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January 24, 2010
One is being hunted by the most advanced military in the world, the other requires a ‘hunting for easter eggs’ every year and, the last one has been found to be a ‘solar myth’ passed down from many cultures for centuries before his mythical claim to be the ‘sun of god’ (or the sun that gives all life that rises from the dead or, darkness). Now, Easter Bunny creates fun times. Jesus is a ‘story to support over the years, millions of ‘religious salesmen’ to put food on their families table. Osama?

Osama bin Laden was a real man gone somewhat mad but, deified by both the Western world and Islam to be both a ‘devil or, a great prophet’ depending on which side is looking at him. Mohammed was a great prophet who in the name of Allah killed thousands, had many wives (one 9 years old), and, as time went on said some fine things but no better certainly than thousands do today in books or otherwise. Islam seems to equate Osama with Mohammed but with a different enemy (USA & Israel). Mohammed had the courage to live his life in the open instead of in a cave.

As the US perpetuates the myths of a Jesus, while banning all public information leading to the ‘true story’ now uncovered by ‘religious archeologists’ hidden in plain site in books and, all over the internet, the leaders have pressured each other to stand behind the ‘Osama is alive’ story for purposes that are very dubious. One supposition is not to encourage Islam to make him a ‘Martyr’, to rally even more support for Islam. Certainly, if he were alive and, in cave hiding, many, many followers having lived with him or seen him over nearly a decade, could be coerced with money and a new life to report it to the news. There has been no account of any doing that inspite of millions in reward money for information leading to his arrest.

Ironically, the information that one of Islam’s great prophets, Jesus, if he were identified truthfully as a myth, would begin to collapse ‘the hands that feed the lies’ both in Christianity and Islam. At this time, no world figure either has the guts to speak the truth or, probably doesn’t even take the time to read information from the ‘experts’. Awareness of the truth, beyond the lies and deceptions, is a path to follow for all humans to evolve into superconscious beings that create a peace and harmony on earth. We all know the truth about Easter Bunny and, can continue the myth for fun. The rest is deception and, keeping people imprisoned in lies.
Arhata

January 16, 2010
Up in the air, high above the clouds, one can see through the clouds as the ‘Sun of humankind’ illuminates all. Up there, ‘needs’ become clear and, above ‘wants and wishes’. Our needs are far less in number than our wants and, than our dreams or wishes. On a clear day, we can see forever! When the mind requires little needs, the heart opens to fill the needs of the soul.

We each have little needs compared to our wants and wishes. Being mindful of the difference is to open the door to following a more spiritual, conscious life where all the loving qualities of an evolved being become clearly manifested. Focusing on ‘primary needs’ with a separation of when it crosses the line to wants and wishes, especially frivolous, pie in the sky, ‘I want, want, want’s’ or, dreams that have no basis in common sense, is to put priorities for self evolvement in order. Those who chase visceral wants, from overeating, watching endless ‘gobbledygook riff raff’ on TV, sleeping beyond normal human needs, incessant reading of fiction, to ‘just wasting time, are merely fodder for life’s continuing condition of ‘bottom feeding’. Just existing to stay alive has become ‘outdated’. The ‘state of the world’ today needs everyone’s participation for survival and, evolution of consciousness.

Following your dreams that evoke passion in the heart, is a far more important use of life’s blessing of giving each an opportunity to use this short time for personal and social evolution. Most live to work to buy this and that, rather than ‘conscious working’ to live. Fact is people in general live well beyond their needs. One day the ‘curtain is drawn closed’ to new opportunities. Sadly, most of those opportunities or, faded dreams will whither and float away like clouds in the sky.

Making life into a type of prison is to keep out the internal blessings which all have but, for allowing the time and focus to nurture them to a divine and loving expression. We all NEED love, we all WANT more love to give and receive. We all ‘WISH’ for more love to be a part of every moment! ‘Love’ is the number one thing that we are entitled to feel we ‘need’, want and, wish for!

