Wake Up and Grow!

What is wrong with people of today... why don't they wake up more often, and come out of the shell of the daily grind, and look at the bigger picture around us all?  There is a huge, vast world and there's a lot more to it than just waking up and going through your daily routine, going to bed, getting up and doing it all over again the next day.  Wake Up! :) 

Enhance your senses... smell the trees... feel the sunshine, breathe the air.  Not just breathe it, but really feel it in your lungs.  Pet an animal, but not just a pat on the head, but truly share love from you to it, and feel the love it returns to you. 

Open up your awareness of other people in the world around you, and soon you might feel you've been so oblivious before your moment of awakening your conscienceness. Be more aware of other people around you and your interactions with them. Nothing irritates me more than someone who is totally immersed in their own little bubble and barely take notice of others around them; and by that, I mean in their day-to-day lives, not at times such as holidays in remembering to give gifts, etc.  Pay attention, for example, to other people on the road. Often it seems that others out there barely offer notice, or care, to the fact of others around them.  It's as if their minds are too cluttered with the daily this-and-that's they're busy with to look beyond and see the bigger picture of life.

Remember that every feeling, both good and bad, are what make us human.  Relish each and every emotion, every feeling, every sensation.  Life is a precious gift that should not be wasted!  Enjoy it, and live it to its fullest, for it is far too short.  Accomplish as much as you can with all that you have!  For most of us, ourself is our biggest limiting factor. We forget to live. We forget to keep pushing beyond our boundaries.  Examine every aspect of your life and see if you can spread your wings and fly.  Some of us are already soaring, but could fly even higher and farther by moving things to the next level!  Never be complacent, for when you become stagnant, you stop growing.  You have the capacity to keep growing up until the day you dye.  Though not physically, your mind has the vast expansion space to last you a lifetime, and beyond.  Use it. :)  Appreciate it.  Fill it up, and share it with others.  For without each other, we would never grow as fast or move as far as we will from sharing in each other. Learn from others, and absorb their knowledge. Combine it together, then mix it with your own to yield something far greater than either alone would normally think of. Perpetuate what you know forward by teaching it to others, and to your children. Give them the tools they need to do the same.  For without this, we could never advance.

Fall Delights

It pains me to see Fall brushed past so briefly, as everyone gets swept into the Christmas season.  Not at my house. :) Just as Halloween got its entire month of October, Christmastime won't be here until December!   We will enjoy Fall throughout November.  I am greatly looking forward to all the delicious Thanksgiving food!

This week I decided to make an orange pomander. I didn't have any pretty ribbon handy (it was late) so I strung it up with some yarn to dry.  In a couple of weeks it should be starting to dry nicely. It should smell good and spicy just in time for Thanksgiving. ;)

With my Fall flag waving in my yard and my orange hanging around in my living room, I plan on making some mulled cider and preparing my Thanksgiving cooking list.  Mmm, mmm.  I can't wait for turkey time.

Live Life!

It pains me to hear people just say that they're going to give everything over to God's hands.  Not to be misconstrued - not because I don't believe that God takes care of problems.  But like with SO MANY things, I think people have the wrong grasp of how it happens.  God is in EVERYONE, and everything living.  Deity works THROUGH you, not FOR you.  So essentially you're giving up if you throw your hands up and leave it to chance.
You ought to want to take control and do what you feel is right (not what's most convenient or beneficial to yourself....) your SELF, because YOU were imbued with a very special gift!  It pains me so greatly to see people just throw it all away and waste their gifts.

I know many people mean well, and they're just following what they've been taught.  That pains me too, though.  Why more people don't think beyond their box.  Turn the light on.  Wake up your spirit, your mind, and your soul.  LIVE.... live YOUR life... it's your LIFE!  I think we will be judged upon how we live it.  What we did with it.  How much we did with what we have.  Sitting around like a good little sheep, following your herd, doing what a shepherd tells you to do... sorry, it's just NOT for me. 

