Somewhere

Somewhere in the music
Somewhere in the song
lies the key to life itself
so far as I can know now
it has to do with love.

Love is Magic, Love is God
Love is Music, Love is Purity
Love is Light, Love is Music
Music is Love, Music is Light
Light is Love, Love is Light
God is Love, Love is God
Music is God, God is Music

You and I are God, God is Love
We are Music, Beauty is Peace
Peace is Love, Love is Peace
We are God's Love and Light
Somewhere in the Music
We live forever.

The Ride

Put the ego in the back seat
sit high and free
with love in the seat beside you
breathing as one
in perfect harmony
carefree
and continue
moment to moment
in love
you'll see things
as never before
you'll see things
you've never seen before
you'll see things
you never knew existed
the ride will be short
yet it'll last forever.

Remember?

Remember the feeling as a child,
When you woke up
And morning smiled…..?
It’s time you felt like that again.

-Taj Mahal

Martin's Daughter, Oberwilerkurse, Switzerland

Lemons

I like seeing the cheery yellow lemons each time I come into the open classroom. Reminds me of that saying -- if you are given lemons, then make lemonade!!! Thanks for the reminder, dear teacher. Love, Kevin

Saying hello

I just wanted to stop by and write a few words, though I haven't much to say. Mostly I am doing a great deal of self-observation. I see myself and others in new ways. I can feel something happening deep inside me, that I haven't even got words for. I have for some time felt quiet and introspective, so I haven't even been writing here lately, though I am always stopping by to read and inhale all the great energy I feel here. The lessons are great. They touch me deep inside and actually are effective. Thank you once again.

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The Clear and Simple Way Newsletter May 2015

Have you read the newest Newsletter? If you didn't receive yours in your email box, let me know, and I will make sure you do! Here is a picture of the Arroyo in Pasadena where I often walk. As you can see, the flowers are out and so is the green.

A healthier sweet...Black Bean Brownies

This recipe is from doTerra oils, so the oils used here can be consumed. Your classmate, Darlene, sells doTerra (essential healing oils) (which I have experienced great success with!) I haven't made these brownies myself, so if you do, let me know how they taste! I have eaten red bean ice cream in Little Tokyo which is delicious. And black bean sweets, also wonderful.

Black bean brownies are a delicious and nutritious twist to a traditional chocolate brownie. You might be nervous about baking with black beans, but don’t be–they have a very mild flavor and are extremely rich, creamy, and full of protein. You can also boost the flavor of your brownie with essential oils such as Peppermint, Wild Orange, Cinnamon, or even Lavender.

Ingredients:
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained, and rinsed

2 large eggs

1/4 cup cocoa powder

2/3 cup honey

1/3 cup coconut oil

½ teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt

4 drops Peppermint essential oil

¾ cup chocolate chips, divided

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place all ingredients, except for chocolate chips, in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
3. Pour batter into large bowl and stir in ½ cup chocolate chips.
4. Pour into greased 8×8-inch pan and top with ¼ cup chocolate chips.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool and cut into pieces. Store in refrigerator.

African Proverb

"If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito." -African proverb 

Row Your Boat

If life habitually seems very difficult and confusing to you, maybe it is because you are trying to row someone else’s boat. Maybe you are acting contrary to your own nature. Every human being has a nature that is theirs alone, just as every angel does. An angel of water never yearns to be an angel of air. Angels naturally trust the exquisite functioning of creation. All of nature is part of this perfect functioning. The sun rises to meet the sea, the moon rises to meet the stars—they never tremble in fear, wondering if they are welcome here, if it is okay to be as they are. The moon never longs to be the ocean. The moon is grateful for the ocean. The moon could never see itself without the constant reflection of the sea.

Angels in your midst

Do you think that angels ever stop? That they ever stop loving you? Ever stop praising the name of God? Ever stop doing their best to get through to you? Get through the hardness of your heart? The hardness of your mind? Do you think they ever stop shining their light through the dark forest of ego so that you have a light to guide you out, to your true home? Do you think they ever give up? Do they ever say they are too tired to help you through the dark forest?

