My new blog

This will be my blog from here until I decide to change again. I loved my Namaste blog but so much as changed for me and I feel it is time to move on from it. Hopefully it was as good and enlightening for you as it was for me.

http://spirituallyfitforlyfe.blogspot.com

That is where you will find my post from now on.

Namaste, we are all One and Love is the way!

goodbye from here, hopefully you will continue to read my post!

New Beginning and the end.

Every new beginning starts with an end.

And that is where it stands. I am beginning a new blog that will go more along the lines of what I do and it definitely will be as entertaining and insightful as this one has been. I’ve always loved this blog but now it is time to end it and start a new beginning. As a personal trainer and a person who is about wellness I want to begin a blog that will embody that as well as spiritual growth just as this one has. So when that blog begins I will post the address to it on this one so that all who want to transfer over can do so with ease. I am excited about this change, it is bigger than it may seem but I am a person who thinks with a positive and loving mind state and I also think in a manner of success. So this will be the last of my Namaste blog and as it ends the whole purpose and point of this blog WILL live on in my spiritually fit blog. An enhancement and a growth has occurred within me and with that change has as well. I am going for my dreams in more full force than I ever have and I hope all that reads this does the same. You are doing yourself and this planet a disservice if you don’t so take the chance and get it done. God be with you, love is the way and just as I have always said, WE ALL ARE ONE!

Namaste

See the bigger picture

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

There was a forum going on about the recent gun violence which seems to plague our cities and suburbs in this country and this forum spoke about the new gun law that our president is trying to pass. I made a statement within that forum and within that statement I expressed that I felt the president had the right mind state and even though this new law isn’t going to solve all of these gun issues it is a change for the better and he is heading in the right direction with the idea. What I got after I posted my comment surprised me. People made comments like “he shouldn’t do that; he can’t take my guns from me” “why would he make it harder to buy guns, the people who are doing the killing aren’t getting the guns legal so why doesn’t he leave us alone”. I mean you can see what people were thinking about. They felt as if the president was somehow picking on them, that he wanted to take their guns away just for the sake of it and that he was delusional because he was trying to pass the new law. It’s crazy how people can’t seem to see pass themselves even when this country is going down a dark path in a lot (not all aspects but a lot because I do believe people are changing and becoming more loving in other aspects but that doesn’t excuse this) of aspects. They can’t see pass there wants for one moment and consider why he is passing this law. I have no issue with people having guns and nor does the president. I think people should be able to own guns if they want, some people just love the things, they have a true passion for guns and I don’t see anything wrong with this. But it’s when people go around hurting others with these weapons that the problem occurs. If one has a gun and that person has it in a legal manner no one is going to take it away. This is something that these people on this forum couldn’t seem to see. They simply began speaking in mean and nasty ways to me because I guess they felt that when I made the comment I was attacking them too. Well the fact of the matter is I don’t even know them so why would I do that? Why can’t some people see the bigger picture in the whole scheme of things and get pass their egos? Kids died, this is the part I can’t get pass and I would gladly be inconvenienced in any way if it meant that our youth would be a small bit safer than they are. This is the case because I can see pass me, I know that my ego is not all that exist, that I am part of something bigger and that I am that which is bigger. I know that the Love which lives in me lives in us all and that we are One. It’s not just about me it’s about the whole and I think Martin Luther King was thinking in this manner when he wrote the quote that is above my blog for tonight. If a single cell in our body only saw only itself and nothing else then it wouldn’t be able to function as it should. It would more than likely become cancerous and kill the whole body. But it does what it does because it knows that it is MORE than just a single cell. It is the BODY and it does what it needs to do to keep the body healthy, not just itself. If this means the cell needs to work harder or be inconvenienced for the sake of the body then it doesn’t mind that at all. And with that it seems that a single cell is more in tune with the vibe of reality than us humans with all of our complexities and our humongous brain. We have the power to be more conscious and more in tune with God and this universe than any other living thing on this planet but we somehow seem to miss the beat with that. We are that which is the BODY IN WHOLE and we have got to protect our children first and then protect the rest and all of us for that matter. We need to do this now because if we don’t our species is doomed. If when the president tries to pass a law which will simply make it harder for people with the intent to hurt others get guns, even if this law will make it harder for us all to get guns we really need to ask ourselves why we would have an issue with this. Something wrong as seriously gone a miss; we need to straighten up with this or we all are going to DIE and kill off our very world just as cancer does, we are going to be cancers to this world of ours of we can’t seem to see pass ourselves and look at the bigger picture. Love always, know that you are more than just your egos and always, always look at the bigger picture because within that bigger picture is the true YOU.

Namaste

We made it! 2013!

We made it! It’s 2013 and if you are able to read this post you made it too. They said the world would end but we’re still here, and even so do we really know how much time we have left on this earth? Let’s make this year the year of the alchemist for us all. An alchemist is an individual that can turn lead or any base mental into gold so to be an alchemist in life is to be an individual that can turn something that may be happening in life that seems harsh or worthless into something of great worth and there is no more time to lose. So with this first post of many within this year I am making a plea to everyone who reads it. Make this year a year of joy no matter what it may bring. Even if the harshest of situations occur within this year learn how to turn them into something of worth and keep on moving. Simply know that everything that is to happen within this year is something that is for the purpose of joy regardless of what it is and simply look at it in that manner. The Solstice of 2012 didn’t cause the end of the world but it did cause the end of an era. We are now in a new age of things and on this side of things happiness is the way and the only way and to gain it is through love and love alone. It is up to you to decipher what that means but it isn’t that hard so within this year let’s start now and let’s turn some lead into gold. Be love!

