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Edgar Cayce on the Reincarnations of Jesus

Edgar Cayce (pronounced "Kay-see") was a simple Sunday School
teacher who, over the span of his lifetime (1877-1945),
had more near-death experiences than anyone ever documented.

Cayce learned at a young age that when he was hypnotized,
he could leave his body and journey into the afterlife realms.

His self-induced out-of-body experiences were identical
to near-death experiences.

Cayce made over 14,000 otherworldly journeys in his life
and the information he gained from these journeys
has astounded people all over the world.

Part of Cayce's revelations deal with the many reincarnations
of the Christ soul which is the subject of this article.
 


Table of Contents


1. Introduction to Cayce's Revelations of the Christ
2. The Incarnations of Jesus According to Cayce
3. The Incarnations of Jesus in Detail
4. The Christ Soul Incarnation as Jesus in Detail
5. Jesus and Eastern Mysticism
6. Jesus the Man and Jesus as the "Christ"
 
1. Introduction to Cayce's Revelations of the Christ
 

The system of metaphysical thought which emerges from the Cayce material
can be described as a "Christianized" version of the mystery religions
of ancient Egypt, Chaldea, Persia, India, and Greece.

It fits Christ into the mystical tradition of one God for all people,
and places Christ in his proper place, at the apex of the philosophical structure
- the capstone of the pyramid.

Cayce was a fundamentalist Christian who was raised in strict
nineteenth century Bible tradition.

When he discovered that his subconscious information
declared the ancient mystic religions to be true
and acclaimed Jesus as their crowning glory,
he suffered the greatest mental and emotional shock of his life.

Cayce had only a seventh grade education and consciously knew nothing
of what he said while in a deep trance-like state.

He was only versed in the Bible and had no high school
or college background of any kind.

Up until his revelations, Cayce had never heard of the mystery religions.

Yet the Cayce material agrees with everything about them that is known to be authentic.

He spoke at length on Christian Gnosticism well before the Gnostic writings
were discovered after his death.

Cayce affirmed that Christian Gnosticism is the type of Christianity
that was taught by Jesus.

Much of the information from Cayce has solved some of the greatest mysteries
of humanity, some of which were later validated after the discoveries
of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the early Christian writings discovered in Egypt.



Cayce's descriptions of the Essenes of Mount Carmel reveal the religious sect
to be an ideal for others who would prepare the way for the Second Coming of Christ.

Cayce's revelations of Jesus' so-called "lost years" as a youth studying in Egypt,
Persia, and India suggest an important compatibility of between the eastern
and western religions.

Cayce's Christology also makes the Christ soul not only an ideal and pattern
toward which everyone should aspire,
but a living presence to guide people toward "at-one-ment" with God
- the perfect divine-human unity which Jesus attained.

According to the Cayce material, Jesus and Adam were different incarnations
of the same Christ soul.

Eve and the Virgin Mary (Jesus' twin soul) were also different incarnations of the same soul.

This karmic connection between Adam and Jesus explains why Jesus
was able to pay the "karmic debt" by atoning for the "sin of Adam."

This Adam-Jesus connection can be seen in the following excerpt from the Cayce readings:

Question:  "When did the knowledge come to Jesus
that he was to be the Savior of the world?"
Cayce:  "When he fell in Eden." [2067-7]

According to Cayce, many other personalities from the Old Testament
and history were also incarnations of Jesus.

The Cayce material describes the entire Christian Bible
as part of the story of Jesus' long struggle to attain "Christhood"
and provide humanity a pattern to do the same.

 
2. The Incarnations of Jesus According to Cayce
 

The following is a list of the incarnations of Jesus
according to Cayce. Note that all these incarnatiions of Jesus,
as Cayce describes them, have in common their role as psychic revelators:

Amilius Amilius was the first expression of Divine Mind (the Logos);
the Christ-soul before his incarnation into a physical body
(corresponding to Genesis 1).

He was the entity Cayce identified as living in the lost civilization of Atlantis
who redirected the process of human evolution
by creating a more appropriate physical form for the influx of souls
to incarnate into rather than incarnating into the ape-like human form
which souls had entangled themselves in.

The first wave of souls (known as "the sons of men") became entrapped
in the physical plane accidentally through their misuse of free will.

These events gave rise to the legend of the "fall of the angels."

The second wave ("the sons of God") consisted of those souls led by Amilius
(the Christ-soul) who voluntarily became entrapped in flesh as Adam
in order to assist the first wave.

Adam Adam was the first "son of man" and "son of God";
the Christ-soul after his incarnation into a physical body
(corresponding to Genesis

2). Cayce sometimes used the word "Adam" to refer to the entire group
of souls which had accompanied the Christ-soul's incarnation
into the Earth realm.

These "Adams" incarnated as the five races on five separate continents.

Eventually, the Christ-soul, as Adam, joined his twin soul
(the Eve-Virgin Mary soul) by allowing himself to be seduced
by materiality as symbolized by his acceptance of the forbidden fruit.

The other "sons of God" followed suit and, as a result,
interbred with the "daughters of men" (Genesis 6:2).

In this light, humanity's banishment from "the Garden of Eden"
was actually a great blessing, because death, reincarnation,
and karma are all designed to teach us to move away from materiality
and toward our true nature.

Enoch Enoch is mentioned in several pseudepigraphal works
(The Book of Enoch, 2 Enoch, and 3 Enoch) as well as some Kabbalistic writings,
in addition to his brief mention in Genesis 5:18-24 which concludes,
"And Enoch walked with God: and he was not, for God took him."

The Book of Enoch describes the fall of the "Watchers" into materiality
and Enoch's heavenly sojournes as wekll as his transfiguration
into the angel Metatron.

It is revealed to him the future up to the time of the messiah as well.

Enoch also learns about the heirarchy of the angelic realm
and the divine "throne-chariot" of Ezekiel. The Book of Enoch
introduces a messianic figure referred to as "the Son of Man."

In the canonical New Testament, Enoch is mentioned in Hebrews 11:5
and Jude 14-15.

The passage in Jude quotes directly from the pseudepigaphal Book of Enoch
which shows the author of Jude, the brother of Jesus,
considered the Book of Enoch to be sacred scripture.

Hermes "Hermes" of the Cayce readings is the one who designed
and build the Great Pyramid under the direction of Ra Ta.

There is another historical connection between a "Hermes"
and Egypt which is found in the Hellenistic writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
- the sage who began the Hermetic tradition.

Hermes is also referred to in the Poimandres,
as the "shepherd of men" who teaches that
"the Word which came forth from the Light is the Son of God."

Accordingly, Hermes also taught that human nature consists
of such divine elements as Nature, Light, Mind, and Life;
and that by recognizing them we may return to the invisible, immaterial world of Truth.

Melchizedek Melchizedek was the "king of Salem" and "priest of the most high God"
who shares bread and wine with Abraham in Genesis 14: 18-20.)

He is also mentioned both in the Dead Sea Scrolls (11QMelch)
and the Melchizedek Nag Hammadi codex where he appears
as a cosmic angelic figure, the risen Christ.
Hebrews 5:8-10 calls Jesus "a high priest after the order of Melchizedek,"
which explains how Jesus was a priestly Messiah without being a Levite.

According to Cayce, Melchizedek wrote the Book of Job,
which contains many mysterious passages that Cayce liked.
Cayce once side, "For, as the sons of God came together to reason,
as recorded by Job, "WHO recorded same? The Son of Man! Melchizedek wrote Job!."

Joseph Joseph was the son of Jacob who became the Prince of Egypt.

The story of Joseph appealed to Cayce, not only for its Egyptian location,
but its endorsement of dream guidance and also for Joseph's escape from the pit
(anticipating Jesus' resurrection).

In fact there are many parallels between the life of Joseph and Jesus.

Joshua Joshua was the warrior who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.

However, this incarnation of the Christ-soul is more difficult to account
for given his military campaigns described in the Bible. Jesus' suffering
on the cross would certainly have paid his karmic debt
for this transgression as well.

But Cayce also saw Joshua as a member of a family
which had produced many highly-skilled spiritual counselors.

One of Joshua's roles was as a scribe for Moses who psychically dictated
much of the material from the books traditionally attributed to him.

This explains how Joshua could have remembered to include such details
as the creation of the universe and his own death.
Hebrews 4:8-10 identifies Jesus as a better Joshua, a
s Joshua led Israel into the rest of Canaan,
but Jesus leads the people of God into "God's rest," salvation.

Among the early Church Fathers, Joshua is considered a type of Jesus Christ.

Asaph The Cayce readings give little information about Asaph
except that he was the music director and seer who served under David and Solomon.

Jeshua Jeshua (Joshua) was the high priest who helped organize
the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple
(as recounted in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah)
and who is claimed by Cayce to have compiled and translated the books of the Bible

Zend Cayce identified "Zend" (also spelled "Zen", "Zan", "Sen" or "San")
as the father of Zoroaster, the founder of the Zoroastrian religion (of Magi fame),
and the source of inspiration for the Avesta, the sacred Zorastrian scriptures.

However, the word "Zend" in Zend-Avesta means "commentary" and,
in reality Zoroaster's father was named Pourushaspa.

It appears the sleeping Cayce was inspired by the Book of Esther
and Matthew's story of the Magi to base this "Zend" personality upon.

Of interest is the fact that it was during the Israelites exile in Babylon
when Judaism (and then Gnosticism, Christianity and Islam) incorporated the Zorostrian theological system of monotheism, the Messiah,
the dualistic struggle between good and evil,
light and darkness, angels and demons, heaven and hell, God and Satan,
the Last Judgement and the Resurrection of the Dead.

Jesus Jesus was the man who attained complete "at-one-ment"
and human-divine unity and therefore became "the Christ."

Note that "Joshua", "Jeshua", and "Jesus" are really the same name.

The name "Jesus" is a Latinization of the Aramaic "Jeshua" or "Yeshua"
which is in turn taken from the Hebrew "Yehoshua" or "Joshua."

So the name "Jesus" refers to many heroes in the Hebrew Bible.

Cayce therefore assigned the soul-entity Jesus the same name
for three separate incarnations.

Cayce also revealed that the Jesus of the New Teastament
was registered by his Essene school under the name of "Jeshua."

????? The Christ-soul will walk the Earth again as the Messiah foretold
by the Hebrew prophets in order to usher in the so-called "Throne of David"
(i.e., the kingdom of heaven) on Earth as revealed in Revelation 11:15.

Cayce sometimes interpreted the Second Coming of Christ as being an internal,
psychic event within the individual seeker
(as in his commentary on the Book of Revelation),
and sometimes as the actual return of Jesus Christ in particular.

In discussing the massive geological changes predicted for the "last days,
"he adds that "these will begin in those periods from 1958 to 1998.
Then these will be proclaimed as the periods when His light will be seen in the clouds."

While this passage might be interpreted psychologically,
elsewhere Cayce insists that Jesus will return in the flesh
and rule for one thousand years as mentioned in Revelation 20:1-3.

During this thousand-year time period,
Cayce states that souls from the lower afterlife realms
will not be permitted to reincarnate in order
to establish the kingdom of God on Earth.

Afterward, when the kingdom of God is established,
souls from the lower afterlife realms will be permitted to reincarnate.

According to Cayce, "As given, for a thousand years he will walk
and talk with men of every clime.

Then in groups, in masses, and then they shall reign
of the first resurrection for a thousand years;
for this will be when the changes materially come."

Although Cayce gives the year date of the "entrance of the Messiah
into this period as 1998," he also admits
that no one knows the exact time of the Second Coming,
since it cannot occur "until His enemies (and the Earth)
are wholly in subjection to His will, His powers."

A future incarnation of Jesus into flesh may not be necessary because Jesus
has already transcended the necessity of reincarnating
through his obedience of going to the cross.


3. The Incarnations of Jesus in Detail
 

According to Cayce, the "fall of man" was an event recorded symbolically
in Genesis where souls from heaven first descended to the Earth plane
to began incarnating as humans. The first wave of souls to incarnate
(known in the Bible as "the sons of men")
became entrapped in the Earth plane accidentally,
through their misuse of free will.
These events gave rise to legends of the "fall of the angels"
and to mythical beasts of the kind described in J.R.R. Tolkien's
"The Lord of the Rings."

The second wave of incarnations (known in the Bible as "the sons of God")
consisted of those souls led by Amilius - the Christ soul
- who voluntarily became entrapped in order to assist the first wave of trapped souls.

They accomplished this by steering the process of physical evolution in a way
that created more appropriate physical forms for these souls.

Cayce places Amilius on Atlantis, but says that he did not physically incarnate
until the human physical form had been created, at which time
the Genesis accounts of Adam and Eve begin.

Cayce sometimes used the word "Adam" to also refer to the entire group of souls
which had accompanied the Christ soul into incarnating into the Earth plane
and who incarnated as the five races of humanity on five separate continents.

Adam (as the Christ soul) joined his twin soul Eve in allowing himself
to be seduced by materiality himself.

This is symbolized by his acceptance of "the forbidden fruit."

The other sons of God followed his lead and incarnated,
and as a result were moved to express their materiality
by interbreeding with the "daughters of men" (Genesis 6:1-2)
who were the homo sapiens that evolved from ape-men according
to Darwin's theory of evolution.

According to the Cayce material and Christian Gnosticism,
their banishment from the Garden of Eden was actually a great blessing
because death and reincarnation are designed to draw our attention away
from materiality and the flesh, and toward our true spiritual nature.

Cayce also identified Melchizedek as an incarnation of the Jesus-entity.

Melchizedek was the "king of Salem" and "priest of the most high God"
who shares bread and wine with Abraham in Genesis 14:18-20.

Melchizedek is also mentioned both in the Dead Sea Scrolls (I I Q Melch)
and the Nag Hammadi codices (NEC IX 1),
where he appears as a cosmic angelic figure similar to the risen Christ.

Hebrews 5:10 refers to Jesus "a high priest after the order of Melchizedek."

According to Cayce, Melchizedek wrote the Book of Job
which contains many unusual verses that Cayce would often quote
from while in trance. For example, Cayce stated,

"For, as the sons of God came together to reason, as recorded by Job,
"WHO recorded same? The Son of Man! Melchizedek wrote Job!"

Cayce also identified the Biblical personality named Enoch
to be a Jesus-entity incarnate. Enoch is described in several pseudepigraphal writings
as well as some Kabbalistic writings. The modern Bible has a brief mention of Enoch:

"And Enoch walked with God: and he was not, for God took him." (Genesis 5:18-24)


The Books of Enoch describe the fall of the angels into materiality
- the beginning of the incarnation of souls from heaven.

It also describes Enoch's several heavenly journeys where it is revealed
to him the future up until the time of the Messiah.

Enoch is also taught traditional topics as angelology and the divine throne-chariot.

The Ethiopic Enoch introduces Enoch to a messianic figure
referred to as "the Son of Man."

The Hebrew scripture known as "Apocalypse of Enoch"
describes Enoch transfigured into an angel named Metatron.

In the New Testament, Enoch is mentioned in Hebrews 11:5 and Jude 14-15,
with the latter passage apparently quoting from the pseudepigaphal Enochian literature.
The fact that the Bible itself quotes from the Book of Enoch is evidence
that Cayce was correct about the book being a valid source for higher spiritual knowledge.

