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Mary-Anne Wise <[email protected]
 

Hi Connee

The best way I know to stop the negative thoughts is to choose more positive
thoughts. Doesn't have to be about massage school, that is in motion.
Think about reasons why you love your life, how beautiful the sky is, how
fluffy your cat. How so many things you ever wanted in your life came to
pass. How the wellbeing is overwhelming - why the sun came up this morning,
and will come up tomorrow.
thanks Connee for reminding me of this. And that is something that alerts me
when I have something bothering me.. when I'm not happy and bouncy, I know
something is bugging me. My friend says she knew I was being bothered by the #
of times I had to rip out my Xstitch.. I generally never have to but this time I
did 4 times. It's a beautiful day again. I've removed the immediate pressure
from myself by delaying my schooling until Jan. This gives me more time to
manifest wonderful things.. and I find it easier to stay happy and focussed on
the positive when the pressure is off.

Find a way to get happy and stay happy today!
woohoo... this is the part I love the best.. it's so much easier to get through
the day happy.. I used to be so grumpy all the time...

And then, when you are feeling much better, fantasize about massage school.
Imagine learning muscle groups, and practiting on all the new friends you
have made, and laughing when tracing a particular muscle groups tickles!
Won't it be fun to be around all these amazing, delightful, giving people!
And imagine your practice, and the joyous room you will work in. What kind
of music will you play, what kind of sheets, heater, art work, crystals,
lights, massage table will you buy? What will your practice mates be like,
or will you prefer to practice alone? Get specific. There is great fun to
be had in imagining your future life. And when you are done selecting mint
green and pink in your mind as your room colors, redo it all again with
lavendar and turquoise, and see how it feels. Which one feels better? What
about primary colors, yellow and red, with some joyous children's art on
your walls? What if your practice were working with children? How does
that feel? Do you want a sheepskin underpad, or just soft sheets for your
clients to lie on? Focus on details that delight you.
These things are easy for me as I already practice massage and healing on a
regular basis. I bought my massage table last year.... and as I was getting on
the bus with it, I sat down totally content and looked up to see a sign that
read "Your career starts here!" boy did that make me happy.. :)

Life is good.
it is.. and thank you, Connee for reminding me of the wonder of it all..
Love, hugs and chocolate
--
Mary-Anne

The only way to find the limits of the possible is to reach beyond it into the
impossible.


There goes the Sun

David W. Gordon
 

NASA Science News for August 5, 1999:

There goes the Sun - On the verge of solar maximum, the
August 11, 1999, solar eclipse promises to dazzle millions
in the path of totality. Full story:



----------


Pure Positive Energy at 2 million degrees,
with 600,000 Mph winds at top speed.

Say what you will of God,
...I worship the Sun.

in Love,
david.


noticing my quick manifestations

Jane Petersen
 

When this thread of manifestations started, I didn't think I had
anything to contribute. But this morning I realized I have maybe
small manifestations that count.

I am impressed with how fast things can happen on the net. There is
a chatspace that I frequent at spiritweb.org that I think is a lot of
fun. Anyway, I Love meeting people from all different kinds of
places. Several times I have thought, hmmm...I haven't met anyone in
here from THIS (whatever country I feel curious about in the moment)
country. And its like minutes and someone from that country will
surf in, usually for the first time, and join in on the chat and
joking around there. <g> I know its a LITTLE thing, but it sure is
fun when it happens. I manifested email penpals from Russia that
way, wanting to meet likeminded people from there. I wanted to find
out what was happening with rebirthing and psychic research since the
big changes in that country. Both of these people flagged me down on
icq, wanting to know more about rebirthing. LOL!

Anyway, thats ~my~ little share.....

light
Jane Petersen


Re: awesome manifestation with my Mom

Trixi Summers
 

Good Wonderful Morning to Connee and ALL!

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful story! It touched my heart
deep within!

As a woman I know that the mother/daughter relationship is a very strong
bond, therefore can cause many rifts between woman.

It's almost like the ying and yang, Mother and Daughter. But when you
look deeper you will see that the "mother" is the un-conditional lover.
(Not leaving you guys out - just the mother thing today as we have
learned and know it here on earth!). The one who will give her life for
her child. The one that will forgive no matter what. That is what
comes from deep inside and why? Because when we love another so very
much our hearts are open. Fully open. We see first and foremost the
love and then all else takes over. You see - a Mother's number one is
her love for her child. It takes over EVERYTHING ELSE! Mothers are the
absolute BEST teachers of un-condtional love!