Namaste

Don't feed the geese

There is a reservoir near my home and on the gate that gates this man made body of water away from the rest of us there is a sign. This sign reads as follows, “do not feed the geese” then it goes on to explain the reason why. It says that in feeding the geese our drinking water will be affect in mutable ways but you know what? I bet you people still do feed the geese, I’ve seen them do it. This is something that humans are good at doing, making decision that causes us hardships but yet when the hardship hits home they blame it on others. I see people every day dropping trash on the ground like the ground is a big trashcan acting like this act won’t affect them personality. They don’t see the bigger picture and as the humans who aren’t as conscious, they feel that when hardships come their way its ether someone else’s fault or just the way it is. Some people think that they couldn’t help it because they are overweight and having multiple health issues. They think that it’s just like that because that’s the way it is. Humans gain all of these different cancers and diseases and they think it’s just circumstance and on top of that they want everyone to feel bad for them because they feel they are being made to go through there hardships. Bills pile up, companies threaten to shut off services, things get back up and it is just a stoke of bad luck. Our economy goes down the gutter and it’s the fault of the politicians in office. We lose our homes and it’s the fault of the people who are taking them from us, our jobs aren’t paying us enough money and it’s the people who we work for faults, they should just give us more money or else. Or we find ourselves in relationships that seem to do more harm than good and it’s the faults of the people who we are in the relationships with, if only they would do right, if only they would do better then everything would turn out as it should but for some reason they simply don’t so now we have to suffer. The blame game is played so much that it becomes the norm and as this occurs our lives go deeper and deeper into that harsh, dark place and then it get so harsh and dark that it gets nearly impossible to see the light of day anymore.

“So I fed the geese so what” he says as he hears on the news then because stuff was thrown in the reservoir it’s been jammed and now we aren’t able to get drinking water. “They should do better, those people who are in charge of making the running water work” he continues and not ones did he even look at a part that he may have played in the whole mess. Never take yourselves out of the equation because there is always a reason why something in YOUR life is happening whether good or bad and even if you weren’t conscious enough to realize this, you did play a part in it and I don’t care what it was. I am by no means saying that everything that happens bad to everyone is happening because that person brought it on themselves. I would never do that because in doing that I would have to say that kids who get sexually abused or children who get cancer and suffer are to blame. But even in the harshest of situations, even if we weren’t conscious of our part in situations unfolding for us, we still need to realize that we did play a part in it happening. We truly may not deserve some of the harsh things we go through but to throw the events in the wind is to allow the wind to control it and that is like claiming a victim mentality. Once that occurs all bets are off. We may not have control over what happens to us but we can control the outcome, we can turn so called bad situations into opportunities for growth, we can turn them into strengthening lessons but in order to do this we need to claim some type of responsibility for the action. Don’t blame yourselves for harsh situations but say to yourselves that you will gain strength and learn from these events so that these things won’t happen to you or anyone that you love and that is willing to hear you out when you attempt to enlighten them. So if it is to be, and we want to live a life within that happy place that we were meant to live in we need to claim our lives to ourselves, own what we go and are going through with pride, not blame and place it in a place of positivity and growth. If we mindlessly continue to do things that hurt us and our planet we won’t have a planet to live on or even a life to experience and that is all to it. We are all One. This planet and everyone on it is a part of us, this is our home, this universe in itself is our home and we should take care of it just as it is. Our economic situations is our doing, not the man sitting in office and if we are to change it we need to first look at ourselves and see what can be done with the decisions we make, and then we need to back up those people in office with efforts to help gain freedom from the situations. We need to come together and take care, we need to be more conscious, know that it doesn’t take much to recycle but recycling does so much for the planet. It’s not the same as throwing the recyclable on the ground or in the trash, not at all. Stop playing the victim in life, STOP FEELING THE GEESE AND TAKE CONTROL!

Namaste

The Next Chapter

It’s been a crazy ride for me and at times I’ve felt as if I’ve come off track of what I am about within my life thus far. But if that is the case then I am as if now making a return trip or better yet I’m not returning but I’m moving forward. It’s been a while since I’ve written on this blog and within that time that I wasn’t present in blog posting I’ve experienced fears and woes, I’ve been through hurts and hardships and also I’ve made blatant decisions on what this life will be for me from here on out and there is no turning back from this point. Now as I write this post I feel that I am now taking a step and I am moving forward to the next chapter of my life. God still lives within me and He shines like never before. My purpose is still happiness and that is achieved by love. It would be a just thing for us all to not allow the fear that we create to be a hindrance to us in any shape, size or form that would be a great gift that we all could give to ourselves and a gift that I am giving to myself right now. Inspiration lives all around us, it lives in books and in life events, in other people and in nature, in science, in philosophy and in religion, it lives in all and everything and I tend to come back to this blog expressing all that inspiration may dictate to me. To simply be aware of all the inspiration that I am surrounded by and to express it in the only way that my level of consciousness will allow me then in doing that to also gain something which I myself will be able to us as a strengthening tool within and for my own life. So here we are; this is the next chapter of the way things will pan out for me and this time I’m really not going to hold back. I’ve taken a long enough break from my writings on here to gather myself and to ask all of the questions of me and life but I question myself or this life no longer and neither should you. The purpose of life is happiness. For God to express all of Her perfections and joys through you, to be an all-out expression of that happiness that we were all meant to have and I mean all of us and all of  the time too. Right and wrong don’t exist; up and down are only here from perception and that is a truth the most have a hard time accepting but once it is accepted and we can let go of all of our judgmental ways and dogmas even though it may seem scary at first, we will gain a freedom that we never thought possible and it will be a joyous time for us all. All we really need to realize is that there is only Love and also fear and fear is what keeps us down and fear in itself doesn’t even exist really. So as I growth within my writings on this blog I will grow within this life and I hope that whoever reads what I write is heading in that direction as well. Only love exists and it is due to all of us because all and all, we are love. The next chapter begins now. The past and the future are not the main concern, only the now and to remain it that now space as we make our decisions from here on out.

