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Location: The Heart of Space | I don't want to rain on a parade since most people don't like it.....but I always think rain is a gift from the sky.....to bad it doesn't rain a lot where it is most needed and rains to much where it is not needed. I don't have much sympathy for the HollyGollywood Hills folks who loose their homes to mudslides, since if they try real hard they can dry their cocaine out and continue to snort their lack of creativity to present to us for our pleasure and amusement. I have great empathy with the Abyssinian and Eritrean folks who haven't seen rain in years and thus can no longer produce Axumit Sweet Red Wine and Ouzo Addis Ababa (state owned). Anyway to the point:
"the help and the will of God and the Angels all crooked corners can be made straight and all conditions healed." - from Aqua's post elsewhere
If that were true that would be very nice indeed! And, these words are as usefull as an umbrella in Axum (old spelling Aksum). Peace Pope-fully Via Redistribution of Wealth so everyone suffers equally,
Marty and L ck Le
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Location: United Kingdom | Hi Pope Mart
Agree with the sentiments and actually find rain quite overwhelmingly miraculous ... reminds me of this poem by Robert Louis Stevenson from A Child's Garden of Verses (great collection that one
THE RAIN is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
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My friend who took her own life last year, also much preferred rain to sun .... it rained the day of her funeral, hence this little offering of mine from that time ...
Rain for Thee
Rain for Thee
Tears from Heaven
You always liked the rain
Darkness for Thee
Night time falls
You always liked the dark
Has the pain eased?
We do not know
Can only hope and pray
That relief has come
To heal your hurts
Torment taken away.
And then there is also that great classic, Rainy Night in Georgia .... "it's raining, all over the world"
Love, light and darkness
Paul
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How about this? Jose Feliciano ‘Rain’
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Location: United Kingdom | Ha ha Disa ... such serendipity but sorry you have had a surfeit .... must be Marty's rainmaking powers ... didn't realize you were there .... not raining in London, it is one of the brightest September days, so hope to send you/share with you some sunshine
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Location: United Kingdom | Positive Thinking
As we know by now, thinking is the most powerful force in the whole of Creation. Our thoughts of past lifetimes have created our present reality and are still colouring it, and today’s thinking is bringing our future realities into being. Negative thinking patterns can all too easily draw us into a downward spiral of negativity. Given time, they are capable of taking us ever deeper into the vortex of darkness and depression, until it has become impossible to see something pleasant in anyone or anything.
This kind of thinking is nothing but a bad habit that can and indeed is meant to be changed, by us. We may have brought it with us from previous lifetimes into this one with the intention of doing better this time round. Changing our thinking patterns is a life-changing and empowering experience. It puts us in charge of our character and our life and enables us to actively and positively influence the flow of our destiny. One of the almost immediate effects of positive thinking is that our life appears brighter to us and others find us more attractive. For their sake and our own, it’s well worth any small effort we make. Here are a few tips of how to go about it:
• Start every day by reminding yourself that you are worthy of love and of all the good things life has to offer. Stand in front of a mirror and affirm to yourself things like: ‘I am a special and unique being of light and I deserve the best.’ ‘I love and I am being loved.’ ‘I am courageous and strong.’ ‘I know I can cope’, and so on and so forth. Use your creative imagination to create sentences that feel right for you. Doing this may initially seem silly, but it does work. If you practise believing in yourself in this manner, the accompanying positive feelings eventually rise quite naturally from within.
• However, if you encounter the resistance of your inner child self that cannot accept what you are suggesting – as I frequently do – you might like to try the following. Stand or sit in a meditative frame of mind, hug yourself. Imagine that it is your vulnerable and inner child you are hugging, then try to enter into a dialogue with it. For example, as if gently musing to yourself, say: ‘Do you know that you are a special and unique beloved child of the Universe and that you have a right to be here?’
When I approach my inner child in this way, it seems to be more willing to listen to and accept my suggestions. After all, what I am telling my child self is the truth, as I know it now, yet did not when I was a child. Again, be creative and experiment. Feel within what you need right now and set about finding what works for you. Having discovered a good method, do not forget to pass it on to others and please also get in touch with me and let me know.
• Learn to recognise negative language, yours and that of others. Ban all talk of ‘If only. . .’ or ‘I am so stupid’ or ‘I am fat’. A friend of mine told me how, when she wanted to lose some weight, she observed that when she caught herself thinking: ‘I am fat and ugly’, she automatically reached for something sweet. However, when she said to herself: ‘I am slim and beautiful’, there was no craving for sweet things and she felt taller and enjoyed better posture.
• Cut down on your contacts with negative thinkers. If you live with one, spend as little time as possible with them and look for the company of those with a positive approach to life.
