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Interweaving Light and Dark ~ Rumi via Hilarion
Posted: 24 Aug 2013 09:19 PM PDT
Light and dark, two sides of the same coin.
Two aspects of the same energy.
Letting them intertwine helps lead you back home.
To divide yourself again and again and again is to divide yourself again and again and again.
What more can be said....
The texture of your full nature's quality of existing,
at this time...
to be restored in you...
will require that you come out from superstitious fear,
and as this light and dark interweaves in you,
you will feel more that your being, the state of your existing as your being...
is closer to your home,
as now you are more fully able to register your fullness with the instrument that you are.
In the smoothness of rolling waves of energy and light,
I am Rumi
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Channeler note: Rumi is an English name for 'He who died to love'.
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As the new year
renews all the happiness
and good tidings...
Hope the joyful spirit
keeps glowing
in the your heart...
Forever!
Happy New Year!
Another fresh new year is here …
Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright New Year is given me
To live each day with zest …
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!
Mother Mary ~ Claim Your Rightful Place Amongst the Masters in Your Ability to Love and to Create ~ via Fran Zepeda
Posted: 09 Aug 2013 09:31 PM PDT
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Hello dear ones. By now you have realized that you have reached a crossroads, a crossroads of true unequivocal belief in your divine nature. We have been telling you for quite a while now of the magnificent essence that is you, naturally and never-ending and eternally, and many of you have accepted it with open arms and true belief in your true nature.
However, there are many that still doubt this, and for you to move forward, it needs to be embraced fully and without any hesitation. Deep down you know of your nature, your Divine Nature. Deep down you know of its possibilities and its consequences. Deep down you recognize yourself more and more, as the veils are lifted from your hearts and as you accept yourselves truly and absolutely. But are you fully embracing it? Are you fully believing it? That is the question we pose to you this day, where you find yourselves continually inundated with purer and purer energy into your hearts, if you so accept it.
For many it is bringing up doubts and resistance. For many it is still bringing up those parts of you that still cling to old beliefs of what you think you are, of who you think you are. But beloveds, I come today to ask of you: let go more, surrender more; look closely into your hearts and see any remaining doubts and fears and beliefs that are holding you back from receiving and accepting this pure light of such magnitude, that nothing can hide now, that nothing can be in your way of expanding more fully into your new lives and new sense of yourselves.
But it isn’t really “new” now, dear ones, is it? You are indeed coming back to your true beginnings, your true center, and while it may feel sometimes that you are like a new fresh seedling newly sprouted and waving in the harsh winds of change, feeling very vulnerable, know that you are not alone and you can withstand it, that you can grow further and stronger into your true glory.
I come to you now to give you comfort and love in your treacherous journey, or so it may seem to you now. Hold fast to your center, dear ones, and see how much love you can hold without feeling like you are bursting. And bursting is ok, even so. For you are breaking the barriers of old paradigms for one last time and it is so – it is rightfully so - that you claim your rightful place amongst the Masters in your ability to Love and to Create.
The only thing stopping you, my dear ones, is belief and trust – belief and trust in your Divine Nature, in your Divine Essence, in your Christed Self, in your Lighted Ascended Being. You merely have to choose those thoughts and feelings that support that new level you have found yourselves in. It feels new, yes; it feels strange yes, but go with it. Allow it. You are almost there.
You are the Lighted Love-Bearers of the World. I have told you this before. You are fully capable of sustaining that role; you are perfectly capable of carrying forward as supreme examples of Lighted Ascended Beings, of evolved Ascended Beings, so full of Love and promise that no one can deny it. Don’t deny it, dear ones. Be with us in your full glory. Now is the time. Now is the Creation you have been waiting for – the creation of so much Love oozing within you and without you and for you and by you. Take it in further, dear ones. You are almost there.
We love you immensely, dear ones, we in the Celestial and Galactic Realm. That has never subsided. It grows and flourishes with each further acceptance of it. Let this Love and Light now illuminate any remaining dark patches that may prevent you from fully accepting that you are a Full and Lighted Divine Being, here to spread it further out than you could have ever imagined. For the dark patches are merely beliefs and fears and doubts you have accumulated to sustain you in the times of separation. But that time is closing dear ones. And you merely have to light them up and move through them like wisps of fog lingering before you on your path to full freedom.
You have my deep abiding love always. You have the deep abiding love of all the Celestial and Galactic Realm, of which you are one. Believe it fully, dear ones. Now is the time.
All my love.
Mother Mary
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― James E. Faust
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The Riddle of Light & Dark ~ Colors and Musical Tones Create 28 Universes ~ via Deb Wright
Posted: 07 Aug 2013 09:05 PM PDT
THE RIDDLE OF ‘LIGHT’ AND ‘DARK’
By Sananda
channeled through Deb Wright of Project: Eagle Triad
SANANDA:
All right…I have been given permission by SOURCE to tell you a story. May I tell you a story? Is everyone listening?
Once upon a time, before humans came into Being, there was Light…lots and lots of Light. For, in the Beginning, let there be Light. And that’s all there was, was all different shades of Light. And in this Light, you could dance. And the Purple Light would dance with the Pink Light, and the Pink Light would dance with the Red Light, and the Red Light would dance with the Blue Light, and the Blue Light would dance with the Yellow Light, and so on, to where all Light danced, and it danced for the Glory of Light. Then things changed. Sound came in. Sound sounded different when Purple danced with Pink, as opposed to when Purple danced with Blue. Blue sounded different when it danced with Yellow as to when it danced with Green. So all the colors decided to see, in their dance, how much Sound could change. And they found that there were many Tones to be had, and in the Tones that were had, the dance either became quicker or slower because the Tone, itself, determined how quickly the dance was or how slowly the dance came.
So all Purple Light decided to shatter. All Blue Light decided to shatter. All Red Light decided to shatter. And they decided to make up as many Tones as possible. And when they shattered, they magnetized two opposing Colors, because they wanted the dance to be fast and joyous. And this brought about the first 'PHYSICAL UNIVERSE.'
The Dance of Light discovered that not all of the combinations could fit in that first physical universe so they left it, and they danced again. This time they dancedslower, thinking, “Well, if fast dancing will not hold us all, slow dancing will surely hold us all”. Thus was created the second physical universe. It still could not hold them all, so they would take off and try another dance. Sometimes it would be fast and then slow, sometimes it may not even move at all. And for each combination of Light and Sound making a Dance, thus, a new universe was born…until there were 14 universes, and these 14 universes felt that they were the perfect Dance of Color and Sound.
And then Darkness came into Being. And the Darkness threw shadows upon the Light, and the Darkness caused the Tones to change. And each of those universes broke in half. There was to be one containing all Light, and one containing all Dark. There is no differentiation between Light and Dark. Why? Because they make ‘depth’ when they come together. Therefore, there are times where you can figure out if you are a Light Universe or a Dark Universe. And the perfection that you strive for is the depth to find your sister Universe, to come back together.
You have what every one of you have been asking for…the answer is contained within that riddle, because the only answer to all questions is ‘Completion’. And that is why you are here. Some of you Tone fast, some of you Tone slow, some of you Dance Light, and some of you Dance Dark. Some of you are Purple and Yellow, some of you are Purple and Green. And you all have combinations that will bring about your completion. Sometimes Purple and Yellow dance very well with Purple and Green, all you have to do is decide if you’re Purple and Yellow ‘Light’, or Purple and Green ‘Dark’. Because, in order to have the ‘depth’ you must have the Opposition.
Ahhh…the story is never over, it shall go on and on and on... Find your Color, find your Shade, find your Tone…and you shall be Complete. All answers will be laid bare before you. All you must know is, Darkness is still Light, and Light is still Dark. Purple is Purple, whether it’s Purple/Yellow, Purple/Green, Purple/Blue, Purple/Pink, Purple/Orange, Purple/ Polka dots. It’s still Purple. The only thing you need to realize is, to be ‘completed’ Purple, of ANY shade, you must have Purple Light and Purple Dark. And if you’re Purple/Yellow, you must have Purple/Yellow Light and Purple/Yellow Dark. The Opposition brings Completion…in all things, in ALL things.
You take your heart, you cut it in half…you have Opposition. You take your brain and cut it in half, you have Opposition. The perfection within the human body is bringing the Opposition into a Whole, a whole heart, a whole brain, a right and a left together. The Light and the Dark together. And together it is still Light, just as one side of your brain is still ‘left’. It’s still Dark, just as the right side is still ‘right’. But it’s a left and a right of a Whole.
The Light and the Dark of the Whole. Follow the Tone. The Tone will lead you to your Completion. You were taught the Tones
[in all dimensions] of one Dance…one Dance.
If there are 28 universes…28 universes…each universe has a multitude of Tones, and they are all variations of each other. And only when you follow theTones can you find the Completions. This planet has its own Tone. This sun has its own Tone. The Central Sun of this universe has its own Tone. Each galactic part of this universe has its own Tone. And they are all variations of each other. If you can identify the Tone of your sun, you can be warm in the middle of a glacier because the Tone of that sun will bring you warmth.
If you know the tone of Pluto, you can be cool in the Sahara Desert. All you need do is say/sing the Tone. The universe is made up of Tone and Light. Those are the only two Keys you need for anything…anything. Your Soul gives you Tones all the time. You’ve heard them. That Tone is for a reason. Your Soul is saying, “Here it is, here’s the Tone…pay attention. This is what you need”. But you must acknowledge and you must remember. For the Language of Light is Pure Tone.
