exquisite experience is revealed that can never be taken from you. And the thoughts and desires still keep coming back. Yes, good! This means that there is something still unseen, which is even more deeply humbling for the mind. Because all we are speaking of is the humbling of the mind. This is what the fire is. It is the resistance, the friction of the mind constantly seeking control of a particular situation. The refusal to follow the mind creates the fire, the burning, and if it comes back, well good! Then there must be more here to see. But there is a lot of suffering at that moment. Yes, but it is conscious suffering. This is very different from attempting to delay suffering. This is very different from following, indulging, or discharging suffering. Then suffering is spread out over time, and the suffering of the misidentification continues. To get to paradise there has to be a descent into the hell created by the mind so that you recognize you are more than that. It can be a scary descent. There is the tendency to think, No, no, I don't have to do that. It is all Self. It doesn't matter. It is all just a movie. Well that is great if it is true, but if it is just another strategy, or a covering, then the habit patterns continue. If it is all Self, then what have you got to lose? When you discover that in the midst of hell, here is God, radiant, then hell itself is liberated. Your demons, the hungry ghosts that have been haunting you and waking you up at four in the morning, get liberated. Self-criticism, self-hatred, and self-torture are liberated. The Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons of your mind, as well as the gods of your mind. Set them all free. You are sick of them. You are sick of playing with them and being played by them. The way to set them free is to be willing to not play the game. This willingness takes enormous resolve. Resolve is a little different from vigilance. Resolve comes after vigilance has been betrayed, after re-identification has set in. It is the mind's resolve to recognize the hell that has once again been created and to be here, to burn here, and in that burning, there is naturally redemption. No one is needed to come and redeem you. Redemption happens naturally. You recognize that it is all a movie, God's movie, a huge movie, and it has corner, and surprises and slopes that are undreamed of, unheard of, that even our greatest movie makers and playwrights have never touched. It is your life. If consciousness is playing this movie, why is consciousness making me go through this suffering? Why not? In every movie there is someone suffering. Would you really be interested in a story if there was no suffering? The resolution occurs when there is suffering. Suffering and the resistance to suffering are one and the same. Isn't this what the Buddha said, "Life is suffering, and there is a way out"? The way out is in. Meet the suffering directly, consciously. Christ said, "If you know how to suffer, you do not suffer." If you will recognize how it is you suffer, you will not suffer. But this must be recognized. Questioning "why" is an avoidance of knowing "how" it is that the suffering continues. Right here, in this universe, patterns of war still appear, and war is what we are talking about, right? Even though you have tasted peace, even though this universe has tasted peace on earth, how is it that conflict still has its way? This is true of every mindstream, especially in humans. War is inbred, and it has gone unmet. Now war is being made on war, and the child of that is more war. So meet that war within yourself consciously, awake, refusing to budge. In meeting war, you will find peace. If you have tasted it, then you know it is so. If you have not tasted it, it may seem impossible, but taste it anyway and see. Just take one moment in the midst of one attacking pattern and don't budge. Beneath the behavior is the energy of an emotion, and that emotion is fueled by some thought of protection from being wounded or hurt or not being seen. In the willingness to experience that wounded or hurt or not being seen, to really be wounded, really be hurt, really not be seen, then it is no big deal. Then the wound is nothing, the hurt is nothing, and you realize that you will never be seen. You are the Self. You cannot be seen. You are not an object. Do you understand? It is very courageous to ask for help, but what is often neglected is to first check and see if help is already here. You have asked for help. The next thing is to see, is help here? In this moment of the need for resolve, help is here. It is here! There is a hand outreached to all you. The greatest and highest teachers from the past are alive in you. They don't die. They are your own heart. They are the Self, as are You. A hand is being offered you throughout time. It is always there for you. I promise you this. You will see.

Illusion? Or real?

Shera — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:53:30 GMT

If your brain works.. this will be neat ! This is another example of an amazing illusion!!! The last sentence is so true. If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one color, pink. However if you stare at the black ' + ' in the center, the moving dot turns to green. Now, concentrate on the black ' + ' in the center of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see only a single green dot rotating. It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don' t disappear. This shoul d be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.

