inspirational writings - an exercise in random thoughts 2003

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The passage of time is punctuated by the events which happen in ones life. You rarely notice true passing of the hours,days, months or seasons except for memorable events to note how time for you has gone on. Why such a markedinterest in time should be a consideration is chiefly due to the ever punishing awareness that for you time is finite. Inyour eyes you are aware that in a corporeal world the human body has limitations placed upon it. These invariablyincrease with age and most people in Western civilisation become melancholy (or even to the point of obsession) about

their inevitable end. The body ceases to function, it is natural law, just as it is that the end becomes the beginning of thesouls release.

The chain of special events which punctuate your awareness are individual to the soul, for some a marked event isspecial for others the same is not as memorable. But they good or bad, experiences, mark the shaping of ourselves andthe way we perceive such events, and handle them later, is of much importance more so undoubtedly than the timethat has passed between them. Our attitudes to such learning experiences, perhaps even life-changing in their intensity,shape and mould what we are to become. We will change, we will develop, sometimes for the better and maybe not.This is our learning ground, our chance to grow and develop, to test the boundaries imposed upon us but to embracenatures law at the same time.

Natures law is not written down so that we may all learn its controlling influences on our lives. It is an unspokenlanguage, an unforeseen force and an energy that tries to counterbalance the cause and effect of how we interact withthe corporeal world around us. Whether we choose or not to abide by such a law is up to us to decide, but the effect of abusing it can be severe if not for us then for other perhaps unknown and unseen living matter. Whether this matter

has a life energy or not makes no difference the cause and effect of our actions will have an escalating affect. We killthe fly, that feeds the frog that spawns the rivers that fail to support other life etc etc.

In essence, each and every action shapes the world about us and whether or not that is a memorable action or event toyou, it may turn out to be so to someone or something else who is affected by its repercussions. The flippant amongstyou, the uncaring and the ones whose souls have not yet progressed enough beyond their own selfish needs will turnaround and say so what. The answer is simple. Their inaction, their negativity and lack of purpose escalates, alonethey may not make a difference, but multiplied by the extent of their kindred spirits, the effects are alarming. Indeed, tosuch proportions that corrective actions by these souls only too painfully aware of the need to react and counterbalancethe situation, become inane. Their repair, their attempts to heal can be slower than the spread of that which needscorrecting. Take as an example The Greenhouse Effect, El Nino, Tidal Flows and World Climate changes.

All these things are what you are shaped by and begin to shape our futures more than they did our past. As timeadvances, each new generation has new and unavoidable issues to deal with that are unique to their era. Add to that thediverse social, physical, moral and religious backgrounds that shape the world and its thoughts and you begin to feel alost soul in a vast world. So many souls feel moulded, shaped and steered by their outside influences, but this is life andthe learning experience we are on. This ever changing theatre of life determines that we should be adaptable, flexibleand true to ourselves and others. We cannot allow life to go on around us and not be part of the action, for as we haveseen, sometimes inertia is what ruins us and others. A zest for life, a launching oneself into the discoveries of what wecan give and receive to our world, is vital for our advancement as a person, as a species, and as a planet.

To say we have developed and yet have to acknowledge to what extent others had to suffer, or to the damage we did toother species and eventually the planet cannot be seen as development at all. True accomplishment is the ability togive with love, and the result is that more love and positivity is produced. With this in mind, as one person does a deedthe effects may not be immense, but multiply that action by their many kindred spirits and the affects can bemarvellously radical. Natures law becomes our law, and the way we allow ourselves to be governed by it not onlyaffects us, but the life around us now and in the future. Our responsibility to ourselves and all around us is essential atall times. When our bodies have gone and our souls have moved on, what we shape now becomes our future just asmuch as it does all future living forms. Can we be proud of our contribution to that legacy?


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When you consider love to be a positive and driving force in the world, you should give thought as to where this powerful emotion comes from. The energy of love comes from within. This needs to be repeated to ourselves time andtime again because so often we attribute love to something from without that penetrates our lives or reacts with us to

bring about our own loving energy. It comes from within. It extends to without. It is an energy that can reacheverywhere and turns inertia to activity. Love blends and combines, heals and brightens. Love is a light that can turnthe shadow of our souls towards a higher plane and understanding.

It is true that we each seem to desperately need love. Yet so often we look and turn to others for this energy to besupplied. Whether expected, asked for, demanded or taken we have failed to realise one essential blessing. Love comesfrom within. We have it in ourselves to give ourselves the love we need, perhaps more so than we do to supply it toothers. We know our own minds better than anyone else. We know our own souls more than others. We know our

bodies and how we feel. Love can rule it all if we allow ourselves the ability to show ourselves love. Why would youdeny yourself the love that you are willing to freely express and give to others whether you know them or not. Whom

better to love than yourself. And if you dont love yourself, who better to love themselves enough to make the changefrom within. Become the person you want to be. Truly no-one and nothing can hold you back if you want to move on only the counter productive force of fear.

Many people fail to find love in their hearts for themselves. To love oneself means to allow yourself the drive and

enthusiasm to learn and develop, to ever extend the knowledge and abilities you have. Bu challenging yourself, bygrowing to be a better and wiser person, by loving yourself you ultimately begin to show love to others. It is infectiousand what was within grows to without and you are naturally, freely then expressing your love in words and deeds to

benefit others. Love is not a weakness, it is a gift, a blessing to yourself and for the benefit of you to share with others. Never presume to receive what you are not prepared to give, for ultimately you shall get it back tenfold.

There are many in the Spirit World whose sole work seems to be to generate love by their actions and deeds, their verythoughts extending seemingly a constant energy extended towards others. These others may be other souls, both humanor animal, but also other living tissue upon the earth. Their thoughts become in effect an energy to raise the vibration of all living matter. With the power of love that they are extending, they begin to shape the way we look at ourselves or others. Love has that affect. When we know happiness we wish to see others find love and happiness too. And if someone or something is struggling to find it, we should persist, perhaps step up our task and have trust in ourselvesand the positive effect we can have on our Worlds.

Both the Spiritual plane and the Earth plane co-exist, and the good done on each sphere has repercussions on both.When those on the Earth are disheartened, or fall under the shadow of their physical surroundings we do our utmost tohelp them. So should you. By helping yourselves and then extending your love to others you help us in our work. Thereis so much to do. In fact so much that if you knew of it all, or even a fraction of it, then you would feel humbled and

perhaps even overwhelmed. Your love, attuned to your thoughts and directed by us, with us, or even channelled alone,can all make a significant difference and raise the vibration of both planes by your efforts. If by your very thoughts youcan affect yourself, then it seems a natural course of conclusion to suppose that you can likewise influence others in thesame manner. As you realise that this is true, then you should be doing your utmost to make a difference.

