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December 28, 2009
Mother Earth’s occupants need realize that the male dominated world has come to a ‘tipping point’ of disaster. Sensitive, loving males have little power but to encourage the female to stand tall replacing male energy and freeing humans from the perpetual shackles of hate, violence and, fear that permeates even the new born. Man needs to become more like conscious woman and, woman needs to become more like the conscious, compassionate male.

ALL religions are male dominated for control of the masses. All aspects of religion are fear driven to relegate both the female and submissive males to a ‘puppet likeness’. All religions stamp their ‘newborn’ with ‘their’ programing hoping it saves them from ‘who knows what’ or, for some ‘father in heaven’. ‘Teach thyself first’ and then, teach the young by example of love, kindness, awareness and, discernment followed by the ‘freedom of choice’. All the ‘relic religions’ give similar thoughts in differing words of the ‘right way of living’ but, mixed with ‘ancient rubbish’ that makes sense (arguably) only to ‘religious spokesmen/salesmen’ for personal gain.

Technology, since the advent of the industrial revolution in the early 20th century, has been magnified thousands of times, not even recognizing that which has not been unveiled, for economic and other ‘male domination reasons (think military)’. On the other hand, humans are still struggling with barbaric religions that until the 20th century, few even had the chance to read. With the advent of printing presses and the rise of millions of religious salesmen using these ‘books’, mankind has been gullible enough to not see beyond the ‘book or, in other words think outside the box (book)’.

Women, particularly in the Western world, are becoming more free to determine their own destinies. The historical subjugation by male abuse and usury has left wounds which still are apparent in holding females back from their loving, common sense powers that they have used as mothers when possible. When the female, in reality, becomes the equal (albeit, different) to males, the survival of humankind will reach a balancing point followed by the evolution of the spirit of life everywhere. We have the internal technology to quickly reprogram ourselves for evolution as a ‘divine human kind’ NOW!
Arhata

December 27, 2009
Some of the great ‘scams’ are the one’s where we pull the wool over our own eyes and, the one we say we love! Who’s to know when and what some, that seem to be obscure scams, are? Most confuse ‘love’ with some degree of semblance that often slips into obscurity with time and neglect. Has love ever reached it’s full strength? Was it always conditional? Can that change?

A story:
Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it. His salary was really good and so were the working conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to fell the trees. The first day, the woodcutter brought down 15 trees.
“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Carry on with your work!” Highly motivated by the words of his boss, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he only could bring 10 trees down. The third day he tried even harder, but he was only able to bring down 7 trees. Day after day he was bringing lesser number of trees down.
“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on. “When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked. “Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…” That’s right. Most of us NEVER update our skills. We think that whatever we have learned is very much enough. But good is not good when better is expected. Sharpening our skills from time to time is the key to success.

Truth be know, few even ‘sharpen’ their self love to the best it can be, before we ‘think’ we love another who in turn, likely is under the same illusion. Loving often starts blooming and, soon loving fades into the doldrums, at best, of intermittent biological passion with moments of ‘kicked in memories’ during rare special moments when the mind is opened by ‘natures common sense ways’. Life, to be fully experienced, must have an inner awareness and love of self with a resulting ‘Christ like’ passion that feels compassion for all of life, especially for giving of ones love to another and others. Sharpening one’s love skills, be they sensitivity, compassion, converting hurt to love, discernment or just ‘letting go’ oh, and skillful communication, are requisites for love to grow while becoming unconditional! The skill and ‘art of love’ is the one path to riches that all can take the time to seek and find. Remember, whether it be the ‘scam of love’ or, deep, genuine love it is a ‘boomerang’ and, a choice of the path to take!
Arhata

December 26, 2009
‘Vacancy signs’ are on the billions of people who have no idea beyond the label of ‘being this or that follower’ of a religion. Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, etc., are usually inherited religious labels of identification but, little else. Most religious followers inherited the label at birth from parents who were the recipients likewise. Typically, these ‘hanger on’s’ can survive, at best, a three minute explanation of their religion.

Being not part of any religious beliefs and, instead, favoring the ‘divine beyond, spiritual, reality world’, while living in a Christian country, I would be far more pleased if the ‘apathetic’ about religion or spiritual were much more involved in their positive path of choice. Religion, inspite of it’s faults, gives people an opportunity to follow a more thoughtful, righteous, kind, life than is often found among those who at best, cling to ‘just the name of a religion’. At least with a religion, people are more accountable for the positive tenets of that path.

The ‘invisible vacancy sign’ applies to many aspects of life that people have great disregard for, one prime example being ‘love’. Cobwebs of disregard for love hang from the majority of people who opt to serve their ego, selfishness, and material wants most. The ‘vacant sign’ was likely out from childhood on but, appearances deceive as humans become more clever at cloaking real intentions and emotions.