More Giggles

Shera — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:58:17 GMT

Problems & Solutions Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humour. Here are some actual maintenance complaints/problems, generally known as squawks, recently submitted by QANTAS Pilots to maintenance engineers. After attending to the squawks, maintenance crews are required to log the details of the action taken to solve the pilots' squawks. (P - The problem logged by the pilot.) (S - The solution and action taken by the engineers.) P - Left inside main tyre almost needs replacement. S - Almost replaced left inside main tyre. P - Test flight OK, except autoland very rough. S - Autoland not installed on this aircraft. P - No. 2 propeller seeping prop fluid. S - No. 2 propeller seepage normal - Nos. 1, 3 and 4 propellers lack normal seepage. P - Something loose in cockpit. S - Something tightened in cockpit. P - Dead bugs on windshield. S - Live bugs on backorder. P - Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200-fpm descent. S - Cannot reproduce problem on ground. P - Evidence of leak on right main landing gear S - Evidence removed. P - DME volume unbelievably loud. S - Volume set to more believable level. P - Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. S - That's what they are there for! P - IFF inoperative. S - IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. P - Suspected crack in windscreen. S - Suspect you're right. P - Number 3 engine missing. S - Engine found on right wing after brief search. P - Aircraft handles funny. S - Aircraft warned to "Straighten up, Fly Right, and Be Serious." P - Target radar hums. S - Reprogrammed target radar with words. P - Mouse in cockpit. S - Cat installed

The Best Way to Keep a Secret

Shera — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:41:41 GMT

"Huna" means "The Secret" by Serge Kahili King There really is a secret process that allows you to achieve just as much health, wealth, happiness, and success as you can ever desire. The funny thing is, it's never been a secret. As some people discovered an unimaginably long time ago, the best way to keep a secret is to tell everyone about it, over and over and over again in many different ways until they stop paying attention and forget about it. Then someone "rediscovers" the secret and everyone gets excited about it until it's old news and it gets forgotten again. Possibly the oldest form of the secret process is found in Huna, a name of convenience given to the very ancient esoteric knowledge of Polynesia. As a word in Hawaiian, ka huna actually means "the secret." Interestingly, this particular word has the connotation of something hard to see, not something intended to be kept hidden. The process itself is described in the Hawaiian proverb, Makia ke ali'i, ehuehu ka ukali (literally, concentration is the chief, energy is the follower), which I first translated in my 1985 book, Mastering Your Hidden Self, as "Energy flows where attention goes." In other words, to achieve all your desires, keep your focus on what you want, and not on what you don't want, a version of the secret expressed frequently in the Seth Books by Jane Roberts. Other versions of the secret process can be found in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, in Buddhist and Taoist writings, in Yoga sutras and Sufi poetry, and of course in the works of more modern writers such as Wattles, Hill, Emerson, Holmes, and many others. One nice thing about the Hawaiian version of the secret is that it includes specific instructions for putting it into practice. These instructions can be found in the roots of a little-understood Hawaiian word, haipule. The Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary defines haipule as meaning "religious, devout, pious, reverent, to worship,, to hold prayers or service, to consecrate a heiau, and a church service," but this is obviously a Christianized interpretation of this very Hawaiian word. More likely, it's original meaning as a whole word was based on the word hai (to offer) plus pule (prayer, blessing, spell). That is, haipule is a term relating to a process for making good things happen. The actual process, according to my Hawaiian uncle, William Kahili, is found in root meanings of the word. More accurately, the roots describe four ways to maintain a positive focus, which is the key ingredient of the secret. Ha, meaning "life, breath, spirit." Breathe deeply and get emotionally excited while thinking about what you want, or at least feel as positive and happy as you can. When you lose your focus, breathe deeply to get back into the present and start over. I, meaning "to speak." Speak the words that describe what you want, aloud or silently. When you find yourself speaking negative words related to what you want, stop, breathe, and go back to saying what you want instead. Pu, meaning "to issue forth, to appear like smoke." This is a poetic description of imagination. Imagine what you want in as much sensory detail as you can. When you find yourself imagining what you don't want, stop, breathe, and imagine what you want again. Le, a short form of lele meaning, basically, "to move." Whenever you are thinking or speaking about what you want, assume a positive posture and move in confident ways. When you find yourself feeling depressed, helpless or disillusioned in relation to what you want, stop, take a deep breath, and change your posture or the way you move into a more positive and confident mode. You don't have to do everything every time you think of what you want, but each method reinforces the other and helps you to maintain your positive expectation. So that's it. The secret is out. Or, as the ancient Hawaiians would have said,

