Believing

"One can't believe impossible things," said Alice. "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." (Through The Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll)

Happy Sunday!!

Zen Words

A great Zen master lost his son one day, and was weeping. His disciple saw him and said, "But Master, you have taught us that everything in this life is only an illusion!" The master replied, "Yes, that is true. And this is the saddest illusion of them all!" 

Listen

Now, I'll listen to melodies
for in these melodies are the secrets
the answers if you will
to every
that is
all questions in the universe
the human voice singing melodies
the melody of the birds, the wind,
the traffic, flutes, guitars,
barking dogs, cats meowing,
love and light, being, walking the talk,
I'll be the music, I'll be the melody
We'll all be the melody we are.

Hirth Martinez

Computer Fixed

Hi Everyone, my computer is now fixed, so you should be hearing from me more regularly now. And you should get your lessons on time. That's good news, right? Love you.

Good News

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/opinion/nicholas-kristof-the-most-important-thing-and-its-almost-a-secret.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

Computer Problems

Dear Students,
This is to let you know, in case you do not hear from me for awhile, that my laptop is having problems. I have an appointment to hopefully get it fixed soon, but wanted to post this message while I still can. I hope this will not interfere with you getting your new lessons on time, but it may. And I also hope that all of you take the time to check here now and then, so you are sure to get this message.
Thanks,
your loving nearly computerless teacher

Peace Like A River

This is a house in England which I posted here just because I like it so much. I grew up in the country, by a river. The river was a great teacher, just as it was in the book about the Buddha -- the book by Hermann Hesse, Siddartha (which you can read for free here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2500/2500-h/2500-h.htm)    

Now I live in the city, not so far from the ocean, but perhaps someday I will live by a river again. Oceans are vast and sparkling and some people prefer them. I prefer rivers that are always flowing to the ocean. 

Light in the Darkness

Thank you to our classmate Monika F. for making the decision to visit from Germany for 2 weeks while I am giving so much energy to support Hirth in this time of a very hard illness. Thank you to some of our classmates, Christel, Barbara, and Jean-Paul who helped send Monika to Los Angeles. Thank you to our classmate Ursula K. for spending the day with Monika and me, at the Huntington Gardens. Monika and Ursula had a chance to get to know each other.

Thank you to each of you for being as you are. I am grateful. Here is a picture I took here in So Cal.

Carl Jung

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."  Carl Jung

Thoreau

Do you know of Henry David Thoreau, (1817–1862) an American writer, poet, philosopher? His most famous book is "On Walden Pond". Here are some beautiful passages from his book, "Simplicty," which I like very much. He spent most of his time living alone on Walden Pond. Doesn't he have beautiful eyes, so open and enlightened, which I think he was.

An Afternoon of Angel Messages & More...

Angel Messages
Altadena, Ca.
$48.00
Saturday, August 22,
1:30--6:00

Register Here:  Store

Angelic refreshments joyfully served!

 

You will receive directions at the email you provide,
so be sure to include your correct email address.

To register by mail or another way, contact: email.

You may also pay at the door, but please
let me know you are coming!

Let your heart be opened and your mind renewed
as you receive your own angel messages and

learn from the messages others receive.
Imbibe the incredible insightful inspirational 

energy and wisdom of the angels.

 

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Your new lessons will be there soon!

Even though you are in your school with your classmates, your school is an individual effort. It is your duty as a good student to show up and read your lessons. At least you must do that much. If I write them, you can read them. You can do even more than read them. You can practice your simple homework. You can participate in Your Open Classroom (youropenclassroom.blogspot.com/). You can refer to your lesson every day. You can do all this and more. Do you?

 

Are you listening?

Are you listening to your intuition? Listening to the soft sweet sounds of the angels whispering words of love and wisdom to you? Listening to your heart? Or are you listening to the hard cruel voice of the ego that only causes more ego which causes more pain? Listen to Higher Consciousness and let yourself be Guided by Truth.

Living from the heart

“People are strange. They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.” – Charles Bukowski, Author

Penny licking out the pudding cup on my bed. 
She never wasted one minute of her beautiful life which she lived completely from her heart.

Bukowski saw life as it is and yet lived deep from his soul I think, letting everything pass through his heart. Most people are afraid to let everything pass through their heart. It hurts too much. And most people are afraid of pain, afraid it has more power than the heart, which is, of course, a lie.

Emotions are part of being human. To push away or deny feelings is to be less than alive. Feelings must be acknowledged if they are to be resolved and dissolved into love, not hidden away to become clouds that obscure the light from shining through. Emotions can be either a flowing river, cleansing and freeing, or a dam that stops the flow.-
from The Sacred River of Life, Lessons 57

Altadena Retreat

Here is a picture from the backyard garden where we had the Altadena Summer Solstice Retreat. It was so nice! A friend from Austin, Texas, was also visiting. She is also in your school - Murphy. And everyone who attended the retreat was a student, so it was very special. Thank you to all of you who came and gave me the opportunity to share the teachings of the angels. Ruth and Hans-Jorgen came from Switzerland, and that was nice for Ursula who lives here and is also Swiss.

It was father's day here in America, which I'd forgotten about, so several people had to cancel at the last minute, and one of our students, Debra, who is a friend of your classmate, Janet, had a bad car accident, so I extend love and healing to her.

We had the perfect number of people, perfect weather, and good food. Here is the healthy healing cleansing salad I made, using fresh kale from the garden and fresh lemons from the trees.



Kale Salad
Ingredients
1 bunch of curly kale
1/3 cup of dried cranberries
1/2 cup of walnuts (or any other nuts)
2 teaspoons of local raw honey
3 tablespoons of a good olive oil
juice of one lemon
salt to taste

Instructions
Clean the kale from the stems and then rip into small bite sized pieces into a large bowl.
Juice the lemon and then whisk in olive oil and honey. Add a pinch of salt to taste.
Pour about 3/4 of the dressing onto kale and with hands mix well and massage into kale until slightly wilted. Taste and then add more dressing to taste.
Add cranberries and walnuts and mix.

Newest Lessons Sent Today!

Dear Students, Your newest lessons just went out, so if for some reason you don't have yours, let me know! Sometimes that happens. Here are the lessons that went out today to your happy inbox.

1st Class -   Lesson 80 - Interruptions
Class 6 -      Lesson 65 - Money! Honey!
Class 7 -      Lesson 46 - Lessons from Nature and Nature Spirits
1/11 Class - Lesson 57 - Sacred River of Life
1/12 Class - Lesson 41, Beautiful Dreamer
1/14 Class - Lesson 19, Perfection
1/15 Class - Lesson 7, Into the Light

Your lessons may or may not have the same # as the same lesson in another class. This is because I made changes as the lessons progressed, deleted a lesson, added one, resent a newly revised lesson. As you can see, the oldest class is now on Lesson 80! That's reason for a celebration. So let's celebrate!

Tiny alertness

Check out the link. We should all be so alert and aware -- and so cute :) https://vine.co/v/OJhQ7HxZ2tK