Tuesday, May 10, 2016

WHEN YOU LET GO...

When You Let Go...
What happens when you LET GO?  It is a scary place to be when you let go and it can also be an exciting place to be, when you simply let go of the CONTROL in your life.  WHO or WHAT THEN IS IN CONTROL? WHO or WHAT DO YOU TRUST?
 
"When you LET GO you are no longer holding something... SOMETHING IS HOLDING YOU!" -- Nat, Numerologist.com

TRUST UNIVERSAL LIFE in the NOW!  TRUST IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF!

"You know you're surrendered to GOD when you rely on GOD to work things out instead of trying to manipulate others, force your agenda, and control the situation. You LET GO and let GOD work. You don't have to always be in charge. Instead of trying harder, you TRUST more." -- Rick Warren, Daily Hope

I am conscious of being in this PROCESS right now in my life experience and I am PREDISPOSED to LET SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MYSELF HOLD ME.  Letting go is not the most comfortable thing to do, but I believe it is the BEST thing to do.  As always... it is your CHOICE!

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Monday, May 9, 2016

THE WAY TO THE TREASURE IS WITHIN...

The Way to the Treasure is Within...
This morning I received my much anticipated daily message from 'The School of Practical Philosophy'  this one entitled: 'Hidden Truth'.  I have heard this PARABLE before and totally agree with the PROFOUND timeless message of the Unknown Author, and wanted to share it with you.

"Long ago all human beings were gods, but they so abused their divinity that Brahma, the chief god, decided to take it away from them and hide it where humans would never find it again.

Where to hide their divinity was now the question. Brahma called together the other gods to help him decide. "Let's bury it deep in the earth," said one. Brahma answered, "No that will not do because humans will dig into the earth and find it."

Another god suggested, "Let's sink it in the deepest ocean." But Brahma said, "No, not there, for they will learn to dive into the ocean and they will find it."

The third god said, "Let's take it to the top of the highest mountain and hide it there." Once again Brahma replied, "No that will not do either, because they will eventually climb every mountain and once again find their divinity."

Then the gods gave up and said, "We do not know where to hide it. It seems that there is no place on earth or in the sea that human beings will not eventually reach."

Brahma thought about this for a long time and then said, "Here is what we will do. We will hide their divinity deep in the center of their own being, for humans will never think to look for it there."

All the gods agreed that this was the perfect hiding place, and so the deed was done. Since that time humans have been going up and down the earth, digging, diving, climbing, and exploring, searching for something that already resides within them." -- Unknown

The TREASURE truly is within each one of us, but you must do the work "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."  Matthew 7:7

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PHOTO: Cinderella's Castle at Disney World and Sleeping Beauty's Castle in Disney Land are modeled after Bavaria's Neuschwanstein Castle

Sunday, May 8, 2016

JOYOUS MOTHER'S DAY... EVERYDAY!

JOYous Mother's Day... EVERYDAY!
Mother's are GOD's GIFT to mankind! Of course fathers figure in there as well, but today we CELEBRATE  "MOTHER"...

"Because I feel that in the heavens above
The angels, whispering one to another,
Can find among their burning tears of love,
None so devotional as that of "Mother,"
Therefore, by that dear name I have long called you,
You who are more than mother unto me."
-- Edgar Allan Poe

May Almighty Holy GOD BLESS and KEEP ALL "Mothers" everyday, all those who "Mother" who are not biologically connected to their children through fostering, adoption or children of a husband with children (I do not care for the term "step-child"), as well as females who are a natural "Mother" to anyone.

JOYous Mother's Day... I CELEBRATE YOU my own, myself, family and friends!

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

SIMPLY SURRENDER...

Simply Surrender...
SURRENDER to what is... ACCEPT THE PRESENT MOMENT NOW!  I truly do not know what is going on in the mind of someone else... not even my own, sometimes.  Therefore, if I do not know someone else's mind, they could not possibly know mine!  At this point we must just ACCEPT our self and others exactly as is in the present moment... NOW!

"Let everything happen to you, Beauty and Terror. Just keep going, No feeling is final."        - Rainer Maria Rilke
      
No feeling, no situation, no circumstance and no condition is final... so SURRENDER to the moment, it too shall pass.  Everyone must deal with their own demons: THOUGHTS, WORDS and other IMAGINARY things.  The thing is not to get caught up emotionally in other people's stuff, you have your own to surrender. FORGIVE them, wish them well and then LET THEM GO!

"SURRENDER is simply but profound WISDOM of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. The only place where you can experience the flow of life is the NOW, so to surrender is to accept the present moment unconditionally and without reservation."  'The POWER of NOW' by Eckhart Tolle

Simply SURRENDER to the GUIDE within yourself NOW, or walk your path alone... your CHOICE!