Giggles

Shera — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:40:19 GMT

TOMMY COOPER - COMIC GENIUS 1. Two blondes walk into a building..........you'd think at least one of them would have seen it. 2. Phone answering machine message - "...If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key..." 3. A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts." 4. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any. 5. I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, "No, the steaks are too high." 6. My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in. 7. A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut your arms off". 8. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a muscle. 9. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it. 10. Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself. 11. Man goes to the doctor, with a strawberry growing out of his head. Doc says "I'll give you some cream to put on it." 12. 'Doc I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home' "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. ' Is it common? ' "It's not unusual." 13. A man takes his Rotteweiller to the vet. "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?" "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him" So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down." "What? Because he's cross-eyed? ""No, because he's really heavy" 14. Guy goes into the doctor's. "Doc, I've got a cricket ball stuck up my backside." "How's that?" "Don't you start." 15. Two elephants walk off a cliff...boom, boom! 16. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. 17. So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.' 18. Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my Dad, or my older Brother Colin, or my younger Brother Ho-Cha-Chu? But I think its Colin. 19. Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other "Your round." The other one says "So are you, you fat bast**d!" 20. Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off. 21. "You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said, 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice." 22. A man walked into the doctors, he said, "I've hurt my arm in several places" The doctor said, "Well don't go there anymore" 23. Ireland's worst air disaster occurred early this morning when a small two-seater Cessna plane crashed into a cemetery. Irish search and rescue workers have recovered 1826 bodies so far and expect that number to climb as digging continues into the night

Imagination

Shera — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:06:03 GMT

There's a name for the magic, that transforms lives, connects dots, moves mountains, and orchestrates coincidences that shock and astound... Imagination. And there's a name for all that stops you in your tracks, stirs fear, spins wheels, and leaves one wondering, "Hey, what's up with that?"... Imagination. Careful where you point that thing,

Where truth and Freedom Recognizes Itself

Shera — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:19:46 GMT

My dear and wonderful friends. I so want to invite you to watch this amazing clip of Gangaji http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E50Cn77TgU

The Flame of Truth. There Are no Obstacles

Shera — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:07:16 GMT

These are not my words but they echo what is in my immediate truth. I share with you the message of Gangaji http://www.gangaji.org/ The first human awakening was before Buddha, before Christ, before any of those we have heard of. An ancient, early awakening somewhere unknown. Those who could hear what this miraculous awakening had to tell were ignited with either direct, immediate understanding as their own true experience, or the desire for that understanding. Of course, most who heard were not interested. But those who were interested were caught by the flame of truth, and it has been passed from being to being until the present time. There are exquisite sutras and scriptures, hymns and testimonials that shake us, that cause us to fall flat on the floor when we read them because they are alive with the spirit of truth, with the certainty of this flame. They penetrate into our hearts with this "yes," for somehow we know this truth without even understanding what it is we know. But the most sublime truth of all has never been stated or written or sung. Not because it is far away and can’t be reached, but because it is so intimately close, closer than anything that can be spoken. It is alive as the stillness in the core of your being, too close to be described, too close to be objectified, too close to be known in the usual way of knowledge. The truth of who you are is yours already. It is already present, and the only reason that I have appeared in your consciousness is to simply confirm that. I truly have nothing to teach you. There have been many teachers who have taught exquisite and useful codes of conduct, methods of meditation, ways of living and manifesting in the world. I am simply pointing to the stillness that is alive in the core of your being and inviting you to turn your attention to That, to let That live your life. I invite you to give your questions to That and your answers to That. Give your failures and successes, choice and choicelessness to That. Give all back to where it came from, back to before creation. When we look back into history at the numbers of known sages, saints, and messiahs, we can see that awakening has been rare. Since it has been rare, we assume in our minds that it is not possible for us. Many people today say it is absolutely inconceivable for an ordinary person to simply awaken to the truth of who one is. That it is reserved for saints or for those who have demonstrated great purity or endured great spiritual practice. But this is not so. This is for you. With all of your experienced limitations, this is for you, simply because all of your experienced limitations are not who you truly are. Who you are is already on the other shore, already free, already the source of all wisdom, clarity, and beauty. Who you are is what all is, stillness itself. Awakening does not mean that this particular form you inhabit should or will be a saint, or a great artist, or king of the world. It means you can know without a doubt that who you are is not limited to form. Who you are is what the world appears in, what the cosmos appears in, what space itself appears in. There is a quickening on the Earth at this time. In this quickening is the invitation to realize where you are, who you are, who one is. If you are fully committed to that realization, there is nothing that can stop you. There is no obstacle.