Live by example.  Enjoy the amazing and beautiful world you've been given, and the gift of the mind you have received with which to enjoy it! :)  Enjoy every ounce of it you possibly can, and share it, and treasure it!  Love, and be loved.  Don't waste time on negativity; it's just NOT worth it.  It shortens your life and spoils the life experience of others.  Make the most of everything.  Don't waste a single day.  One day you'll wish you had more and you'll know what I mean.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2014332,00.html

Magnets, rock energy, and the Earth's magnetosphere

I think it's pretty fascinating to have learned how (natural) magnets (not electromagnets) gain their magnetism: from the Earth's magnetosphere.  The magnetosphere deflects the solar radiation energy beaming out towards the earth.
(how magnets are formed) "Some very ferromagnetic (easily magnetized) materials naturally become magnetized if they sit in one direction within Earth's magnetic field for a long time undisturbed."

I also find it fascinating that they retain this property even if they've left the Earth (magnets still work on the Moon).  So the rocks like Quarts and magnets obtained their properties from the Earth, but they are not constantly feeding upon it.  They are permanently changed to be that way. It's not that the material is just reflecting magnetism - it is actually changed permanently and exhibits the property itself.

Spirits, Truth, and Senses

Just some ideas that have been wandering around in my head; thought I'd take a moment to get them out before they slip away.

Spirits.
How do we inherit some things that are just inherited talents, traits, and things that don't make sense to inherit from our genes?  Do we inherit spirits from our past and carry them forward?  Is this why it's so important to stay in touch, learn, and understand our roots, our past, our history?
I have been undecided on whether or not I feel spirits are "recycled" but I think there could be some truth to our ancestors' spirits propelling us forward.  Not that we re-use them, but they combine and move forward with us.

Knowing & Speaking Wisdom from our God.
Many times throughout the past people have claimed to have spoken with the voice of God.  Do I believe it's possible?  Well sure.  Why?  If God lives through everything else that lives, then naturally those with voices will speak the truth of God's words from time to time. 
Sometimes I think or feel something to be true with such certainty, without not necessarly always knowing why.  We call it instinct.  But, what gives us instinct?  ... there ya go.

Senses.
Sensing things is not some mysterious unnatural thing.  People sense things all the time that are out of the ordinary, yes, but they are totally natural.  Humans fantasize a lot of fantastical things with our imaginations, particularly when it's something we don't understand clearly.  But that which is here upon this earth is very natural, and very understandable, if not by everyone all the time.
How do you think those amazing cancer sensing dogs "sense" the cancer in people?  With their senses, of course.  Not with some mysterious power.  Granted, this power may seem mysterious to those who don't have or understand it.  But they use their sense of smell. 
I have been able to "sense" when someone has a sinus infection before.  How?  By smell.  Your air smells different.  Granted, most people won't pay attention to something like that, or really think about it if they did.  The amazing senses we have been given are everyday tools but also subconscious detection tools.  We just don't always pay full attention to them due to our busy days and lives and minds.  We must take time to clear our minds and focus in order to develop sharper senses.

Energy

Everything has the energy of life within it, from the air, to the plants, people, animals, and other living things, to the rocks and the things within the Earth as well.

How could you not believe that there are energies present in and resonating throughout everything in our world, when there is proof?

Quartz Crystal is a great example. Its properties enable it to provide accurate measurement of time in clocks, through its resonant frequency.

People who are able to perform dowsing (aka "water witching") of water, metals, ores, gemstones, etc. are another great example. They are in tune with these energies, either consciously or through having an open mind and allowing it to subconsciously happen.

Finding a way to tap into these energies... now that's a whole other thing.

Death and life after death

Is that what it comes down to? How we are with ourselves when we die, determines how we enter into death? Those who are at peace with themselves die at peace. Those who fear death and have conflict within themselves do not. They might see the Angel of Death but with a different facade: beautiful and shining, or dark and harsh.