• If you cannot avoid meeting people who irritate and annoy you, it helps to make a list of their good points before seeing them. Doing this makes meeting them more bearable and in due course may even become enjoyable.
• As much as possible, avoid the whingers, whiners and moaners of this world. ‘Oh, isn’t it all awful!’ and ‘Look what state our world is in!’ people are no longer appropriate company for you. They are in a negative mindset in which it is all to easy to get stuck. In your mind present them with a packet of whinger biscuits and then leave them to their own devices. As a budding healer and a wise one, you owe it to yourself to look for the company of likeminded folks with a positive outlook on life. With a bit of effort and practice, you will soon be able to see that there is something good in everything and everybody, if you but open your inner eyes and look for it.
• Thank all the people in your life who treated you badly, forgive them and do not forget to thank them. ‘Why on Earth should I do that?’ I hear you ask. Look at them from a different perspective and you will be able to recognise that they have been among your best teachers, because they are the ones who helped you most of all to become the one you are now. Through their behaviour they have shown and still are demonstrating to you the way you do not wish to be. And that makes them into the best teachers the great wisdom of life could ever be sending your way. This, by the way, is a prime example of the art of positive thinking for you.
• The more frequently we remind ourselves of our abilities and ambitions, the more likely we are to reach our goals. Therefore, make lists of them and think about all your achievements and of the good things that are coming your way. When something goes wrong, it is likely that negative feelings rise into our consciousness. This is the way we have been reacting for most of this lifetime, so we cannot help it, but we can choose how we respond to adversity. Take time to feel your anger, disappointment and/or sadness, but then resolve that you wish to learn from the experience. In this way something good can come out of anything that happens.
• When you are getting up and it’s raining, don’t take one look outside and spoil your day by groaning: ‘What a miserable day!’ Act like the healer you are and open your window wide. Take a few deep breaths and savour the purified and cleansed air that’s greeting you. Listen to the rain, enjoy the sound and know that with every drop of rain that falls upon the Earth everything in her loving embrace is being cleansed, purified and healed. If it’s coming down heavily, give thanks all the same because you know that we and our world are in dire need of all the cleansing and healing the Universe is willing to send us.
Remember that Its power is infinitely wiser than you and I are ever likely to be. So, every day make the most of whatever comes your way. Rest safely in the knowledge that there is a sound and wise reason for everything and remind yourself that those who look for the good will always find it and that in everything.
• If you can spare the time, put on some weatherproof clothes and footwear. Take an umbrella and go for a walk, ideally where you can be with some trees. You will then be able to feel and take part in their enjoyment of the blessing from the Heavens. Splash in some puddles, like a small child – your inner child is sure to love it! Listen to the drumming of the rain on your umbrella and appreciate it as music of a very special kind. Stop every so often, breathe in and out extra deeply and through this consciously take part in Mother Earth’s purifying process.
• When the Sun comes out again, notice how everything looks bright, clean and refreshed. Know that the same is happening inside you and give thanks and praise to Father Sun in the sky and Mother Earth, as physical manifestations of our great and loving Mother/Father Creator, whose light brings all life into being and nurtures and sustains it.
Open your heart wide and breathe in the golden healing light that flows into you, directly from the temple of healing in the heart of the Sun beyond the Sun. Quietly affirm what you are doing and feel how the love of God flows from the Sun into the Earth. Affirm that it is pouring into you and from there into Mother Earth and all her kingdoms, to bless and heal all lifeforms she holds in her loving embrace. At the end of each day, do not forget to offer thanks and praise to God and the Angels for another day of healing and peace, which it has been not only for you but for all life.
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From ‘A Time to Remember’ Stella Polaris October/November 2008: ‘The power of thought is the creative force of all life. As you think, so you become and create the conditions that surround you. You are on the Earth to learn how to use your thoughts for good purposes only, for within you all is the Divine creative principle. It has the power to create the right kind of vibrations and control every cell and atom of matter. We tell you this to help you recognise the Divine urge within you that wants to know, become aware of and create a life that is free, holy, happy, healthy and joyous. This is a life in which you are rendering service to your whole world and see quite clearly the land of light. If you would like to have a better world, you have to start creating it for yourselves at this very instant in your mind. Hold the thought of the world you would like to live in continually in your mind. By refusing to allow any other ideas that would banish it from your consciousness, you raise all your own vibrations and aspirations, as well as those of your world.
‘Always put into operation the forces of construction and by the power of your thoughts release yourself from the imprisonment and darkness of the Earth. If you keep on believing that good will come and that the best is yet to appear, it surely will. Try not to let your thoughts be dragged down to an earthly level or become incarcerated on the material level of physical life. Try not to despair about the state of your world or dwell on the negative aspect of any situation. Do not be dismayed by the darkness of ignorance you witness in the people around you, but cultivate compassion for life instead. Remember that every bad and negative thought that goes out into the Universe adds to the sum of those already there and that the same is true for positive and good thoughts. If you train yourselves to think in good and positive ways, to see good behind all things and situations and firmly believe that this good is there, you are serving the evolutionary progress and the raising of consciousness for the whole of creation. Even the smallest contribution to this is of the greatest importance.’
