Matty: Is Life Really so HARD???

This post is amazing in that it comes from Ian Xel Lungold's widow Matty [Mayan Majix]. If ever life should seem hard or fearful, it should be for her, and yet she has spoken volumes in these few lines. Enjoy the read and take it to heart... May we be aware of our fears, and banish them with knowledge and gratitude of heart. This IS our time, our hour.
Be fearless,
Be EASY:-)
Vim

The ethics committee is gaining momentum, those who continue to reside within that ‘power’ station are losing ground, when they don’t have ‘fear’ to feed on, they will perish. . . so, when ever you find yourself being frightened, notice it, then you can create newly what you want, rather than what you don’t want. . . This is our time to ‘speak’ straight, LISTEN to yourself as closely as you listen to others. . . what I hear the most is; how HARD it is, “it’s so hard to change” well, yes, if you say so. . . look at that statement, is it hard to change? Is it really? Why would you make it so hard, who’s in there? Who’s speaking?

From the Oxford American Dictionary
HARD:
1: Firm, not yielding to pressure, not easily cut. 2: difficult to do or understand or answer. 3: causing unhappiness, difficult to bear.

Is this the way you perceive yourself? I don’t think so. . .

So, drop that word, drop should, and why, drop ‘it can’t happen’, or 'it won’t happen', drop fear, get yourself a box, or a paper bag, write them down, say a prayer, give thanks for your life, and burn them, gather yourselves together; remember what the Hopi said, banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary… this is our time, our time to gather our family, the fourth night is where the children step out and into the spot light, the bible said, “the children will lead us.”

The lessons are done, now, it’s for us to ‘remember’. . . knowing who you are, knowing, remembering that you are a spiritual being, having this human experience. . . we chose this time, we’ve chosen it because of the New World that we’re creating, you and me. . . remembering that LOVE is our foundation, the straight is so clear, whatever you’ve piled on top of the love, it’s time to peal it all off, polish it up, spit shine.

Make it so you can see your reflection, aah, the beautiful one is here, welcome back. . .

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MATTY's JOURNAL

Winter Solstice: Here Comes the Sun...

Solstice.
Sun standing still.
Turning point.
Optimism returns.
Here comes the sun.

Sing it George...

HERE COMES THE SUN
by
George Harrison

Here comes the sun, do do do do,
Here comes the sun, and I say,
it's all right

Little darling,
it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling,
it feels like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, do do do do,
Here comes the sun, and I say,
it's all right

Little darling,
the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling,
it seems like years since it's been here

Here comes the sun, do do do do,
Here comes the sun, and I say,
it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes,
sun, sun, sun, here it comes,

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes,
sun, sun, sun, here it comes,

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling,
I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling,
it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, do do do do,
Here comes the sun,
and I say
It's all right,

Here comes the sun, do do do do,
Here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right

copyright Northern Songs

Be...

Be well
Be strong
Be powerful
For that is what you are.

Be real
See all
Be grateful
For that is WHY you are.

Peace within & without,
Vim

The Christmas that Wasn't...

I remember reading posts early on this year, that this would be the 'Christmas that wasn't.' Just wondering how that is playing out for everybody. My sister did not decorate this year. After losing her father-in-law, her grandmother-in-law, and her best friend's husband unexpectedly in death, they just don't feel like 'doing the season' this year. I don't blame them.

My dad's friend sells crafts at Christmas time. This year he is barely covering expenses. Money is tight for alot of people. Heating bills and gasoline prices notwithstanding. Benefit cuts here and salary cuts there have to put a damper on things.

I can't imagine that New Orleans will be too cheerful this season. And families of NYC transit workers are probably not too sure about things, either. The season is becoming a regular nuisance.

Dis-Illusion-ment can be a good thing. We go through the motions with alot of life's events. Is it bad to finally get tired of it? Tired of the constant bad news? Tired of the rat race? Tired of cheap stuff and temporary thrills and all of the emotional roller-coastering that goes with it?

So maybe someone somewhere will take the signs he/she is giving him/herself and ask that greatest, most expansive question of all...WHY? And when they ask, maybe the still, small voice that has failed to get their attention until now, will be able to give them the Answer. And then maybe "the Christmas that wasn't" will become a new kind of season that will be, forever and ever, all that they ever imagined if could be.

