𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 ... 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞.

I've been thinking the energies developing in these times are the same for all. The distinction is in how we relate. Some, as this from Brian Piergrossi so beautifully and eloquently puts it. Others, in resistance and acting that inner turmoil out. The latter seems to make all the news. We all and each have a choice ...

On the surface of the world right now 

there is war and violence and things seem dark.

But calmly and quietly, at the same time,

something else is happening underground

An Inner Revolution is taking place

and certain Individuals are

being called to a higher Light.

It is a silent Revolution.

From the Inside out. From the ground up.

This is a Global operation.

A Spiritual Conspiracy.

There are sleeper cells

in every nation on the planet.

You wont see us on the T.V.

You wont read about us in the newspaper

You wont hear about us on the radio

We don't seek any glory

We don't wear any uniform

We come in all shapes and sizes,

colors and styles

Most of us work anonymously

We are quietly working behind the scenes

in every country and culture of the world

Cities big and small, mountains and valleys, 

in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands

You could pass by one of us

on the street and not even notice

We go undercover

We remain behind the scenes

It is of no concern to us

who takes the final credit

But simply that the work gets done

Occasionally we spot each other in the street

We give a quiet nod 

and continue on our way

During the day many of us

pretend we have normal jobs

But behind the false storefront at night

is where the real work takes a place

Some call us the Conscious Army

We are slowly creating a new world

with the power of our minds and hearts

We follow, with passion and joy

Our orders come from the Central Spiritual Intelligence

We are dropping soft, secret love bombs 

when no one is looking

Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ 

Movies ~ Kind words ~

Smiles ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ 

Social activism ~ Websites

Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness...

Releasing grudges, letting go of judgments..

We each express ourselves

in our own unique ways

with our own unique gifts and talents

Be the change you want to see in the world

That is the motto that fills our hearts

We know it is the only way 

real transformation takes place

We know that quietly and humbly

we have the power of all the oceans combined

Our work is slow and meticulous

Like the formation of mountains

It is not even visible at first glance

And yet with it entire tectonic plates

shall be moved in the centuries to come

Love is the new religion of the 21st century

You don't have to be a highly educated person

Or have any exceptional knowledge

to understand it

It comes from the Intelligence of the Heart

Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings

Be the change you want to see in the world

Nobody else can do it for you

We are now Recruiting

Perhaps you will join us

Or already have.

All are welcome

The door is open.

- Brian Piergrossi

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠' 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐧

 Excerpt from 'The Book of Listening', Jean Klein

“In accepting the sensation of the body—accepting, not tolerating—the various sensations can come fully into our acceptance, our awareness. You feel the agitation of the body. You are all sensation. There is no psychological commentary. There is not a feeler, nothing felt. There is only feeling. The sensation, the weight, the agitation, etc., then become really articulated.

“It is very important that this articulation occurs, otherwise, all the sensations are lumped together in one mass and remain unconscious, i.e., residues. Once a sensation has fully blossomed in your awareness, you can let it go, and what remains is only the acceptance, the awareness, the light. This lightness, acceptance, is not localized in the head. It is not localized anywhere.

“Once the perception has unfolded in awareness, energy is liberated and dissolves in light. This light, energy, is spontaneously felt on all levels of our phenomenal being. We spontaneously become aware of a new body-feeling, a feeling of energy, light, space, emptiness, expansion. This body is the real body, the organic body. This is the body which carries the qualities of its source and is the true expression of its source: light. This body is eminently lovable […]

“When you have once felt the organic light body, its feeling will return to you often, because it is older than any conditioned body. It is your original body. The cells have an ancient organic memory of their perfect state. So it is important when you have once felt it, not to return to the old patterns. Sustain it. Remember it in all situations in daily life.

“For one who is fully established in Truth, there is no going back. But to be established means that the insight is fully transposed on all levels of existence. Someone who has not fully explored the transposition on the body-mind level, even though the insight is real, may well be taken again by the body-mind. For the fully established one, the body-mind is Truth because it is a perfect expression of truth. Only such a one knows what the “temple of God” means. Take care of your temple!”

𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥

Fighting the Devil

There's some devil in all of us. Wronski ... for sure!

We find ourselves living in "interesting" times. No?

Major wars. One as we speak threatening to ignite into a major clusterfuck with the entire Middle East region in play; if not broader, given that the US of A is gonna applaud and support the Zionist entity in whatever — read ... whatever! — it does. And, what that brat teen bunch the so-called leaders of the State of Israel seems to want to do is to have a big dustup with Iran. Some Jews you turned out to be! And, all this in the name of welcoming the redemption of Mashiach! Oy!

Alas, that sincere and earnest boychick on a soapbox in the city isn't likely to get any media exposure from the mainstream media. Alas indeed. He speaks true. But truth seems to be in short supply. Unless the one you like to follow you have it that whatever they say is true. I think the term for that is "narrative control". And, "confirmation bias". You bin propagandized, bunkie!

The 2024 Presidential election. A choice between the devil incarnate and the DEI-check-the-boxes clown devil. The stakes, of course, being the end of civilization according to either of the principal players talks. I hate that other one so much I'm holding my nose and voting for the other one. Some choice. Does that mean we're fucked no matter how we vote? 

Let's see, what else? 

Ecocide seems to be creeping upon us. Things are heating up too. Mendacity, chicanery, foolishness, stupidity — to name a few — among the ruling elite. Vapidity, foolery, irrelevance, frivolous distraction from the entertainment industry. Culture wars with identity centered on how you dress and/or what you like to do with your nasty bits. As opposed to identity vis-a-vis that we're all Children of God. Pronoun education classes. Insanity passing as sanity.

Then you can add whatever shitstorm is going on in your personal life. All the concerns over this, that and whatever. The big questions ... what do I want on my Pizza? Where's the best manicure in town?

And, the really big important one ... What's with Ben and Jen? Will they, or won't they? And, let's not overlook Taylor and Travis [Tayvis? Travlor? Tayce?]

Geez! It's all such a puzzlement. A devilment.

So ... now, enter the devil. 

One thing, and one thing only you have to know about our buddy Satan. He [Please, Lucifer, don't be offended with my choice of pronouns.] that mofo will always keep trying, and he will never give up.

Repeat ... the devil will always keep trying, and will never give up. Totally unrestrained. And, unforgivable.

The lesson being ... when you fight with the devil you can never win. He's got ya. He will not stop, or give up. Never. Yet, we fight with the devil. So easily tempted. Heck, read the news; big temptation(s). 

But, we can stop. How?

How do we fight with the devil. The world stage is full of actors who are as we speak acting like the devil, doing his bidding. But, what about you and me? If we're not ourselves actually out and about doing devilishness, we all fight with the devil simply by engaging ourselves mentally with the conflicts. Enthralled with his chaos. The mishegas in the news is a great temptation to get involved. In our own minds, with arguments on social media. Worrying. Churning over in our minds what's what. That's the devil. Devilment. As the Zen type put it ... We're serving tea to our monkey. Monkey mind, that is.

Good news! We have choice. 

The thing is, we're grappling with the devil simply just by entertaining the very troublesomeness of things. Mentally. Then, maybe even taking it out for a spin and arguing over it. 

I know, I know. Things seem really fucked, and you just have to get involved. But, do you? Take care of what you can take care of. For sure. But, what's stewing over things, arguing points for and against ... what's that gonna get you? Being right? Sorting out the duality of right from wrong; praise or blame. So what. Like I said, the devil is only about getting you tangled up. 

So ... don't. It is really that simple. But, first learn to stop pulling the devil's dick. It's a habit. Be patient. Let go. Let go. Then, let go again. The less you pull on it, the softer it gets. Until, at last, it slithers away on it's own. The devil is not stupid. He don't waste no time when there's no time for him. Get him behind you.

"What's puzzlin' you is the nature of my game."

𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 ... 𝐕𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰!

 

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Here's how ...

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Here's why ...

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Give it your vote.

Vote Early! 

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And, from KALU RINPOCHE ...