Namaste

Love is the beauty of the soul

"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is? Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Love is having roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.

"Love is the beauty of the soul." --St. Augustine

That everlasting bliss that seems to connect and make us one, in a relationship as it unfolds and as the newness arrives, all of that passion and bliss, all of that not getting to be around each other enough and simply wanting to be around each other all of the time, to be with each other, to be within each other and touching each other none stop. When she is seen it’s like just wanting to take her at that moment, wanting to do all and everything to her and never wanting to stop. Wanting to just have her as one would a delectable meal which is there for the devouring. All of these feelings, they seem as if it’s the reason you breath, it’s the reason you do anything; so that you may have her forever and ever, it’s like a high that can’t truly be explained. But then as the clouds of your lust begin to subside something else occurs that you just may not have been expecting.

She is still who she is but something has changed, that touch, it’s something that I’ve had so many times already. It’s starting to feel like a meal that I simply am getting sick of because I eat it every damn day. Her voice, that sound which at one time was like a heavenly instrument is starting to sound like a song that I’ve heard on the radio one time too many. It still sounds nice but it just isn’t the same as it was when I first heard it. Her touch, her smell, her presence, these aren’t things that I lust for as I once did because I am accustom to them. It is feeling like a car that was once new but now is just a car; that new car smell has vanished along with that new feeling of it all. It’s simply just the same old thing that I am use to and I have seen every day. Is the lust gone and is it done? Am I ready to move on to something new so that I may gain that feeling back that I once had? That feeling that felt as if I could never get enough? Is this it or am I on the road to something that I in fact have never felt or witnessed before?

But now something new has been revealed. It’s like a new beauty has been released and with this, it is something more permanent then what I witnessed before bare nude for me to bask in; this new light with its warmth and comfort for me to bask in is the shine which emanates from her soul. This is something that is even more euphoric then the passion, more breathtaking then the beauty and more intimate then that new touch. This is what it is about, the beauty of the soul and once this buried treasure is discovered a newness that can never be run down is born and a new passion has manifests itself to my light and my life. The beauty of the soul is what it is about and until it’s discovered no matter how much passion there was I will never know what this thing call love with another truly is. Don’t give up or give in simply because it’s feeling and gets familiar, now is your time and now is your chance. Open up your eyes so that you may see that beauty of the soul and once it is discovered that temporary passion that you felt in the beginning will seem like a distant child’s play thing and you won’t ever want to go back. Live, love and allow the beauty of the soul to show you what you thought might have been something that is no more. The beauty of the soul is there and now it is time to gaze, look upon it and discover the real and true treasure of this thing called love within your love and within this shining light which you have discovered so that it may stay and strengthen that joyous part of your life.

Namaste

Within this year 2011

Within this year I’ve seen folks try and hurt each other not knowing that all they were doing was appeasing a demon that lurks within. I’ve have my ups and downs and I’ve wished for situations that have not yet occurred. I’ve looked towards the sky and I’ve asked the questions that I thought I would never ask. But even so and with all of my dilemmas and situations I have something that keeps me going and keeps hope a live and it only grows stronger with each day. This something that I hold dearly and that gives me that hope is God and within me I maintain my faith. It may seem that this God character doesn’t exist and I do have a love and a strong belief in the sciences but when push comes to shove who cares. What I consider God is something that can never be disproven because I don’t believe in a man that sits in the clouds and judges us. I simply believe in the power of Love which to me is the road to all that is good and all that is joyous. I love the fact that life is a mystery and my belief in God isn’t for reassurance. It’s not there to give me a comforting feeling about death; it’s not there so that I can feel good about myself because I feel that those who have died whom I care about and love are in a “better” place. My belief is about life and living, about strength and faith and most of all it’s about Love. It’s about knowing that life is on purpose and that everything that occurs in life was meant and has happened for the benefit of life. It’s about living because I think that God and life are one in the same. It’s about oneness as well because in order to truly want greatness for all is to see oneself in that all itself. It’s about happiness, the sheer feeling of it and when I say happiness I mean the type that is everlasting. It’s not about attaching myself to an outside belief for more reassurance on life and the way things will turn out for me, like I said, I enjoy that fact that life and everything in it is a mystery. This way I am able to grow more freely then I would if I simply knew it all. I feel that my enlightenment began when I realized that God isn’t something that is separate and apart from me and then it got stronger when I accepted the mystery called life. So as this year comes to a close I say that I enjoy and revel in the mystery. I don’t need to believe in some super man who lives in the sky with promises that would be revealed to me when I die if I happen to pick the right religion. To me death is something that is just as important to the universe as life and they are in a way one. You can’t have one without the other and if death was a bad thing then it would only happen to bad people. I do have my beliefs about what may happen to us after we die but if someone was to come to me with cold hard facts that all of my beliefs about death were wrong I wouldn’t be upset because I don’t claim any attachments to my beliefs. They are what they are and I will continue to learn about them and grow within them. But let’s say that there really is no type of consciousness after life just as the atheist say, so what is what I say to that. So all that means is the worst thing that could happen to me after I die is that I feel nothing, what’s so bad about that? I mean if you feel nothing you won’t have to go through hard times and you won’t have to feel pain anymore so why is it so bad? Is it bad because the nothingness that we may feel after we die is something of the unknown? As if you “know” what will occur in your life tomorrow or even within the next moment. Some terrorist could drop a bomb on your house and this bomb could maybe not be enough to kill you but it may just burn you so bad that you may have to go through the rest of your life disfigured. Poison gas could be leaking out of some pipe under your house right now slowly killing brain cells and you may wake up tomorrow not knowing who you are. Anything could happen within even the next moment and the next moment just like life will always be unknown. Do you fear the next moment? Do you fear the next year to come? So why fear something that is going to happen to you one day simply because it may entail the unknown? There you go, nothing to it and with this year I will go in to the next one holding God within my heart and radiating what I feel he stands for. I will live for him which means I will live for Love and I will growth within that space within my very own mysterious life. I will maintain faith in good and I will maintain and believe in the goodness that dwells in everyone. I will continue to grow and gain strength within myself and I invite everyone else to do the same. I feel that we are all one still, its call the universe not the multiverse so let’s start acting like it and make this happiness that we all crave for a reality. What a year it’s been and we all are going to go into the next one in mystery whether we accept it or not and man what a beautiful feeling it is going to be!

