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May 27, 2009
If it’s working for you and, you don’t proselytize, why not? No need to look further! Or, is there? Truths have a ‘trickle down effect’ such that most never get it or, it’s there in plain sight but ‘invisible’ for personal reasons to each. Is Jesus the only answer? Are you better off with Jesus or, on some other path to truth? Any doubts about Jesus need to be examined now, before the end!

A little background on where I come from: I was raised as a happy sunday school, church going child in small town America. From earliest memories through teen years, my moments in the church were pleasurable and, continued when meeting and falling in love with ‘the minister’s daughter’ in my late teens. Then a strange phenomenon happened as our love deepened – Jesus disappeared! Not that he wasn’t still there but the skies opened to new insights into a ‘godliness’ that each of us had never known.

Both of us came from totally, non trauma childhoods where love and attention were abundant. In essence, and to our surprise, we out grew a need for Jesus, in a sense we were ‘saved from Jesus’! One insight from this experience, upon reflection, is that each person, who wasn’t as blessed with total love and understanding, needs to focus on methods to heal the wounds totally. Healing emotional/mental wounds is possible!
Always look at wounds as ‘blessings’ in disguise to deepen the understanding and compassion for life’s insights and, as assets in helping others to heal too.

It may seem like a scary, frightening step into the unknown to move beyond ‘religious crutches’ that have helped one in the darkest of nights but, there is light beyond that fills one’s soul. New information has been revealed and is trickling down to reveal that the ‘Jesus Story’ as well as most of the biblical stories have been around in different cultures long before Jesus. In essence, it’s a borrowed story! Valuable, but to a point, when the fortunate can see beyond religious stepping stones. God, which is life, requires tuning in and turning on to love and it’s infinite manifestations. Now is the time to unfold your own myth! (stream of consciousness)
Who Was Jesus? Christ in Egypt

Companion Guide to ZEITGEIST
Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of The Christ image

Arhata

May 26, 2009
Do you need ‘healthy pest control’ for the nonsense that floats in your mind oblivious to your inner self’s wishes? Cold hearts and busy minds are to be avoided no matter the cost. A cold heart is a blank heart runneth over by the mind of gibberish much ado about nothing, when the story has been told.

The heart is a toilet for the mind to those that ignore the heart that fills with nothing but mental garbage. The mind is always being insatiable for more surface self serving ‘pitter patter’ of spinning facts that only escapes it’s prison by poisoning the heart. Looking for love in all the wrong places, really means in any room in the mind that gasps for feelings of the heart. The mind that doesn’t position itself in communication with the heart is the mind that gets lost in itself and always feeling complaints.

The heart has eyes, ears, and feelings that interprets the finer, higher qualities in life. The heart is a stimulus and yet, a filter for the mind to not give meaning and soul to life’s mysteries. The mind alone thinks the heart is just a glob of pumping blood instead of something that adds deep and, ‘heartfelt’ meaning to life. The mind never escapes from that which it wants to. The ‘escape means’ is found in the heart that releases judgments and gives out ‘feeling words’ of compassion and understanding.

Life is a curse of swimming upstream without the full, healthy participation of the heart. Side effects of a mind with a clogged, cold heart are colored by negativity, fears and, self doubts. Everyday is a new ‘birthday’’ for those that move to the riches of the heart. Nurturing of the heart prevents it’s fatal expressions that ignores love’s many blessings. Living from the heart of awareness is to reach to life’s highest pinnacles.

May 24, 2009 Dyslexia is a specific reading disability due to a defect in the brain’s processing of graphic symbols. Dyslexia is a learning disability that alters the way the brain processes written material. Also, the ability to feel love in strong degrees is thwarted in most people by lack of prior experienced love, unresolved traumas, and general continuing misinterpretation of what that ‘feeling’ is particularly, when ‘fears’ cloud the experience.

Love is a very mysterious phenomenon to those that have been conditioned from early childhood to see and feel activities that don’t reinforce comfort and a feeling of belonging, instead having feelings that engender fears of death, abandonment, and punishment. Parenting from parents who have developed their own self love is key. Circumstances surrounding conception, birth, and general positive attentiveness in early childhood create an inner map of response into and throughout adulthood. ‘Reading dyslexia’ can be readjusted to normal as can misinterpretations or, absence of love, although more challenging.

More and more, many disabilities stemming from childhood are being examined for solutions to correct to form clear and healthy experiences. Love is the most important feeling known to merge one harmoniously with life. Blocks to seeing love and it’s many qualities such as compassion, sensitivity, joy, bliss, empathy, sadness, grief and all positive feelings, are at varying degrees and levels in nearly everyone. To ‘see straight’ both from the mind and heart is not represented on a consistent basis for humanity in general. Then there is usually a resultant ‘biological’ interference with the heart and mind causing an inability to see and feel love apart from ‘biological’ needs.

