Food For Thought

Hi Dear Students & Classmates, I am posting this because I find it interesting and because it provides a new way of looking at forgiveness, one I had not considered. How about you? Have you had to forgive someone who wasn't sorry, even though you they hurt you? Have you had to accept an apology that wasn't offered? It does make sense, doesn't it -- to let go of anger and resentment and move on with your life. Then you are free because your happiness is not dependent upon another person. You can let other people be as they are. This does not mean you do not see what is. You see very clearly. You don't step in the same hole twice, so to speak. And you do not need to be strong. You need only ask for the strength of God to help you. This is good news. It means you can be weak, feel weak, be vulnerable and still forgive, accept, let go, and move on. All my love, Judy aka Indira

Writing and more...

Dearest Students, I like to think we are growing and evolving together, as one. One of the features of my work, as you know, is that so-called "enlightenment" is not a one-time static explosion that remains constant forever — meaning you never have to do anymore work on yourself. That has been the idea perpetuated by some new-age gurus, many of whom were eventually exposed to be living in ways that violated certain laws as well as moral ethics. That doesn't make everything such a spiritual teacher said necessarily invalid, but it does call into question the definition of enlightenment.

Words of the poet Bukowski

Flowers everywhere

 
Our classmate, Ursula K, sent me this link. I find it to be both beautiful and inspiring. May we all create such worlds of beauty on the inside that they are reflected on the outside. And may we live in such worlds of inner beauty that we see beauty everywhere. Or...as angels see...the face of God everywhere.

http://ompomhappy.com/2015/04/09/home-of-french-artist-claire-basler/?blogsub=confirming#subscribe-blog

Chinese New Year 2016

Living in a multicultural world, as we do, we get to celebrate New Year's again! Smile. So if you don't like how your last celebration went, you can celebrate Chinese style, and you have 15 days to do it in...until Feb. 15, although part of that time has gone by. This is the Chinese Year of the Monkey. An excellent healer and Tai Chi teacher I know here in Jamestown, NY,  Red Sarber, says this is the year of Chaos, and it is important to play a lot! Which reminds me to remind you . . .
. . . forget about finding answers, at least for awhile. Forget about finding truth, at least for awhile. Be like a kitten who discovers a ball of yarn and unwinds it for sheer joy, for play. Not to reach some goal. Not as some serious endeavor. Not to figure out why things are as they are. Be like a kitten, at least some of the time. For the sake of love. For the sake of play. You will have much more energy!

Angel Message: Nature

Dearest Child of God, As you are a child of God, so is all of nature; every being on earth and sea. Everything pulsates with its own vibration. Trees pulsate with a vibration different from the average human. Trees are rooted deeply in the earth and their branches reach up to the skies.

love & wisdom

Love says, "I am everything".
Wisdom says, "I am nothing".
Between these two runs my life -Nisargadatta Maharaj

I had the good fortune to spend time with Nisargadatta on one of my sojourns to India. I have had his book since long ago,  I Am That, though it wasn't actually written by him, but put together by one of his followers from talks he had given.

Angels of Water

There are many varieties of water angels. The angels of waterfalls and brooks twirl and dance, sparkling into and out of form. They awaken the innocent childlike joy inside every person. Running water is a good place to go when your spirit needs uplifting.

Just strolling for awhile upon the earth in awareness that this body is fading into the blue and nothing is more important than anything else that also fades, so kindness must be what counts and the greatest achievement since it also takes the highest consciousness, meanness being so ordinary and easy to achieve, so I notice things like tender violets and scented jasmine and the color of lilacs and thank them carefully for being here.

This is a photo from where I am just now in Jamestown, NY, where I grew up. Lovely trees bathing in the sunset over Lake Chautauqua surrounded by angels singing the praises of God. Can you see them there? Smile.

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.