Everything in the world is how you see it. The world you live in depends upon how you see it. In one sense, there is no world out there. There is only the world within, the world that is comprised of ideas based on perception and misperception.
 
Yet, it would seem that there is common agreement that the world is this way, not that. There is changing weather also commonly agreed upon. The world changes, even as there are maps of the world. And everyone breathes air. And, yet, I say it again, here, in the world that you walk on, even with total agreement from all, what you see is illusion. It looks real, yet it is not. In the world, the carpet can be pulled out from under you. Truth is stable and doesn’t switch around. No carpets in Truth. Truth is truly solid ground yet not solid at all according to your view. The unseen foundation is solid, beloveds, in the sense of Truth and staying invincible.
 
Everyone sees a table or a countertop. You can put things on it, and the table and countertop support what you put on top of them. You can depend on surfaces to do what they are expected to do. Countertops can bear heavy pots. Tables don’t fall down nor do heavy pots and pans fall through a countertop. Nevertheless, science says that the solid-seeming table is made of whirling atoms, and that you are also made of whirling atoms, is that not so? This is also accepted, and yet everyone still leans his elbows on a table.
 

How often do you practice kindness?  In the infinite picture a simple word, loving act or positive action toward another may not seem like much, however, the echoes of it reverberate through The Universe like nothing else.  Each of you was born with the gift of kindness in your heart and it is up to you to use it.  Be not afraid of it being misconstrued, abused or being taken advantage of; an act of true kindness will always be returned by The Universe tenfold. ~ Creator

HJ: The simple act of savoring life brings to us more of what we love about it.  Savoring, in many respects, is similar to an act of gratitude.  It inherently raises your vibration and emotional feeling state and therefore cannot help but attract more things to you that match the vibration of savoring, which is intense, warm, loving happiness.  And therefore we present to you the 6 keys to savoring life, by the always wise Leo Babauta. Powerful, simple, profound.

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How to Savor Life

By Leo Babauta | Zen Habits

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‘Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.’ ~Thich Nhat Hanh

It’s still dark out and the world remains asleep as I write these words, and I’ve ju...

What if you thought of your emanations as having a poker game with the universe? Every time you bet love, we see your love and raise it with more love. There is no reason to ever bluff or call you on your offerings, and everyone wins. ~Archangel Gabriel

In this last part of the interview with Bruce Lipton he talks about the Honeymoon Effect, and how relationships can remain healthy if each couple understands the true power of the conscious and subconscious mind. He also highlights the power of thoughts in changing the genetic activity of cells – either positive or negative – both are equally powerful in changing the behavior in the genes.

6) How do you convey the idea of perfect health or ‘everything will be ok’ to your subconscious?

You have to see the world as being ok and healthy, because when you see the world that way, then the subconscious behavioral programs will complement those behaviors. The cells will see oh life is beautiful and remember if we believe that, the idea of oh I see perfect health, the brain translates the idea into chemistry.

Dr. Jane Goodall with Freud, a chimpanzee from Gombe. Photograph © Michael Neugebauer

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Waking Times

Jane Goodall is not only arguably the most famous conservationist who ever lived, but also the most well-known and respected female scientist on the planet today.

Her path to reach that stature is as unlikely as it is inspiring. Told to “never give up” by her mother, Goodall set out in her 20s to pursue her childhood dream: to live with animals in Africa. By the time she was 26 she doing just this.

Julian Rose, Contributor
Waking Times

Part II of a commentary on the writings of Carlos Castaneda. Read part I, here.

“The practicalities that scientists are interested in are conducive to building more and more machines. They are not geared to reaching the vastness of the universe as a personal, experiential affair.”

“Someday I’ll tell you more about the forces that drive man to act like an ass. Some of us make sense when we talk because we are prepared to use words accurately. But most of us are not prepared to take ourselves seriously as men who are going to die.

Being immortal, we wouldn’t know how to do that. It makes no difference what complex machines scientists can build. The machines can in no way help anyone face the unavoidable appointment: the appointment with infinity.”