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Beware the human race. Not just mankind itself but the frenetic pace life is lead on current Earth. We are called the human race these days because so many fly around in their daily lives at break neck speed with minds racing and bodies pushed to the limit. No wonder so many are having ‘breakdowns’. It’s not sustainable. WE are heating up the planet with all the friction and energy being created; friction between nations and peoples, relationships and understandings and energy that is heating us up from the inside and boiling up the atmosphere. A true greenhouse effect.
Humans need to wise up and slow down. In nature that which travels slowest lives longest! Too many are impatient and in danger of becoming an in-patient. If we want to live longer we need to take longer. Slow down the vibrations that are breading anger, frustration, hate and more. No secret that the faster life has become ( including the speed of technology ) the deeper the level of dis-satisfaction, war and animosity. WE are the climate change and WE are out of control. Time to chill out and chill in!!
The reason why people ar having ‘breakdowns’ is because of corruption..corruption in all kingdoms including the metaphysical. The Sword of light will expose what is happening and the truth will conquer.
Went to the Pharmacy this morning to get some masks for the trip. One mask alone costs $5.95. No discount for pensioners (I asked, then I forgot, we are not allowed to travel any more, we have been the long forgotten generation):) – don’t want to go off my trolley again.-
- Now, trolleys –
I have been thinking that a lot of these trolleys are very unhealthy, there are all sort of bugs and bacteria , is there some sort of provision for desinfecting them?. Especially in a period where the swine flu is affecting more and more people. Or may be are we going to be provided with some gloves upon entering our super markets from now on?
Just another thought.
Love
Marie-Christine
Dear Marie-Christine, I was wondering why you need .. masks for the trip! Then I realized it is for the .. flu! What can we really do??
Regarding ..bugs and bacteria you sound just like .. me! I hate .. pressing buttons in public places, switching on the lights. I carry in my bag always an anti-bacterial gel!! I think we are a little… hysterics!! What do you say about … garlic smelling people sitting next to you?? ;]
LOVE,
Thelma.
M-C, there is… there is an anti-bacterial gel for the hands, you put it on like lotion but it evaporates quickly and disinfects the hands. You can carry it in your purse. It’s great.
The White Feather
10 June 2009, 8:08 am
She went back to her bed, propped a couple of pillows and laid her writing sheets on top. She looked around her room as if searching for inspiration. She sighed.
‘I need not look outward,’ she finally thought.
After briefly closing her eyes and taking in a breath, she picked up her pen and started writing.
“I woke up today wondering where you are. As usual. I hope you’re happy like I am, and that good things are also coming your way.”
She stopped and reread her words, then gripped her pen harder. ‘Keep writing, never mind the grammar, keep thoughts flowing, spell check later…’
“It’s funny because for the last three days, I keep humming Superman’s theme song. It’s almost as if you’re gonna come right through my window at night to finally be with me. Or maybe, hopefully, you’re feeling like Superman right now knowing you’re always in my thoughts, and I’m always sending my love to you wherever you are.”
She narrowed her eyes. ‘This sounds sillier than I thought. But…’
“I don’t know how much longer I need to wait for you. Maybe I’m crazy for writing this, but I still believe you’re going to read everything that I’ve written, things that kept me believing… one day, when the time is right and we’re finally together. Everyone keeps telling me I have to hold on, and that you’re coming. They say it won’t be long now, and that I have to always think of the wonderful things we’re going to share. And I am. No matter what happens, I’ll keep believing in us, in love. I hope you’re doing the same.”
She paused, her right hand shaking as she gently rubbed her eyes. ‘Tears are good for the soul because they are cleansing.’
She wrote a couple more lines. “I send you my love, as always, and hope you are well. I’ll keep the smile on my face knowing you’ll be with me soon. The thought of you kept me going, and I know you’ve been through so much too. One day, we’ll get to talk about everything and we’ll be laughing at all the stuffs we had to go through so we can finally be together. After all these years… We’re finally going to meet!”