Peace on Earth,
Peace in YOU...
Vim

Happy Birthday, Uli Jon Roth...

Legendary Scorpions Guitarist

Who Chose His Dream over Mega-Fame
Creator of the Sky Guitar
Beautiful Music
and
Keeper of the Hendrix/Dannemann Spiritual Legacy...
All the Best to You, Uli!
ULI JON ROTH

On the Cycle of Good-bye...

"Dont be
dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before
you can meet
again.
And meeting
again, after moments or
lifetimes, is certain for
those who are
friends...

"The mark
of your ignorance is the depth
of your belief in injustice
and tragedy.
What the caterpillar
calls the end of the world,
the master calls a
butterfly."

--Messiahs Handbook
from Illusions: The Adventures of a
Reluctant Messiah
by Richard Bach

John Lennon...Dare to IMAGINE...

John Lennon
October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

Dare to Imagine
Even if it Gets You Killed
Real Dreamers Never Die

V

Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no country,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
-----------------------------------------------
Written by: John Lennon
© Bag Productions, Inc.

Zen......Behold......OM

SOURCE:

The ROCK BALANCING ART of BILL DAN

The Worst Winter in History... AND???

Hostile weather forces people inside.
Where they have to deal with themselves.
This is what we have been neglecting.
So the weather is here to help.

Have heard from friends here and there
that things in their worlds are not going well.
What was going along ok is now a mess.
Seems like these personal/relationship storms
are producing a similar effect.
As without, so within.

So we go inside ourselves and look out
and look around and look under and in
and on and on.
Do you see what I mean?

This weather is reflecting the present condition
and dare I say, our DESIRE to be stopped in our tracks.

On some level we need to rest and reassess.
The whole social and meteorological thing IS at our command.
So we make the best of our down time.

Everything will be OK.
Just taking the steps, ya know?
Let is snow;-)

Vim

Inspired by the following article
SCHADENFREUD IS NO FUN
It's About To Hit The Fan
by Phil Brennan

Go and Be Happy, OK???

Let us take time to revisit a great author, Richard Bach, creator of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. This excerpt is from his book Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. The piece begins with an astonished crowd's reaction to their Master who has just said, "I quit..."
Enjoy! --Vim

For a moment the multitude was stricken dumb with astonishment.

And he said unto them, "If a man told God that he wanted most of all to help the suffering world, no matter the price to himself, and God answered and told him what he must do, should the man do as he is told?"

"Of course, Master!" cried the many. "It should be pleasure for him to suffer the tortures of hell itself, should God ask it!"

"No matter what those tortures nor how difficult the task?"

"Honor to be hanged, glory to be nailed to a tree and burned, if so be that God has asked," said they.

"And what would you do," the Master said unto the multitude, "if God spoke directly to your face and said, "I COMMAND THAT YOU BE HAPPY IN THE WORLD, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!" What would you do then?"

And the Multitude was silent, not a voice, not a sound was heard upon the hillsides, across the valleys where they stood.

And the Master said unto the silence, "In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime. So it is that I have learned this day, and choose to leave you now to walk your own path, as you please."

And he went his way through the crowds and left them, and he returned to the everyday world of men and machines.

In Remembrance... World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day... again. A time to focus once again on a world tragedy and to remember those who have left us by this most courageous route. I like to think of the souls who left us in that first frightening decade as first-wave angels. Those who were lucky enough to go through it with eyes wide open, were able to face the molecular rearranging that the experience held. Many who lived superficial lives were given the opportunity to access a deeper part of themselves and come through with a very great gift indeed.

My friend George Coleman, who was a co-editor at Putnam for years before he passed on, spoke volumes when he told me, "Religion has take our Spirituality away from us. AIDS has given it back to us again." AIDS has give Spirtuality back to many of us...AIDS patients as well as loved ones looking on.

The whole experience has had the effect of a spiritual boot-camp in which many were trained to look at the world through new eyes. These are lessons that others are just now entering upon. When 9/11 happened, there was a sense in which many affected by AIDS had already "been there, done that." Not the event itself, but the dealing with the situation. The ground work had already been laid for coping with such things. We had been to hell and back and thus were not taken totally off guard to find ourselves at the doorway once more.