Do you remember who held you when you scraped your knee? She could
always make it better. Just by loving you. And if you had a mother
that believed in you un-conditionally - well - need I say more? Have
you ever noticed that the ones who we really admire on tv are the ones
who say - my Mom told me to go for the gold. She believed in me!

You see a mother is our first introduction to this life. She is our
life force while we are in the womb. She is our bandager when we scrape
pieces of our bodies. She is our protector - WHOOPS - That is a human
trait what we think and here is where the rift begins.........

Out of the love that a mother has for her child she begins to believe
that she must protect the child. As soon as you go into protect mode
you leave the love mode. Funny huh!

Meanwhile the child is screaming - BUT MOM, just leave it be. We are
all safe. ALL IS WELL! No matter what! And then the mother believes -
wow this child is wild and I must protect more and more....

The mother does all this out of the love she has for her child. And
once a mother ALWAYS a Mother, no matter if you are 5 or 50! She is
always on the sidelines cheering you on. Always on the sidelines saying
I LOVE YOU! I want only the best for you. You are my angel!

And so I now take this opportunity to Thank all the Mothers in the world
- past, present and future for all the un-conditional love that we spew
all over our children. THank us ALL! And I Thank the Fathers for
supporting the mothers! I thank the Fathers for being here doing what
they do - usually balancing the mom and daughter! Ha Ha Ha!

I Thank the children for coming and re-minding us how sweet life is.
How beautiful the NOW is ALWAYS!

Yes, the mother - daughter relationship can be difficult - but take the
challenge! Take the part that loves you un-condtionally! Take the
LOVE, the Laughter! Take that part! ALL THE REST DOES NOT MATTER!

Oh and Connee - Thank you so very much for laying this on the table for
us to see just how wonderful that relationship can be. You have proven
once again that it's not the subject at hand, but the love that we have
for one another! You are the child that has shown your mother just how
wonderful life can BE!

I AM THAT I AM, OH and a mother too! :) Loving my "job" as a MOM -
Giving Love and Receiving that love right back!

Trixi

P.S. I am going on vacation on Saturday and will miss reading all your
posts. I am sure that I will have a zillion messages to return to and
look forward to reading them! Thank you all for being part of my
wonderful life!




Connee Chandler wrote:

From: Connee Chandler <connee@...>

Hi, friends,

I am sitting here in total amazement and joy this morning. I
keep thinking about the discussions we have had here lately about
how to tell Christians who are venting and escalating their
problems about Abe.

In order to completely appreciate this, you need to know that my
Mom is Roman Catholic and goes to Mass every morning of the week,
and that I am (to her) a lapsed Catholic, a sinner on the God
chart. She prays for me daily to return to the True Church. (I
tell her I am grateful for prayers, whatever their content.) To
me, I am a Licensed Religious Science Practitioner, which an
ecclesiastical officer position in our church. Being love for/as
God is my life's primary focus. We have had an uneasy truce
about not talking about God/Jesus/religion for many years.
Sounds kind of like the stories Abe tells about Esther and her
Mom.

My mom has been having a feud with her neighbor about trees. He
keeps cutting down parts of her trees that stray over his lot
line, in ways that are ugly. They live on an island, and he
wants to see more of the water from his home. She loves the
privacy the trees bring, that they are a wonderful habitat for
the birds she loves, and feeds and provides homes for, and shade
for the gardens, the house and the yard that she loves to sit
under.

At any rate, when she called me, the war was escalating, he was
talking about poisoning the trees, and she was talking about
suing him in court, having already reported him to the county
authorities who confronted him about his illegal pruning and
dumping on county land.

At that point, as we talked on the phone, I was faced with a
choice. So I decided to give her the choice instead of making it
myself. I said, "Do you want me to give you advice from my
Science of Mind point of view, or do you just want sympathy and
agreement?"

She gulped, and said, "I need help here, this is way out of
control, give me advice."

So I basically taught her Abe's Book of Positive Aspects process
(under appreciation games on my website below if you don't
already know it.) I suggested that she list all the good things
she has ever seen him do over the 20 years they have lived next
to each other. And I couched it in nice Christian terms about
learning to "love your neighbor."

She said that "love" was too strong a word, so I suggested she
try for appreciation and she agreed to try.

She called a little while ago with the results. She spent half
the night staying up working on her list, and she wasn't feeling
the outrage anymore. She came up with a fairly long list,
including that he has helped her out when she was stuck several
times since my father died. She could see that he was basically
a good man and had been a good neighbor, and that this thing just
has been blown up way out of proportion. And she wanted to know
if she was to give her list to her neighbor.

