You are invited to celebrate International Forgiveness Week and the Weekend of Perfect Peace! Take a moment to watch this short video...it is the whole experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJQjySOoKP0&feature=youtu.be
Added by Rev. Kristen Kloostra on August 22, 2012 at 2:51am —
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When I was a child I was reluctant to conform and to the extent I did conform I did so reluctantly. This reluctance produced a default for dealing with difficulty. My personal tendencies; attitude, demeanor, temperament, the inclination to react that comes naturally to me, were fixed in place by a very young child. As an adult these childish sensibilities still produce a framework on which I present myself. They produce a tendency to react, to do things a certain way because that was the…
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Added by Mystic Tourist on June 12, 2012 at 9:52am —
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I have goals, I choose habits and behaviors to realize them. Goals produce results and the accompanying habits and behaviors mark the landscape with my path. As a mystic there is a singular overriding goal that drives me; Divinity or to live the divine life. I believe in providence and appointment, I think that life has purpose and it is tied to the rules of providence and appointment. I find that in my life mysticism is something I can not escape. It dominates me and everything in my life…
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Added by Mystic Tourist on May 25, 2012 at 9:16am —
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Awakening IS Remembering!
The ego-mind loves to play hide-and-seek with the Truth, wrapping It in mystique and placing It far away. It details the rules of the game and provides endless steps in a 'process' that only a few even qualify to play.
Its methods adapt to cultural beliefs but always its end game is seek but do not find.
The concept of 'becoming' is something which involves time and space ... the home of illusions. It places God outside, where It seems to belong…
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Added by John McIntosh on September 9, 2010 at 9:40am —
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Truth cannot be found in the mind, nor in opinion, nor in the endless dissecting of spiritual texts. The ego-mind loves the search ... chasing its tail in an endless charade, parading itself as a Truth seeker. Yet, it will never 'Know' God, for to do so would be to attend its own funeral.
The list of ways and means, of modalities and disciplines, of sacrifices and repetitive affirmations stretches into the antiquity of the old energy ... the energy, which no longer guides humanity or…
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Added by John McIntosh on September 8, 2010 at 9:42am —
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Chances are, where you are at this moment in your experience is less than what you want. The reason is ... you don't yet 'Know' Who You Are.
As a result, you have 'settled' for the belief you have about your self and the world that has manifested around that belief. This need NOT be!
At a much deeper level you 'do' want what you now have because it is not possible to experience anything unless you want it ... you create your entire world experience ... you are 'not'…
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Added by John McIntosh on September 2, 2010 at 10:07am —
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Embracing the Unknown is an expression of the Freedom That You Are. You allow the flow of events in your experience to unfold on their own without expectation. You allow the wonder of a child to fill each Moment. Unimpeded by the interference of the ego-mind, the orchestration of the Universe is always perfect.
This is True regardless of that interference as the Universe instantly adapts to what the ego-mind projects as separation, extending the Love That It IS in every…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 31, 2010 at 10:00am —
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Never before have so many children come to earth who are "already" Radiating the "Life Essence" ... the frequency of the Now. Left alone, their "I AM Presence" will blossom .... still closed ... but not sleeping ... in the bud as It IS when their first breath is taken.
While the nurturing care of a child has always been a "Sacred Gift" ... blessings each Moment of your Life on Earth, these New small Ones bring with them the "Divine Architecture" of the New Earth.
There are…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 26, 2010 at 1:38pm —
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With the Now, there is Peace ... a sense of understanding Life and how it Really IS. There is no figuring out or philosophizing, no opinions or concepts, no effort or stress to know what to do, where to go or what to say. All is given you in each Moment and for each individuated "I AM Presence", the Divine orchestration is unique.
I call this experience "Life Essence". While it lives in the Moment, without past or future, it can also permeate an environment or a thing. It is a…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 25, 2010 at 1:12pm —
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What do you want? What do you REALLY want ...
Immediately, the ego-mind swings into action at this question and a mental list begins appearing. It begins with a number of 'wishes' of what it "does not" want. This "don't want" list comes easily because a great deal of attention has been given to it ... this attention keeps these "don't wants" firmly in your experience.
The list of "wants" comes less easily because they are tied to unworthiness, a lack of belief and a lack of…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 22, 2010 at 9:27am —
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For most people the floods are coming more and more frequently and more severely than ever before. Do you curse and resist them when they come ... or do you embrace the darkness as you would the Light?