No. Angels never do give up. Angels can never stop loving because angels are made of love. Angels praise God in every moment. That's what makes an angel an angel! Angels never give up. They never stop shining the light because angels are made of light. They shine with the light of God. Angels are never tired because there is nothing in an angel to block the light of God which is all energy, all goodness, all enthusiasm. Angels are filled with the light of God. The Light is all wisdom, all love, and all compassion. It is everything. So are you. You just don't know it. It is your ignorance, your blindness, your wrong beliefs that keep you here in lack, loss, fear, and limitation.

Therefore, as the great King Solomon said, Get ye wisdom, and with all they getting, get understanding. And as Socrates declared, Know Thyself!

Melt the hardness of the mind

Welcome to Your Open Classroom. This is where you can benefit both yourself and serve others by making the effort to come out of your closet and write something. Yes, it takes time, and writing is a valuable exercise, especially when you share it with others. Going against what the mind tells you is a way to come into the softness of your heart, and melt the hardness of the mind. The more you show up for Truth, the more Truth shows up for you. This is universal law.

This is a picture of me and my cousin, Darlene, who is also one of your classmates. This was taken at the East Coast Retreat a couple of years ago. Look how beautiful it is outside the window, the green trees and the sun shining through. All of us were at the retreat melting the hardness of the mind and coming into the softness of the heart.

Another Psycholgical Personality Test

Name your favorite body of water and three descriptive traits as to why. (Note: body of water as in: the ocean, waterfalls, ice, pond, river, hot springs ect.) I will post the meaning of this later......well, today, (May 17) is a later...so click for the answer. If you haven't answered yet, take a few moments to do that, and then check for the answer. This is an actual psychological test and can tell you something about yourself.

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Ramana Maharshi Speaks on Death

The devotees know that Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi had an intense experience of death in his seventeenth year. After the experience ended, he was established in the realisation of his true Self and the illusion of death died forever. Here is in part Bhagavan’s description of what happened:

Psychological Test

You are walking along a beach when you notice something in the sand. You quickly unbury it and discover what appears to be an ancient vase. The vase could easily be worth millions and set you for life. Suddenly, someone comes up to you and snatches the vase from your hand and smashes it in front of you . . . How do you feel? What are you thinking? and What do you say?

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If you write your answer to this, you will discover something important about yourself. I will come back in a few days or so and post the significance of this for you. This is an actual psychological test that has meaning to you and your life.

Happiness

"To be happy, to possess eternal life, to be in God, to be saved -- all these are the same. All alike mean the solution to the problem, the aim of existence. And happiness is cumulative, as misery may be. An eternal growth is an unchangeable peace, an ever more profound depth of understanding, a possession constantly more intense and more spiritual with the joy of heaven -- this is happiness. Happiness has no limits." - Amiel
  
This morning I feel like writing about the above quote from the Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic, Henri Frédéric Amiel, who lived from 1821 to 1881. I am writing for my own benefit, using our open classroom to increase my understanding, which is making right use of the classroom. What is more important than spiritual understanding? As far as I know, nothing. By writing about a quote of spiritual Truth, I am exercising my spiritual mind. I am reaching higher and asking God and angels to help me understand. I am putting Truth first. When we put Truth first, Truth puts us first.

Below the line below :) are the rest of my early morning musings, although I am just now posting it. I awake very early, doing my meditations, meditative writings, which help take me within and prepare me for the day.

Watership Down Quote

"Animals don't behave like men...If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But  they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality."

― Richard Adams, Watership Down -- I read Watership Down a number of years ago and maybe one day will have to read it again, since I remember being very moved by it.

Wise Words

"The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise up."-Proudhon (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1809-1865)

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Leaves of Grass

I exist as I am -- that is enough; if no other in the world be aware, I sit content. -Walt Whitman