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Location: United Kingdom | The Miracle And Wonder Of God’s Creation
The Elements
One of Mother Earth’s most precious resources is water. Let’s take a closer look at it, the stuff with whose appearance earthly life once became possible and the first primitive lifeforms began to appear. To this day it remains one of the greatest gifts of our world. Whilst partaking in a cup of it the other day, the thought flashed through my mind: ‘Isn’t water one of Earth’s greatest wonders?’ Never before had it occurred to me that this element is a self-perpetuating one and that there must always have been the same amount of it, ever since our planet’s surface began to cool down and water formed. Therefore, it stands to reason that the water we are drinking now has been recycled millions and millions of times. In endless cycles it must have gone through every ocean, lake and river, plant, animal and human being that ever dwelled on the Earth.
Each time the water passes through anything or anyone, a small amount of that object’s entire energy, positive as well as negative, remains in the water. Condensation is taking place at all times everywhere on the Earth, especially when the Sun is shining and on large surfaces of water. Some of it evaporates and rises as condensation into the sky. In the higher regions the Angels of the Air and of the Etheric elements are cleansing it of the negative Earth vibrations it has acquired. The water is then recharged with positive energies.
On the higher and highest levels of life endless numbers of beings, who so far remain invisible to earthly eyes, are ceaselessly toiling for the good of our world. Let us not forgive to give thanks and praise to all of them. Thanks to them, whenever clouds form and rain begins to fall, our planet and everything on it quite literally receives a blessing. And with every drop of rain that falls we and our world are being cleansed and healed.
Because of this process our drinking water by now must be richer than ever before. For quite some time, I have developed the habit of blessing the water I drink, giving thanks for it, as well as doing the same for whatever else I return to the Earth. Although this makes me feel a bit silly at times, I truly am grateful and wish to express my gratitude in some way. To my mind, this is as good a one as any for putting positive and loving thoughts and energies into Mother Earth, which she so desperately needs.
Over seventy percent of our physical bodies, the vehicle for our present lifetime, consist of water and all our emotional responses to people and situations are constantly flowing through this part of our being, which is known as our emotional body and our soul. In many small ways and at any given moment, there is something we all can do for the blessing and healing of Mother Earth. Even the tiniest amount of positive energy any one of us sends forth helps to absorb and transmute a bit more of her negative energies, of which to this day there are far too many, into constructive and positive ones. I cannot think of any simpler and more effective way of beneficially influencing the human pool of consciousness.
Reflecting on these things it dawned on me why I have always loved a rainy day, especially walking in the rain. I had often wondered why this makes me feel so good. I cannot understand people who, when they look out of the window first thing in the morning and it is raining, groan: ‘What a miserable day.’ There can be no better manner in which to spoil a day for oneself. To me, every day is a good one because it is a gift from the Highest, filled with wonder and miracles, if we but open our eyes and hearts, to perceive them.
Rainy days to me are particularly good ones for sending our love to Mother Earth. In any case, why spoil any moment with negative thoughts and feelings by insisting that something is bad, when in truth it is quite neutral and can with the greatest of ease be turned into something special, positive and uplifting?
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Location: United Kingdom | Here is, for me, one of God's wonders - an acorn germinating and become an infant oak tree:
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Location: United Kingdom | Hello Paul, That truly is pure magic! Thank you for sharing this video with us. With love - Aquarius * * * P.S. And never forget that from small acorns big oak trees can grow.
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Location: United Kingdom | Dear Paul - it may interest you to see how and where I have made use of the beautiful link you shared with us yesterday. The Beauty, Wonder And Magic Of Trees
I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the Earth’s sweet flowing breast.
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts its leafy arms to pray.
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in its hair.
Upon whose blossom snow has lain
And who intimately lives with rain.
Poems were made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce Kilmer
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‘The concept of a tree of life as a many-branched tree is an illustration of the idea that all life on Earth is related. It has been used in mythology, religions and philosophies, as well as science. A tree of life is a motif in various world theologies, mythologies, and philosophies. It is a mystical concept that points out the interconnectedness of all life on our planet and a metaphor for the common descent of all life from the One in the evolutionary sense.’
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Location: United Kingdom | Thanks Aquarius - nice to be included in the pantheon!