Give to yourself and to others. Let this be synonymous in your thoughts and actions. They say that as you give youreceive. This may not always be true directly but if you succeed in your mission to improve the lot of others, then theaffects will undoubtedly ripple through their worlds. Believe that you can make a difference and in loving yourself youare imbued with the magical energy of love. A force to enjoy and be enjoyed. A force to share.


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You should not be concerned with the worry of finding someone to share your life with. This is something that need notconcern you at the present. It takes time to heal the hurt and memories and this is what has been happening all thiswhile. You may be ready to commit to another try, but that other soul might not. You must experience patience andwhilst doing so you must pray.

Prayer is a way of addressing your thoughts and commanding them to do what you would have them do. If this is to ask for someone to love to enter your life then so be it. If it is to become stronger in mind and happier in spirit then so be it.It is a means of reaching out to where you want to be, and in time when the will is ready and all is right, prayers getanswered.

Be encouraged by the gradual progress you are making but seize the day and strive for more. It is possible to achievemore than one thing at once so aim high and try not to be so disappointed. Things happen when all the circumstancesare right, for you and others. All will come good in the end and you will be the happier for it.

Watch what you say and do when the temperament of others hangs in the balance. There are many times in the nextfew weeks, possibly months, when tensions run high. As a result you have a marked effect on others and how they

perceive themselves and their own lives. They have to weather lifes storms by guiding their own ships. You can help point their sails in the right direction but when they let go of the rudder and shout steer! you must be prepared andsteadfast and say no.


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Body heat and body temperature are important when it comes to determining changes in the Earths current. There aresubtle forces apparent in various parts of the world, and each country has its own unique forces. Every body of thatcountry is therefore in tune with its surroundings even before it is born, adapting constantly to these unforeseen forces.

If you think of your body as a compass you would not be far wrong. It is a divining instrument made up of the sameelements which surround it, and yet it is one of the finest processing centres, the brain, to learn to recognise suchinfluences. Though often unseen, such strong forces at times make themselves known. Believe me when I say that theyare perfectly natural and there is no intelligence to them in the forces themselves. However, we are aware of the forcestoo and have learned how to use them to help us in what we do.

The forces concerned are shifts often in the Earths polarity. They too can be small or large, strong or weak dependingalso on the position and often the climate too. A lot of these forces are heightened by geothermal activity, and thegeology of the area shapes to focus the concentration of force. There is a direction to such unseen forces, and theelements that shape them have just as much predictable patterns as they do random fluctuations.

Water is a huge factor in being able to sense such hidden or invisible forces. Our own bodies were made of primarilywater and this is what shapes us into divining rods. Other elements within us help to fine tune the aspects of whatinformation our brains choose to receive. For instance, one could determine the traces of iron ore of undergroundmineral veins, as well as underground flows of water. It is the body that acts as the catalyst to help pick up this

information and the mind that adapts to interpret it. Body temperature becomes a way of attuning also, the rise and fallof it is connected to the strength of the force. The Earths temperature is controlled from above and also below, and as

part of the Earth, for we share the same elements, we can be strongly affected by the same influences.

Imagine that you are aware of these invisible forces of Nature, that you could detect them. They would becomeapparent because your body would feel the sensation of energy. Rather like a tingling sensation, a sudden rise or fall inones own temperature, a certain change in stress/tension of ones muscles. These are what the sensations can sense likeand can be amplified with the help of other natural elements. For example, a dowser uses a rod of hazel-wood or similar (even metal rods) because they help amplify the signal through the bonding of elements within the body andthe rods and then connecting to the elements of the surroundings, all processed by the mind. The brain is the controllingmechanism, so it can say to a huge degree just what it wants to trace, from energy forces to water flow.

So fine tuned can one be with practice that it is entirely possible to detect even the smallest objects with pinpointaccuracy. Rare individuals who have devoted time and effort to the sharpening of this kills can not only tell where a

particular mineral is, but how far down and even how pure. As with the psychic faculty which is just another form of adaptability to our energy forces, any individual has the inert ability to do this. With an instrument that we were bornwith already able to influence our minds, and be influenced by our surroundings, we learn to sense these forces even

by the energy within ourselves if you will the soul. This is a very simplistic terminology because it is the life-force,an energy in itself, that then becomes our body. It helps act as our divining instrument so that we too can sense anduse this energy.

These energy patterns have a bearing on the body and mind. People not realising what it is that makes them feel acertain way can have good and bad feelings about somewhere (and even something in the case of psychometric andclairsentience). It is a combination of which elements that make the determination/feeling of the force that is implied.Possibly how we determine it is up to how well we govern our own minds and how balanced we are mentally. If we tryto remain neutral we can generally determine the sense of the energy, how positive or negative it feels, which way it isflowing, how strong it is. Much like trying to track water or iron ore, an unseen energy has a current and is affected bythe Natural surroundings.

A classic case in point is lay lines. Energy patterns flow form one sight to another, and some places are governed bythem. In that I mean there is a determinable presence that can be detected. Some sites have been built in the past bythose able to sense these flows, and these can help to amplify the magnitude of the energies. Ancient monoliths, houses,copses and even roads have all been built with these forces in mind. They do not control the forces or their flow, they

just seem to heighten, or siphon off some of that perpetual energy, to interrupt its flow even. The criss-crossing flowsof energy do cover the world, but they change too given the right circumstances because major changes to the physicalenvironment can divert the flows. A case in pint would be an earthquake, or even a landslide. One of the things toseemingly divert or inhibit the energy flows is stone or rock. Large enough items of these can act as a barrier,

preventing the elements that make up the vibration of this energy force from flowing in the direction it would naturallytake.


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With this in mind it is not unusual in a developing age, to find that man has naturally dampened his own exposure tosuch elements of Nature by building his towns and cities. Prehistoric man was more attuned to these subtle forces and

better capable of using them to his advantage because he needed them to survive. Nowadays in many countries, thedeveloping world has the luxury of self-created survival techniques food stores, running water everything boughtand sold and readily available at our disposal. As we developed the need was lost, but not the gift. The unknown forcesare still at play on our bodies as the unborn child would be able to testify if his mind could determine what they were.