Wah-So…[tone and color, meaning:] ”Creator of all things”. Two Tones make one word. Understand? You have been given the basis of the Language of Light [in the Unity Consciousness classes]; see what you can make. You have been given the Key. All any linguist needs is a Key, and that you have been given. Learn to speak Light, and all Light will obey you. That is your gift from me on this day! [the tone of G is sounding on the wind-chimes outside]
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Endings and Beginnings ~ Jeshua via Judith Coates
Posted: 04 Sep 2013 09:33 PM PDT
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Beloved one, now that you are halfway through this year, you will have experienced some of what we have spoken of previously: that this is a year of change. This year is going to be a year where you are going to hold onto the reins and ride all of the changes at top speed sometimes; other times at more of a slow pace. But for the most part, it is going to be a year when you are going to bless everything with your Light and with your knowing that everything is changing because you have decreed that you want to know heaven on Earth. You want to know Oneness with the brothers and sisters, and you want for them to know Oneness.
Your news media is very, very good at giving you the progress report of how divisive all the brothers and sisters can be with each other. But beyond that, there are many prayers that are being offered up, many prayers that ones are living within that seek peace and put out the intention for peace.
So when you listen to your news media, you can say, “Yes, that is the appearance, but I know that there’s more than that that is happening. I know that this has divine purpose,” because it does, even if it does not appear to have. Your news media loves to play up the drama. It is what they receive the golden coins for, and more important to them than the golden coins is the fact that they feel powerful because they are the ones deciding what they are going to put in front of you. So you look at it. You do not deny appearances.
I told this to my disciples when they asked about how to do healing. I said, “First of all, you acknowledge the appearance. Then you look beyond what seemingly is unhealed or unholy and you see the person (or situation) in holiness.”
You allow yourself to be aware. Do not go through life with the blinders on and say, “I am only going to look at that which is good, because I’m really not strong enough to look at the rest of it and I don’t want that in my world.” Well, of course, you do not want that in your world. Do not deny that it is happening, but do not abide with it either.
Allow yourself to choose, as we have spoken in other times: you have the power of choice; to choose to see peace instead of this; to see purpose even in what appears to be disaster and divisiveness. So do not do as some of your brothers and sisters do and say, “I am going to shut myself off from the world because I don’t want it in my world. I don’t want to experience it.”
You are very, very strong, and you have it in your power to look at the appearance and then to expand upon that appearance to send your intention of peace and wholeness to whatever is being presented to you.
You are no longer needing to live in the cave and deny the world. Some of the brothers and sisters remember the lifetimes in the cave and they say, “I don’t want to know what’s going on. It’s too ugly.” Well, yes, it does appear that way, but how is it going to change if you do not acknowledge it and then see beyond it? Bring your power to it.
This year is going to be a roller coaster, I guess is a good way to put it. You are going to have the ups and you are going to have the downs; at least that is the way it is going to appear. But the other part of the roller coaster is the fun of it. Why do you go to an amusement park and pay golden coins in order to get onto the roller coaster if it is not for the fun of it? Like, “Wow, oh, my God, oh! But I love it. and I’m going to go back on it again!”
I have heard you and the brothers and sisters say that. “Wow! That was really great. I didn’t know if I’d really get through it. I’m going to go back on it again.” And, in essence, that is what you do from time to time with the experiences of the world.
This is going to be a good year for finding your center, for finding your peaceful place amidst all of the changes that are happening. Call everything good. Know that everything that is presented to you has a purpose — and the purpose is not to upset you. Now, I know that is the first reaction that oftentimes comes along.
“How could this happen? Why did I bring this to myself?” You brought it because you want to know how strong you are. You want to know how your intention can come to bear upon what seems to be manure, and how you can grow the most lovely garden out of that manure. So count it all as good.
Two thousand years ago there was much of strife, much of divisiveness, much of ones seeking to have power over other ones; similar to today. And I came and I spoke the truth of your being, and that truly this was happening, yes; I did not deny appearances. But I said, “You are more than that. You are greatly loved by your Father, Abba—Father/Mother/God/All That Is. You are greatly loved and you are always taken care of. You are always taken care of. You are always guided and taken care of.”
Hear that well.
Rest in the knowing that no matter how you see something happening, it is there for a purpose and it is there for a good purpose. Look beyond the appearances and trust the strength of yourself within.
Now, you have been practicing coming through all kinds of challenges. You have been bringing up challenges for yourself. You have come through them and you have come to the place where you have said, “Wow! I didn’t know I could do that. I thought maybe I had to throw in the towel and be finished. But hey, I’m still here, and I’m even enjoying all of the challenges.”
When you get to the point where you can acknowledge the master that you are, when you can come to the place where you look upon all of the choices, all of the challenges and you can be joyful about them and know that truly they are just passing and temporary—which they are—resting in your divine Self, then you recognize and know, truly know, the master that you are.
This is going to be a year of endings—endings of some things that you have thought would be there for much longer, maybe forever—and a year of beginnings, a year when you are going to be finishing old issues; you are going to be completing with things that you have wanted to know intimately and wondering if you could know intimately and still survive, and yes, you can, and yes, you will.
And it is going to be a year of beginnings as well, because once you come through the challenges that seem to be ending everything that you have trusted and relied upon, you are going to know that you have moved into a new space—sometimes on the physical level, but more than that, on the emotional level.
The emotions are very strong. They do propel you in the choices that you make. Emotions are there to allow you to know the energy that you are. Emotions are energy in motion—e-motion. They can be very, very strong and they can bring up old fears, which is what truly you are asking them to do so that you can look upon those old fears and say, “But that was just the belief that I had. I thought that it had power over me, but I choose anew. I choose to know that everything works for good,” and it does.
Everything works together to bring about the realization of Oneness, of the Awakening, as it has been called; awakening to your Oneness and the power of that Oneness. So trust. Trust the endings. Trust the beginnings. Allow yourself to know that that which seems to be ending is truly on a rubber band and it stretches. And that which you have felt perhaps you would be losing, you do not lose. You allow it to expand on the rubber band, and it is there to call it back if you want to.
Nothing is ever lost. Everything you have ever experienced in any lifetime is within your soul. The soul is the repository of all of the experiences of all of the lifetimes that you have ever had. And the soul is very, very rich because this is not your first lifetime. You have remembrances that come to you and you question, “Where did that come from? How do I know certain things before they occur or as they occur?” Because you have already lived those experiences.
This is not your first lifetime, and it is probably not the last incarnation; in fact, it is not your last incarnation. However, the next incarnation may not be on holy Mother Earth. You may choose an incarnation in another dimension, another reality; you will make for yourself another hologram to play with.
It may not be an incarnation with a human form. It may be an incarnation as liquid crystal Light. Anything that you can imagine, you can experience and make manifest. You are very creative, so you will incarnate perhaps with a form or you will come to experience just as the Light and the Beingness that you are.
There is no one who is going to deny you your power to express in any form, the same as when you were before this incarnation and you looked at what could be and you made choice as to when you would come and what culture you would come into and what your purpose would be.
Now, your universal purpose is to be the creative Energy that you are; that is the bottom line foundation: to express the creative Energy. But how you do that is most wonderful, because it is open, completely open to whatever you want it to be. You made a new beginning when you decided that you would be born into this culture, or if not born into this culture, then to make trek to place yourself later into certain geographical location.
Perhaps you were not born in the same geographical location, but there was a knowing that you would come and you would be with others of like mind, even if it took some searching to find them, but you would find them. And you knew that there would be soul purpose on the individual level, things that you wanted to know intimately and to complete with, and also on the collective level, that you would work with the collective in order to open some doors and windows for the collective, which you have been doing, because from time to time you have spoken of new ideas.
Maybe ones have accepted those ideas and maybe they have not. Maybe they have said, “There goes that old fool again, thinking such and such. Or there is that young fool who believes that she can…etc.” But you have opened some doors and windows, and if ones have not walked through the doors, that is their choice. At least you have pointed out that there is a door and there may be a new way of looking at something.
And they might not have even thought of it unless you had said, “Well, you know, this is what I believe. It may seem sort of far out.” A lot of the brothers and sisters two thousand years ago thought that what I spoke of was far out, blasphemy. It was not what was taught in the temple. How could I speak intimately of the Father’s love? How could I speak that everyone was loved and that you did not have to kill an animal in order to be holy. Even in this day and time that belief is still held by some: that there must be sacrifice either of an animal or of something dear to you.
So I spoke ideas that were rather radical at that time and are still radical if ones actually understand what I was saying. But it allows you to walk through a door into another reality; maybe a reality that you did not know was there or you have been afraid of walking through. At least you have the knowing that the door is there, and it will keep nagging at you until you do walk through it.
I have seen you. I know the feeling of saying, “Okay, well, maybe tomorrow. I’ll play with that idea, but I’m not sure I’m going to actually put it into practice. It’s kind of an intriguing idea, but I want to do some more mental work with it before I actually agree to doing it.”
And so you have played and you have said “Well, I don’t have to do it this lifetime. I can do it another lifetime.” But you know, once an idea has come to you, it stays with you. And no matter how you want to run away from it or deny it, it will not leave you alone. You may put it in the knapsack on the back and carry it with you for lifetimes, but that idea is still there.
The same thing with fears from other lifetimes; you carry them on the back in the knapsack and you say, “Oh, this is so heavy. I don’t know if I can keep on carrying this.” And then when you get the courage to say, “Okay, let’s get the knapsack out here and look at what’s in the knapsack,” it is seen to be a no-thing, a nothing, and it disappears. It dissolves into the nothingness that it has always been.
But until you get to that point, it is a really a big fear and it is heavy, and you carry it from lifetime to lifetime until finally you say, “Enough already. I’m going to look at it. And maybe it is hell itself. I’ve been told that that’s a really bad place to go.” And then you open up the knapsack and you take out what has been termed “hell” and you find out that it is nothing more than a belief, something that has been taught to you from someone else, passed down generation to generation.
