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Anrita Melchizedek has uploaded Sacred Cosmic Fire of Stability and Equilibrium.

Sacred Cosmic Fire of Stability and Equilibrium

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Published on 4 Mar 2013


The Sacred Cosmic Fire of Stability and Equilibrium


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In this month of March, amplified through the Equinox on March 20th/21st, we experience the sacred Cosmic Fire of Stability and Equilibrium through the Overlighting of Helios and Vesta, Sanat Kumara, the bridge to Solar Christ Consciousness, and the many Illumined Beings of Light from On High assisting in this Golden Age of Light.


We are invited into the etheric Spiritual Sun Temple of Helios and Vesta to experience this sacred Cosmic Fire of Stability and Equilibrium wrapped in beautiful copper-gold and pink-gold flames of Light, and surrounded in an Electronic Ring of Fire, a shield of pure God essence.

Stability requires we are unchanging in the face of adversity, looking through our Master eyes at all of Life around us. And through the sacred Cosmic Fire of Stability and Equilibrium we experience a blending of earthly and Spiritual experience, manifest as Stability, and the immutability of Mother/Father God. As these sacred transfiguring Flames of Divine Love, we are leading the way through our Divine Love and the recognition that all Life is Divinely equal, with the knowing that only the levels of "Cosmic Consciousness" awareness differs from individual to individual. Stability brings a level of emotional equilibrium, as we release old karmic patternings, false beliefs and judgments, and experience a deeper sense of "controlling our frequency" through the radiance of the Cosmic Heart of all Creation and the Patterns of Perfection, in the knowing that all is Divinely Perfect. We find contentment, peace and stillness of mind and heart in our collective union with the Divine, trusting and surrendering to all that unfolds, while co-creating our heart's dreaming.

To fully comprehend the Sacred Cosmic Fires of Helios and Vesta, and how each sacred Cosmic Fire imbues us with the radiant Light frequencies and key codes of the New Earth Templates, we bring a focus to our I Am Avatar Bodies of Light, actualized through the merging and integration of our Beloved I Am Presence, the creation of our Crystalline Bodies of Light and the activation of our Crystalline Sun DNA templates


The Crystalline Life-Code Seed Atoms being activated at this time are experienced through every sub-atomic particle within our Beingness, and these new sub-atomic particles frequencies carry the key codes in geometric formations, sonic vibrations and color codes for holding the Light unwaveringly in this Golden Age of Light, bringing about Stability. This transformational process and related chemical reaction affects all of the energy centers in our physical bodies; as well as the organs and body parts, central nervous system, and sensory system, brain chemistry, bio-circuitry, and the endocrine system.

It affects the cells, the mitochondria, the DNA, and the hormones. Additionally this creates the holographic energy field of Divine Love within and around us, further activated through the Crystalline Sun DNA templates.

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7 photos that reveal what families eat in one week


In a new series of photos, families worldwide pose with one week’s food supply.

How much food does your household go through in a week? What are your go-to family meals? And how much do you spend on food? You can get a glimpse of how others answered these questions in Oxfam’s new photo series, which depicts people from around the globe with one week’s food supply for their families.


Building on an idea that originated with 2005′s Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, the new images feel especially timely now, when reports about half of the world’s food going to waste vie for space with news about rising global food prices. According to a recent article accompanying some of the photos in the UK Independent, “There is deep injustice in the way food is grown and distributed … the world’s poorest people spend 50-90 percent of their income on food, compared with just 10-15 percent in developed countries.”


As you can probably guess, the families’ diets differ depending on where they live. But if if there’s one common thread that links these images, it’s that we all have to eat. We all face challenges and successes when it comes to feeding our families. And we can all help to make the food system fairer for everyone.


So check out seven highlights below. Then tell us in the comments: What does your week’s food supply look like? How does your family measure up?


Shahveller, Azerbaijan

Photo: David Levene/Oxfam
Mirza Bakhishov, 47, his wife, Zarkhara, 37, and two sons, Khasay, 18 and Elchin, 15, own a small plot of land where they grow cotton and wheat as well as animal feed. “Our small cattle and poultry [are] everything for us. All our income and livelihood is dependent on them,” said Bakhishov.

Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Photo: Abir Abdullah/Oxfam
Selvern, 70, far right, and her daughters have been members of Oxfam’s local dairy cooperative for four years. Her youngest daughter Sukitha, second from right, works at the cooperative and is also trained as a vet. Selvern gets up at 5:30 every morning to help her daughters milk their cows; she sends most of the milk to the co-op with Sukitha and uses the remainder to make cream and ghee for the family.


Mecha, Ethiopia

Photo: Tom Pietrasik/Oxfam
A week’s food supply for Wubalem Shiferaw, her husband Tsega, and 4-year-old daughter Rekebki includes flour, vegetable oil, and a paste of spices called berbere. Tsega works as a tailor, while Wubalem follows a long local tradition and supplements her income with honey production. An Oxfam-supported cooperative helped Wubalem make the transition to modern beekeeping methods, which produce greater yields.

Yegeghus, Armenia

Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos
The Josephyan family from with their weekly food supply, which includes wheat flour, dried split peas, sugar, and cooking oil. The family supplements their diet with eggs laid by their chickens and wild greens from the fields.

London, UK

Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam
Ian Kerr, 30, with his family and a week’s food supplied by a charity food bank. Ian left his job to become a full-time carer to his disabled son Jay-J, 12. Also pictured are his daughter Lillian, 5, and mother-in-law Linda, 61. Kerr says the family’s favorite food is spaghetti Bolognese, but Lillian says her favorite is Jaffa Cakes.

Kaftarkhana, Tajikistan

Photo: Andy Hall/Oxfam
BiBi-Faiz Miralieba and her family, from left to right: son Siyoushi, 11, niece Gulnoya Shdova, 14, and children Jomakhon, 6, Shodmon, 9, and Jamila,13. Like many women in rural areas of Tajikistan, Miralieba is now the head of her household as her husband has migrated to Russia to find work.

Gutu, Zimbabwe

Photo: Annie Bungeroth/Oxfam
Ipaishe Masvingise and her family with their food for the week, which includes grains and groundnuts as well as fruits like pawpaw and oranges. Masvingise, a farmer, said she sells extra grain from her harvests to pay for school fees and medical costs, and to support members of her extended family who don’t own their own land.

Beautiful Pictures

towering red dust storm gathers over the ocean, ahead of a cyclone approaching Onslow, West Australia, on January 9. The remarkable photo was captured by tug boat worker Brett Martin, 25 nautical miles from the town of Onslow. (AFP)

Killer whales surface through a breathing hole on January 9. The creatures were trapped under sea ice in Canada's Hudson Bay. Up to a dozen whales were feared to be stuck, however winds later pushed the ice away from the coast. (Reuters)



Snowfall at the ruins of the Roman Temple of Bacchus in the historic town of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon on January 10. An unusual chill swept across the Middle East recently, bringing heavy snow and freezing conditions in Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Syria and Palestine. The weather has claimed at least 17 lives across the region (Reuters)



Tammy Holmes and her grandchildren clutch each other as they seek refuge under a jetty on January 4 after wildfires consumed their home in Dunalley, Tasmania. The photo was taken by their grandfather, Tim Holmes. The family survived but their house, which Mr Holmes built himself, was destroyed. (Sky)