She also said that before Mass this morning, she asked to talk to
her priest. And told him what I had suggested she do, and he
said, "That was very good advice!" And he approved of her letter
when she showed it to him.

I told her that I thought the list is best kept between her and
God, and that it had to do with her opening her heart to love,
not about changing him, which could be perceived as manipulative
and "holier than thou". That I believed that it is important to
draw a bigger circle that says it is not me vs him, but both of
us in this together. And we talked about how they both love the
island, and appreciate its beauty, just in different ways. He
prefers beautiful grass, she prefers trees. He prefers a view of
the water, she prefers privacy and protection from the winds that
come off the water. Just differences, not right and wrong.
Nonjudgment and appreciation became a big part of the
conversation!

And I suggested that for now, she just appreciate her trees. Not
from a place of lack, but from a place of love, just as they are,
hacked and scarred. And I pointed out that most of us in life
are hacked and scarred in some ways, but we are still loveable.
And she got it! And she said that she could love her trees just
as they are, and appreciate them. And I suggested that she pray
for God to take care of her trees, and Let Go and Let God, just
for a week. And she agreed to give it to God for a week, and do
her job of loving those old trees, as they are now.

It was awesome! And at the end, she mentioned she was doing this
because the first commandment is "love your neighbor." And I
said I'd given a sermon on that lately, and that the first
commandment as I understand it is to love God with your whole
heart and soul, and then to love your neighbor as yourself. And
she agreed I was right, but that love your neighbor was right up
there, and I agreed she was sure right about that!

So now, I have, for the first time in my seven years of being a
Practitioner, received recognition from my Mom that, just
perhaps, my practice of my religion is useful, practical,
grounded in Spirit and comes in handy in a crisis. And I even
received the blessing of the priest! Can you imagine? I am
dancing around the room in joy!

My Mom and I just connected on a heart level on the subject of
God that we have *never* even come close to achieving before in
this lifetime. Since my love of God is the greatest driving
force in my life, this is a very BIG deal to me!

I give thanks for the blessings of Abraham, for the law of
allowing, for all the work I've done to honor her path, respect
her choices, and keep quiet about my own. For Abe's advice to
not ever try to answer a question until it is asked. And for
this incredible demonstration of the power of living this
philosophy and teaching by example *until* the question is asked.

I feel like I have been given an incredible gift of joy. Thanks
to the eclipse, the Grand Cross or Mercury retrograde or whatever
it is that is moving this planet into the times when the Pope
says people create their own hells and parish priests validate
the wisdom of Religious Science practitioners! <grin>

Or perhaps it is just each of us, after all, and so many other
beings of light on this planet, working at learning to love
unconditionally, to allow and to not push against, to open our
hearts to all ways of being, to live in joy, that is making the
change...

Love and hugs,

Connee
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Margie's Abe Retreat

Connee Chandler
 

Hi, friends,

I get ready to leave in 5 minutes for Margie's retreat! I'm so
excited that we are gathering to celebrate the love of the list
and Abe.

We're going to try to post some updates during the list during
the week so you can join in the fun, nonphysically!

Love and hugs,

Connee


POWERFUL~ PPE and prayers...angel

 

In a message dated 8/4/99 6:31:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, connee@...
writes:
<< Hi, Nori,
I see all is well for you, Angel and Codie! I know blessings are showering
upon
you, and you are all lifted on the wings of angels to the vet and back in
joy!
Love and hugs,
Connee

