The Art of Giving Thanks

Dear Family of Light,

The Art of Giving Thanks is like a mystery potion that heals the heart. A sacred chant that gives you rewards in future time, not seen in present.

We have food on our table, a roof under our head, shoes to walk in & many gifts yet unknown.

When we say the Fathers Prayer... we say, "Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others.

We are given each day to honor our presence & God’s gifts to you. Like the bread of life we are a river of energy flowing through life as our thoughts and feelings are affecting all around us. Do we forgive as Christ taught us?

What we eat and what we put in our mind -> is the food of the soul & body. Be careful of toxic waste in thoughts and to much salt in your food, not to mention the sugar.

Today many are celebrating Thanksgiving, a time to be with family, eat veggie turkeys or real ones… watch football and take the day off. But is this really giving Thanks. Do we stop and open a door for an old lady, do we say we are sorry to someone we treated bad, do we offer our heart as a gateway to God, do we stop & smell the roses...Each moment in time is being recorded by space, your camera--eyes and God. Each act of kindness is a gentle reminder we all need affection, a hug of forgiveness and a smile of peace.

Many are going thru financially crisis and times are shifting. The world will never be the same when we continue to behave in the same old ways. A couple weeks ago had a chance to practice Humility and Detachment in a retreat that was priced out of my range and was with one of my close spiritual brothers. I observed my spiritual family and have no words to express what I felt. An offer to pay $300 in Jan was not accepted and had to accept the reality of the drama. What did I learn? No one goes to heaven when we become merchants of Spiritual Knowledge, let alone deny someone a chance to change. The best way to clear karma is being nice, the way to increase it is being mean.

I can not change anyone --only myself. The law of karma reminds us that everything that is happening is a reflection of what I need to learn and master.

If I see something in this cosmic play that is not right. What do I do?

Forget writing a letter, no one will act on it, don’t waste your time trying to fix it, even adding more words are like gasoline to a fire. In the times we are in the best advice is give good wishes from afar, send only love, forgive and forget and watch how your energy is saved. Give Thanks for the chance to change and offer your heart as a place for all to find rest and comfort.

2 egos fighting is like a game of Micky Mouse and in the end no one wins. When we understand the mystery of the soul, no one can take your peace away. No one is a victim. No one is responsible –only you and what you think and the way you react or not. Not is sometimes good way to react. The sign of a Gentle Warrior is knowing when to retreat.

Action, reaction & interaction. If I react in a negative way, all I am doing is creating more karma that sooner or later will have to be healed.

If my or your Ego and Anger is out of hand, we just may get a brain hemorrhage or stroke and life will slow us down.

One of the most powerful videos I have seen lately is the one of Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor. An opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

But I say it is the soul, the atom, the eternal being seeing everything. If you were having a stroke or a heart attack right now, what would you do?

Too late to say you are sorry to the ones who really love you and the ones you will see forever in time. Too Late to fix the broken marriage or relationship, too late to move to another city, yours is now underwater…too late to do many things and say many words to the right people…yes time waits 4 no one and one day …time will remind of to gives thanks every moment of our lives and never too lose a chance to reflect God in our actions and become true Spiritual Leaders.

Remember what goes around –comes around. Time is a cycle and if we think that every moment is recorded by God, my soul or eyes along with space and time….then we will be more careful of how we treat our fellow brothers and sisters, even nature. So yes stop wasting the water, turn off the lights and recycle!!

See what a scientist does in a crisis.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU


Now what was the way Jesua said the Our Father…
The Lord`s Prayer in Aramaic is the equivalent of the Gayatri Mantra in the West, it is a stair way to heaven activating all chakras and leading one into the soul plane and beyond.
The Mystical Lord`s Prayer by Jon Marc Hammer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUXM10Vj0P4





Wsie words from Tao Te King

The Thoughts and Talk of the Wise Man ..
Is then the world unkind?
And does it treat all things
Like straw dogs used in magic rights?
The Wise man too, is he unkind?
And does he treat the folk
Like straw dogs made to throw away?