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PHOTO: "Seven story tall brick water tower called the Lion Tower (Löwenturm).  The impressive Lion Tower still survives today because in the 1500’s it was incorporated into a large stately home to provide water for its garden.  It had almost been complete forgotten about until bombing in WW2 ruined the home and revealed the tower once again." Munich Free Walking Tour

Friday, May 6, 2016

WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND?

What Do You Have In Mind?
What "state of mind" do you INHABIT?  You can only inhabit one place at a time, it does not matter if you have multiple places, you can only BE in ONE place at one time... SO BE HERE NOW!

What "state if mind" are you in? You can tell what "state" you have wandered into by your experience and environment.  Check your INNER "GPS", or I like to think of it as "GOD's Purpose System", to see if you have ventured off onto a "purposeless" path.  This "GPS" only works for that which it stands: GOD's Purpose a "state of mind" for ALL GOOD.

You CHOOSE the "state of mind" you will inhabit.  You CHOOSE what you have in mind, and you will have it whatever IT is... your CHOICE!

BE OPEN, from your inner "state of mind" to Universal GOODNESS and it will be REFLECTED in your outer state of experience and environment.

“In WORDS are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.” ― Plutarch

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

BELIEF IS THE CATALYST...

BELIEVE...
You must BEGIN with BELIEF. You must BELIEVE YOU CAN or else you will not take the first step that can lead to many other steps for new beginnings across the board in your life.
  
BELIEVING IS the CATALYST for that first step. BE BOLD IN YOUR RESOLUTION TO BELIEVE. TODAY I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE! 

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back — concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. BEGIN IT NOW.“ - Goethe

BELIEVE!
  
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PHOTO: King Ludwig II castle nestled among the luscious Bavarian forests and mountains... www.neuschwanstein.de

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

THE WORD IS NOT CONTINGENT UPON...

The WORD...
ANYTHING outside of ITSELF.  The WORD becomes what the word IS.  Love IS LOVE. Peace IS PEACE.  Joy IS JOY... NOT CONTINGENT upon ANYTHING outside of the WORD itself.  It just is what it IS!  The attitude with which you express your word becomes that word expressed in the tone of your attitude.  It is the INTENTION behind the THOUGHT, which is a collection of WORDS that manifests accordingly.

However the WORD of GOD which is ALL GOOD is NOT contingent upon anything outside of itself.  The WORD of GOD can only be spoken with PRAISE and ADORATION. Look at the words: LOVE, PEACE and JOY. These words are PURE.  Your own interpretation will defile your experience of them, but the WORD in itself cannot be defiled, nor in PURITY be contingent  upon anything outside of itself.

"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only WORDS of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone." -  Audrey Hepburn
 
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

THOUGHTS ARE THINGS...

Thoughts are Things...
EVERY thing has its genesis  in THOUGHT! This is why it is of the utmost importance to THINK & SPEAK what you would truly like to MANIFEST in and as your life experience.

'Material vs the Spiritual Mind' "To thine own self be true" is an oft-uttered adage. But to which self? The HIGHER or lower? You have in a sense two minds -- the mind of the body and the mind of the Spirit." - 'Thoughts are Things' by Mulford Prentice
 
The HIGHER Mind is that of the Spirit, and the lower mind of the body illustrating THOUGHTS ARE THINGS.  The THOUGHT of the Higher Mind manifests in the body the lower mind.  "As above, so below..."

Today I was on the DB (Deutsche Bahn)  train travelling from Munich to Fussen, Germany when it began to rain framing the snow capped Mighty Alps in a fog & clouds, with raindrops on the windowpane of the train... it was MAGNIFICENT!  To look at these INCREDIBLE mountains gave me a feeling of GREATNESS rising from somewhere deep within my soul... barely finding the WORDS to describe how GREAT was the experience.

IMAGINE that these MIGHTY Alps came from HIGHER Mind THOUGHT in the BEGINNING eons ago to NOW... HOW GREAT THOU ART!

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Monday, May 2, 2016

ONE...

ONE...
EVERY-ONE. WE ARE ALL... ONE.  We are each ONE.  ONE with each other.  One in BEING with the ONE BEING, the ONE CREATOR... GOD, which is ALL GOOD!  We are merely different EXPRESSIONS of the ONE, however WE ARE ONE!  THE APPEARANCE DOES NOT MATTER, AS IT IS NOT REAL.  THAT WHICH WE TRULY ARE CANNOT DIE, THE APPEARANCE WILL, however DIS-APPEAR.