>>
~~~~~~~~~~~We are leaving for the vet...Angel had a burst of energy right
after I put her on the lists.... I actually sat watching her with my mouth
open in amazement.... "oh heavens", I thought...."this IS powerful stuff"
:) :)

Thank you everyone for your Love, PPE and prayers...
I know in my heart all is truly well.
Loving all of you
Nori


Why ego is valuable, wonderful, EVERYthing

 

<< Somebody today asked me why ACIM says ego is bad, and Abe said ego is
good. >>

What does "ACIM" stand for?

<< But ego can learn to be integrated with God within, and trained to
perceive the million data bits in every moment that feed back love, light,
beauty and joy, and identify itself as the very valuable filter that shows
you God in all things.

What do you think about ego? >>


Here's my take on why ego is valuable, wonderful and EVERYthing and why
Abe has is positive about ego. It has to do with perspective. Our unique
perspective and perception of our experience comes through the "lens" of our
individual personhood, and to me our individual personhood is tied in with
our "ego". Can we have different perspectives, different perceptions,
without egos? Can we be individual persons without individual egos?

Each of us is a unique "lens" or "focal point" because each of us was
born in unique circumstances, has lived a unique chain of experiences in a
unique series of places with a unique series of people, with different
"results" and "reactions", resulting in different "beliefs". It's because of
our uniqueness that each of us has a original and "creative" new ideas, new
thoughts, new ways of looking at things. And we all know the value of new
thoughts!!

On a recent tape of the month (Albuquerque, 5/9/99) I heard Abe explain
that (not a direct quote) when we create we are not sending vibrations out
into the universe, as many of us imagine. Instead we are attracting energy
IN, each of us attracting *** a unique synthesis which comes from our unique
perspective. *** To me this means that there is great value in our
individuality, our unique personhood (which again, I relate to the concept of
"ego").

Abe said when we have a "new" idea, we are drawing energy in, creating
a thought bank which is then accessible to others with similar perspectives
and focus. They gave the common example of a scientist having an original
theory, researching it long and hard, only to have another scientist on the
other side of the world "tap into it", do much less work on it (grasp the
concepts more easily) and announce his "discovery" at the same time!!

I'm still looking for clarity about these "thought banks", and this tape
brought questions to my mind! Are our thought banks "close to" the earth,
related only to the physical experience? Do we draw in energy on a topic,
"closer to" the earth from "out there" somewhere in the Universe, making it
more accessible to our fellow physical human beings? Is anyone clear on this?

Jane (ME)


Re: I want to be happy

Vilik Rapheles
 

that last one incomplete. Try this:

At 10:49 PM 8/4/99 -0700, Vilik Rapheles wrote:
From: Vilik Rapheles <vilik@...>

What is our working definition of "happy"?


In HOW WE CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY, this is the definition of happiness.

"A profound, enduring feeling of contentment, capability and centeredness.
A rich sense of well-being that comes from knowing you can deal
productively and creatively with all that life offers--the god and the bad.
Knowing your internal self and responding to your real needs, rather than
the demands of others. A deep sense of engagement -- living in the moment and
enjoying life's bounty."

I'll take that, Universe!

~^^V^^~



Re: ego a la Abe vs ACIM

500-NRG-FLOW
 

What do you think about ego?
The spirit is summoned through (created by) the focus of the ego.
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500-NRG-FLOW energyflow@...
Personal guidance in the art of thought projection.
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Re: I want to be happy

Vilik Rapheles
 

What is our working definition of "happy"?


In HOW WE CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY, this is the definition of happiness.

"A profound, enduring feeling of contentment, capability and centeredness.
A rich sense of well-being that comes from knowing you can deal
productively and creatively with all that life offers--the god and the bad.
Knowing your internal self and responding to your real needs, rather than
the demands of others. A deep sense of engageme living in the moment and
enjoying life's bounty."

I'll take that, Universe!

~^^V^^~


Re: ?

Juls
 

Hi Mary Anne,

So what it will feel like to walk in to the massage school on the first
morning? On the 30th morning? what will your classmates be like? What
will your instructors be like? Will you have homework? Who will you
practice on? What will it feel like on the day your graduate? The day you
get your first client? The day that you open up your first clinic or shop?
How strong will your hands and arms and shoulders feel as you get used to
doing the moves? how sore will you feel at first? Will you each massage
each other in class? What will be your favorite subjects? What will you
wear your first day of school?

Go there, the money will come when it does, there's no doubt that it will,
just live as if it's already here.

LOVE YA- Juls


Re: a template

Steve & Elisabeth
 

From: Ilana Goldman <ilanagoldman@...>


Hi everyone,

I wrote myself a few guidelines and then I used them as a
template for relating to specific subjects. It felt wonderful