A twilight view of London from the top of the Shard, the tallest building in western Europe. The skyscraper, which is 1,013ft tall, opens to the public on February 1. Visitors will be able to reach the 72nd floor of the 78 floor building. (Reuters)



A 'lion' caused panic in Virginia, America when it was spotted loose on the streets. When police investigated it turned out to be 'Charles the Monarch' - a labradoodle whose fur had been shaved to look like a lion (SWNS)



Unexplained readings from the Cassini probe, which orbits Saturn, hint that blocks of ice might bob on the surface of the lakes of liquid methane on Titan. NASA believes that life could lurk in the ice - but it would be very different from life on Earth as the lakes are composed entirely of liquid ethane and methane. (NASA)



Andrejus Rascinski, aged nine, from Birmingham, waits to perform in the under-14s competition at the European Elvis Championships on January 6. Over 70 Elvis impersonators, decked in sequins and well-groomed sideburns, flocked to Birmingham to take part in the competition. (PA)


Photographer Reinhard Dirscherl took this extraordinary snap of a whale shark, which looks like it is about to eat a diver in Indonesia. The 47,000lb shark is not dangerous to humans, instead preferring to snack on plankton (Caters)

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WARNING: Grab a handkerchief

A wonderful dear Friend sent this to me, and now I am sending it to you, Love and Blessings. Melodie

WARNING: Grab a handkerchief

At the prodding of my friends I am writing this story. My name is Mildred Honor and I am a former elementary school music teacher from Des Moines , Iowa.


I have always supplemented my income by teaching piano lessons - something I have done for over 30 years.

During those years I found that children have many levels of musical ability, and even though I have never had the pleasure of having a prodigy, I have taught some very talented students.

However, I have also had my share of what I call 'musically challenged' pupils
- one such pupil being Robby..

Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer that students (especially boys) begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him as a student.

Well, Robby began his piano lessons and from the beginning I thought it was a hopeless endeavor. As much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm needed to excel. But he dutifully reviewed his scales and some elementary piano pieces that I require all my students
to learn. Over the months he tried and tried while I listened and cringed and tried to encourage him.

At the end of each weekly lesson he would always say 'My mom's going to hear me play someday'. But to me, it seemed hopeless, he just did not have any inborn ability.

I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to pick him up. She always waved and smiled, but never dropped in.

Then one day Robby stopped coming for his lessons. I thought about calling him, but assumed that because of his lack of ability he had decided to pursue something else. I was also glad that he had stopped coming - he was a bad advertisement for my teaching!

Several weeks later I mailed a flyer recital to the students' homes. To my surprise, Robby (who had received a flyer) asked me if he could be in the recital. I told him that the recital was for current pupils and that because he had dropped out, he really did not qualify.

He told me that his mother had been sick and unable to take him to his lessons, but that he had been practicing. 'Please Miss Honor, I've just got to play' he insisted. I don't know what led me to allow him to play in the recital - perhaps it was his insistence or maybe something inside of me saying that it would be all right.

The night of the recital came and the high school gymnasium was packed with parents, relatives and friends. I put Robby last in the program, just before I was to come up and thank all the students and play a finishing piece. I thought that any damage he might do would come at the end of the program and I could always salvage his poor performance through my 'curtain closer'.

Well, the recital went off without a hitch, the students had been practicing and it showed. Then Robby came up on the stage. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair looked as though he had run an egg beater through it. 'Why wasn't he dressed up like the other students?' I thought. 'Why didn't his mother at least make him comb his hair for this special night?'

Robby pulled out the piano bench, and I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen to play Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major.

I was not prepared for what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys, they even danced nimbly on the ivories. He went from pianissimo to fortissimo, from allegro to virtuoso; his suspended chords that Mozart demands were magnificent!

Never had I heard Mozart played so well by anyone his age.

After six and a half minutes he ended in a grand crescendo, and everyone was on their feet in wild applause! Overcome and in tears, I ran up onstage and put my arms around Robby in joy. 'I have never heard you play like that Robby, how did you do it?

' Through the microphone Robby explained: 'Well, Miss Honor .... remember I told you that my mom was sick? Well, she actually had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ...... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she had ever heard me play, and I wanted to make it special.'

There wasn't a dry eye in the house that evening. As the people from Social Services led Robby from the stage to be placed in to foster care, I noticed that even their eyes were red and puffy. I thought to myself then how much richer my life had been for taking Robby as my pupil.

No, I have never had a prodigy, but that night I became a prodigy ....... of Robby. He was the teacher and I was the pupil, for he had taught me the meaning of perseverance and love and believing in yourself, and may be even taking a chance on someone and you didn't know why.


Robby was killed years later in the senseless bombing of the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April, 1995.

And now, a footnote to the story. If you are thinking about forwarding this message, you are probably wondering which people on your address list aren't the 'appropriate' ones to receive this type of message. The person who sent this to you believes that we can all make a difference!

So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice

Do we act with compassion or do we pass up that opportunity and leave the world a bit colder in the process?

You now have two choices:

1. Delete this; OR

2. Forward it to the people you care about. You know the choice I made.

Thank you for reading this.

May God Bless you today, tomorrow and always.

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Leave the rest to God.

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Facebook 'Likes' can reveal secrets - including politics, IQ and drug use

Your Facebook page could reveal more about you than you realise - including your sexuality, your IQ and even whether you abuse drugs.


By Rob Waugh | Yahoo! News – Mon, Mar 11, 2013

Your Facebook page could reveal more about you than you realise - including your sexuality, your IQ and even whether you abuse drugs.

Simply looking at all of a person's Facebook 'Likes' can reveal everything from a person's race to a person's political views - with up to 95% accuracy.

Distinctive patterns of 'Likes' correspond very strongly to different personality traits, say researchers at the University of Cambridge who studies the patterns of 58,000 volunteers' 'likes'.

Facebook users were warned that this information could be visible even on accounts with high privacy settings - possibly alerting employers to details users might wish to be private.

Users were more likely to have a higher IQ if they liked 'Mozart', 'The Godfather' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

People who liked 'I Like Being a Mom' and 'Harley Davidson' were more likely to have a lower IQ, the research found.

People in a relationship liked pages including 'Weight Watchers' and 'Scrapbooking' while singletons followed sports stars such as Usain Bolt and Maria Sharapova.

Heavy drinkers tend to like pages such as 'Tattoo Lovers' and 'Getting A Text That Says I Love You'.

The statistical research method proved 88 per cent accurate for determining male sexuality.

It was 95 per cent accurate for distinguishing race and 85 per cent accurate in determining political views.

Christians and Muslims were correctly identified in 82 per cent of cases, and accurate predictions were also achieved for relationship status and substance abuse.

Even personal details such as whether users’ parents separated before that person reached the age of 21 were accurately predicted to 60%.

The researchers were able to work out their conclusions without relying on obvious 'Likes'- for example only five per cent of gay men and women liked a Gay Marriage page.

The researchers said the observation of 'likes' alone was now believed to be as informative as a personality test.

But worryingly they warned all of the information needed for the telling analysis is readily available to the public - even if your profile adopts the highest privacy setting.

Michal Kosinski, Operations Director at Cambridge University's Psychometric Centre, said: "Given the variety of digital traces people leave behind, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for individuals to control.

"I am a great fan and active user of new amazing technologies, including Facebook.

"I appreciate automated book recommendations, or Facebook selecting the most relevant stories for my newsfeed.

However, I can imagine situations in which the same data and technology is used to predict political views or sexual orientation, posing threats to freedom or even life.