I came across this little nugget while trying to find a search reference to the old phrase, pistol ball, such as "She's a real pistol ball." No one at work had ever heard it, but it's something my family might say. I on the other hand have never heard a phrase they use, to say that someone is a real pistol.

Yeah, what he said.

A random daily thought

Sometimes you just think you're observant. Pay attention to what you're attentive to and you just might discover a lot more you were missing.

Air Plants!

lol... I guess I must be a green witch... I went nuts today when someone helped me find the beloved air plants I have been looking for! I am thrilled to be able to buy some again. I am sure I could have looked harder and elsehwhere, but I searched and searched a couple of times and could never find them, until now.

http://deltonaseashells.com/air-plants--bromeliads---cactus

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Of Energy and Creation

Energy, or life spirit, whatever you want to call it, exists in everything that's alive. I've wondered before about how it got there. But.... I do not think it's put there. But rather, it's created there. Life generates it, and perpetuates it.

I don't know how this comes into association with a soul yet. But this feels like a major breakthrough, anyway. I guess I'd really have to understand what one is in order to fully understand that.


When we die, our "energy" is what stays here.
And, I suppose it's what binds our soul to our body while we are alive.

Where does our soul go?
What's in it?
Where did it come from?

The answers I seek won't be found from any book. The answers will teach me as I am ready to learn them. It may be that they're in a book, but I won't discover the truth in them from there. This journey is my own.

Energy Lives

If a spirit can residually remain behind and echo energy of its life afterwards, then why can't people who are still alive do the same? How could they not, rather?

And do some people detect this on a regular basis as telepathy, deja vu, and... (what's a word for when you can sense things that are happening to others... [I had a really short but really strong sense of it once today; was pretty random, too. But it could also have been premonition, though it didn't seem like it at the time.])?

Doesn't really explain premonition though.

I guess that as usual, with most everything in life, I am just coming to my own realizations of and explanations for what other people have already labeled and figured out in their own ways. I have to get to things on my own path to have a full, thorough and deeper understanding.

Another random thought that my brain wouldn't let me sleep over until it was written down. Bathtub epiphany. Good ole' communion with the water. Errr, yeah. I'm going to sleep now...

Questions.... of a spiritual natutre

I have always known that there's a link between the realm of the living and the realm of the spirit. I don't know if anyone religious would dispute the existence of spirit in every living thing in this world. But I do believe that today's world has a watered down notion of what that really means. I do believe that there's a lot more to be perceived that eludes the eye of the majority. There are many things of spiritual nature, from the living to the dead and everything between as well as both before and thereafter. And it's all interlinked.

I do believe that a long, long, long time ago the human "sixth sense" of all things spiritual wasn't so elusive. I believe that our society shuns that which it doesn't understand and those who have the ability (or the potential?) to see and understand so much more are held back from doing so because of that, like so many cattle corralled by the culmination of time and events that have led our world's religious beliefs into the watered down pool in which they exist.

I suppose that in the past when such ways of thinking were encouraged, not shunned and banned and taboo as they are today, that those who knew or saw or felt or sensed something more were encouraged and were better able to understand, interpret, and use these types of abilities as skills.

Is everyone born with an inherent sense? Is it just that they either learn (or choose) to ignore it, or that they don't learn to nurture and explore it like perhaps people used to? Or are only some born with it? I could believe the latter, because I realized in my daily bathtub revelation time (why am I more thoughtful when I take a bath? family history, living by the ford where willows grew?) that I have only ever felt drawn to certain people in a certain way that I could never explain (or not in the proper way, anyway). The more wisdom I have collected, the more I can see why now, though. I guess it could be true that you just either have it, or you don't. But I can't help but wonder if everyone has at least a similar or maybe just vague connection with the spiritual realm, whether or not they know or care. After all, it's something that exists within everyone, right? Even an athiest.

