Our World - Our Community

Once there was a time when the natural creation of family came from afar and provided the glue to hold peoples together. This concept and experience of family has always been intended to provide bonds, kinship and a sense of belonging - we all know this.

Somewhere along the line we became more insulated and perhaps even insular and the concept of greater community may have been misplaced but not lost.

I feel that, even though in these times we sometimes are unable to see greater community it almost always emerges during times of great urgency and sometimes during localized disasters as well.

There is an energy just below the surface which I feel is coming to be more noticeable. I feel it will be seen first in the family, then in the neighborhood, then in the community and will spread all over the Earth.

One of the most wonderful things about our planet is the variety we have to share - different peoples, different cultures, different foods - yes, different social attractions and the variety of the animals and plants as well.

Some day there will be travel between planets and I know that our planet will be known as the place of variety and especially a place where a visitor can come and no matter what their society is like at home, that they will be able to express themselves individually in benevolent ways and be accepted and appreciated for their unique talents and abilities.

Our world is becoming smaller every day - we are around many different kinds of people. We have the opportunity to enjoy other cultures and we also have the opportunity to share our own culture. Lets appreciate this variety in food, in family, in culture and ultimately in the bonds of kinship we will form as friends and ultimately as global community.

Goodlife.

A Heightened State Of Awareness

The nature of your reality now is something that will often be a state of various distractions. It is that you are in a receptive mode. This is not because you are so needful but rather because there is a heightened state of awareness. Some people feel it is an anxiety but I'd like to point out that it is really not about something frightening that's going to happen but rather about a physical awareness that is in our bodies. Our bodies are attuned to the identifying thought, you might say of - somethings going to happen. Lets assume, and I believe it is so, that that something is a good thing. I think it's good to be jokey with people we know and love because that feeling is so acute.
I would like to suggest a Living Prayer followed by some Benevolent Magic to support this feeling so many of us are having. For the Living Prayer I suggest if you like to say it, "I am asking that my heightened state of awareness and similar states in people and other beings around me allow us to notice the value of each other and to appreciate the value of friendship and to welcome it in its various benevolent forms." And for another day you could say this Benevolent Magic if you like, "I request that my capabilities for discernment be acute so that I may notice the new friends that are available to me now - that these friends will be true friends accepting and appreciating me for who I am and that I will accept and appreciate them for who they are and that this will all occur in the most benevolent way resulting in the most benevolent outcome."
I feel that the times now are about friendship, kinship - which is not necessarily just associated with blood relatives but discovering one's friends and true family who you feel at home with and who feel at home with you and also about a feeling of family that is one that allows you to have that feeling - most genuine - of belonging - something we all strove for when we were younger. I feel it is immanent now. I recommend we all be vigilant for something good which I feel is immanent.
Goodlife to you all and goodnight.

Families Appreciate Eachother

Now today I'd like to give you a few short words about finding home. For many of you home is something that you do not have a sense of at this time. Oh you know what your physical house is. You know perhaps of course, who your physical family are yes - but the sense of home - that warm feeling, that feeling of being welcome and that ability to feel welcome so much that others feel welcome around you simply because of that good feeling within you as it radiates is something that has been difficult to either maintain or to feel at all.
Because of the complexity of society now there is a tendency by well meaning family members and friends to encourage and to motivate to success all those you care about. This has had an unexpected, for many of you and unpleasant for many of you, side effect and that is a constant feeling of disapproval even though those who are encouraging you want the best for you.
It is important yes, to encourage, to support and even to motivate but all this must be done under the umbrella of welcome, acceptance, love and appreciation.
Appreciation is something that is largely overlooked in many family and friend situations. Part of the reason youngsters get more attached to their friends than their family is that appreciation is so readily available and that that appreciation is always based on something that is directly reflected - meaning that the person who appreciates you or compliments you is doing so because of something you did, something you are or something they believe you are so that when you experience that appreciation it feels true to you.
It is important when appreciation is given that the other person that is receiving it feels that it's true so it must be not a demand, "Here - take my appreciation!" but rather an observation.
Observations of benevolent characteristics or at least characteristics that are appreciated often feel like truth to the person receiving them. So my reminder for today is to show appreciation when it is genuinely felt and to remember that it is much more important to provide love, acceptance, acknowledgment and appreciation then it is to motivate success. That's how families are made, not just how families are born.
Goodlife to you all and goodnight.