The only hell is the hell that you make for yourself in the present moment of fearing something, and oftentimes you have lived with that hell a whole lifetime. Then there has come a lifetime where you have said or someone has said to you, “Hey, you know, let’s look at this idea.” And you bring it out into the open. “Let’s look at this fear. What is it that you really, really feel that’s making the body tremble?”
You know that feeling, where the body just collapses in on itself and you feel so sick. And then you get to the heart of the matter and you say, “This does not have power over me. I’m the one creating it; therefore, I’m going to un-create it.” You look at it and you can look right through it. But until you get to that place, it is agony.
You know what I am speaking of. It may come to you in the middle of the night, and it will feel even darker in the middle of the night. But as you breathe, as you trust, as you call out to your angels, guides, teachers—and we are always around you—we will be with you—we cannot be anywhere else, truly, since there is no separation, and you are the Light, the same as we are, except that you put on the sunshades and everything seems to be dark.
In the darkest moments we are with you. In your lightest moments we are with you. When you decease the body, which is a great fear because the body says to you that it wants to keep on keeping on and so there is great fear…but when you decease the body, you go to your own Light. There is a brilliance of Light. Even your researchers have spoken of this.
There is energy that has been measured from the living body and compared to the body which has allowed the soul to leave it. It can be weighed and measured. The Light that you go to is so brilliant that you think that it must be someone has turned on a thousand million light bulbs. And all of the ones you have ever loved are there. If they have laid down the body, they are there to welcome you, and it is great joy and rejoicing and great love. It is Home.
It is what you are seeking even as you are incarnate. You are seeking the new beginning of knowing Home and love that is unlimited. So do not fear releasing the body. Now, I am not saying to you that you need to rush forward into deceasing the body, but allow yourself to be at peace, knowing that truly you are going to live your purpose.
And when your purpose has been fulfilled, there is going to be great rejoicing, a brilliance of Light—as we have said many times—brought by such a miracle that you have contained that energy around you and contained it into the physicality, and when you are finished with the physicality and you are ending that part of experience and beginning a new beginning, you will see your own Light and it will be overwhelming in its Love.
So I want you to take that with you in this time: how loved you are and how you are surrounded by Love. Even though you do not see the loved ones who have gone on before, they are with you. Some of you are open to knowing the presence of loved ones around you, because they are around you all the time, speaking to you, bringing you up, if you will let them, to a place where there is only love and encouragement, allowing you to know the greatness of the Light that you are and the miracle of choosing to live a hologram that says that there can be other than Light, other than joy and rejoicing.
Every day, every moment of every day is a celebration of life, if you will see it thus. Yes, I know that there are messages of the world, messages of the mind that sometimes question, but at the heart of everything is the truth that you are always taken care of and that you are always in love. It cannot be otherwise.
So even when the darkest of dark comes knocking at your door in the middle of the night, allow yourself, if you want to, to get up and to switch on the light on the desk or the overhead light and to say, “Nothing can penetrate the Light that I am—which is true—I go forward in that Light, trusting that always I am guided, loved, and taken care of. What is there to fear?”
One of your wise men once said, “There is nothing to fear except fear itself.” I know that it can be very strong and put a stranglehold on you for a moment or so, but it is not real. Only love is Real—capital “R”—only love, and how loved you are.
So if something comes to you in the middle of the night and it feels like the end of everything, get up, put on the light, put on your own Light, turn it on, and know that truly it is the beginning of your Awakening. And know that I meet you in Light.
So be it.
- Jeshua ben Joseph (Jesus)
in expression through Judith
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Awakening with Suzanne Lie
The Arcturians and Symptoms of Transformation
By Suzanne Lie - February 26, 2013
Our Dear Ascending Ones,
We, the Arcturians would like to address the symptoms of transformation that many of our Earthling expressions are experiencing. We call you our “Earthling expressions of Self” just as you may call us your “Arcturian Expressions of SELF.” For if we are a higher dimensional expression of YOU, than you are lower dimensional expressions of US.
This situation does not denote that we are superior to you, for we ARE you.
There is no sense of hierarchy in our statement. Instead, we are merely stating that your consciousness has its primary focus on the physical reality of the third/fourth dimensions, whereas our consciousness has it primary focus on the formless dimensions of the eighth through tenth dimensions. In both cases, it is not a matter of deserving or rank. It is, instead, a matter of choice.
You, our Earthling expressions, are choosing to increasingly shift your attention away from your physical expressions and more into your higher dimensional expressions. And we, your Higher Expressions, have been increasingly shifting our attention into the fourth and fifth dimensions to assist our Ascending Ones. Some of you will simply exit your form and return to your formless self. However, others have a dedication to assisting other humans as well as the planetary body of Gaia.
Those of you who have made this commitment are in the process of transmuting your third/fourth dimensional form into your fifth dimensional expression of SELF. It is because of this process that you will likely experience symptoms of transformation. You are experiencing these symptoms because the download and integration of your new Multidimensional Operating System and the consequential opening of your Third Eye is turning ON new codes of DNA in your biological computer/brain.
First off, your brain is regaining its former capacity and you are being re-programmed so that you can have usable access to a larger percentage of your brain. Furthermore, your corpus callosum is reversing its function. Before, your corpus callosum separated the masculine and feminine areas of the brain so that your reasoning and intuition remained in different camps.
Now the corpus callosum is being reprogrammed so that it functions as a bridge which connects the right - feminine, and left - masculine areas of your brain to such a degree that you actually creating a new brain. Whereas the old brain functioned from the Separation Principle of Either-Or, your new brain functions from the Unity Principle of Both-Always.
In fact, not only are the masculine and feminine hemispheres now unifying, they are being integrating into each other by the neurons that synapse back and forth across the corpus callosum at the speed of thought.
The masculine/feminine, thought/emotions, logical-sequential/holistic functions of polarity are being united within the center point. Hence:
Masculine and Feminine are becoming androgynous
Thoughts and Emotions are becoming consciousness
Sequential and Holistic are becoming perceptions
Without the effort of having to compare and contrast polarities, the cognitive “in-between” is connecting the two polarities into the “Infinite Unity.”
Finding the center flow in your brain assists you to find the Center Flow of the Galactic Center, into which you are now moving. Within this Center Flow is a tunnel of protection, much like our Arcturian Corridor.
This protective Center Flow emanates the FEEL of Unconditional Love into your High Heart and is perceived by your Third Eye as Multidimensional Light.
As your Third Eye and High Heart combine their messages of Love and Light your Divine Creative Force is activated. It is the combination of your thoughts, carefully selected by your intention and attention, in unison with your Unconditional Love, as received from your High Heart that ignites the Divine Creation of your “Spirit into Matter” Lightbody.
Whereas your physical body is more matter and less spirit, your Lightbody is more spirit and less matter. In fact, your Lightbody begins your transmutation from matter back to your innate form of Spirit. As you ground your the higher frequencies of Light streaming from the Galactic Center into Gaia’s body of planet Earth, you are plugging in the process of personal and planetary transmutation.
The humans, who are the Keepers of the Land, have volunteered to ground this expanding transmuting force into the Earth, whereas the Cetaceans have volunteered to ground this force in the water. Once grounded, these higher frequencies of Light replicate to create a body that has more light and less matter.
This expansion of light is greatly facilitated by the fact that Gaia’s planetary body is basking in the Multidimensional Light and Unconditional Love flowing form the core of the Galaxy. In this manner, the Flow from the higher dimensions is grounded into the physical plane with your in-breath, and you are sharing it with all life via your out-breath.
As the higher dimensional spirit/energy is integrated into the lower dimensional matter/form, the frequency of the form begins to transmute. There are components of your consciousness, body and life that will need to be released for they are too dense to transmute. In the same manner, areas of Gaia’s body are too dense to transmute and will have to be released.
This process of releasing density is the core of the process of transmutation of matter back into its higher frequency of expression of Spirit.
Furthermore, this transmutation will involve every area of personal and planetary life, whether it is an insect, a plant, an animal, a person, a planet, a solar system or a Galaxy.
The leaves of the bud that holds the flower dies so that the flower blooms.
The flower that holds the seed dies so that the seed can become a fruit.
The fruit falls upon the ground and dies so that its inner seeds can be released into the Earth to birth a new tree.
Death is just another word for transmutation.
The Earth vessel that you have worn is to be replaced with a Light vessel. The tree (the Tree of Life) represents your consciousness, which is forever repeating itself in different planets, time spaces, parallel realities, solar systems, galaxies and dimensions. The tree never dies, as it has created so many versions of itself that one version is in form somewhere, in some time and in some form of manifestation.
However, the tree may decide that it wants to return to the overview (higher dimensions) so that it can observe all its manifestation within the perspective of the ONE. In this case, consciousness returns to its Source to view all of its creations and collect them into its ONE consciousness.
Meanwhile, the human brain is one of the many creations that is preparing to leave duality and exist in the realm of unity. To accomplish this, the Mystical Marriage of masculine and feminine must be sealed in Light so that their child of love - Lightbody - can begin to expand beyond the cocoon of the physical Earth vessel.
As the gender-based version of the brain begins to merge into ONE Biological Computer, the DNA codes turn ON the system of ones and zeros to create the “Seed of Ascension,” which will replicate itself into the higher resonance of consciousness to match the higher frequency of your Lightbody.
As the higher Light from the Galactic Center enters your Crown, your Earth vessel accepts, grounds, and integrations the higher multidimensional energy into your physical Earth vessel. It is at this point that the symptoms of transformation escalate as the higher Light flushes out the lower frequency thoughts, emotions, memories, and physical toxins.
