SEEING AND BELIEVING WITH A NEW MIND

Of all the things Ive lost I miss my mind the most! I use that saying quite often it seems ,why I dont know, but it just seems to fit so easily with me. Now I got to thinking that we as humans have the most wonderful capability of changing our minds to make it ANYTHING we want it to be.Just think about that for a moment or two. Its so amazing when we realize that this is not only possibile but true more oftten than not. As humans we tend to stick with what we know rather than change to some other thinking simply because its easier to remain where we are than to change our direction.Just for a moment think of all the amazing inventions that human minds have come up with. Why its mind boggling the things we now take for granted that only a few years ago were unheard of things. And these inventions came from minds that were opened up and changed rather than sticking to the status quo. Now you may argue that you are not an inventor but I would have to strongly disagree with ya on that one! You creat different things every moment with your mind. Granted the things you create may not be an invention that changes humanity but it does create things that change you. So Im thinking if we all have the same ability to create, why dont more of us use this power to make our minds one that we can use to help change the world in apositive way? Just think about it for a bit and se if you agree with what Im talking about.If this doesnt make any sense at all to you dont feel bad cause at times I dont really undrstand what Im saying any way.But with these thoughts in mind I leave you with a couple of borrowed items from very inspired writers. The first comes from the New Testament Romans 12:2 .... be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind... and the second comes fromthe Science of Mind Textbook page 486.."Instead of the old concepts of disease and failure, we are to inject those of liberty, freedom, health, harmony, and success."
Bless your hearts and your minds my friends. Be safe and may you really enjoy the weekend ahead.

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

This would seem to be easy for us to do--that is take responsibility for whatever we are experiencing in our lives-- but I have found it isn't always easy to do so. It can be real easy to accept responsibility when things are going the way we want them to but when things are happening that we consider negative that is when we tend to try and find something else to blame it on instead of accepting that responsibility also. I suppose it is human nature to place blame but I know from experience that never aids us in any way to correct the negative events in our lives.Even if things do happen that we have no control over we still have the ability to use our minds to overcome the negatives instead of trying our best to find someone or something else to blame. Its not easy admitting that our thoughts or actions are the problems we are facing but underneath all the why me poor old me feelings etc there lies within us the power and the ability to accept responsibility for our thoughts and our actions which will aid us in overcoming any thing negative in our lives no matter where they came from or why they happened at all. I use a quote from Les Brown who once said:"If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams." And from the Science of Mind comes the quote "THe One Infinite Life and Substance is the only Life and Substance in existence; and this Life and this Substance is my Life now." An affirmation I take from SOM magazine is this : Right now I take the time to feel what it is that Spirit would create through me. Today I say yes to me."

ON BEING ONE

Hi friends. I sure hope all of you had a wonderful and safe new year's eve and that the year has started off exactly as you would have it do. Now that the holidays are over we can all once again get on with our daily lives but hopefully we can continue to carry with us the warmth and love the holiday season brought us. Today I will share with you a couple of thoughts on our being "ONE" The first is from Buddha--"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." The other quote comes from the Science of Mind textbook-- When we know our oneness with God and Law, what a great burden is removed.
I sincerely hope and pray that this year will be the best one ever for all of you. May God bless you and yours and may that ol sun keep shining down on your backdoor!