‘Vacant love’ is epidemic as people feel a sense of obligation and, at most ‘respect’ (?) to placate the feelings of the other. Actions speak louder than the ‘tinsel words’ that serve to mollify the gullible while at the same time exposing the ‘charade’ to those few more intuitive of the real story. ‘Truth’ would arise if people, not in self love, had a sign on them to say, ‘I don’t love myself’ or, churches also had a sign out which warned those who entered that said, ‘apathetic christians not welcome without commitment to give 100% to being a real Christian’. The myths and lies in religions and, those who claim love, are enough to make all the stars in the sky to stop shining! Truth comes from being of open heart and mind beyond all beliefs and charades. Tomorrow is today!
Arhata

December 25, 2009
ALL, (from the Pope to the local pastor or rabbi), religious leaders are ‘rainmakers’, flock tenders, and more concisely, ‘religious salesmen’. The head of the prestigious investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs is a ‘rainmaker’ who’s in charge of seeing that money keeps things afloat. All attorneys for major law firms today are told they are ‘salesmen’ first. During my ‘shortened, bailout career, my job was to bring in money from Corporate Attorneys, Investment Bankers, and Corporations, as Executive Vice President of Sales – or, without the fancy name ‘a salesman’.

To make ‘big money’ one ‘sleeps (so to speak)’ with whomever has the most money and, has a problem that a salesman from another ‘service’ has a solution to sell. That translates to ‘be real involved with the client and their life’. Same exact thing in religion! There are hundreds of thousands of ‘churches’ or, meeting places to bring in money and, ‘service’ problems that people are short on answers for. Always, it’s to convince the ‘prospect, customer or. parishioner that they have a problem and YOU have the solution.

The ‘religious salesman’ is really selling ‘packaged air’ converted from ancient times into words that make you feel there is hope. The ‘kicker’ is, his way IS the only way or you won’t be saved from drowning (and, for eternity!). Same similar deal on Wall St., only more truthful. Religious salesmen go through several years of learning the ‘stock, boiler plate information’ and how to sell it to those who support him and his family. He is coached on how to make you feel ‘obligated’ to serve ‘the Lord’ which, really means him. No matter how you slice bread, it’s still ‘bread’ and in this case, he needs your bread! All salesmen ‘care of course’ or, they wouldn’t have your support! You can dress up a monkey to look human but, it’s still a monkey!

When it comes to ‘religiousNESS’ or, the spiritual, it only fills one from within and, NO messiah, avatar or, priest is going to do more than ‘flick words’ into sleeping sheeple who do not make the time or have the courage to find the secrets of love and oneself within. No salesmen are needed in what is ‘FREE’! FREE, FREE, FREE – can’t be said enough. Truth just is!!!

Arhata

December 24, 2009
‘Hollywood’ is largely about ‘appearances’ and putting ‘makeup on the truth’ while spinning imaginations to fit that which serves the ‘money’ purpose. Hollywood is the ‘illusion machine’ of the world, both feeding the imagination and, manufacturing appearances that stimulate the mind and emotions. Knowing when and how to see the truth from the spins for ‘some motive, as money-making, is ‘discernment’.

Attempts to control the mind of others, individually or collectively, with desire to convert to a belief system that is merely a juxtaposition of ideas clung to and, being ‘off target’ of the facts, if the truth be known, is akin to diverting or stopping the evolution of an individual or all humanity.

Among the biggest ‘judgers’ are religious followers who each have their spin on God and their ideas pertaining to a Messiah and, an after life. The leaders of religions or, ‘religious salesmen’, are spoon fed in religious colleges, ‘stock information’, tools of the trade and, spins on the facts regarding the basis of their particular religion. They in turn, pass on the mixture of facts and truth to their followers, encouraging through fear of a judgment from above if their faith is weakened even if it’s challenged by scientific research. What is passed on are judgments of reality based on belief, opinions and faith, permeating down to well intended but, ill informed parents to their offspring.

A good benefit of meditation is to use the resulting ‘awareness and discernment’ in what the mind has to say about all circumstances. The mind is likely programmed with information and biases that twist the actual reality in many circumstances. Stop assumptions that are not solid ‘knowing’ of all the facts and truth hence, letting life reach to a higher space of consciousness, love, and compassion. Being outspoken, particularly with people who have little idea who I am, many ‘quite bizarre deductions or judgments’ have been made. Some of them were ‘judgments on top of judgments, ie., ‘he must be gay because he defends women’! Three judgments here: 1. I’m not gay; 2. To be gay is not a bad thing; 3. women being defended is not a wrong (or right, for that matter), but a choice that hurts no one, while empowering women who have suffered.