Natural State

Shera — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:23:22 GMT

I drink too much coffee, it's grey and dreary outside, gotta get the fridge fixed soon, I feel guilty for yelling at my dog three days ago----but she makes me so mad, barking all night like a goof!, what's wrong with her? maybe I should take her to the vet, damm vet costs so much money...blah blah blah! Thoughts run through our head in an almost constant stream. Not so much fully expressed thoughts, but compressed into short forms and idea forms. In the same way that the words "walt disney" signify a host of happy cartoon characters or the word "buddhism" signifies barrel fulls of dogmas, thoughts and ideas. And they pass over and over in one maddening cycle. the more we get upset about this process going on in our minds, the more of a cycle of self-babble we create. All, or almost all affirming a basic belief that were not good enough and our world, our reality is not good enough just as it is. That things need to be fixed. And we create the belief, and are attracted to others who have created the same belief that we can repair all of this by seeking spiritual....elightenment. We attract and collect spiritual tools, we do affirmations, we steer our thoughts to those of love and appreciation. Anf if we are committed enough we learn to change the self talk into thoughts of harmony, creativity, power. Our search and our vibration lead us to those of like minds and to spontaneous abundance. And we sit together in love and speak of "now, how can we fix what's wrong with the world?" Yet are we still not blind to one basic truth? That our real power lies within ourselves and has always done so? That it is something that will not be found by our seeking it, not by effort, not by study, not by doing. But by just being still, if even for a moment. In that instant it will bubble up from our innermost self and shine in brilliant harmony because it is what we are. We can experience it in moments of no-thought, no-mind, such as a yawn or a sneeze, even a luxurious stretch. In those moments that we bear witness to the infinity of a starry sky, or a squirrel climbing a tree...or other such moments of total absorbtion of what is. We seem to have adopted social convention to such a degree that we think we must ask forgiveness of others for some of these natural bodily activities, that we must fill our time with doingness or thinking or planning, with creating more comfort, just all busyness. That our silent moments, or those spent in unthinking appreciation of what we are and of what is might be nice little time outs--but have little value. When we can see that human experience will always be about paradox and polarity, cold, hot comfort, discomfort, hunger, satiety and that it is very human and natural to want to make our lives better and that of others--it is a process that will never end. Yet it is perfectly alright to engage in this process. When we can see that inner peace comes before world peace, we can also KNOW beyond understanding that world peace without inner peace is an impossibility. Just one glimpse of our own inner peace reminds us of how amazing we truly are. No matter how many stories or dogmas or religions have been created around the THOUGHT of our peace; of our own omniscient freedom. The reality is the experience of it. And is closer to us in every moment than everything else. It manifests through allowing and inviting rather than actively searching for it. It is our own true state. I think we have created all our stories and our study and our trying and our busyness and our fears as a way of hiding our own light from ourselves. Our ideas of love show us that we are searching for our own basic Godness. Which leads us right back to the cosmic joke. It is not that love or peace is hiding from us, and we must seek it out through some spiritual or religious lifelong practice. It is that we are hiding from it. What a funny game we play! Actually it is kind of fun....once we realize it is a game. We can end the game if we so choose. But in total realization of our incredible glorious omniscient multi dimension infinity...we find there is no need to do so. How can we BECOME enlightened if it is what we already are? How do we FIND peace and freedom if it is what we already are? PS Tell me what you see in the posted picture