So you see, as we share the same trace elements that can be found on our planet we are bound to our home in manysubtle ways, even if they are unseen or undetected. Our whole universe shares in some of these elements, but it is theEarth which harbours the link that is special to ourselves that shares our vibrational pattern, even after we die.Though forces are unseen, though mineral deposits and water are beneath ground and seemingly undetectable, it doesnot mean that they are not there. The truth is the truth, whether or not we choose to ignore it. So much like the psychicfaculty the way of determining such natural forces is by application of ones body and mind with a spirit of will thatshall allow us to see.


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What makes man great? I believe there is some semblance of greatness in every human being, be they man, woman or child, white, black, yellow or whatever faith and whichever religion they share. We all share the gift of brotherhood,even our sisters and brothers across the world have that much in common with us the Brotherhood of Man. It is aspecial gift. A gift of life. A gift not to be squandered on selfishness, avarice or despair a gift to be shared, exalted

and honoured. No matter who or what we are, we cannot deny the gift of life is precious. Here we begin our journeyand upon ending it we start to tread a new path, taking with us all that we have learned.

It is not enough for one man to live a solitary life unless he has learned from it. He may then benefit himself, but it alsohis duty to help his fellow brothers and sisters to understand and share in what he has learned. Likewise, it is notenough to always live in the company of others if you have never also taken the time to look within. To leave thisworld of ours and not have shared in the glory of love, of oneself and ones fellow man, is to stunt your soul in theworld hereafter. We must labour hard so that the simple truths come easily upon us, so that we can learn who we are,what we want and how we can be happy.

Self expression comes to us all, but how we show it and how we choose to wear it are up to us. Yes, we can beinfluenced by our surroundings, our neighbours or even the political and social settings we are in but ultimately thedecision is ours. We can stand and be counted and fight for what we feel is right, or else we can sink into subjugationand believe ourselves to be ineffectual and not worthy of what we have to say and do.

It is easy to give in, let the fire inside be vanquished by the pressures of our world, but we owe it to ourselves and tothose we love not to be defeated. Give rise to your uniqueness, give voice to your spirit and sing to the world aroundyou of your song. Your voice is one of tens, of thousands, of millions who everyday wake up and want to impressthemselves upon everyday life. But somehow they allow themselves to crumble, to gather dust on their ambition, tostarve their intellect in an effort to survive. We need to survive but at what price do we place ourselves.

The human soul needs to give voice, needs to sing of its ambitions, to deliver its uniqueness on an unrelenting worldand not be afraid. If we all edged forward towards our goals, just a little bit each day, then what progress our worldwould make. Humanity needs help, it needs your help to survive. It needs nurturing and it strives to exist and flourish

because we are too used to taking the easy option. We have become cosseted in this life of ours, and those who do nothave the same opportunities as us are our responsibility too. It is not enough that we should develop at the expense of others. So let us all make a promise, to ourselves and our fellow man. That we will love, honour and protect ourselvesagainst the greed, the hatred and the denial. We shall improve our way of life and understanding and help our brethrento do the same.

Let us take the hand of our neighbour and say I understand your struggle my friend, its my struggle too so lets uniteand conquer it together. We can build a better future, develop ourselves, give to others and show in love that our worldcan be a better place to live.


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On the banks of a river a small boat would set sail with me in it. Crafted from the weaving of willow and lined with aclay pitch that was prepared using grounded and powdered dust to give it added strength. The boat was light and not

particularly used as anything other than a single carrier to help me to traverse the shallow waters. There amongst thereed beds I could harvest the eggs of the birds, cut down the reeds which we used for our roves and matting. There was

hardly enough room for me to sit, my knees up but my feet in the remainder of the inside. I would have a matted raftmade of the same material as my canoe like boat. This would be trailed behind me for my wares to be carried withoutlosing any of manoeuvrability.

There were pretty flowers too that could be harvested to be woven into garlands and necklaces or bracelets, then tradedwith others of my village. I am about twelve or thirteen then and certainly considered to be a young man whose dutiesas a contributor to village life were taken seriously. I had no need to hunt, this was taken care of by the older men of thevillage. They were in their early to mid twenties, very few people in our village survived into their thirties. There werehowever revered elders, their grey hair worn with pride. All listened to what they had to say, but in a system of democracy theirs was not the only word.

I remember I had a flute hollowed out from a bulbous reed that played high but sweet. When I played it in imitation of the birds they would come close and listen as if curious at the sound. There was much harmony in village life but alsomuch hardship too. We didnt seem to plan ahead, we had no capacity to judge what might be, we just knew the whatwas and lived for the day. I had a precious bead necklace and my clothes were of buckskin and a coarse wool which

softened with wear and continuous washing. There was not the bright colours then as are available now, though certain pigments were known to us we preferred the natural browns and tans, yellows and creams with a rare and valuablegarment of green amongst the lucky few. Clothes were an essential, not a luxury and everything we had was used to thefull. Even our blankets, woven by the girls, some barely seven or eight, were crafted on single looms and though very

basic in form, symmetrical and complex patterns would be created. This was an art form amongst my people.

There werent many of us in the village. Often some would leave and it was a rare few who ever returned. They wentoff in search of honour and adventure, to find new blood and mates that would bear them strong and healthy children.They must have travelled far, because even in my boat I never came across anyone I knew or recognised. Ours was ahappy but solitary existence. On cold nights we would all sit outside around a communal fire and sing and chat. Attimes we would dance and honour the Gods about us. In Winter we would share our tents with each other and keepwarm, many bodies pressed close together. The sick would often wander away and go off to die amongst the open landsor rocky hills, we knew they left but never tried to stop them. Amongst my people we knew with age came disease andthis could reap more destruction to us than any fire or disaster.

Most of our food was cooked on a spit, or else heated in big earthenware cooking pots. The very small childrensupplied the tinder and firewood and had to keep the fire burning. There was little crime, punishment was generally to

be shunned by everyone until the council of elders, sometimes only three to five individuals of both sex, decided to leteveryone notice you again. This had an amazing affect on us, because no-one wanted to be shunned and nobodywanted to shun you. Even petty crimes were punishable. We ate off clay pots and most of what you deem to be cutlerywas actually wood hollowed out and crafted to create a spoon. Mostly we ate with our fingers but our diet was varied.Maize, corn and berries were our staple foods with water and milk creating a mulch that could be eaten as a sort of

porridge with cereal, or else wrapped in leaves encased in clay and bake din the embers of the fire, this came out like aflat bread. We did have fish and lots of smaller animals that we would catch with spears or knives. We knew how tomake traps and we were well attuned to the nature around us. We knew better than to strip our natural habitat of all itsresources.