During my morning meditation this PERCEPTION of ONENESS was deeply IMPRESSED upon my consciousness as if to make a point.  The meditation was quite INTENSE to the point that all outside of my conscious awareness APPEARED not to be there and I was COMPLETELY dissolved into the UNI-versal... ONENESS.  I shared this revelation with the young lady where I am currently staying in Munich, Germany and she totally got what I was saying, it was very exciting.  I FELT the ONENESS with her and everyone/thing around me.  As I continued to FOCUS on the ONENESS it continued to EXPAND.

Yesterday, was truly one of those mind expanding days as I ventured out into the rain (SHOWERS of BLESSINGS!).  I was helped by a very kind woman from France, living in Germany for many years, whom I asked what area it was I had wandered into, she inquired if I was alone and then offered to walk around with me, even though she was on her way home.  I was extremely GRATEFUL for this WONDERFUL woman and everything she shared with me. She showed me St. Johann Nepomuk, "better known as the Asam Church (German: Asamkirche) a Baroque church in Munich, southern Germany", which I have seen before but had not gone inside... INCREDIBLE.  We also visited St. Anna Damenstiftskirche, "a chapel in Munich, southern Germany, whose interior was created by the Asam brothers (Asam Church)".  We then walked through one of those AMAZING passageways leading to even more hidden TREASURES, that revealed several cafes offering different fare.  The area was so colourful with the flowers, outdoor umbrellas covering the brightly colourful table dressing and sculpture.  She showed me the famous authentic Bavarian restaurant Augustine which is tremendously large!  After about an hour of her GENEROUS time she bid me farewell and continued home.  As I enjoyed a cappuccino and Portuguese cake at Bricelta Cafe, "They say: Everything is fado . This typical Portuguese music style, which translates literally as meaning fate, lives of the saudade , the gentle melancholy, and of the desire.",  I breathed in the BLESSING of my journey and how very GRATEFUL I am!

This morning I read in 'The Power of NOW' a treasure by Eckhart Tolle... "An infinite number of completely different interpretations, completely different worlds, is possible and in fact, EXISTS - all depending on the PERCEIVING consciousness.  Every being (ONE) is a focal point of consciousness, and every such focal point CREATES its OWN world, although ALL those worlds are INTERCONNECTED."

WOW, this is INCREDIBLE, TRUE and mind EXPANDING, further confirming for me my PERCEPTION and our ONENESS of BEING... yours and mine with the ONE!

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

DIVINE PERCEPTION...

BEAUTY... from the ground up!
LET GO OF THE PAST IN THE PRESENT, IT IS BEHIND YOU.  I AM IN THE PRESENT NOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE... NOW!     Q: WHERE AM I?  A: NOW... My new "comfort zone" is NOW!

You can't TALK about being in the NOW.  You must BE INTENSELY HERE RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE... NOW.

Whatever is going on this moment IS ALL THERE IS.  In this space NOW is EVERY THING REQUIRED IN IT, BECAUSE REMEMBER, NOW IS ALL THERE IS!  Let NOW reveal itself to you and through you... BE STILL, BREATHE, LISTEN TO THE SILENCE. MEDITATE ON THE NO-THING THAT IS EVERYTHING.  GO DEEP & DEEPER.

"Remember, that your PERCEPTION of the world is a REFLECTION of your "state of mind". - Eckhart Tolle  'The Power of NOW'

BEAUTY... from the ground up is how you perceive it!

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Saturday, April 30, 2016

DIRECT YOUR CHILDREN...

Direct Your Children...
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. - Proverbs 22:6 

PROVERB is an action ACTION word.  Pro "a meaning of advancing or projecting forward or outward" Verb "is a word that expresses action or a state of being".

DIRECT your children onto the right path, that is RIGHT for them beginning with a good foundation of VIRTUES "the good result that comes from something".  Something, for instance showing by example and inviting your child to JOIN you in VOLUNTEERING "Volunteering may have positive benefits for the volunteer as well as for the person or community served". - wikipedia

When directing your child with the FOCUS primarily on getting good grades, how you look, what you have, getting a good education and higher education, getting a good job the result then is self-performance. There is NOTHING wrong with these things necessarily, however unfortunately for most later in your life you may find yourself asking the question... "WHAT WAS IT ALL FOR?" Some may rationalize that they are passing something on to their children, but what exactly are they passing on to their children?  "Things including money" would be the answer, and there will be the feeling of a "hollow victory" in the space where your "heart" once was... WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD.

As I travel and have a lot of time to meditate on where I began, where I am NOW and where I am headed I am asking myself this question, observing the answers and vowing to re-imagine myself for a GREATER GOOD.  I am also questioning the parenting I gave my child  when I was "directing him onto the right path", especially NOW in this season of our relationship.  