Namaste

Own it to change it

“I have learned from experience that happiness is an acquired skill. There is always something to complain about, even in the best of times. And there is always something to celebrate, even in the worst of times. Happiness is not an objective reality so much as a subjective decision. Chronic complainers miss the boat.”(Marianne Williamson)

If I decide to claim being a victim I am submitting my situation to chance in other words I am taking the easy way out which tends to lead to roads of suffering. If I wallow in a pool of regret and I blame everything that happens in my life on me how can I move forward from the situation? How can I move at all if I am living in a place to blame, that my friend would be me living in a place that doesn't exist. In order for me to even consider my blameful situation I would have to use my mind and place the siuation in the now, why would I do that? But if I am not to blame myself and if I am to take full responsiblities for my action how is this to be done. By owning my situaiton and also by letting it go. If I own my siutation I am able to make a change whether for better or worst. To say, "yes I did cause this and I don't like this so now I will change this to a more preferable outcome" would work in everyone's benefit. So in closing I want to just say that we are only victims if we claim to be as such. We are able to preceive a situation any way we chose to. I chose to preceive every situation an oppurtunity for growth and growth in life is always for my benefit. Why sit and complain? Learn, grow stronger and move forward to that place which always dictates joy.

Namaste

Remain childlike

Adults kill dreams and believe they are doing it for the best interest of another because the other person isn’t being “realistic”. Adults think they know everything because they’re “grown” so you can’t tell them anything because if you do they will say, “don’t talk to me that way I’m a grown man/woman”. Adults spend over half the day almost every day working at jobs they don’t like then they give half the money they earn away to bill collectors then lie to themselves and say things like, “I work hard to support myself and my family”. The only reason they spend over half their lives doing something they despise is because they are afraid to stop because they don’t know what will happen if they do. Adults stay in dead end relationships and keep people around them that bring them down simply because it’s what they “know” and what they are used to. Adults are afraid to step out of their comfort zone no matter how bad their comfort zone may be. They work too much and don’t play enough. In other words adults SUCK!

A child knows that having fun and being happy is the most important thing in the world and will always dream. Life was meant to be enjoyed and children know this, Einstein once said that the reason he made all of his discoveries was because he never stopped thinking like a child. Being humble, smiling, laughing these are all things that children embrace. I don’t see myself ever “growing up” from any of this. I will always dream and follow my heart, I will do things I enjoy, things that truly helps my soul expand and I still am trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I will humbly remain in the mystery of life because I know I don’t know everything and I will embrace that as fact in a childlike and mature manner. I won’t whine about people or relationships that I chose to be in and around, what since does that make? And I don’t mind stepping out of my comfort zone because I know that outside of it is where my growth occurs. Your opinion about me is not my concern and never will be, as a 33 year old child I will simply be truthful to myself and remain in that positive place. I say join me and never grow up!

Namaste

The optical delusion of separation

"A human being is a part of the whole called the “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of…consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affections for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in all its beauty, Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."  (Albert Einstein)

For me this quote by Einstein really hit home because it makes a point to speak on what life should have within it for everyone. It’s too often that yea, we help our family and friends when they are in need but if someone who we don’t know asks us for a favor we turn our noises up. I remember an incident that occurred in front of a 7 11 which is a quickie market for all of you who may not know. This gentleman whom was dressed in kind of dirty clothes asked another person who was entering the story could he have any change that the person who was entering the store could offer. Do you know what? The man who got asked the question said in a very rude tone, “No man go away.” As the man whom asked the question started to go the other man quickly said, “hey man, why don’t you go get a job and stop asking people for money? It’s because you are too lazy to work huh?” Then man whom asked the question in the first place replied, “Hey, I have been trying to find work” then the other man simply uttered quietly to himself, “yea right you bum” and walked into the store. Now was all of that necessary? I mean if he didn’t want to give the man any money he should have just said no and left it at that. Who knows what the man who was begging had gone through in his life? Who knows what type of upbringing he had, who knows what wrong doing may have occurred within his life. It’s a wonder that people are so judgmental to others when the truth of the matter may be that if they would have gone through half of the things that the person who they are judging went though they may be in a worst off condition.