For this, I am greatful for the experience of front row, center seat to the AIDS drama. I did not carry AIDS in my physical body, but only in my spiritual body. Billy did the hands on work of surviving. I got to watch. We were in it together in some strange way. When he left the world in 1992, I got to stay here without him, but WITH the fortitude that the experience afforded. I doubt I am the only one. I also doubt that AIDS is the only means to this kind of fortitude... this kind of spiritual preparation that makes it possible to face the many challenges of these changing times.

So this is my salute to all of you...wherever you may find yourselves. First-wave angels and those who benefitted by their lives and deaths. You are not forgotten. Your gifts to us remain. We continue to live our lives with the strength you gave us... the strength we gave OURSELVES because of the dance you chose to dance. We love you and thank you and heed your very compelling challenge to..."Carry on."

SAFELY THROUGH THE FIRE
A Story of Love, Loss, and Rebirth

GALLERY: Happy Birthday, Jimi Hendrix...

On this day in the year 1942, Jimi Hendrix was born into the world.
A timely visitor to our lonely planet.

He was our gift.
He is with us in spirit and song.
For a tribute to Jimi and his fiancee Artist Monika Dannemann,

CLICK HERE

K Thought: And What of the Tyranny Within...

To be considered -- another timely thought by Krishnamurti...

. . . It is a most extraordinary thing that although most of us are opposed to political tyranny and dictatorship, we inwardly accept the authority, the tyranny, of another to twist our minds and our way of life.

-- J. Krishnamurti, Freedom from the Known, p. 10

November 22, 1963...

Ask why...

Then carry on anyway.

Camelot IS...

R.I.P. - JFK

Take a Walk...

Take a walk.
Take everyone with you.
Your hopes... realized and dashed.
Your dreams... realistic and non...
Your emotions... violent, peaceful, and in between.
Judge none of them.
They are merely facets of who you are.
And you are GREAT.
Remember that.
Take you and your menagerie out into the air...
Breathe it in.
Let Mother Earth hug the lot.
Let her heal the wounds.
Let her give you strength for the tasks at hand.
Let all your passengers feel her love.
They will settle down.
They want to be loved too.
A good long walk will help.
You will be OK.
Vim

Tomorrow...

'I am the Lizard King
I can do anything
I can make the earth stop in its tracks
I made the blue cars go away

For seven years I dwelt
In the loose palace of exile
Playing strange games
With the girls of the island

Now I have come again
To the land of the fair, and the strong, and the wise

Brothers and sisters of the pale forest
O Children of Night
Who among you will run with the hunt?

Now Night arrives with her purple legion
Retire now to your tents and to your dreams
Tomorrow we enter the town of my birth
I want to be ready'

An excerpt from Jim Morrison's
THE CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD

Upside Down Trees With Something to Say...

Well, a new trend in Christmas decor is upon us. And truthfully, I think they're ON to something. Upside-down Christmas trees are now available through Target online and ChristmasForMe.com among others. Nobody really knows why. But the symbology of it AND the timing are quite intriguing. For generations the triangular trees have reached to the skies, pointing to the heavens in celebration of an incarnation. Almost in anticipation... as if to say, 'when ya gonna GET here.' Or could we say, pointing up there, way off somewhere to something desired but apparently unreachable.

Now with this trend I can't help but see that we've gotten our answer. Whatever us UP THERE is finally reaching back, pointing downward as if to say 'I'm on my way.' And what do we get when these two triangular ideas merge...The White Eagle lodge describes this merging of triangles like this:

The six-pointed star is actually a very old symbol, and it's not linked to any particular religion in history. Different people have described it in different ways, but one of them is to think of it as composed of two triangles. One points upward, and symbolises all our hopes and aspirations. The other points downward, and symbolises the light that comes to us, like grace. The two completely joined with no divisions, symbolises perfect balance. It means balance between the gifts of life and our gift to life.

How appropriate the symbol for these strange and transformative times...
...as heaven now comes to earth.

A Message from Sydney Has-No-Horses...

FROM VIMALA's MAILBAG:

Hi Vimala-Hope all is well with you. I am passing this on to you because I thought it was interesting and has an air of authenticity. This is rather fear based stuff which I don't recommend anyone subscribe to but is a good example of the death urge mentality on this planet which is pretty strong.