Cayce also identified the Biblical personality named Joseph (son of Jacob)
as an incarnation of the Jesus-entity soul. Accordingly,
Joseph's escape from the pit was not only a literal event,
but a symbolic anticipation of Jesus' resurrection. Cayce's identification of Joshua,
the notorious genocidal leader of Israel in the Old Testament,
as an incarnation of the Jesus-entity is a little more difficult to believe.

But Cayce viewed Joshua's claim to fame as being the scribe for Moses
who "psychically" dictated much of what is attributed to Moses.

This interesting bit of information explains how "Moses" wrote
about his own death. Another Biblical personality named by Cayce
to be a Jesus-entity incarnate is the high priest named Jeshua
who helped organize the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple
(see Ezra and Nehemiah).

According to Cayce, this Jeshua is the one who compiled and translated the books
of the Bible. In essence, Cayce identifies all these Biblical personalities
to be psychic revelators.

An interesting fact is that "Joshua", "Jeshua", and "Jesus" are really the same name.

The name "Jesus" is a Latin version of the Aramaic name Jeshua or "Yeshua."

And Yeshua is Hebrew for Joshua or "Yehoshua."
Thus, Cayce has assigned the soul-entity Jesus to be incarnations
of the three Biblical characters having the same name.

Cayce also mentions that Jesus was an Essene who was registered
by his Essene school under the name of "Jeshua".

Concerning the so-called "Second Coming" of Christ
(which is really not the second, but many) Cayce sometimes interpreted it
to be an internal spiritual and psychic event within the individual
(see Cayce on the Book of Revelation).

On other occasions, Cayce interpreted it to be an actual return
of Jesus Christ in physical form.

When Cayce gave his prophecies about the massive geological changes predicted
to being around 2000 AD, he stated that:

"These will begin in those periods from '58 to '98 when these
will be proclaimed as the periods when His light will be seen in the clouds"
[Cayce Reading 3976-15].


This reading from Cayce suggests that Jesus will appear in the sky
and return to Earth in bodily form. Cayce stated that Jesus will walk the Earth again:

"As given, for a thousand years he will walk and talk with men of every clime.

Then in groups, in masses, and then they shall reign of the first resurrection
for a thousand years; for this will be when the changes materially come."
[Cayce Reading 364-8]


Cayce gave the year of the "entrance of the Messiah into this period -1998."
[Cayce Reading 5748-5]  He also mentions that no one knows the exact day
of event because it cannot occur "until His enemies - and the Earth
- are wholly in subjection to His will, His powers." [Cayce Reading 5749-1].

So this suggests that Jesus return will not be a future incarnation in the flesh
since Jesus has already transcended the need to reincarnate.
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4. The Christ Soul Incarnation as Jesus in Detail
 
Two years after Cayce's death in 1945, the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in Qumran.

This remarkable archeological discovery revealed a large amount of information
about a religious sect around the time of Jesus referred to as the Essenes
and affirmed information provided by Cayce.

The word "Essene" is never used in the Dead Sea Scrolls
but most scholars accept that the Qumran sect was either identical
or closely related to the Essenes of the classical authors such as Josephus and Pliny.

According to Cayce, Jesus was an Essene along with Mary and Joseph
who was affiliated with an Essene community based on Mount Carmel
which was a continuation of a "school of the prophets" begun by Elijah,
Elisha, Samuel, and Melchizedek.

Cayce described the Essenes as an pious religious community of men and women
whose purpose was to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah.

Archeology does not reveal the meaning behind the word "Essene"
but Cayce mentioned that it means "expectancy."

According to Josephus, the Essenes were known for divination (
foretelling the future) which agrees with Cayce's descriptions of them
spending their time recording experiences of "the supernatural
or out of the ordinary experiences; whether in dreams,
visions, voices, or what not" (1472-1).

Cayce also mentioned that the Essenes were students of astrology,
numerology, and reincarnation.

The Dead Sea Scrolls describe the Essenes as an authoritarian,
highly disciplined community that controlled every facet of member's lives.

They had to give all their money and property over to the community
after a year's probation. Their theology stressed a good versus evil duality.

It also describes a conflict between a "Teacher of Righteousness,"
a "Wicked Priest," and "the Liar."

They separated themselves from the outside world in an anticipated final war
between the sons of light and the sons of darkness.

As for the Jesus connection to the Essenes, scholars believe the idea
of Jesus being an Essene does not fit the personality and teachings
of Jesus despite the many interesting similarities between Jesus
and the Qumran community.

For example, scholars believe the Essenes wouldn't have approved
of Jesus' bending of the moral standards such as associating himself
with prostitutes and tax collectors.

It is also believed that John the Baptist was an Essene
because of the similarities between himself and the Essene community.

According to Cayce, Jesus' mother Mary was chosen by the Essenes
at the age of four to begin intensive spiritual training lasting three years
in preparation for the conception of the Messiah.

Her election as the mother of the Messiah occurs during a special ceremony
in the temple at Mount Carmel in which an angel leads her by the hand
to the altar. Remarkably, this Cayce reading agrees with an apocryphal book
entitled the Infancy Gospel of James where Mary is presented to the Lord
at the age of three when her father Joachim "set her on the third step of the altar,
and the Lord God gave grace to her ...
and she received food from the hand of an angel." (325)

Cayce and the Infancy Gospel of James agree that Joseph
was chosen to be Mary's husband by lot.

They also agree that Joseph was much older than Mary.

Cayce gives their ages at the time of their marriage as thirty-six and sixteen,
respectively. Cayce and the Infancy Gospel of James
agree that Jesus was born in a cave.

5. Jesus and Eastern Mysticism
 
According to Cayce, Jesus was sixteen years old when his education about the ways
of the ancient teachers began. First, he traveled to Egypt where, as an infant,
Jesus was taken after his birth by his parents to flee Herod
as the Gospel of Matthew states.

After spending time learning in Egypt, Jesus spent three years in India
and finally a year in Persia.

The idea that Jesus had spent his "lost years" wandering Asia did not originate with Cayce.

Its first proponent seems to have been the Russian war correspondent
Nicholas Notovitch (1858-1916), who described his travels in British India
in a book entitled "The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ" published in 1894.

According to his book, Notovitch was told by the "chief lama" of a monastery
that their library contained records of a visit by Jesus in ancient times.

The chief lama finally relented to Notovitch's requests to examine the records.

From two large bound volumes written in Tibetan, Notovitch translated them through his interpreter as "The Life of Saint Issa: Best of the Sons of Men."

The text begins by summarizing the exodus of the Jews from Egypt,
Israel's lapse into sin during the prophetic period,
and the subsequent Roman occupation.

But God has mercy on one poor couple (Mary and Joseph),
whom he rewards by giving them a son, Issa (which is the Qu'anic name for Jesus).
All is well until the boy turns thirteen and the parents arrange a marriage for him.
Issa "... left the parental house in secret, departed from Jerusalem,
and with the merchants set out towards Sind,
with the object of perfecting himself in the divine word
and of studying the laws of the great Buddhas. [IV. 12- 13]

At fourteen, he encountered the "erring worshippers of Jaine" a reference to Jainism.

Then he spent six years studying the Vedas and learned the art of exorcism
and intercessory prayer. Issa rebuked Brahmin priests for upholding the caste system.

Issa also would violate their customs by giving teachings to the lower castes.

He is seen rejecting the authority of the Vedas and Puranas,
denying the Trimurti and the incarnation of Brahma as Vishnu, Shiva, and other gods.

It is written that Issa belittled idolatry and barely escaped India with his life.

In Nepal, he grew proficient in Pali and spent six years studying Buddhist sutras.

He condemned human and animal sacrifices, sun-worship,
the dualism of good and evil, and the Zoroastrian priesthood.

The Zoroastrian priests seized him and abandoned him to the wilderness
to be devoured by wild beasts but he escapes anyway.

6. Jesus the Man and Jesus as the "Christ"
 
Cayce made a distinction between Jesus and "the Christ."

He said that "Christhood" is the goal which every human should strive for.

Jesus was simply the first evolved human to attain it.

Cayce referred to Jesus as our "elder brother" and "the pattern"
for our own spiritual growth.

The Bible states that Christ fulfilled the law and,
according to Cayce, so can we. That is the entire purpose of Jesus' teaching.

Cayce wrote:

"The law of God made manifest [that] He becomes the law
by manifesting same before man; and thus
- as man, even as you becomes one with the Father" [Cayce Reading 1158-12].


Because of Jesus' triumph over "flesh and temptation", Jesus
"became the first of those that overcame death in the body,
enabling Him to so illuminate,
to so revivify that body as to take it up again, even when those fluids
of the body had been drained away by the nail holes in His hands
and by the spear piercing His side." [Cayce Reading 1152-1].

In essence, Cayce described the Christ soul as the impelling force
and core of truth behind all religions that teach that "God is One."

"I and my Father are one. Then they took up stones again to stone him.

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from my Father;
for which of these do you stone me? They answered him, saying,
For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy;
and because that you, being a man, make yourself God. Jesus answered them,
"Is it not written in your law: I said 'you are gods?" - John 10:30-34,
Jesus quoting Psalm 82:6 to defend his teaching
that God dwells within all human beings.

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THE 100TH MONKEY EFFECT
~ A Key To The World Situation ~
The 100th Monkey Effect began in 1952:
Something started in 1952, which was accomplished by 1958, which had never been noticed before.... the 100th Monkey Effect.
Huge global Spacecraft sightings in 1952:
In recorded history, 1952 was the busiest year for the sightings of Spacecraft and UFOs in the atmosphere of Earth. Was friendly ET giving humanity - via an obliging species of life on Earth - a helpful hand in understanding how consciousness and change function?
1952... A SPECIAL YEAR...
THE 'COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS'
AND THE '100TH MONKEY' EFFECT
The following is from 'Lifetide', by Lyall Watson.
Book Club Associates, London, 1979. Pages 155-158.

"..... This might imply that the essential conflict is between the newer parts of the forebrain and the more primitive parts in the mid and hind brains. Between the mammalian and reptilian memories. And in a sense this is probably correct, but I doubt that it is possible or even necessary to isolate the command centres of the opposing forces in any spatial location. The war is between the old selfish instructions and the new self-awareness. Between genotype and aspects of the phenotype. Between the needs of the replicators to keep on doing their thing, which is replicating, and the desire of the organism for identity. The battle lines are drawn between orders and ideas.

Where the two coincide, a truce is declared and progress takes place by leaps and bounds. But where they disagree, skirmishes are fought in the no man's land of the mind and ambivalent we, with all our special strengths and peculiar frailties, are the result. I believe the seeds of this conflict are sewn in every cell by the presence there of nuclear DNA and factors connected with the contingent system. And that just as the presence and pattern of a number of cells behaving in a certain way can produce sensations such as sight or sound, so the mere existence of contingent factors in sufficient numbers in certain critical configurations could account for their recent intrusion in evolutionary affairs.

There is a biological analogy which makes this process clear.

IMO - THE FIRST MONKEY

The behaviour of the Japanese monkey Macaco fuscata has been studied intensely for more than thirty years in a number of wild colonies. One of these is isolated on the island of Koshima just off the east coast of Kyushu, and it was here in 1952 that man provided the monkeys with the right sort of evolutionary nudge. Provision stations were established at selected sites in the range of the troop. Normally young monkeys learn feeding habits from their mothers who teach them by example what to eat and how to deal with it, and in these macaques the behaviour had grown to a complex tradition involving the buds, fruits, leaves, shoots and bark of well over a hundred species of plants. So they approached the new artificial food supplies equipped with a formidable array of behavioural predispositions, but nothing in their established repertoire enabled them to deal effectively with raw sweet potatoes covered with sand and grit.



Then an eighteen month old female, a sort of monkey genius called Imo, solved the problem by carrying the potatoes down to a stream and washing them before feeding. In monkey terms this is a cultural revolution comparable almost to the invention of the wheel. It involves abstraction, the identification of concept, and deliberate manipulation of several parameters in the environment. And, reversing the normal trend, it was the juvenile Imo who taught the trick to her mother. She also taught it to her playmates and they in their turn spread the news to their mothers. Slowly, step by step, the new culture spread through the colony, with each new conversion taking place in full view of the observers who kept a constant watch right through all the daylight hours.

By 1958, all the juveniles were washing dirty food, but the only adults over five years old to do so were the ones who learned by direct imitation from their children.

Then something extraordinary took place.

The details up to this point in the study are clear, but one has to gather the rest of the story from personal anecdotes and bits of folklore amongst primate researchers, because most of them are still not quite sure what happened. And those who do suspect the truth are reluctant to publish it for fear of ridicule.

So I am forced to improvise the details, but as near as I can tell, this is what seems to have happened....

THE HUNDREDTH MONKEY

In the autumn of that year an unspecified number of monkeys on Koshima were washing sweet potatoes in the sea, because Imo had made the further discovery that salt water not only cleaned the food but gave it an interesting new flavour.

Let us say, for argument's sake, that the number was ninety-nine and that at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday morning, one further convert was added to the fold in the usual way. But the addition of the hundredth monkey apparently carried the number across some sort of threshold, pushing it through a kind of critical mass, because by that evening almost everyone in the colony was doing it.

Not only that, but the habit seems to have jumped natural barriers and to have appeared spontaneously, like glycerine crystals in sealed laboratory jars, in colonies on other islands and on the mainland in a troop at Takasakiyama.

The latest news from Japan is that Imo has by no means exhausted her powers, but has unleashed several additional cultural bombshells. Another of the foods provided at the stations is wheat, which the monkeys enjoy but find difficult to deal with once it has blown out of containers onto the sand.

Imo was only three when she solved this dilemma by picking up mixed handfuls of sand and wheat and winnowing the grain by casting both into the sea. There the sand soon sank, leaving the wheat floating free on the surface where it could easily be scooped up and eaten. At the moment this sub-culture has spread only to Imo's immediate associates, but it will be fascinating to see what happens next. I personally wouldn't be surprised if, in her later years, Imo re-invented agriculture.

The relevance of this anecdote is that it suggests there may be mechanisms in evolution other than those governed by ordinary natural selection.

I feel that there is such a thing as the Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon and that it might account for the way in which many memes, ideas and fashions spread through our culture.

It may be that when enough of us hold something
to be true, it becomes true for everyone.

Lawrence Blair says:
'When a myth is shared by large numbers
of people, it becomes a reality.'

I'll happily add my one to the number sharing that notion, because it may be the only way we can ever hope to reach some sort of meaningful human consensus about the future, in the short time that now seems to be at our disposal.
Lyall Watson, 'LIFETIDE'


'Whatever You Can Do, or Dream You Can Do, Begin It.
Boldness Has Power And Magic In It' - Goethe

Please read:
"KEEP ON TALKING", by Professor Stephen Hawking

Also please read:
BE WHO YOU ARE - THE 100TH MONKEY EFFECT

A dog is the only being on earth that will love you, more than he or she loves himself or herself

- Susan Lynne Schwenger

Michael Teachings

"The Michael Teachings" refers to a channeled philosophy of CHOICE, as well as a system for understanding the dynamics of the soul and personality. These teachings are best used as a MAP to help you better navigate, understand and enjoy your self and life to the fullest!
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In a nutshell, Michaels' teaching is that "WE ARE HERE TO LEARN HOW TO CHOOSE AND TO CHOOSE HOW TO LEARN."

