22-12-2012

"Spiritual progress changes your mind as to what is good and bad for your life." Vernon Howard

John Nash was the subject of the Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind. The film, loosely based on the biography of the same name, focuses on Nash's mathematical genius and struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. He saw and heard people that weren’t there. After many years of struggle, he eventually triumphed over his tragedy, and finally - late in life - received the Nobel Prize.

The Human Will-To-Believe, Even In The Face Of All Factual Evidence.

I heard that meme has been officially added to the dictionary.

A meme is "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture." A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena. An Internet meme is a concept that spreads via the Internet. Balloon boy hoaxor Ancient Aliens

Know Your Meme

Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature is a study by L. Sprague de Camp_[1]. It is considered one of his most popular works. It was written in 1948, and first published serially in the magazine Other Worlds Science Fiction in 1952-1953; portions also appeared as articles in Astounding Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Natural History Magazine, and the Toronto Star. It was first published in book form by Gnome Press i n 1954. I never noticed this about Sprague de Camp_[1] when I first blogged him in 2011.

L. Sprague de Camp_[1] enjoyed debunking doubtful history and pseudoscientific claims. The work provides a detailed examination of theories and speculations on Atlantis and other lost lands, including the scientific arguments against their existence.

Francis the Talking Mule and Mister Ed

Francis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. The character originated in a novel by writer David Stern, and Universal Studios bought the rights for a film series, with Stern adapting his own script for the first entry, simply titled Francis.

The book and series focused on the exploits of Francis, an experienced Army mule, and Peter Stirling, the young soldier whom he befriends (and stays with through civilian life and then back into the military). In the original 1950 film, the mule identifies himself to the commanding general as "Francis...123rd Mule Detachment...[serial number] M52519." Donald O'Connor received top billing as Peter, but the true star was undoubtedly Francis. With a plot device like the later series Mister Ed, Francis would usually only talk to Peter, thus causing problems for his nominal "master." The first six movies were directed by Universal comedy veteran Arthur Lubin, previously known for helming Abbott and Costello vehicles, who would go on to produce and direct Mister Ed for television.

December 22 2012 (the day after 122112).

Man's weakness for leaders, as well as his worship of idols, makes him an easy prey for false lights and pseudo-teachers.

Good will come to these students; they will discover after years of awaiting and sacrificing that they were following a mirage. They will then become disillusioned in their schools and pseudo-teachers, and this disappointment will be worth the effort and price they have paid for their fruitless search. They will then turn from their worship of man and in so doing discover that which they are seeking is not to be found in another, for the Kingdom of Heaven is within. This realization will be their first real initiation. The lesson learned will be this:

There is only one Master and this Master is God, the I AM within themselves.

With thanks to Neville Goddard, Your Faith . lS Your Fortune. (1941)

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.

I am a Divine expression of God’s love.

Faith knows.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Heb. 11:27

·         "Egypt" means darkness, belief in many gods (causes). The "king" symbolizes the power of outside conditions or circumstances. "He" is your concept of yourself as already being what you want to be. "Enduring as seeing him who is invisible" means persisting in the assumption that your desire is already fulfilled. Thus this quotation means that by persisting in the assumption that you already are the person you want to be, you rise above all doubt, fear, and belief in the power of outside conditions or circumstances; and your world inevitably conforms to your assumption.

The dictionary definitions of faith:

·         "the ascent of the mind or understanding to the truth" - "unwavering adherence to principle"

are so pertinent that they might well have been written with the law of assumption in mind.

Faith does not question- Faith knows.

THE POWER OF AWARENESS

1952 by Neville

"I am only here to be truly helpful.

 I am here to represent Him who sent me.

 I do not have to worry about what to say or what to do, because He Who sent me will direct me.

 I am content to be wherever He wishes, knowing He goes there with me.

 I will be healed as I let Him teach me to heal." — Excerpted from A Course in Miracles

Natalie Jean created a video based on Emma Curtis Hopkins treatments.

In “Scientific Christian Mental Practise” Hopkins said

--“Even healing is not healing, because the Mind needs no healing.”.

-- “Man appears sick to you because you see him that way.”

-- If you touch a patient you are confirming they are sick.

Emma Curtis Hopkins Six Treatments - First Treatment - Monday

http://goanimate.com/videos/0U1ZUZDl9kHA?utm_source=linkshare
Treatment #2 http://goanimate.com/videos/0peC6buPTimo?utm_source=linkshare
Treatment #3 http://goanimate.com/videos/0_MOeoEVV3D8?utm_source=linkshare
Treatment #4 http://goanimate.com/videos/042jE6DT85Hw?utm_source=linkshare 
Treatment #5 http://goanimate.com/videos/0Z_A6N0SxWb0?utm_source=linkshare  
Treatment #6 http://goanimate.com/videos/0g7WYekqzobg?utm_source=linkshare

I knew someone taking homeopaths to clear disease from past lives. At least that was the belief. How does one get born with disease from past lives without affecting your mooher is an interesting point. FPPs, Cognitive Dissonance and Denial seem to be the flavors of the day for 2012.