We were a naturally gregarious people and we were extremely curious. Though we did not read or write we had a greatoral tradition and stories of our Gods and our ancestors were told to us every night. In turn we would share these storieswith our children. I didnt know the name of the river I was on, to my people names were sacred things and wedeclined from using them in common everyday use. To say a name was to detract from its power and possibly thereforecall vengeance upon you. My river was small and winding, it never dried up but in the Summer months the level would

be so low that the reed beds could be walked on. Though the water was just over ankle deep the mud would be up toyour knees and never manageable to walk. There were many snakes anyway, so leaving the canoe was never a sensiblething to do.

We learned to cut a path through the reed banks and placed our traps deep in the heart of them. This was my life before,one of my existences as a twelve year old. At time of happiness in our primitive (to you now) ways. The river woundand bends its way along to a bigger swell and stronger current about a days paddling further up. It comes from therocky hills in the opposite direction and in Winter is ice cold and has been known to freeze over. My peoples houses


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are made of wooden frames for the bigger homes over which we weave our rushes and use the rush matting for floorsand roofs. In the Summer this keeps us cool, but in the Winter we have to daub the outside framework with the sameclay composite pitch substance that is used on the boats. This is a job done by the men, who get all the village to gather the raw materials and the women soldier away as if cooking. Once hot, we allow it to cool slightly until it ismanageable and is placed over the wicker like frame and then left to solidify. It sets hard and brittle and has a chokingsmell to it that takes days to wear off. In the Winter many of us get coughs from this smell and dust on the inside of our homes.

I had never seen a white person. I would see only three or four people, always men and often travelling alone from their villages far away. We did not have horses, we went places by foot. All visitors were welcome but it was expected thatthey would share with us their village traditions and history as part of our evenings celebrations in return for their foodand lodging. They may stay weeks, even months but eventually they would always leave. Mostly, they were alwayslike us, perhaps with slight differences in attitudes and with some shared insights for improvements or advancements.But they varied so little to our looks and ways that we never doubted we were of the same lineage, ancestors of thesame Gods.

Most of our important ceremonies were performed around the totem, a huge pole of timber fashioned in to the likenessof our various Gods. In this way the gods would give us their blessing, or else watch and look into our hearts and knowthem for what they were. This was as near to a sacred spot as we had but it was more than that. Many a dance, andmusic and even certain rights were conducted at this spot to give potency to the proceedings. I even saw medicine

performed at this spot once whilst the whole village watched. There was much sickness and vomiting from somethingthe person had eaten. The medicine man rattled and waved his mighty power stick and then offered the person to sip

from a cup of ugly looking and foul smelling liquid. They immediately began choking and then passed out, whilst themedicine man continued to dance and shout. Four of the villagers carried them to a hut where they slept for three days

before waking and walking right out and not recollecting anything other than having eaten some poisonous berries and plant leaves (which they immediately showed us all so that we might gain from their mis-adventure).

Another custom amongst my people was to give each other coloured stones with symbols painted on to them. Alongwith weaving our blankets and clothes with fanciful symmetrical patterns, these stones were an art form too. They werelike naming stones, empowered with the gods they portrayed, invariably animals. It was considered that you wouldinherit the same qualities for a short time if this stone was given to you with love and sincerity. It only worked the onceand it was a matter of pride amongst us to give and receive such gifts.


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It has always been the way that the greatest of builders could accomplish their masterpieces of architectural triumph by patience, mathematics and an understanding of the laws of economy. It is not enough to have an idea, to nurture andfeed it and then see it grow and develop beyond your wildest dreams. You need the backing and patronage of a wealthymerchant who sees profit in the enterprise, a rich royal who sees the chance to shine above his peers or else thehopeless fanatic or fool who sees in the scheme something which is lost to you. Any or all will satisfy the coffers

needed to build and construct your elaborate scheme, an endless stream of money to see it to its completion.

Weights and counter-measures help test the theory behind the support beams and anchorage of the foundations.Mathematics and the knowledge of geometry enable you to accurately predict what needs to go where and when. This

project will take years of your life and therefore needs to be researched thoroughly. The greatest architect plans needdefining, re-definement and finally the ability to be practical. So many times there must be a compromise between whatis structurally possible and art for cosmetic or aesthetic sake. A good and sound understanding of the properties of thematerials being used, as well as the craftsmens skills likely to be needed is always vital and added advantage.

Plans and drawings mean little to the layman who sees advancement only as the building progresses. The workforcehave little time to spare on how much effort was put into the stage that came before them. Oddly enough the physicalenvironment and climatic changes are also a major factor if the building is to feel right in its surroundings. All thesethings are the skills needed by any architect and it is essential that as the years progress we understand how wedeveloped these skills. Patience has brought us so far and will take us even further.


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11/2/03I am in a large stone room and my feet are being painted on the soles with patterns. I see swirling signs of yellow ochreand gold. It is as if some celebration, a festival, is about to take place, and there is a preparation ceremony for me toattend. It feels like I am in Tibet an a gong is sounded far away, not a single sound, but a sound that is in a continuousloop with mantras and prayers being said by everyone. But not in my room. I am an only child, perhaps five or six. Myskin seems flawless, fascinating, the colour of a very pale manila envelope. It is the binding to the book of my soul, I

see from within outwards on a world I seem to recognise, that seems more than familiar to me, and yet different to howit was.

I think this is called the Pin Yar (phonetically maybe an n on the end), a ritual that lasts many days and whichdemands many days of solitary meditation in preparation. In fact, I was three or four when I was last doing this in a

previous incarnation, too young to speak but knowing enough to stay silent except when I laughed at two dancers wholed the celebratory dance. They had these long strips of yellow and gold and even orange and vermillion materialattached to canes. They continuously moved in arches and rhythms that kept the ends from touching themselves, thefloor or one another. To have done so would have brought disgrace.

I was to recite the holy blessing to the crowds. Not a huge crowd, just an audience of dignitaries, monks, priest andheads of state. I was not important, only the role I did mattered to them. The recital would take many hours tocomplete. I didnt sit cross-legged like you might think, but on a cushion with my legs folded to my side so that I might

be comfortable. I would stop and smile at intervals at the friendlier faces in the room, ones I recognised that were veryold to my eyes but which I somehow recognised I could not put names to them but I remembered what they were like

and the oddest details about them or their families. The prayer mantra was no formidable task, it seemed natural torecall and recite it. The words just seemed to flow, and when they didnt I would break, and they would reform again.Secretly I had them hidden in the folds of my robes. I think the old ones knew, but I was still very young andimpressionable, and I think they felt they ought to make allowances. I didnt dare look at it as I knew their eyes would

be drilling holes into the back of my neck. They sat behind me, the pitch of their voices all different, and yet together harmonious in their single note. I didnt look at the book and was filled with pride that I didnt, but it gave me relief to know it was there. When I describe it, it is more like a long rolled up tiny parchment with the smallest writing insymbols upon it.