Actually, I believe that we are all imbued with spirit, spiritual understanding, receptiveness, or perceptiveness. It's just that some people have different flavors of it, or levels of it, or abilities with it.

Why did the greater nurturing of such only exist with the old religions, and get largely phased out over time (thankfully not completely since you can't extinguish such things)? I'm sure there's a history lesson about some religious crusades to be interjected here, but I don't know; I'm no historian. Hell, I don't even know if I would be considered a Witch, but I don't know what else I would call it. (That's another good example of something that's misunderstood, mis associated, and grossly misrepresented.) It might be nice to know what others might call my way of thinking, in order for me to better identify with others, but maybe labels are overrated and misleading anyway. So right now, I just am what I am.

What do you believe? Whatever it is, follow wherever you are led.

I don't know if anyone who might actually answer, or share their own thoughts (even if meandering), might stumble across this and take the time to read it. But I don't see any point in storing all these thoughts in my head, and I have nothing to hide, so I don't care to conceal any of this. I, myself, have felt compelled to think beyond that which was offered to me for most of my life now. I'm not at the end of the road, either. I'm sure that I have a good ways to go yet, but I am most certainly getting to where I need to be.

There's nothing mysterious

Real magic is knowledge. It is the culmination of understanding, realization, attunement, and wisdom learned over time.

It's funny how people mystify that which is unknown to them.

And, the power of magic truly is amazing.

A thought on perpetuation

Only when we're forgotten do we cease to exist.

My Points To Ponder

Stuff in common is the glue that bonds people together.


Relish every moment, every feeling, and everything, from bad to good. It's what makes us human, after all. Just feel something.

True brilliance is uncommon. Not entirely rare, though certainly not common.

Are ghosts/spirits just echoes of energy from their former human self? A person's energy or spirit stays with them while they're alive. What traps or binds this energy here after they die? And can only some people see/observe it?

I think that brilliant individuals emanate more energy. Maybe they are more receptive to it.

I think that the emanation of emotions ties us to the spiritual.

Maybe people and spirit aren't as far separated as we might sometimes begin to think.

Just because you don't see something fantastical, over-the-top magical, or astounding, doesn't mean it's not there. "Magic" is a very simple and powerful thing. It's not like what you see in the movies. We do have some fantastic imaginations. Gotta love it, though.

The Moon & Beyond

I've been meaning to start a note about the moon for at least a week now, but finally had the thought re-fueled after watching some episodes of Expedition Week on NatGeo about the Moon and Mars (Opportunity and Spirit rovers, and Direct from the Moon). Wow!

I had been pondering upon how some people seem to adore the moon, yet think little of its origin/source, or the reality of it. It's a planet. In outer space. You can't help but think about it in a new way when you really take that into consideration, can you? You should. Does the moon hold the secrets to life on earth? Scientists seem to think so.

"The prevailing hypothesis today" on the moon's origin/formation:
So basically, a rogue (rock? planet? "Theia") came crashing into the Earth's atmosphere long, long ago and they collided and ignited. The Giant Impact collision ignited the earth and released firey debris into the atmosphere. Some of it became the moon. The earth's gravitational pull kept the mass in orbit.

The two planets affect each other, and neither would be able to exist the same without the other. The earth's gravity keeps the moon in orbit. The moon keeps our planet's atmosphere stable. "Most of the tidal effects seen on the Earth are caused by the Moon's gravitational pull. [2] Earth's ocean tides are initiated by the tidal force of Moon's gravity." The gravitational tidal force comes from the attraction and rotation of the planets, and causes ocean water to continuously rush towars the pull. This gravitational pull between the Moon and the oceans affects its orbit. And, this pull is what caused the moon to look so different on the one side that always faces the earth. The very gravitational pull itself caused certain metals to surface.

So, you can see how the two require each other to co-exist as we know them, both in the past, present, and future.

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the Late Heavy Bombardment was also fascinating....

Dreams

Why do we dream....