Arhata

January 25, 2010
When one pisses into the wind, a number of problems can occur, all amounting to reasons not to piss into the wind. ‘Big Pharma’ is dependent on it’s salesmen to peddle it’s wares to busy, well intended doctors. Especially through TV ads, the general public has a pill for everything, even ‘shaky leg’ habits! Keeping the body alive is a key priority, forget about the mind and the ‘feeling heart’, open heart surgery will take care of that one.

The ‘Pinocchio medicine’ for men, solves a man’s ego problems and, gives a woman so much more needed pleasure! Never mind that ‘Pinocchio’s’ ‘woody’ nose grew longer with each lie told, it works well with ‘dickypoo’ even if it’s covering up a lie on how he lives his life. Now word is, women may no longer have to work though ‘blocks’ that prevent orgasms or, reduce their impact. The miracles of the modern ‘snake oil salesmen’, who have the compassion to help people live better lives, is increasing every year as more and more ‘yokels’ need help from a red, white or, blue pill!

If we ‘de mask’ the motives of the gullible or, ‘snake oil salesmen’ (which are represented by pharmaceutical corporations), truthfully, God seems to be alluding to us finding the ‘fountain of life, love, youth and, and, just all the good things which were only in the imagination a few short years ago! To medicate or to meditate, that is the question! Meditation is free and perhaps too ‘airy fairy’ when one can drag oneself to the ‘drug store’ or ‘drug dealer’ for ‘hits’ that are pretty immediate!

One might ask the logical question, ‘If meditation is so good, then why isn’t it taught in colleges like pharmaceutical stuff is? Oh, it’s the same reason ‘love isn’t taught in colleges’! Hmmmm?! Few know what meditation really is but, then again, how many really know what those ‘assembly line quaky pills’ have in them or, what they really do? Rumor is among the ‘meditators’, that deep meditation will eliminate the need for everything from ‘Pinocchio pills’ to pills to mask the smell of ‘anal burps’! Nice thing about the many types of meditation is that there is no need for a ‘salesman’ or any ‘layout’ of hard earned money! Just different variations of breathing …..wow (and without religion!).
Arhata

January 23, ‘10
Life is like a puzzle with many missing pieces to yet put together to figure out what is being looked at or, the why’s, where’s, what’s and, how’s of everything! Few figure out what’s goin’ on around them in the world and, too few figure out what’s going on inside themselves. In addition, is the wondering of how to rise above that which makes life less than the ‘pure self’ we’d like to experience.

We are all beautiful if we can see our face through the crowded places of unnecessary attached memories we lug around year after year. We are beautiful when all the impediments to our purity are washed away. It’s being true to ourselves deep inside to bring the sunshine up from the darkness and clouds that cover the beauty. Feel like every moment is just the beginning and, that there is no end and, even that the beginning hasn’t started – not just yet. You’ve always known that somewhere inside.

The ‘sunshine and apple’ of each person’s life is always waiting within for nurturing. A friend, recently changing her relationship with her boyfriend, said to me that her ‘ex’ mentioned that she just hadn’t yet found the pieces to the puzzle of herself. The truth is that both have ‘pieces’ not yet found about themselves to make them whole and able to love while mutually complete. In fact, unless both partners in a couple have their pieces together of self love beyond all fears, an ongoing fight is inevitable over the struggle to find those pieces that are ‘both mixed up’ beyond recognition.

The missing piece ultimately is the ‘peace’ within the heart that’s comfortable and yet passionate about itself. There is a ‘magic’ in feeling the love of oneself within, that seems to be magnified with another who has that same ‘peace’ within. Scattered pieces in one or both create a befuddlement or roller coaster of ups and downs that are only quieted in joyful bliss by a complete takeover of the scent of love that is no longer a shadow that comes and goes but is always there like a God. In that deep love space, what has been called God, goes beyond the imagination and becomes the explosion and light of all that one could only imagine! ‘Reality of love’ is, until then, just an imagination running away like clouds in the sky.
Arhata

January 22, ‘10
From the bedroom to the pulpit, censorship is epidemic, rarely for more than to protect the fearful ego that it’s ‘faith and belief’ are being challenged for what one has spent years in unquestioning comfort. To have the courage to listen to opposing viewpoints with an open and non judgmental mind is to enter into the world of superconsciousness where the ‘devil’ fears to tread!