The Invitation

Shera — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:21:35 GMT

Words fail to convey. I am so blessed! Each time I begin breathwork I start with an intention. In the beginning it was to find unharmonious aspects of my own energy field in order to clear them. Secondly I began to use the time before sleep to enhance my experience of the flow of abundance. Each inbreath was dedicated to watching abundance flow quickly and easily towards me, being magnetized by the flow of my breath. The outbreath was about watching as abundance flowed outward towards that which I wish to experience and which enhances happiness in myself and all that is. Which is a kick in itself. Very worthwhile and enjoyable. And as I am free to create my own life I choose to listen to my own guidance about how to use this process called "breathwork" Today it was about "inviting" a special feeling that I have had only twice before in my life. So sweet and wonderful and pure, so blazingly bright and beautiful that even the memory of the feeling is sweeter than anything I have ever known. I was inviting a blissful feeling of total freedom. As I speak these words I recognize that we can easily say "I am Free!" and understand it intellectually...ah but the feeling that I have experienced is as far removed from that as the experience of eating your favorite dish is to the reading the recipe. Only on an even grander scale. I know, that actually looking for this experience brings me only more wanting. All I can do is invite it, put some focus on removing any unseen barriers between my conscious linear mind and the total full body/mind/spirit experience. And watch in silence and loving expectancy. Even as I watch, wait and breathe in new divine energy, breathing out old blocks whose name and character mean nothing to me. Even as I breathe I know I am doing something great. The key, I think is to breathe, focus on the breath, feel it's power, it's force it's divine essence as the universe itself. As all reality. As it returns to it's own natural grace. It is like a moving meditation, only a breathing meditation. The power isnt so much in the thoughts as in the experience. Which can never be conveyed through words. All I can really do is draw the map. The experience of breathing consciously is itself divine and fulfilling. And then I remember, not consciously, but from something much deeper and whole. The feeling is all about freedom. Nothing that needs doing, nothing needs to be focused on, nothing needs to be learned, no one's opinion needs to be addressed. No need to fly or lucid dream or speak in tongues or manifest jewels or explore issues of abundance. Nothing needs fixing. All is perfect. And it is so very real. There are situations, conditions I suppose, in which I can see myself, where even the conditions themselves are perfect. Even when they are about lack or pain or any of the other emotions or situations we try to hide from. Love is so real that it neednt even be mentioned. It is the force, the essence in which I live and move. Love just IS. Not a feeling, not an energy---but the very essence of all that is seen and unseen, experienced and unknown. There is nothing that is not love. So I am free. Free to trust, free to speak, act and think, no purpose, no duty, no need....nothing to fix.......just pure and utter freedom. Freedom that is so totally supported by ordinary humanness. Free to live in a human body without seeking enlightenment, ascension, saviors or spirituality. I am an unconditioned being living in conditions but not bound by them and in the same way have no need to change them, no need to rise above. No need to make them better for they are already perfection. No need to do more, to create more. They are already love just as they are. My dear friends, these pale words can only hint at the real experience. It is not so much that I want to share it with you, for I know this is you too. That your own real freedom lies far beyond looking for ways to become it, to experience it. It is here and now. It is always and forever. It is closer than your breath, and extends beyond the farthest stars and beyond the tiniest subquantum particle. Freedom is not about creating a new reality in which we can all be free. freedom is about understanding that we already are. What use to attempt to create freedom for others if all we understand about it is the intellectual and not the experiential? To say that this 5 sense reality is a game, makes it sound somewhat trivial and inconsequential, and to say that the real and true source is beyond this reality, also fails. To really explain the essence of things in words, can never capture the entirety. It can only be experienced. So all that is left is to close this post...speechless, free and in heart expanding galaxy creating wonder.

Love is The Seventh Wave

Shera — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:47:57 GMT

A song by Sting: In the empire of the senses You're the queen of all you survey All the cities all the nations Everything that falls your way There is a deeper wave than this That you don't understand There is a deeper wave than this Tugging at your hand Every ripple on the ocean Every leaf on every tree Every sand dune in the desert Every power we never see There is a deeper wave than this Swelling in the world There is a deeper wave than this Listen to me girl Feel it rising in the cities Feel it sweeping over land Over borders, over frontiers Nothing will its power withstand There is no deeper wave than this Rising in the world There is no deeper wave than this Listen to me girl All the bloodshed, all the anger All the weapons, all the greed All the armies, all the missiles All the symbols of our fear There is a deeper wave than this Rising in the world There is a deeper wave than this Listen to me girl At the still point of destruction At the centre of the fury All the angels, all the devils All around us can't you see There is a deeper wave than this Rising in the land There is a deeper wave than this Nothing will withstand I say love is the seventh wave Sting

Winter Me

Shera — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:18:21 GMT

One of the things that I have learned or perhaps relearned since beginning my breathwork sessions is that...Its all energy. Not good and bad energy---just energy. How many times have I walked out the door on a cold day, or stepped out of the car or a store and being met by cold wind or just rainy or cold or excessivly hot temperatures, a part of me just says "yeck! In the cold I shiver, wrap my coat around myself, bend my head down and walk as fast as possible so as to make this discomfort be over as soon as possible. But now, I am learning not to resist the feelings. A cold wind blows and I just let it go through and around me and since I am new in each moment, I dont need to recreate the memory that this is a bad expereince. I just approach it as if for the first time. Cold....and watch how my body responds with a deliscious shiver. Quite delightful really. The more I appreciate this experience, the more I discover the power that is in the feeling, the power in emotion. Without judging it good or bad or making any intentions of whether it should go or stay, I discover how amazing it really is to live in this human body. Priceless gifts, insights and expereinces only a heartbeat away! What a priceless gift to be human! Now I can walk out my door and think "Okay, Winter me" and accept the sensations, appreciate the ALIVENESS in the moment. And then notice how much I enjoy and appreciate real warmth after that. Each moment is a new opportunity to experience the beauty in it, in the changing panorama, changing seasons. Change is the only constant. I want to embrace it all. Aint it all just so delightful??!!

Thar Be Treasure Here!