"Just the possibility of this happening could deter people from using digital technologies and diminish trust between individuals and institutions - hampering technological and economic progress.

"Users need to be provided with transparency and control over their information."

David Stillwell from Cambridge University added: "I have used Facebook since 2005, and I will continue to do so. But I might be more careful to use the privacy settings that Facebook provides."

The research was carried out at Cambridge’s Psychometrics Centre in collaboration with Microsoft Research Cambridge and published yesterday (Mon) in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).

Researchers said their findings could signal the beginning of a revolutionary method of psychological assessment.

Thore Graepel from Microsoft Research said he hoped the research would contribute to the on-going discussions about user privacy.

He said: "Consumers rightly expect strong privacy protection to be built into the products and services they use and this research may well serve as a reminder for consumers to take a careful approach to sharing information online, utilising privacy controls and never sharing content with unfamiliar parties."

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The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters


The three sisters are Corn, Beans, and Squash. They are seen as the three beautiful sisters because they grow in the same mound in the garden. The Corn provides a ladder for the Bean Vine. They together give shade to the Squash. The Cherokee till the mound three times.


The Native American story of the Three Sisters vary from tribe to tribe. This story below is taken from an oral account by Lois Thomas of Cornwall Island, compiled by students at Centennial College and found in "Indian Legends of Eastern Canada."

The Three Sisters


A long time ago there were three sisters who lived together in a field.


These sisters were quite different from one another in their size and way of dressing. The little sister was so young that she could only crawl at first, and she was dressed in green.


The second sister wore a bright yellow dress, and she had a way of running off by herself when the sun shone and the soft wind blew in her face.


The third was the eldest sister, standing always very straight and tall above the other sisters and trying to protect them. She wore a pale green shawl, and she had long, yellow hair that tossed about her head in the breeze.


There was one way the sisters were all alike, though. They loved each other dearly, and they always stayed together. This made them very strong.


One day a stranger came to the field of the Three Sisters - a Mohawk boy. He talked to the birds and other animals - this caught the attention of the three sisters.


Late that summer, the youngest and smallest sister disappeared. Her sisters were sad.


Again the Mohawk boy came to the field to gather reeds at the water's edge. The two sisters who were left watched his moccasin trail, and that night the second sister - the one in the yellow dress - disappeared as well.


Now the Elder Sister was the only one left.


She continued to stand tall in her field. When the Mohawk boy saw that she missed her sisters, he brought them all back together and they became stronger together, again.

The Iroquois Legend of the Three Sisters


Erney, Diana. 1996. Long live the Three Sisters. Organic Gardening. November. p. 37-40.


The term “Three Sisters” emerged from the Iroquois creation myth. It was said that the earth began when “Sky Woman” who lived in the upper world peered through a hole in the sky and fell through to an endless sea. The animals saw her coming, so they took the soil from the bottom of the sea and spread it onto the back of a giant turtle to provide a safe place for her to land. This “Turtle Island” is now what we call North America.


Sky woman had become pregnant before she fell. When she landed, she gave birth to a daughter.

When the daughter grew into a young woman, she also became pregnant (by the West wind). She died while giving birth to twin boys. Sky Woman buried her daughter in the “new earth.” From her grave grew three sacred plants—corn, beans, and squash. These plants provided food for her sons, and later, for all of humanity. These special gifts ensured the survival of the Iroquois people.


For more information contact: Chief RedArrow
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Unique Passover Traditions

Unique Passover Traditions

By I. Carmon

Did you know Afghan Jews whip each other with scallions during the ceremonial Passover meal, known as the seder? And that's not all! Every spring, Jews celebrate Passover, marking God sparing the Israelites and delivering them from slavery in Egypt, as detailed in the book of Exodus. For seven days Jews abstain from leavened bread to mimic the deprivation of their forefathers as they left Egypt through the Sinai desert.


The scattering of the Jews around the world over the past 2,000 years, to nearly every continent, has meant that these traditions have evolved and been adapted to different settings. Here are some of the most unique Passover traditions from around the world.

Eating the Dust of Real Bricks

Every Passover, Jews prepare charoset, a sweet paste that can be made with fruits like dates, figs, and apples. The result is meant to remind sedergoers of the mortar in the bricks that Jewish slaves in Egypt used in their labor. In the British territory of Gibraltar, a tiny peninsula off Spain where Jews have lived for about 650 years, there's a special recipe for charoset: the dust of real bricks, ground up and mixed in.


Re-enacting Crossing the Red Sea

Hasidic Jews from the Polish town of Góra Kalwaria, known as Gerer Hasids, re-enact the crossing of the Red Sea on the seventh day of Passover by pouring water on the floor, lifting up their coats, and naming the towns that they would cross in their region of Poland. They raise a glass at each "town" and then thank God for helping them reach their destination.

Whipping Each Other with Scallions

Jews living in Afghanistan developed the tradition of using scallions or leeks to stand for the Egyptian slavedrivers' whips, using them to lightly "whip" each others' backs. Jews have lived in Afghanistan at least since the Babylonian conquest 2,000 years ago, but in 2004 only two Jews were left in the country. It is now estimated that only a single Jew lives in Afghanistan, as the other died in 2005. The largest group of Afghan Jews in the world is comprised of 200 families in Queens, New York.

Destroying Earthenware Dishes

The Jews of Ethiopia strongly identify with the story of Exodus -- and indeed, the first of the famous airlifts that delivered them to Israel was actually called Operation Moses. In some Ethiopian families, the matriarch would destroy all of her earthenware dishes and make a new set to mark a true break with the past. Ethiopian Jews had no Haggadahs, and read about Exodus directly from the Bible. Matzahs were homemade, often from chickpea flour, and on the morning of the seder, a lamb would be slaughtered. They also refrained from eating fermented dairy like yogurt, butter, or cheese.

Tapping Guests on the Head

In a custom that began in Spain in the fourteenth century, the seder leader walks around the table three times with the seder plate in hand, tapping it on the head of each guest. Many Moroccan, Turkish, and Tunisian Jews adopted this tradition, which is said to bless those whose heads are tapped. This is sometimes connected to the Talmudic custom of "uprooting" the seder plate so that guests might ask questions about the Jews in Egypt.

Telling the Exodus Story in Costume

In many Sephardic traditions, (a term used to describe Jews originally hailing from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa), an elder member of the family enacts a skit in costume, posing as an ancient Jew who experienced the exodus from Egypt and describing the miracles he saw. In the countries of the Caucasus region, Iraq, Kurdistan, Yemen, and others, the seder (usually the head of household), would put the afikoman matzah in a bag, throw it over his shoulder, and use a cane to support himself. Sometimes a child participated, and there was a call and response with the table: "Where are you coming from?" "Egypt," was the reply, followed by the story of the Israelites following Moses out of slavery. "And where are you going?" someone at the table would ask. "Jerusalem!"

Breaking Matzah into Hebrew Letters

In the Syrian community, the custom of breaking the middle matzah on the seder table into pieces (known as yachatz) can sometimes take on Kabbalistic meaning. Matzah broken into the shape of the Hebrew letters "daled" and "vav" correspond to numbers, which in turn add up to 10, representing the 10 holy emanations of God. Jews from North Africa, including from Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya, break the matzoh into the shape of the Hebrew letter "hey," which corresponds to the number five.

