let me apologize

We truly Are
One Nation,
Of God,
Indivisible,
because We Cannot Divide The One Heart
no matter what We may say
or do
to One another.

But let Me apologize to every God
for what We’ve done
in That name.

Let Me apologize to every People
for what We’ve each Believed,
as We took a Life.

Let Me apologize for every One
Who has forgotten
Oneness.

For Conquests.
For Slavery.
For War.
For Conversions,
and Missions.

For Rape
of Animals, Peoples, Planets.

Let Me apologize
for The Innocent
who
don’t even know

Their Guilt.

- m. claire - copyright 2007 - all rights reserved

a love letter for me and myself

February is considered a time of new beginnings, of love and celebration.

Personal freedom is a journey in which you learn to love and accept yourself unconditionally.

So since it is February now i would like to list 5 things that i love about myself as my Valentine gift to the rebie i love, adore, and care for.

1. being open minded in all the things that consist life


2. being aware that Goddess is in every thing that i get in contact with every milli second of my life and that each new wonderful day is an invitation that i manifest it


3. being honest and as much as possible transparent in all that i do, in all the affairs i make, and being able to live my truths


4. loving without reservation, believing that love is free, unlimited, borderless; and that no matter what, love is all my reason there is that i exist, that i live, that i love


5. being able to choose happiness no matter what the circumstance is and able to see things in different perspectives; that i wish to have peace and joy; and i am peace and joy to the best i can

if it helps you to do the same, be free to do so. while i was thinking and writing about this, i feel good and loving to myself. indeed, Shakespeare was so true when he said,

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

how to be positive in a negative world

Here are 6 strategies on how you can be a blessing-magnet, and be positive in a negative world:

1. Feel the love. Receive the love from the people around you, no matter how small or imperfect. Celebrate every little gesture of love you receive. Make it a big thing! And you’ll discover that you’ll receive more and more love.

2. Be grateful. Give thanks for every small blessing you receive. Before going to sleep, count at least 5 blessings you received on that day. Gratitude attracts more blessings to come your way.
3. Trust. Yes, do all you possibly can! But at the end of the day, stop worrying. Surrender and trust God instead. Believe that the best is yet to come.

4. Have a vision. When you have a detailed, graphic, exciting vision burning in your heart, you can’t help but be positive.

5. Love yourself. Be deliberate in loving yourself. Respect yourself. Don’t belittle yourself, don’t limit yourself, and don’t call yourself derogatory names. Meet your needs. Aggressively care for yourself. When you do, others will respect you, love you, and meet your needs as well.
6. Love others. Whatever love you give, you receive it back multiplied. So wake up each morning because you want to love. Make love the purpose of your life. When you make love the reason for every thing that you do, even if there are dark storm clouds around you, the sun will always shine in your heart.

5 Natural Emotions

These are: grief, anger, envy, fear, and love.

And within these, also, there are two final levels: love and fear.

While the five natural emotions include love and fear, these two are the basis of all emotions. The other three of the five natural emotions are outgrowths of these two.

Ultimately, all thoughts are sponsored by love or fear. This is the great polarity. This is the primal duality. Everything, ultimately, breaks down to one of these. All thoughts, ideas, concepts, understandings, decisions, choices, and actions are based in one of these. And, in the end, there is really only one.
Love.
In truth, love is all there is. Even fear is an outgrowth of love, and when used effectively, expresses love.

You may ask, "Fear expresses love?" And the answer is, in its highest form, yes.

Everything expresses love, when the expression is in its highest form.

Does the parent who rushes out into traffic to grab the child express fear or love?

"Well, both, I suppose," you might say.

"Fear for the child's life, and love -- enough to risk one's own life to save the child."

Precisely. And so here we see that fear in its highest form becomes love . . . is love . . . expressed as fear.

We see that there is no difference.

Similarly, moving up the scale of natural emotions, grief, anger, and envy are all some form of fear, which, in turn, is some form of love.