One of my favourite tree poems is from A E Housman:
A Shropshire Lad 2: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
By A. E. Housman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow
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A line echoing Joyce Kilmer's makes an appearance in Ogden Nash's Song of the Open Road:
I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all
Perhaps our esteemed leaders should heed those words as they rush to over-build on the environment ... 
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Location: The Heart of Space | Greetings to all tree huggers!
One of my favorite authors, Dan Simmons wrote an elegant sci-fi series familiarly known as the Hyperion Cantos. It is actually four rather long books, "Hyperion" "The Fall of Hyperion" "Endymion" and "The Rise of Endymion". Trees are a feature in all four books. In one case we have the flaming Tesla Trees and very prominently in two books, the tree Yggdrasil (which is actually a very formidable spaceship). Yggdrasil saves the day!
Imagine a tree saving us rather than us saving a tree.............
Like a leaf, adore an acorn,
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Location: United Kingdom | The tree of life of the Norse religion is called Yggdrasil. It represents the world and is sometimes considered to be a yew or an ash tree. Extensive lore surrounds this tree. Accounts have survived of Germanic tribes who honoured sacred trees within their societies, for example Thor’s oak, sacred groves, the sacred tree at Uppsala and the wooden Irminsul pillar. An 1847 depiction of the Norse Yggdrasil appears in the Icelandic Prose ‘The Edda’ by Oluf Olufsen Bagge.
I am the root, I am the tree.
I am the soul of harmony.
I am the leaf. I am the flower.
I am the moment and the hour.
I am all-life and transient death.
I am the all-sustaining breath.
I am the Spring. I am the Fall.
I am the One, the source of all.
And though the Ash of Earth declines,
The wind of changes screams and whines,
My Will is limitless and strong.
My say: Eternal Summer’s song.
Pauline Brehony
From ‘Words Of Wisdom & Healing From The Tree Of Life’
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Location: The Heart of Space | Hi all:
Two things that some of you might find a bit odd or unusual; perhaps coincidental; maybe spooky; perchance coincidental or just ho-hum...........
First, this is an email I just sent to my twin (not withstanding that she is a healer and I am in no way one):
""I started to watch an episode of "What's My Line" yesterday, October 6th, but abandoned it because you Skype'd me.
Today, I thought about skipping that episode and watching another but decided to go back. The mystery guest on this episode was an actress named June Allyson. Today is October 7, 2015. June Allyson was born on October 7, 1917.
As I have always said, those who have passed cannot directly communicate with us. BUT, I truly, firmly and religiously believe that they do communicate with us by means we would tend to overlook and simply not notice.
This just might be one of those instances.........
Yours,
Martinal & Little LuckyLee""
Second, my 99 year old Mom died this past September 28th. My father died September 28th, 1990.
I wonder if you guys have had similar things happen that are just a bit to the far side of coincidence.
Peace to all,
Marty and LuckyLee (she had a stroke on September 27th)
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Location: United Kingdom | In my view, nothing happens perchance and by coincidence. Everything is an attraction of energies and it's for us to work out how this affects all of us in our daily lives. And I bet you don't know that my birthday is on September 28th. How about that?
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| A lot of coincidences there, though agree that no such thing as they, hiding deeper meanings indeed ...
Marty - please accept my deepest condolences .... and wishing recovery to Lucky Lee....
Aquarius - belated Happy Birthday!
Love to everyone here
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Location: United Kingdom | Hi Marty
So sorry for your loss, and concerned for your bosom buddy Little LuckyLee ...
Agree muchly also with your proposition as to how the dead communicate with us ... I might send something more on that in due course ...
Late here tonight now though, so 'night night and sleep well all
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Location: The Heart of Space | Hi all:
Paul & Ophi...thank you so much! I know your messages are heartfelt and I am grateful for the comfort that affords me.
Paul, you are one of the premier ambassadors for the U of MS, not in just word, but in deed. You truly represent what this is all about.
My dearest Acquah........I think you mentioned it but anyway, a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I think it was when we discovered the similarity in names and also in places in the Land of the Deutsch.
Paul said "Agree muchly also with your proposition as to how the dead communicate with us ... I might send something more on that in due course ... " I would be very interested in a discussion of this and would hope that others would join in.
Paul, do you think it worthwhile to start another thread or should we add another branch to the tree that is this thread?
Arborially Yours, I must take leaf of you,
Marty and LuckyLee (another day with hope for tomorrow)
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Location: United Kingdom | Dear Marty,
Please accept my sincere apologies for being so late sending you my heartfelt condolences. I was more than somewhat hassled when I posted yesterday's message. In the meantime you may have received my e-card. If not, it will be waiting for you. Once more I ask you not to think too much about your sadness, but to focus on her gladness and joy about having been released at last from the prison of her physical body into the world of light.
And thank you all for your birthday wishes. Much appreciated.
With love – Aquarius
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