Inspecting Rice for Defects

Jews have lived in Cochin, in the Indian state of Kerala, for 2,000 years. In the tiny community that remains, Passover preparation begins immediately after Hanukkah, about 100 days beforehand. After Purim, Cochin's Jews scrub their house of chametz (bread and any fermented grain) and repaint them, keeping special Passover dishes in a separate room. Wells are drained and cleaned for fear of chametz, and every grain of rice is inspected for defects that might let impure chametz in. Jews usually maintain warm relations with the larger community, but during Passover and the preceding months, they keep entirely to themselves.

Cooking with Wine from Elijah's Cup

Many different customs surround the welcoming of the prophet Elijah, who is said to visit every seder. While Ashkenazi Jews (whose families came from Germany and later Eastern Europe) commonly leave a goblet of wine for the prophet, in Casablanca, Morocco, Jews would set up an elaborate chair with cushions and ornaments and leave it empty for Elijah's arrival. And in Marrakesh, dishes are prepared using the wine from Elijah's cup. Ashkenazi Jews often open the door to allow Elijah in, a tradition that wasn't historically a part of the Sephardic practice.

Wearing White

Both Hasidic Jews and Moroccan Jews have the custom of wearing white to seder, possibly to signify joyfulness. Some Jews wear white on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, or on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, although this varies.

Displaying Gold and Silver Jewelry

Three passages in Exodus say that the Israelites received gold and silver from the Egyptians (for example, 12:35: "The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing"). Accordingly, Hungarian Jews had a tradition of putting all of their gold and silver jewelry on the seder table.

Tossing Pebbles in the Ocean

Among Moroccan Jews, Mimouna is celebrated the day after Passover with a generous feast of baked goods. Some say it marks Maimonides' birthday, while others link it to the Arabic word for luck. A table is heaped with items symbolizing luck or fertility, many repeating the number 5, such as dough with five fingerprint marks or five silver coins. Fig leaves, live fish, stalks of wheat, and honey might also be included. In some parts of the Moroccan Jewish community, Jews entered the ocean and tossed pebbles behind their backs to ward off evil spirits.

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The Ajanta Caves

The Ajanta Caves


Two thousand two hundred years ago work began on an extensive series of cave monuments in Maharashtra, India. Over a period of hundreds of years, thirty one monuments were hewn piece by piece from the rock face. Then, some speculate around the year 1000 AD, they fell in to disuse. Dense jungle grew around, hiding the caves away from human eyes.

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The Ajanta caves lay undisturbed for hundreds of years. Then, in April 1819, during the time of the British, Raj, an officer with the unassuming name of John Smith, came rediscovered a doorway to one of the temples. He had been hunting tigers – something of which many would disapprove today but his next step was disrespectful in the extreme. He vandalized one of the walls with his name and the date, something which is still visible today.

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One can only imagine what went through Smith's head when he made his find. Such a rediscovery did not remain secret for very long. Soon, European and Indian tourists were thronging to the site – after extensive tidying up. After all, the caves had been home to bat, birds and larger animals for hundreds of years. The Ajanti Caves had been returned to the world of the living.

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The nearest human habitation is Ajinṭhā, a tiny village a few miles away from the caves. The sanctuaries, which are known as chaytia-girhas date from the second century before Christ. They were used primarily as prayer halls and are similar to an extent to the contemporary Roman designs of arch and column. However, these sanctuaries were carved from the immense rock face of the caves, with chisels and, indeed, bare hands.

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The first caves were hewn from the bare rock at the time of The Sātavāhana Empire which started around 230BC. The Sātavāhanas brought peace to India after several foreign invasions and the decline of the previous, Mauryan Empire. It is not without irony, then, that they were rediscovered by a contemporary invader and representative of a foreign empire.

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Although there is widespread debate about the time at which the second period of building took place, most now agree that it was probably during the reign of Harishena, from 460AD and over a period of around twenty years. This architectural flowering saw the creation of twenty temples which were used as monasteries.

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There are paintings everywhere – literally. Every surface apart from the floor is festooned with narrative paintings. Time has taken a serious toll on these marvelous works with many parts simply just fragments of what they were when first created. The stories are almost wholly devoted to Jātakas – tales of the Buddha’s previous lives. These 547 poems were painstakingly and lovingly painted on to the walls by devotees.


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They were created using an ancient method. The surface was chiseled so it was rough and could hold plaster which was then spread across the surface. Then the master painter would, while the plaster was still wet, commence his work. The colors soaked in to the plaster and so became a part of the surface. Although this meant that it would not peel off as easily, perhaps not even the painters foresaw the temples persevering for over two thousand years.

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No one knows for sure when and why the caves were abandoned – whether it was a gradual desertion of some event of political and social magnitude took place which precipitated the neglect and final vacation of the site.

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Yet for hundreds of years the place remained forsaken, to be rediscovered that fateful day in 1819 by John Smith.

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The Ajanta Caves

The Ajanta Caves


Two thousand two hundred years ago work began on an extensive series of cave monuments in Maharashtra, India. Over a period of hundreds of years, thirty one monuments were hewn piece by piece from the rock face. Then, some speculate around the year 1000 AD, they fell in to disuse. Dense jungle grew around, hiding the caves away from human eyes.

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The Ajanta caves lay undisturbed for hundreds of years. Then, in April 1819, during the time of the British, Raj, an officer with the unassuming name of John Smith, came rediscovered a doorway to one of the temples. He had been hunting tigers – something of which many would disapprove today but his next step was disrespectful in the extreme. He vandalized one of the walls with his name and the date, something which is still visible today.

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One can only imagine what went through Smith's head when he made his find. Such a rediscovery did not remain secret for very long. Soon, European and Indian tourists were thronging to the site – after extensive tidying up. After all, the caves had been home to bat, birds and larger animals for hundreds of years. The Ajanti Caves had been returned to the world of the living.

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The nearest human habitation is Ajinṭhā, a tiny village a few miles away from the caves. The sanctuaries, which are known as chaytia-girhas date from the second century before Christ. They were used primarily as prayer halls and are similar to an extent to the contemporary Roman designs of arch and column. However, these sanctuaries were carved from the immense rock face of the caves, with chisels and, indeed, bare hands.

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The first caves were hewn from the bare rock at the time of The Sātavāhana Empire which started around 230BC. The Sātavāhanas brought peace to India after several foreign invasions and the decline of the previous, Mauryan Empire. It is not without irony, then, that they were rediscovered by a contemporary invader and representative of a foreign empire.

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Although there is widespread debate about the time at which the second period of building took place, most now agree that it was probably during the reign of Harishena, from 460AD and over a period of around twenty years. This architectural flowering saw the creation of twenty temples which were used as monasteries.

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There are paintings everywhere – literally. Every surface apart from the floor is festooned with narrative paintings. Time has taken a serious toll on these marvelous works with many parts simply just fragments of what they were when first created. The stories are almost wholly devoted to Jātakas – tales of the Buddha’s previous lives. These 547 poems were painstakingly and lovingly painted on to the walls by devotees.


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They were created using an ancient method. The surface was chiseled so it was rough and could hold plaster which was then spread across the surface. Then the master painter would, while the plaster was still wet, commence his work. The colors soaked in to the plaster and so became a part of the surface. Although this meant that it would not peel off as easily, perhaps not even the painters foresaw the temples persevering for over two thousand years.

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No one knows for sure when and why the caves were abandoned – whether it was a gradual desertion of some event of political and social magnitude took place which precipitated the neglect and final vacation of the site.