In this manner, your Earth vessel becomes LIGHT enough to begin its transmutation from the dense, physical body you have been wearing into the higher frequency form of your Lightbody. However, the Symptoms of Transmutation can be quite uncomfortable. Hence, we will now answer some common questions:
Arcturians Answer Questions about Symptoms of Transformation
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When you are most vulnerable to fraud
Whenever you answer the phone or use your card, fraudsters could be trying to con you out of money. So when are you most at risk and what can you do about it?
The number of people being scammed out of money at cash points has tripled in the first four months of this year, according to figures from Financial Fraud Action (FFA).
The rise has been attributed to ‘shoulder-surfing’ and ‘skimming’ – for example a fraudster reading your PIN over your shoulder after fitting devices to the ATM to either trap your card or read its details.
In January 1,173 cases were reported to be the number has steadily increased to 2,276 at the end of April.
However it’s not just cash points being targeted. The crime has also been reported at Transport For London ticket machines. And in a similar vein, more people are falling prey to theft by distraction at supermarkets, FFA found.
The increase in so-called ‘crude fraud’ comes after security for online transactions and banking has become been beefed up.
Britons are being urged to protect their details when using a card – either to pay or take cash out of an ATM. If your card is swallowed by a machine for any reason, report it to your card company immediately – ideally using your mobile phone while you are still in front of the machine.
If a cashpoint looks as though it’s been tampered with, don’t use it.
But this is far from the only time you're vulnerable to fraudsters. So we've taken a look at the key times and places fraudsters target people, as well as what you can do to protect yourself.
When the phone rings
‘Courier fraud’ takes place when a victim gets a fake call under the guise of a bank or financial provider to say that the victim’s account has been compromised and they would like to collect the card.
The target is then tricked into handing over their PIN and card.
However, a bank will never ring to tell you that they are coming around to pick up your card, so never hand it over to anyone who comes to ‘collect it’. Financial services providers never ask for PINs – even through typing it into the phone
– so don’t give it out.
Mobile phone fraud has become more of a problem in recent years. Among the tricks, is the ‘missed call’ scam - when people call back a number that they don’t recognise and are directed to a premium rate number. Consumers are therefore urged not phone or text unsolicited numbers.
Also beware any unsolicited calls. Anything from someone trying to sell you shares through to telling you your child has played truant and there is a fine to pay. If it's a real call you will never be penalised for not paying immediately and in most cases fine notices are issued through the post.
When you check your email
Despite the increase in online security, there are still some fraudsters who have found ways to get around it, notably through phishing and cloning.
This is when fraudsters trick consumers into disclosing information by copying reputable websites or sending emails in the name of a trusted brand.
More recently fraudsters have fooled people into paying for passport advice or information through copycat emails and websites.
Consumers should always be suspicious of unsolicited emails that are supposedly from a reputable organisation, such as your bank or the tax office.
Never go to the site by clicking on a link in an email. Check the web address when you do get there too - the login page on your bank’s website address should start with “https”, for example.
Don't forget traditional mail/post
It's hardly new, but it's still something to be aware of. Fraudsters still send out unsolicited letters with "special offers" or telling you "you've been selected" for a special prize.
More worryingly, they also still intercept mail. You need to be especially careful if you live in shared accommodation or have just one front door to multiple addresses.
It only takes one or two bills or card statements for as fraudster to gather enough information about you to impersonate you and take out debt in your name. Make sure these aren't left around unopened and make a list of which bills you're expecting so you are aware if one doesn't arrive.
Hackers target more than eight million computers
lovemoney.com – Mon, Feb 11, 2013 15:05 GMT
A cyber-scam network, which has infected more than eight million computers around the world in the past two years, has been shut down.
Microsoft and Symantec combined forces and closed down the hackers' network last week
The hackers used an online virus, known as the “Bamital Botnet”, to gain access to personal details stored on PCs.
Cyber-crime network
The botnet was used by criminals to access people’s PCs and hijack online search results. It would then lead the user to an unknown website which could start downloading malware, steal their personal information or charge businesses for false online advertisement clicks.
It also led users to websites they never intended to vist. For example, one user was redirected from an official Norton Internet Security Page, which appeared in a list of search results, to a rogue antivirus website distributing malware.
Although exact numbers aren’t known, Microsoft says more than eight million computers have been targeted with this virus in the past two years and 300,000 were disconnected this week from the network.
On 31st January Microsoft filed a lawsuit which was supported by Symantec to the botnet’s operators to sever communication lines. This didn’t happen, so data centres across the US were raided and the infected servers were disrupted.
Those computers which had been infected were then disconnected from the virus network. Users were directed to get rid of the virus.
This is the sixth time in the last three years that Microsoft has stopped a cybercrime network and the second in cooperation with Symantec.
“It was done in such a sneaky way that most victims wouldn’t have even noticed a problem while the botnet was still operating,” explained Richard Domigues Boscovich, assistant general counsel for Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit.
“Because the data gathered from this takedown will become part of Microsoft’s ongoing research in support of protecting its customers from a range of evolving online security threats, we can actually use the criminals’ infrastructure against them and make it harder and more expensive for them to commit cybercrime,” he added.
How to disinfect your computer
Computers which are currently infected with the virus were contacted with a message from Microsoft.
It appeared when the user attempted to search for something on the internet and told the user their computer was very likely to be infected with malware which was redirecting the results of their search queries.
Two free programmes were then listed, Microsoft Safety Scanner and the Norton Power Eraser, which users were encouraged to run to disinfect their computers. More information on how to clear the virus from your computer can be found on the Microsoft Support website.
How to avoid cyber crime
The best way to avoid being hacked is to keep your computer’s security systems up to date and regularly scan for infections. It’s also vital to use different passwords for all the accounts you use online and to use a password which isn’t likely to be hacked.
If your personal details have been stolen criminals can use them to get access to your accounts or apply for credit in your name. Therefore check your bank statements regularly and your credit record as this is where you’ll be able to spot any irregularities.
If you do see something untoward, such as a payment you haven’t authorised, call your bank immediately and let it know.
How to protect your PINs and passwords
by Cliff D'Arcy on 25 September 2012
As new research reveals some of us are making it far too easy for criminals to guess our passwords and PINs, here are some ways to ensure you protect yourself properly.
New research has found that a staggering one in nine of us use '1234' as the PIN for our bank cards. While it might be easy to remember, it's also one of the first numbers a criminal would try if they got hold of your card.
Other popular, and therefore dangerous, combinations include the James Bond-influenced '0007' and '1984', which might show good taste in literature but could leave your bank account cleaned out.
So how do you set a safe password or PIN? Here are my top tips.
Pathetic passwords
The worst of all passwords – and one of the most common – is 'password'. This is as bad as no password at all. Don't use it, ever.
Other poor passwords include '123456', 'abc123' and 'qwerty' (the first six letters from the top left of the letter keyboard). Using your first and last names (such as 'cliffdarcy') is weak, too.
Also, 'computer' is a pretty silly password.
'Monday' is another bad password – when we discovered our IT master was using it at school, we promptly changed it to 'Tuesday'. 'Letmein' (let me in) and 'iloveyou' (I love you) are also pretty feeble.
Many passwords require a minimum of six letters and, for some reason, 'monkey' is a popular choice.
Other easily found passwords may be your favourite football team or a family member's name. Thanks to public databases and social networking, your supposedly private life may be laid bare for cyber-crooks to sift through.
Another terrible password is the name of the website you're visiting. For example, Barclays customers using 'Barclays' as a password are frankly asking for trouble.
One key opens many locks
Another problem arises if you use a single password to access many different websites. In this scenario, once I have one password, I have access to all your accounts. In effect, you're giving me a master key to open all your locks and make a 'clean sweep'.
Nevertheless, almost half of us use the same or similar passwords to access multiple sites. Naughty, naughty!
Passwords should be unique to each website you visit and every account you use. If you can't remember them, then write them down in a coded message and securely hide this piece of paper. Alternatively, use a Password Safe such as that developed by American cryptography expert Bruce Schneier.
How to create stronger passwords
Of course, strong passwords are more complicated than weak ones, but that's the whole point. They are harder to guess or find with a 'dictionary attack' (searching around 200,000 commonly used words in English).
To create strong passwords, you should:
1. Use at least eight characters and, ideally, more.
2. Use a mix of upper-case and lower-case letters, numbers and keyboard characters accessed via the shift key and non-letter keys.
3. Don't use your name, family names, slang words, swear words, words found in dictionaries and first names. These are easy meat for the professional cracker.
For more advice, read this report from online-security firm Imperva (PDF document) on the infamous hack of 32 million passwords from the RockYou.com website in December 2009.
Protecting your PIN
It's not just passwords where we need to be careful. To use a credit, debit or store card, you'll need the four-digit PIN (Personal Identification Number) linked to that plastic card. There are 10,000 combinations of PINs, from 0000 to 9999.
Of course, if you enter the wrong PIN three times, then your card will be locked. This prevents a 'brute force' attack to find PINs, which involves checking all possible combinations.
Even so, PINs aren't as secure as you'd imagine. This is because millions of cardholders change their default PINs to numbers which they find easier to remember. Often, this weakens the security of their cards.
Let me give three examples of weak PINs:
1. In the late Nineties, my boss challenged me to guess his PIN. Knowing him to be a proud Scot, I suggested 1314 – the year of the Battle of Bannockburn. Right, first time.
2. In one of his books, controversial Scottish author Irvine Welsh describes a banking scam to rip off supporters of Glasgow Rangers FC. His crooks steal lots of credit cards and try 1690 as the PIN – the year of the Battle of the Boyne. They successfully steal a fortune.
3. Your year of birth. Possibly the worst PIN to choose, full stop. When I was at university, I found scores of students naively using their year of birth (or birthday as Day-Day-Month-Month) as PINs. If you do this, change your PINs today.