False judgments have the incredible ability to do harm and alter lives of those who likely are vulnerable recipients of them. Children, for example, can remember one hurtful judgment sometimes for life. To have the ability to let judgments ‘roll off’ the mind is a divine ability. Meditation both minimizes giving judgments and, receiving judgments that one becomes attached to. Think and act with an open, loving heart!
Arhata

December 23, 1991
Imagine that everyone had a life expectancy one half of what it is today! Imagine that all your pets, flowers, trees and even the long summer days had their lives cut in two! People reaching beyond half their predicted average age to live, rarely can believe life is so short and that everything seemed too fast! It can be a ‘bummer’ to realize that it’s started to be over before it’s really begun.

Not long ago, as a person just out of college and, living in New York City, I would notice old people who seemed to be from a much earlier time, that time was referred to as ‘people from the old country (Europe)’. There was something about them that seemed that they were out of place in the modern world and yet, one couldn’t help but be curious about them and, at the same time realize that this type of person was disappearing year by year much like the sighting of ‘model T Fords’ or ‘horse and buggies’.

Getting older, the view is capable of being better and better if, and particularly, if one evolved with an open mind and heart. Wisdom may come with age and yet, even the young sometimes have an uncanny wisdom. Where one is at, say 32 years of age, mentally, spiritually and, emotionally, is likely to expand as the years progress. Those with self love evolving will likely find it’s an ever increasing phenomenon. Sadly, the majority at this time attach themselves to the struggles, fears, bad habits, close mindedness, and unloving ways that they possessed early on. The result usually shows up in outer and inner physical manifestations. Those just accepting things as they are, albeit in need of correction for a happier life, will increasingly worsen and become ‘jaded’ while the few who looked at life with fresh eyes will continue to do so and, even more!

The window of opportunity to shift to an ‘evolving self love’ begins to slowly close early on yet, rarely shutting even though evolvement becomes less likely. Waking up at 80 and feeling of a similar ‘mind and heart set’ as at 32, is normal for those who accepted an open and loving life style regardless of challenges. The phrase ‘young in spirit’ means people are the same as in youth and, a little better when it comes to who they are. Always it’s time to ‘freshen up’ and love the self more – the rest will look much more pleasant and blessed. The young look for the inspiration of those aged with real positive wisdom and, that is one reason for people to live into their eighties and beyond. It’s the gift of giving which grows with age!

December 21, 2009
The Winter Solstice cool-warm winds roared above as I walked the roads in the early morning night air. As the tall firs and the occasional palm trees shook in the winds of change, all thoughts were blown away as the forces of nature pushed the clouds away exposing the starry night. Yesterdays and tomorrows were gone with the winds leaving only the view of nature’s magical dance.

Nature is not miserly but, gives it’s all and, demands the common sense of a surrender to it’s whims. Likewise, love is not miserly! Love does not hold back and make decisions not to ‘let go’ and surrender. Love ‘roars’ in with no ‘economics’ of seeking a bargain or any conditions that you might put up for oneself or, challenged by the other. Love knows no rules but wants to spread it’s fragrance beyond all boundaries. Seek the stillness of being alone and love will grow as it fills the air with the scent of love wherever one goes.

While on a fund raising trip, President Obama asks for an Escort girl for the night. Three beautiful girls are sent separately to his room – a blond, a brunette and a redhead. He says to the blond, “I’m the president of the United States, how much to spend a night with you?” She replied, “seven hundred dollars”. “Too much’’, replies Obama. He asks the brunette the same question when suddenly bursting in is the redhead saying, “Mr. President, if you can raise my skirt as high as your taxes and screw me the way you are screwing the American people, you can have all of me for nothing!”

Become in control of your inner self by surrendering to it’s harmonious nature, don’t be a slave to that within that is controlled by the mind and, it’s self serving tactics. Let go of the slave master that the mind has allowed to take over, imprisoning the feelings of love. Open the doors of the heart and listen to it. Let nature’s winds clear the weaknesses of the past and blow away the attachment to what you want against your nature and common sense. Love is always blowing in the wind!

December 21, 2009
Lots of Freebies! Every Tuesday in Beverly Hills, where the ‘chic’ rich live in Los Angeles and, dogs ride in Rolls Royces, people put out their ‘junk’ on the curb for anyone to scoff up and, better furnish their home. A real treat from the rich who won’t answer their door and, let you in for a cup of coffee. While that’s happening, people without the blessing of a home to better ‘spif up’, are ‘heads down’ in dumpsters there and, all over LA, the ‘land of illusion’ and, ‘flakes’ that don’t stick to the ground!