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Yet for hundreds of years the place remained forsaken, to be rediscovered that fateful day in 1819 by John Smith.

AMAZING, ISN'T IT?!!!

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Bionic Eye 'Enables Blind People To See'

Bionic Eye 'Enables Blind People To See'


By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent | Sky News – 14 hours ago

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• The retinal implant can help restore some visionSky video 1:55A bionic eye has enabled blind people to read letters and simple words.

Bionic Eye 'Enables Blind People To See'


A bionic eye has enabled blind people to read letters and simple words.


The implant converts images from an external camera into electronic signals that the brain can "see".


Tests on 21 patients with retinitis pigmentosa , a degenerative disease that destroys light-receiving cells at the back of the eye, showed that three quarters were able to correctly identify single letters.


More than half were able to read four-letter words, according to results published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology .


Before being fitted with the device Richard Barrett only had vague light perception in one eye.
Now he can locate objects and find his way around.


He said: "When I am indoors I can see where windows are. To go to a door you can scan and pick up where the door frame is.


"If you have a path and grass down one side, you can pick up the edge of the path. That's where the device comes into its own."


Lyndon da Cruz, consultant retinal surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, said the Argus II device could "restore some meaningful vision in patients that otherwise would have been left blind".


He told Sky News: "At the best end of it they can start to read small 5cm letters formed into words. This was a huge change in perception of what we thought this device could do."


The Argus II is currently the only approved retinal prosthesis. A camera mounted on a pair of glasses feeds pictures along a cable to an electronic chip resting against the retina inside the eye.


The chip stimulates the optic nerve, which carries signals to the visual processing centre of the brain, giving the wearer a highly pixellated black and white view of the world.


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How to see comet PanSTARRS over the UK this week


Sky-watchers in Europe could catch a glimpse of a visitor from very deep space this week - the comet PanSTARRS will be bright and visible until March 18.


• This photo of PanSTARRS was taken by Markus Mugrauer in Santiago de Chile on March 6th using a Canon D10


Sky-watchers in Europe could catch a glimpse of a visitor from very deep space this week - the comet PanSTARRS will be bright and visible in our skies until March 18 this week.

Binoculars are recommended to catch the comet, which will be faintly visible on evenings this week, around sunset, according to Sky and Telescope magazine.

The comet will not return in our lifetimes - its orbit around the sun is thought to take 106,000 years.

PanSTARRS is now at its closest to Earth and being lit up brightly by the light of the Sun.

It was first detected in 2011, when it was 1.2 billion miles from Earth.

The comet - a lump of ancient ice - is thought to have come from the Oort Cloud, a cloud of icy objects the edge of our solar system, almost a light year from the sun.

Skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere captured spectacular images from Mexico, Uruguay, Chile and New Zealand last week.


Comet Pan-Starrs as seen from Mount Dale, Western Australia (AP/Nasa)"Our good views should begin around March 13th, when the crescent Moon is there to point the way," says Alan MacRobert,senior editor at Sky & Telescope magazine.

"Before then the comet was too near the horizon. It will start fading later this week, so if the sky is clear, don't miss your chance."

“The best time to look is about 30 to 45 minutes after your local sunset time. This narrow window of viewing time comes after twilight fades enough for the comet to show through at all, but before it sinks too low and sets.”

“On Wednesday March 13th, you'll see a thicker crescent Moon higher up. Watchers in Europe should look below it by about the width of your fist at arm's length. On Thursday the 14th, look two fists below the Moon and perhaps a bit to the right. After that, the comet will gradually move to the right from evening to evening as it begins to fade.”

Dr Pedro Lacerda, of Queen’s University Belfast says that UK watchers may catch a glimpse at around 6.45: “The coma at the head of the comet should be visible to the naked eye but to see the tail may require the use of binoculars. The most visible features will be its tail and bright coma.

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 12: The comet PanSTARRS, above and to the right, passes over the Stratosphere Casino Hotel …

“Those features originate in the nucleus of a comet, a solid lump of dirty ice which, heated by sunlight, sublimates and feeds the diffuse cloud of gas and dust that gives the comet its fuzzy appearance – the coma. Then, light and other particles from the sun push part of the coma away from the nucleus to form the tail which gives comets their spectacular appearance.”

“Comets are important as frozen relics of the formation of our solar system. Before plunging into the inner solar system they spend most of their lives beyond Neptune at temperatures below negative 220 C. For that reason comets retain ices of the ingredients that were present when the planets were born and that are long gone from the surfaces of the much warmer asteroids, for example.”

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Native American Iroqois Strawberry Bread

(NATIVE AMERICAN) IROQUOIS STRAWBERRY BREAD
Author Shayn Amber Wetherell


Origin UNITED STATES


No sugar! This is more like a moist cake than bread.


METHOD


Bake in the oven for 60 mins on 190c (American 274F) It goes in as a liquid.

The strawberries will rise to the top.

I sprinkle them on top when the mixture is in the baking pan.

Let it sit for a good while after it is baked (30 mins – 60 mins)

INGREDIENTS


• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup cornmeal aka polenta
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup wild strawberries or sliced larger berries


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Native American Iroqois Strawberry Bread

(NATIVE AMERICAN) IROQUOIS STRAWBERRY BREAD
Author Shayn Amber Wetherell


Origin UNITED STATES


No sugar! This is more like a moist cake than bread.


METHOD


Bake in the oven for 60 mins on 190c (American 274F) It goes in as a liquid.

The strawberries will rise to the top.

I sprinkle them on top when the mixture is in the baking pan.

Let it sit for a good while after it is baked (30 mins – 60 mins)

INGREDIENTS


• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup cornmeal aka polenta
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup wild strawberries or sliced larger berries


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'Black Death' Skeletons Found Under Crossrail
Sky News – 11 hours ago


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Archaeologists say 12 skeletons found beneath a building site in London could provide evidence of a Black Death burial ground.


The remains were found by teams working on Crossrail - a £15bn project to improve transport links in the capital, including at Farringdon where the bones were found.


Historical records indicate a hastily-built cemetery opened in the area in 1348 as the plague spread across the country.


Up to 50,000 people are thought to have been buried there in less than three years.


Jay Carver, lead Crossrail archaeologist, said: "This is a highly significant discovery and at the moment we are left with many questions that we hope to answer.


"We will be undertaking scientific tests on the skeletons over the coming months to establish their cause of death, whether they were plague victims from the 14th century or later London residents, how old they were and perhaps evidence of who they were.


"However at this early stage, the depth of burials, the pottery found with the skeletons and the way they have been set out, all point towards this being part of the 14th century emergency burial ground."


The skeletons were found during excavations below a road in Charterhouse Square.


They were buried in two rows and laid out in a similar formation to skeletons discovered at a Black Death burial site in Smithfield in the 1980s.


Experts at the Museum of London Archaeology will now use DNA testing and carbon dating to determine both a cause of death and a burial date.


Charterhouse Square had previously been identified as a possible site for the lost burial ground, as it is one of few locations in Farringdon to remain undeveloped for the past 700 years.


John Stow, the 16th century historian, said more than 150,000 victims of the Black Death were buried in London, including 50,000 at a site in Farringdon known as 'No Man's Land'.


About 75 million people and up to 60% of the European population are said to have died in the four-year global pandemic.


Archaeologists working on Crossrail have already uncovered more than 300 skeletons near Liverpool Street station.