To create a safer PIN, choose a random four-digit number, or simply stick with the default PIN given to you by your bank. Otherwise, you may inadvertently be putting your credit card and current account at risk of fraud.
Loose lips lose money
About five years ago, my father gave me an old laptop. When I went to use it, I found it to be password-protected.
Thinking hard about my dad's life, I tried two passwords before getting it right third time. It was the name of the British Army cavalry regiment he joined way back in the late Sixties.
In short, the more you know about someone, the easier it is to guess their passwords.
That's one of many reasons why I don't belong to social-networking sites such as Facebook, and why my Twitter posts link only to my articles. The more information you post on Facebook, Twitter and the like, the more personal data you give to crooks, criminals and fraudsters.
(Modern-day 'digital villains' also use Facebook and Google Street View to find out when people are on holiday, before burgling their empty homes.)
This is a lovemoney classic article that has been updated
Celestial White Beings ~ The Entrance of the White Whales and the White Elephants ~ Natalie Glasson
Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:42 PM PDT
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We bring the magnitude of the cosmic vibration of the Creator forward to you, bathing you in the light of your purest divinity and spiritual magnificence. We are the Celestial White Beings, part founders of the Earth and delivers of the ascension process of the Creator. Our energies are linked into all aspects of the universe and the Creator; we open our hearts so that we may support the expansion of the Creator, encouraging a deeper awakening from within each seed of the Creator. Let yourself bathe in the cosmic vibrations of the Creator allowing your divine being to unfold in new forms and directions than you have previously experienced. We are here to love you and support you with our energies so you may remember all aspects of the Creator that you have been inspired to be in your past and choose to be as in your present.
Our message today flows upon waves of joy and bliss into your reality and pathway, as a beautiful reconnection and integration has occurred between the inner planes and the Earth which further more builds the bridge of oneness between the Earth and the inner planes. Bliss is the vibration of our being, it is formed when all aspects of the Creator unite in divine balance existing in sacred unity, and at this point it is only bliss that can form as a sacred ecstatic celebration of the Creator.
The fact that our messages flows forth upon waves of bliss symbolises the high vibrational content of our message.
In further preparation for the manifestation of the era of love upon the Earth, within your soul and reality the consciousness of two energies have united and returned to the Earth from the celestial levels of the Creator’s universe. As you have entered into 2013 much of the old energies, perspectives and consciousness have fallen away allowing for new higher vibrational beings of light to come forward to support humanity. The vibration of the Earth has risen significantly allowing in the coming years many high vibrational energies and consciousness to return fully to the Earth. We will also see that some energies and consciousness of the Creator embodied within people but especially animals will reanchor in order to bring forth a complete aspect of the Creator within their form and a complete consciousness to support the powerful ascension process of this moment.
The consciousness of the White Whales and the White Elephants has been seen by many upon the inner planes and the Earth returning to the Earth. They ride a wave of joy and bliss as if they are being magnetically drawn to become one with the Earth and consciousness of humanity. You may see in the future many animals being born upon the Earth with a pure white vibration even a pure white physical colour; they bring forth the Christ vibration of a purer vibration than has ever been experienced upon the Earth. It is extremely healing for the Christ consciousness to anchor with such tremendous intensity into aspects of the animal kingdom as it symbolises that the animal instincts of humanity are purifying as each person accepts their sacred self in manifestation. These beings bring forth powerful Christ and celestial encoding which are being anchored into the birthing consciousness of humanity to trigger divine energetic rebirth within all but also support the fine vibrational beings currently being born into physical or semi physical manifestation. As nothing is as physical as it once was upon the Earth.
While you see Whales and Elephants upon your land, the consciousness of the White Whales and White Elephants brings completion to their souls but also acts as a symbol of the strength of love that is now flowing forth from the celestial levels awakening new understandings of the cosmic creation and divine heart chakra energy of the Creator. The White Whales and White Elephants bring forth the codes of the universe, the instruments and tools to further decipher the universe of the Creator so that all may gain a greater sensitivity to that which is beyond the Earth. They also hold consciousness and understanding to aid the deliverance of healing for the Earth to break free from the patterns of suffering and pain that it is still focused within. These beings bring the opportunity, as will others of renewal, healing and further awakening for the Earth; Mother Earth and all inhabiting souls.
The White Whales and White Elephants symbolise divine love and supreme spiritual knowledge as they carry many energetic seeds from other stars, planets and civilisations to be sown into the energetic fabric of the Earth to bring further unity of the Earth with other civilisations of the Creator. They bring important messages to many who are open, receptive and willing to accept their consciousness, concerning the shifts within the inner planes and dimensions and how to bring healing to all aspects of the Earth.
As they ride the waves of joy and bliss, the White Whales moving through the waves with vigour, vitality and gentleness, the White Elephants stampeding through the waves in unison with the White Whales they demonstrate to you the power within your own being and the unity of love that can be formed. They symbolise that healing shall prevail within the water and upon the land of the Earth, as well as the water of your body and the consciousness of your physical form. Their energies will first integrate with the waters of the Earth as it is easier for integration to occur; this may be why many of you feel drawn at this time to be close to or to assist in purifying the water in order to bathe in this new consciousness , love and vibrations.
The White Whales and the White Elephants flowing almost as spirits or consciousness onto the Earth wish to bring healing and to return power to the Elephants and Whales of the Earth so that all past turmoil, grief and suffering may be dissolved, allowing respect for the sacred vibrations and Creator expressions of animals to emerge from the hearts of all upon the Earth.
In meditation as you breathe deeply, you may wish to call upon the White Whales and White Elephants anchoring upon a wave of joy and bliss to connect with your own energy so you may experience the light and wisdom they bring while experiencing their loving presence and support.
You may wish to use this invocation as you enter into a state of meditation,
‘My beloved guides, angels and light being who are lovingly supporting and protecting me in this journey, I call you forth to oversee my connection and to ensure my protection at all times.
Beloved Celestial White Beings I call you forth to assist and support me in experiencing and bathing in the light, love and consciousness of the White Whales and White Elephants of the Celestial level.
Please ensure that all needed wisdom and consciousness is imparted to me and guide me as to how I can be of service to these beautiful beings and creatures of the light.
As I exist in the light of my soul, connected and focused upon the love of my heart chakra I call forth the Celestial White Whales and White Elephants riding a wave of joy and bliss to draw forth into my awareness and to surround me in your sacred light. Let me experience and bathe in your sacred vibrations as you share with me the pure Christ consciousness that you carry. Assist in healing the remainder of my own animal instincts, anchoring any celestial encoding that is needed. Guide me in the role I may play in supporting the healing of the Earth, the waters, my own being, humanity and the Whales and Elephants of the Earth. Please bring to me your consciousness, love, inspired thoughts, healing, awakening and new encoding, I am ready to receive you all with the purest vibration of love within my heart. Thank you.’
Allow yourself to sit peacefully free from expectations as you focus upon breathing the energy that surrounds you into your entire being.
This is a most beautiful and sacred time for the Earth as the White Whales and White Elephants of the Celestial levels intertwine their energies with the energetic vibration of the Earth bringing forth divine transformation with your assistance.
In celestial light,
Celestial White Beings
The Entrance of the White Whales, White Elephants by the Celestial
Published on 9 Jul 2013
Natalie Glasson -- The Entrance Of The White Whales And The White Elephants By The Celestial White Beings -- 8 July 2013
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We bring the magnitude of the cosmic vibration of the Creator forward to you, bathing you in the light of your purest divinity and spiritual magnificence. We are the Celestial White Beings, part founders of the Earth and delivers of the ascension process of the Creator. Our energies are linked into all aspects of the universe and the Creator; we open our hearts so that we may support the expansion of the Creator, encouraging a deeper awakening from within each seed of the Creator. Let yourself bathe in the cosmic vibrations of the Creator allowing your divine being to unfold in new forms and directions than you have previously experienced. We are here to love you and support you with our energies so you may remember all aspects of the Creator that you have been inspired to be in your past and choose to be as in your present.
Our message today flows upon waves of joy and bliss into your reality and pathway, as a beautiful reconnection and integration has occurred between the inner planes and the Earth which further more builds the bridge of oneness between the Earth and the inner planes. Bliss is the vibration of our being, it is formed when all aspects of the Creator unite in divine balance existing in sacred unity, and at this point it is only bliss that can form as a sacred ecstatic celebration of the Creator. The fact that our messages flows forth upon waves of bliss symbolises the high vibrational content of our message.
Today's Daily Health Tip
Mood, Music, and Genre
by Hiyaguha Cohen
We regularly write about the powerful impact music has on body and mind, and here's a reprise.
Two new studies verify that music can play a powerful role in mood control. The studies come from opposite ends of the spectrum. The first found that uplifting music improves mood, and the second found that sad music comforts people suffering from a broken heart. In other words, there's room for music of many tones in your collection.
In the first new study, participants set out to deliberately improve their mood using music as an aid. The study asked 167 students from the University of Missouri to set their minds to getting happier. Then, the students listened either to the dissonant, somber music of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring for 12 minutes,or to the far more chipper music of Aaron Copland's "Rodeo." A control group also listened to "Rodeo," but without setting the intent to get cheerier.
After listening, the participants rated their happiness level on a scale of 1 to 15. The passive listeners who hadn't set a goal didn't improve their mood in spite of the upbeat music, and neither did the Stravinsky contingent. But those who listened to the Copeland composition with intent improved significantly. The same results were found over the long-term. Subjects listened to the upbeat music every day for two weeks during lab sessions, and again the researchers found that those who concentrated on improving overall happiness did indeed achieve that goal compared to the control group.