"My advice, don’t be a Buddhist. In the end it’s all about personal gain,

fame and business.

"Just be a person with a good heart, that’s the meaning of a truthful Dharma practitioner.

"We live in illusion and the appearance of things.

"There is a reality. We are that reality.

"When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything.

"That is all."

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐰 ...

Being Well, by Werner Erhard and Ken Anbender

"Our intention in the following essay is to offer the reader an opportunity to reflect on an issue which is central in our time—the search for a new paradigm—a profound new definition of human well being.

"We shall present the thesis that each of us has access to a dimension of knowing that most of us have only accidentally used. It is present and unseen, powerful, seldom employed, ordinary, and rare.

"We intend to provide access to this dimension of knowing so that the reader can select confidently from among the available options those (s)he finds most satisfying."

CLICK to read Being Well

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 ...

C'mon ... just a bunch of folks all dressed up looking festive, and having fun*. Oh, you say, looks a lot like the arrangement of the Last Supper. C'mon ... lots of people sit at tables . Besides that Blue Man clearly is a Dionysian reference. You be seeing things! C'mon. Besides, you Christians, wake the fuck up. Such easily offended Karens. We wanna be who we are, not who you want us to be. Be like Christ? They killed him ... who wants that?

Stop. So you say that group is not a representation of the Last Supper, but the Blue Man is a representation of a  f#@king  Dionesian orgy?  You wanna have it both ways? Or, it seems, you wanna have it any way you wanna have it. And, if enough people wanna have it a certain same way, and they are in the majority, and/or loud enough, that that's the way it is? Really. That does seem to be the zeitgeist around now in this politically incendiary moment in the Presidential election of 2024 in the US of A. Smacks of more than a bit of proto-totalitarian mentality. The majority rules does not mean the majority gets to lord it over the minority. But, it seems, when you 're cock-sure-right-as-rain, then maybe you do in fact get to lord it over. [Funny how the oh-so righteous politically are dead set against the boogeyman potential dictator when their righteousness gives every indication itself of becoming that very same thing they purport to abhor.]

It's a "loosey goosey" world someone once told me. Yet another example, by the way, of some asshole or other telling me how things are when I was an asshole telling how things should be. Alas, one man's garbage is another man's Prune Danish. One man's supposed celebration of who knows what-the-fuck — diversity? — is another man's blasphemy. 

Surely the ones who staged that spectacle had to know there would very likely be a rather expected interpretation of the little convo Our Savior had with His bruhs. No? Really! So, my read is that there was a little stick-it-up-your-ass going on there. And, by the looks of the group, probably some actual such sticking it up after the tableau. But, hey, that's okay. We live in an anything-goes, relativistic post-modern world. If you don't like it, then there's something wrong with you! I wanna be me! Don't tell me how I should be. What am I, you ask? Just what you see; nothing more. Certainly what I say I am. Really? So, if I'm feeling a little girly so I can use the ladies locker room? Fuck all those Perennial sages who talk about the Eternal Supreme Reality and the evanescence of the changeful transitory reality and dream essence of the world. I' m getting mine... and, now! And, ladies in the locker room, check what I got out under my towel!

Here we are, in the "dictatorship of relativism". Pope Benedict XVI addressed this some time ago as Cardinal and Dean of the College of Cardinals. 

Exerpts from ...

Homily of His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

Vatican Basilica

Monday 18 April 2005

Read the homily in full here.

" ... relativism, that is, letting oneself be "tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine", seems the only attitude that can cope with modern times. We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires.

"All people desire to leave a lasting mark. But what endures? Money does not. Even buildings do not, nor books. After a certain time, longer or shorter, all these things disappear. The only thing that lasts forever is the human soul, the human person created by God for eternity.

"The fruit that endures is therefore all that we have sown in human souls: love, knowledge, a gesture capable of touching hearts, words that open the soul to joy in the Lord. So let us go and pray to the Lord to help us bear fruit that endures. Only in this way will the earth be changed from a valley of tears to a garden of God."

*Was Jesus having fun? 

𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 — 𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢

Krishnamurti

Context: From Madras 1968, Talk 2

Look what is happening in the world: we are being conditioned by society, by the culture in which we live, and that culture is the product of man – there is nothing holy or divine or eternal about culture. And the culture, the society, the books, the radio, all that we listen to, see, the many influences of which we are either conscious or unconscious, all these encourage us to live within a very small fragment of a vast field of the mind. 

You go through school, college, and learn a technique to earn a livelihood. For the next sixty years, or perhaps less, you spend your life, your time, your energy, your thought, in that specialised little field. And there is the vast field of the mind. Unless we bring about a radical change in this fragmentation, there can be no revolution at all; there will be modifications, economic, social, so-called cultural, but man will go on suffering, will go on in conflict, in war, in misery, in sorrow, in despair. 

I do not know if you read sometime ago, one of the marshals of the Russian army, reporting to the Politburo, said that in the army they were training soldiers under hypnosis — you know what that means? You are put under hypnosis and taught how to kill, how to obey completely, function with complete independence but under a pattern, with the authority of the superior. That is, the culture, society, is doing exactly the same thing to each one. Culture, society, has hypnotised you. 

Do please listen to this very carefully – it is not only being done in the army in Russia, but it is being done all over the world. When you read the Gita endlessly, or the Koran, or repeat some mantra, some words endlessly, you are doing exactly the same thing. When you say, 'I am a Hindu, I am a Buddhist, I am a Muslim, a Catholic,' the same pattern is being repeated: you have been mesmerised, hypnotised. 

And technology is doing exactly the same thing. You can be a clever lawyer, a first-class engineer or an artist, or a great scientist, but always within the fragment of the total. 

I do not know if you see this, not from my description but actually what is taking place. The communists are doing it, the capitalists are doing it, everybody, the parents, the schools, education, is shaping the mind to function within a certain pattern, within a certain fragment. And we are always concerned with bringing about a change within the pattern, within the fragment.

𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ~ 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐤𝐮 𝐔𝐫𝐠𝐲𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞

Essential Meditation Instruction 

~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche ~

Uncontrived naturalness is not something that one does, even though it sounds like you do remain in naturalness, and you avoid fabricating. Actually, it is the opposite of doing. One does not do anything. By repeatedly letting be in the state of uncontrived naturalness, it becomes automatic. Don’t think that there is a long moment between two thoughts that you need to somehow nail down and own. That would not be automatic; it would be fabricated. Rather than improving upon the recognition of your own nature, simply remain completely at ease. 

It is a matter of self-existing wakefulness getting used to itself. Do not try to keep the state of naturalness. The state will be self-kept as the natural outcome of your growing familiarity with it. Do not fall into distraction. Short moments, repeated many times. Because of our very strong habit to always do something, the moment of non-doing doesn’t usually last long. In other words, there is no real stability. 

We quickly create doubts through conceptual thoughts, wondering, “Is this it?” or “Maybe not?” Our recognition almost immediately slips away. That is just how it is, and there is not much that we can do about that initially. That is why we practice recognizing for short moments, repeated many times. If we do not repeat the recognition of mind essence, we never grow used to it. “Short moments” ensures that it is the real, authentic naturalness. 

For a beginner, recognition of the authentic state does not last longer than a short moment. “Many times” means that we need to grow more and more familiar with this state. To be relaxed and let go in the moment of recognizing — that is the most important thing. Then, when the recognition slips away, we can simply repeat it again. 

In the beginning, approach the natural state by settling the mind; otherwise our strong negative habits of involvement in thinking this and that keeps the attention very busy, and a multitude of thoughts arise. The starting point is therefore letting go, relaxing, and settling completely. Among the thoughts that arise, remain, and disappear, one tries to keep the quality of relaxing and remaining. That requires effort, and thus is not the effortless natural state. Still it is helpful because when the mind becomes more quiet and settled, it’s easier to recognize what it is that feels quiet, what it is that keeps still. When your mind, your attention, is not so busy, it becomes easier to see that it is not an entity.

– Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
from the book "As It Is, Vol. 2"

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩! 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤! 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧!

