“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.” ~ Chris Hedges

Live in a Foreign Country

Living in a foreign country sounds incredibly romantic and might be something we all wish we could do during the stretch of a lifetime alongside learning another language. It gets put up there with other vague ambitions such as ‘write an autobiography’ or ‘go bungee jumping in Australia’, but how many of us actually take the next step and go from traveler to inhabitant, no matter how brief the residency ends up being.

Dear Ones, have you noticed how efforting, trying and forcing have become more and more difficult, while surrendering and flowing with intention is far more supported, easier and provides faster and more satisfying experiences? The first is about chasing results, the second is about attracting your highest results from your own space of beingness. Which feels better to you? ~Archangel Gabriel

You may reach a point when you have to choose between love of self and love of another in spite of yourself. One reclaims your power, the other gives it away. What you choose is ultimately up to you and how you want to live the remainder of your existence on your Earth-plane; empowered or enslaved. ~ Creator

If you and I, the One of Us, did not have language describe the apparent you, I would draw pictures of My concept of Myself in the form of you. What would I draw of Myself as the illusion of you? Would I draw you as a rose, a primrose, or a cabbage rose? Or would I draw you, the manifestation of Me, as one petal or one leaf, or one drop of dew?

Would I draw you as an acorn or a 100-year old oak tree in its phases? If oak, would I draw you in autumn and paint you in bright autumn colors or more muted colors or in summer fullness with green leaves sparkling in the Sun?

Would I draw you as a bunny or lamb or as an antelope or giraffe grazing or ambling in a prairie or a forest?

Would it matter what I painted you as?

Would I paint you as the Empire State Building or as a toy car? What difference would it make?

Would it matter if I painted you as the deep blue sea or as your eyes as I see them when I look into the sea of your eyes?

I would not paint you from memory, for I look into your eyes every day anew. I look into your eyes every day, and I see into Infinity and Eternity. I wonder if I could paint all of Infinity and Eternity? Probably I would paint just the entrance of Eternity and Infinity as they reveal themselves in your eyes. To paint all of Vastness, well, there is no paper big enough to paint all of Vastness even as I see into it in the depth of your eyes.

Wherever I turn there is beauty surmounting itself.

HJ: Few things are as misunderstood in our society as enlightenment.  Mysterious, nebulous, difficult to attain or comprehend, just to name a few of the ideas commonly associated with it.  In this article by Dr. Itai Ivtzan, he clears up many misconceptions and offers some valuable insight into the path towards enlightenment.

- Truth

Enlightenment – Becoming All That You Are

By Dr. Itai Ivtzan | Wake Up World | Awareness is Freedom

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Enlightenment. The E word. The state of consciousness all spiritual seekers hope for. And yet wishing for enlightenment is a wonderfully paradoxical experience: craving the state of non-craving, trying for effortlessness. There is something fascinating about this conflict be...