In late teens and early adulthood, romantic experiences (or lack thereof) are frequently tethered to misinterpretations and misconceptions of the healthy expressions of love. Trauma gets lumped onto unresolved trauma, confusing the ability to see and feel love at it’s highest levels. Then there is the inappropriate invasion of old religion values and beliefs amounting to ‘guilt’ and fear, that are a mixed message of helpful and further destructive to the self realization of love and it’s permanent encounter with the individual.

Love needs to be experienced ‘full on’ at all moments of living to create an individual and collective consciousness in the world. Peace is not possible without adjusting and eliminating love’s blocks and the ‘dyslexia of love’

May 23, 2009
Love is like a good nourishing meal that one wants to keep coming back to. Eating fast foods takes care of one’s immediate needs but leaves one feeling a little empty, unsatisfied, and aware that it was convenient and, ‘cheap’. Flip-floppin’ through life is to miss the real goodies and blessings. On-again-off-again-on again-off-again, flip floppin’ around in circles and going no where!

Feeling happy then unhappy, etc., with anyone is either YOU or them creating it and, it shouldn’t take a genius to figure it out! It’s likely both of you are blocked in giving by a ‘resistance in the energy’ otherwise known as ‘unresolved issues’. Friendships and loves never stop when one is clear, at least in one’s own mind and heart. Those that are left out to pasture are really YOU leaving the discovery of the love and compassion within you ‘held back’.

Real friends and loves always keep the door of communication open as circumstances change, savoring the past moments that were so precious. Real love lasts forever, false, flip flop love seeks reasons to run, ignore, blame, fear, etc. One who ‘flip-flops’ fears closeness and the communication of that closeness. Past ‘trauma’ is no excuse for not acknowledging it, resolving it, and, apologizing for ones lack of communication and closeness which always occurs in these situations.

Flip-flopping has a beginning and an end without ever really having begun the best parts! Love, has no beginning and no end, as difficult as that may be for most to understand, it’s ‘real’. Flip-floppers can never change unless they find someone who doesn’t do the ‘on-off’ and, will accept open communication in all cases. That takes courage. The fear of ‘rejection’ is strong in those with unresolved fears but, must be faced to begin clearing the obstacles to inner freedom. Each is either their own worst enemy or best friend imaginable and, that inner best friend will send an energy out for another who feels the same. (stream of consciousness)

May 22, 2009
The great disease of man is seriousness. The cure is to lighten up, let go and, laugh! Never forget the ‘goofball’ inside and allow it to come out at any moment. Seriousness creeps in over time consuming one’s very nature that arrives at the point of always being ‘dead pan’ and negative about life in general. Serious people are at the root of all
disconnection among people.

Anger, discontent, unhappiness, jealousy, reactionary, grumpy, negativity and all fears are exacerbated by ‘seriousness’. Life becomes much more of a joy to live when laughter is always parked inside be it just a smile or an inner stream of ‘private humor’. Happiness is always fueled by the ability to see humor and ridiculousness in life. Laughter and a yawn are contagious and hopefully the antidote to someone else’s seriousness!

In the years of doing ‘public free speech displays’ that engenders both smiles and anger, I can definitely attest to the fact that my ability to have ‘inner laughter’ has been a trump card to a feeling of success and, accomplishment at the end of the day. In my years of calling on and seeking business from many executives and attorneys on Wall St. and, to counter their sometimes stress, a light heart with practical seriousness clearly made the experience rewarding – even without prospects of a sale!

Early in my shortened 20 year career in sales in Manhattan, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, a business associate, trying to be helpful, told me to not be so serious and have fun. Always one to consider constructive criticism as an opportunity to make a correction, I spent the next few months reading about laughter and practicing it until one day someone said ‘you always have a smirk or smile’.

Learning to genuinely laugh and smile both inner and outer is without a doubt, one of life’s great blessings – check out a new born child’s grin, when they’re not crying! Laughter is a great stress reducer even if it’s for the one not smiling or laughing. Think about ‘disharmony situations’ and always at least one forgets to laugh. Inner laughter is fuel for deeper self love and love of all. Make frequent ‘deposits’ in the ‘love account’ with a little humor and laughter. (stream of consciousness)

May 21, 2009
Clearly ‘dogs best friend’ is ‘woman’ and however, arguably, man’s best friend is a dog as he can’t seem to move close to a woman without introducing ‘sex’ into the equation! Studies show that when it comes to intimate care of the dog, women are far more motherly. As man’s use in the world continues to diminish as women will enjoy more and more the company of dogs as well as children emanating from ‘sperm banks’.