so I am offering them to you to play with if you wish.

With love,

Ilana-Ora

-------

Reality does not matter at all to me except to the extent that it
is fun.

I do nothing in order to make things happen in any specific way.
This is not my job LOA takes care of this stuff. I only
interact with reality for the fun of it.

Anything in the physical world that is not fun on its own accord
is an opportunity to have fun in my fantasy world.

I allow reality to catch up when it will.

The more fun it is the more valuable it is.

So what would be the most fun right now?

Hi Ilana,

Your words are perfect as usual. You always express yourself so
beautifully. Thanks for the boost!

Love,
Elissabeth


Ivanyla

Steve & Elisabeth
 

Hi Vilik,

Yes!!! I heard her today and it was Abe all the way. I just loved it.
What a wonderfully connected person she is. She speaks so from the heart
doesn't she?

Love,
Elisabeth


Re: I want to be happy

Paul Roberts
 

From: Juls <laughingpaws@...>

Hi NetPaul,
Hi Juls :o)

ALL of those people that you mentioned are just doing the best that they
know how in every moment to feel happy too.
I completely agree with you...and posted something to that effect a while
back to this list.

One way is not better than another way, some ways just bring true long
lasting happiness while others
tend to be short term band aid efforts, but we're all working for the
same
goal to be Happy.
Ok...just to pull this apart a bit right before beddy bye.

First, can you see that you are using the word BETTER to both infer and
imply that I am making MORAL judgments about these hypothetical folks? I
can assure you I am not.

And second, after emphatically stating that there is no such thing as a
gradient for BETTER, you immediately go on to classify these imaginary
folks and their behaviors by your own gradient for BETTER: namely, the
EFFECTIVENESS of some means to produce LONG TERM as opposed to SHORT TERM
happiness (as you so aptly put it).

And that is exactly where I agree with you, my friend, and exactly what I
was pointing to with my post. :o)

LOVE YA back,

NetPaul


Re: Trees

Steve & Elisabeth
 

Hi Connee,

Way to go!!!! I loved the story about your mom and the secret teachings-so
to speak. What a wonderful manifestation! I too have had some mom issues
and found the place of appreciation and helping her find that place. It
feels so great! Now my mom and I have a super great relationship. Saying
we have come so far is an understatement. We used to have the Catholic
issue too, but our minds have expanded and that isn't an issue anymore. I
feel soooo happy for you because I remember the contrast, and the beautiful
way everything turned around, just beautiful and perfect as it always does.
Thanks for helping me to remember how wonderful my life is. You are pure
love. I appreciate all of your beautiful embracement of life. It's so
good- isn't it!

Love,
Elisabeth


a template

Ilana Goldman
 

Hi everyone,

I wrote myself a few guidelines and then I used them as a
template for relating to specific subjects. It felt wonderful
so I am offering them to you to play with if you wish.

With love,

Ilana-Ora

-------

Reality does not matter at all to me except to the extent that it
is fun.

I do nothing in order to make things happen in any specific way.
This is not my job LOA takes care of this stuff. I only
interact with reality for the fun of it.

Anything in the physical world that is not fun on its own accord
is an opportunity to have fun in my fantasy world.

I allow reality to catch up when it will.

The more fun it is the more valuable it is.

So what would be the most fun right now?


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Re: I want to be happy

Juls
 

Hi NetPaul,

ALL of those people that you mentioned are just doing the best that they
know how in every moment to feel happy too. One way is not better than
another way, some ways just bring true long lasting happiness while others
tend to be short term band aid efforts, but we're all working for the same
goal to be Happy.

For you it's Freedom that makes you happy, so what does freedom mean to you?
Would not freedom to a paranoid dictator mean living in a country where
everyone is alike? Would not freedom to a pedophile be free access to kids
that they desire and the freedom to do it publicly and without shame? Whose
to say one way is better than another? How do YOU get YOUR freedom? is it
by leaving another? Is it by not getting involved or close to another? Is
it by having tons of cash so you have every option open to you?

Are we not, as a government, also a paranoid dictator by running in to
change those things that we don't like NOR understand when it serves our
purpose? Are we not all pedophiles when we are little and play doctor with
one another? Don't we all on some level wish that everyone we met,
everywhere we go, everything we see brought us great joy and served us
without complaint or contradiction? Is everything that is not generally
liked or done a "Bad" thing? I often think about how just a few short years
ago all of us here would have been outcasts in a major way, burned at
stakes, drowned, put in prison because we don't uphold the general beliefs
of our society, does that make Us "Bad" too?

I have no desire to make everyone look like me, or engage in sexual
activities with little kids, or any of those more extreme acts of
possibilities, but I also have no desire to condemn another in their desire
to feel good and happy along their path either. I have NO idea what is
going on in their hearts or mind, nor do I want to because it's none of my