The masters behind me were all old. They wore a sort of red colour that denoted their official rank. Most of themscared me because they could be hard and disciplined. I had had water bread and rice for the many days leading up tothe festival and I was looking forward to the sumptuous feats which would be laid out for us at the climax of thecelebration. This would be my chance to eat and gorge myself and the special delicacies I was to abstain from in mymonastic life. Abstinence and prayer were to be the staple requisites to goad me on, to better my spirit by merelyfeeding my body and not allowing it to be indulged. In this way it was to transpire that my soul, but that is not thecorrect word of this people, would develop at a faster, more keen pace. It didnt stop me sneaking about at night, tryingto go undetected and begging or stealing food from the kitchens just to stave off me ever debilitating hunger!

The red of the masters gowns were just for show at the festival. It was a dull deep red, almost a wine colour that had to be especially blended just for the occasion. Robes were usually nothing more than blankets, dull and unexciting so asnot to draw attention to oneself and become vain. Our heads were shaved and in this too we were to chant and say our

prayers. It was hard to concentrate on what we were chanting when the razor they would use had become blunt andscraped across your scalp in a ratching rough way. Water, which was meant to be holy and have been blessed (but I sawthem bringing it up by the bucket and pouring it straight into the bowls without any recitation at all!), this was tippedover us in a way I suppose to be the symbolic holy anointing of the Christian faith.

Something in my title or name ended in Lampur, which in truth meant something like the leading one!. It was nothinglike Dalai, and I laugh that you would insinuate a connection to such a personage. I was no leader of my people, noholy embodiment of our religious idol, though I doubted he faired little better than I. I was just a sort of holy master for my monastery, no-one of such importance except s a leader in the ways my people should follow. They would comeonce a week to be blessed and I would listen to them and offer my blessings. It became mechanical after a while, butoften alone in my apartments I would sit and meditate on their needs seeking an answer to their prayers to be delivereddirectly to them through the holy state within me. I knew it could be done, I had unfailing faith and conviction. I lackedlove for I had been given so precious little of it in my many incarnations, but I had compassion. I had lots of compassion and a heart to open up and swallow the whole world.


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12/2/03

The subject of whether animals have a group soul is a delicate one. Most people do not like to dwell on the subject if they find the answer makes them address issues they are uncomfortable with. For instance, if it were found to be true,would you still slaughter animals for their meat and furs?

It is not necessarily a question that is easy to answer, the definition of the soul is an important consideration. In terms of

a person, every human being is blessed with a soul. It is the seat of our understanding, of what makes us unique anenergy force indelibly inscribed with the passage of our lives. We have the ability to record it all, but with the physicalconstraints of our bodies, the mind only senses a fraction of this information. The brain is used only in fraction and thesoul too has far more to it than we ever use or give it credit for.

The soul is unique to us in the impressions it holds. This is who we are, what we want from our lives and how we perceive that we are going to get it. It is a never ending, adaptable, flexible and nurturing force. As the body dies thesoul continues and retains the personality that has been shaped by its experiences. Our lives and experiences may cometo your awareness, but they are all relatively unimportant, because what matters is the way you are now, who you have

become and what you intend to do to develop yourself and improve upon what exists.

This self awareness is evident to us all, but for some the life experiences means that it takes time to come to terms withourselves. The soul records everything and makes us who we are. For some, that realisation is not a blessing but a

burden. Those who cannot love themselves, or do so in a selfish egotistical way, face much time and effort to improvetheir lot. Every soul is a life force, an energy that shares much in common. When the body is gone the question of race,

gender and faith are all meaningless except in how they have shaped us. The barriers imposed by man are all man-made, and they are stripped away by death. If you wish to go with them, for after years of indoctrination even habitualhabits take some breaking, then no-one will stop you. But why try to self-impose any sort of divisions that may leadyou away from a path of progression?

As regards gender or colour, I believe the soul has none. The soul of both man and woman, Chinese, Indian, white or black is from the same spark of life, part of the same source of eternal waters. The only separation that is truly evidentto each other is how bright we have become, how far we have progressed. For the soul glows with a spiritual intensitythat we all realise we can achieve and aspire to. To se this enthuses hope and love, so there is no real bitterness at thissimple division. After all, we are all at various stages along the path of our progression.

It seems true that some seem to have a preference to be either male or female. It is not important, as one is no better than the other, one is neither stronger or weaker, more intelligent or dominant. What we choose to be depends on howwe feel, and life experiences shape our understanding. What we were in the body may be how we see ourselves in the

psychic/spiritual sense. We naturally have inclinations towards the form that we are most comfortable with. But itdoesnt really matter. You should not approach anyone any differently be they man, woman, old or young. Every soulis unique and every soul is equal in that it can progress to the same extent that wealth can. How we help each other todo that and whom we are drawn to in order to achieve it is also very much down to personal choice. In helping otherswe invariably begin to help ourselves. In seeing in others what we have failed to see in ourselves comes understanding.Thoughts become our actions, what we do and say, how we treat ourselves and others are just as important in the Spirit

plane as it is on the Earth plane. That is the human soul, the life force which is the energy that holds our self-awareness.The thing which is created and then moulded by ourselves and the patterns of life it then experiences. No two are alikeand yet all are akin.

For animals the soul does exist as a life force, and though some would argue, this very essence is also from the same pool as our own. But somehow it is different and the same all at once. Like our energy is from a great ocean and theirsis from a river. One is salt water, the other fresh water but arent they both water, termed the same, considered the samein general despite their different properties? Ultimately doesnt the river tend to flow back into the sea, to find the placewhich it had originally come from? This is why I deem our life forces to be the same, as I do with any living thing. Ithas a life force, it has awareness to a degree. It may not have a consciousness as we interpret it, but as it lives it enjoysa natural progression, is influenced by outside sources and dies just as we do. But this life essence is not destroyed, it isrefashioned, re-used, re-born in the Spirit World ready to flourish and progress as far as its natural limitations will takeit.

Yet animals have that special life force that can be considered an elementary soul. Perhaps we didnt consider neo-lithic man to be more developed than ourselves, more cultured or self-aware but it didnt mean that he didnt possessa soul. If you can believe that these early descendents of ape could house a soul in their bodies, then why not ananimal? The terminology, the distinction as to what separates man from the beasts is another man-made belief. A wayof accepting superiority over our fellow creatures and the rest of the planet. It was even proclaimed by the white man


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over many races, the black brethren, the Red Indians, one nation over another. They may have claimed superiority butthey never proved it by the actions of their souls.