It is thought they were buried near the site of the Bedlam Hospital in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

'Black Death'

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Pictures: Rio’s Olympic rowing lake filled with 65 tonnes of dead fish
By Eurosport | World of Sport – 4 hours ago

A huge clean-up has been launched in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon after 65 tonnes of dead fish filled the waters which are set to play host to the 2016 Olympic rowing events.


The lagoon, authorities say, became deoxygenated after heavy storms, which washed ‘a large amount of organic matter’ into the lake.


The clean-up is still underway, and is not the first time that the lagoon has suffered such misfortune. In 2009 an estimated 100 tonnes of dead fish, predominantly shad, had to be removed from the waters after a similar incident.


As you can see from the picture above, taken during the Pan-Am Games in 2007, the lagoon hosted rowing successfully.


But you can see the horrific pictures of the Lake as it is this week below:

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 Releasing Preconceptions, the March Intensification and the Collective Lightworker Consciousness (Part 1)

Re-posted from Wes Annac

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The Hathors have given a message that is intended for this timeframe we are in. A plethora of circumstances (including a gnarly flood in our basement last night) have stopped me from getting the full message ready, so I offer the first half today.

The strides, both energetic and physical, being made by the collective of humanity are much larger than is being reported. Whilst your media of course does not yet possess much of an energetic perspective of events occurring on your world at present, in the new paradigm you are all establishing the understanding of energy work makes way for each one of you to perform it as you grow more fully into and begin to realize and understand your roles.  

There are so many “sleepers” right now who will be drawn to their natural roles as Lightworkers and energy workers, and so many souls on your world at present who are steeped in unawareness will find enlightenment and with it, an understanding of their abilities and their specific role in your developing New Age.

Consciousness is indeed rising all throughout your planet at present, and a steady awakening has been built upon for quite a while now. If you look at the condition your Earth is in, you will see that while there is much still needing addressed, discussed and repaired, it is in much better condition than it was some seventy years ago and the collective vibrations have been largely responsible for this.

While you will indeed still see and notice the collective feeding negativity and the lower vibrations that have only continued to hold you back, you can see as well that an incredible and rapid awakening is taking place in the minds and hearts of many who are discovering their roles and realizing that they are infinite and sovereign beings who have incarnated on your world to play those very roles.

Each of you will grow into a great understanding about what you personally are meant to do at this time and in the time ahead. Some of you will experience rapidly changing goals and roles, as you find yourselves addressing multiple aspects of the rebuilding of your world and the full and true establishing of the new paradigm.

There will be so very much to do to build your new paradigm, and there will be so very much to do once it is established as well.

So many facets of your world that run in distorted ways at present will give way for a great reworking, and an ability to restore each part of your world will strengthen exponentially as you collectively convene together and find ways to rebuild your world and make it work for every soul upon it.

The will of the people has always been meant to be heard, and the few with influence and power who have suppressed so much of your history and so many of the revelations and technologies that will drastically improve the lifestyle of humanity when given, have had their day in the sun and as they have attempted to hide themselves right out in the open, their actions have been exposed to the helm and will only continue to be as the will of each one of you increasingly sees it so.

Your very desire to see truth and exposure come about as well as your desire to breed and be a part of the new paradigm, will be magnified in the collective energies and the influence of your cause, as has been said before, will grow and grow until it is felt by each person, in their own unique ways.

We speak of every soul on your world growing into specific roles because of the belief of unaware souls being unable to see the Light or find a perspective that is near to those of the awakening Earth public.

We ask each of you to let go of judgment, of pre-conceptions and of former beliefs about any aspect of your reality, including the souls in it who still seem to be unawakened for as we and plenty of others have said, the goal for the ascension of your Earth is for every single human to ascend and in this beginning period, it will be difficult for the unawakened Earth public to do so if the energies of judgment or misconception are brought forth.

Higher dimensionality has been experienced by each one of you, in every past Life you have had. Even the cabal heads have experienced positivity in their Lives and while the vibrations that have driven them are largely against positivity; everybody has felt and accessed the higher dimensions and you have all been a part of wonderful communications with spirit even on the surface of your third dimensional Earth.

Do not worry for the fate of others who you feel may not awaken.

There is, of course, still the plan for any Earth soul who does not wish to ascend to relocate to another incarnation cycle on another third dimensional planet but again, the aim is for every soul on your world to find an equal opportunity to find the realms of the fifth dimension and to that extent, much will be given and discussed about your ongoing ascension.

Ascension will indeed be understood, and your entire Earth will know what ascension is as increasingly-pure states of consciousness are very boldly made known. This natural occurrence will be a result of the collective’s energies rising to unprecedented levels and levels that were not thought of when your dear Earth cried out for assistance so very long ago.

You have heard for so very long that you Create your realities individually and collectively, and the information that will be offered in the time ahead will certainly speak to those extents.

We would like for you to focus on the spiritual and energetic aspects of your reality as much or more than you do physical expectations or happenings, because your growth as a soul is just as important as external matters occurring on your world. When one can find a perfect balance of such things, one will be able to absorb information about both subjects without tipping out of balance in any avenue.

Balance has been discussed as the necessity that it is and will continue to be, and in the higher realms balance will not be emphasized as much because it will be natural and employed continually. In the fifth dimension, balance is a very key theme of the lessons you are given and while many of such lessons will be geared toward working to attain a further higher dimensional balance and harmony that you may be unable to perceive of at present; compared to what you experience now, the harmony and balance you will feel will simply be heavenly.

This is because they will be aspects of a heavenly fifth dimensional reality that has been highly misinterpreted, and the understandings of distorted by interests who wanted to keep such knowledge away from a populace they have wanted to keep under mental and emotional shackles.

The control of humanity that will be fully exposed as having been ongoing throughout generations and centuries, will lead man to an understanding of how to run your world. What we mean is that because of everything that’s been done wrong and purposefully distorted on your world in the way of running it and establishing governing bodies to those extents, you will all learn and discuss amongst yourselves the best ideas and ways to do what those who have pretended to be in your best interests have not been doing.

Again, we ask you not to worry about the cabals or their actions because they are and will continue to be a fading voice on a world that is ready to see the Light and collectively awaken. Subconsciously, you are all working toward and wishing for the greatest awakening to be found and realized within yourselves, and your vibrations which are veered toward the higher realms more than ever have been undergoing a now-intensified phase of their ongoing loosening and refinement process.

At the time this communication is being channeled, it is the beginning of the month of March in your year 2013. This message will not be seen until a while after it is given but we say this now and for the time this communication will be published: you have entered a very pure troth of Creation energies and as usual, we have had a very strong hand in sending these energies on to you.

We exist outside of time and as such, know the (general) time and date this communication is to be published, and we say to the dearest Lightworker public absorbing this communication at this time that the already-intensified usual symptoms accompanying this ongoing transition will be making themselves known, but you will find yourselves increasingly able to get away from them.

The beginning of your month of March initiated you into further purer states of consciousness, and many of you who are reading this now have perhaps found your manifestations coming to you in an even more rapid manner than usual and as you absorb this communication, we are readying for you and in some cases, sending your way, much purer energies than you have seen all throughout your developing year of 2013.

With the changing of the seasons come more increases in energy and whilst some of you will continue to feel the physical and emotional difficulty accompanying these shifts, we say that you can tap into your natural Lighted energies to bring forth positivity and an uplifted perspective in the face of the ongoing Earth experience. You can also ask us to send our energies of healing and blessing down for you to absorb, and you can affirm that the blessings being given in the collective Lightworker consciousness be sent your way as well.