She straightened her back and read the letter she just finished. She smiled then signed it with a heart and her first name. Closing her eyes, she lifted her chin and faced the heavens. She created another energy portal, transmuting the dense thoughts of hopelessness to a higher vibrational frequency, one that ignites the spark inside her heart.
She opened her eyes and felt lighter. ‘I am loved just because I am.’
She folded the stationary, placed it in a matching envelope and kissed the flap. She stood up and placed the letter inside her drawer. As she closed the wooden compartment, a white feather fell at her feet. It was one of the feathers she picked up while walking somewhere. Not knowing the kind of bird it belonged to, she learned from experience that it didn’t matter because each gift placed upon her feet carries with it a story or information she needs, a nudge to keep her walking on her chosen path.
She smiled as she placed the feather inside the letter she just wrote. She finally understood its message, and thanked the Universe for sending her another sign.
Faith, great story! Nice Coelho twist at the end with the white feather!!
Love
Marie-Christine
I can’t thanks you enough.. especially Me.. Coelho.. for providing this opportunity to gain support from different people all over the globe with whom I’ve been sharing my ordeals.
I’m moved to see that people whom I barely know have extended their support to help me pull through this phase.
Thanks Paul, Marie, for your words :) and Johanne for explaining everything in such a beautiful metaphor.. :) I guess I’m afraid no more..
I guess we are all much more stronger than we realize we are :) I feel once we are strong enough to have faith, faith follows us and makes us even more strong, content and enlightened.
Oh the deliciousness of it all … below is an excerpt from my blog posted today, whilst I was writing this I wondered weather I would be able to ask a few highly influencial and futuristic minded souls 3 questions about the next 3 years. Here it seems is my opportunity to ask one of the people that came to mind. Paulo, if you do have the time, I would be delighted to hear your answers to these questions. Excerpt first as context … questions down the bottom.
“Hold onto your hats! The next 3 years is going to whiz by and feel like a blur. If you think life is going fast now, the next few years will be the equivalent of a drop from the top of the roller coaster as the quickening continues and we humans choose to step into an evolved existence or stay behind in our old mind ways. That alone will be an amazing ride, but its the pace of change and the things that materialise seemingly from thin air that is such an exciting part of this journey.
There is no separation between the speed in which we experience life occurring and the seemingly impossible coming into being of new technologies and ways of thinking. The intrinsic link between materialisation and movement by so many being into incredibly empowered states of being is not coincidental.
Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring emergences and materilisations across these platforms:
* our individual experience of empowerment
* the collective consciousness or mass thought field
* enabling technologies
* the closing gap between science and spirituality
”
QUESTION 1
You have obviously embraced technology to connect with others, what has been the most surprising element of this journey into blogging and social media?
QUESTION 2
Is there an emerging role for applications like Twitter to play a role in harnessing the collective consciousness. Do you see this playing out in any particularly “co-ordinated” fashion?
QUESTION 3
What if any, is your prediction about where we will be as a race in 3 years time?
Blessings to all, thank you
Just wanted to say that ‘following your dream’ is easier than you think, just step out and begin, let the moment lead you to the next and so on…be brave and be happy.
Everything that you do with your heart leading your life, will open and inspire others to blossom and flow in the light of their dream.
I have found that the delight i have in making my London Snowman adventures at http://www.thelondonsnowman.co.uk & http://twitter.com/londonsnowman
have uplifted all who encounter them.
So, have fun, make light and share it…
_/\_
Fidelity & Mortal Illness. http://bit.ly/2UdYoL
How would you feel about your mate having an affair if you were stricken with a mortal illness and unable (or uninterested) in having sexual relations?
Bad feeling.
Orange Wings
What a beautiful creation –
Orange wings I see at night.
Brings me sense of admiration
Orange light that shines so bright.
Seen by all and feared by many,
Wave of orange walks the Earth.
You and I are on this planet
Carrying light of Universe.
What a beautiful reflection
Stars and angels hand in hand
Had created with affection,
Love, and hope for this Land.