Consciousness in a more enlightened world is seeping out of the cracks of a male dominated, violent world for the first time in recorded history. Man’s usefulness was mainly to keep production of humans continuing. Time has begun to reveal that sperm banks need few men to supply for hundreds of women much as fewer bulls are needed for cows to produce milk or calves. This reality also applies to chickens and roosters, where there are many chickens (females) to roosters.

Man once was needed for woman as a protector from dangerous animals, also however, man and his anger/violent nature has taken the place of dangerous animals. Man has outlived his position for the same kind of protection. Peace on the planet will slowly arrive as male population is reduced and the small percentage that is continually left will
have no need to live in frustration from lack of sex as they will be in great demand.

Ironically, women often have dogs to protect them from ‘stranger men’. When I do my morning ‘nite walks’, I never see a woman alone without a dog, I presume she just doesn’t get up at 4 am to walk the dog!

I’ve read where ancient man created the ‘god’ word as a result of being scorned by woman resulting in bonding with his dogs or, sheep. The pleasure was so great that to commemorate the dog, he turned around the letters and created a word to express his happiness. Apparently that’s the origin of the word ‘God’ and it’s meaning! Life and love has ‘nothing’ to do with the word God!

May 20, 2009 Have been hanging out with my best friend everyday and,
having a great time – how about you? Friends are like eating from a box of
chocolates, with your eyes closed, never know what youll get! Actually,
stick with the box of chocolates! Seriously, friends come on all different
levels of connecting from the friend you say hi to, to the one that is bonded
to you under all circumstances.
It?s a lot about positioning friends either close or just as hello friends.
Being too close can create expectations that may not be forthcoming. Few
are even their own best friend and, will likely treat you no better than they
treat themselves. Value friends and value acquaintances, through discernment consider which
friends are better as acquaintances and which acquaintances are better as friends.
Be your own best friend ?rst and always ?nd solace in that as people come and go throughout
life ?lling the memories with joy and yet, sometimes with disappointment. Always know that
many have ?motives? for friendship and not all motives are bad, but
some will prove to amount to ?false friendships? once the motive, conscious or
unconscious, is ful?lled or, was an illusion anyway. The ?open of heart? with no
motives but sincere friendship, become vulnerable to what may amount to
?vulture friends? who pick at what satis?es them until they ?nd no more of what
that was.
Fair weather friends are as common as leaves on a tree that eventually turn
color and fall off. As one loves oneself more, attracting fair weather friends
becomes minimized.
Close friends are treasures to be valued. Lovers and relatives are best as
ongoing friends but, some become acquaintances or perhaps even strangers as
does happen with friends in general. Often friends are for a ?time and place? and,
open doors to gifts in the moment and, may pave the way to a very different
future.
Divine friends are found in all the many qualities of love, be it compassion,
sensitivity, and all heartfelt blessings.

May 19, 2009
During these ‘medication times’ where the pharmaceutical companies are salivating over skyrocketing earnings by selling to people’s gullibility, it’s important to not forget the old fashion one that having enough of, would likely negate being drugged up. Love, on it’s many levels, could put the pharmaceutical companies out of business. ‘Drug stores’ are no longer the ‘corner drug store’ with the fountain offering sodas and ice cream.

Belief is a drug! Create ‘doubts and beliefs’ to sell to the vulnerable mind and, own it.
Love has nothing to do with belief as belief is merely a lagniappe or placebo to give to the
naive, unquestioning minds that look for ‘magic cures’ and solutions. Most minds seek the ‘feel good’ answer to relieve doubt, fear, and pains to hurriedly facilitate moving on to the next moment. The population is given ‘medically approved drugs’ with ‘side effect warning’ that are as unspecific as listening to the weatherman’s forecast a week in advance.

Running on fumes sooner or later needs another placebo to alleviate the same, paid in hope of seeing promises in the sky. Cure-all-drugs are supplanting religion as the answer to what ails one. The created dilemma manifested by the cocktail of drugs and religion creates a ‘new drug’ that exacerbates the problem further creating a looping scenario of ‘problem – reaction – solution’ – then the drug peddlers are happy again and again.

Love and meditation are best looked at as one and the same. Meditating or, loving are both healers of the mind, heart, and frequently the damage to the body done by the mind and heart. Love can be enhanced by the resonance of another like, tennis is much more enjoyable with a partner – especially one with similar skills and passions. Body building, gymnastics and track are essentially building skills alone as meditation builds love alone.