It is not a question of do animals have a life-force, a spirit, as we all do, as every living thing does. It is a question as towhen does this turn into a soul, as it can surely do? At some stage the animal or creature gets to a point of self-awareness and the evolution of the life energy has happened a soul is born. How that soul then shapes itself is alsodependent on outside forces, on life experiences. It is just as malleable as our own. But its natural progression is to

survival of the physical, as in any plant, its life-force urges it to survive. But those animals that develop this awareness,this self of I am, even though rudimentary they have shown evidence of a soul, of independence in amongst similar life-forces.

When that creature dies, the life-force moves onto the Spirit plane. Like our souls, we naturally find ourselves amongstlike minded people. We tend to gravitate around what we know and feel comfortable with. But in our search for

progression, something inevitably leads our soul on to search for more, something better than we are. Likewise, the lifeessence is re-created again retaining what it knows itself to be before but free of the physical constraints and influencesof the Earth plane. As we have a Spirit body fashioned form that which we saw ourselves, so too does every life-force.Those elements that were physical return to the Earth, those elements that were psychical return to the Spirit. But whatof that distinction, that term of natural progression, where the life-force had become a soul, an animal soul.

This soul too may seek a progression within its natural confines. Why should it wish to progress to a human level whenit is seeking progression as an animal? Even the basic soul of an animal will do as we do, seek out those it feelscomfortable with. It will continue to grow and develop, create for itself more self-awareness and perhaps gain its own

individuality. Beyond that I am not certain. The natural order is perhaps for the herds and flocks, unburdened by the physical the compulsion to kill etc may take some getting used to. We suffer because we are self-aware of the injusticeswe do to our fellow man and our world too. We cannot choose to physically hurt anyone after our death although theintention may be there, they have no physical body so we must accept it cannot be done. The animals too must come torealise this. And with this realisation they must come to naturally progress and develop in other ways open to them.Logically, we do not have any conception of how far we are going, and neither do I think do they. But as their soul iscreated it eventually develops and takes them forward towards their Natural Law, their own evolutionary state.

I would like to think, as I mentioned before, that as all rivers return to the sea then so too can souls become greater thanwhat they were perhaps towards the development of self-awareness that the human soul has. But that is conceited.What right do we have that ours is the evolutionary perfection that all life-forces should aspire to. Like it or not, we aregoverned by the Natural Law, something brought us where we are, keeps things as they should be, holds this and allworlds together at the same time. A life-force itself perhaps, with a consciousness an awareness of self even beyondthat of the human soul?

So you see, animals can have souls. Many domesticated pets who have been around humans seem to have self-awareness and would be thought to have a soul. Apes and dolphins have all shown an intelligence, sometimes beyondour own understanding, and seem to have an awareness of self. Wild or domesticated the soul has no preference, muchlike our own colour of skin. It exists, possibly in each and every one no matter what state of dormancy it could be in maybe at its basic it is merely a life-force determined to stay alive for its natural life and at its best it is self-aware andliving and enjoying its life to its full potential within its natural confines. Much like ourselves, for we too are animal.

In some cultures it is believed that we are re-incarnate, possibly to human bodies, possibly to animal and maybe even toan living form. All of these possibilities can be believed if you accept that we all share the very same life force. It isonly the development and extent of our souls that differ. No two souls could inhabit the same body nor do I feel theywould want to, but consider that this could indeed happen when Natural Law goes awry. For instance, when Siamesetwins are born, their body co-joined but their personalities different. Could each not have a soul, for indeed whenseparated do not both twins survive, hence a soul lived in each. If so, where was it housed, surely not in any particular

part of the body. For if so only the twin with that part would survive. No, the soul, the life-force which animates thewhole and perfect body, whether limbs are missing or organs etc, inhabits the whole of the physical. It cannot leave the

body until death permanently, though it is possible that it can leave temporarily but retain a connection to that body, asin astral projection where a silver or invisible cord connects the two. If there is a connection between the soul and the

body, perhaps it is with the brain, because that is the organ which shapes our understanding of the world about us, thatthen goes to imprint itself upon our souls. But even during clinical death, where the brain stops temporarily our soulseems to survive. Perhaps it lingers only until all our brain activity ceases, which is often later than the heart is

pumping. Perhaps we return only when the brain starts functioning again. In the case of a coma victim, their brain stillhas electrical energy regardless of consciousness. Their souls are still there, even though they may be elsewhere in asemi-permanent state of astral projection/out of body experience, until their brain activity returns to recall their soul

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If there is a Natural Law, I am not sure if it includes coming back as anything other than another human. In theory I believe it is possible, purely from the theory that our life forces are identical. But what would our souls gain by beingtrapped in another from other than human maybe there would be much to learn to give us an understanding of all our

brethren that share our worlds. In knowing them by experience maybe we can get to know ourselves better, andappreciate ourselves more in that knowledge. For my own part, I cannot recall ever being a plant or animal, though Irecall many connections to such in previous times. Whether that was on Earth or in Spirit I cannot be sure. It was stillme, my soul, just a different journey, another path along the same road. Of course, we may not be able to remember it.

If life-force can permeate any body, maybe the soul stays dormant because of the Natural Law and remains unaware of the specifics just recalls part of it. For example, perhaps for some reason I love swimming, the sea and sea-life andyet my family had never taken me. It fills me with joy to se pictures etc and I can almost feel or sense what it is like. Somany times our souls feel this way. Maybe that sense of joy and feeling of comfort is the very sense of what an animalssoul progresses towards and beyond.

The body dies ad the life-force continues. Natural Law sees you, places you, reshapes and re-deposits you as you are to be. If it places you back in Spirit, or re-houses you back in a human body, or leaves you remaining in the hills, plains or seas it matters not. We must accept there is an order to things, a Natural Force, that governs the life-force, as our souls would govern us. Maybe the knowledge of what or who that order is, an understanding of Natural Law is what weare aspiring towards. The bigger picture. There are so many questions and we may never know all the answers. Our soul holds more knowledge than we realise and it is a gift, a blessed thing, a life force which we share with everythingaround us, both on Earth and in Spirit.


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16/2/03

What colour are you? By that I mean what colour is your heart and what colours does it see? When you look at yourself in a mirror do you see a colour that pleases you, and if not why not?