Maybe that's what we came here to heal...
Sparkfx
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A MESSAGE FROM SIDNEY HAS-NO-HORSES:

[from the transcript of the Regular October Session (October 4, 2005)of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council Proceedings at Eagle Butte,South Dakota]

"ROBERT WALTERS: Mr. Chairman, thank you and Council, with us isSidney Has-No-Horses. He is a medicine man from Oglala and Mr.Chariman, he has a message that he's going to all the tribes, all thereservations with that came out of a ceremony and I feel it's a goodmessage. I visited Mr. Has-No-Horses and so at this time, I'd like toget the floor for him.

SIDNEY HAS-NO-HORSES: "Mitakuye Oyasin. All my relatives.

"I'd like to get in the middle if I could, I really don't like to use the mic.

"My name is Sidney Has-No-Horses. I'm from the Pine Ridge Reservation. You probably know my father, his name was Dawson Has-No-Horses. He was a yuwipi man, a powerful medicine man. My grandfather's name is Frank Fools Crow. He was also a powerful medicine man.

"Six months ago, we had a ceremony, in this ceremony, two angels came to me and they talked to me and they told us of the devastation that would happen to the islands and the Indian Ocean.

"They told us of the earthquakes that would hit Japan.

"They told us of the earthquakes that will hit South American and they also told us of the Tsunami that wiped out all the people and they told us of the hurricanes that came to Florida, the one that came to New Orleans and the one that went to Texas. There's one more hurricane coming to wipe out another city. Two weeks ago, we has a ceremony, Sitting Bull came in and he talked to me; Crazy Horse, he talked to me; Chief Big Foot talked to me and they asked me to go to the Seven Council Fires and to the Council People and to warn all of these Fires, within six months. There's going to be a tidal wave that's going to wipe out Los Angeles. Within six months, there 's going to be an eruption in the northwest with the volcanoes.

"Two eruptions within six months. They say from the eruptions of theses volcanoes, the ash is coming, the Missouri River will be destroyed. They say the water that we drink from the ground is going to be no longer drinkable. These hardships are coming because God is bringing this. Whether you believe in Christianity, Native American Church or the traditional way, if you read the Bible, we are going into the fourth seal. There's diseases coming that are going to wipeout our children and like this man said here, meth -methaphetamine on our rez is very bad too. If we don't stop that, it's going to destroy the next generation. Many vegetables are going to be born into our tribes. When I'm done here, I am going to Standing Rock [Reservation] and I am going to stand in front of them, their council and tell them the same thing I am telling you now. This winter is going to be very cold for a long time. Ranchers are going to lose their horses and cows because it is not going to warm up. The price of propane is going to skyrocket and sometimes they are not going to be able to deliver the propane to our families. This food issue in the Bible, it says one day there will be no food in the store's shelves. If you look at the hurricane, a lot of the stores, there's no food on the shelves.

"These people lost their homes. They can't drink the water and so I come because of the mighty chiefs that talked to me and because of who I am. They tell me, I need to warn the tribes.

"Today, I came here without announcement, but to see you all gathered like this, I know God is on my side to see you gathered. The Sisseton-Wahpeton tomorrow will be gathered at 10 o'clock and they will hear what I have to hear. The Flandreau people are going to be waiting for me tomorrow evening. I 'm going up to Fort Yates here, I'm going to talk to them even if it's after hours and so I thank you very much for letting me come in and I'm thankful that I got all of you together at the same time. I offer you all a handshake.

"My name is Sidney Has-No-Horses. I'm from Batesland, South Dakota. You might want to write this down. My phone number is (removed). We incorporated ourselves through the State of South Dakota to let you know that we are serious. Within six months, we are going to be living in hell of a world and these chiefs have talked to me, and my cousins. If you ever want a ceremony, you get ahold of us and we will bring you a ceremony to let you believe. But the chiefs tell me, some of you have good hearts. Some of you have good mind. Some of you have spirituality. You are the people that will take heed on the words I bring and there's alot of people that didn't believe us when everything we told them has happened and my President, Cecilia Fire Thunder, I talked to her yesterday and she supports because everything I told her would happen to our tribe has happened.