WHAT I'D LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS

I can't believe its another year already come and gone! Wow, where does the time go to? I just celebrated another birthday on the 5th of december and it seems like they come sooner every year.Oh well I really can't complain because Im still around and Im enjoying every moment of this life. I was thinking just last nite about the xmases past and all the fun I had. And as I was remembering those years past I got to thinking about how so much has changed in so short a time. My childhood seems so long ago but actually in years 50 or so isnt a very long time.But I really do wish some of the things I grew up with was still around. Life was so different then. We lived in a small community where everybody knew each other or at least was familiar with who they were. I was only in the 8th and 9th grades of school and when I wanted to go somewhere I would go to the side of the hiway and stick out my thumb and hitch a ride. Whne I stopped riding the school bus I would hitchhike back and forth from school. When I wanted to g to Mayfield(the closet place called a town) I would hitchhike. And I wasnt the only one to do this. A few of my friends did the same thing and noone ever thought anything about it as far as being dangerous. Can you imagine today letting your 13 yr old kid hitcha ride to town? I didnt think so! Another thing we had that I loved. We never had to lock our doors to our homes or outbuildings even if we were going to be gone for days at a time. Imagine doing that today and seeing how long before someone comes in and cleans you out! Hey back in those days even when there was an argument between school mates those differences of opinion were settled with a good old fashioned fist-fight which usually ended when one really good punch landed. There were no guns or knives in school fights, and their surely wasn't any school shootings by a messed up teenager! And those days were also the beginning of school intergration in Kentucky. I was in the 8th grade before there were any black students at Wingo High School.Fortunately I was already intergrated with a black friend who lived across the road from my house and a few miles down a old gravel road where the black community was located. And I used to go to that neighborhood selling candy, cards, and whatever else the school was peddling at the time. And the first house down that gravel road was where my black friend lived. Another one of my pals lived close and us 2 would go to our black friends house and play baseball or any other sport. Ah yes my friend was named Delbert Love and Ill never forget him. Having been raised by my folks to respect and accept others I never had to be faced with being a racist and to this day I dont understand why some humans resort to any kind of racism. But thats an entirly different subject for a later date. Fondly I remember me Jerry McFadden, and Delbert Love all sharing a part of our lives with each other. So those days 45 yrs ago seem so long ago but not forgotten. A simpler time to say the least and a time of great changes some for the better and some for the worse. But I would love to see this xmas be a time where a 14 yr old could hitchhike anywhere, where one never had to lock up their house, where every human being was considered a brother and sister no matter what race, age, or belief they are. I know I am a dreamer and I realize there is lots of work to be done before we can go back to that kind of lifestyle again. But one thing is for sure--nobody,I mean Nobody can ever keep me from dreaming. And as long as I can dream I can do my part to make this world one I really love. To all of you kind and beautiful folks I wish for you and yours a truly wonderful and blessed holiday season! May it be filled with lots of love, peace, and joy, and may the new year ahead turn out to be the best ever for you. "HUGS" to each one of you my dear friends. May God bless

PEACE

Peace, one simple little word that means everything to most "normal" human beings. I use the term normal very loosely here as I dont even know myself what is normal anymore. But back to peace. It seems so simple to me that for one to be truly happy they must first be at peace with themselves and with their own world they have created with their minds. But I have come to find very few really "peaceful" individuals in this world. Even those who seem to have "it" all together usually go round with lots of inner worries that take away much of their happiness.And I realize that peace of mind will mean different things to different people but being at peace with ones own envirnoment is tricky to say the least.But again I believe we can all find that elusive inner peace with a lot of trial and error and a lot of good old soul searching. I truly hope and pray that all of you fine folks can honestly say that you are at peace with yourself and with your world. If not I pray you will soon find the road that will lead to this peace. Be patient and keep the faith. I will leave you with a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh---"Peace and happiness are available in every moment. Peace is in every step. We shall walk hand in hand."

ONE MUST SURRENDER TO CREATE

How many times in your own life have you wanted to create something really special for yourself or for another? And how many times did you "fail" to see your creation come to light? I know from my personal experiences that many of us seem to never be able to quite get it "right" in our creating. The reasons for this are many Im sure, but the one biggest roadblock to creating our "masterpiece" is that we tend to try and take complete control over how and when our creation will manifest. And when we try so hard to control anything you know what happens now dont you? Yeah all our plans just go flying out that window of another missed opportunity. If you dont believe me just try to force yourself to get a drink of water from your hand by squeezing the water real hard. You know that wont work but if you gently allow the water to be cupped in your palm then you may get that drink. We try to control or squeeze our envirnoment and shape it into what we wish to create instead of just allowing our minds to gently allow the natural unfoldment of whatever it is we wish to create by envisioning the process in our mind and not trying to control the outcome as is our inherent nature as human beings. I love this quote from Julia Cameron: "The creative process is a process of surrender,not control." And I leave you with one more quote this one from the Science of Mind Textbook:"The soul must make a complete surrender of itself to the Spirit."

ITS MAGIC!

If one desires something in their lives all they have to do is state what it is they want, believe it has already manifested even tho they cant see it yet, and then step back and stop trying to force anything to happen, and then just like magic the thing will appear in their lives. So my hope and prayer for each of you is that you finally decide exactly what it is you want to manifest in your life and that you can develop enough faith in things unseen so that your desires will be quickly made manifest in your outer world. I now leave you with a quote from the works of Christian D. Larson called Pathway of Roses:
"Desire that which you desire, and desire with all the power of mind and soul."
I sincerely hope all of you fine folks are having a truly magnificent week so far. Be safe, keep on smiling, and do something good for yourself as well as another person. God bless!