Old Sage




"Michael" is the name used to refer to a group of individual soul essences or "fragments" from the same entity (spiritual family) who, due to the natural course of evolution (as they understand and teach it), have "moved on" from the physical plane and astral plane and now experience reality as a combined, reintegrated group consciousness on the causal plane (in some dimensional models, this would be called the 5th dimension). They say they were human just like the rest of us but have already completed all of their experiences on the physical plane. Though they no longer have physical bodies, they still exist on the causal plane, and they teach from this new perspective.

Michael is one of my non-physical teachers. They are a very wise and infinitely compassionate guide who only wishes to share their perspective with the intent to help me grow and experience more love and peace within myself, between myself and others and between myself and life itself.

Michael acts as a teacher and guide to many others who consider themselves "Michael Students."

As Michael is non-physical, they must use a physical "channel" or "medium" in order to communicate their knowledge and perspective to us, and Michael works with many channels in order to reach their students. In this process of being channeled from the causal plane, some of the information gets lost in translation or distorted in some way. Even so, Michael students and channels have gathered a large body of information that has a great deal of consistency. This information attempts to answer these questions that many spiritual seekers and philosophers have asked throughout the ages:


What is the meaning of life?
(Life itself! You create the meaning for yourself.)

Who am I?
(From our perspective, you are whoever you decide you are in each moment.)

Why am I here?
(You are here because you CHOSE to be here, and you continue to choose to be here, otherwise, you would not be here.)

What is my purpose?
(Your purpose is defined by YOU.)

Do I exist beyond death?
(You most certainly do, though not in the same form.)

What is love?
(Love is the reality of NON-ATTACHMENT that is also a reality of RESONANCE.)

Is there a God?
(There is no "God" the way your religions have taught. But there is your essence and "TAO," which would be the only "Gods" we know of.)


And the questions and answers go on and on.

Below, I will briefly share the basics of their philosophy and teaching. If you resonate with these concepts and words, then you may very well be a Michael student. And to clarify, a Micahel student is simply someone who is attracted to and intrigued by this material to some degree and desires to study it, question it, test it, validate it (or not) and implement what has been learned and validated, so as to bring more understanding and compassion to the s/Self, others and the life experience. Michael teaches that all of their students have agreements with them to study and explore this teaching on some level, and they teach that these agreements span many lifetimes.

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We are a part of a greater whole that Michael calls the TAO (In traditional Chinese philosophies, "TAO" means "The Way"). TAO is the seen and unseen Universe of which we are a part. Michael specifically picked this term instead of the word "God" because they knew we would not be able to personify it. In this teaching, TAO refers to the greater whole that birthed us and to which we will always "belong." TAO is the CONTEXT in which we exist, our "playground," so to speak, our HOME.

The structure of TAO is made up of three axes of experience: INSPIRATION, EXPRESSION and ACTION. Each of these axes has an ordinal aspect (concrete, narrow) and a cardinal aspect (abstract, broad). There is a neutral realm of experience that permeates the three axes, which Michael calls the realm of ASSIMILATION. This reflects a total of 7 distinct aspects of experience within the TAO.

From this basic foundational structure of 7, comes the 7 PLANES of existence that exist within the TAO: the buddhic, messianic, mental, akashic, causal, astral and physical plane. TAO represents the whole of the planes that is greater than the sum of the parts. It is the gravity which holds all the planes in place and the context within which the planes exist. TAO permeates all planes, even as it transcends all planes.

We exist within TAO as individual SPARKS of consciousness. In order to expand consciousness and the experience of LOVE, we are "cast" or "birthed" from the experience of oneness with TAO into the astral plane (where the non-physical part of us is focused while incarnating on the physical plane). As sparks, we choose other sparks to bond with who have similar interests, and we form a spiritual family called an ENTITY that will be our closest "relatives" throughout our adventure on the physical plane and beyond.

As individual sparks, we also choose a ROLE in essence. This role represents our core "style" of being. The role is similar to the concepts of "soul type" or "soul personality." Once the role is chosen, we play this "role" throughout the entire physical plane experience. Throughout each of our incarnations, we have and play the same role. This role establishes our style of individuality while we incarnate through physical bodies, but once we complete out physical plane experiences and "cycle off," our individuality (and therefore, our role) becomes less and less emphasized.


There are 7 ROLES that reflect the structure of 7, the basic structure of the Tao that was discussed above, and each role has its characteristic part to play in the whole:


INSPIRATION
SERVER (ordinal) - The Server's essence is SERVICE
PRIEST (cardinal) - The Priest's essence is COMPASSION

EXPRESSION
ARTISAN (ordinal) - The Artisan's essence is CREATIVITY
SAGE (cardinal) - The Sage's essence is DISSEMINATION

ACTION
WARRIOR (ordinal) - The Warrior's essence is PERSUASION
KING (cardinal) - The King's essence is MASTERY

ASSIMILATION
SCHOLAR (neutral) - The Scholar's essence is KNOWLEDGE


Once we have chosen our role or individual "style" of being, we begin to incarnate on the physical plane. For this particularGrand Cycle (a cycle of being "cast" or "birthed" from Tao, incarnating through physical bodies, cycling-off the physical plane, and evolving "up" through the other 6 planes, until we are "one" and back home with Tao), we have chosen to incarnate on Earth as human beings.

SOUL AGE refers to the individual essence PERSPECTIVE that has been achieved through having experiences on the physical plane. Each soul age has a specific focus of learning that lays the foundation for the later soul ages. To describe this progression of awareness and consciousness, Michael has chosen a progression of words/concepts that mirror our physical and psychological growth from infant to elder. This reflects the truth that just as bodies and personalities have experiences and age, so too, do souls or essences. Soul age reflects where the soul is in its context of maturity relative to the soul age progression. It does not reflect on how inferior or superior a soul essence (and by extension, the personality that is embodying a particular soul essence) is relative to other souls. "Better" or "worse" are human concepts that have no validity at the level of the soul. At the soul level, ALL IS DIFFERENT YET EQUAL, and every part is just as necessary and significant to the whole.

There are 7 SOUL AGES. Only 5 of these are experienced as an individual essence incarnating through a body/personality. The other 2 soul ages reflect essence group consciousness that has reunited after individual essences have cycled-off the physical plane. These reunited entities and cadres (a larger spiritual family) return to the physical plane and incarnate through a body for "unique" purposes.


Here are the 7 SOUL AGES and their specific lessons or perspectives:


INFANT
SURVIVAL

BABY
CIVILIZATION (structure/order)

YOUNG
INDIVIDUALITY & PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT

MATURE
RELATIONSHIPS & EMPATHY

OLD
CONTEXT (the whole of which we are all a part)

* TRANSCENDENTAL
(a reunited entity that returns to affect social transformation - Ghandi, for example)

* INFINITE
(a representative of TAO itself that returns to affect spiritual transformation - specific periods of the incarnations of Jesus and the Buddha, for example.


In order to evolve and grow in soul age perspective, an essence must experience physical life through a physical plane "vehicle" or "medium." This medium is PERSONALITY and its BODY. For each lifetime, each personality of essence is designed with a primary BODY-TYPE, GOAL, MODE of operation and basic ATTITUDE through which it will view life. In the teachings, these terms are called OVERLEAVES because these personality traits "over-lay" the spiritual essence.

Whereas the role in essence remains the same throughout the soul's incarnations through various personalities, the overleaves do not. Essence chooses the specific overleaves it would use to create a personality before each incarnation. What overleaves it chooses depends on its intentions for the incarnation. How carefully and masterfully it chooses depends on its level of soul age maturity (its experience with creating personalities).

* Essence also uses astrological influences to help create personality. To learn more about how astrology plays into our design and lifetimes, please go to my "Astrology" page.

There are 7 GOALS, 7 MODES and 7 ATTITUDES to choose from (there are also 7 BODYTYPES, but I will not go into those in this brief introduction), and these also reflect the basic 7-realm structure of the Tao. Below is an introduction to the overleaves or the core personality design elements:


The 7 GOALS (the primary aim of the lifetime that underpins all DECISIONS, CHOICES and ACTIONS)

INSPIRATION
RE-EVALUTATION (ordinal) - Aims for SIMPLICITY
GROWTH (cardinal) - Aims for EVOLUTION/COMPREHENSION

EXPRESSION
DISCRIMINATION (ordinal) - Aims for DISCERNMENT
ACCEPTANCE (cardinal) - Aims for AGAPE (unconditional acceptance)

ACTION
SUBMISSION (ordinal) - Aims for DEDICATION
DOMINANCE (cardinal) - Aims for LEADERSHIP

ASSIMILATION
FLOW (neutral) - Aims for PEACE/FREEDOM



The 7 MODES (mode of operation used for reaching the goal, RELATING and RELATIONSHIPS)

INSPIRATION
RESERVE (ordinal) - at best, operates through RESTRAINT
PASSION (cardinal) - at best, operates through SELF-ACTUALIZATION

EXPRESSION
CAUTION (ordinal) - at best, operates through DELIBERATION
POWER (cardinal) - at best, operates through AUTHORITY

ACTION
PERSEVERANCE (ordinal) - at best, operates through PERSISTANCE
AGGRESSION (cardinal) - at best, operates through DYNAMISM

ASSIMILATION
OBSERVATION (neutral) - at best, operates through CLARITY


The 7 ATTITUDES (basic PHILOSOPHY through which life is viewed and interpreted)


INSPIRATION
STOIC (ordinal) - at best, views life through a lens of TRANQUILITY
SPIRITUALIST - at best, views life through a lens of VERIFICATION

EXPRESSION
SKEPTIC (ordinal) - at best, views life through a lens of INVESTIGATION
IDEALIST (cardinal) - at best, vies life through a lens of COALESCENCE

ACTION
CYNIC (ordinal) - at best, views life through a lens of CONTRADICTION
REALIST (cardinal) - at best, views life through a lens of OBJECTIVITY

ASSIMILATION
PRAGMATIST (neutral) - at best, views life through a lens of EFFICIENCY/PRACTICALITY



As ALL IS CHOSEN, personality has its own context of choice within a lifetime. It is not guaranteed that we as personality will be in alignment with our own creator or essence. Essence, as an extension of TAO, loves each of its personalities UNCONDITIONALLY. Therefore, personality has ultimate control of each lifetime. Essence designs the lifetime and personality and attempts to guide both, but it will never impose its will or override the choices of personality.

Each lifetime, personality has the choice of whether or not to align with its essence. When personality is in alignment with essence, it experiences itself as it was designed; it experiences TRUE PERSONALITY. When true personality is embodied,LOVE is experienced and essence can manifest on the physical plane, co-creating a fulfilling life with personality. Until this orientation in true personality is chosen, personality lives much of its life "disconnected" from its essence and oriented in FALSE PERSONALITY.

FALSE PERSONALITY is the conglomeration of family and worldly conditioning and imprinting (beliefs and behaviors) that a personality adopts and embodies. The foundation of this false personality is FEAR. Fear is meant to protect personality from ACTUAL threats, but personality most often uses fear to protect and defend itself from IMAGINARY threats. This reliance on fear as a defense and protection distorts personality's perceptions and influences its decisions and choices. This reliance on fear effectively cuts-off personality's capacity to experience its own soul, which is the personality's primary guide in each lifetime. When in false personality, a person makes decisions and choices motivated from FEAR. When in true personality, a person makes decisions and choices motivated from LOVE.

There are 7 CHIEF NEGATIVE FEATURES or OBSTACLES that keep a person attached to false personality. They are fear-based, habitual, protective behavior patterns that are chosen during adolescence (one or two are chosen as the primary and secondary defensive mechanism), and they "block" the experience of love and essence. The only way to transcend them is to first acknowledge that they exist. Then we must be able to catch them in action when our fears are triggered. Finally, once we are adept at noticing when we are being triggered and using the protective device, we must be able to evaluate whether or not there is an actual threat. When we can see and understand that there is not an actual threat (which is most of the time!), then we are able to make a conscious choice to drop our defenses and unnecessary protection. As we drop them, we are again able to experience love and essence.


The 7 CHIEF NEGATIVE FEATURES (defensive behaviors that are rooted in fears that are related to BEING, HAVING, DOING and UNDERSTANDING/KNOWING.

~ INSPIRATION (BEING)
SELF-DEPRECATION (ordinal)
Related to the fear of NOT BEING ENOUGH (leads to SELF-ABASEMENT)
ARROGANCE (cardinal)
Related to the fear of vulnerability or BEING TOO MUCH (leads to VANITY)

~ EXPRES​SION(HAVING)
SELF-DESTRUCTION (ordinal)
Related to the fear of HAVING TOO MUCH (leads to SELF-HATRED)
GREED (cardinal)
Related to the fear of NOT HAVING ENOUGH (leads to VORACITY)

~ ACTION (DOING)
MARTYRDOM (ordinal)
Related to the fear of LOSING CONTROL OF SPACE (leads to VICTIMIZATION)

IMPATIENCE (cardinal)
Related to the fear of LOSING CONTROL OF TIME (leads to INTOLERANCE)

~ ASSIMILATION (UNDERSTANDING/KNOWING)
STUBBORNNESS (neutral)
Related to the fear of CHANGE and THE UNKNOWN (leads to OBSTINACY)


There are many more aspects to this teaching, but this is a good place to begin. And why share all of this anyway? Some ask what is the benefit of having all of this knowledge, or having these labels and categories? From Michaels' perspective, this mapping can be useful for helping us to know WHO/WHAT WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE and HOW TO GET TO WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE. When we have this information, it can help us to move away from many of our DISTRACTIONS so that we can simply enjoy who we are, where we are and where we are going. They offer this information as a TOOL TO HELP US NAVIGATE OUR LIVES WITH MORE UNDERSTANDING, CONFIDENCE AND COMPASSION. Most importantly, they share this teaching with us to support the ultimate goal of embodying AGAPE (unconditional love).

Nick Sweeney - http://www.phoenixwisdomhealing.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page_6.html

much more info on: www.truthloveenergy.com

and, esp; in the library at: http://library.truthloveenergy.com/

Graham Hancock
Follow · January 18

"William James pointed out that we can take two positions concerning the relation between the body and life; one is that the body produces life; the other that the body reflects life. Light is produced by a candle; if the candle is put out its light disappears. Light is reflected by a mirror; if the mirror is taken away the light still continues. Now is it not at least as easy to suppose that the body reflects the soul as it is to to suppose that it produces the soul? It may be that this human carcass, full of aches and diseases, produces things like 'Hamlet', the theory of evolution, psychoanalysis, and the fortieth chapter of Isaiah, but it is a great deal easier for me to believe that these things are the work of living souls who used bodies as instruments."
From J. Paul Williams essay "Belief In a Future Life."