One thing leads to another. Do you see?
The problem comes in when any of the five natural emotions become distorted. Then it becomes grotesque, and not recognizable at all as an outgrowth of love, much less as God, which is what Absolute Love is.

Grief is a natural emotion. It s that part of you which allows you to say goodbye when you don't want to say goodbye; to express -- push out, propel -- the sadness within you at the experience of any kind of loss. It could be the loss of a loved one, or the loss of a contact lens.
When you are allowed to express your grief, you get rid of it. Children who are allowed to be sad when they are sad feel very healthy about sadness when they are adults, and therefore usually move through their sadness very quickly.
Children who are told, "There, there, don't cry," have a hard time crying as adults. After all, they've been told all their life not to do that. So they repress their grief.
Grief that is continually repressed becomes chronic depression, a very unnatural emotion. People have killed because of chronic depression. Wars have started, nations have fallen.

Anger is a natural emotion. It is the tool you have which allows you to say, "No, thank you." It does not have to be abusive, and it never has to be damaging to another.
When children are allowed to express their anger, they bring a very healthy attitude about it to their adult years, and therefore usually move through their anger very quickly.
Children who are made to feel that their anger is not okay -- that it is wrong to express it, and, in fact, that they shouldn't even experience it -- will have a difficult time appropriately dealing with their anger as adults.
Anger that is continually repressed becomes rage, a very unnatural emotion.
People have killed because of rage. Wars have started, nations have fallen.

Envy is a natural emotion. It is the emotion that makes a five-year-old wish he could reach the doorknob the way his sister can -- or ride that bike. Envy is the natural emotion that makes you want to do it again; to try harder; to continue striving until you succeed. It is very healthy to be envious, very natural. When children are allowed to express their envy, they bring a very healthy attitude about it to their adult years, and therefore usually move through their envy very quickly.
Children who are made to feel that envy is not okay -- that it is wrong to express it, and, in fact, that they shouldn't even experience it -- will have a difficult time appropriately dealing with their envy as adults.
Envy that is continually repressed becomes jealousy, a very unnatural emotion. People have killed because of jealousy. Wars have started, nations have fallen.

Fear is a natural emotion. All babies are born with only two fears: the fear of falling, and the fear of loud noises. All other fears are learned responses, brought to the child by its environment, taught to the child by its parents. The purpose of natural fear is to build in a bit of caution. Caution is a tool that helps keep the body alive. It is an outgrowth of love. Love of Self.
Children who are made to feel that fear is not okay -- that it is wrong to express it, and, in fact, that they shouldn't even experience it -- will have a difficult time appropriately dealing with their fear as adults.
Fear that is continually repressed becomes panic, a very unnatural emotion. People have killed because of panic. Wars have started, nations have fallen.

Love is a natural emotion. When it is allowed to be expressed, and received, by a child, normally and naturally, without limitation or condition, inhibition or embarrassment, it does not require anything more. For the joy of love expressed and received in this way is sufficient unto itself. Yet love which has been conditioned, limited, warped by rules and regulations, rituals and restrictions, controlled, manipulated, and withheld, becomes unnatural.
Children who are made to feel that their natural love is not okay -- that it is wrong to express it, and, in fact, that they shouldn't even experience it -- will have a difficult time appropriately dealing with love as adults.
Love that is continually repressed becomes possessiveness, a very unnatural emotion. People have killed because of possessiveness. Wars have started, nations have fallen.

And so it is that the natural emotions, when repressed, produce unnatural reactions and responses. And most natural emotions are repressed in most people. Yet these are your friends. These are your gifts. These are your divine tools, with which to craft your experience. You are given these tools at birth. They are to help you negotiate life.
Anger is a wonderful emotion. It lets us express -- that is, push out -- negative energy that has built up inside of us. It is not anger that is the problem, but how we express it; what we use it for. If we use it for damaging or hurting others, that expression would be non-beneficial (obviously). Yet if we use anger to alter a situation which is hurting ourselves or others, that would be extremely beneficial. So we see, then, that anger itself is not the issue, but rather, the way in which it is expressed and used.

reposted from Neale's blog

bedtime prayer of forgiveness

YOU, my ETERNAL FRIEND,

WITNESS now that I forgive anyone who hurt or upset me or who offended me-

damaging my body, my property, my reputation or damaging people that I love--

whether by accident or purposely--

with words, deeds, thoughts or attitudes.