Earlier studies have shown that music can improve mood, but what's unique here is the finding that the magic happens more effectively when there's an intention to improve mood, combined with the right type of music. Both elements are necessary; intention alone won't work if it's the wrong music. In fact, an earlier study (2003) in which participants listened to music while trying to get happy had the reverse effect. The subjects felt worse after the music session than they did before. What were they listening to? Stravinsky's Rites of Spring.
But what if someone feels angry or blue and isn't ready to get happy? Can joyful music make a difference? In fact, the second study determined that people who suffer from hurt feelings or problems in love respond to music that reflects their sadness rather than to music intended to cheer them up.
Apparently, when one has heartache, music takes the place of a friend. Sad music makes the subject feel empathized with, as the music mirrors back the subject's mood. This raises the question of whether the maxim "misery loves company" plays a role. In other words, if intention matters in terms of how music affects us, is our unconscious intention when we feel heartbreak to commiserate rather than to get lifted out of the doldrums, and does the right music simply amplify that intention?
Then again, Jon Barron talks about a young woman he knew years ago who listened to Joni Mitchell songs for hours on end whenever she felt romantically disappointed. And by the end of a single day, after listening over and over to songs of "circle games" and "urges for going," she was downright psychotic. Perhaps she's the proverbial exception that proves the rule. Or perhaps her intention was wrong.
On the other hand, if one feels frustrated because of something non-personal--a car problem, for instance--happy music actually can help, and sad music doesn't appeal.
Putting all this together, assuming we believe the studies, the picture looks like this. People who want to get happy and who aren't in bad shape to start with would do well to listen to dance music or something similarly elated while setting a happy intention. Those who are blue from heartbreak should listen to something sad until they feel well enough to flip over to the happy intention routine--with the exception of my Jon Barron's old acquaintance. And nobody should listen to chaotic, discordant music, unless they don't care about improving mood.
A few years ago, we reported on a study that found that teens who spent the most time listening to music had an eight times higher chance of being depressed compared to the teens who listened to the least music. Since the study didn't specify what type of music the kids listened to, we can only assume they listened to typical teen stuff--rap, hip hop, and rock. The question left unanswered is whether hard-edged music, when listened to over time, leads to depression more than other types of music do.
Research looking at how different types of music affect mood differently has found that the best results in mood enhancement come from music specifically designed to affect mood. In one study, 144 subjects listened to either New Age, classical, "designer" (music designed to have specific effects), and grunge rock. After listening to the grunge rock, the subjects had significant increases in fatigue, stress, sadness, and hostility. Sorry, Kurt Cobain! The New Age and classical selections had mixed results, but the designer music did indeed elicit the responses it intended to.
The problem with such studies is that all music within a particular genre isn't created equal. Just ask Antonio Salieri. As the recent research shows, different types of classical music may elicit vastly different responses. The same holds true for New Age and even rock music. A more useful study would look at the specific responses to specific songs or compositions, or even different singers or composers.
In fact, author and neuroscientist Dr. Oliver Sacks, has found that vulnerable people can actually experience seizures in response to a particular musical compositions. He cites one patient who had epileptic seizures when he heard Frank Sinatra songs, and another who reacted only to Neapolitan songs.
Dr. Sacks has also seen patients who experience swooning, hallucinations, and fits as well as seizures when listening to music. The point he makes is that music has enormous power to affect individuals, and the effects can be negative as well as positive. In other words, music has both "charms to soothe the savage breast" and the power to conjure up "Sympathy for the Devil."
Studies aside, you can tell how a piece of music affects you personally just by paying attention. The key here is to pay attention. Do you feel better after listening to a particular CD, or worse? Or to put it another way, you would be wise to choose your music well.
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The Ant and the Contact Lens: A TRUE STORY
Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff. She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens.
'Great', she thought. 'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my sight is blurry.' She looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed on the ledge. But it just wasn't there.
She felt the panic rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed for calm, and she prayed that she might find her contact lens. When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found. Although she was calm now that she was at the top, she was saddened because she could not clearly see across the range of mountains. She thought of the bible verse 'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth.'
She thought, 'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.'
Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?'
Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock, carrying it!
The story doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy.
But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.'
I think it would do all of us some good to say, 'God, I don't know why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if You want me to carry it, I will.'
God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him...I can do all things.
Tips and tricks to repair phones and PCs
Five tricks that can bring products back to life - from an overheating PC to a mobile phone that's taken a dunk in the bath
By Jonathan Weinberg | Yahoo! News – Thu, May 9, 2013
Britain is broken - or at least, our mobile phones, laptops and PCs are.
Many of us limp around with half-broken gadgets - with insurer Protect Your Bubble claiming today that a third of us have attempted makeshift repairs using sticky tape, elastic bands and chewing gum.
But there are genuine tricks that can bring products back to life - from an overheating PC to a mobile phone that's taken a dunk in the bath.
You don't need to get out a soldering iron, either - you can often repair gadgets using home ingredients such as bowls of rice.
Here are a few tips that really work:
Frozen iPhone
It's a common issue and one that takes seconds to sort. If your Apple mobile freezes you can perform a soft refresh by holding down the centre button and the one on the top together until it switches off and turns back on. You'll know this has worked when the Apple logo appears. It's a cliche to say turn it off and turn it on again but it often does work. Similarly, a restart of your computer can cure many ills such as slowdowns and crashing.
Soaked phone
This trick doesn't always work - especially with iPhones - but if you act quickly you can sometimes save a phone even if it's taken a dunk in the bath. Quickly take the battery out, and attempt to mop up any fluid.
Place the phone in the bag and leave it for at least 48 hours, long enough for condensation to form on the bag and the silica gel or rice to draw whatever moisture is left out of the phone. If you can see water droplets or condensation on the screen, we’re afraid things just haven’t worked out.
Cracked/Broken Screens
Replacing a mobile or tablet display yourself is not for the faint-hearted. Although the parts are not expensive, you could invalidate any warranty you have by doing it yourself. There are videos on YouTube and DIY sites such as Instructables showing the steps to take but it is a fiddly process.
However, you do not always have to rely on having it fixed by the manufacturer. London firm fonedoctors are experts at mobile A&E and Carphone Warehouse also have their team of Geek Squad Agents who can carry out repairs at stores across the UK.
Stuck Buttons
Whether on a phone, a computer keyboard or any device where buttons have to be pressed, things do have a habit of getting stuck. Often the issue can be caused by a small bit of food or just a piece of dirt.
But a quick squirt from a can of compressed air can shift this easily and without causing damage. Often something soft like a cotton bud can release whatever has built up. Don't use sharp tools like a screwdriver or knife. It will only make things worse.
Overheating/Noisy Computers
Fans inside of computers can create a heck of a lot of noise if they aren't able to move around freely. And if they can't move around freely, they can't do their job of keeping the inside of your machine cool. Whether on a desktop or laptop, dust build up can cause a computer to overheat. This can cause the fan to work overtime and make noise.
But by simply removing the casing and blowing out the dust with a can of compressed air, you can solve this problem. Just don't get too close with the nozzle or squirt it for too long. Do it in short bursts with the machine on its side so the dust has room to escape.
Dropped or Slow Wi-Fi
There can be various reasons why your broadband suddenly slow down when used wirelessly. Often it can be caused by interference with your router. If it is on the floor, raise it up onto a table or a shelf. The higher it is, the easier the signal can move around.
Ensure it's not blocked by other objects or in a place where it is surrounded by lots of thick walls. Interference can also be caused by placing it next to other objects such as cordless home phones. It might also be affected by the Wi-Fi signal of neighbours or businesses nearby if they are working on the same channel as your router. To change this channel, consult your instructions and you will be able to log into the router's control panel through your computer and change this.
How to Fix a wet phone
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/dry-wet-mobile-phone-104001718.html
The sacred Cosmic Fire of Spiritual Truth and Divine Justice
Anrita Melchizedek•
Published on 2 Apr 2013
The sacred Cosmic Fire of Spiritual Truth and Divine Justice
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Let the Light of God forever be our guiding Light,
as Spiritual Warriors of the Light,
as sacred transfiguring Flames of Divine Love.
As we now merge with our Beloved I Am Presence,
and connect to all the Illumined Beings of Light from On High,
and the Group I Am Avatar Consciousness of Light,
we are surrounded in the copper-gold and pink-gold sacred Cosmic Fires of Helios and Vesta,
and the knowing that we are guided through the principles of Spiritual Truth, Divine Justice and unconditional Love.
Holding the Sword of Holy Truth,
we cut through the lies, deceit, fear and violence,
as One Unified Field of Light,
as One Voice in Unity Consciousness.
Surrounded by the Legions upon Legions of Light,
walking behind us, next to us and in front of us,
we assist in guiding all Life into the Cosmic Heart of Mother/Father God.
As defenders and advocates of Justice and Truth,
we stand in our power, in our glory and in our Light,
defending the innocent, the helpless, the homeless and the weak.
Crumbling the pillars of corruption,
we lead the way in this new Golden Age of Light,
to reveal the Light of God to every man, women and child.
The Truth and Light sets us free,
and in freedom, in integrity, in Divine Justice, peace and unconditional Love,
we express the utterance of our Spiritual realities,
standing steadfast in the Light,
as the I AM Avatar Race,
as the way showers, light workers and star seeded ones,
leading the way through the Cosmic embrace of unconditional Love, Divine Justice and Spiritual Truth.
All that is not of the Light is unveiled,
released, and transmuted now,
through the sacred Cosmic Fires of Helios and Vesta,
these beautiful copper-gold and pink-gold flames of Solar Christ Consciousness.
We are now surrounded in the Violet Flame of transformation,
of alchemical magic and transmutation,
assisting in the breaking down of old structures,
and paving the way through our radiant hearts;
through the Love of ourselves,
and the Love for all Life.
We are the sacred warriors of Light,
the guardians and advocates of change,
and to us falls the honor and privilege of standing in our Light,
as custodians to Mother Earth and all her Life.