Photo of the Dazu Wheel of Reincarnation by Calton, Wikimedia Commons. The wheel symbolises the doctrine of Karma, "an endless cycle of reincarnation into higher or lower forms of life according to one's past deeds In this sculpture the demon Mara, personifying existence, holds the wheel in his jaws and arms. The wheel is support Six Buddha-rays emanate from the wheel, signifying that enlightenment, the goal of all Buddhist practice, enables the seeker to escape from the eternal cycle of birth and death." (http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/china/baoding/ba03.html) ~Graham Hancock My comment on Graham Hancock s wall "I agree that Indonesia is the ancient remnant of the long sought for lost civilization. It is the birthplace of all the major religions and sacred myths. Also it is the origin of the story about Atlantis. Atlantis as Professor Santos also stated before his sudden unexpected death, has its root in the Asian Atala, the seventh Patala. It is this which rises and falls in great cycles of time. Half a Great Year as the Yang principle reached its maximum the volcanic mountain on this lost continent erupted and its world pillar fell into the Indian Ocean. That was at the time when Serpentarius and the Centre of the Galaxy crossed the Summer Solstice position on the ecliptic path of the Sun. Then the Serpent entered Eden and the Fall occurred. For indeed this is a Biblical story too and Indonesia is the last remains of Eden as well as being the last remains of Atlantis and the last remains of Jambu Dvipa, Lanka and all the other holy lands of myth and legend whose paradise was here. Taprobane also a last island remnant of that sunken continent. Plato never claimed that Atlantis was in our present day Atlantic, at his time the Atlantic continued around the base of Africa into the Indian Ocean as the World Ocean. Also Solon's interest in going to Egypt to find out more about our past was because Egypt was the doorway to that past, secretly the long narrow channel that brought it its riches was kept open so that the merchants could travel to the East down the Red Sea and into the Indian Ocean. Here was our Land of Origin, and not just for the Egyptians and Europeans but also for those living on the American continent that largely reached America through the Pacific landing in Ecuador and Peru. They were forced t o leave as the world volcano erupted half a Great Year ago at the time of the Fall. Now we are at the long awaited time of the Return and that image above ( Tibetan wheel of Transmigration) is not just about souls it is a historical record of the Great Year cycle and shows the catastrophe that occurred half a Great Year ago, and reveals also its galactic connection and in some versions Meru the volcanic world mountain is also shown, where Rahu- Shiva-Mara - many names given to the demon that holds the whole wheel of the Great Year - bites off the central mountain in the trinity. So he destroys the paradise. But between his legs rising between two islands we see the volcanic return that we may expect especially it will effect the Indonesian area which is the Atala of the world - enough said - but since the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in December 2004 I have been interested in the connection to the Mayan and fact global prophecy of Return - a volcanic return - we are at the omega-alpha point in the Great Year cycle - the Midnight point Jesus told of in Matthew 24. Revelations too is about Indonesia. It all goes back to an understanding of the cycles of Yin and Yang and the fact that Yin and Yang are marked also on the globe of our Earth. Now the Yang force of fire is to be reborn from the Earth Mother at Her most Yang poin - the most Yang point is the Fifth Cornerstone of the Pyramidal mount - its apex - which sunk and lost in the Indian Ocean/Indonesian area - and the son of the Heavenly Father, who is the Heliofant (Child of the Sun) , who was lost half a Great Year, as in Timaeus where Plato tells about the cause of the Fall of Atlantis through the story of Phaeton son of Helios and the Mortal Earthly Mother told, is about to rise again - Bolon Yokte Ku, Kukulkan, Quetzalcoatl, the Son of Man, the Cosmic Man, Purusha, Shiva Nataraja, all names and aspects of one fiery principle that will birth a New Earth and there will be no more sea, . ~Susan Seymour Hedke http://www.galactic-centre-2012.com/id35.html

Support Circle of 12 - Support Group Article
By Troy Trolley
www.truthloveenergy.com
05 JUNE 2010


In order for you to have a "powerful" lifetime where what you planned to accomplish is actually achieved to satisfaction,
the Universe has developed what is termed a SUPPORT GROUP.

This Support Group consists of Twelve Positions/Individuals playing specific Roles in your life,
each specializing in a facet of your life in order to keep you in a Thirteenth Position labeled the POWER Position.

This is because when you have your full Support Group in your life and it is recognized,
you become incredibly empowered. Universes are arranged in this system of cooperation, as well.


The Twelve Positions are labeled and organized into 4 groups of 3, taking care of four defined contexts of your life.

Each of these sub-groups of three allows you to play a fourth position in each, creating different Quadrants (groups of four)
that are very powerful. Although there is a non-physical Support Group in a given lifetime ("spirit guides"),
we are speaking today of those physically incarnated for the Personality's comfort and support, except where indicated.


It is important here to note that over many lifetimes you build a Network of Support that extends in circles, or "strings", of strength.

There are twelve Strings of Support.

To say whether a person is 1st String or 6th String indicates how often, BUT NOT HOW WELL that Essence plays that Position for you.

A First String Position is the "strongest" because of time and depth of commitment to you,
but those 11th and 12th Strings are just as effective, even if only short-term.

This system of “strings” was cultivated to accommodate conflicting plans between Essences for a given lifetime.

If the First String Position is not choosing to incarnate for that era, or are not planning physical contact, then a Second,
or Third String, and so on, will always be available.


If you find any of the Positions "missing", it is in an indication that you may simply be unaware of a source,
or you are imposing that Position on an existing person in your life, "forcing" them to play roles they are not designed to,
or are not willing to, play. (We will mention that you truly cannot "force" another to perform or behave in any way,
it will always be his or her choice; we choose this word due to its impact and example, rather than its accuracy.)

This imposition can cause great strain and stress on an individual coming into your life to play a specific role,
and then finding they are trying to fulfill a handful of Positions.

Identifying what a particular person's specialty is frees the relationship from unnecessary expectations and disappointments,
creating permission to take full advantage of the gifts the individual CAN offer.

Make mental notes along the way if you realize you have one person playing multiple Positions,
and which Position may be the more natural intention.


The first sub-group of three would be your INTIMATES. These are the most directly experienced of all Support Positions.

These positions are called LOVE, KNOWLEDGE, and COMPASSION.

Since these are the basic fundamental needs in any given lifetime, those who are not open to receive these players consciously are usually dreadfully alone. It is NEVER a case where there is no one to play these roles; it is always that you are, for whatever reasons, blocking the interaction.
Despite your blocking the interaction, energy is still exchanged with these Positions, most likely unconsciously, but they are a part of you nonetheless.
In fact, you would physically be incapable of life if these Positions were not in some way fulfilled. Isolation and loneliness are such profound delusions in this Universe, regardless of your insistence and indulgence in them, that to have truly experienced such a state would result in complete self-annihilation. In other words, there is ALWAYS Love, Knowledge, and Compassion available to any fragment at any time.


LOVE: the person playing this position is someone who has unconditionally accepted everything about you and loves you completely. There is nothing you can do wrong in this person's eyes. There is ALWAYS someone, somewhere who loves you and can inspire you to accept yourself. The False Personality may not recognize it because of its own limitations, but, fortunately, that does not stop you from being loved. Acknowledging who is presently your LOVE POSITION can bring great peace. Sometimes it isn't who you want it to be, but, again, this is False Personality's perception, not the truth. If you choose to recognize that you are loved, and by whom, you may be more capable of attracting the Personality defined "love" relationship, which isn't always about being truly loved, but what is stimulating to Personality.


KNOWLEDGE: this person is your best advisor. This person can have ideas bounced off of them and they will tell you with confidence what will work and what will not, or help you in coming to those conclusions yourself. It is this person you trust the most in your life as an information source. The Love Position can inspire you, but the KNOWLEDGE POSITION helps put things in perspective like no other Position, helping to narrow your choices to what is in your best interest. This can range from high-impact life decisions, to just asking the opinion on a new mate or job. Without the objective viewpoint of an external source, choices can be made more difficult than necessary. You can rest in the hands of this individual's direction.


COMPASSION: this person is the one who cares enough about you to point out what you are doing wrong, or right, in light of your "higher plans", as they support you. You may sometimes find this as "brutal" compassion, since it is sometimes painful to the Personality to face the truth. This person can be counted on to tell you the truth about you in any situation. This Position is vitally important as it helps you to stay within parameters you might have set for a lifetime's accomplishments. You may become bogged down by addictions, depression, procrastination, despair, boredom, even delights, or other "distractions", and COMPASSION will be there to help you move through these. Not that a lifetime is wasted in any way, even if these "distractions" prevailed, since all experience is valid and useful, but COMPASSION can still be there with truth. This person will help push you to the limits of who you are this lifetime, since they see past your fears. In fact, they refuse to support fear in your life at all.


As we said, these three Positions are your INTIMATES, since they affect your most immediate reality and, therefore, are most important to start with in recognizing. Acknowledging what role you play in another Support Group can be as liberating, and we suggest you keep this in mind as we progress.


Next, we will cover the INSPIRATIONALS. These Positions are labeled MENTOR, BEAUTY, and CHILD. The theme of this group is to remind you of the larger perspective of your life. They are not necessarily in your life intimately or even personally, but they are available at your disposal when the need arises.


MENTOR: is the person who models most closely the role you want to play in your life. They are your teacher. This is someone who is accessible to you in some form for guidance in "how they did it" (or "do it"). The MENTOR provides a framework of plan for the general work you intend to do in life at a given time.


BEAUTY: is the person who innocently points out the good in life, the beauty in you and your life, and generally embodies, themselves, what is beautiful to you. This person can take you back out of despair and help you connect with the loveliness of your life's unfolding. They help you connect with the loving field that creates the Physical Plane in the first place. They remind you of what is perfect in life.


CHILD: is slightly self-explanatory, for this is the individual for which you provide nurturing. Often it is literally a child, but is by no means limited to that form. It is someone who depends on you for care. This gives you the experience of your own capabilities to provide and, therefore, reminds you of your strengths, however begrudgingly. Many people choose Companion Animals for this Position, and while this is quite effective, it is a bit more "to the point" when of the same species. Many people, when feeling lack of purpose or importance, turn to this Position for rekindling. This works, if all other factors are considered, but often False Personality then imposes several other Positions on the "child"/animal companion to fill a void. Then the gift is rarely truly gained. Forcing other Positions on the Child Position can turn the "CHILD" into a source of resentment, which is not GOOD WORK. This Position is usually easy to spot since it "cries out" for attention particularly from you.


That completes the INSPIRATIONALS.


The next triad of Support can be called your CLASSMATES, meaning those who help you through your Physical Plane Lessons you've chosen for the lifetime. In order to undertake your chosen challenges, you will need HUMOR, ANCHOR, and DISCIPLINE.


(Notice, as we progress through the Positions, the less intimate and directly personal they become, yet, we assure you, they are just as crucial.)


It may be obvious why HUMOUR is vital: someone has to cheer you up and make you laugh when the "going gets tough", reminding you NOT to take things so seriously. A celebrity comedian sometimes plays this for a mass of people. Acknowledging the effects of this person in your life can carry with it a cleansing, putting your energy back in perspective.


Your ANCHOR reminds you that, "through it all", you have a place to go at ANY time for rejuvenation, relaxation, and nurturing. This person has probably been in the same residence all of your life, or you, at least, know where they are at all times, and how to be with them, regardless of distance and time. This individual would never turn you away if you were in need of shelter, clothes, food, etc. This person reminds you of the stability existing in the midst of life; an "oasis" or retreat. Parents play this role a lot, but it can be played, of course, by anyone offering consistency on the Physical Plane; time and space is never a challenging factor in your relationship.


DISCIPLINE is defined as the person who heightens the awareness of your decision making process. They are not someone who is riding you, forcing you to fulfill plans; they simply help create scenarios that bring your awareness to the impact of your decisions. Although Knowledge helps define the parameters of your potential decisions with feedback and advice, DISCIPLINE helps you see the end results, often far-reaching. This can be a sometimes-frustrating relationship, since this person will remind you of your intended track when you have lost sight. They are nevertheless helping you focus through your own procrastination and distractions. While Compassion will be truthful through this, and Knowledge can help shape plans, DISCIPLINE actually shows you the road and keeps you "awake". We feel this helps differentiate the affect of DISCIPLINE from others, as it is sometimes hard to spot, or intensely ignored.


That ends the CLASSMATES definitions.


Finally, you have your SPIRIT GUIDES. We do not mean this term in the typical definition, but rather in the respect of their impact on more Spiritual (or abstract) Lessons as opposed to your day-to-day Material Lessons, as you will see. These Positions tend to hold more clues to themes that carry over several lifetimes. These Positions are especially free to be played by anything, or anyone, physical or non-physical, incarnated or not, who exemplify and express the inherent quality. They are HEALER, ENLIGHTENMENT, and MUSE.


First, we will cover the HEALER Position. This Position takes care of repairing, mending, or processing the deeper effects of experience.
Whether Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, or Spiritual you will always have available a HEALER for your "pains" and "ailments", or "dis-eases".
This could be an actual Doctor, or spiritual leader, but may also be played by personal, non-physical guides who help you assimilate life.
The Dream State is where many of you access your HEALER.


ENLIGHTENMENT: this is a teaching, or teacher, person, or organization that gives structure to your current belief system, or perspective.
This Position provides you with a framework with which to take in life. We, the Michael Entity, play this role for many of you, our Students,
but it can be played by anything that helps you understand, comprehend, and act in the context of the "big picture" of your life.
This Position contributes to your sense of having a "path".


And, finally, we will cover the MUSE Position.

This Position is the pure aspiration with which you measure your life against and strive to attain personally.
The MUSE is the least tangible and namable, although you can usually hint at it in certain phrases, such as "Freedom", or "Unconditional Love";
more specifically in "Sexual Freedom", or "Unconditional Love of my family".

Certain people, historically, become a MUSE for masses of people, such as Christ, or Buddha; even musical/theatrical entertainers,
or political figures, like Madonna and James Dean, John F. Kennedy and Princess Di.

Knowing and acknowledging who personifies your MUSE and being able to identify the quality to some extent constructs a sort of "light" ahead.

The MUSE gives the greatest clues as to why you came to be incarnated in the first place.

Be as clear as possible in your definition of the MUSE and refrain from confusing the source of the MUSE with the Muse itself.

For instance, our Philosophy may be a MUSE, but we, the entity, act as Enlightenment, a vehicle for your MUSE.

Another: Madonna's music may be entertaining, but her Personality, itself, acts as MUSE for most.

One more: For some, Seth's Teachings act as Enlightenment, but Jane Roberts acts as the actual MUSE.

You may have many MUSES to help tend to the different areas of your life, though this may be true of any of the Positions.


Now: Evaluate the people in your lives and what role they play, assigning them, as accurately as you can intuit, what String they may be.
Evaluate what Position you may be most inclined to play on a wider scale, and then what role you play in other's lives individually.
Determine whether you have been playing a Position you are good at or if it has been imposed on you, and vice versa.


If you find vacant areas in your Support Group, recall that you can ALWAYS find someone to fill the Position, even if they are not from any of your Strings. If you find resistance to a particular Position, start making an agreement upon rising from sleep that you are open to examples,
so you can "ease" that Position into your life. Many resist the Discipline Position in daily life, for example,
but can still find the experience of that Position's influence at any time.