I forgive every person who has hurt or upset me.
May no one be punished because of me.

May no one suffer from karmic consequences for hurting or upsetting me.
Help me, Eternal Friend, to keep from offending You and others.

Help me to be thoughtful and not commit outrage by doing what is evil in Your eyes.
Whatever sins I have committed, blot out, please, in Your abundant kindness,

and spare me suffering or harmful illnesses.

Help me become aware of the ways

I may have unintentionally or intentionally hurt others,

and please give me guidance and strength to rectify those hurts ---

and to develop the sensitivity to not continue acting in a hurtful way.

Let me forgive others,

let me forgive myself--

but also let me change in ways that make it easy for me

to avoid paths of hurtfulness to others.

I seek peace, let me BE peace.

I seek justice, let me be just.

I seek a world of kindness, let me be kind.

I seek a world of generosity, let me be generous with all that I have.

I seek a world of sharing, let me share all that I have.

I seek a world of giving, let me be giving to all around me.

I seek a world of love-- let me be loving beyond all reason,

beyond all normal expectation,

beyond all societal frameworks that tell me how much love is "normal," -

beyond all fear that giving too much love will leave me with too little.

And let me be open and sensitive to all the love that is already coming to me,

the love of people I know,

the love that is part of the human condition,

the accumulated love of past generations that flows through

and is embodied in the language,

music, recipes, technology, literature, religions, agriculture,

and family heritages that have been passed on to me and to us.

Let me pass that love on to the next generations in an even fuller

and more explicit way.

Source of goodness and love in the universe,

let me be alive to all the goodness that surrounds me.

And let that awareness of the goodness and love of the universe

be my shield and protector.
Hear the words of my mouth and may the meditations of my heart find acceptance before You, Eternal Friend, who protects and frees me.

Amen.

some useful tips

1. Cure for headaches:
Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go.

2. Use of Soap Wrapper:
Don't throw away the wrapper after removing a bar of soap. Place it inside your school cabinet or shoe box. It is a cheap way to filling the air with a nice smell.

3. Are your shoes smelly?
Here's a solution. Put some tea leaves into a pair of stocking stuff each into a shoe. Leave for day or two and the smell just vanishes.

4. Tips for stamp collectors:
Place the envelope in the freezer for a few hours. You'll then able to easily lift the stamps off with a pair of tweezers.

5. To keep buttons from dropping off:
Dag a drop of clear nails polish onto the thread that secures the buttons. This will harden and make it more difficult for the thread to break off.

6. Are cockroaches in your home driving u mad?
Try this tested trick. Fill a large bowl with cheap wine and leave it under the sink. The pests will drink it, fall in the bowl and drown easy.

7. To get rid of itch from mosquito bite:
Try applying soap on the area - instant relief.

8. Ants, ants, ants, everywhere
Well, they are never said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march, see for yourself.

9. Don't panic if your soup's too salty:
Add cut raw potatoes and throw them away once they are cooked as they have absorbed the salt. Your soup's saved!

10. Use air-fresher spray to clean mirrors:
It does a good job and better still, give a lovely smell to the shine.

11. If u have stubborn grease stains on your work clothes:
Add a bottle of Coke with detergent. It'll help loosen the grease.

how do you say i love you?

LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OR HOW TO SAY IT
Afrikaans Ek het jou liefe
Afrikaans Ek is ief vir jou
Arabic Ana Behibak (to a male)
Ana Behibek (to a female)
Austrian I hob di gern, oide - spoken to a woman
I hob di gern, oida - spoken to a man
Bicol Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian Quechua Qanta munani
Bulgarian Obicham te
Burmese Chit pa de
Cambodian Bon sro lanh oon
Canadian French Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
Cantonese Ngo oi ney
Cebuano Gihigugma ko ikaw
Chinese Wo ie ni
Czech Miluji teMiluju te! (colloquial form)
Danish Jeg elsker dig
Dutch Ik hou van jouIkben verliefd op je
Ecuador Quechua Canda munani
English I love you
Filipino Mahal kita
Iniibig Kita
French Je t'aime
German Ich liebe dich
Greek S'agapo
Greek (old) (Ego) hilo su (ego is only needed for emphasis)
Hebrew Ani ohev otach (male to female)
Ani ohev otcha (male to male)
Ani ohevet otach (female to female)
Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
Hindi Mai tumse pyar karta hoon (male to female)
Mai tumse pyar karti hoon (female to male)
Hungarian SzereklekSzeretlek te'ged
Indonesian Eg elska thig
Saja kasih saudari
Saya Cinta Kamu
Saya cinta padamu
Aku cinta padamu
Irish Taim i' ngra leat
Italian Ti amo (if it's relationship/lover/spouse
Ti voglio bene (if it's a friend, or a relative)
Japanese Kimi o ai shiteru
Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
Korean Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Nanun tangshinul sarang hamnida
No-rul sarang hae (male to female in a casual relationship)
Tangshin-ul sarang hae-yoTangshin-i cho-a-yo (I like you, in a romantic way)
Kurdish Ez te hezdikhem (?)
Latin Te amo
Vos amo
Latin (old) (Ego) te amo (ego, for emphasis)
Lithuanian Tave Myliu (ta-ve mee-lyu
Macedonian Sakam te!
Madrid Lingo Me molas, tronca
Malay Saya cintamu
Saya sayangmu
Malay/Indonesian Aku sayang enkow
Sayah Chantikan awah
Mandarin Wo ei ni
Norwegian Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal) (Pronouncdeyai elske dai)
Persian Tora dost daram
Polish Kocham cie Jacie kocham
Portuguese Amo- te
Portuguese (Brazilian) Eu te amo
Romanian Te iu besc
Russian Ya vas liubliuYa liubliu tebiaYa tebia liubliuYa polubeel tebya
Slovak Lubim ta
Slovene Ljubim te
Spanish Te quiero
Teamo
Sri Lankan Mama Oyata Arderyi
Swedish Jag a"lskar dig
Swiss German Ch'ha di ga"rn
Syrian/Lebanes Bhebbek (to a female)
Bhebbak (to male)
Tagalog Mahal kita
Telugu/India Nenu Ninnu premistunnanu
Thai Ch'an rak khunPhom rak khun
Turkish Seni seviyorum
Ukrainian Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
Ja vaskhkhajuJa pokokhav tebeJa pokokhav vas
Vietnamese Em ye^u anh (female to male)
Anh ye^n em (male to female)
Toi yeu em
Welsh 'Rwy'n dy garu diYr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)
Yiddish Ich libe dich Ichhan dich lib
Yoguslavian Ya te volim
Zuni Tom ho' ichema
Zulu Ngiyakuthanda!

invictus

one of the poems i really love...

Invictus
by William Ernest Henley; 1849-1903

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

gracias

Thank you, God -- thanks and thanks again --

for this present circumstance and condition,
for this perfect moment in this perfect day,
allowing us to perfectly create the experience of perfection itself,
in us,
through us,
and as us.

Thank you for giving us,
once again,
the opportunity to know You,
to experience Your Presence,
and to express that presence in every moment of our lives.

For we live and breath and have our being not so that we may move through each day without challenge, but so that we might challenge ourselves each day to move closer and closer to Thee, in Whom we will find our True Identity and the glory and wonder of life itself.

of being truly healthy

Is enlightenment being in good health? And what is good health anyway?