It is an ongoing process this WONDERFUL bond between parent and child, this guiding and directing, this continued nurturing, supporting, encouraging, instilling VIRTUES and LETTING GO as they proceed on the path ahead of them with the HOPE that "when they are older, they will not leave it!"

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Friday, April 29, 2016

RETURNING A DIFFERENT WAY HOME...

Returning A Different Way Home...
Allow yourself to be LED, from within, and you will return a different way to the same place.

A different way home is not only geographical, but also mental and Spiritual.  Home, here on earth for mankind is "in the beginning", as IT is in Heaven... in the BEGINNING.

“As Above, so below, as Within, so without, as the Universe, so the soul…” Hermes Trismegistus
 
All THOUGHT produces an experience in LIFE. Our THOUGHTS (invisible) which are a collection of the WORDS we CHOOSE, go BEFORE us in LIFE manifesting as our own individual life experiences (visible).

"THOUGHT IS THE ARCHITECT OF THE MIND & THE WORDS IT USES CREATE THE MASTER BLUEPRINT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE IN LIFE."

Therefore, be conscious of the THOUGHTS you CHOOSE to THINK (within) and SPEAK (without) you never know how or when they will manifest as your individual life experience.  Whether you are conscious of them or not YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR CHOICE!

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

LOGOS OR THE WORD...

LOGOS or the WORD...
In the BEGINNING was The WORD of GOD. - John 1:1

"1:1-5 The plainest reason why the SON of GOD is called the WORD, seems to be, that as our words explain our minds to others, so was the SON of GOD sent in order to reveal HIS FATHER'S MIND to the world."  "HIS coexistence with the FATHER. The WORD was with GOD. All things were made by HIM..." "Without HIM was not any thing made that was made, from the highest angel to the meanest worm." - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

EVERYTHING begins with LOGOS or the WORD: THOUGHTS and IDEAS which are a collection of WORDS.

What this illustrates is the POWER of the WORD to BECOME what it IS.  This is also WHY it is highly IMPORTANT the WORDS we THINK and SPEAK... which will in "time" come into BEING. As the WORD of GOD in the BEGINNING (invisible) manifested as Jesus Christ and became flesh (visible), so will our words.

Logos( Greek: “word,” “reason,” or “plan”) plural logoi, in Greek philosophy and theology, the divine reason implicit in the cosmos, ordering it and giving it form and meaning. Though the concept defined by the term logos is found in Greek, Indian, Egyptian, and Persian philosophical and theological systems... http://www.britannica.com/topic/logos

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?

Open the Door to Your Heart to Receive!
Then GIVE FOR IT... FOR-GIVE!  In some languages WORDS can be written in such a way that a word like FORGIVE could be GIVE FOR, which really makes a lot of sense.  You give up hate for LOVE...

GIVE something FOR what you would like. When you FORGIVE you open yourself to RECEIVE!

"FORGIVENESS is such a powerful GIFT from heaven above. It’s like a door on our heart. When we CHOOSE to forgive, it opens our heart so that we can receive everything GOD has for us. But when we hold onto UNFORGIVENESS, bitterness and resentment, it closes up our heart and keeps us from moving forward." Joel Osteen 'Devotionals' 

I BEGIN my day with prayer to GOD thanking HIM for being with me through the night and for waking me to a brand new day NEVER before lived.  HE does not GIVE me left overs from the day before... "Great is HIS faithfulness; HIS mercies BEGIN afresh each morning." Lamentations 3:23   I go on to CHOOSE for today from the UNIVERSAL TABLE of GOOD the WORDS I would like to become as my experience which ACCUMULATES... daily!

Another thing I do as part of my morning habits is to GIVE my fellow photographers on YouPic.com Photography Gallery a "favorite" and "repic" on their photographs, as well as a star nomination, tweet them on Twitter, share them on Google+ and pin them on Pinterest.  I BELIEVE this sets the tone for RECEIVING across the board in my life, not just on YouPic.  It is a way that I PROVE my COMMITMENT to FORGIVING in my life, so that I will be FORGIVEN.  It FEELS GOOD, too!

So "What would you like?"  FORGIVE... GIVE something FOR it and open the door to your heart to RECEIVE!

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER...

Let It Be!
LET IT BE!

WORDS woke me up this morning, however I had to rise in order to walk across the room to write them down.  The temptation to stay in bed, fooling myself into believing I will remember had foiled me too many times in the past before an "aha" realization awakened me to the fact this was not working.  So the pen and pad across the room gets me out of the bed and into my writing AFTER prayer and meditation which are NOW habits I have acquired.

Sitting on the sofa, watching the delicate pink blossoms "dancing" in the breeze just outside the window, drifted into MUSING about "what's next" in this journey I am on.  Yesterday I celebrated the completion of 9 months travelling, on the 25th of each month since I began.  Lyrics of the song title "Let It BE" by the Beatles, spontaneously came into my awareness in response to my question.