We can fly, and yes, we choose to
Walk in passion, be yourself.
Stepped in life for wings to loose once
Human angels – we are back!
Doors of colors, stairs of choices,
Halls of honors… Step by step
We’re accepting life in passion –
Angels’ present in a wrap.
Let us open, and discover
Smell and taste of every day.
We shall love and we shall marvel
Watching inner child at play.
Orange wings my child has spotted,
He can see and he can feel.
Crystal life that had been granted
In his presence ‘s now real.
Moving quickly, flying rather,
Earth evolves at such a rate
That I doubt I’m a mother,
For each child is more than Great…
Orange color walks the planet
Getting brighter every day.
On the mission Human Angels,
Universe’s Beauty way.
July 25, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
With much love from the Heart,
Tatyana Petrovicheva
http://www.lifeimprovised.com
Oh my lord
Our souls ascend for you in heaven
Would they go to paradise or hell?
This is by your choice
You are the most merciful
So, if you please
Give us your choice to go to paradise
By your choice only,
We do not have any will
In that world
Even our work and what we did
We know that we are full of sins
So please God choose upon your choice
Not our work
We are very poor
We do not have any good activities
Even if we have, these will not enough or the paradise
I’m here today to ask for some help. Perhaps anyone that reads this, if you could possibly put a positive thought out there for me. I’ve been trying to follow my path for a while now. Suddenly my path has taken some sharp turns and there have been a lot of unexpected changes in my life. I truly believe that they are all of the positive, but with change comes fear and stress. A love relationship lost, followed by a sudden job offering out of nowhere which requires me to move my daughter 2 states away for 2 months (I’m a single mother) to stay with my mom while I travel for the initial part of my job. So a lot of moving and planning and rearranging of lives are involved. Like I said, I truly feel that I am following my path, but I can not help but have some fear and doubt at times. I know our paths are not easy, and I must fight for myself. I think I’m just running out of positive energy at the moment.
At least you have a loving mother & daughter and I’m very sure they look at you in a very different light then you think. Good luck with the new job :)
Dearest Jessica
My heart is going on with you . I am a mom too,not a single one , but…
Watch this .I pray for you & for your little angel to be safe & sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2Bn-6Ez7s
love
Hi Jessica. I don’t think there is an ‘easy’ way. I think life is telling you to move on. And it is giving you all the steps. I notice you have it all thought out, so sleep on it, and decide, yes or no. If you decide yes, put all your energy into it, and don’t doubt yourself. Once you have made a clear choice, thinks will fall into place. I have kids myself, and that makes things clearer for me. since they are young and depend on me ( I am a single mother) all my decisions are based on their well being. But I also know that if I am not well, or in a good place in my life, they are affected in a negative way. –So this is my word of advice, make your decision and run with it, meet each obstacle with a smile (like you have so far). Take care, and let us know how you are doing. Good luck.
Hello Jesicca,
I know exactly how you feel. Having a new job and been heartbroken. I’ve gone through all those. I guessed, the hardest was to mend your broken heart. Love’s what keeps us alive. Without it, we feel like the world has come to an end with no particular reason. It takes time and a lot of perseverance to deal with each day. Correct. But do not lose hope or be too down about it. Look at the bright side. You have the support of your family. You are an independent woman. You have a new job that’ll bring you to other opportunities in life.
Welcome the changes in life as if you are given a second chance. Never have doubts or fears for those will generate even more doubts and fears. Take the plunge while you still can and enjoy it while you are doing it. Be proud of yourself.
Good luck!
Liza
Hey Jessica – I hope this message reaches you.
Kahlil Gibran wrote that ‘pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses our understanding’. With this in mind perhaps you have lost a love and dont understand why? perhaps your future is uncertain and you dont know what to do next? perhaps you have choices about your life and your daughters life that you cant possibly know the answers to?
I think that most fears are born of lonliness and fatigue and there are the voices of doubt that only visit when we are tired and perhaps a little weak from our battles. I think that what you do next will not define you but it will be something that you will reflect on – your positive actions, actions offered in complete faith of a good result (at some stage) wil be the measure of how much you believe in yourself and in life.