business, but everything is relative. I watched a movie today about a guy
who was sent to Alcatraz for steeling $5 from a post office to buy food for
himself and his little sister. He ended up pissing someone off and was
thrown in to solitary confinement for 3 years, he saw the light of day 30
minutes each year and then was released and killed someone from the
frustration of that experienced. Different characters in the movie talked
about how positive the penal system is, blah blah blah. Near the end of the
movie, he's talking with his lawyer and the "Bad" guy told him to change his
plea to guilty because he couldn't go back there, that he didn't know what
it felt like to have stolen $5, etc. His lawyer said, Yes I do, I was about
12 and took $5 out of my brother's wallet. The criminal guy asked, What did
he do? The lawyer replied, He told me to never do it again. Same crime,
different circumstances, different outcomes, different vibes, different
intents, same thing.

There are always reasons Why people do the things that they do, and we
almost never find out what the true ones are, basically it's none of our
business and doesn't make any difference. Everyone is doing the best that
they know how in every moment to feel better if not just plain good. For
you it's freedom, for me, at the moment it's finding a gorgeous beach house
that accepts dogs that is available the week of August 14-22, tomorrow it
will be something else.

I'll get off my soap box now, but I realized tonight at our "Prayer Meeting"
:D, that we're all aiming for the same thing, just using different paths to
get there and that's actually a Really Good Thing.

LOVE YA- Juls


Water, Rain, Thunderstorms, etc

Juls
 

Hi Guys,

Well are WE Deliberate Creators or What?

I say we pull together our group focus and brings some rain down to any and
all areas that would like it. I know where I live would sure like some
rain, these water restrictions thing are getting hard to keep straight- with
so many pet sitting dogs in so many areas and I water plants as well and
well, you get the idea.

SO, I propose that we focus on rain for a bit, say, what 68 seconds or so
and get some instant manifestations going on the planet, clear indications
of our power and focus and deliberate creations and all of that jazz.

Anyone want to play with me?

I'll start. Rain, dancing in the rain, thunder rolling thru the skies,
lightening blazing across the heavens, birds preening and cleaning their
feathers, kids squealing in delight, rainbows, double rainbows that touch
the ground and seem to cover the whole sky, snuggling down in your bed
hearing the rain drops outside your window, rain falling on top of your
roof, the pitter patter of rain on the leaves, on the roof, on your
windshield, on your face. The wind picking up speed and moving the trees
all about in graceful dances, driving without your sunglasses on, the
mellowness of a rainy day with nothing to do, yellow rain boots, yellow
slickers, big floppy yellow rain hats, splashing in puddles, the smell of
worms, gentle night storms when the rain lulls you to sleep, and gently
awakens you in the morning, big black clouds filled with rain arriving from
all directions, the ocean in the rain, white caps, big waves, seagulls
calling out, the moment the sun peeks thru again, the cool cleanness of the
air..................................... Next.

LOVE YA- Juls


Iyanla Vanzant on Ophrah

Vilik Rapheles
 

A

Want to hear Abe, everything from LOA "what you are is what comes to you"
to resistence "you say things hard that's what you get" from the heart and
thoughts of a beautiful, dynamic black woman?

Her name is Iyanla Vanzant and she is wonderful. Wrote "One Day My Soul
Just Opened Up" (don't you just love that title?) plus others whose names I
don't know.

She's on Oprah EVERY TUESDAY THIS MONTH!

She speaks to all, but especially to women.

"You are the beloved."

Check it out.

You'll be delighted.

~^^V^^~


I want to be happy

Paul Roberts
 

The purpose of this post is NOT to rain on anyone's parade...it is not my
intent...so please don't take it that way if you have been part of the "I
want to be happy thread".

For me, "I want to be happy" doesn't quite cover it, tho.

So many people do so many things because they want to be happy...and not
all of them are of equal worth, imo.

Strung out crackheads snort crack cause they want to be happy.
Paranoid dictators do the ethnic cleansing thing cause they want to be
happy.
Obsessed pedophiles troll the net cause they want to be happy.

But I DO want to be happy too!

So how do I work / play with this thing myself? By realizing that the only
thing that REALLY can make me happy is the experience of being FREE.

For me, being FREE is both the necessary and the sufficient condition for
happiness. Everything else, it seems to me, is gravy.

When I am experiencing life as a FREE being, life is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. When
I fall asleep, or forget, or get disconnected (or whatever words you care
to use) life is not quite so good...and sometimes is quite "bad".

If life gets "bad", and that's where I concentrate all my remedial
efforts...sometimes life gets WORSE.

On the other hand, if life gets "bad", and I concentrate my remedial
efforts on getting FREE once again, life immediately gets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

Is this abe-ish? I dunno!

But I do know that trading in FREE in order to get HAPPY would be a bad
deal for me at this point in my life.

Comments? Ideas? Thoughts?

NetPaul