SIMPLY... "let it be" it sang to me. WHATEVER "it" is... LET "IT" BE.  LET IT BE!

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Monday, April 25, 2016

A WHOLE NEW WORLD...

A Whole New World...
This morning in the space of 1 hour between 10:00 - 11:00 am it began snowing lightly, then the large fluffy flakes seemed to float in slow motion as if dancing, then rapidly first from the right and then the left succeeding to blue skies with clouds and Sun, this pattern continued throughout the day here in Munich, Germany. I was AMAZED at such weather patterns I have never seen before... AMAZING, and reassuring that it is the work of the CREATOR, because NO man could have CONCEIVED or ACHIEVED such a WONDER! PRAISE and THANKS BE TO ALMIGHTY HOLY GOD... I AM in AWE!

There is NO lack.  There is NO limitation. There are NO boundaries to ENERGY which is what GOD IS and we are.  GOD in the BEGINNING created us in HIS Image and Likeness, this is the TRUTH of your being and mine.  Since GOD IS ALL there IS it is IMPOSSIBLE to "see" GOD (the Invisible), however mankind is a manifested (visible) expression or part of ALL THERE IS... GOD! Our finite minds, ONE with the DIVINE MIND which is INFINITE (in-the-finite) is our CONNECTION.

Travel outside of my COMFORT ZONE has opened up to me a whole new world.  I could not in my greatest IMAGINATION believe that what I have experienced these past 9 months would have been possible for me to experience.  The COST is not mine, but that of DIVINE BENEVOLENCE in its PROMISE of PROVISION (pro-vision) for me to BEGIN, take the first STEP... MARCH FORTH!

A whole new world awaits you as well BEYOND your self imposed boundaries of lack and limitation conceived within your own mind.  Absolutely NO ONE and NO THING LIMITS YOU except your inability to THINK and IMAGINE BEYOND YOUR PAST THOUGHTS which are only a collection of WORDS.

A WHOLE NEW WORLD requires NEW THOUGHTS, NEW WORDS which BECOME NEW BELIEFS... your CHOICE! 

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

HOW DO YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?

How Do You Answer the Phone?
The WORDS you use when you answer the phone are NOT as important as the TONE with which you use the WORDS to answer the phone!

Hello, Hey, Bonjour, Buongirno, Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, Buenos Dias, Hallo, Hola et al... These are just WORDS in different languages conveying the same greeting.  The Spirit behind the greeting, now that is where the CONVERSATION begins.
 
The TONE sets the mood of the interchange of THOUGHTS, WORDS and IDEAS.
 
You know when you phone someone and the energy with which it is answered, IF YOU ARE AWARE, can give you an indication of how the conversation will unfold.  This is not necessarily the case but in most cases it can be.  You can then CHOOSE to enter into the conversation, state you will call back at another time, or depending upon how well you know the person ASK what's going on with them.  Personally, I have no desire to use my time in idle chatter that is not conducive for GOOD, phone or not.  I genuinely desire to assist in the well being of another if they are open and if not I will silently wish them well.

Your energy will either UPLIFT or DEFLATE the Spirit of another, however bear in mind that which you give out will at some point in the future NOW return to you!  CHOOSE your THOUGHTS, WORDS, IDEAS and set the TONE of delivery wisely, as your own life experiences depend upon it... phone or not!

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Saturday, April 23, 2016

DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT...

Don't Throw the Baby Out...
WITH THE BATHWATER!

"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater is an idiomatic expression and a concept [1] used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad, [2] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential. [3]" Wikipedia

"This idiom derives from a German proverb, das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten." translated "Throw the baby out with the bathwater" - Wikipedia

We seem to not REMEMBER or are just not CONSCIOUS enough of the TRUTH mankind was CONCEIVED first in the DIVINE MIND of the CREATOR, mankind being the creation like the "POTTER is to the clay".  The clay does not tell the CREATOR who or what it is to be.  We also do not remember or CHOOSE not to seek to know WHO we are as creations in the BEGINNING. Digging deep and deeper, meditation, seeking within helps us to KNOW what the DIVINE PLAN is for our lives, in order for each to live a WHOLE, PERFECT and COMPLETE expression of the ONE LIFE... THIS IS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE, and we must do the work!

"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" BEGINS with ourselves then we would be less inclined to behave as if we are all the same in our development and expression.  We would be more sensitive to the child(ren) in our care as parents, caregivers, teachers, employers et al to "see" ourselves first, and then each other as INDIVIDUAL expressions of the CREATOR.

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Friday, April 22, 2016

THE MASTERY OF SELF...