Is good health having a body that has nothing wrong with it?
Is good health living until you are 90 or 100 or 200 or 500?
Is good health having no pain or nothing wrong with your physical form?
Is good health the absence of anything that is not perfect or good in your physical experience? Or is good health being okay and in a place of joy and peace, no matter how things are...?
What is health?
What is optimum health, if it is not happiness?

I know people who exercise every day. They are lifting weights and they run and they work out, and their bodies are in great health, but their hearts and their minds and their souls are desperately sad. And I know people who are hardly able to lift up a toothpick, their bodies are in such bad health, but their hearts and their minds and their souls are so bright and they are so happy.

when you have so much happiness, peace and joy that you spend your life sharing it with everyone else whose life you touch, that’s enlightenment. You have become a master.
When your life is no longer about you, has nothing to do with you, but is about everyone whose life you touch, you have become a master. For in the end, that is why you came here. Not to somehow "get better," not to work on yourself.

Consider the possibility that all the work you will ever need to do on yourself is already done.
All you have to do is know that.

Then you will have realized that the wonderful message from Conversations with God is true:

“There is nothing you have to do, there is no where you have to go, and there is no one you have to be, except exactly who you are being right now.”

reposted from Neale's blog

samutsari....inspiring thoughts from Susan Gregg

Each of us are magical beings of light with the incredible gift, we have the opportunity to spend time here on this beautiful planet. It is up to us what we make of that gift. We can live in heaven or in hell depending on how we use our minds and where we focus our attention.

Once we begin to make that choice consciously we begin to realize that suffering is optional.

What is happiness? The answer to that question is different for each of us. What might 'make' you happy might annoy the heck out of your best friend. Happiness, as with all of life is relative. Happiness or misery is always just a thought away.

Life is... and then we tell ourselves a story. The story is much more dependent on our filter system than it is on life. So what is happiness? Happiness is simply whatever you tell yourself. If, right now you have a noisy neighbor and the noise is bothering you, the neighbor doesn't have to change for you to be happy. I have noisy neighbors and it used to bother me. Then one day I was listening to them and I thought they are really enjoying life. They still make noise but when they do most of the time I smile because I hear a celebration of life instead of an annoyance. And when I don't smile that is my choice not their noise.

Realizing we can change our story rather than demanding the world changes is empowering and very freeing.

isn't that being a doormat? Do we have to accept unacceptable behavior?

No, we don't and we can choose our battles. We can choose to be happy instead of demanding to be right. No matter how nicely you arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic it is still going to sink. When you get all your ducks in a row in order to be happy the ducks always move. Happiness is just a thought away. The more I focus on happiness the more magical and easy my life becomes! So if you really want to be happy celebrate what is and see what happens!!!

Actually seeing your own filter system can be a very difficult task. Until you change your filters you will keep creating the same things over and over again. Life is meant to be fun, joyous, easy and free. Once you clear out your filter system you have an opportunity to experience that freedom. If magic and miracles aren't a part of your everyday life, your filter system is in control.I truly believe you can be happy and fulfilled no matter what is happening in your life. I believe our life's purpose is to remember who and what we are, connect with our ability to create our reality and then to enjoy, really enjoy the wonders of the earth plane. Life is and then we tell ourselves a story. Based on that story, we make choices and create our experience of reality. Generally, this all happens at an unconscious level. So we keep creating the same results in our lives. If you have been lonely you will continue to create loneliness. If you hate your job or have conflicts with bosses and coworkers you will create the same thing at your next job. If your relationships have been unfulfilling they will continue to be unfulfilling. And you can change all that by becoming aware of your filter system and learning how to align yourself with the essence of who and what you are.

No matter where you go, there you are. As long as you are aligned with your small self your filter system is running the show and you will consistently make the same choices and create the same outcomes. Once you align yourself with who and what you really are you can begin to consciously make choices based on what you do want and your life will change dramatically.