I so appreciate the many posts Indira places here, so thought I'd give it a try. What do the rest of you think about these words of Richard Gere? Are they true? My understanding says, yes, for so long as I do not cause harm to others.

I try to follow The Clear and Simple Way and ask questions about everything I read or hear to find out if it is true for me. I ask myself what I can learn from the words that people write or say to me. I try to be receptive and not closed-off so that I may learn. I especially like the Guardian angel message about The Golden Rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

“You do not need to do anything; you do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You do not even need to listen; just wait. You do not even need to wait; just become still, quiet and solitary and the world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”– Franz Kafka

Guardian Angel Message Heaven

    
Dearest One, Angels never forsake you. God never fails you. Human beings may fail you because they are governed by human egos. You may fail yourself because you also have a human ego that has a great deal of control over your life.

     The 'you' that controls your life is not usually the true and loving you, but the false and unloving you. This is the ego. It is everything you are not. This is why you are incarnated on earth, to rise above the false self into your true self. Then you are in heaven

Trees

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/world/europe/german-forest-ranger-finds-that-trees-have-social-networks-too.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Trees are living beings when we see with expanded vision we see a whole village of life communing together in a supportive way without the need to win or overpower one another. All we must do is open our eyes to the vast spiritual world of nature and stop trying to use and abuse it for our own selfish interests and as we befriend nature we will come to realize that nature is our greatest friend as the great Consciousness manifests through it creating beauty for our souls, food for our bodies, serenity for our spirits. Thank you beautiful trees, Love, Indira

German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too.

Sea Angels

The angels of oceans are great devas, serene and tranquil. They love to chant the name of God. They know the language of all sea beings. These angels possess such stillness of heart that you can hear it if you go to the ocean and listen carefully. The angels of the ocean have a deeply intuitive relationship with whales, dolphins, manatees, octopi and all sea life. Intelligent sea creatures experience the presence of angels in a way that humanity is vastly unaware of. When human beings savage the oceans, the angels draw even closer to the great sea beings and do their best to calm the fish and fauna that inhabit the oceans.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Wishing you sweet dreams and sweeter awakenings

Love these words!

I AM THAT

Nisargadatta Maharaj - I AM THAT

A Bright Hello

Need a little brightner for your day? I need one for mine today. It seems so much is falling away. I stand like a tree approaching winter. The icy cold air like a blanket of truth around me. The only true friend is God. And angels. And nature that enfolds us always, whether it be in storms or sunshine. Nature is impersonal in its giving and taking. Not so with humans. Everything human egos do is personal and contains a personal motive. This is what we must see about ourselves. This is what it means to come out of the dream of deceiving yourself by believing yourself. Believe nothing. Find out what is true in your own heart and you will be free. Here's a bright painting I created. Enjoy!

Guardian Angel Message THE GOLDEN RULE

Dear One, Have you considered the meaning of  the word Dear with which we begin our messages, with which you often begin your own correspondence? So often human beings read and write, as well as speak, without awareness. Without being aware of the meaning of the words they use. Angels are poets. Every word has a meaning, a place. The definition of the word Dear is: Much loved. Precious. Beloved. Much valued. Highly esteemed.

You

This is a bit of poetry by one of my favorite writer-poets who has since died. The words can be complicated to comprehend even if English is your first language and you like poetry. If you have trouble understanding it, let me know, and I'll say more.

Because you're not what I would have you be
I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.
Seeking mirage where desert blooms, I mar
Your you. Aaah, I would like to see
Past all delusions to reality:
Then I would see God's image in your face.
 
The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle, 2005.

Wisdom of the ages

FULL WOLF MOON POEM

Can you see the wolf in this picture?

There is a poem to go with this picture, when you click 'here' below

The Locked Door

Dearest Classmates & Students, the other day I was knocking on the door of someone who was supposed to be home. The doorbell wasn't working. There was lots of snow and I was standing in it, since the walk was not shoveled. I knocked and knocked. After awhile, I could feel impatience arising within me. I knocked harder. No answer. I called out. No answer. Now, there was a very very ill person inside (my sister-in-law) with her seventeen year old daughter and autistic son, so I was concerned. My imagination was telling me stories about what might be happening inside. I could feel anger arising when I thought the daughter (my niece) just wasn't answering the door. I called her cell phone. No answer. More anger arose. Finally, I left.

Dragonfly Legend

Real is the only real beauty

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfZ9UjOnzHc&feature=youtu.be

Angelic Prayer For You

Dearest One, May you receive the abundant blessings of the angels each time you cross the threshold into Your Open Classroom. May this sacred space shelter and give you comfort. May you feel the burdens of the ego melting away as you surrender to the higher teachings of the angels. May you rest in the peace that is here, the peace the world cannot give.

May you be willing to remove the masks that separate you from others, God, and yourself. May you receive the understanding and acceptance that fill this room. May your one bright eye be opened so the weariness of seeing with two eyes dissolves in the clear light of Truth. May your true vision refine and deepen. May you fall into the love in your heart and let it raise you higher.

May you always know you are welcome here where you are held in the love and power and tenderness of the angels. If God is the sun, then angels are the sunlight that warms and brightens and enlightens your way.

Angel Message 14 Seeing

Dearest One, Our last message was about seeing with the Ajna chakra: heart connected to divine intelligence. This is not the way the world sees. The world sees through eyes of duality. This is not due to the eyes, which perform their task of seeing quite well, but to the way the mind goes outward and interprets what it sees. The ego mind can see only past and future. It cannot see the now. The ego by definition is that which can see past and future, which is duality, but never the present moment.

When you see with the 3rd eye, the Ajna chakra, then you see with the One eye -- the One I. Contemplate this. Think about how you see. Be aware of your seeing. Observe. Watch. Witness. Your observation may lead you to new ways of seeing.  Thank you, Your Own Guardian angel