Between the earth and sky
The space is like a bellows,
Empty but unspent.
When moved its gift is copious.

Much talk means much exhaustion;
Better far it is to keep your thoughts!
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Wisdom and Enlightenment ...
It is wisdom to know others;
It is enlightenment to know one's self.

The conqueror of men is powerful;
The master of himself is strong.

It is wealth to be content;
It is willful to force one's way on others.

Endurance is to keep one's place;
Long life it is to die and not perish.

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A Man of Highest Virtue ...
A man of highest virtue
Will not display it as his own;
His virtue then is real.
Low virtue makes one miss no chance
To show his virtue off;
His virtue then is nought.
High virtue is at rest;
It knows no need to act.
Low virtue is a busyness
Pretending to accomplishment.

Compassion at its best
Consists in honest deeds;
Morality at best
Is something done, aforethought;
High etiquette, when acted out
Without response from others,
Constrains a man to bare his arms
And make them do their duty!

Truly, once the Way is lost,
There comes then virtue;
Virtue lost, comes then compassion;
After that morality;
And when that's lost, there's etiquette,
The husk of all good faith,
The rising point of anarchy.

Foreknowledge is, they say,
The Doctrine come to flower;
But better yet, it is
The starting point of silliness
. So once full-grown, a man will take
The meat and not the husk,
The fruit and not the flower.
Rejecting one, he takes the other.

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Wise Men hear and see ...
The Wise Man's mind is free
But tuned to people's need:
"Alike to be good and bad
I must be good,
For Virtue is goodness.
To honest folk
And those dishonest ones
Alike, I proffer faith,
For Virtue is faithful."

The Wise Man, when abroad,
Impartial to the world,
Does not divide or judge.
But people everywhere
Mark well his ears and eyes;
For wise men hear and see
As little children do.

Tao Te King

http://www.mountainman.com.au/tao_1_9.html



Thanksgiving in music...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDq0HqHXuq0

For my Spanish Family


EL HOMBRE SABIO


El sabio se mantiene alejado de la rivalidad,
de la codicia y de la confusión
producida por los deseos.

El sabio es feliz al vivir,
es bondadoso y armoniza con todos,
es sincero al hablar, equilibrado
y recto en el trabajo y en la vida.

Cuando acaba su obra, se retira oportunamente.
Su respiración es fresca como la de un niño,
y busca siempre beneficiar a los hombres.

El sabio es difícil de comprender,
es cauteloso como quien atraviesa
un río en invierno.

Prudente como quien tiene enemigos,
reservado como el huésped de una casa,
sencillo como la madera,
tranquilo como un valle
y profundo como las aguas de un lago.

El sabio posee poco
porque se ha olvidado de las cosas.
Su presencia es modelo para todos los hombres.
No se muestra, por eso resplandece,
No se vanagloria, por eso sobresale,
No se exalta, por eso merece elogio,
Es humilde y se mantiene íntegro.
Permanece independiente.
Aunque viva rodeado de gloria y esplendor
nunca pierde la paz.

El sabio no es impetuoso,
y nunca pierde el dominio de sí mismo.
El sabio no ofende a nadie,
y nunca halla motivo para rechazar a nadie.

El sabio es aquel que se conoce a sí mismo,
que quiere conquistarse a sí mismo,
más que conquistar a otros.
El sabio, contemplado,
no parece digno de ser mirado,
oyéndolo, no parece digno de ser escuchado.
Sin embargo, contiene en sí todas las virtudes.

El sabio parece que no hace nada y,
sin embargo, nada queda sin realizar.
El sabio hace del corazón de los demás
el suyo propio.
Con el bueno obra de forma buena,
Con el malo obra de buena forma.
El sabio se parece a un niño,
Nada ni nadie le daña.
El sabio se da cuenta de las cosas
que para los demás pasan inadvertidas,
y estima por igual las grandes y las pequeñas.

El sabio no combate, mas siempre vence,
y no teme a la muerte.
El sabio es, en fin, quien está en armonía
con la naturaleza.


Tao Te King


A smile 4 U!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CndP1fYC0M