An elderly lady in front of you at the check out counting endless pennies and coupons can heighten your sense of decision making by forcing you to either surrender to the situation in peace, find another check out, or explode with anger.

Regardless, the impact of your choice will be immediately apparent, thus, Discipline has been experienced.

Many find it difficult to see their Beauty, so they can decide to allow "glimpses" of what it's like by actually listening to that simple compliment
from a stranger, or acknowledging the sunset you helped create today.


Rather than being distracted by what a person isn't giving, now you may be able to identify the gift that's been there all along.
Comparing perceptions can also reveal a role you never knew you played for a person so well, or didn't suspect was expected of you.
Rather than wander through life thinking these basic elements of Support are missing, ease them in gently, by paying attention to your day.


The Support has always been there and always will.


QUESTION: "Can gemstones act as HEALER, because I feel very healed by stones?"


MICHAEL: Yes, but understand that gemstones are actually a conduit for the Healing source, NOT the Healer Position itself.


QUESTION: "Are there times when you are naturally more open to your Support Group than at other times?"


MICHAEL: Yes, of course, since some lifetimes are designed to "go it alone", so to speak. It may appear, at those times,
a most isolating experience, but since that lifetime would naturally be predisposed to isolation, contact may not even be missed.
But, as we said before and here will reiterate: even in the most severely isolated experiences, it is merely illusion.
Again, you are always surrounded by Support.


We will also add that as Soul Age progresses, especially during the Older Soul Ages, there can tend to be a kind of "codginess" indulged
in that seems to say, "I've been through so much over so long a time, I don't need anything I can't do for myself!"

Old Souls are the most likely to get this prejudice of wisdom.

Observe any room of Old Souls and regardless of their understanding and casual compassion, there is sometimes a secret labeling of each other as "lunatics". So, Old souls can get "set in their ways" and choose to ignore some Support.


Another delusion of the Personality is that since you are such an OLD SOUL, you must express your strength and Spirituality through "individuality".
In light of all offers for support, you must figuratively turn your head and say, "NO, I CAN HANDLE IT...".
We do not see who benefits from this act and merely perpetuates your conditions.
There is NO ONE to judge you, besides you. YOU MEASURE ALL PROGRESS; there is no other judge. We cannot stress this enough.


Therefore, making life "easier" would only make sense. But, of course, only if this is your choice.


http://truthloveenergy.com/forum/topics/support-circle-of-12

Susan Lynne Schwenger aks:

so, what string to you play in my life ???
and, what string do i play in your life ???

i know i belong to many Configurations
(groups who work toward common tasks) from across many lifetimes,
with some active now, and some dormant. All fragments belong to many, many Configurations.

The Physical Personality that is now known as "Susan" could be said to belong to 3 Major Configurations
(configurations that have been, or will potentially be, meaningful to this particular lifetime).

1 Quadrant focused on metaphysical philosophies: with your position being Knowledge.

1 Septet focused on familial redefinitions: with your position being Eccentric.

1 Dectet, which is actually two Quintets working together, focused on generating groundwork for sanctuary, with your position being Power within your Quintet.

Outside of this, there are several minor Configurations that are working, but have not established any cohesive momentum.
(as, of 2009)

i am a 6th level old soul, in my 311th lifetime at 6th level
posed to go into my 7th level later in this lifetime

-currently in stage 6 of 7 stages -
which is about burden leading to bonding

Some very interesting info here

http://www.cosmosdawn.net/forum/index.php?threads/departing-moons-of-our-ancestors-amazing-pictures-plus-the-eulogy-for-my-dad.831/page-6#post-5017

Departing Moons of our ancestors - amazing pictures - plus The Eulogy for My Dad

(about 7 pages)

"YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL BY THE EYES...
iF THE EYES ARE UNWELL...
- SO, TOO iS THE SPiRiT"
- susan lynne schwenger

Scientist photographed soul leaving the body in death

SUSANakaTHE13THBRIDGE - Posted Jan 2nd 2011


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDmivrnktkQ&feature=related

Scientist photographed soul leaving the body in death 1st part

PART 2 OF 2 (above post)


The World is a dangerous place - Einstein

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil,
but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A292PF-bseA

Spiritual Reality: Near Death Experiences - FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

The Knots Prayer


Dear God:
Please untie the knots
that are in my mind,
my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots,
the can nots and the do nots
that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots,
may nots,
might nots that may find
a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots,
would nots and
should nots that obstruct my life.
And most of all,
Dear God,
I ask that you remove from my mind,
my heart and my life all of the 'am nots'
that I have allowed to hold me back,
especially the thought
that I am not good enough.
AMEN​
Author: Father Ronnie Knott of Rhodelia, Kentucky

to which we will add the following :
"if the essence of my own being has created a smile upon your face
or it has reached in and given you a touch of joy within your lower or higher heart
or it has light a spark of remembrance within your lower or higher mind.
Then in the totality of my doing, and, of my living...
we have come, and, made our mark." ~ susan lynne schwenger

Maureen Crosby Foster says:
The "Dumbing Down of Americans",
will never think this will happen!!
They will wake up when it's too late!

Susan Lynne Schwenger says:

Lets hope they listen !!! and, listen NOW !!!

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She survived Hitler and wants to warn America


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Kitty Werthmann survived Hitler.

“What I am about to tell you is something
you’ve probably never heard or read in history books,”
she likes to tell audiences.

“I am a witness to history.

“I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns;
it would distort history.
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Adolph Hitler

“We voted him in.”

If you remember the plot of the Sound of Music,
the Von Trapp family escaped over the Alps rather than submit to the Nazis.
Kitty wasn’t so lucky. Her family chose to stay in her native Austria.
She was 10 years old, but bright and aware. And she was watching.

“We elected him by a landslide – 98 percent of the vote,” she recalls.

She wasn’t old enough to vote in 1938
– approaching her 11th birthday.

But she remembers.

“Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in
with his tanks and took Austria by force.”

Not so.
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Hitler is welcomed to Austria

“In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression.
Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed.
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Kitty Werthmann



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She survived Hitler and wants to warn America
Thursday, January 3, 2013 21:10



Kitty Werthmann survived Hitler.

“What I am about to tell you is something you’ve probably never heard
or read in history books,” she likes to tell audiences.”

“I am a witness to history.”

“I cannot tell you that Hitler took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history.”

“We voted him in.”

If you remember the plot of the Sound of Music, the Von Trapp family
escaped over the Alps rather than submit to the Nazis.

Kitty wasn’t so lucky.

Her family chose to stay in her native Austria.

She was 10 years old, but bright and aware. And she was watching.

“We elected him by a landslide – 98 percent of the vote,” she recalls.

She wasn’t old enough to vote in 1938
– approaching her 11th birthday.

But she remembers.

“Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force.”
No so.
“In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression.

Nearly one-third of our workforce was unemployed.

We had 25 percent inflation and 25 percent bank loan interest rates.”

“Farmers and business people were declaring bankruptcy daily.

Young people were going from house to house begging for food.

Not that they didn’t want to work; there simply weren’t any jobs.”

“My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping people in need.

Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked bread to feed those poor
, hungry people – about 30 daily.”

“We looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany,
where Hitler had been in power since 1933.” she recalls.

“We had been told that they didn’t have unemployment or crime,
and they had a high standard of living.”

“Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group
– Jewish or otherwise.

We were led to believe that everyone in Germany was happy.

We wanted the same way of life in Austria.

We were promised that a vote for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment
and help for the family.

Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted,
and farmers would get their farms back.”

“Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to annex Austria to Germany
and have Hitler for our ruler.”

“We were overjoyed,” remembers Kitty,
“and for three days we danced in the streets and had candlelight parades.

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The new government opened up big field kitchens and everyone was fed.

“After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a miracle,
we suddenly had law and order.

Three or four weeks later, everyone was employed.

The government made sure that a lot of work
was created through the Public Work Service.”

“Hitler decided we should have equal rights for women.

Before this, it was a custom that married Austrian women did not work
outside the home.

An able-bodied husband would be looked down on if he couldn’t support his family.

Many women in the teaching profession were elated that they could retain
the jobs they previously had been required to give up for marriage.”

“Then we lost religious education for kids.”

“Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good public school.

The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had religion in our schools.

The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I walked into my schoolroom
to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler’s picture hanging next to a Nazi flag.

Our teacher, a very devout woman, stood up and told the class we wouldn’t pray
or have religion anymore.

Instead, we sang ‘Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles,’ and had physical education.”

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“Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendance.

Parents were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum.

They were told that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff letter
of warning the first time.

The second time they would be fined the equivalent of $300,
and the third time they would be subject to jail.”

“And then things got worse.”
“The first two hours consisted of political indoctrination.

The rest of the day we had sports.

As time went along, we loved it. Oh, we had so much fun
and got our sports equipment free.

“We would go home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time we had.

“My mother was very unhappy,” remembers Kitty.

“When the next term started, she took me out of public school
and put me in a convent.

I told her she couldn’t do that and she told me that someday when I grew up,
I would be grateful.

There was a very good curriculum, but hardly any fun
– no sports, and no political indoctrination.

“I hated it at first but felt I could tolerate it.

Every once in a while, on holidays, I went home.
I would go back to my old friends and ask what was going on
and what they were doing.”

“Their loose lifestyle was very alarming to me.

They lived without religion.

By that time, unwed mothers were glorified for having a baby for Hitler.”

“It seemed strange to me that our society changed so suddenly.

As time went along, I realized what a great deed my mother did
so that I wasn’t exposed to that kind of humanistic philosophy.”

“Then food rationing began.”

“In 1939, the war started and a food bank was established.

All food was rationed and could only be purchased using food stamps.

At the same time, a full-employment law was passed which meant
if you didn’t work, you didn’t get a ration card,
and if you didn’t have a card, you starved to death.”

“Women who stayed home to raise their families
didn’t have any marketable skills
and often had to take jobs more suited for men.”

“Soon after this, the draft was implemented.”

“It was compulsory for young people, male and female,
to give one year to the labor corps,” remembers Kitty.

“During the day, the girls worked on the farms,
and at night they returned to their barracks for military training just like the boys.”

“They were trained to be anti-aircraft gunners and participated in the signal corps.

After the labor corps, they were not discharged but were used in the front lines.”

“When I go back to Austria to visit my family and friends,

most of these women are emotional cripples

because they just were not equipped to handle the horrors of combat.”

“Three months before I turned 18, I was severely injured in an air raid attack.

I nearly had a leg amputated, so I was spared having to go into the labor corps
and into military service.”

“When the mothers had to go out into the work force,
the government immediately established child care centers.”

“You could take your children ages four weeks old to school age
and leave them there around-the-clock, seven days a week,
under the total care of the government.”

“The state raised a whole generation of children.

There were no motherly women to take care of the children,
just people highly trained in child psychology.

By this time, no one talked about equal rights. We knew we had been had.”

“Before Hitler, we had very good medical care.

Many American doctors trained at the University of Vienna.”

“After Hitler, health care was socialized, free for everyone.

Doctors were salaried by the government.

The problem was, since it was free,
the people were going to the doctors for everything.”

“When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 a.m.,
40 people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were full.”

“If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year or two for your turn.

There was no money for research as it was poured into socialized medicine.

Research at the medical schools literally stopped,
so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other countries.”

“As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80 percent of our income.

Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan

from the government to establish a household.

We had big programs for families.”

“All day care and education were free.

High schools were taken over by the government and college tuition was subsidized.

Everyone was entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing.”
“We had another agency designed to monitor business.

My brother-in-law owned a restaurant that had square tables.”

“ Government officials told him he had to replace them

with round tables because people might bump themselves on the corners.

Then they said he had to have additional bathroom facilities.

It was just a small dairy business with a snack bar.

He couldn’t meet all the demands.”

“Soon, he went out of business.

If the government owned the large businesses
and not many small ones existed, it could be in control.”

“We had consumer protection, too”

“We were told how to shop and what to buy.

Free enterprise was essentially abolished.

We had a planning agency specially designed for farmers.

The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock,

and then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it.”

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“In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps.

The villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which,

in the winter, were closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated.”

“So people intermarried and offspring were sometimes retarded.

When I arrived, I was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults,
but they were all useful and did good manual work.”

“I knew one, named Vincent, very well. He was a janitor of the school.

One day I looked out the window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van.”

“I asked my superior where they were going.

She said to an institution where the State Health Department
would teach them a trade, and to read and write.

The families were required to sign papers with a little clause
that they could not visit for 6 months.’

“They were told visits would interfere with the program

and might cause homesickness.’

“As time passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a natural,

merciful death. The villagers were not fooled.

We suspected what was happening.

Those people left in excellent physical health and all died within 6 months.

We called this euthanasia.’

“Then they took our guns”

“Next came gun registration.

People were getting injured by guns.

Hitler said that the real way to catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on guns.

Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police station
to register their firearms.

Not long afterwards, the police said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns.

The authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply voluntarily.”

“No more freedom of speech. Anyone who said something against the government
was taken away. We knew many people who were arrested,
not only Jews, but also priests and ministers who spoke up.”

“Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until 1943,
to realize full dictatorship in Austria.

Had it happened overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath.

Instead, we had creeping gradualism.

Now, our only weapons were broom handles.

The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, l
ittle by little eroded our freedom.”
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“This is my eye-witness account.”

“It’s true. Those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty
came to a country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity.”

“America is truly is the greatest country in the world.”

“Don’t let freedom slip away.”

“After America, there is no place to go.”

http://blog.beliefnet.com/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars/2011/04/she-survived-hitler-and-wants-to-warn-america.html

2013-01-03 21:04:07
Source: http://www.federaljack.com/?p=178766

also posted here - https://www.cosmosdawn.net/forum/threads/dying-regrets-of-the-dying-the-7-passages-of-life-what-you-need-now-is-a-support-circle.994/page-10

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10 TO 18
https://www.cosmosdawn.net/forum/threads/dying-regrets-of-the-dying-the-7-passages-of-life-what-you-need-now-is-a-support-circle.994/page-10

STORY OF THE CROSSING OF THE CAT
WITH PIC

https://www.cosmosdawn.net/forum/threads/dying-regrets-of-the-dying-the-7-passages-of-life-what-you-need-now-is-a-support-circle.994/page-10

Cat left in a 'blue moon'
Once in a Blue Moon

Published May 31, 2007 Photos Leave a Comment
Today is a Blue Moon day in places west of Greenwich, like here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Blue Moons
(the second full moon in the same month) happen approximately every two and a half years.
It is a great opportunity to do something unusual just to be able to say “its something I do once in a Blue Moon”.
My wife suggested that buying her flowers would be appropriate. Unfortunately, the cloud cover here won’t allow me to photograph the “Blue Moon”.
I do however offer this image for your consideration.
And while it is not a full moon and therefore not, strictly speaking, a Blue Moon, it is a moon that is blue.

blue-moon-c-paul-grecia.
27 MAY 2007 - BLUE MOON
PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Grecia
https://photonz.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/blue-moon-c-paul-grecia.jpg

The image was made early morning with a blue sky and has totally taken on that color.
I used a Canon EF 500mm f4.0 L IS lens with a Canon 1.4X teleconverter on a tripod.
The image is cropped from full frame, but you can clearly see the craters on the moon surface.

https://www.cosmosdawn.net/forum/threads/dying-regrets-of-the-dying-the-7-passages-of-life-what-you-need-now-is-a-support-circle.994/page-10

Some amazing photographs of sunrises; sunsets; and; moons on days that we've lost ancestors & friends
Departing Moons of our ancestors - amazing pictures

- plus The Eulogy for My Dad

http://www.cosmosdawn.net/forum/ind...zing-pictures-plus-the-eulogy-for-my-dad.831/

"iT iS impossible to kill,
what we are !!! "
susan lynne schwenger

healing does NOT mean the damage never existed.
it simply means that the damage can no longer control your life

Dealing With Anger
Channeled By David Gregg



The expression of anger is, in a word, release.