Being only allowed to say certain things that don’t question or disturb ones fragile belief system or, censorship ‘ax’, is akin to being behind bars in a prison where behaviors are held in check. Chances are the one behind bars has crossed the line of compassion for another and, created harm. However, words are just sounds that are given meaning only by the interchange of two people having the openness with one not allowing the exchange.

Being a ‘free speech guru’ of major international sorts and, while always learning the ‘art of provocation for thoughts and dialog, I’ve encountered the whole spectrum of humanity from the appreciative to the knuckleheads who are promising to keep me in their prayers before they sleep. Actually, that may well be the reason my life has so many blessings! Proselytizers of what they allow to be spoken in their hearing zone will censor the scent of intelligence of a God.

A few short years ago, I visited the home of a brother and his wife who had invited a dozen family members to gather to welcome me from my ongoing years of teaching meditation and free speech in Los Angeles. As always, being one who enjoys others company and, rights to espouse their thoughts, I was quite amazed to hear that my thoughtful, ‘metaphysical/philosophical conversations with one listening new family member, were overheard by one of the ‘religious’ guests who exercised her prerogative to ask that I not speak on such matters, later suggesting that I not be welcome in her home! Sometimes being a sensitive open minded conversationalist is liable to encounter surprise rejection. The positive side of negative encounters is to know where one has to ‘walk quietly’ at!

There are few things greater than the freedom to express thoughts and feelings particularly with intimates. As people ‘let go’ of the hearts constrictions and, move to a more open, aware mind, the joys of all exchanges reach greater and greater heights of communion. Cultivating a good sense of humor always minimizes all censorship!
Arhata

January 21, ‘10
….and you can ‘bank on that’! That rainy day that some relentlessly ‘over invest and save for’, never comes if truth be known! Prudence for food, shelter and, general cares is of course wise but, seems the ‘capitalistic religion’ causes millions to over do it. When the cup runith over, it’s pure greed that one keeps catching it to store away ‘just in case’ when it’s really unresolved issues that are ‘sticking their ugly head out’ causing obsessive ‘$aving’ behavior.

The future is always now and, attachment to the illusionary future is merely a gamble particularly knowing ‘changing thoughts and circumstances’. The banks up there in the sky ….well, they just don’t exist and, it’s a good thing to bear in mind when devoting hours of thought every day about concern that becomes addictive and obsessive about this and that investment. ‘In-vest-ment’ is meant to go in to the heart (vest) and, open up an account that is limitless to ‘investments’!

A casual friend recently passed who had led a life focused on the mind and, accruing as many investments as he could. He considered it the ‘bottom line’ of judging whether one’s life was worth while in his mind. Never did it occur to him to even have a frivolous daydreaming moment of perhaps skipping down Park Ave. in New York City where he lived. Other than ‘a fling in the rack’ in a lucky moment, there seemed to be no joy of even, ‘feeding the birds’ in Central Park when he could be better working on his investments. He died too soon with millions in the bank and, not even willed to his family. With no insurance (to save money), weeks prior to the obvious ‘end’ he complained over the high hospital costs as if he would have to pay it! God, seeming like a jokester, may have told him there was good news and bad news – ‘the good news is that with ‘positive thinking’ my friend could invest in his investments to make more. The bad news was ‘there are no banks in Heaven because there is NO money!