There is a place within ourselves that always seems to be unhappy with something about us that just doesnt feel right,look right or act as we think it should. Sometimes this is only vanity talking, finding an aspect which it feels we shouldimprove upon to be ultimately more appealing, alluring or to catch someone elses attention. We fail to see it isourselves who can be more demanding than our friends, neighbours or colleagues. We do not see that we shouldchange what does not sit well with us for us, for the good of how it makes us feel. Not someone else, but for ourselves.

When you glance in that mirror the colours that should fill you out to be like the sensations you get whilst walking in a beautiful multi-coloured garden. The hues should fill you with excitement and joy. Sure, a garden needs nurture andcare, and we all need to do a little weeding now and again or else the things that dont please us tend to grow strongroots and spread. Far better to look at ourselves, correct these little things we dont care to have on show, and then

bathe in the colours of what remains. A host of multi-colours, a swell of pride and ambition, a sense of accomplishmentcomes from knowing how hard you have toiled to get to your crowning achievements.

Colour your heart with those things it desires, particularly of yourself. No easy battle ever produced the sense of accomplishment you would relish, so set your goals high, keep your head up and walk ahead. Walk and dont run. Time

is not an issue, just so long as the journey is colourful and you remain pleased with your progress. And when you donot, you leave your path, stop, go back or else change direction but never soldier on regardless when you see your choices fading as a result. The time has come to make that change. Rejoice it is here!


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16/2/03

It is all about bonds, this life that is held so precious. Bonds of love. That can be many different kinds of love, but lovegiven freely and loved received with an open heart and mind that is the bond which builds us. That is the strengthwhich we feed upon when we are low or in despair we can always find comfort when we have loved and been lovedin our lives.

There is a special bond between anyone who displays these bonds of love. Animals and pets give love and do so,maybe in the hope of getting something in return like food or affection n but often they seem to know when we are inneed and so are there. They sit with you when no-one else will, they share your solitude and melt your heart. There is aspecial reciprocated love between a pet and their friend (owner never seems an appropriate word).

Do not doubt that such ties of love are the epitome of what we can aspire to between ourselves. To give one another and share with each other, even though we may not be able to speak directly and understand fully our separatelanguages. So if we can learn from the relationship with our pets, who are after all less complex on the whole than our fellow man, why can we not turn such compassion towards our foreign neighbours. Why do we have to pre-judge,assume the worst and feign such ignorance or show such intolerance. We, who will sit down happily and share in thesolitude a mutual bond of love with our pets, cannot even extend the same courtesy to our brethren. Whether they areabroad, next door or even with us, what should their proximity matter. Surely we should relish the time together, tolearn from each others ways and to become perhaps that much more aware of how to love each other.

It seems an apt time to remind ourselves of such actions and bonds of love. Let us hope we can continue to prove thatlove can be freely expressed even when we are not aware what each may be thinking. If our hearts show love, our actions will follow and so too our minds.


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18/2/03

Many times we talk of resonance and vibrations of inanimate objects or what you would deem to be lifeless things suchas stone. Even if these things do not look as if they are alive to you, indeed they are in the sense that we mean. They aremade up of particles, and those particles are moving, and this vibration is a life force in itself. This has the potential to

release, convert or store this energy. When an object is viewed by us we can se how the matter which holds it together is reacting.

Now do not confuse the life force in it as a sentience, such as in animals, insects or humans. They possess brains andwith them a means to develop and progress, although this does not affect their bodys except in movement andintention, each possesses the ability to physically progress. The life force permeating an inanimate object has the abilityto be transformed in the psychic world, but there again it is subject to the Laws of Nature. It is an energy force whichhas been created in the likeness of that which preceded it. Even a plant has a certain awareness and will be recreatedin the Spirit World much as it was on Earth, but as with a human body, is created whole. Only as it is nurtured andcared for will it develop to its full potential, and as matter cannot be destroyed when we pick the flower it will alwaysgrow back, (much as it would do on Earth). Bees and birds may naturally look to the flowers and trees, but they haveno need to feed their Spirit forms. But instinct and Natural Law sees them do this and continue to do so. After all, their intelligence has limits to what it sees as its purpose and what is the ultimate progression to it. In fulfilling this thencontentment will surely fill the creature, plant or animal and so the Spirit force will flourish.

On Earth, the rocks and crystals are made up of moving particles which have an energy. This may not be verydiscernible to you but nevertheless the energy is there. As the physical body is also a blend of vibrating atoms it can beinfluenced, and vice-versa, by any such life-force. How distinctive such an interaction is depends very much on theobject, in fact on a number of factors. But what I am trying to impart to you is that if objects can impress upon us, andwe upon them, then we can begin to understand a lot. For instance, why houses begin to feel cosy and welcoming, or foreboding. Why can we seemingly tell things when we hold objects belonging to a person about that person. Whysome places seem to carry an echo or sound of movement that went before at some previous time such as inhauntings.

How very simple this answer is. If you hold a table or chair, it feels tangible, you may get nothing psychically from it, but physically you are interacting with it. Heat is transferred, atoms touch atoms but both retain their form, sometimessome atoms/particles are passed on. Even though we cannot see these changes, they are there. This is why we shouldembrace the concept of caring for our planet and everyday surroundings. When the physical body loses interest in all

but its own indulgences it has begun to appreciate Natural Law. As this governs life in the physical realm, whereeverything is spirit energy/life energy (as it had been on Earth but encased with a physical frame) then you will lose theappreciation all the more for how to blend with all around you. Hence he saying, as you sow, so shall you reap. Bylearning not to be dominated by the physical body and material things, you are more in command of yourself when youhave left that body.

Mentally you retain all that you were, the same personality and experiences that made you unique. Even though the physical need has left you, you may still need to learn not to succumb to the cravings and weaknesses of a physical life,or the temperaments that made you what you were. As a balance is found in the Spirit body, then it is reasonable toassume the mind may find the balance too. As your soul holds the key to yourself then you are guiding who you are,what you want and how you wish to react just as you do now. But you are free of the constraints of demands on the

physical aspects of your life. You may still wish to enjoy all the pleasures of what you knew, but it will undoubtedly bedifferent. Youre different. You need to look at things anew, and how well you adapt will depend on what you havelearned that is useful in the Spirit World.