Period.

Think of it as a pressurized valve in the body that discharges an overflow of energy.

Like the release of pressure in a boiler, anger is a way to blow off steam;
there is no trickle here but an explosion of charged energy that gushes out all at once,
saturating everything in its path.

Some people, of course, go to great lengths to suppress their feelings and the energy is never released;
yet, as unpredictable and destructive as anger can be, anger serves a useful purpose in releasing pent-up energy
that might otherwise harm the body over time. It acts as a self-protective mechanism against repressed expression
where mounting pressure from frustrations and minor offenses build to the point that it only takes a slight annoyance
to set-off a chain reaction. Thus, similar to the safety valve in a boiler that discharges steam before it reaches critical levels,
anger is then a personal gauge of how much pressure the psyche can tolerate before it literally explodes.

On the other hand, a carefully regulated boiler need not reach critical levels if proper attention is given to the amount
of steam allowed to fill the tank. While expressing anger is a healthier choice than storing it in the body,
releasing anger in appropriately poses special challenges when others might be hurt by the expression.

If the choice to either suppress or express anger can be seen as polar opposites, then a healthier alternative is to seek the neutral position between the two polarities. Once neutralized, anger is then stripped of its negative charge and the energy may be expressed without its formerly explosive nature.

The tolerance level of anger is then unique for every individual. This anger threshold, for instance, is largely dependent on a fragment's ability to tolerate ever increasing levels of anger. If the tank is already filled to capacity, so to speak -- perhaps from petty annoyances in the past -- there may be little room to accommodate the additional load. In such cases the anger has no place to go but out, resulting in a likely tantrum that may not seem warranted based on the magnitude of the instigation. In other words, if the capacity for tolerance is already full, a minor irritant can easily spawn an angry outburst that doesn't fit the crime.
The tolerance level can be improved if the tank is regulated to remain at minimal levels. To accomplish this, seek the neutral position between the inward and outward expressions of anger.​

Controlling Anger
There is a difference, however, between neutralizing anger and controlling it. Trying to control anger actually increases the likelihood that it will spiral out of control, since control in general emanates from a place of fear, and fear itself can be a magnet for all the things you do not want to attract.
Attempting to control your anger only allows the anger to control you. We suggest an opposite approach where you place less emphasis on the need to control. Tightening your muscles, clenching your fists, and shouting fiery expletives merely makes your body heavier; it obstructs the free flow of energy. Have you ever tried to stop a stream of water? It doesn't slow the flow of the water but impels it to rush faster around your hand.
Anger seeks fluidity. Allow it to flow without impediment, and it will feel less like an uncomfortable, stopped-up energy (an effect that many complain about). It's the fear of anger -- and the ensuing attempts to control it -- that leads to those unpleasant energetic sensations that a dam is about to burst. ​
The Seven Levels of Anger
The seven levels of anger help you understand and gauge the intensity of your anger at any given moment. Since anger progresses through each level with expressions that move from the most ordinal to the most cardinal, knowing about the seven levels lets you track the escalation of your anger, and alerts you to potential red flags.
A common question asked by many: Is there is a difference between anger that is expressed and anger that is felt?
There is no difference. Anger that is felt is merely ordinal-level anger directed inward. It is still an expression, but in this case, an expression to the self.
Psychologists typically scale the levels of anger from mild irritation to increased tensions that peak at blind fury or rage. This is a perfectly valid observation. We use different terminology, however, and describe the levels as follows.​

Activation: Mild annoyance marks the first level of anger. Most people spend their time here when daily irritations cross their path. The term we use simply means the anger cycle has been engaged or activated. A common loop occurs at this level where a mildly annoyed person pivots back and forth between the levels of engagement and deliberation.​
Deliberation: At the second level, deliberation, thought processes analyze the reasons for being angry: facts are sorted, opinions are formed, and ramifications are sought. Mild annoyance doesn't progress beyond this point, and people who use anger as a constructive outlet for clearer communication, rarely move any farther. More on that later.​
Escalation: At this level tension mounts and emotions are ramped up. Everything that has gone before now escalates: tone of voice changes, facial gesture shows displeasure, and body language displays more aggressive posturing. Your anger boils on the surface and occasionally will show little eruptions, but much of the expression is still inward and ordinal.​
Confabulation: The fourth level is the bridge or turning point that determines if you will remain just annoyed or venture onward and become truly angry. Considerable theorizing occurs here, where objectivity is lost and rationale is often fabricated to justify the angry outburst -- a justification that may bear little resemblance to reality. ​
Instigation: Level five begins the cardinal expression of anger. It's here that the "gloves come off," so to speak, and the stereotypical aspects of anger ensue. On stage and dramatic, all expressions of anger thrust outward at this level, with histrionic performances that instigate and incite further discord.​
Consternation: At this level you are on the brink of disaster. Speeding out of control like a runaway train, you are confused and fearful of what has become a fanatical devotion to an irrational and primordial rage. You feel scared -- and justifiably so. If heeded, though, this terrifying sensation can break the spell for most people and return them to lower, less agitated states. Think of it as an emotional stop-valve before reaching the most dangerous level of anger.​

Extermination: At level seven you draw your sword with the intention to annihilate the source of your fury. Your anger has morphed from an emotional state into an aggressive behavior that seeks physical expression. Most acts of violence occur at this level, including crimes of passion and manslaughter. Not every breach of this level results in violence, but the intensity of rage is so explosive and the loss of control so blinding, that the danger cannot be ignored.
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The Impact of Anger
The impact of anger on others is two-fold: first, there is the sheer force of the anger that assaults it's recipient; and second, there is the accumulative impact, where the recipient stores the anger in their body. Although the impact of anger is immediately apparent in one-on-one exchanges, the accumulative affects of anger cause more damage.
Anything that accumulates can be insidious in its affect, since incremental accumulation often remains undetected till a critical mass has been achieved. For this reason, if you frequently find yourself in the line of fire of angry affronts, the long-term impact can be as unhealthy as the insidious affects of second-hand smoke. Just as you choose non-smoking sections to protect yourself, it is equally wise to limit your exposure to angry people.
Anger, of course, doesn't seep into the delicate membranes of your lungs like second-hand smoke does, but prolonged exposure to anger can act like a toxin that alters the chemical balance in your cells, leading to the manifestation of disease. Therefore, it is important to understand that just as you need to minimize your own exposure to anger, you also need to be aware of the damage your second-hand anger may have on others.
In its base form, anger is like a plague and its insidious grip has infected every culture on your planet since the dawn of creation; yet, every person affected by this malady has always had the cure within their grasp. Anger is the disease of free will, and the only real cure is, choice.​

How Anger Affects Your Health
Your health consists of a delicate balance between the thoughts and feelings you formulate in your inner world, and the care you give to your body in the outer. It is important, therefore, to nurture this balance so body and soul can work together as a whole. Destructive expressions of anger -- even blocked anger that is suppressed -- disrupts this alliance and can lead to the manifestation of disease.
Disease almost always begins in the mind. Negative thoughts and feelings that coalesce in emotions such as anger, grief, anxiety, hatred, guilt, resentment, and depression, eventually seek physical expression.
Just as the Surgeon General posts a warning on packages of cigarettes that reads, Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health, the same could be said about the long term affects of anger. Smoking a couple cigarettes rarely results in a serious health complication, but smoking cigarettes for many years greatly increases the odds that damage could occur.
The insidious nature of tobacco makes it impossible to know just how many cigarettes can be smoked before the onset of disease. And some people, of course, can smoke for many years without a problem. It’s the accumulative affect, however, that little by little, infiltrates the delicate membranes of the lungs and gradually deteriorates their functionality. The accumulative affects of anger work in the same way.
But isn't anger just a thought? How could that hurt me?
While it is true that some expressions of anger do begin as thoughts, negatively-charged thoughts usually end in emotion. Anger is a verb: you seethe, rage, boil, burn, erupt.​
Anger and Boundaries
Personal boundaries maintained with compassion and clear communication usually feel more appropriate than angerexpressed from a defensive posture, since responding from a position of neutrality yields more positive results. Since something can be learned from any life experience, however, both choices are valid.
Using anger as a defense against physical or psychological harm is an appropriate response when the situation demands, but ultimately, personal expression that seeks first to communicate with compassion and respect for others -- even during exchanges of anger -- is the preferred alternative if the goal is to improve spiritual well-being.
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Dealing With Anger in Others
Angry people must be given the space to vent their frustrations and concerns; the bone of their contention doesn’t matter. Let them express their feelings without rebuke so they can move energy that might otherwise get repressed.
For most people, a single eruption is all that is required. Too often, however, the opposing party engages the angered person with a reciprocal rebuttal. This, of course, fans the flames, and what was once a single outburst is now a raging fire that burns out of control.
If the intention is to avoid further escalation, it is best to remain absolutely quiet when someone blows their top. Arguing with them, even if you feel justified, only adds fuel to a fire that if left to its own combustion would otherwise burn itself out.
Avoiding the fray, especially when in the line of fire, can be a challenge. One solution is to disengage yourself. Imagine that you are no longer a participant in the conflict, but a mere spectator. Spectators can, of course, choose to take sides or observe with absolute neutrality. This is no different than your choice of involvement as a spectator at an athletic tournament. At such events you either support one side over the other, or you watch with impartiality and enjoy the contest for the sheer athletic prowess it displays.
When dealing with the anger of others, your goal is to purposely not take sides. By being a spectator, you disengage from the pageantry of the drama as it plays out. If you find yourself starting to react defensively, ask yourself as a spectator, "Why am I feeling this way?" It is always your choice if you choose to volley the energy of another, since their display of anger is only a co-creation if you allow it.
When someone engages you in an angry exchange, remember how you felt yourself when you were once angry, and recall how your anger faded if the people around you didn’t react in kind. Use your understanding of your own struggles with anger as a source of empathy for your angry partner, and model behavior that had once helped bring yourself back under control.
Since you cannot easily communicate with an angry person, hold a loving space for them till they regain their footing and find their emotional center of gravity again.​

Three Ways to Neutralize Anger
When anger strikes it is literally like a lightning bolt. Neutralizing this effect helps to counter the stresses that anger can generate.
We do not wish to suggest that anger is not a valid expression. On the contrary, anger can be a healthy and constructive outlet of expression when not used in destructive ways.
1) Be Non-Reactive
The first way to neutralize the affects of anger is to be nonreactive to it. What we mean is you choose not to dance with the triggers that normally anger you. In other words, you disengage and detach. Your reaction is to have no reaction.
Being non-reactive is the only way we know of to distance yourself from the triggers that pull you out of your center. Instead of engaging in the passion play, you become an impartial observer. You choose to sit on the fence rather than participate in a chain of reactions that might otherwise escalate out of control. It is your choice, after all, if you choose to react negatively to something. Nobody makes you angry without your consent. You are the sole author of your anger and you write every word of it -- page after page, chapter after chapter.
Being non-reactive demands constant practice. Not taking the bait is an act of self-discipline, so do not expect immediate results over night. When you do react angrily, however, make a mental note of it. Later, trace the events that led to your reaction and try to imagine yourself reacting differently. If someone insulted you, for example, understand that it was not their words that caused your anger, but your reaction to them.
Understanding that your anger is a choice, not something that needs to be controlled, is an important step in neutralizing its affects on your life.
2) Recognize Your Anger In Others
The second way to neutralize anger is to recognize your anger in others. Recognition, in this sense, is when you recognize aspects of yourself in those you are angry with. This should not be confused with projection, where you see in others aspects of yourself that you wish to deny.
Watching as your adversary struggles with frustrations you have dealt with in the past can be a bridge towards greater empathy. Your own anger is a map of the human condition; the frustrations you experience in life are not dissimilar to frustrations experienced by others. This commonality can be used as a guide in understanding the negative reactions of others, and learning to respond with greater compassion.
When someone lashes out at you, for example, take a step back and see if you can recall being angry about a similar event in the past. As we mentioned earlier, identifying a shared experience can help you understand where that person is coming from, and assist you in responding with compassion rather than anger.
Think about the last time you stubbed your toe, a possibly humorous image. You probably recall the throbbing pain you felt as you danced around on one leg. If you were in the presence of someone who also stubbed their toe, wouldn’t you recall the pain you once experienced, even feeling a tingling in your own toe? The same is true when someone provokes you. They are most likely experiencing a frustration that you have also experienced before. If you can empathize with them based on the commonality that you share, it will be easier to respond with more compassion and neutralize your own tendency towards anger.
3) Focus On Opposite Emotions
The third way to neutralize anger is to focus on the emotion that is opposite from what you are feeling. If you suddenly feel the urge to lash out at someone, focus on a feeling that is opposite, such as jubilation. By substituting one emotion for the other, you are simply making a choice to feel a different emotion. Jumping from one emotion to another is not as simple as we make it sound, but with practice the shift can be made with greater ease. This is an excellent way to demonstrate just how powerful individual choice can be in your life.
We realize techniques like this seem as if we are suggesting negative emotions should be masked. That is not our intention. Your emotions are a genuine and honest expression of how you feel at any moment. We do not mean to imply that you should deny the legitimacy of your feelings. We merely offer these techniques to help neutralize emotions that feel inappropriate for the situation, or are causing habitual reactions that you worry have taken control of your life.​
Hypersensitivity & Anger
Identifying those issues you are most sensitive about is an important step toward avoiding the personal triggers that frequently unleash your anger. It's nearly impossible to live life fully without developing hypersensitivities -- or what some refer to as, "having issues." When someone inadvertently steps into that sensitive minefield you tenaciously guard, the retribution is swift and severe. But too often the anger is not based on a verifiable fact but a misinterpretation of the slight that can be traced to a sensitive issue from the past. If, for example, you were ridiculed as a child for being overweight, as an adult you may be hypersensitive concerning perceptions of your body, despite maintaining a desirable weight. Further, if you were wrongly accused in the past and it led to a negative outcome, even a joke that playfully alleges something about you could send you into a rage.
Since the consequence of "having a short fuse" is detrimental in sustaining relationships with friends, family, and co-workers, it is a logical act of self-preservation to find ways to alleviate the problem. Acknowledging that the actions of others are not necessarily the cause of your anger, and accepting that your own hypersensitivities often fuel your animosity, is a good first step.
Defusing the minefields from your past involves revisiting old wounds and healing them. Living in the present and forgetting the past is a popular remedy, but until the painful past is faced head-on, acknowledged for what it contributed to your life -- both good and bad -- and then summarily let go, unwelcome aspects of it will continue to fester in your soul, demanding attention.
Think of these past events as folders from the enormous file cabinet of your life, that were either improperly stored or left out to review later. It may sound simplistic, but the mere act of reviewing the file and ritualistically returning it to the cabinet, can put many issues to rest.
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Common Triggers & How to Transform Them
Minor Irritations: Any accumulation of energy, especially if negatively charged, is best released or neutralized. When allowed to accumulate, repressed emotions tend to erupt all at once, similar to the eruptive nature of a volcano. Outbursts like this are not only disruptive and negative, but potentially violent if the energy is repressed for too long.