No Mystic or spiritual person of the heart has ever both followed the money path and, the path of the heart, and never will. The heart must meet it’s own open heart to blossom in a ‘divine being’ that automatically cancels all other ways including, especially, the path of ownership of anything that one is attached to. Heaven within is free – priceless. It is it’s own reward with the joy and bliss it feels in any moment. Invest in the greatest gift – the gift of the open heart!
Arhata

January 20, 2010
Greed has many colors and dimensions as it tries to deny and hide itself as if ‘it’s avoiding others ridiculous accusations. It’s where ‘money is the root of all evil and selfishness’ hangs out, accumulating more and more so they are secure and, ‘taken care of’. They EVEN claim ‘they worked for it’! Those who work hard for low wages didn’t work hard enough according to them and don’t deserve their help, even when it’s needed or, for the ‘betterment’ of many others and society!

Money IS the root of all evil!!! Not the ‘heart money’ that people need for reasonable survival but, the money abused to decorate ones pre-coffin in life with extravagance and luxuries that the average person ‘fortunately’ doesn’t ever see – at least for themself. Some of the extravagance ‘flies overhead in private jets’, rests in ‘gated like mansions’, sails on yachts, etc. The world is in serious trouble as the evil/selfish greedy and, overt and hidden technological ‘advancements’ (?), are moments away from clashing to the destruction of humanity. Word is the US military has created UFO’s and robot like humanoids to be prepared to ‘attack the world’ necessitating a ‘false flag’ control of more money for the teeny group of ‘greedy’ looking to accumulate even more.

There is a fella in town here who exemplifies the evils of ‘accumulation and greed’. I’ve met him several times as he goes on weekends with a very nice friend of mine to garage and estate sales. One would think that he was a 72 year old poor man, even when looking at his house on 2 large lots in a prime area in this upscale town. The yard is filled with ‘junk’ from years of hoarding 360 degrees from front to back with tight walkways to the 2 doors. No one, according to my friend, ever is invited inside (wonder why!?). That’s just the tip of the iceberg! He owns 5 properties (one with 20 acres). On one property he has 9 trailers ‘FILLED’ with antiques and stuff he’s accumulated! He also has many investments on Wall St. of unknown value, owns a 4 seater plane, comes from wealth, on and on.
Most ‘greed hoarders’ are invisible to those who don’t know them. In the US they are in the millions both in ‘their number’ and the ‘millions’ they hoard that is held tight so that only a small percentage (at best) is given to both ‘needy causes’ and, people who could genuinely use the help. It’s ‘capitalism gone amok’! There are NO cases of the greedy being the compassionate conscious people that the times need so badly to help evolve the world through education and other social aids. The real riches are in making life’s main goal to know and love ones inner self and, give back from that compassionate state, to humanity. Greed can’t even smell the scent of love! Time to smell the roses and give back!

January 19, 2010
There is a popular phrase in the West – ‘Jesus Saves’. It’s time to ‘save ourselves individually and collectively’. Each one of us can ‘save’ the best thoughts and feelings for ourselves and, compassionately for others, by ‘walking the high road’ no matter what the challenges. It starts with an inner awareness of knowing the beauty and love that is in each one. A story below that says it by example:

“One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.
We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.
And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, ‘Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!’

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, ‘The Law of the Garbage Truck.’He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Don’t take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so … Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and, ninety percent how you take it!”

Garbage in garbage out! Garbage or, the endless attachment to traumatic, harmful memories as well as misinformation or, misinterpretation, sit in the mind like ‘compost piles’ and, just wait forever to arise and affect behaviors. Meditating and silencing the mind is a way to ‘disengage’ from attachment to memories that cling within often for our detriment in going on with our lives in a healthy way. It’s always time now to kick out or, dump the harmful thoughts to allow new positive ones to germinate and flower into a more blissful life.