The Mastery of Ourselves...
DEPENDS UPON OURSELVES!
 
"The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves."
Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) American marine biologist and author *

I was invited to speak with yet another class of 10th grade students today, and of course I ACCEPTED.  I came face to the faces of about 25 boys and girls just really beginning high school, not long ago out of junior high school. To me, there is clearly an opportunity to "plant" seeds into these young fertile minds that will surely take root, mature and grow into young people able to "master" themselves for their own sake and the sake of the generation they are heralding.  I BELIEVE even if they do not YET, they can and will do it!

These young people in Munich, Germany are my first Life Coaching audience, one of my "practice" target markets.  Take every OPPORTUNITY to practice what you are learning and desire to inspire... "Be ready in season and out of season." - 2 Timothy 4:2

The practice, however, BEGINS WITH YOURSELF.  How can you GIVE what you do not HAVE?

An opportunity to Pause and Remember Your Real Nature.  Brought to you by The School of Practical Philosophy

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

THAT WAS THEN... THIS IS NOW!

That was Then... This is NOW!
The "SECRET" of LIFE is... IT WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER.  Do you BELIEVE this?  IT IS A CHOICE to believe or not, you know!  CHOICE creates the experiences of your life.  If you "see" something outside of yourself, it is because it is a REFLECTION of your "STATE OF MIND". JOY begets JOY, LOVE begets LOVE, PEACE begets PEACE...

I just did a 17 second meditation, focused on CHOOSING. I had a vision of going into a BEAUTIFUL patisserie in Paris, France and CHOOSING a variety of INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL desserts to share with my family and friends, later.  One by one I CHOSE, and the lovely young lady serving me JOYOUSLY placed them delicately into a box.

This is HOW you CHOOSE your WORDS, your THOUGHTS, one by one!  "TODAY I CHOOSE..." “Go; let it be done for you as you have BELIEVED.” - Matthew 8:13

THE BEST IS YET TO COME!   "Yet" means "up to and including now", even when it's used with "to be [verb]". So the best has been coming for a while, and it continues to come, but has not arrived yet. THE BEST IS YET TO COME. (= The best has not come, but it will.) 1.1.11 - Jon Purdy

I BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY (all ready done) & HERE... NOW!  The signs are all around us.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

TODAY I CHOOSE...

Today I CHOOSE...
JOY...

JOY is the best makeup.”                 - Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

LOVE unconditional is ACCEPTANCE, GRATITUDE & BLESSING...

ACCEPT the children the way we accept trees—with GRATITUDE, because they are a BLESSING—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you LOVE them as they are.” - Isabel Allende 

LIFE abundant...

The term "ABUNDANT LIFE" comes from the Bible verse John 10:10b, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."[2] "More abundantly" means to have a SUPERABUNDANCE of a thing. "Abundant life" refers to life in its abounding fullness of joy and strength for mind, body, and soul. - Wikipedia

BEAUTY...

BEAUTY begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” - Coco Chanel 

HOPE...

"HOPE is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."        - Samuel Smiles

PROSPERITY...

"The power that brings you success or failure, PROSPERITY and abundance or poverty resides in your mind, and not in Wall Street or current market conditions." - Remez Sasson

GRATITUDE...

"GRATITUDE means giving thanks from your heart. When you do this, energy flows from your heart and activates certain responses from other people, as well as the UNIVERSE." - Joanne

HEALTH...

"The first WEALTH is HEALTH." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

PEACE that passes understanding...

"And the PEACE of GOD, which passeth all understanding..." - Philippians 4:7

TO FOLLOW CHRIST...

"COME, FOLLOW ME," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." - Jesus Christ


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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

ATTACHMENTS...

Attachments...
ATTACHMENT is not contingent upon a person, place or thing... it is to the WORD, alone. The idea of attachment can be applied to anyone or thing and changes accordingly. Attachment does not discriminate, it just does what it is DIRECTED by your CHOICE.

FORGIVE THE IDEA OF ATTACHMENT IN YOUR MIND & THE EFFECT OF THE CAUSE WILL DISSOLVE.   YOU WILL THEN BE FREE OF THE DESIRE TO ATTACH.

I had a favorite pair of sunglasses I purchased in New York City that actually served me very well for many years, I looked good in them, and I truly enjoyed wearing them.  In other words I had "secretly" become attached to the sunglasses and even though the lens were a bit scratched I continued to wear them.  One day during my travel, while in Munich, Germany we became separated, I was unaware of this for 2 days.  On the 3rd day I realized they were not where I thought I put them the last time I wore them, and I had no idea when, where or how we became separated.  I must confess I felt the pang of loss, disappointment and disbelief that they were gone.  On the flip side of those feelings I also became acutely aware of ATTACHMENT... it was time to LET GO of the "beloved" sunglasses and the idea of ATTACHMENT.  In that moment I ACCEPTED what was happening and then I felt FREE.