Neutralizing emotions, as mentioned earlier, yield the most positive outcome. If that is not possible, communicating minor annoyances as they occur is far better then repressing them until they accumulate and erupt later in volcanic expressions that are inappropriate and destructive.
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Fatigue, Stress & Poor Health: When the body is overwhelmed by stress and not in good working order, your tolerance of the daily irritations and frustrations in life is diminished. The obvious solution is to get plenty of rest each night and find ways to alleviate excess tension in your life. The importance of adequate sleep can not be stressed enough in combating irritability and, ultimately, anger.
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Something Is Bothering You: Excessive worry over a problem or incident can pull you out of your center, leaving you distracted and prone to lash out at anyone that inadvertently crosses the borders of your anxiety.

Along with anger, worry is another constant in life, an affliction that is rarely ameliorated by the irrational levels of caffeine ingested each day in your society. We could fill several of your typed pages with a discussion about the feverish thinking associated with worrying, but for now we will say that focusing on the "present" -- not the past or future -- can alleviate much of the anxiety being felt.

So many people worry about things that may never come to pass that they forget to live the life that is unfolding around them.
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Angry People: Being accosted by an angry person both catches you off-guard and injects a hostile dose of aggression into your personal space. Avoiding the impulse to respond in kind can be a significant challenge, since when two opposing forces clash in this manner, further escalation typically occurs.

The solution here is to give the person room. If you let them express their feelings in a safe space and do not reciprocate their anger, they will move their energy with less incident.
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False Assumptions: Similar to projection, false assumptions project personal views of reality onto the actions and motivations of another, creating a subjective perception of a person that bears no resemblance to the truth. It is the literal creation of a fictional character, and anger generated from this plotline is based on false premises. This natural tendency to demonize those you take issue with often results in projecting the darker parts of yourself onto others till they become individual mirrors of your fears.

False assumptions may be transformed by forming conclusions about others based on fact, not assumption. Learn to verify every perception you have about a person: ask questions, collect facts, and carefully observe if your inferences emanate from a place of fear or a verifiable truth. If your conclusions cannot be verified, discard them till more information is available.
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Point of Reference: Another common trigger, point of reference is when you equate a past wrong committed by a person to all their actions in the future. It doesn't matter if the individual has long since matured and redeemed themselves, interactions with that individual will still be met with suspicion, based on that point of reference from the past.

Once again, do not confuse opinion with fact. Verify your perceptions with factual data, not interpretation. Allow people the opportunity to change.
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Not Getting What You Expect: Unmet expectations are the most common reasons for anger that we know. Since expectations are often enclosed by invisible boundaries that you try to defend, release that tension by removing as many expectations as possible. The same could be said about many of the boundaries you've set in life, both inner and outer. The less you have to defend, the less you have to be angry about.

This may sound overly simplistic, but the choice to simplify can be an act of great wisdom.
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Anger & False Personality
False personality is the judge and jury that exiles you to a prison of your own making. Learn to be a prosecutor and cross-examine the actions of false personality. Challenge its rationale. Too often false personality leads you to misconstrue events that in the light of reasonable thinking would have never warranted angry reactions. The worst offenders are unmet expectations.
In a perfect world everyone gets along, things go your way, and all dreams come true. But in the real world where free will reigns, your expectations of how things should be are frequently subject to influences outside your control.
Some people believe they can control any situation that befalls them, but this is an irrational expectation. There are things in life that must be accepted for the way they are. Rude people, for example, will still be encountered in life no matter how much you expect otherwise. Thus flying into a rage whenever you encounter discourteous behavior only means your beliefs have become untenable. The dictates of false personality incites you to defend your beliefs at any cost, so to avoid these negative patterns in your life, learn to challenge any beliefs that lead to anger. If something seems irrational or unrealistic, it probably is. Instead of embracing negative outbursts that only feed false personality and solve nothing, toss your faulty beliefs aside and choose to accept that which cannot be changed.
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Anger & Chief Features
Anger and the chief features are frequent bedfellows. There is a mutual attraction here that works in tandem, and not for the greater good.
Anger is not a manifestation of the chief features, per se, but a vehicle. The chief features hitch a ride on your anger, so to speak, and gives it more expression. Thus, the more entrenched you are in your chief features, the greater the expression of anger.
Consequently, extinguishing the chief features are a logical step in lessening the influence of unwanted anger in your life. Chief features, of course, are driven by fear, and anger thrives on that. You could say that the chief feature emboldens your anger through association. Otherwise, it's like your anger is at a dance without a partner.
We do not wish to imply, however, that anger is truly chief feature driven -- it is not -- but when the two dance together, you should expect more from the couple than just the tango.
Breaking things down, the ordinal chief features of self-deprecation, self-destruction, and martyrdom, express anger inward, in ways that mostly do damage to the self. The cardinal chief features of arrogance, greed, and impatience, on the other hand, express anger outward, in ways that often impact others.
Provided is a brief summary of how anger and the chief features may interact.​
Self-Deprecation: The combination of anger and self-deprecation often leads to a downward spiral in confidence, enthusiasm, and self-esteem. This inward directed anger crushes the spirit, attacking the self and its ability to experience the pride of individual accomplishment, or to even tackle daily obligations with much vigor. Depression is the result.

Learning not to compare yourself with others is the first chink in the armor of this chief feature. You are perfectly adequate the way you are. ​
Self-Destruction: If feelings of being out of control weren't already enough, anger adds a combustion to this chief feature that often leads to tragic results. Self-destruction attacks the self, of course, and anger provides the impetus for self-inflicted injury, both psychological and physical.

Learning to value yourself, even when laying in a gutter of despair, is not a challenge that is easily remedied overnight. Setting small goals at first is best. The goal is to find something in each day that is significant. It can be something as simple as a favorite song or food. What matters is that you start collecting a menagerie of meaningful experiences. In time, as the collection grows, you will find it is not the experiences that matter so much, but the value they add to your life. A life that has meaning is a life that finds value in everything around it. When you learn to find value in your life, you will soon find more value in yourself. ​
Martyrdom: If misery loves company, then surely a marriage of martyrdom and anger are a match made in Hell. Gripped by an unrelenting fear of their own worthlessness, people with this chief feature are angry at the world. They feel deep despair for their lot in life, they moan and complain about the injustices they face, but they are usually too depressed to make much noise about it outside their own vicious circle.

The first step toward transforming this energy is the acknowledgement that the Universe did not give them a bum rap, they did, and continue to do so. For all intents and purposes, the Universe doesn't even know of their existence. So there is nothing to lose if they throw caution to the wind, step onto the world stage, and finally make their voices heard. Someone might just be listening. ​
Stubbornness: Anger serves as a continued line of defense around the borders of stubbornness, adding stronger fortification. Stubbornness likes to draw a line in the sand -- fighting to preserve the status quo -- and anger helps to defend that line with a tireless tenacity.

Opening your borders to new ideas and possibilities is one way to transform this obstinate alliance. Instead of steadfastly holding on and digging in deeper to secure your footing, climb out of the trenches and discover that having unprotected borders doesn't mean annihilation. ​
Arrogance: Anger and arrogance are lively sparring partners, with unwavering judgments that can cause someone to both puff themselves into narcissistic caricatures and retreat into isolation at the same time.

Being vulnerable and exposing the jugular to the whims of public scrutiny can be a trial by fire that loosens the grip of this chief feature. ​
Greed: This is a combustible combination. Greed has an appetite that's insatiable, and anger feeds on all things insatiable that go unfulfilled. It makes for a volatile hunger that is forever unsatisfied. You couldn't ask for more from a chief feature.

We think greed is best managed by literally putting it on a diet. The stunning realization that the soul won't starve if its appetite for life occasionally goes unfulfilled, means having to subsist on what it already has, which can cause the fruit of this fear to wither on the vine.​
Impatience: Continuing our food analogy, impatience already lends a bitter taste to all that it flavors, so adding unsavory spices like anger to the mix is a dish best served when nobody else is around.

On the other hand, learning to serve others while gracefully bowing to the frustrations that often accompany such endeavors, can among other things, teach patience
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Anger & Centering
The four centers -- intellectual, emotional, moving, and physical -- are direct indicators of how your anger manifests and what incidents provoke it. By monitoring your centers you can quickly assess the warning signals that often appear in your centering before the full force of your anger is unleashed. You can also mix and match various techniques for stopping anger based on your individual centering. If you are in the moving part of the intellectual center, for example, choose techniques that are in alignment with that combination. Find more on that in the next section.​
Physical Center: When provoked, the physical manifestations are clearly evident: heart rate increases, there may be an elevation in blood pressure, the face turns red; gastrointestinal upset may lead to feelings of nausea; musculoskeletal tension may cause headaches or a grinding of the teeth.​
Emotional Center: When provoked, any emotions relevant to the reaction are summoned, such as feelings of rejection, betrayal, guilt, embarrassment, impatience, and so on.​
Intellectual Center: When provoked, the mind races in an incessant chatter, interpreting the offense, second guessing, confabulating, and generally distorting events.​
Moving Center: When provoked, physical posturing appears aggressive, voices are raised, speech becomes rapid, fists are clenched, objects are broken. Action is taken on feelings.
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Stopping Anger Once It Occurs
Take a Break
Dealing with anger once caught within its throes requires immediate attention. When dealing with a contentious situation that could raise your ire, the most obvious solution is to remove yourself from the situation. The goal isn't the fearful avoidance of a confrontation where you constantly flee from all forms of conflict, but the wise choice to take a break from a situation that you feel has escalated out of control. This can come in the form of asking to change the subject temporarily, or walking away altogether. Later, after you have cooled-off and reassessed your thoughts and feelings on the matter, return and discuss the topic more constructively.
This technique is particularly effective if you have the have moving center as either a part or centering. But it works well with any combination.
The Human Lightning Rod
Since most fragments either express their rage with great abandon or repress the expression, storing it for later, a less stressful approach is to simply ground yourself against the charge. This idea is similar to the way a lightning rod works, where the rod offers a low resistance path that directs any harmful electrical currents away from a structure and into the ground.

To literally make yourself into a human lightning rod that neutralizes angry feelings, use your body as an electrical conductor and redirect the energy into the Earth.

We offer the following idea:
First, stop talking.
Second, stand straight (but nonrigid), and let your arms dangle loosely. The natural tendency during a bout of anger is to tense the body, like a snake coiling to strike, but that only intensifies the anger and pushes it to the breaking point. Relaxing the muscles, however, stops the energy from reaching a critical mass, which then allows the negative charge to flow through your body unobstructed till it dissipates harmlessly. The angry feelings may run up and down your body for a short duration, but if you remain loose and relaxed -- almost like a rag doll -- your body provides a low resistance path for the charge to pass through and eventually the intensity of the energy will fade.
Focus on your breathing during this process, slowly breathing in and out to reduce the pace of your agitation. On each exhale, imagine that you are directing any negative energy deeper into the ground.
This technique is particularly effective if you have the emotional center as either a part or centering.
Anger That Is Out of Control: Change the Script
Anger that borders on rage is almost always a manifestation of false personality. Many techniques are available to address this problem, but one method is to, in a figurative sense, change the script you are using. In other words, distract your incendiary impulse by either mentally or orally reciting a pre-written script specifically memorized for this purpose, such as an unusual quote or even a nursery rhyme. The chosen phrase should be so preposterous that when compared to the original context of the anger, it momentarily breaks the spell of the tirade and allows you to regain your emotional equilibrium. The point is to break the incessant chatter in your mind that races illogically, interpreting and confabulating reasons for being anger.
This technique is particularly effective if you have the intellectual center as either a part or centering.
We understand that being consumed by anger is frightening. It feels like a wild animal is running loose in your body, snarling, biting, and generally acting dangerous. Attempting to corner the animal only results in more snarling and biting. The solution, of course, is to release the animal from its cage. But how do you do that without having it attacking someone innocent? The answer is simple: do not cage the animal in the first place. Attempts to corner, trap, or cage anger only terrifies the beast further. Like taming a feral cat, you establish trust by eliminating aggressive posturing, creating a safe environment, and showing affection when the animal acts up. Learning to love your anger, not fear it, is an important step toward releasing it from the cage within your soul.
While there are numerous techniques available to tame anger, the main objective is to avoid feeding this hungry beast. In other words, break the chain reaction that causes anger to escalate out of control.
Since by nature anger is an ephemeral emotion that is meant to be over in a flash, giving pause or adding a quiet moment after the initial reaction can break the spell of most tirades. When your mother used to say "count to 10," she was imparting ancient wisdoms that still work well today.​
The Root Cause of Anger
If you still find yourself at the mercy of outbursts beyond your control, then as mentioned earlier, your tank is full, so to speak. It may be helpful to examine any recent frustrations or set-backs that have accumulated over the past couple months, and determine if you have repressed any of that energy. Peeling back the layers and going deeper into your anger may also prove helpful. In fact, knowing the root cause of your anger is vital if your intention is to use anger in more constructive ways. Anger that feels out of control can be mysterious and frightening, and being unaware of the source only contributes to this fear.

To gain access to the origin of your anger, descend into the inner recesses of your being, and ask the deeper parts of yourself for assistance. Start by making a list of what makes you angry, both from the past and the present. Place each point in a separate column and leave space for answers below.

In a meditative state, work through your list and ask where your anger comes from. The goal is to learn the origin of your discontent. Like the Akashic records, you have access to all knowledge stored inside you -- just ask for it. Write your answers down in the corresponding column.

As you plumb the depths, one answer will often lead to another, and this is a necessary process in order to reach the root cause. The answers may surface as memories of events, images that need to be deciphered, or a distinctive voice in your thoughts.