Shera — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:38:47 GMT

I love you so much!! What an awesome reality, incredible depth, beauty, fierce raw creative loving force! I am still floating, what might the other dimensions of me be doing I wonder. Oh how deliscious! I started my breathwork session today with a prompting of great fatigue that seemed to just wash over me without warning. I trusted my instinct that said "breathwork" Simba helped by laying on my chest for awhile to remind me to lift my stomach rather than just my chest. Diaghram breathing. yes, thank you Simba. Time goes by and breaths come and go. I find again that my outbreath is shaky, like something inside me is not ready to just "let it go" So rather than just focus on "breathing right" I explore the feeling, watching as I breathe out shakily. It feels like I am straining, gosh, maybe that's why they call it breathWORK. As I find I always do when I am straining, I am arching my neck---at least a little. I dont remember when I didnt have tension in my neck. Not often panful, but tense. My Xrays at my chiropractors shows that my neck is straight rather than curved like it should be. Curved like the countour of the earth. I find myself focusing on my neck and the tension there. Rather than trying to alieviate it I just notice, feel how it is tight, a little painful and feeling very restricted. It seems like a long time but I just watch and notice. I see in my mind's eye a softly curling C. I dont look for it--it just shows up by itself. My breath becomes raspy and dry throated. And I cough without consciously meaning to. Whoa! Instant dizziness, disorientation. My head is exploding, a cold wind is blowing though my body. I am so cold and shaking. Why did I do this? Why did I agree with myself to undertake such an experience! What a flippin idiot I am! But I continue to just notice and feel because there is also a part of me that is aware that there are great treasures for me here. My whole body is vibrating as I breathe out now. So cold...and...lonely. Lost. Slowly the feeling dissippates and I notice as a vertebrae in my neck seems to just let go some of the tension...it feels loser somehow. Was there a memory there somewhere? Perhaps. But perhaps not ready for it yet. Only opening the door for a peek. My breathing is returning to my normal conscious connected flowing. And I notice a pressure in my upper thigh. Like someone is poking me with a finger. Just checking with my body--nope--it's not me...even moving my hand...the feeling is still there. A little painful..but mostly pressure. I notice as the feeling flows into more of a deliscious warm electric glow and slowly spreads. Then I remember that as a young teenager I had really bad growing pains in my upper thighs. I grew a lot that year and was led to understand that was the reason for my pain. I still have them sometimes and no, at 50 I dont think I am growing taller. I recall how these awful pains were just one more reason to see my body as not so friendly. I wonder how I forgot that. I had already been made perfectly aware by the church and my baptist mother that my body was by it's very nature..."sinful" So a conscious part of me replaces those thoughts with how wonderful my body is, how it is a home away from home so to speak...and I let the old unharmonious thoughts go with my outbreath. Dont need those anymore. The warm glowing feeling in my upper thigh grows and my hands are vibrating with the same glow.....humming almost with sweet deliscious electricity, even moving them, spreading finger, clasping and uncasping..the feeling continues. The air I am breathing in is sweet and deliscous. This is such powerful and amazing stuff! Awesome! I accept my body's wisdom that is saying to have a GOOD BIG STRETCH...and it feels so good. Slowly I return to...balance...and find peace and beauty and sunshine waiting there for me..as it always is. Like a wonderful unconditionally loving friend that never goes away, one who comes back no matter how many times you ask him to leave. And is always so very welcome. Freer, lighter--oh my! Oh yes, and my neck feels great! In peace, I just lay still and relax in the feeling. Entering into a meditative state, where I am an angel, wispy and light. floating upwards, laughing, happy, giggling. Thinking oh how delightful! Life. With all it's paradoxes and pain and duality. How FUN! Bless it all. Deep and wonderful, soaringly lighthearted love to you and all.

Still Waters Run Deep

Shera — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:30:31 GMT

Today's exploration into breathwork certainly wasnt as dramatic as yesterdays. Except for a few times when I came back to the present with start: I'm not breathing! It wasnt that I was struggling for air or anything, I just realized that I wasnt breathing. At all. So I calmly returned to the process. I am still learning---or perhaps relearning how to breathe in this way. But the more I reach those states of effortless flowing connected breathing I feel that our bodies already know how to breathe the right way and do so very well as soon as the ego is silenced...as in sleep. So nothing really dramatic today. That's okay too. I know that still waters run deep and even when nothing appears to be happening, wonderful things are taking place below the surface. I do want to say how good connected breathing feels. Energizing and calming at the same time. Like low grade electricity or sunshine reaching the deepest parts of me with love and laughter. The learning curve is definitely fun and interesting...I am still excited about this process. Now as I move about in this 5 sense world, I find a new kind of peace with the world, eyes more open to what is around me and more prone to have a good thought first. rather than worried or anxious. oooo the universe is hugging me!

