Our Democracy

It has been years since I last posted. Life has taken me to other places and jobs that have required all of my attention. I can again focus on what is important to me after years of struggle and other distractions. We have just witnessed the acquittal of an American President who is/was clearly involved in criminal activity. I won’t get into this fact to extreme, will just say that our whole democratic way of life is at stake. Democracy depends on the will of the People. People decide what is important to them. We think what is important is our families health, welfare and success. We strive to make a good living and offer the best education, resources and nutrition. We strive to inspire ourselves and others to think beyond the box and find solutions to our personal and planetary problems. This POTUS is making our issues all the more complicated by his insistence on focusing on his own priorities and that of the 1%. Sure, he says he cares about our pocketbooks and children but his actions say loud and clear he is more concerned with lining his own pockets and seeking his own personal fame and glory.

I believe it is imperative to get a Democrat in office the next election. Please take time to really analyze this guy and find in your heart that he is doing nothing for our environment except to call Climate change a hoax and relax regulations making it easier to pollute our air and waterways. He is doing nothing to help our health system but is destroying Obamacare. He is a fraud, liar, con artist and mass deception artist. Please vote for the alternative this November!

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Sing for Good Vibrations!

From Daily Om:

The act of singing is one of the easiest ways of raising the vibration of your body as you harmonize with the universe.

Singing is an act of vibration. It takes music from the realm of the unformed– whether that is in your mind or from that magical space of inspiration–and moves it from within to without. From the first breath singing moves the energy in a circular way inside your body. As the breath fills your lungs, it brushes against the second and third chakras˜the centers of creation and honoring self and others. Instead of merely exhaling, pushing the air past the fourth and fifth chakras where heart charka and the center of will and intention reside, singing engages both the heart and mind. Sound vibrations from vocal chords resonate in the sinus cavities, filling the head with motion and sound while the brain lights up with the processing of the mathematics of music. This marriage of activities brings the third eye into play and opens the door for inspiration from the crown chakra before sending the sound out into the world.

Once the vibration begins, it is sustained with each note, moving throughout your body and the space around you. This can help you to harmonize your frequency with the world and with the divine. The use of the voice can bring about catharsis, a cleansing from the expression of emotion, which is why we feel better after singing certain types of songs. All of this occurs even if we are not conscious of what we are singing, but when we really connect with an intention, the power of the voice and music together are powerful tools in creation.

Even if you are not a singer by nature or talent, you are not left out. If you have a voice, it is your birthright to celebrate life with song. It doesn‚t matter if you don‚t feel you have a nice voice. Chanting or humming, singing solo or with others, your voice is yours to enjoy. Whether you sing along to the radio or use vocalization as part of your meditation time, singing and harmonizing are healing activities that bring your body‚s vibrations into alignment with the universe.

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Election Blues

This country is an a perpetual state of elections, for state, county, city, federal; it just don’t stop. Today is election day, finally. Who will win? CNN does a perpetual update on the count, countless projections, manipulations, gesticulations on the outcome of this ridiculous spectacle called the election process in a democratic country! It’s so tiring. It will be over soon — can’t wait!

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A Quote from Thoreau – the Art of Being

Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me . . . . We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look . . . . To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Thoreau, Walden

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A favorite Rigpa glimpse

One of the most important revelations of the near-death experience is how it transforms the lives of those who have been through it. One man said:

“I was transformed from a man who was lost and wandering aimlessly, with no goal in life other than a desire for material wealth, to someone who had a deep motivation, a purpose in life, a definite direction, and an overpowering conviction that there would be a reward at the end of life. My interest in material wealth and greed for possessions were replaced by a thirst for spiritual understanding and a passionate desire to see world conditions improve.”

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