When I look at a person whether it is someone I know or not I can always see a spark of myself within them. I know that they have good in them and if they are in a messed up situation they didn’t consciously choose it. At times in life we all do walk down the wrong roads and then we tend to find ourselves in a slump. When I was around 26 years old or so I made some horrible decisions with my money and because of those decisions I nearly got evicted from my apartment. There was a time when I fell behind on my electric bill payments and it got shut off for a day. Times when I have done things in the pass that may have caused hurt and pain to others. I have been in slumps plenty of times in my life and I’ve been in that sad place. These situations do tend to make us stronger once we get through them but they do occur for all of us. You can’t judge someone in a way that you aren’t judging yourself anyway because we really can’t give out what we don’t have within ourselves.

To come to a realization that we all are One in this world is to come to a freeing insight. Some people hang around only people that they have known for a long time. Some people never leave there neighborhoods, they never venture out so that they may broaden their horizon and to me this is ashame. They never give to a person who looks as if they are in need, instead they judge, assuming that the person is just going to go and use the money that they may give them for drugs. How can anyone make a judgment on what the person will use the money for? I say if you have it and someone asks, if giving a person a little money isn’t going to hurt you financially you should give to them every single time no matter how the person may look. You have no right to judge anyone, you don’t know what they have gone through or if they are going to use the money for food or not, if you were in their shoes you may be the one who would be on the drugs. Plus even if they are on drugs who gave you the right to tell them that it is wrong for them to do the drugs. I say this, at lease this person won’t break in someone’s car or house looking for something to sell so that they may appease their drug habit. My house and car has been broken into before and for the things that were taken I am assuming a person simply did the act so they would have something to sell for money for drugs, or maybe for food who knows but imagine what would have happened if when that very person asked a stranger for some money and they would’ve just given it to them? That person may not have broken into my car (the repairs cost more money than what the person took) or my house. Think about it that way.

Again (this statement needs to be repeated plenty of times) we all are One. Yes I do love certain people who are in my life but I have love for everyone to whom I meet and even those that I don’t. This light of love is bright enough to shine on everyone, not just the people that I know on a personal level. We are all One with the universe because we are made of the same stuff as the universe is. We are made of energy just as the universe and even the particles which make up our bodies can be found in space. We are One with each other, with all of the plants and animals. We are One with people who live in a way that we may not understand, that aspect of them does live in us and remember, if we were to have gone through whatever that person went through then we probably would be similar to that person if not the same. We are all One, One universe One Love and One light and we all need to start acting that way. Animals like that ants who come together as One and live in harmony have been around a lot longer than animals who don’t live in this way because it is all of our true natures and it is the way of things. So remember, every time you make a negative judgment on a person you are simply calling out an aspect of yourself that you simply don’t like. Why not give away a smile or a little cash, some food and some insight that is worth getting. Why not be love, share love and look at everyone to whom you meet as a part of yourself. If everyone thought this way there would be no wars, no robbing, no murders and no issues in this world. This Oneness thing is the answer to all of the issue that we are having and it is a spiritual thing; it’s an inner thing so let’s get it started. Remember, we are all One. ONE LOVE!!!

Namaste

It makes no since to be a hypocrite!

A woman once went to Gandhi to ask a favor. When she arrived within Gandhi’s presence she said, “Please tell my son to stop eating sugar because he eats too much of the stuff.” Gandhi instructed the woman to come back in two weeks and ask of him the request. So in two weeks the woman returned and once again made her request. Gandhi quickly said to the boy, “Stop eating sugar.” The woman then asked why Gandhi didn’t say this in the first place two weeks ago and Gandhi replied, “Because two weeks ago I was eating sugar”.

In any situation or within any circumstance it makes no since to become a hypocrite in order to have your wishes meant. Change is an inner thing and one cannot claim a change unless one undergoes a change within themselves. Everyone wants the best for their loved ones. We all want the best for our friends and family, for our children and for any children that look up to us so we may give orders to these people so that they will find health and happiness in a way that would bring greatness to life for them. But as I stated before, being a hypocrite in any circumstance makes no since and is just as dishonest as telling a bold face lie. Hypocrisy is truly on the same level as thievery because you are stealing something that you cannot possibility claim because you don’t practice it within your own life. Let me say it again, being a hypocrite makes no since in life, none at all.

So don’t try that “they should do what I say and not what I do” mess because (and I don’t mean to sound negative when I say this but this truth needs to be spoken) that is just plain dumb. If you smoke and you don’t want your child to start smoking then I suggest you kick the habit first. If you are having premarital sex and you want you a child to wait until they get married to have sex you really need to kick yourself in the pants. If you drink and you feel that I should stop drinking so that I may think a little clearer and not make dumb decisions well…what I said speaks for itself because if you decide to make a statement like that to me or anyone you are doing just what you don’t want me to do. So come on people, you cannot sit somewhere and tell someone that they need to stop doing something that you do yourself. If you want your spouse to be more loving YOU BECOME MORE LOVING FIRST and I don’t care if you are the most loving person you know. Don’t ask of others of something that you don’t do yourself. Because (and I know I said this already but I am going to say it again) that is just plain stupid!

Everything that you want someone else to do for their personal betterment you should want for yourself. Yes I do tell people they need to adapt a workout regimen so that they will live a life of wellness but do you know what? I work out myself. I tell people they should eat healthy and I do so myself. I tell people that they should be more loving because every day I work on becoming more loving myself. I tell others to have an open mind on things because my mind is open. I say that people should read and learn something every day because this is what I do. But do you seriously think that I would tell someone that they should wait until they get married to have sex? No because I didn’t do that myself. I don’t tell people that they shouldn’t drink because I like to drink some wine a few days a week myself. So in closing of this blog I just want everyone to seriously be the change that you would like to see occur. With that you yourself will make this world a more loving place to live and then after you have made the change within yourself you can start spreading a message of the same change but still, not in a forceful way ether. The best way to spread any message is not to speak it anyway but to simply do it. You will have an easier time convincing more people to follow a certain change if they see the benefits that it has in your life anyway.