Layers and Layers

Shera — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:55:46 GMT

I am learning a new skill. A short while ago I became interested in Breathwork as a means of helping me clear some old issues, some of which I am aware of, some of which I have repressed long ago. Apart from the fact that I dont have the financial resources to give a stranger several thousand dollars for my own higher growth, I also reserve the right to make my own choices and as such have decided to go it alone. I accept that I am safe and that my body is smart enough to take care of me in any event. So, laying down, breathing in an even and continous manner, no gaps between breaths, always focusing on my breathing. Deep breaths. In the past while doing this I always found I ran out of breath....which appears to me a good indication that I could use some attention on this......well I did again...but continued anyway. The time is right I suppose. It's a strange and unusual feeling. In a few moments it feels like my skin is breathing light, still struggling, or not quite so comfortable with the whole process, I move in and out of harmony with my breathing. Sometimes relaxed and even, sometimes it seems amazing that I have the feeling that I cant get enough air even though I am breathing deeply, so I just perservere. It helps when I remember to relax. Extra oxygen does some pretty cool things really. It begins to feel like I am somehow lighter and more expanded. It feels like the air in the room knows me and loves me. There are a few cramps, itches and twitches. I just let them be, breathing them out, they pass. Again I am struggling for air it seems and one of my "attendants" comes to lay against my arm. Her loving presence speaks of her caring and support. She is actually a dog who lives with us and an amazing creature in her own right. It is clear to me that no amount of money could buy the services of such wonderful non-judgemental, loving attendants. No meditation journey or breathwork is unattended by the 2 cats and one of the dogs that live with me. It's like an unspoken pact we have. My arm is burning. Had I not been having similar but much lesser experiences for the last 10 minutes or so I would have thought it really was burning. Quick check in with my body, wiggling fingers, yep, still there...arm asleep? no. So I continue to breathe the pain, the burning, staying open to an answer if there is one here. It lessens and goes away in time....and then I remember that there was a time when I was about 10. I had been entertaining a kid that my Mom was babysitting. Then somehow I fell and to break my fall I had stretched my hand out so I wouldnt fall on him. He was pretty little. I had sprained my elbow. And I so resented that kid. He cried often and loud, and sure enough, he got most of the attention....and certainly a nicer kind of attention than I felt I ever got. I carried that pain with me, never even told anyone I sprained my elbow. Just kept it to myself as I fed my own hate and resentment. So, now I can own it, I can allow the pain without regrets, without denying, without self blame or rejecting. Just let it flow, breathe it out, own it, accept it. And slowly as this progresses I discover once again the underlying truth of all my experience. That I am an amazing being, created in love, out of love, that I am sweet and precious and wonderful. The sun returns, my heart somehow washed and clean. I lay quietly, hugging myself, breathing, waiting to see if there is anything more I can process here, any more information or feelings. Another remembrance. I spent my whole childhood it seems, convinced that I was a horrible child, that I was responsible for all of my Mother's problems, that she loved me only because I was her kid and it came with the job of mother. A realization that I would never have dared to share with another living soul Guilt and self hate wash over me and I am crying. Even though I am still fully aware that I am really okay, I can still feel the feelings. I am crying and my favorite attendant comes to give me puppy kisses. I touch her soft fur and cry. God I cant breathe right and cry at the same time. Maybe nobody can, I dunno. Maybe that's how we stuff our feelings in the first place. The feeling slowly passes. I let it flow. Focusing on breathing in a circular continous motion. The feeling gone, just still feeling vulnerable, another attendant, Moki drapes her body across my knee. I spend a long time, just breathing, letting everything flow, welcoming that sunny feeling of love, joy and self acceptance bubble up from the well spring of my heart. I thank each one of my attendants for their loving support and for holding the energy with me. Now, I feel cleaner, fresher, lighter, stronger. I know there is so much more within, layer upon layer and I am happy to dig. In total safety, I can own it all. I am free. I am love. Until I clear these issues they will continue to sit in my energy field, unobserved but certainly there. But once I own them, take responsibility in loving acceptance of the incredible being that I am.....all limits are off!