I think life is showing you a new route and asking you to come and fight for it and until your bear your soul and the depth of your passion for both of your lives then life will keep the prize hidden.
I am not a religious guy but today I will offer prayers for you at St Micheals on Cornhill in the City of London.
I wish you the very best.
Regards
John
Dear Jessica,
I’ve found that what helps me when I’m in a situation similar to how you are feeling, is to slow down a little, take some time for yourself and meditate, or go for a walk, or anything that puts you in a meditative state, where you can gather your energies and ground yourself in the here and now and at the same time connect to the soul of the world. You will feel the positive energies gathering and when you are done, you will see your dream with a renewed energy and that no task will see impossible any longer. Everything will align without effort.
Hope you feel better.
Namaste!
From Brazil, an excerpt in portuguese.
Citação de Bukowski
Certa vez você disse que comprava livros pelo cheiro. Não importava quem era o autor, o estilo ou a história. Só o cheiro importava. Eu disse que também fazia isso às vezes. Menti, não queria parecer comum para você. Na verdade nunca confiei muito nos meus sentidos, exceto a visão. Eu não sou assim tão esperto, ajo mais por instinto que qualquer outra coisa. Pensei nisso enquanto lia Factótum. Não conhecia Bukowski até você aparecer. E hoje apenas ele me acompanha pelas madrugadas. Bebamos em homenagem a isso. Bebamos. Acho que você fez errado em nos julgar pela ausência.
Thank you.
“Chi mi sostiene?” ogni giorno mi sostiene la presenza di qualsiasi forma di vita accanto a me ogni volta che mi pongo in ascolto e la accolgo. Mi succede di sentirmi sola anche se ci sono i familiari nella mia stanza, ma comprendo che in quell’occasione non c’è lunghezza d’onda fra noi e in quel caso è sufficiente accettare il silenzio trasformandolo in preghiera.
“quando pregate v’innalzate a incontrare nell’aria quelli che pregano nel medesimo istante; voi non potete incontrarli che nella preghiera: Perciò questa visita all’invisibile tempio non sia che un’estasi e una dolce comunione” (Gibran Kahlil).
Poi tutto si apre di nuovo e ciò che deve accadere, accade.
Amore, Annamaria
This moment is your life!
Hi!
I’d like to share with you the following text about the power of prayer. It clarifies how praying with intention makes the entire difference. Thank you Paulo for allowing us to share here in your lovely blog.
Um Abraço com carinho :)
Prayer
“Prayer involves conscious intent. It is concentrating your thoughts or questions using fine-tuning, powered by intention. Prayer is asking the question and meditation is waiting for the answer. Sometimes it helps if you have a belief system; but I have known many people to be affected by prayer at a distance, without a belief and without them knowing that they were being prayed for! There is a lot of mystery in healing too! Sometimes prayer can be used as a one-to-one local healing session such as in the practice of laying on of hands. Prayer or touch with intention is very powerful indeed. At other times prayer can be used for distant or non-local healing when the person who is thought about, does not have to be present. The following abstract on the results of prayer was published in the respected and conventional Southern Medical Journal in 1988 (USA). The study demonstrates that there can be a marked effect on recovery through prayer power. The following is just one of many such studies that highlight a closing of the gap between science and healing!
Randolph Byrd MD, arranged for prayer healing to be sent to 192 patients on a coronary care unit, while another 201 patients served as control. This was done with a double blind design, where neither the patients nor the treating nor the evaluating physicians knew which patients were sent the healing and which were not. The patients were randomly assigned to either of these groups and no significant differences were noted between the groups on many variables. Highly significant effects were found in the treated group (the ones receiving the prayer healing),in which there were lower incidences of intubation/ventilation, use of antibiotics, cardiopulmonary arrest, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and the use of diuretics.”
Written by Grace Adamson, Women of Silence.