And so it is.
Invocation by Anrita Melchizedek www.pleiadianlight.net
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The Wesak Legend
Short Meditation Version
THE WESAK FESTIVAL - the full moon of the Buddha
Imagine yourself in the Wesak Valley. Spiritually align your energies to the group soul. As you begin to meditate, breathe deeply and imagine your connection to the guiding light of the Spiritual Hierarchy. Know that you are joining with many others worldwide who are simultaneously creating and experiencing connection to the Enlightened Ones. Feel Their loving support for you and all of humanity.
Begin to feel the potent vibration that has the effect of awakening the souls, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. See now a great light penetrating the Valley, so all that remains is the quality of Essential Divinity ... the consciousness that All is One and Divine.
Near the northern end of the Wesak Valley, there is a huge flat rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl full of water. The Three great lords face the rock; the Christ, standing at the center; the Lord of Living Forms to His right, and the Lord of Civilization, standing to His left.
Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, envision in the far distance a tiny speck in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen. Seated in the cross-legged position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, the Buddha is bathed in light and color, with his hand extended in blessing.
When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering in the air above the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year at this Festival, is intoned by The Christ. This Invocation marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual effects are to last throughout the succeeding months. Buddha's blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as representative of humanity, receives it in trust for distribution.
The Buddha slowly recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, that eventually disappears.
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Open now in meditation to the quality of synthesis and the Light of Taurus, maintaining a receptive attitude to any thought or impulse from a higher or subtler realm.
As you return from this silence, join in the Wesak water ceremony of communion. The water, which has been imbued by the Taurus full moon energies and the Buddha's Blessing, is for all. See within the water the Penetrating Light of the Path, sparkling, shining, and alive. In time it will become a beam of light and will reveal our next step on the Lighted Way. As you drink, the Light comes alive within you. As you participate in this communion, dedicate your service in the world, and dynamically intone The Great Invocation with focused mind, heart and will.
THE GREAT INVOCATION
From the point of light within the Mind of God
Let Light stream forth into our minds
Let LIGHT descend on Earth.
From the point of love within the Heart of God
Let Love stream forth into our hearts
May LOVE increase on Earth.
From the center where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide our wills
The PURPOSE which the masters know and serve.
From the center which we call Humanity
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door
where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
Let LIGHT and LOVE and POWER
restore the Planet Earth!
Exact Time Full Moon Meditation
The influence of the full moon spreads over a three day period. The dates and exact times for the full moon when the energy is at its peak are as follows:
Please Note: The first time given below is Pacific Standard Time. The second time is GMT time. Where Day Light time is in effect please add one hour to the times shown.
April 25, 2013 @ 11:58 AM PST,
April 25, 2013 @ 7:58 PM GMT
If you are living in another part of the world, please use the world time clock to find your time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
Such a great post and so informative. I have learnt something today, thank you for this wonderful post. Love and Blessings. Melodie
Here are some recipes
Wesak Recipe: Tofu and Vegetables with Peanut Sauce
By Lauren Capitani
Wesak (also called Vesak), a Southeast Asian holiday, celebrates the birth and enlightenment of Buddha. Wesak is one of the most important Buddhist events and is celebrated with color and gaiety. While Wesak food varies by country, it is proper for food to be vegetarian. This dish was simple to prepare and delicious! If your children do not like spice, you may want to omit the cayenne.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 small head broccoli, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
6 mushrooms, sliced
1 pound firm tofu, cubed
1 small Thai chili pepper (optional)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1-inch piece of ginger, minced (optional)
1/2 cup all-natural, chunky peanut butter
1/2 cup hot water
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons agave or molasses
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (more, to taste)
2 cups cooked Asian rice
Instructions:
1. Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Saute broccoli until par-cooked, about, 5 minutes. Add red bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic, tofu and chili pepper (if using). Sautee 5 minutes.
2. While cooking, combine peanut butter, hot water, vinegar, soy sauce, agave and cayenne pepper. Pour over vegetables and tofu. Simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Serve atop rice.
http://www.incultureparent.com/2012/05/wesak-recipe-tofu-and-vegetables-with-peanut-sauce/
Vegan Recipes For Wesak Week!!!
Hi everyone! Start of another beautiful month is here. As most of you aware, May is a special month for Buddhists all around the world because of Wesak Full Moon Poya Day. It has become a memorable day since 2600 years ago as three significant events in Lord Buddha's life namingly Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirwanaya took place on a day like the Wesak Poya Day. Unlike other full moon days Wesak plays an important role in Buddhists' lives shaping their life styles and day today activities within the Wesak week into a more religiously active life style. A change in their normal meals is also another way of respecting the Wesak week and to restrain from sins. That's why most of the people focus on vegetables in this week.
It's not easy for someone who has been eating meat to follow something strictly vegan. But with the following recipes, I think you can start small. And trust me being a vegetarian has many benefits too.
Bean Curd & Mushroom Fried Rice
Ingredients
250g Bean Curd cut into small squares
500g of cooked rice of your choice (Basmati is preferable)
50g of button mushroom cut into small portions
50g of Oyster mushroom cut into small portions
50g of Spring Onion cut into small rings
50g of pale green Capsicum cut into small squares
50g of red Bell Pepper cut into small squares
50g of Pineapple cut into small squares
2 tbsp Sesame Oil
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
1/4 of Olive oil or Vegetable Oil
1 tbsp chopped Onion
1 tbsp Garlic and Ginger paste
Salt and Pepper to taste
Method
1. First heat a wok and add the Olive oil or Vegetable Oil into it. Take the Bean Curd and add some salt and Pepper and mix well. Add that to the heated oil and let it cook for about five minutes until it turns golden in colour.
2. When the Bean Curd are golden coloured add chopped Onion and then the Garlic, Ginger paste. When the air around you smells frying Garlic and Onion add the two types of mushroom and cook for about another 3 minutes. When the mushrooms appear to be slight brown add the rice in small quantities and mix well.
3. Then add the Bell Pepper, Capsicum and Pineapple and mix. Add the Soy Sauce. Finally add the Spring Onion and sprinkle the Sesame Oil on top. Serve hot.
Spicy Garlic Vegetables in Grill
Ingredients
5 tbsp Garlic ground into a thick paste
50g Pineapple cut into 1 inch squares
2 large Onions cut into 1 inch squares
50g Tofu cut into 1 inch squares
50g Capsicum cut into 1 inch squares
50g Red Bell Pepper cut into 1 inch squares
100g grated cheddar cheese
3 tbsp chili powder
Salt to taste
4 tbsp Olive oil
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Yogurt or Curd
1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp Garam Masala Powder (optional)
Menthod
1. Take a bowl and add Curd or Yogurt, 1 tbsp Soy Sauce, Turmeric powder, chili powder, a bit of salt, Garam Masala, 1 tbsp Olive Oil and 20g of Cheddar cheese and mix into a thick paste.
2. Take the Bean Curd and a fork and slightly pinch the Bean Curd with it. Make sure you maintain the square shape. Add the Bean Curd to the paste and let it season for at least one hour.
3. Add rest of the Olive Oil, Soy Sauce, Garlic paste and some salt into the vegetables and mix well. Heat your grill or a pan and grill until you get grill marks.
4. Take the Bean Curd and grill them too. If you want you can arrange them in kebab sticks and grill. Serve with Tomato Sauce.
http://www.ishysays.com/2012/05/vegan-recipes-for-wesak-week.html
Animal heroes: The cat who killed 'Mao Tse Tung', the pigeon who saved 1,000 lives and other incredible stories
The PDSA Dickin Medal - regarded as the animals' Victoria Cross - has been awarded to just 63 animals. Here are five heart-warming tales of gallantry and devotion.
By Julian Gavaghan | Yahoo! News – Fri, Mar 15, 2013
For most of history, animals were often the forgotten heroes of war.
But, since 1943, courageous creatures, which have over the years saved the lives of thousands of men, have had their gallantry recognised with the Dickin Medal.
A Dickin Medal - only 63 have been awarded
The honour, introduced by the British veterinary charity PDSA, has also been nicknamed the animal Victoria Cross.
Since its inception it has been awarded to 63 animals - 27 dogs, 32 birds, three horses and one cat.
Now in a new book, Animal Heroes, David Long tells the incredible stories behind each medal and the amazing animals who so gallantly earned the honour.
Here are just some of the tales of courage, which could surely inspire even the hardest of human hearts…
Judy, English Pointer, Prisoner No 81A, Gloergoer camp at Medan, Indonesia 1942-1945
Date of award: May 2, 1946
1946: Judy the English pointer who became the only official canine POW of the Second World War
Navy dog Judy earned her Dickin Medal after suffering harsh Japanese treatment as the only official canine prisoner of war during World War II.
The English Pointer also helped save the crew of gunboat HMS Grasshopper by finding water after the stricken boat was marooned on an Indonesian island in 1942.
Japanese soldiers, who had conquered the country, eventually captured the men – who took Judy with them into Gloergoer PoW camp in Medan.
Brutal guards regularly beat her and threatened to kill her. But she bought her life by providing the camp commandant with puppies.
Judy helped raise morale among the men and, in particular, struck up a touching friendship with Leading Airfcraftman Frank Williams.
He smuggled her aboard a Japanese prisoner transport ship, which was torpedoed and sank en route to Singapore in 1944.
She was able to swim to safety – saving men as she did by providing debris to keep them afloat - and after a few days was reunited with Frank at another PoW camp.
When the war ended in 1945, Judy, who was born in Shanghai in 1937, was taken to Britain and a year later she was awarded the Dickin Medal.
She died from a tumour aged 13 in 1950, two years after beginning a new adventure with Frank in east Africa.