Renewal starts with you! 

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 “𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐞” 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐳𝐚𝐫”!

 

Your “Gravity Ace” for “Gravity Czar”!

Looking forward to leading the special sub-section in the newly created Natural Sustainability Initiative of the United States Federal Government office of Health, Education and Welfare. 

The Gravity Czar ... leading and designing actionable policies and programs on Gravity related issues relative to health, education, and welfare. And, sustainability.

1.    Health — Adding to the definition of normal and healthy: balance of the Human body in respect to the basic dictates of the Force of Gravity. In anatomical terms, learning to organize the body to be stacked comfortably on the vertical, with symmetries and everything level. Simple, basic Biology; simple, basic Physics.

2.    Education — Introducing “Basic Core Body Usage ” beginning at the early school level curriculum [e.g., standing, sitting, walking ... and, in all things]. Also, providing ergonomic support [e.g., chair design, desk height ... and all other common sense ergonomics].

3.    Welfare — Encouraging people to value living consciously aligned based on recognition of the tangible signals for balance/imbalance vis-a-vis Gravity ... for health, well being, efficiency, productivity, performance, and creativity.

4.     Sustainability — The Force of Gravity is ever present, constant, and universal. Like the elements of sunlight, wind, and the waves Gravity too can be harnessed at a Human lived level. The simple prescription: bodily balance. 

Message from Your "Gravity Ace" ...

The Force of Gravity is universal, ever present, and constant. A factor with great potential for human benefit and evolution which has yet to be recognized or enlisted. So there there it's easy to overlook. That is about to change! Talk about sustainability! Let's do it! Who isn't for balance? Balance, at literally the grass roots level. The future awaits! Let's go forward in balance!

Slogan: "Gravity gives you balance and ballast! Use it! It is the Law after all."

PS Your "Gravity Ace" has been an enthusiastic and committed advocate for the simple idea that it's in the nature of things to align your body in balance with the Gravitational field of the Earth. We know this from the anatomical essential design arrangement of the Human body. And, we know this based on the architectural demands of Gravity universally understand from Physics. The science is in, folks. Let's get with it!

𝐑𝐈𝐏 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬

Mr. Richard Simmons

My favorite movie star!

I worked at a once famous New York City toy and gift store called Johnny Jupiter. Fun stuff. And, a fun experience. I worked the cash register, and bantered with the customers. Many celebrities.

One very recognizable celebrity was America’s Fitness Guru Himself, the ever electric Mr. Richard Simmons. He is my very most favorite movie star! Ever! And, I never missed an opportunity to say so. Always loudly so the exaggeration was heard by everyone in the store. 

When he was in town he would often come in and load up on gifts. He always created a big stir with the customers. I liked to tease him. Sort of like Dave Letterman when they were on speaking terms. (Lover’s quarrel?) 

Even in the winter time Richard would emerge from his car with a glittery sports tank top covering up some very short shorts. Very! I had to ask on more than one occasion if he was wearing anything at all under that tank top? 

He was always more than happy to interact with the customers. “Mr. Simmons, are you available for autographs?” “Why, yes, I am.” Then I announced in a raised voice — you should know the shop was very, very small — “Attention shoppers, Mr. Richard Simmons will autograph your shopping bag.” 

He was beaming. 

Then I added “… with every $50 purchase.” 

He froze, hands on hips, with the evil eye for me. Yet, it was for laffs. He was hip to it.

PS Today is July 13, 2024 and I'm adding this in tribute to his passing today. RIP, Richard.

Once, as I was handing him his credit card back he clasped my hands and said, "I want you!" I said, "Richard, we'll dance in our hearts!"

I know souls are connected. I don't know if time and circumstance make much of a difference. That is, is any connection stronger than others? Maybe in the immagination only. Isn't it so that God is One? Then, this separation thing that appears to our senses is only an illusion. Like the Sun going down is on account of the world spinning round. 

A connection, is a connection. Howsoever you want to parse it. 

Today in my dancing heart I'll think of Richard Simmons. 

CLICK to read my full report on Johnny Jupiter Days.