Today, as I was preparing to go on a walking tour of Munich a THOUGHT occurred to me that I had gone to two locations on Friday (the last time I wore the sunglasses), Eataly and Trachten Vogl Cafe near the City Center of Munich.  Yesterday, I only went back to Eataly with no success in finding the sunglasses and on my way back to where I am staying I passed the cafe with no remembrance I had gone there there as well. I missed the walk, however had an AMAZING day anyway wandering up and down quaint little Bavarian cobblestone streets, listening to street musicians playing the xylophone, a violin, a saxophone and an occasional vocalist here and there. The streets of the City Center were bustling with working natives, families, students and tourists shopping, dining and sightseeing.  I checked with the cafe on my way in for the evening, asked about the sunglasses... and there they were after a 3 day separation we were reunited, NOW in a new and different relationship.

I imagine this to be a HARBINGER for relationships with family and friends I have been separated from, almost 1 year.  I look forward to our new and different RELATIONSHIP evolved ATTACHMENTS.

"GIVE THE ONES YOU LOVE (and yourself) WINGS TO FLY, ROOTS TO COME BACK & REASONS TO STAY!"  Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York City - marquee message

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Monday, April 18, 2016

THE FUTURE IS AN IDEA... NOW!

The Future is an Idea... NOW!
Your IDEA right NOW is a product, event or experience in the FUTURE... NOW!
 
NOW IS ALL THERE IS.  THE TIME IS NOW, AS THERE CAN BE NO OTHER TIME BUT... NOW!

"Time" as we know it in this dimension is a measurement of "passing" experience.  Just as "age" is only a number that measures how long somebody or thing has been in existence. Where you are right now is an experience of yourself passing away. NOW is a PERFECT, WHOLLY and COMPLETE MOMENT where everything is... MEDITATE on this.  BE WHOLLY IN THE NOW, because this is where you are, isn't it?

When you see your IDEA NOW as a FUTURE product, event or experience you can have some confidence that it is POSSIBLE.  You need not have the sense that it will not work just because it does not instantly materialize before your eyes... BE PATIENT with yourself and DO THE WORK! Since NOW is ALL there IS, then as you work on unfolding the IDEA as it is revealed to you, when you get to the end the IDEA is ALREADY DONE (all ready and done).

"BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND... Habit 2 is based on IMAGINATION -- the ability to envision in your mind what you cannot at present see with your eyes. It is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There is a MENTAL (first) creation, and a PHYSICAL (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint."  Stephen Covey 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'

THE CREATOR CREATED ME IN THE BEGINNING (MIND first) FOR ME TO BE HERE (PHYSICAL second)... NOW!  This is also true of you, however, your CHOICE to BELIEVE.

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

HALF FULL, HALF EMPTY OR FULL...

Half Full, Half Empty or FULL...
PERSPECTIVE.  POINT OF VIEW. Both CHANGE depending on where you "stand"... including whether the glass is half full, half empty or FULL!
 
The Glass represents the WHOLE. 1/2 of the GLASS is filled with liquid, visible. 1/2 of the GLASS appears to be filled with "nothing", invisible. However, ALL SPACE IS FILLED WITH ENERGY.  The ENERGY becomes MATTER according to what "it" is, in this case wine.  The "space" above is ENERGY which is invisible corresponding to the "space" below which is visible... therefore the GLASS IS FULL seen with the METAPHYSICAL eye, which "sees" the invisible in the visible and the visible in the invisible.

“As above... so below, as within... so without, as the Universe... so the Soul.”  Hermes Trismegistus This way of "seeing" can also be applied to how you CHOOSE to see your life experiences and everything in it... half full, half empty or FULL!

GOD, CREATOR of the ENTIRE Universe DOES NOT PERCEIVE ITSELF IN PART... IT IS WHOLE OR NOTHING!  The wholeness that GOD is cannot all be seen by the physical eye, but can be perceived by the metaphysical eye of FAITH.  "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve"  Joshua 24:15  The glass being full came to me during meditation recently, I could immediately understand and was filled with JOY about this revelation.  From that moment, my perception changed and I began to "see" things differently.  It is a different kind of "seeing" through the eyes of the HOLY SPIRIT that is within us all, we must ALLOW Spirit  to "perceive" through us rather than trust what the physical eye merely sees, which is according to what the mind BELIEVES.

Being on the "Leading Edge of Thought" will lead you into an intoxicating new level of THOUGHT!

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Saturday, April 16, 2016

BEGIN...