Here’s an example of what to expect when you peel back the layers:
You ask about your angry reactions toward members of a particular political party. You are told that you disagree with political parties that worship profit over people.
You ask why this ignites such a charge. You are told you were not allowed to join a club when you were eight years old because your parents lacked the money to afford the uniform. So now there is the pain of being excluded from something.
You ask why does this have a charge? You are told you were denied your mother’s love as a baby when your twin brother was sick, requiring extra care. And so on...​
Anger As a Mental Habit
When frustration and annoyance become so dominant that your automatic response is one of anger, then the reoccurring behavior has created a neurological pathway in your brain, similar to a well-traveled trail. Anger then becomes a mental habit, where you indiscriminately react to events that shouldn't warrant an angry response. In short, your anger has become an addiction.
Habitual anger is like unstable weather patterns where dark clouds loom, barometric pressures drop, and something in the air tells you that a storm is imminent. Habitual anger is then a cloud that hovers above you night and day; an internal storm system that clouds the sunshine in your life with a perpetual shadow. And as unpredictable as the weather, a stormy reaction is possible at any time.
To escape this dark eclipse in your life, remember that anger is self-generated. Other people do not make you angry, you do. You are never a puppet on a string to incendiary impulses that seem out of control, but the final arbiter in all the choices that you make. Anger is merely one choice out of the thousand choices you make each day. Making choices that honor the values you live your life by are easier than you may realize.
Choice is nothing more than a conscious decision to either do something or not. If you flip on a light switch, for instance, you have temporarily chosen to live in a world that is fully illuminated; if you flip the switch off, you are surrounded by darkness. Your choice to be angry is then as simple as either flipping a switch on or off.
We realize this sounds oversimplified, but choice was never meant to be anything but simple. It's living with the consequences of a choice that proves difficult, and this is where breaking an addiction to anger is most relevant.
If you can learn that, like a light switch, the choice to respond with anger is as easy as a choice to stand in a lighted room, then the next time you feel an impulse of anger, choose the lighted room. Chief features, emotional triggers, and repressed anger will no doubt try to add shadows to the room, but remember that it was personal choice that allowed those energy parasites to feed on your psyche in the first place.
To free yourself from this addiction, develop more self-awareness to the unexpressed anger that you store within. Know your triggers. Keep a journal of the things that made you angry in the past, and compile a log of new instances as they occur. Look for patterns and categorize them. For example, if waiting in long lines or getting stuck in traffic is a common trigger for your anger, examine your beliefs about this behavior. Do you harbor unrealistic expectations around this issue? Challenge all beliefs that seem irrational.
Letting go of anger can feel like you are losing a part of yourself. You have fought long and hard to justify this part, and to realize suddenly it was a false part and not your true self, can leave you disillusioned. This is the insidious trap of false personality: false personality is like being in a dream where you are a spectator in your own life, unable to control your reactions. It is a daytime nightmare. Wake up.
Anger is best evaluated during times of relaxation. As you lay in bed, for instance, replay incidents in your mind that have generated angry reactions in the past. Do your angry feelings immediately return during this review, or are you able to review your mental reenactment as an impartial observer?
Ultimately, the key to lessening the grip of habitual anger in your life is to practice reacting in ways other than anger. Or said more succinctly: STOP GETTING ANGRY.​
Stop Getting Angry
Breaking any addiction requires time and a steadfast devotion to the cause. It is not enough to just practice the exercises we outlined in this channeling. To remove an addiction from your life, it is important to remove the substance of your addiction.
Like the former smoker who denies himself a lighted cigarette, a recovering angry person should remove similar props from his life. Raising your voice, gritting your teeth, clenching your fists, or pounding on a desk, are all reactions that ignite angry feelings, and these physiological responses can become addicting over time -- the more often you express yourself in anger, the more often you will find yourself getting angry.
As in all things, practice makes perfect; so when you practice being angry -- which is essentially what you are doing when you blow your top at another -- you are perfecting your ability to unleash a potentially destructive emotion more frequently and with greater force.
To stop this vicious cycle, rid yourself of all expressions that escalate angry feelings. Shouting at others or pounding on objects only feeds your addiction and lays neural pathways in the brain that ensures stronger outbursts in the future. Learn to stop posturing in ways that lead to friction and hostility. Don't raise your voice, shake your fists, resort to inflammatory language, or use a menacing gesture of any kind. And when incited to anger, if you can't leave the area and your mother's timeless instruction of counting to ten seems woefully impractical, don't say anything at all -- at least momentarily -- and become the human lightning rod we mentioned earlier, allowing the disruptive energy to pass harmlessly through your body, into the ground.
The main objective is to practice not getting angry. If you can do that for six weeks, you will break your addiction.
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Constructive Uses of Anger
We began this session with the comment, "anger is release." We stand by that assessment; however, the act of release can be like the addictive elements of a drug -- once you start, it's hard to stop.
We do not question the benefit of releasing anger rather than suppressing it, since allowing emotional toxins to fester in the body is both psychologically debilitating and detrimental to physical health. But the long-term ramifications of unabashedly expressing anger with little regard for the impact it has on others is an obvious concern, since anger that seeks to harm or destroy, either through verbal or physical abuse, only widens the gap between two combatants. Even in group settings, the negative shrapnel that strikes anyone within the vicinity of an explosive outburst is neither appropriate nor helpful. And as demonstrated too often throughout history, the mob mentality of a crowd is easily inflamed.
Time-honored therapies that teach the release of anger through screaming or pounding on objects in private are also of dubious merit, in our opinion, since venting anger at full bore is just another way to practice being angry. While this does release some pent-up aggression, it also brings with it the same deleterious affects associated with anger, such as elevated blood pressure, increased heat rate, headaches, and so on. In our estimation, it's counter-productive.
We believe the healthier approach is to defuse or neutralize angry feelings, or not get angry at all. , and use them as a touchstone for open and honest communication.

Today's irritations can too easily become tomorrow's regrets, so it's important to communicate feelings of anger before they accumulate over time. Since anger provides an immediate assessment of your emotional health, alerting you to imbalances in your body that should be addressed, it is a useful tool for measuring the effectiveness of your communication style. In other words, if you are angry 2-3 times a day, your style of communication is probably in need of improvement.

Doing this constructively means removing the negative charge from your expression so that you can communicate in ways that are respectful, honest, and non-threatening. When used constructively, anger can improve the quality of relationships, motivating people to openly express their feelings with greater confidence and less apprehension.
We offer the following suggestions for constructive communication:​
Constructive communication is not a debate. Do not make the other person wrong. Relinquish your need to be right; you are connecting a bridge to an equal.​
Be specific. Do not expect your partner to read between the lines. Openly communicate what you think and what you feel.​
Focus on one issue at a time. Avoid tangents that may introduce prior judgments and nit-picking.​
Show tact and respect, but do not give away your power. Be compassionate yet assertive. Communicate what you want and what you need.​
Listen. Don't craft your next response before your partner has finished talking. Constructive communication is not a chess match.​
Be nonresistant. Open your borders to new possibilities.​
Forgive. Put the past behind you and move forward.
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Releasing Old Anger
Old, repressed anger can collect in stagnant pools of energy in your body, leaving an energetic toxicity that both feeds false personality and increases the likelihood of disease.
Techniques for releasing repressed anger are varied, but the act of forgiveness is a time-tested remedy that if expressed with sincerity, can rejuvenate the inflicted areas in both your spiritual and physical body, similar to the way the body can suddenly reverse the spread of cancer cells.
Some say forgiveness is forgetting. Wouldn't that suffice?
That is valid. Forgetting only works, however, if something is not deeply entrenched. Otherwise all past grievances should rise to the surface to be acknowledged, accepted, and released. The act of "letting go" is obviously similar to the intent of forgetting and the equivocation is that the latter relies more on a ritual process when the emotional wounds run deeper.​
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a relatively simple act, with little or no preparation required, yet it remains one of the most daunting lessons our students face. Indeed, if every fragment on your planet performed just one act of forgiveness a day, the entire world would benefit. But the evolutionary process of your civilization follows a natural course, and fragments will awaken when they are ready to do so.
Learning to forgive is vital to your spiritual health for several reasons:​
Forgiveness releases you from the ball and chain that tethers to all the wrong you have suffered from. Violations to your being, either karmic or mere annoyance, continue to inflict pain and damage till you forgive the fragment in question and release the negative charge or imbalance initially created. As long as you nurture feelings of anger and resentment, you relive the injurious act and continue to fall victim to it. ​
Forgiveness does not mean you condone the act. You simply release your negative attachment to it and stop any further victimization by its memory. You also release the perpetrator of the energetic bond created at the time. Forgiveness is not a divorce, per se, but there are elements of the unhealthy marriage between two fragments in need of forgiveness.​
Each act of forgiveness is another step to Agape. Forgiveness blooms like a flower in your soul and the sheer number of blossoms are directly proportional to the acts of forgiveness performed. Similar to the honeybee as it pollinates neighboring flowers, one act of forgiveness can literally pollinate hundreds of flowers. ​
The potential for healing is another benefit of forgiveness. When someone violates your trust, for instance, you feel like you have an emotional flu; forgiveness then, serves as the antidote. ​
To use a business analogy, forgiveness is like a contract you write that releases you of any negative bonds you have with either yourself or another person. This contract is your intention to let go of fear and replace it with love. Over a lifetime you will collect a substantial inventory of unresolved fears and you could say your soul becomes a warehouse for these goods. The shelves, so to speak, may indeed be stacked high with boxes and dust curls, but there is no expiration date on the fears you have boxed away. And reviving the potency of what lies in a box is as simple as opening the lid. Forgiveness, then, is your way of liquidating your inventory and redistributing it in a more positive manner. ​
Finally, forgiveness teaches you how to love those around you who act unlovable. It breaks down barriers erected around insecurities, prejudices, and fears, and exposes you to the truth that love is the Universal constant. As we have said before, adversaries are your greatest teachers; much can be learned by forgiving them.​
As yet another instrument in your arsenal of spiritual tools, forgiveness simply helps you release negative energy. Anytime you harbor this kind of energy you limit the fullness of your potential. Forgiveness is your means for clearing the pent-up energies of resentment, frustration, anger, annoyance, betrayal, hate, and a host of other spiritual maladies that act like parasites, preventing you from finding more joy in your life.
Many tools are available to teach you about forgiveness, but we have tried to distill some of the concepts into a single exercise.
First, realize that forgiveness is worthless without sincerity. In your society, such glib attempts at forgiveness are no better than a band-aid if sincerity and determination are not part of the RX mix.
In this exercise, then, instead of focusing on a specific individual, look for something within yourself to forgive. It should come as little surprise to you that no greater test of sincerity exists than when you focus the healing lens on your own life.
Starting at the age of six (if you can remember that far), begin retrieving memories from your past, scanning carefully for events that still carry an emotional charge. Look in particular for any incident where you felt shame and regret. Allow yourself to re-experience those feelings as fully as possible. As resurrected emotions surge through your body, do not be surprised if this creates some pain. This is your cue that you have tapped into a pocket of repressed energy that needs release and healing. Like an emotional Geiger counter in your body, emotional pain alerts you to release unproductive energy that, if allowed to fester, could materialize physically and cause damage. To avoid this, learn to face your pain and release it. Simply let it go. Instead of fighting or denying its existence, momentarily give it full reign over your body, allowing the pain to resonate through you as if you were a human tuning fork.
Now ponder the ramifications of your action from the past and acknowledge how it might have affected other people. Do not judge yourself here, just accept the role you played in the incident. When the intensity of your emotions have reached a climax -- not dissimilar to the potency of sexual release -- forgive yourself. Use whatever affirmation suits the situation, but vow with as much intensity as you can generate that you are releasing all fear from this memory and forgiving yourself for the harm you inflicted on others, including the mistakes that you made. Acknowledge the validity of the experience for what it taught you, but make a pact with yourself that once you have released this fear you are finished with it for good. Then allow the energy to dissipate and let go of the past.
Continue this exercise for a couple days (or however long it takes) and find more personal experiences
in your life that might benefit from your forgiveness. In particular, uncover any memories that haunt yo
u today and give them special attention. Like neglected, homeless children, these specters
from your past still cry out for your love.

After you develop ample proficiency with this exercise, you are ready to choose someone else to forgive.

We remind you that embarking on journeys like this rarely offer an easy way back, so the decision should not be taken lightly.

Once you make the decision, however, and choose to face your emotional pain without remorse, you enable yourself to see
beyond the dusty facades you have constructed around your fears. These false fronts often resemble dilapidated ghost towns
in your soul and serve as decaying reminders of your refusal to face your past courageously and with resolve.

Learning to forgive, however, puts the past behind you where it belongs.

Forgiveness is the only way we know to reach true inner peace. Like everything else, though,
releasing your fears from the past and replacing them with love is, ultimately, a choice.​

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Peter Farley, who categorizes them as follows:
From: the twelve primary races of our universe
"There are 12 primary races in this universe
(and probably a countless number of other races):
Felines
Carians
Humans
Reptilians
AI(worry)
Cetaceans
Crystallines
Electricals
Elementals
Insectilians
Liquidians
Orbs
Each of the races has their own specific traits. For example,
AIs don't have emotional body.
Also Electricals don't have real emotions."
He missed only one,
The 13th One - Dragons
~ susan lynne schwenger
The eXchanger aka White Lotus Star
Talks with Thunder with Thunders
13
#the13thbridge #thesource #exkavier #magic #magick #thefinalfire

Question: Who are you really ???

ANSWER: we'll try to edit this to include a number of things (under edit)

Dame Susan Lynne Schwenger
(Pendragon ap Custennyn)

Dame & Lady Dragon eXKavier

THE FiNAL SYNTHESiS, eXKavier - Susan Lynne Schwenger
isbn 978-0-9939480-0-8
Book,Video & Movie coming soon!!!

aka The eXchanger

aka The Business Lady with A Heart

aka Talks with Thunder

aka Talks with Thunders

aka Eagle Talker

aka White Lotus Star

aka Simply Susan

aka Wassenakoshka Anang ~ Wassenakoshka Giisis (Kwe)
(which translates into English as:
Bright Shining Star ~ Bright Shining Sun (Woman)

aka Gookomis Ziigwan Nibi
(which translates into English as:
Grandmother Spring Waters)
given by Grandmother Rose Logan
at The Toronto Friendship Centre

Harmonizer of Indigenous Culture with Modern Precepts of Pythagorean Perennial Philosophy

in The Mode of Cosmic Healer
in The Ancient Order of The Eagle

in The Mode of The eXchanger
in The Ancient Order of The Condor

in The Mode of Cosmic Weaver
in The Ancient Order of The Star Spider Clan

in The Mode of Dragon
in The Ancient Order of The Star Dragon-Serpent Clan

in The Mode of Dragon Master
in The Ancient Order of The Star Dragon-Serpent Clan

in The Mode of Dragon Rider
in The Ancient Order of The Star Dragon-Serpent Clan

NOW in The Mode of:
Scribe,
Thunderbird,
and, Unicorn

– An International Author
& Award Winning Poet

LABOURS of LOVE,
Title: “Buried within my Heart”
- Noble House, UK - 2004

THE INTERNATIONAL
WHO'S WHO in POETRY,
Title: “Buried within my Heart”-2004

THE BEST POEMS and POETS of 2004
Title: “Buried within my Heart”-2004

Editors Choice 2003

Editors Choice 2002

THE SOUND of POETRY
– The Top 33 Poets
in The World –3D CD SET - 2001

Editors Choice 2001

She was known as;
White Lotus Star
on Paranormal 101 Radio Show

on www.blogtalkradio.com
Radio Show: 13 (THiRTEEN)
www.blogtalkradio.com/13
The Journey to The 13th Bridge

CURRENTLY writing a book called:
THE FiNAL SYNTHESiS, eXKavier - Susan Lynne Schwenger
isbn 978-0-9939480-0-8 - Book, Video & Movie coming soon !!!

"If you do NOT like the consequences,
start changing the choices."

~ susan lynne schwenger
The eXchanger aka White Lotus Star
Talks with Thunder with Thunders
13
#the13thbridge #thesource #exkavier #magic #magick #thefinalfire