Namaste

Life arising in suffering

"When I was young I believed that life might unfold in an orderly way according to my hopes and expectations. But now I understand that the way winds like a river are always changing ever onward following God’s gravity towards the great Sea of being. My journeys revealed that the way itself creates the warrior, that the very path leads to peace, every choice to wisdom and that life has always been and will always be arising in mystery." ( Quote is from the book 'The Journey of Socrates' by Dan Millman)

I loved and then I lost and following wondered why or how it could have occurred. I was kind and they made fun of me, poked at me because I didn't think or act like them. I was too shy at times and missed out on a great much in my younger days. I felt lost but I still had this spark within that dictated to me that I deserved love and only love and with that my happiness would be found. Lost and alone, confused and upset I set off on a journey that would forever change my life. Love ones have passed and many loses have occurred, I've been rob and stolen from, I've been placed to the side as if I was a pain within another’s life and with all of that and because of the spark I still chose love. Then with that decision I arose from it all like a phoenix from the ash. I realized that with the pain came pleasure, I grew and became stronger, I researched, started to read more and study to widen my mind but most of all and most importantly I decided to take a glace within. To find something that was never lost, to come up the mountain of life and to reach the peak and then on arrival come to a realization that this peak was actually just the beginning and I had a long way to go. I became a warrior of such, to fight the battles that were brewing within and to take charge. In this war I captured the flag from the enemy within and brought it to base so that my lieutenant would give me horror and reward, the flag I took is love and my lieutenant is God. I brought Love to a Loving place, I allowed Love to realign with itself because all and all, God is Love anyway. But these battles that were fought all unfolded within. With that I learned that heaven is within and so are the burning pits of hell. I then understood that everything that occurs in life is for my higher purpose and benefit. No matter how harsh it became, it was for my benefit because life is about the simple joys of the matter anyway. It’s not about the suffering but sometimes in order to reach a destination I may have to walk through a few storms here and there. But to say that my destine place was for the storms is to not see the truth at hand; BUT to gain an understanding that these storms may be part of the journey and also to gain an acceptance of this fact is to gain a simple and needed peace. So with these words yes life in itself does arise in mystery just as your mother went through her birth pains to bring you into this world. Just as our greatest God realized masters have gone through certain types of suffering so that you could gain insights and become free. Do you think that Jesus' life was simply about the hanging on the cross or the love and light that he brought to the world? But even though his life wasn't simply about the suffering the suffering had to occur so that his mission could be accomplished. His life just like yours and mine is about the joys and the happiness. Happiness is the key to life and the only way to gain happiness is through Love. Sometimes it does takes a big pile of shit to fertilize a blossom for growth just as it takes the mess of suffering at times to bring forth the Love and the beauty that life was meant to become for you and me. Remember that and take it in strive to realize that everything that happens in life is for your greater benefit and always, always be and radiate love; I simply can’t say that statement enough!

Namaste

Being proactive!

Its one thing to act in response to what another's actions would entail and it's another to ONLY act in response of what another's actions would entail. In my life I have truly never been a simple reactive person. At one time I was a person who didn't act at all to any situation, simply sitting in my own fear shell making a dying instead of a living and in many ways being that way is worst then being a reactive person but I still am not excusing the reactors of the world. We all have a purpose, a dharma, a personality and a place in the universe. If we only react to others then we are simply puppets with strings that the person who we are reacting to made the actions are pulling in the first place.

Let me quickly explain what a reactive and a proactive person is. A reactive person is a person who doesn't do anything or make a move unless it is off of another. You can easily control an individual whom has this personality trait. Just simply insult their mother (you don't even have to know their mother) or there girlfriend or there kid. Insult their ethnicity, their religion, their life philosophy and they will act in a way of anger and probably attack you. Or say something sweat to them, this will make them smile, say something that goes with their life's philosophy and they will love you (not real love by the way). Say something nasty and they will cringe, say something so called smart and they will come up to you with admiration. Don't take a person like this out anywhere to have fun. If you do and this is a dancing spot they will wait until everyone in the spot is dancing before they even begin, if you take them to a eating establishment, even though this person may be hungry and the food is out they will still wait for someone else to grab the first chicken wing before they make an attempt to eat. If they want a raise at a job they will wait for two or three other employees whom do the same task as them to ask before they even make an attempt. Even though they may be interested in a certain individual on a future significant other level they will wait until someone else gains interest before they do something. That is a reactive person and to me a person like this is nothing but a puppet.

Then you have a proactive person. A person who has control over their lives. A person who isn't going to wait for people to start dancing before they dance, a person who will grab the chicken if they are hungry and the chicken is out even if no one else will grab a piece, a person that will make a move on an individual whom may be a future significant other even if no one else show interest, a person who will ask for that raise the moment they feel they deserve it. This is a person who truly Loves themselves and who really embodies the meaning of a strong individual. This is a person who even if they don't acknowledge it does radiate what God is and means to the fullest. This also is a person who I can admire to the fullest.

So there it is. I put this in my post because I want more proactive people in the world then reactive. Reactive people don' t really live and have no control over there actions. Why would you put your life and the actions you take in someone else's hands? I want all to read this post and to say yes, I want to be proactive no matter how weird I made seem or how afraid I may be. Have courage, love yourself enough to take that power that you have within and use it to make your life exactly what God put you on this earth to make it. Do it, be proactive, take that chance, love that person, go get that raise, heal the world and make it shine from the inside out!