We would like to discuss the collective Lightworker consciousness and the infinite benefits tapping into it can provide you.

The collective Lightworker consciousness is essentially what it suggests. It is a section of the overall collective consciousness of the Earth, which contains the collective energies of each awakening and developing Lightworker.

Souls are entering and exiting this consciousness every day and when you can consciously or meditatively tap into it and feel it’s energy and the energies so many Lightworkers are giving out at present, which are copied into the collective Lightworker consciousness when expressed no matter what they are for; you will find yourselves able to access healing and Lighted energies that are sent out from each Lightworker and as such, will be so very pure in structure.

Harmony and bliss will pervade the emotions and feelings of every soul who begins to tap into the collective Lightworker consciousness, and it is being offered for each of you who are awakening to find and feel in yourselves as a part of your ongoing quest for knowledge and Light. Every one of you can telepathically convene with each other upon the planes of your astral “imagination” and specifically, you can commune within this portion of your collective consciousness which, of course, is not “cut off” in the sense of being isolated from the rest of the human consciousness.

Indeed, you are all united in spirit with every facet of your Earth and your collective, and the collective consciousness of the Earth is not limited or localized to humanity. Oh no, your collective consciousness is comprised of every aspect of your Earth.

The computer many of you are reading this from is feeding its energies into the collective consciousness; the rock you may see outside is feeding its energies into the collective consciousness; every animal; every plant; every tree; we could go on and on and each of these things are tapping into and communicating with your collective consciousness.

You all experience localized facets of your collective consciousness, but you are not actually separated from those you perceive yourselves to be because of cultural borders as countries and races. You are all united in the realms of spirit, and the natural spirituality you all feel within subconsciously permeates the minds and hearts of each of you, Creating the collective consciousness-network that is your Earth.

Humanity has employed the localized consciousness and the instated barriers formed in your overall collective, and these barriers which are energetic and mental in nature will be torn down and dissolved not by us, but by each of you when the harm they have caused upon your collective consciousness is explained.

Separation, division and prejudice have no place in the sovereign future you are Creating, and those who will initially fight against establishing your new paradigm or enacting the ideals behind it, will find their own ascension in their own time. You souls who are awakening have so very much work to do now, and in the time ahead you will find that your efforts were far worth what you will have established.

We will continue to encourage the efforts of each one of you to help the Earth rise out of states of consciousness that held Her and you all in bondage for far longer than was intended.

Darkness has, for the most part, been lifted and its only fading influence is the one that’s being fed by humanity which, as has been said, is feeding into a disintegrating illusory hologram. The original negative astral beings who have manipulated the minds and hearts of humanity and of the cabals who have themselves manipulated humanity, are no longer working from a position of negativity and are instead experiencing a self-instated pure form of containment that goes far beyond what many of the cabal heads are experiencing at present.

Link to Part 2.

WesAnnac.com

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This is Paul the Venetian.

Greetings,

 I am the one behind the   deeper meaning of art. I am head of the department that is writing the codes   and inspiring artists to deliver them.

You may ask “what are these codes and the art you are   talking about?” Well, let me put it like this.

Picture yourself walking by a certain painting every   day and the painting looks the same every day. And there comes a day you walk   by and suddenly you see or realize something in this painting you’ve never   seen before.

Most likely, you’ve just encountered a code. It has   been there all along but you were not ready to see or comprehend it; you were   simply not ready for it. At a certain point in your life, however, you   suddenly can see, feel, or sense this code.

And the code will reveal a message to you.

Automatically, you know exactly how to respond to this   message and what to do—it’s a Life Changer. It’s this kind of thing that I am   referring to. I am the one who writes these codes and I select the artist who   will attach them or imbed them in a particular piece of art.

This occurs in most of your transformational art   medias. It is the single most important Game Changer since the beginning of   time when art was invented. And art has been invented partly for this   purpose.

Art, with all its different expressions, has changed   your societies and your ways of living so many times– and it will again.   Evolution requires a balanced combination of heart and mind and art is   delivering just that. The Ascension Codes have been embedded in art, so be   aware of that. It cannot be any other way.

So let this be my basic introduction. There is more to   come, but I do have to speak about another topic first because this topic has   a deadline attached to it. The message must be delivered immediately.

This message is about setting intentions for the year   and being proactive in doing so. Since 2013 is such a unique year– the   beginning of a new paradigm– it is critical for individual and group entities   to set their intentions.

Intentions are essentially your job application to the   Universe. In your intention, you state who you are, what you would like to   do, and what you would like to share in terms of ideas, visions, and dreams   with the greater collective. If you missed announcing your intentions on the   March Pisces New Moon, do not worry. There is still an opening between the   New Moon in March and the end of the Spring Equinox (March 22) to do so.

Make sure to use this window in time for last-minute   requests and intention-setting for the year 2013. Metaphorically speaking,   put your seeds (intentions, ideas, visions) into the fertile soil. Make your   intention about you, the individual– things you can do or create, ideas that   may be beneficial for you, concepts that may just work, challenges you want   to explore, connections and partnerships you want to establish.

Make yourself available by speaking your intention   clearly and out loud. In doing so, the frequencies of your voice and the   topic of your intention begin to resonate in the ethers, telling divine   creation that you are available and ready for the task and that you are ready   to follow-up to manifest your projected intention. In essence, you are   applying for a job.

You can assist the collective the most by being   “selfish“ and making your intention about yourself. You will then become the   reflection or the representation of your intention which inspires all who   experience your energy and witness your manifestations.

 

         
   

   

March is planting season; this is what Spring is all   about. Some Intention-Plants will grow faster than others. This means there   can be amazing growth and harvesting which continues all the way to Fall.

Your conscious intentions will grow, your garden of intentions   will flourish and you are the designer and co-creator. Every day you can see   your creation grow and this in and of itself will be a rewarding and fun   experience.

Don’t forget to plant some flowers in your Garden of   Intentions. Your intentions should be filled with beauty and nourish you at   the deepest levels of your being. Flowers have no nutritional value in the   form of food, but their beauty nourishes our souls and fills us with   inspiration. Make sure your intentions carry this energy.

         
   

   

All your intentions must be completed before March 22,   2013. At this time, as we move from Pisces into Aries, Aries will add   life-force for the seeds to sprout and grow. At this point you can kick back.   Now comes the time for you to observe and nurture all that you have planted.

In the new paradigm, all intentions, ideas, and   concepts are needed and welcome. Set aside 60 minutes of your time and set   the stage for calling forth your intentions. Meditate on these creations of   yours. As they are manifesting in your minds and heart, express them by their   name–speak the names loud and clear. It is advisable to repeat the sounds   several times.

Also write the intentions on a piece of paper or record   it in another way, both to anchor these ideas in your psyche and to do   additional work with this subject matter at a latter time, if you so choose.

Again, this is a perfect time to do this and should be   everybody’s priority to do so. It is your life and it is your opportunity to   create what you wish. You have nothing to lose–just imagine what you can   possibly win.

The power is yours, the opportunity has been provided.   The outcome now depends on your input.

AS ALWAYS WITH LOVE!

TAKA

DreamFrequencies

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“I have known good and evil,
Sin and virtue, right and wrong;
I have judged and been judged;
I have passed through birth and death,
Joy and sorrow, heaven and hell;
And in the end I realized
That I am in everything
And everything is in me.”

