Thank You

Think enough and you won't know anything.

---Kenneth Patchen

Peace, Richard

Sweeping

The moonlight of clear mind
swallows the whole world.
When mind and light both go out---
what is this?

---Kyong Ho

Lesson 17 - The tiny stick figure

In a reading I had with Indira a couple of years ago, I was complaining that I don’t like living in a ‘cement’ jungle (the city), and that I want to get out of the ‘cement’ jungle and live in the country. That is when Indira heard the angels joke/laugh that the ‘cement’ is in my head. I had never thought of myself that way, but as time goes by, I can see that there are times I can be hard-headed. LOL! It takes a while for things to sink-in sometimes; it takes awhile for me to see the truth in a situation involving myself.

Exercise at end of Lesson 18

Hi All, Thought I’d share my experience with this exercise. First of all, I want to mention that I am never comfortable with looking at myself in the mirror… I am much too self-critical. LOL! So I was surprised at some of what I experienced.

Farmer's Market

It's going on midnight here in Los Angeles. Today was Farmer's Market day. One nice thing about living in Southern CA is the large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables available year round. If I leave this area, that is what I will miss--but not the heavy traffic and smog. For dinner, I had fresh  strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and an orange. For lunch I ate salad with lettuce and kiwi, fresh juice, and steamed vegetables. I have a juicer and make lots of mostly vegetable juice. For breakfast I had oatmeal, blueberries, and almond milk. I hope wherever you are that you are also able to consume a large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, because they are so healthy and energizing. Not only will your body feel better, but your brain will also work better when you eat healthy, get enough exercise, and sleep well. Eat rainbows! Hugs also help. 

Are you ever bored? (St. Patrick's Day 2011)

In celebration of the green and orange holiday, I've changed the decor of our Classroom once again. This way, you will never get bored--confused perhaps, but not bored. Speaking of boredom, do you ever get bored? The dictionary defines boredom like this:

"His eyes were glassy with boredom: weariness, ennui, apathy, unconcern; frustration, dissatisfaction, restlessness, restiveness, lethargy, lassitude; tedium, dullness, monotony, repetitiveness, flatness, dreariness; informal deadliness."

What a boring list!

Well, from the angels point-of-view, the world of unconsciousness that most humans live in most the time, is a world of boredom. There is nothing alive, awake, aware, or alert about a bored state, which equals an unconscious state. The angels tell us that boredom is just laziness. When we are bored, we are too lazy to shake ourselves awake to the constant wonder that Great Spirit provides for us. God has given us a playground, to explore, learn and grow from, and have fun with.

Have you ever seen a kitten entranced with a drop of water? Or an angel entranced by a single drop of dew? Certainly, you would not be looking at boredom.

So shake yourself awake whenever you get bored. Tell yourself that boredom is just a state of mind. You cannot stop boredom from arising, but you do not have to stay there, feeling sorry for yourself. You can go against the state of boredom. You are always free to do something new! No matter what your outer state, an inner state of wisdom, love, and compassion always exists. This is what the angels tell us. The only true "fountain of youth" is the realization that your true nature is eternal, joyful, at One with Creation.