Like everywhere else, most of those in Beverly Hills are too full of themselves to dumpster dive within the ‘compost pile’ hidden within in plain site to all but themselves. The world is filled with billions who look everywhere for love and ‘things’ to replace that love if they don’t find it or, so they can hope it will help them find it. Tsk-tsk! Letting go of crap that is constantly recycled, yet not in the ‘fashionable way’, is certainly incumbent for releasing the ‘self love’ formula that is buried under all the ‘looping’ nonsense that people think they need for fear of losing themselves. Tragedy is, that’s what they need to do – dump the false self!

‘Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle’ are avoiding the one chance in light years for each one to grab on to the ‘release button’ to dispose of unnecessary garbage and, let the light in so as to see what diamonds and jewels are buried within. Those who ignore or snicker at those who search for the leftovers that might have gone to a ‘food bank for the poor’ before being garbage, are in denial that they house a dumpster of fears, ignorance, and self hatred within their smelly ‘anger dumps’.

Letting go of bad habits of greed, self loathing deprecation, jealousy, pride, and all the ego protections, is a step outside the dumpster or ‘box of spinning hamsters’. Take long walks in awareness, look inside the dumpsters and garbage cans to better see analogies that might be carried within the personal dumpster. Find thy true self and, then one isn’t dependent on looking for another self with an inner filled dumpster to collaborate in partnership. The trick is to always focus on the ‘higher self… by yourself then, go shopping!

December 20, 2009
Why avoid loving yourself as much as you can before loving anyone else? Answer is, YOU CAN’T LOVE SOMEONE MORE THAN YOURSELF!!! One may think they can at any given moment but it’s against the ‘unwritten mysterious laws of love’. Loving yourself can begin at any age but, the ‘compost’ of bad habits piles higher each year creating a more and more insurmountable barrier. Why look for love in all the wrong places? Move on to the best person to love….YOU!

Settling for what turns out to be ‘junk food’ love is to indulge in abusing oneself for fear of standing way back and fixing the problems. People with unresolved problems usually pair with those similar but, to make it more complicated, with different problems. The relationship drifts down into the murky waters of not knowing who the problem is. Usually, it’s both! Marriages are typically held together by fear, low self esteem, and ignorance. Marriage that becomes like a ‘business’ where survival is month to month hoping there are no real downturns for many reasons, is doomed to be just that ‘a drudgery for survival’.

‘Taking time out’ to focus and improve on the shortages of inner qualities that you would like to see in another, is most prudent for saving love from drowning into an abyss of ‘where has all the love gone’. Identify those short comings which would show up with someone who had virtually no intimacy short comings. Saying they don’t exist is just to avoid the reality and, promote yourself from the ego to accept less than is deserved by an aware, loving you. People with very minor personal fears and problems do exist, albeit, few and far between. I have met some of those rare ones and, still communicate with them.

Settling for ‘heart flutters’ that fade into discord and, far away memories of love long gone, except for occasional flutters that amount to perhaps less than a good romantic TV movie, isn’t going to do well at the ‘Love Box Office’! Offers of love and it’s virtues of communication, compassion, giving, bliss, safety, and all joys imaginable are always knocking at one’s door but, ‘someone has to be home’! Fix the house inside into a home that the best of guests will want to enter!
Arhata

Scrooge
December 19, 2009
Money is your love of ‘stuff’, not yourself or people. Fear of love and closeness with a partner is frequently expressed by the wish for attachment to inanimate things. ‘Things’ can be possessed and, don’t hold one to love’s requirements of communication, trust, compassion, mutual feelings, etc. People react to possessive insensitivities like minimal love and a sense of restrictive freedoms. ‘Things’ don’t talk back! ‘Control freaks’ need that which they can possess and dominate.

Those who fear love, look for money to buy, buy, buy more and, want even more to control and possess for ego gratification. Love of money buys things to help avoid dealing with the dark unresolved things of the mind. Not uncommonly, drugs and alcohol enter the picture. Conversely, the lack of money, coupled with unfulfilled love and self worth, becomes an excuse to over imbibe in alcohol and/or drugs as well as ‘junk food’ to avoid the pains of seeing one’s fixable deficiencies. Avoidance addictions have no favorites, rich or poor.

Attachment to ‘avoidances of love’ creates an ugly person. Possessiveness with money creates a miserly person who suspects all to have motives to be in his company, which by the way, is often true! However, the one who actively pursues money in his avoidance of love also reduces the chance of friendship with those who have no interest in his money. There is a fear of closeness for fear of having to share. Unloving barriers are created keeping love out.

People who love money and ‘things’, become like them, manifesting a dead, closed persona that is unreachable by loving people. They become quite mechanical with little emotion that emanates personally. Conversely, those who are perpetually unable to manifest enough money for normal sustenance, often become dead and closed to the hopes and excitements of life. Money is a practical means for the necessities of life as well as an easier means of fulfillment of passions that are for the conscious benefit of others. Always be openminded, loving and aware, with discernment for the highest possibilities.
Arhata