Ah What we Could Learn From Nature

Shera — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:31:52 GMT

The following dialogue from a recent Ant movie: In this scene an ant is speaking with a human child: Ant - "So this city of yours, it's like a nest?" Human - "Ah, yea, kind of" Ant - "And the humans that live there are all brothers, working together for the greatness of their colony?" Human - "Well, not exactly, it's a little more like, you know, every man for himself." Ant - "But that's so primitive. How does anything get done?" Human - "Some people work together. Ant - "Some. Why not all?" Human - "I suppose it's because their differences." Ant - "But it's the differences that make a colony strong. Foragers, scouts, drones, nurses, regurgitaters. All are different but an essential part of the whole. This is where we ants draw our strength."

Weston's Brithday Wish

Shera — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:50:27 GMT

In joy and love I pass on a birthday wish of a wonderful conscious godbeing in my network. If it is in you, feel free to pass on the message as well. To all of you whom I am lucky enough to call my friend, both new and old, near and far, greetings I'm deeply grateful for your presence in my life. As some of you know, some of you don't and some of you have chosen to forget due to my own lackluster record at remembering birthdays, this Tuesday the 20th I'm turning 27. I have one wish to extend to all of you on that day. Phone calls, e-mails and gifts are not necessary. All that I ask for from you is to show your gratitude for all the amazing friendships we share in this life by giving a meal to someone in need. It could be Monday nights dinner left overs, a burrito from the corner, cliff bars from the gas station, anything to fill a empty stomach. If everyone that I've talked to steps up to the plate and follows through we will feed a 150 people on Tuesday. If everyone in-lists one friend, a few students, colleagues or family members we will feed well over 300 people between LA and Italy! That would be the greatest gift I could ever ask for. If for some reason this is not possible for you a simple random act of kindness directed towards a stranger would be wonderful as well. So go out and spread your love with the world on Tuesday (and everyday for that matter) and in that deep love please include me. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, for all you are and all you have given to this mad beautiful world. Be Excellent to Yourself, Weston

Did You Ever.....

Shera — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:35:18 GMT

Do you ever just burst out laughing, when you suddenly remember that I'm always with you, right by your side, marshalling the troops, summoning legions, moving mountains, constantly planning for the best of times? The very, very best of times. The Universe

Dont GoBack To Sleep

Shera — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:15:03 GMT

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Dont go back to sleep You must ask for what you really want Dont go back to sleep People are going back and forth across the threshold where two worlds touch. The door is round and open Dont go back to sleep. RUMI

The best use of our time is learning to flow our energy constructively.

Shera — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:52:56 GMT

The daily practice of "turning on," meaning flowing out our open-valve energy to stretch our God-consciousness, is what will turn the daily-living tide for us. But for "turning on" to have any effect, we need to do it often - at work, in the car, in the subway, brushing our teeth, mowing the lawn. The more we stretch to those higher universal frequencies, the more we'll change electromagnetically. The more we change electromagnetically, the happier we'll be. The happier we become, the faster our manifestations will come. The faster our manifestations come, the happier we'll be. The happier. . . . Remember, if it's negative emotion, it's strictly third-dimensional and physical. If it's positive feelings, it's the pure positive energy of our Godself, the same stuff that runs the Universe. That's what we're after. That's what we want running our bodies and our lives, and that's what we must consciously stretch to obtain, every moment of every day that we can possibly remember to do it. But just like revitalizing an unused muscle, our consciousness will only get where we want it to be by stretching it. . . a little today, a little more tomorrow, a little more the next day. . . until stretching becomes a habit, Until we can know in an instant, by how we feel, what kind of energy we're flowing out, therefore, what we're attracting, Until we can Flip-Switch from negative to positive flow in a heartbeat, Until we can watch the world around us crumble, and know that all is well, Until we can flow appreciation and love and wonder to any one, any time, Until we can allow our desires to manifest, Until we can laugh at the lessons of contrast, Until we understand, without the tiniest shadow of doubt, that we have created it all, from the most ghastly to the most fantastic, Until we can know, from the depths of our beings, that we are never alone, Until we know that no one, dead or alive, is now or ever has been, any greater than our very own self, Until we can manifest our desires in shorter and shorter increments of time, Until we can look at death and feel the joy of rebirth into one's Godself, Until we can stand with the strength and knowing of a true master, Until all of our old, destructive beliefs no longer deter our well-being, Until we live more often than not from our divine intuition, Until we know the universe and we are one. . . Until we arrive at these places - which we can do very soon - we stretch and stretch and stretch our God-consciousness, daily. And even then, we stretch! We live as we vibrate, not as we decide.

I Am RICH!

Shera — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:28:05 GMT

This morning I searched my wallet. It was empty. Then, I checked my pockets. I found a few coins. I then searched my heart and found you. Then, I realized how rich I really am...

Just Pass It On

Shera — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:30:30 GMT