Namaste

shades of grey exist

"The good guys and bad guys aren't as easy to tell apart as I used to think they were. You can't look at someone with your eyes and take their measures. You have to look with the heart"

As I finished reading a fiction series of books which I have been reading for the past four months I came across this quote which was literally the last sentence at the end of the last book in the series and I couldn't help but realize and feel the truth that those very words held. So remember, as we go about our days working to make a living and to do what is just for our friends and family to judge someone simply for their stark actions or by their appearance alone simply doesn't begin to define what's really brewing within a person's soul. There is a saying that goes like this, "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it probably is a duck" and I have to say that things simply aren't that simple. Come to everyone you encounter with a heart full of love and an openness to accept them. Look at them in a grand light, a light which can only shine goodness and go with the feeling that you gain from them instead of simply their actions and physical appearance. Look with your heart instead of your eyes and you will see a beauty that isn't seen by many but a beauty that is more real then any other beauty that exist. There are shades of gray in the whole scheme of things so to see a person's try nature you really do need to use that heart of yours and open those eyes of the heart to see the in real sight. So as we go with our weeks of struggles and life lessons we should take heed and gain the lesson of the heart so that we are able to see the true loving intentions that we may miss if only looking with our eyes which have more so been dirtied by this fear based world that we find ourselves in anyway. Look with the heart, not simply the eyes and the truth of it all will be told in full.

Namaste

Light Breeze (by Rumi)

Tonight as I sat, reading poems by Rumi I came across a poem that I feel I must share with all whom comes across my blog post. I need not say anything else about this beautiful poem because it truly does speak for itself.

As regards feeling pain, like a hand cut in battle, consider the body a robe you wear. When you meet someone you love, do you kiss their clothes? Search out who's inside. Union with God is sweeter than body comforts. We have hands and feet different from these. Sometimes in dream we see them. That is not illusion. Its seeing truly. You do have a spirit body. Don't dread leaving the physical one. Sometimes someone feels this truth so strongly that he or she can live in mountain solitude totally refreshed. The worried, heroic doings of men and women seem weary and futile to dervishes enjoying the light breeze of spirit.

Namaste

That inner growth

If not for that inner growth I would not even bother. Yea, I workout a lot but if only to appease the vanity, I would not even dare. If not for that inner growth I would not even try. I make an effort to express Love because of that inner aspect, this is where worlds are created from mere dreams and passions are discovered. That inner aspect, where my true soul mate lies, where heaven dwells with all of its perfections. That inner growth is the only true growth. Allow your inner dwellings to sprout as a plant from a seed and then water it with the essence of Love which is the food that this inner aspect does crave. That inner growth is the only true growth that exist. Its best you realize that now before its too late!

Namaste

The blasphemy challenge???

While surfing YouTube to see what new videos might be going viral I came across this one video which for some reason I checked out. Now I'm not going to spend a lot of time or energy writing about this subject because I kind of thing its silly but within the subject I feel a message that we all need to embrace could be learned. Let me get to the point. In the video this lady sat in front of a camera to say that she denies God. She just wanted to let the world know that she denies God or any other deity because to her they aren't real and they are stupid. She claimed that religion makes people wait to die to get rewards and she wanted to live. When I heard this message I thought that it was simply a waste of time and silly. I mean why would you spend time and energy to deny something that you don't believe in? If it doesn't exist then why deny it? Something inside of you does believe in what you are denying if you need to deny it in the first place. If I enjoy my life I don't need to say, "I deny unhappiness in life" because if I did that then its like I really don't enjoy life and am trying to convince that aspect that lives within me which is telling me that life really is an unhappy experience. I mean I don't sit around and deny Santa Claus or the Easter bunny, I simply don't believe in them, they don't exist so why spend any time and energy denying them? Belief is a verb, to believe in something is to hold something in your brain as in you need to give thought to something if you believe in it point blank. When we deny or believe in something we are simply using two sides of the same coin in our efforts, its all the same. If I put thought to something I am putting thought to something whether it be negative or positive and I am still promoting it regardless. This is why in the world of entertainment they say any press is good press. This is why when a movie or book is slammed in the media of being bad or evil they usually do better then they would have done if the people who didn't agree with the message would have kept their mouths shut in the first place.

I say just be love. I for my personal reasons do believe in God. With all that I know and learned, all that I have experienced and done within life and through my simple perception a lone I can't help but believe in God. But this belief that I have in God works for me and is my decision for my life. If one doesn't want to believe in a god then fine but if there is no God then why even bother speaking on it at all? Just believe in what you believe in. There is no point in trying to insult or bring down someone elses beliefs because anyone who tries to bring another person down in any way is just looking for company. If one thinks highly of themselves and their beliefs then they try and uplift others, if one thinks of themselves as something low and ugly they will try to bring others down to their level so they won't be a lone. Love is the way, the answer and Love is happiness. I say God is Love but if you don't want to say that or believe that, fine. Just believe in Love. Be loving and life will be better, express love and you will receive more love in life. Just be love. If you feel you can be Love without religion, fine, but if you are expressing Love you are a person who really wants all to find Love and express it as well even if they need some guidance from a religion to do so. Religion does help a lot of people find themselves so I won't down religion. I am not a religious person but that is just me. I am spiritual but not religious but again, that is just my take on things. So to end this blog post I will say this, believe in what you believe in and leave everything else a lone because if you put energy and thought into something you don't believe in you actually do believe in it whether you want to admit it or not. This blasphemy challenge is so silly anyway. All these people who take part in the blasphemy challenge are simply trying to piss off people who chose to believe in God so that those people can feel angry, thus bringing a God believing person's energy down to the level of the so called "denying" person's. Express Love and Love only, gain understanding on why some people need religion within their lives and others don't and simply respect it. If you spend time denying a god you are just as bad as a person who sits and tries to force a belief of god down some one's throat. You are all in the same boat and don't even know it. Simply be love and all will be well.