"What you condemn, you continue.  Focus on where you want to go, rather than on what you want to get away from." ~ Alan Cohen

I found this site yesterday. It’s trying to bridge the gap between Jehovah Witness’s , ex-Witness’s and Christians. I’ve met a few ex-Witness’s who embraced New Age, conspiracy theories, secret governments. http://4jehovah.org/about-us/home.php

If you’re centred in the Chrsit within then none of that matters.

Like wise, when you’re centred in the Christ within you wouldn’t care less about things like “Celestine Prophecy”, “What the Bleep”, 2012, “Indigo Movie”, “The Da Vinci Code”, earth harmonics and the Fibonacci sequence, etc.

You’d KNOW all is MIND and you are not a body so the become irrelevant except to the ego( the small i) consciousness.

I walked by Pride Day a week ago. They are children of God and do not inherit sickness.

I am whole, perfect and complete!

Not the YEARS in your life but the LIFE in your years.

THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS

Sacred-texts @ http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/thomas.htm

Gospel of Thomas

 The Gospel of Thomas Collection

http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl_thomas.htm

The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary "Gnostic Gospels" -- texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy" -- scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth.

I think by now everyone knows the Gospel of Thomas can be read at the Nag Hammadi Library.

#36 reminds of a time at my aunts. I fretted until 2 am about standing on a 6ft wooden step ladder to clean out her eaves trough. At 8am the next morning she had an anxiety attack when the PSW came. We got her into the living room on the couch and quieted her down. She told me not to leave her alone so I sat in a chair and didn’t leave. The PSW was great and got some apple sauce because she was almost out and needed it to take her pills. And her lawyer even went and got her prescription.

Yearning is wanting to be someplace else,

Trust is knowing you are where you were meant to be.

I was supposed to be there. There was someplace else I really wanted to be with someone else. And try as I did nothing seemed to work. I finally used that time to study ACIM. I had waited and waited to study it with a friend who introduced me to it after seeing Jon Mundy at Kripalu (http://kripalu.org/). But they were more interested in the “Abraham Teachings”.

After about 120 lessons I realized the healing modalities I knew of were just a belief in you relation to God. If God is energy there’s an external energy people use. Another modality grounds people, which connects them to the earth which they believe God created. Some people bless the Chemo machine, the same idea. Still another, people feel disconnected so connecting strings and strands to an imaginary grid works for them. It’s their belief. Your belief of what you are that determines what works for you. I did a demo of the Reconnection Healing once. A lady opened her eyes after 20 minutes and asked when I was going to start. That got me thinking. I went on to discover Quimby and New Thought. My fiend still believes in new age stuff. They didn’t share my enthusiasm over Quimby and ACIM.

I just blogged this on Fantasy prone personality (FPP). (http://goalhypnosis.blogspot.ca/2012/06/fantasy-prone-personality.html) You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. It's what is inside that counts. How much do you know about the other peoples childhood. As ACIM teaches it’s not our perception but our interpretation of what our eyes believe they see.  Our real job is remember what we are, wake up from the dream and return home. Forgiveness is the key.

Something is true for everyone or not true at all Troward would say.

You determine the Truth. You don’t have to worry or be concerned of the misstatements of others as William Samuel said.

I was at a Car show last night with a friend. He grew up in a foster home and knows all about cars. I don’t. I sat in the shade while he took pictures. He believes in Sin. I don’t.  I accept him and let him be.

Jane Woodwards “God in a Box” is also about living life, not being an observer of life. William Samuel says the same thing. You find your inner balance and peace. And start NOW, don’t wait for others.

It doesn’t pay to worry. You never know what might happen. Often nothing does.

Fear is always False Evidence Appearing Real

I saw a great quote which I’ll paraphrase: “Alien movies are great entertainment and metaphors for our own fears, but we should not consider them harbingers of alien visitation.”

 If there were ET’s they’d be children of God too.

Can you judge a book by it’s cover?  No. I bought some ‘No Money Down’ books back in the early 80’s. Written on nice thick paper.  I became disillusioned when I saw an article that someone based in Vancouver had found even thicker paper to make the books even thicker but his partners had pulled the plug because people were no longer buying into it. Was anyone ever dropped off in a city without money that could wheel and deal? They said it but never proved it. Mind you people that do their homework and invested  have made money. One ‘No Money Downer’ even set up a production company in Arizona and went on to produce infomercials. People always have ideas on how to make money. But my lesson was to go to the source. NLP was another example. Bandler and Grinder created it, so I read their books to discover what it’s all about.  And, ultimately,  our source of everything is God.  

Most of us were instilled with beliefs by the time we were 5 or 6. We add to them. But we can also change or release some of the olds one too.

So far as Truth is concerned there is no power or importance in past lives, psychics, tarot cards or anything for that matter. These things are merely things or ideas with no power to help or harm.

God is the Reality.

God, Truth, Fact, Reality is the value, power and importance.
Dreams? Merely show our readiness for God. Are they loving or fearful? Or are they a reminder we still have a ways to go?

Footnote: My aunt never mentioned how much money she had in the bank. And I never asked. When she died I was given a copy of the will and never bothered reading all of it. If she wanted me to know she would have told me. She did okay. After keeping her husbands ashes in the closet for close to 25 years they were reunited at their camp, in the spot of HER choosing, with a great view. That was her only real goal.