Both are aspects of All That Is.
Embracing the darkness in your life, whether it be in your face or far from your experience ... is much more than a mental exercise repeated to convince your ego-mind you are a spiritual person. You must Truly experience how it feels and…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 21, 2010 at 10:11am —
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The biggest reason Lightworkers are on the planet is to Transform duality. This occurs by Transforming duality within their own consciousness. They are not here to 'save' anyone ... each one does that themselves by accepting and allowing the Light of Truth to wash over their own dream of separation and open their own inner eye to Oneness.
The Awakened ARE Light and 'need do nothing' to Shine IT. There are Moments when the Light is animated and in those Moments Light does NOT compromise…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 17, 2010 at 11:40am —
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The biggest reason Lightworkers are on the planet is to Transform duality. This occurs by Transforming duality within their own consciousness. They are not here to 'save' anyone ... each one does that themselves by accepting and allowing the Light of Truth to wash over their own dream of separation and open their own inner eye to Oneness.
The Awakened ARE Light and 'need do nothing' to Shine IT. There are Moments when the Light is animated and in those Moments Light does NOT…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 17, 2010 at 9:12am —
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The ego-mind takes itself very seriously ... it is 'all' business. Even the so called business of seeking enlightenement is very 'stiff-lipped' ...
"After all, this is the key to happiness and peace." it will exclaim.
It loves complicated practices and long drawn out procedures claiming these disciplines are necessary to control the mind and ready it for awakening. And, it always seeks outside itself for those more gifted, more experienced ... those 'already' awake, for…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 14, 2010 at 9:00am —
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The winds of change blow fiercely Now with a heavenly rage,
swiftly turning the windmills of Transformation. Now you dream
a dream of awakening to lead your weary, wandering spirit from
the darkened corridors of separation, back into the Light of Oneness.
No longer do you seek outside yourself ... bargaining your obedience
with the god of fear, hoping for the reward of Peace. There is no
fear in Peace for what is Infinite has no opposite.
Now the…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 10, 2010 at 2:30pm —
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The Light of Truth has hidden for eons within the guise of gypsies, wanderers, nomads of every kind and fringe dwellers rebelling against the status quo, programmed belief systems and fear based teachings of religious leaders. The Child of Truth has incubated under the dark cloak of suppressed creative expression, all the while steadily unfolding the Grand Adventure of Greatness hidden in limitation, struggling to remember It Self.
Today, these flickering Lights are known as…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 7, 2010 at 2:30pm —
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What does your Heart Truly want? Does the answer involve a lists of things, places and people? Then, these are not your True desires. Does it involve 'fixing' things that appear broken? These too are not what your Heart Truly desires ... no matter how lofty they may seem.
Whatever has a beginning and an end ... no matter how long off the end may be ...is an illusion and illusions cannot satisfy and cannot be fixed. Only that which is without beginning or end - eternal - is Real…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 6, 2010 at 11:00am —
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Saving the world is not your mission ... not your responsibility. Awakening to Reality is your opportunity ... this is the Transformation of Consciousness. When Consciousness Awakens to It Self, the world renews It Self ... is Re-Born spontaneously.
Surrender to What IS ... no matter how lofty it may appear to the ego-mind to resist ... restores Peace. Resistance… Continue
Added by John McIntosh on August 3, 2010 at 1:00pm —
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Guilt pecks at your feathers
as shame rises and falls,
In Stillness ... surrender to
the Moment .. to What IS Now.
All suffering dissolves in
this Moment - Now ...
Allow What IS to simply Be.
The tug-of-war between past
and future
has robbed you of your Peace.
There is a Silent Power weaving
wonder throughout your Life ...
Allow IT to bring forth the
fabric of your Purpose,
Let go of your resistance…
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Added by John McIntosh on August 2, 2010 at 8:30am —
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I AM the giant mountain waterfall appearing as a trickle to distant mortal eyes. I AM the play of Light sculpting the face of reality ... now dark ... now light, yet ever changeless. I AM the rustling leaves dancing to their singular melody while united by a common Source.
Masked in diversity, I appear separate ... alone ... limited ... but rooted in a common Life, I AM One ... Infinite... Abundant ... Unbounded.
You have forgotten this Source, this origin, this common unity…
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Added by John McIntosh on July 13, 2010 at 6:30am —
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