Check in to your local ‘Love Store’, er… guess that doesn’t make any money! If you have no idea what to do, focus on breathing deeper and paying attention to everything that is natural then, be discerning. Raise the level of love and, ‘self medicate’ the natural way!

May 17, 2009
Did I enjoy my years playing with the Washington Redskins as a 6’ 3” 235 lb. tight end? On Wall St., I worked in account management for a financial firm with an ex famous pro ‘place kicker’ for the New York Giants, named Pete Gogolak. At the time, I appeared to look like a football player. Pete came up to me one day in the office and, said he remembered me playing for the Washington Redskins. Having a good sense of humor, I just put my hand on his shoulder and said with a smile, ‘you have a good memory’ as I quickly changed the subject.

Judgments with out the proper facts and/or, a personal spin on facts, true or not, can create unnecessary difficulty for those ‘imprinted with false, and sometimes libelous information. In it’s more dangerous manifestation, it can be a ‘frame up’ that can have life changing and perhaps disastrous consequences. More and more, we hear of ‘rush to judgment’ cases from minor ‘domestic violence scenarios’ to murder cases where the alleged ‘guilty one’ has been incarcerated for life only to be vindicated years later because of new technology called DNA testing.

How many lead their lives imprisoned in others perceptions of them that have little to do with the reality of things. The ‘football story’ was humorous as rumor word spread and, in a football fanatical society, people put their own impressions or positive judgments on the information without my ever confirming or denying the allegations. The ‘framed picture’ in others minds, can have ‘fun’ consequences or, disastrous ones. One in particular that began as fun, ended up being framed in more places than I can account for, incurring judgments that were a bit ‘uncomfortable’.

It all began in Venice Beach at my Center where I became involved with a most unusual girl who strangely, resembled me enough to look to be very related. As a joke,
the story began in a moment that, several months into our relationship, we discovered that our middle names were the same (true) and, in a ‘prankish moment’ we said we could be father and daughter to several people that day. Other than chuckling about it for a few days, we forgot about it, until a neighbor brought it up in disbelief. Even though we opted the truth out, the story grew as ‘rumors’ seemingly do, all over, ‘framing us into a picture that created much judgment. Clearly an innocent action that turned into implications beyond our imagination, all perception quickly lowered into judgment.

Examining situations from all angles, searching for the truth is imminently only second to the deep inner knowing and love of oneself that manifests into one being able to see the truths through falsity and, with only positive judgment.

Arhata

May 15, 2009
Ego’s are too small but, find ways like the male Chihuahua dog when
encountering a female great dane, to stretch beyond who they are.
Downsizing one’s ego that’s unprudently inflated beyond usefulness,
is the beginning of wisdom. However, cultivating a strong and big ego
is healthy. To see that you are ‘natures’ manifestation of ‘godliness’ is
to know and love oneself.

Out of rising into a positive ego one reaches a ‘superego’ or, the
consciousness of the mystics and a peace of mind into uncharted areas
of inner joy and bliss. Instead, being
the
‘artful dodger’ of the fragile ego is to meet oneself time and again
in a false sense of glory bouncing down to the self doubting critical.
To wake up ever day with a clean, clear fresh slate is to live in the state
of ‘superconsciousness’.

To ‘loot the mind’ of all unnecessary ‘riff raff’ is to reach the mountain
peaks of consciousness. Emotions and mind with ‘shackles’ are always
going to be in need of repair and then, into involuntary breakdowns, on
and on. Attempting to ‘lower the ego’ is akin to the teenager who feels
guilt over masturbation and, promises himself to put a halt to it… tomorrow.
Staying in the mind of guilt, denial, ignorance, illusionary fears, and
fragile ego, is to stunt all growth into consciousness.

‘Seeking’ anything, especially the answers to life, is a short journey but
one which is usually never ventured into. ‘Stone age minds’
create all
the internal and social disfunction in this chaotic world. The ‘general
thought’ of downsizing the ego is nothing but a support mechanism for
the vast ‘coffers of psychotherapy’ that serve to promote a
culture/business of endless healing much like the billion dollar ‘weight loss’
industry – temporary placebos!

Use of aerobic yogas and meditations is not something one will find in
the university psychology books or the offices of therapists who’ve
likely forgotten that healing begins first with ‘thyself’! Process and
evacuate the self from the ‘small ego’ that anchors one down, in a trade
for a ‘helium like superego’ that redefines the experience of life and love.
(stream of consciousness)
Arhata