Begin...
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.
Lewis Carroll, English Writer (1832 - 1898)

REACH...
“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?” - Robert Browning, Men and Women and Other Poems

PROCRASTINATION... 
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” - Pablo Picasso

MY THOUGHTS...
"TRAVEL has been my MENTOR on this JOURNEY to... NOW!"        
"I LOVE YOU GOD for LOVING me... LOVING YOU!"
"That's ALL you have to do is just BEGIN and DON'T LOOK BACK!" - richelled

INSPIRED...
“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” - Patañjali

COMMIT...
"ONCE YOU COMMIT TO A PATH AND TAKE ACTION, things start to CHANGE.  Said another way, when the Universe knows you are serious, it starts to move into action right along with you."
- Mastin Kipp, Daily Love: Growing into Grace

MY THOUGHTS...
I'm listening to INSPIRATIONAL people who are doing the "work" within themselves.  Poems, blogs, and writings that speak to my mind, heart and soul on this BEAUTIFUL Saturday in Munich at the home of a friend of mine where I will be until the end of April, INSPIRE me.  I've been in down time due to a bit of congestion that is teaching me to just BE where I am and let it REVEAL the PURPOSE for its visit... as this too shall pass.  I realize how BLESSED I am and how GRATEFUL for the many BLESSINGS I would like in turn to share with others... THE BEST IS YET TO COME and IT IS HERE NOW!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

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Friday, April 15, 2016

THE GRASS IS NOT GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE...

Ever Green... Nature's Gold!
IT IS THE SAME COLOUR... EVER GREEN, NATURE'S GOLD!  It is your perception that makes it DIFFERENT and therefore YOU EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN PERCEPTION.  It's like several individuals looking at a painting in an art gallery... THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN PERCEPTION OF WHAT THEY ARE VIEWING! It is your own POINT OF VIEW that you experience in LIFE... the same LIFE of which every "one" is a part of the WHOLE.

PATIENTLY ACCEPT DIFFERENCES... AS THAT IS ALL THEY ARE!

As far as someone else's perception, point of view, or whatever they think, say and do, WHY should that matter to me or that I should mind?!!  That is their THOUGHT, THEY said or did it, NOT me... I have my own, thank you very much!

EACH IS AN INDIVIDUAL MAGNIFICENT EXPRESSION of the DIVINE, MANIFESTING THAT EXPRESSION ALL THE TIME... GOOD or BAD AS YOU DECLARE IT!  BE CAREFUL, HOWEVER AS YOU CANNOT DECLARE A THING FOR SOMEONE ELSE... ONLY FOR YOURSELF!

You might THINK that when you THINK or SPEAK ill to or about someone else that that becomes them.  YOU THOUGHT IT OR SPOKE IT... IT IS YOURS!

I CHOOSE to only THINK and SPEAK GOOD about YOU... because this is what I CHOOSE for myself.  ONLY GOOD... EVER GREEN, NATURE'S GOLD!

"Nature’s first GREEN is GOLD"! excerpt from a poem by Robert Frost

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

THE QUESTION... HOW TO START?

The Question... How To Start?
The Answer a quote offered by William Wordsworth, English Poet  (1770-1850) "To begin, BEGIN." 

Yesterday, I experienced something NEW in a new city, new people, and new culture here in Munich, Germany where I am staying currently with a friend who is a teacher.  I spoke with her English class of 11th grade students, and was asked by one of the students to come again today which I joyously ACCEPTED.  It was early to rise this morning with the opportunity of just rolling over and going back to sleep... which I'm glad I did not!  I did, however need to walk to totally wake up, the fresh air and walking meditation were both invigorating to my mind, body and soul.

Reaching the school on time then pondering where to go, a guy dressed in black (a teacher I thought) noticed me and I noticed him, he offered his assistance and I was led to the teacher's lounge to meet my friend. Fast forward to her English class again, the conversation, questions, insights, responses and inspiration ensued, as if we had only taken a brief break.  I LOVE these young people and I am GRATEFUL for their invitation to join them again this morning.  I am completely BLESSED and so are they, I HOPE so very much for each one of them!

The AMAZEMENT continued into the next hour with her Politics class of 11th grade students equally as engaging as the previous with the subject regarding DIFFERENCES between the "USA and Germany".  My diplomatic response is that I ACCEPT the DIFFERENCES of each nation being UNIQUE.  Since travelling I have a greater appreciation for other nations, USA, and in particular New York City. I am GRATEFUL to everyone and every experience along the way that has assisted me in gaining this new perspective.

My WONDERFUL day at school concluded with the teacher I encountered earlier asking me to speak with his English class of 10th grade students on April 26, which for me marks the beginning of my 10th month of travelling.  Looking back to Day #1, I mused: "To begin, BEGIN." 

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