I never test my children! For I am there to listen, support, help them. We seem to attribute to God what is negative … He is Light … Anguish (fears) is always present before the great moves that concerns the delivery. As a mother, I have this project inside of me (the child) which I cherish, makes me dream, etc … the term approaches and I am starting to feel uncomfortable, etc … and then the moment (hurt, anxiety, fears by moment, want to go back, will never have a child again, etc …) and then the delivery (for those who had it natural, be aware, something of rare intensity, not so pleasant) and then no more pain, the child in our arms, happiness, dreams come back, wishes, and actions in accordance … So, for having many years killed uncounsciously my dreams, my life, me, giving it life in “reality” was like the moment of delivery (hurt in the body, anxiety, fears, want to go back, will never go there again). For me it is clear that God wants me to cross that stage, but other energies like it better for me to stay “dead”
for smile.
Mary:” I have never expected you to be so mean.Last week I asked you not to give away that secret. I told you in private.”
Helen:” But I didnt give it away. I only exchange it for another”.
This is to say that I’m in one of those phases of my life when realizing my personal legend seems to be just a step away…
I would definitely share my story in “Your Story in my Blog” section, once I’m able to realize it. But at this moment everything seems quite in a mist.
It is like, the fear of hardships that I”ve already been through envelops me once again; and I fear that my path could again be obstructed. What should I do in this case ? Should I have summon up the courage to face everything boldly? Or is it like God is testing everything I learned on my path? Is the courage to face life is also one of them?
Thanks Paul :)
I guess you are right.. b’coz the moment I try to connect to God, the sense of fear seems to melt down. But I’m not really sure how to just dive into the tide without holding back my dilemma, fear and insecurities.
Is that what I should actually do? surrender to God completely ? I’m basically an analytical person who always tries to figure out everything from a verry materialistic standpoint; but at the same time I do have enormous faith in God.
So.. is that the real conflict ? Is this the challenge I’ve got to overcome within my own self?
A song for you, with love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvJH_POzxmc
Keep the faith in.
“Love is all there is.”
Dear Paul,
I’ve just let that happen to myself this morning.. and when I later read your reply, it absolutely coincided with my actions :)
I’ve let my heart take the control of my decisions and assured myself that whatever may come on my way again, I’ll override the obstacles with a strong heart who handles every problems in her own way :)
Thanks Again Paul, for guiding me in this most flickering phase of my life…God bless you :)
Love
Antara
Thank you, thank you, thank you. To everyone who wrote such kind and supportive words. While I know I still have a long way to go, today I can greet the world with more positive energy than I did yesterday. I know what I have to do right now, and I’ve pushed the fear and doubt aside. Thank you John for the quote from Kahlil Gibran. I have not read any of his works for quite some time and have been thinking about revisiting them. Thank you Paulo for allowing us to have this forum as well.
Dear Thelma and Carolena,
Thanks for that.
With the mask on,(Quack! Quack) I say Quack Quack, because it is a special kind of mask you need, most of them are useless so, anyhow, I’ll look very Incognito, all I need to add are my sunglasses.
I have got the gel one already. You gave it to me did not you Thelma?
Garlic is an anti-cancer agent …not Agent Orange! It is good for your health.
Come to think of it, the mask might be handy, …heavy breathing, I could knock a few flies away…
Love and :)
Marie-Christine
Not bad…
Thanks Marie! I love Paulo Coelho! He’s such a big influence in all my writings! :)
The best book by Gibran is ‘the Prophet’ and the messages are beautifully simple.
I did get to St Micheals on Cornhill yesterday and thought of you and your daughter – for what ever reason I thought that what you needed now was to explore all the feelings that you are having, you know , learn what this feels like and remember them – like a chance to know this person who is a little down and lost because someowhere in there is person with far more latent ability and energy than you could have ever imagined.
I guess life throws out challenges like this when it feels you are ready to move to a different level and learn more about yourself and life and no doubt happiness will be waiting on the other side of endeavor and courage.
Hope that doesnt sound too nuts.
Have a good day.
Regards
John