(Hazrat Inayat Khan)

The words above tell a tale of life in this place of duality – where everything has its opposite. There is a sound of freedom, in Khan’srealization that, in the end, ‘I am in all and everything is in me.’

His awakening to the truth of oneness beyond duality and separation is the uncluttered awareness that lies open to all of us. This awareness is our liberation from the ‘wound of duality’; from the heaven and hell of living in the mind and time ruled world.

It is time that keeps us locked in the left-brain, mind dominated, egoic consciousness – and it is time that anchors us to the illusion of separateness – the source of so much of our pain.  We transcend the limitations of time when we are able to hold an awareness of  presence.  In the ‘now’ we are freed, for a ‘time’,  from the painful memories of the past and the imagined fears of the future. We are freed from the tyranny of the ego-mind. Our childhood traumas, and the wounding we sustained in past lives – dragged from lifetime to lifetime as energetic imprints on our emotional bodies –  can be healed in the timelessness of the eternal now. Beyond the mind and ego, in the here and now, there is no emotional charge, there is only non-vibrating stillness.

Mindfulness, paradoxically, is required, to take us beyond the mind.  Mindfulness is the taming of the mind.  As we tame the mind, as we pay attention to the present – we function through the higher mind.This is the mind we need to go beyond the ego and the emotions – and to the realization that we are not them. Emotions are the outward action or response to feelings and feelings are the fluctuating gauge of our response to life in this reality.  They are as unstable and changeable as the Moon (which, in astrology has ruler ship over our feeling nature). Our suffering is always connected to our identification – with a thought, a feeling, an emotion – and invariably it is to a transient state. Everything in the world of form is transient, and that includes our thoughts and emotions.  This identification is a trick of the ego. But it is a trick that is part of our evolutionary intent. We need this identification with emotional states in order to know them, and ultimately to grow beyond them.

Carl Jung said, there is no coming to consciousness without pain. We need, it seems, the experience of pain and suffering in order to go beyond it. Mindless creatures do not experience emotional suffering as we do… simply because they have no ego-mind with which to do so.  Many animals, of course, have a level of conscious awareness that allows them to experience a wide range of emotions – more than some (damaged) humans in fact.

When we experience suffering, it is the wake-up call that we are resisting something, we are denying something, we are not accepting something; we have taken up residence at one end of a polarity.  In Hazrat Inayat Khan’s poem above, he had to experience separateness, he had to taste  both sides of emotion, of birth and death, to know he was, all along, inseparable – from everything. He realized that he was in everything and everything was in him – but not before he had suffered.

As we all know, pain and suffering is a very real part of the human condition. We are not all enlightened spiritual masters. We are human. We have highly developed nervous systems and we feel physical pain. We form bonds of love and emotional ties with other people. Bonds we are later forced to sever, as we lose, one way or another, everyone we have loved. It is natural to try to avoid pain – whether it is physical or emotional – because it hurts. We are drawn to form intimate relationships with people who seem to have been beamed in to us to make us suffer. In truth, they come to help us heal our imbalances. Our lovers and betrayers, our soul mates, our parents and children and others we form relationships with are all showing us sides of ourselves, sides of human nature, which we couldn’t know without personally experiencing them in our bodies, in the form of feelings and emotions.

What can we do then, to at least minimize our ‘human condition’ suffering?  We can begin to pay attention to the present moment, at any moment through the day. Whatever we are feeling or experiencing, we can remind ourselves of the present moment.  Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh has a wonderful little mantra – say to yourself, whenever you remember:  “I have arrived. I am home, in the here and now.”   This mantra, he says, will take you immediately to your ‘ultimate nature’ – your infinite, timeless, self.

If we are experiencing stronger feelings, we can try to detach our awareness from the sensations and thoughts and take a birds’ eye view. We can, even if for a brief moment, observe ourselves having thoughts, having feelings, having emotions. We might realize how we have become so identified with our emotional state, that our whole body is involved with it.  If the suffering is too great, say we are grieving the loss of someone dear to us, we can breathe.  This is enough: to consciously breathe – in and out. Deep, slow, even breaths bring us, momentarily, into presence – as focus on the breath stills the mind and alters our vibrational frequency. Until another wave of pain surfs in, picking us up in its cold embrace, taking us beneath the surface where we cannot breathe, where our heart is squeezed so hard the pain radiates out and down through our entire body.  We go with it, feeling the pain, feeling the tears. Then, reminding ourselves to breathe again, we watch the wave begin to subside. We feel the vice grip in our heart-space begin to release. We soften a little, in the wake of the wave of pain – and rest, for a moment……..until the next wave comes.  The waves may continue for however long they may.  But as we allow our grief, as we meet the pain, from a place of non-resistance, we allow the process to move through us and out the other side. We don’t need to embrace it, we don’t need to welcome it. We simply need to feel it and allow it to flow.

Spiritual teacher and founder of the Light Institute, Chris Griscom, says:  “….We see that our body mirrors the same messages as our feelings and thoughts. In fact, if we do not express our feelings, the body will store them just as it stores biochemical substances such as glycogen. In other words, the body is a magnificent translator of matter to energy and energy to matter. It views emotions as energy and ultimately stores that energy as matter within the cells.  If the emotional energy is not subsequently released, it will condense into matter and create blockages within the body itself – leading to disease.”

We realize, if we are very conscious, that the emotion of pain flowing through us, is not really us. It is moving through our body, altering our biochemistry, causing physical sensations within our body – it feels intensely personal and we feel very alone in our pain – but if we can, even for a moment, detach our awareness from the sensations, we can glimpse a stillness behind the waves of pain.  This is who we are!  We are the stillness!  So we are experiencing pain but it is not us. And this is as it is, or as it needs to be.  Pain has a purpose. Its purpose is to create awareness. There is no coming to consciousness, said Jung, without pain. But, having said that, I would like to believe that as we evolve, we can learn to minimize pain.  In not identifying so completely with our pain, we realize that we are experiencing a temporary state, just as we are temporarily experiencing being in these bodies. And we come to the awareness that, in the end, we are much more than our passing feelings and emotions – we are infinite consciousness. And that is what will continue on – the oneness which is our true nature. As we release the energy of our emotions (grief, loss, fear, regret, bitterness, anger, sadness…..) through non-resistance and the power of presence, we free our oneness, our true self, to continue on, unencumbered. This is the mission we are all on here – to heal our emotions and move through the illusion of time, free and unencumbered – for we are in everything, and everything is in us.

About the Author

Linda George is a writer, yogi, and evolutionary astrologer living in New Zealand.  She has been deeply involved in astrology, alternative health, spirituality and metaphysics for 35 years.  Author of two books on consciousness and astrology – both finalists in the Ashton Wylie Mind/Body/Spirit book awards, she is committed to joining with others in ‘spreading the word’ in these waking times. Please join us.   Her blog is www.acosmicride.wordpress.com

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Compassion Like a Limitless Sky

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                                                        My compassion to all sentient beings

                                                            shall be like the limitless sky.

                                                         When released, Mind is freed from

                                                               clinging to worldly things.

 

                                                    Even though living in this world of illusion,

 

                                                  My meditations shall be like the Lotus flower,

 

                                                 Lovely and unstained, rising up from the mud.

 

                                                       With purified mind I offer my respects

 

                                                                       to the Buddha -

                                                                    The Enlightened One.

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                                                                 Namaste   ~   Tara

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