Sometimes it's because our brain is trying to wrap itself around a new idea, and/or something it doesn't totally understand yet.

Sometimes a dream just seems like a continuation on something that maybe we were doing during the day. Something cool and new, and/or different. (I have often had dreams where I was still playing a game in my sleep, or where I was writing a novel.)

Sometimes the dream might be a warped version of a thought we were having, either consciously or subconsciously; I think this is because the brain doesn't totally have a grasp on something yet.

Sometimes symbolism is used... or representation of people. Have you ever dreamed about a person but realized after waking up that it wasn't really a dream about them? Maybe your mind just placed them in a slot because they were on your mind. (maybe you dreamed about an ex, or a co-worker)

I love to have dreams where I'm flying. But the dreams where you're trying to run but don't have control over your feet/legs are never fun; feels like running in molasses. or water; very frustrating.

There are a lot of ways to apply dream "analysis." I think you really just have to be in touch with your inner thoughts. Sometimes the dream helps us figure out what those are. Usually I can figure out what the main components of my dream mean, and how I'm feeling about those. That is, when I can remember my dreams.... lol.

My umm, words of wisdom for the day.

Everything makes more sense in retrospect. But try to develop more of a sense of foresight.

How? Hindsight is 20/20. No one can predict what other people might do or say, but you can develop enough of a sense of understanding to often be prepared for what is yet to come. How? It requires you to listen more than you speak, and to observe. Sometimes understanding comes with time, and may not happen right away. But typical people really aren't too hard to understand, at the basic level. All people have needs, wants, and desires. These things play into their motives, actions, and words.

Need an example? Sometimes what someone says or does to you may be a reflection on them, and is not really directed at you as personally as you might take it. So if someone says something that hurts your feelings, put aside your personal feelings for a moment and see if you can figure out why they've said or done what they have. You might find a different underlying cause than your own folly. (That's not to say we are never in the wrong; haha, after all, we're all human here.)

Be a black sheep. Don't just follow the crowd. Think for yourself. Think outside the box. Don't just take what people give you.

Okay, this post may have meandered from the opening line, but then, that's the point of this blog. I just write stuff down that occurs to me to need to be written. No other particular purpose.

People.

I used to relish solitude. I think I understand why now. I was still seeking to understand, and learn myself, and about the world around me. I had a lot to take in. I'm not saying I still don't (we always will), but now I feel that I've learned a lot more than I used to know, at least. I no longer love solitude as much as I used to.

I have learned that this world is in large part, in the human aspect of it anyway, composed of networking with each other. Learning about each other, sharing with others, and branching out is important. Without it, we'd live in our own little dismal cave without much new exposure to content or ideas.

People need people, whether we like it or not. The desirable part is finding the people who we want to spend our time with, to learn about, to share with, and to hear from. Some of us may have a big family who automatically fills this role. Some of us may not, and we seek out friends. Either way, we all have our own "family."

Even if you don't t branch out, you are affected by other people on a constant basis. Just think about tv, the internet, the radio, and other mediums through which you may receive new content. How do you think it got there? That's right: through people. People are what make the world go 'round. Well, not all of it, but the layer of it that most of us pay the most attention to, most of the time. God and Mother nature still have their much grander roles. ;)

The experiences of our own and of other people are carried with us throughout our lives. I used to think this was just a mushy BS idea for people who had big families and kids and lots of relatives, or huge social networks, or who were just really outgoing. But, I no longer find this to be the case.

What you do with what you have is one of the most important things. It doesn't even have to be huge, but if you don't put yourself out there, how ever will anyone know what you have to offer? Maybe you don't even know yet, and that's fine. But you won't find it under a rock, or buried in your room. Not that there's anything wrong with burying yourself in your thoughts sometimes, but remember not to get so wrapped up in day-to-day life that you lose your identity to it. Find it, share it, and expand it through others! People perpetuate off of other people.

I hope this message is more than just blather to at least somebody.