"The power of God, he knows what he's bringing to us and in three years, as the keepers of Mother Earth, if the Seven Fires do not come together, there's going to be a meteorite that will be coming and it's going to hit off of San Francisco and they told us that the Seven Council Fires, these Seven Fires never has hate and jealousy toward each other. I've been trying to get the medicine men of Oglala to be in unity, but they can't and now God asked me to come and get all the Tribal Councils together and all the tribes together.

"That's a very hard job that he's giving me. I'm very nervous as I stand here in front of you, but I tried to look you all in the eye to let you know that I'm for real and so at this time, there are food for thought, things you can think about in the next six month and this little time you have given me. I thank you. Now I'm going to Standing Rock. I will be going to every reservation.. '

"Maybe the tribal members will get together and at least thetribal presidents will have a ceremony for all you to hear and believein God. "All my relatives. Mitakuye Oyasin."

RETYPED TRANSCRIPT OF THE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS HELD IN EAGLE BUTTE, SOUTH DAKOTA ON OCTOBER 4, 2005, REGULAR OCTOBER SESSION

Remembering Laughter...

Reposting this from the BringEmOn forum...just a reminder not to take the world too seriously. "Blissings" everyone.! - Vim

This is in reponse to Namaskar's post at RMN on Saturday, 24 September 2005, 11:17 p.m. Here is the link:
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=79155

RESPONSE: Thanks for posting this N. It HAS to be this way. People are making too much progress inwardly for the OUTward to be this "bad". I don't know where, dimensionally, or how, practically, it will all manifest, but I have 'done' with so much of the 'crap'. Alot of people that I know are 'getting it'. And it doesn't take ALL of us, but only a critical mass. But then again, it only takes ONE of us because the ONE is the ALL. He who saves the ONE or HIMSELF, saves the world ENTIRE. So, it's like the post I made about the movie WarGames. "But look at the screen. Does it even make sense???" Does the MESS of the world make SENSE...? NOPE.

I have a friend who did a hit of acid at some festival one summer. He came home and talked about his insights. He had laughed for hours. The message he had been given was this: "IT'S ALL FOR OUR AMUSEMENT." I think about that ALOT! If it all weren't so tragic, I'd be laughing my head off. But then, maybe a good laugh would melt the "tragic" part away, eh? Maybe Robert Plant says it best: "Does anyone remember Laughter????????" WHY NOT??? Anyways, just wanted to let you know that your post was a GOOD ONE and to thank you for it...

Vimala

WarGames Link: PANIC! The Bad Guys Are Winning [Are they?]

Page and Plant Remembering Laughter

Remembering Laughter: One for the Road...

Hey, at least we know where we ARE, eh?

Pondering....;-)

St.Clair: Zen of Knowing...

He stood with his back to the wall. Wearing a dark suit, a white shirt and dark polished shoes. He looked the way a Time Lord would as he passed though the corridors of time. The sun at midday set crescents of light to shape the shadows cast by the windows. Lines fell between the shadows across the stone floor. He was perfectly at home in the castle, his portal between the worlds.

The wall behind shimmered slightly and opened out into a large space filled with light. People dressed in fine flowing robes seemed to be at work in the space beyond the walls of our reality. Like a gentle rain, rays of rainbow coloured light flooded into the chamber and merged with the man standing close to the wall. How sad that most people have forgotten the Rainbow Clans, the Master Of Light has not forgotten.

Much later he turned to look at the light cast through a portal window high above the lake. Tiny rainbows turned mysteriously across his forehead. The perfectly round crystal was the mirror fragmenting the Eclipse. The same rainbow colours appear on dark mussel shells growing on the rocks beside the seashore. If you look closely enough you can see the rainbow colours of light within the dark pearl of the shellpeople. The shellfish listen to the sound of the moon passing slowly over the face of the sun.

The portal of light closed as silently as it had opened. The space beyond once more merged into heavy stone and the high pillars holding the chamber in place returned to their original form. Only the man walking back across time seemed to shimmer with the light of the portal wall, otherwise the rainbow tribes would be forgotten and humans would lose their connection with the Clans of Light across the bridge of time. ---by MStC

The invisible worlds await you. Take the journey...! -Vim

SEEING MIRROR: MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE
by Michael St.Clair