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This quote relates nicely to my recent blog, ‘Amazing But True’.
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“I prefer the company of peasants because they have
not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.” - Michel de Montaigne
Archive for February, 2011
Company of Peasants
Monday, February 28th, 2011Divinity
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Divinity, when viewed through the eyes of conditioned beliefs, is depicted as Kali, the terrible one.
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Truth destroys what limited thinking clings to.
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The quote below says it nicely.
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“The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.” - Herbert Agar
Global Unrest Update
Friday, February 25th, 2011
2011 will continue to be The Year of Change as predicted.
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The dominos will continue to fall as oppressive leaders will continue to be ousted.
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There will be more transitions of government in the short term than we have seen in any decade in modern history. The proverbial cat is out of the bag. Millions of previously silent individuals will not stop until they have a just government.
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These short term changes could make for quite rough circumstances, but long term the changes WILL be for the better.
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The effect of the technological boom (internet, cell phones, etc.) will be the catalyst that brings about a great transition to a better world.
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However, remember that the foundation of this and any real change only arises from a shift in consciousness. The unified field is the only source of real change.
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Of course, though some call it the unified field, others prefer to call it the soul or essence of our being, while others refer to this underlying essence of life and existence as God.
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The depth of your understanding, your level of wisdom, matters far more than the word you choose.
Interesting Quote
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
“Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority.” - James Thurber
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It is my intent to change this.
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I see no other reasonable path to take. What else would make sense?
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First get your house in order. Then live in it.
Amazing But True
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Isn’t the Roman Empire a remarkable case study? In spite of tremendous power, wealth, influence and infrastructure, it fell.
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We could site a number of causes, but really it boils down to one cause: convolution.
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So many viewpoints pushed through so many laws and policies. Everything stopped making sense. It was a government gone wild.
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The United States would do well to learn from this. When policy stops making basic common sense and is justified by the perspective that the common people are just too stupid to understand, then there is a problem.
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The Roman Empire did not fall due to lack of genius. It fell due to lack of common sense.
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If the US does not wake up, it will face the same fate.
Cosmic Transference
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Consciousness is the ultimate reality.
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In the final analysis, consciousness is the only thing that really is. This entire universe is based on a mistaken notion: consciousness looked at itself and thought it was seeing something other than itself. This is called Cosmic Transference. It is the big bang!
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At the level of the Transcendent, even though it hasn’t lost the awareness of oneness, consciousness sees itself as other. There is a quality of wholeness and perfection in the transference because it isn’t lost to identity.
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Relative existence is based on transference—the projection of a notion onto something else.
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However, the quality of the transference changes as it is experienced from different levels of existence.
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Thus, the key to life is not about getting rid of transference. It is about being aware of our transference and knowing that what is beyond that world of transference, is Transcendental Oneness.
Mission Possible
Friday, February 18th, 2011
The following quote unfortunately has validity:
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“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
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I intend to change that situation. Let’s do it together.
The Steamroller Effect
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Things are quite busy at Mount Soma these days as we prepare for the Somanath USA Temple inauguration that will take place May 12-16. It is a lot of fun to experience the increase in activity as Mount Soma blossoms into an ever increasingly dynamic community.
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Next week we will post a blog with details about what will be happening during the inauguration. I hope you enjoy it and I very much hope to see you at the inauguration.
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This actually brings up a pattern that I have been intrigued by lately. A number of times I have given my viewpoint to individuals on things that are going on in their life. Admittedly, at times I felt like I was being too pushy with my opinion. However, I felt so strongly about it that I could not just let it go and watch them continue in a direction that I was sure they would regret.
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What amazes me is that, after things did go awry, they would come back to me and say, “I wish you warned me.” When I would tell them that I felt I was actually overly imposing with my warnings, they were astonished. They genuinely did not hear it, saying, “I wish you said it more forcefully.”
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Now I would think that perhaps the problem was that I had a problem speaking my mind. However, those of you that know me are well aware that this is not the case.
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Also, on a number of occasions, others spoke with them with similar warnings that were not heard. This speaks to a dynamic of the mind. It relates to the concept of satiation and momentum that I will be talking/writing about more in the future. For now, know that there is a momentum to mentality. It is like a steamroller that guides your life. Getting off the steamroller is essential to a healthy life. It is essential to evolution. Yet it is not so easy to do or see. We will be working with this more in the future.
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For now, I just need to say: Do not miss the temple inauguration. It is an extremely rare event. It is not only the inauguration of a Shiva Temple, which is, in and of itself, a tremendously significant and powerful event. It is the inauguration of “a perfect Guru Shala” – a rare, precious, and powerful event in the history of time. More on that in next week’s blog about the inauguration.
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If you miss the inauguration, I sincerely believe the time will come when you regret it. That is the time you may say to me, “I wish you recommended it more strongly.”
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So please take note. I am strongly recommending that you do everything you can to attend. This comes straight from my heart.
Your Valentine
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Numerous legends of Saint Valentine abound. One says that, while imprisoned, Saint Valentine signed a letter to his love (the jailers daughter!), ‘Your Valentine”.
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Another tells of his performance of marriages in defiance of the Roman Emperor who felt young men made better soldiers when not married.
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I find it intriguing that these and other legends of Valentine’s Day revolve around the theme of love overcoming obstacles.
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All relationships have obstacles. That is the nature of life.
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Valentine’s Day is well named. It is the day we celebrate our eternal dedication to the purity of love we all feel deep within us for our Valentines.
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It appropriately covers the full range of loving relationships, from a candy Valentine heart for a friend to our love for the one we hold most dear.
It Has Begun
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Today, when the military was filtering through the crowds in Egypt to clear the way for traffic, the protesters kept chanting “peacefully, peacefully.”
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That is incredibly significant. The Age of Awakening is happening. This is indeed “The Year of Change.”
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The pendulum will continue to swing, but our planet is indeed spiraling upward. It is a delicate time, but a time that holds great promise.
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The timely blossoming of Mount Soma is no coincidence.