Namaste

We can live in a great economy now

If a person who lives in a place with a booming economy believes that he or she lives in a place with a horrid economy that person will experience just that as fact. If a person whom lives in a country that has a so called perfect economy reads newspapers and watches only television shows from a country that has a bad economy that person will live as if they are in the country with the bad economy thus manifesting horrid economic situations for themselves. WE ARE OUR ECONOMY AND THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THE ECONOMY IS TO CHANGE OUR THOUGHTS TOWARDS IT POINT BLANK. The economy isn't like birds that migrate south every winter, it has nothing to do with nature and it doesn't even exist outside of us. There isn't a political leader that can change the economy if the people who are counting on him continue to hold on to the thought that the economy stinks. So this is what I want everyone who reads this blog post to do. I want YOU to truly start believing that we live in a great economy and I want you to do it NOW. The media does brain wash us, it plants memes (mind viruses) in our heads and because of this we are controlled but this doesn't have to be the case. Let's change this so called economic crisis of ours right now by simply gaining a knowing that we all have the power to do so. So in closing I want everyone who reads this blog post to repeat after me, WE LIVE IN A GREAT COUNTRY WITH A GREAT ECONOMY. It is just that easy.

Always be and remain in a place called Love because Love rules all. Love even rules the economy and a loving economy is a great one.

Namaste

Claim your issues!

I know a person who falls a sleep all of the time and even though this is constantly occurring he doesn't accept the fact that this sleeping thing may be an issue of his. He tends to put it off on him not getting enough sleep at night or it being late or even him drinking and so forth. In other words he puts his issues off on outside sources, they are never of him so he keeps the deluded feeling that anyone and everyone would act the way that he does so he doesn't have to do anything about it and that falling asleep in the middle of a conversation when he is the one talking or falling asleep in a loud club with all types of people dancing around him is normal. I looked into the sleep issue for him and presented some ideas of what it may be, he shot the ideas down cold and is still living in this la la land of his.

No one is exempt from what I am about to say so listen up. We all have issues, all of us. I have a skin issue and if I never acknowledge this, I would have a body odor issue just to name a few of my own. If I were to name all of the issues I have I would be able to start a blog post named "My Issues" and it would be a very long blog post too. But this doesn't mean I am not healthy or that something is wrong with me, it doesn't even mean that my issues are truly my fault at all.

In a very, very, very metaphysical aspect everything that I am and everything that I will become is my fault and my doing so in a way I believe that our issues are our fault but in a very metaphysical way. This doesn't mean that we are totally conscious of how our issues manifested within our realities so in saying this there is no point in blaming ourselves for our issues. We may have physical issues, mental issues and so forth, I believe that we all have some of both of the aspects that I named that issue derive from. But even though the metaphysical does exist I will never say that it is truly a person's fault that fears men in general because they were raped as a child. I will never say that for the most part children with cancer hold any of the blame for their condition, I will never sit and say because people are starving in the world they should hold there heads in shame, I just won't do it because on a conscious level they are not to blame. But if an issue is had the best way to do something about it is to claim it and admit to yourself that YES you do have an issue. If you don't claim your issues then you will never be able to do anything to rectify them.

So that is what it is about, claim it so that you have a chance to change it. Everything that we are is apart of us, it makes no since for anyone to allow the ego to have them believe that an issue that they have isn't theirs. Ever since I was a child I have had an issue with my sweating and because of it when I became of age and since I am not a small person I had an issue with my body odor. I could have said to myself, "I don't stink" and just lived in that deluded place but imagine if I did do that. I would be walking around at my age today stinking. I may have a strong body odor but I can honestly say that I really don't smell bad and this is because I claimed my body odor issue a long time ago. My mother told me that as a baby I use to just lay in the crib and sweat for no reason so do you think it was truly my choosing to be this way? But even so, I still claimed the fact that yes, I stink. Me claiming this drove me to do research on the issue and to come up with a solution to it so that it wouldn't run my life. It took me a few embarrassing moments too because I didn't come up with a solution for my odor issue over night. But still imagine what I would be today if I would have never acknowledged the issue in the first place?

A lot of people try to be and live this lie that our fear based society has deemed normal in such a way that they deny aspects of themselves in this task thus rendering all control to chance. Well let me share a secret with you, no one is "normal". We all are different and yes, we all have issues, some which are down right embarrassing but this is only the case because so many of us believe in what this society of ours deems to be right or normal. So I have told you first hand, don't be embarrassed about your issues, claim them with pride. Claim them as if you were the person who chose them, claim them just as you would claim something of yourself that others would look up to. Own them and then if they are issues that could really cause problems in your life, change them. Once you own something it is yours to do what you like with, that is the key here and that is why there is no point in looking at something in a way that your egos or our society would have you look at it. Everything that you are is a part of you point blank. Overcoming our issues is an aspect of life that causes us to grow. They cause us to grow into stronger, wiser, more understanding, and more loving people. Nothing that is of you exist outside of you, it is all located within. Be Love and use that very Love that you have to rectify every issue that may hold you back from being all that you were meant to be in life.

Namaste