G.I. Joe, Pigeon No USA 43 SC 6390
Date of award: August 1946
GI Joe, Pigeon No USA 43 SC 6390
American Pigeon G.I. Joe helped save up to 1,000 lives during World War II by halting a planned American bombing on an Italian village held by British troops.
In October 1943, the messenger flew 20 miles across enemy lines from a British HQ to a U.S. air base in just 20 minutes to deliver a warning note after radios failed.
The blue-checked bird arrived ‘just as our planes were warming up to take off’, revealed Otto Meyer, a former commander of the U.S. Army Pigeon Service.
G.I. Joe’s note said the village of Calvi Vecchia, 25 miles north of Naples, had been abandoned by the Germans and the British 169th Infantry Brigade had occupied it.
The U.S. had originally planned to use bombs to ‘soften up’ the village, which they believed was a German stronghold, before another British regiment launched a ground offensive.
So, in the face of a breakdown in radio communication, a humble pigeon spared Allied soldiers and Calvi Vecchia’s residents from what could have been one of the worst incidents of ‘friendly fire’ during the war.
G.I. Joe, who had been born that year in Algiers, was flown to the U.S. at the end of the war.
But, in 1946, he crossed the Atlantic again so he could become one of the few foreign animals to be honoured with a Dickin Medal.
Able Seaman Simon, Stray cat, Yangtze Incident, China, April 1949
Date of award: December 1949 (posthumous)
1949: Able seaman Simon, hero of the post-war Yangtse Incident
Former stray Simon became the only cat to win the Dickin Medal after heroically continuing to catch rats despite being wounded aboard a Royal Navy ship during a 101-day siege by Chinese communists.
The intrepid feline, who sadly died in British quarantine before he could receive the honour, was praised for his courage and support during the 1949 Yangtze Incident.
Seventeen sailors were killed during the standoff after HMS Amethyst sailed up the Yangtze river from Shanghai to Nanking to protect the British embassy there during China’s civil war.
Simon suffered severe shrapnel wounds and burns after the captain’s cabin was hit by a shell, which killed Lieutenant Commander Bernard M. Skinner.
Yet somehow the scraggly black and white cat who was discovered stray in Hong Kong, fought through the pain and was able to recover from his injuries by licking his wounds.
According to the citation he received for his Amethyst campaign ribbon, Simon, who was also given the rank able seaman, rid the ship “of pestilence and vermin with unrelenting faithfulness”.
This task became particularly important because the men were strictly rationed during the long, hot months aboard.
He was best known for killing a rat the sailors nicknamed Mao Tse Tung after the Communist leader.
Simon and the rest of the crew made a daring escape as the Amethyst limped back down the river under the cover of darkness. Sadly, he died from an infection after arriving in British quarantine.
Theo, Spaniel cross, Royal Army Veterinary Corps arms and explosive search dog, Afghanistan
Date of award: October 2012
Liam Tasker, with his Military Working Dog, Theo, training in Camp Bastion.
Army sniffer dog Theo was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal for his life-saving bravery that saw him uncover a record number of bombs and weapons.
Tragically, the 22-month-old springer spaniel cross suffered a fatal seizure hours after his handler, Lance Corporal Liam Tasker, 26, was shot dead by the Taliban in 2011.
The pair made 14 discoveries in five months on the front line and have been hailed by military chiefs for saving the lives of countless British soldiers in Afghanistan.
Theo was said to have died of a broken heart after Lance Corporal Tasker was killed taking part in a mission in the Nahr-e-Saraj district in Helmand.
Their role had been to help search and clear roads and compounds, uncover hidden weapons, improvised explosive devices and bomb-making equipment.
The soldier “used to joke that Theo was impossible to restrain but I would say the same about Lance Corporal Tasker,” revealed Major Alexander Turner, who at the time was the commanding officer No 2 Company 1st Battallion Irish Guards.
“At the most hazardous phase of an advance, he would be at the point of a spear, badgering to get even further and work his dog.’
Three horses, London Blitz
Date of award: April 1947
1947: Honouring the Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch: Olga, Regal and Upstart
Despite horses suffering huge casualties during historic conflicts – eight million died in the First World War alone – only three have been awarded the Dickins Medal.
Perhaps this is because, despite being trained to be steadfast in the face of crowds, they can be notoriously nervous, often whinnying at the slightest loud noise.
So it is all the more impressive that a trio of Metropolitian Police horses should earn their stripes during the Blitz.
Among them, Olga initally bolted 100 yards when a German V1 flying bomb destroyed four houses in Tooting, south-west London in July 1944.
But she returned with her rider PC J. E. Thwaites to the scene and helped control crowds who wanted to see the landing site of the unusual ‘Doodle Bug’.
A month later, another V1 hit the East End district of Bethnal Green.
Upstart, whose stables had already been destroyed, held fast and assisted his handler DI J. Morley with the rescue effort despite the animal being showered with debris.
Regal, the third horse, was unlucky because his stables in leafier Muswell Hill, north London, were twice burned down by incendiary bombs in April 1941 and July 1944.
But the easy-going equine ‘once again lived up to his name… and was not duly perturbed,’ according to one witness.
All three working horses received their awards together in London’s Hyde Park in April 1947.
* Animal Heroes by David Long costs £7.99 and is available from all good book stores.
Spaghetti trees, volcanoes and flying penguins: Five classic April Fools' pranks
The daftest of yearly traditions will see co-workers, loved ones, friends and even complete strangers sucked in by implausibly silly stories - and there have been some classics down the years.
By Chris Parsons | Yahoo! News – Thu, Mar 28, 2013
• Yahoo! News/BBC - Thousands believed the BBC Panorama documentary which claimed Swiss farmers were growing spaghetti on trees (BBC)
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The start of April is upon us - and with it comes the traditional collection of 'April Fool' pranks and japes.
The daftest of yearly traditions will see co-workers, loved ones, friends and even complete strangers sucked in by implausibly silly stories.
April Fools has origins as far back as the 16th century. Many believe that the moving of the Gregorian calendar from April 1 to January 1 in 1562 is where the tradition began.
These days it seems no-one is safe from the perils of April Fools Day - and there have been some absolute corkers in recent years.
From flying penguins to spaghetti trees and left-handed burgers, here are five classic April Fools pranks.
Spaghetti Trees
One of the biggest and best hoaxes ever pulled by the BBC, film footage on Panorama in 1957 appeared to show Swiss farmers dealing with an 'exceptionally heavy spaghetti crop'.
They were shown pulling spaghetti strands from plants, before laying them out on the floor to dry.
The 1957 April Fool prank by the BBC remains one of the best ever (BBC)
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Hundreds called the BBC asking where they could get a spaghetti bush to grow their own crop.
The prank even fooled BBC staff, including the Corporation's then-director Ian Jacobs, who later confessed to looking up 'spaghetti' in his encyclopedia.
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Mount Edgecumbe 'erupts'
The volcano of Mount Edgecumbe had been dormant for 9,000 years when residents in Sitka, Alaska, saw plumes of black smoke rising from its crater in 1974.
Fearing an apocalyptic volcanic eruption, people fled their homes in terror and the authorities were sent in to investigate.
The plume of smoke from Mount Edgecumbe in 1974 gave locals an almighty fright (Wikipedia)
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When a helicopter flew towards the volcano and looked in, officials saw that the smoke was infact caused by hundreds of burning tyres.
Furthermore, the words 'April Fool' had been spraypainted in 50ft letters around the rim of the volcano.
The prank was the work of Oliver Bickar, who had been planning the stunt for four years.
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Burger King's 'left-handed whopper'
A 'whopper' in more ways than one, Burger King's 1998 advert for their latest fast food snack roped in the punters hook, line and sinker.
The burger giant took out a full-page advert in USA Today proudly announcing 'the left-handed Whopper' - their trademark burger, but with all the condiments rotated 180 degrees to suit the 1.4m lefties who visited their restaurants every day.
Burger King's 1998 stunt had thousands of fast food fans fooled
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The stunt still fooled thousands of snack fans in this country and in the US, who went out of their way to get their hands on one.
A Burger King spokesperson later revealed the prank with some admirable PR-speak, proclaiming: "Everyone knows that it takes two hands to hold a Whopper!"
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Flying Penguins
A more recent April Fools triumph for the BBC, in 2008 TV crews in the Antarctic claimed to have captured shots of Adelie penguins taking flight.
In an apparent clip for its natural history show Miracles of Evolution, video footage did indeed show the usually flightless birds soaring up through the skies.
The BBC used clever CGI to fool viewers in 2008 (BBC)
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The impressively convincing computer-generated film fooled thousands and quickly became one of the most viewed videos on the internet.
Presenter Terry Jones said the penguins took to the air and flew thousands of miles to South American rainforests, where they would 'spend the winter basking in the tropical sun'.
A secondary video later poured cold water on the amazing footage by explaining that it was a CGI hoax.
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China's one child policy is 'relaxed'
When press laws were relaxed in China in the early 1990s by Chairman Deng Xiaoping, China's Youth Daily did not waste time in pulling a fast one on the Chinese public.
On April 1 1993, their editor, Yang Lang, ran several false news stories proclaiming that the government had relaxed China's one-child-per-family policy limit.
The story claimed that Ph.D. holders were allowed more than one child, as this would reduce China's need to invite as many foreign experts into the country.
Following the one child policy prank in 1993, the Chinese government condemned April Fools as a 'dangerous Western
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The hoax was treated as fact by several media outlets, including Hong Kong's Evening News and by AFP, an international news agency.
The Chinese government weren't as amused however, condemning April Fool's Day as a 'dangerous Western tradition'.
Beijing's main newspaper, the Guangming Daily, declared said: "Put plainly, April Fool's Day is Liar's Day."