Humanity, to survive and propagate, needs to awaken to the revolution that has happened in recent years from the ‘horse and buggy days to technological inventions unreleased as yet and, far beyond the human imagination! Closing the gap between super technology and superconsciousness is paramount! Start the moment anew and awake …. have a blessed, garbage-free day!
Arhata

January 17, 2010
Rob was a friend of mine, still is if he’s ok, in Prison where he is deep into his 10 year meditation seance with little else to worry about other than what happens in prisons. Rob was not being calm and watchful one late morning in Santa Monica, California 5 years ago. He had just done his normal giving a note to the teller to ‘fork over the money’ … which went well … however…

Rob forgot his lessons from meditation as he was prone to do. He was a beginning meditator who had not shed his proclivity to be plain stupid yet. It all began and ended quickly from the bank he fled from to down and across the street to an Arby’s for a quick roast beef sandwich and, was interrupted along with the occupants by uninvited Los Angeles Police with guns drawn! Since that time, he spends most of it reading spiritual type books and, the Bible. Apparently, he lost track of meditating and reverted to Jesus. Knowing Rob as I do, it’s partly for hoping to be paroled early.

Rob apparently had not yet gone deep enough into himself while often visiting our Yesss Meditation Center, but at least he robbed the bank with ‘just a note’. Perhaps one of the morals of this true story, is that prayer and meditation with a chattering mind of unresolved issues from one’s past is just a ‘peek into the consciousness’ that rests inside everyone. Rather it be ‘new love’, new prayer or meditation, all are fragile to rise above the lingering darkness within one.

It took millions of years for life to evolve to this point and, those who miss the wonderful, unique opportunities to grow in consciousness to the peaks of their potential, have missed the best dreams life has to offer. Every situation is an opportunity to challenge one to see the benefits that can catapult one to a more clear level. Sitting in a prison praying and meditating, at best, might open ones eyes to see what put them there, was not being aware of who they really are. ‘Down time’ has it’s value but, mixing again into the world brings the real test of how much good it did. This is Rob’s 3rd prison term. The first two incarcerations of isolation didn’t prepare him for the clarity to see the positive opportunities that life presented even though they were right in front of his nose all the time.

Few are ready for a ‘heaven on earth’ even if it’s handed to them! One must have a deep inner awareness of seeing that life is about giving and receiving and, not taking and getting. Rob was handed many heartfelt gifts upon his 2nd release from the ‘prison meditation center’ but without the fruition of the qualities of awareness, the mind seeks instant gratification at the expense of common sense and harmony.
Arhata

January 16, 2010
Love and ‘pot’ go together like an old donkey and carriage – it’ll work better than having a ‘tiger’ pulling you around but, neither certainly like a Boeing 757 to get you from coast to coast! Viagra or ‘pot’ have nothing to do with the deep quality of ongoing love for another anymore than drinking 3 glasses of milk a day. But, the question may occur in the ‘drugged head’, ‘who cares’?

Does it really matter if one transcends all fears to know and love themselves let alone find someone who will likewise do so? If people would give anywhere near the attention given to work, money making schemes, drugs (including alcohol abuse), and, all forms of entertainment to pass the time away, the consciousness of the planet would begin to rise to meet the zenith of spirituality that less than 1% of the populace have reached. The notion that reaching adulthood and, that those moments make one ‘fit’ for closing the limits of love’s growth is ‘moronic thinking’ but, it’s what happens!

An example of ‘non questioning thinking’ here in this comparatively high conscious town, resides one of the finest organic food co-op markets in the country and yet, the 2 supermarkets here stay open 24 hours per day often with (larger) parking lots filled with vehicles and, 10 times the shoppers. However, incredibly, a ‘casino’ 15 miles out of town has a parking lot equal to the size of all three markets, ‘USUALLY FILLED’! The two ‘stupid markets’ even have overhead signs saying ‘Food and Drugs’! In the Casino, smoking and drinking are ‘encouraged’ by allowing it!

Who cares – ‘humpfff’, is a typical response to any suggestion of discernment over what goes into the body. As much as it makes a lot of sense to legalize the buying of pot in controlled outlets, education on the side effects to the ‘persona’ ability for self inner growth need to become common knowledge. There is no outside answer to challenges in behavior that approximate the capability of anyone to take charge of rectifying all that creates infinite fears and maladjustments. Every life form does best in clean, harmonious air without routine pot usage or, any routine drug use that alters the mind and heart. Breath deeper with consciousness and feel a natural high!
Arhata