Being useful, to you or others, may be in ways that you had never though of. Caring for others (not in a physical sense but a psychic sense). For example, thoughts are vibrations of energy (in the physical they are electrical impulses carriedform the brain to our extremities or beyond) and determine much in ourselves and others. In a psychic world our ownenergy reacts in a more visible way to us than we had on Earth with our surroundings. As a course of our actions wecan visibly see how we affect others. But we always remain masters of our own souls, and to a greater degree can closeourselves off to things and refuse to accept them. How we view ourselves, our surroundings and other life forces (bethey sentient or not) all gets impressed upon our souls. We can change if we want to change, and indeed that is themagnificent thing about the soul, eventually it will want to change!

So everything is connected my friend and we can all be a part of that connection, whether we choose to be a part or not, be aware or not. That is our choice. We cannot learn it all at once but as we have forever, how long it takes us to wantto learn does not matter so long as we do.


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10/4/03

If you look at the two hands in front of you there is an offering in each which is given to suggest something to you andto introduce an element of thought to set you thinking. In the left hand as you face it is a feather. This symbolises manythings to you. It reflects both the old and the new and has many connotations that are particularly apt to your situation.

You know that the feather is light, in fact you imagine it to be weightless. Indeed a feather can float on the winds of change an allow itself to drift aimlessly whilst doing so. Lives are similar unless we take control to influence our owndirection. As we meet obstacles on our path, we learn to alter direction and choose a different path. We cannot always

plan our route down to the last detail, at times we must be happy to drift and at certain others we must veer towards thecourse that suits us best. And although we may be as light as that feather, we are one of many such travellers allcaught up by the fate that directs us. At times drifting, at others steering but all aiming towards our goals.

It may be that together we can form bonds with our fellow travellers to help speed us on our mutual path much quicker than we can alone. Together we can learn to fly as one, sharing and learning and benefiting from the experience. Weare not always destined to travel alone, but also we must consider that neither are we always looking to travel in thesame direction. It is inevitable that we each find our hearts content in different things. As our hearts very often governwhere we wish to be, we may often find the directions that we travel are in conflict with other travellers. Our neighbours may cause a disturbance to us in our journeys, possibly delay us or force us to take an alternative route justso that we may not have to do the same ourselves.

Do not be angry, envious or jealous. The journey is the important thing to us, not how fast we reach that final goal. If we got there and hadnt enjoyed or learned the way we must ask ourselves what benefit we derived now that we arethere. It takes a long time to reach where you really wish to go, and our very natures are that once we get there wesoon wish to move on. The feather is symbolic of a quill, with which to write about your travels and experiences.Perhaps in what you write others may learn so as to help them where they wish to be or to decide how they intend toget there. It is also a thing of comedy, an instrument of ticklish fun reminding us that in humour comes an elevationof the spirit. The feather is soft and this indicates we too must be gentle at times and not always battle hard. Sometimesit is easier to conceded and find an alternative direction to suit your needs and bring you happiness.

In the other hand there is an acorn. This symbolises Nature, and has its roots in the very ground you walk on. Life takesmany forms, it lies dormant within the shell waiting to react with the elements. Our own souls are similar. We areinfluenced from our very conception and born into a very real and tangible world. We have a physical body whilst welive on earth and we are subject to Natural Laws and very real limits. Our souls are housed in the shell of our ownhuman body. We grow and adapt much like the acorn, influenced by the real world about us.

Yet from humble beginnings the smallest acorn grows to be a mighty oak and in hundreds of years no-one would fullyappreciate how far it has come without being privy to its origins. Every human being has started off like that acorn, sowe can all appreciate how far down the evolutionary line their fellow man has travelled. Each point is another step, afurther experience and gives us more knowledge as we go on. Like the acorn, others may feed off us to give them thesustenance they need, the nourishment to their own souls. This doesnt have to be to the detriment of ourselves. Acorn,sapling or oak, what is was and shall be combines to become the journey of life.


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27/4/03

The projection of oneself and ones personality, the image that we want the outside world to see is very often not a truereflection of what is within. The hopes, dreams and turmoil are very often suppressed and subdued alongside our expectations and those of others. We let them see what we think they should, what we dare let them see, what we feelwe can give in the circumstances. This not only serves to stunt our own growth in development, but so too that of the

world around us which we have an influence upon. If we were all at liberty to divulge our inner selves more readily,without fear of ridicule, judgement or harm, I wonder whether we would learn more.

Certainly we would learn more about the ones we love. We would understand them for who they truly are and whatthey really want. We would know where they want to get too and be able to help more readily aid them in that journey.The psychic faculty allows us to sense a lot of the unsaid, much of the undelivered or unexpressed. It gives one insightinto a part of people they are reluctant to show to the world, their inner sanctum their soul. You cannot learn it all,you perceive things without their help or guidance. Your subject can be mute but you would still be aware of much thatis the essence of them.

It is hard to express ones disillusion, frustration or at times sheer exhilaration that such a faculty can bring of other peoples hopes, aspirations and joy you get the mixed vibrations too of more negative human traits. We are all verygood at expressing our positive sides but we tend to try to hold in the more alarmist negativity that often invades our character. People give more ready voice to their frustrations now, vent their anger often in public. Perhaps it is thesuppression of their more caring and emotional traits that have now become a part of them they do not wish the outside

world to see. But the world needs to embrace compassion, loyalty, trust and value determination and good deeds. Ever has there been a counter balance within Nature, and within ourselves. The good and bad in each of us can be truly seenand perhaps remains unjudged by the psychic.

They tend to be more aware of themselves and others. Theirs is an ability that has its rewards but can cause so muchloneliness. Being laid bare to all these senses, this unfelt world of vibrations, even when not singled out to anyindividual brings a sort of unseen pressure. It can be seen at times as loneliness in being held to be different in your

perspective. At others, it can be incredibly rewarding to feel at one with the World and feel you understand how youare but a special part of the whole. In our lives, and the life we possess after death, it is the feeling that others will cometo know also.

Being devoid of a physical body your psychic and spiritual self comes to the fore. How readily we adapt to this and usethis new found sense of freedom is determined by who we are, who we were and who or what we want to be or do.Somewhere along the line others will feel the way you do now and have to adapt themselves to its realism andapplication. To use this psychic ability as one would use conversation or action, to let it become a sense that heightenswho we are ourselves and how we interpret or react to the world about us.

The world incorporates all living things. Anything which has life, and that is all matter, has a part to play in this worldof ours as we do ourselves. We must come to understand that it is ones duty to express oneself with love, to showlove and be true to oneself so that those not blessed with, or unaware of their own psychic sense, are notdisadvantaged at being unable to see the real you.


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4/5/03It is what gives you pleasure, and what brings pleasure to others that becomes our focus in the life hereafter. How easyit would be to say that we just sit back and relax and let it all come to us but sadly that wont work. Those whostruggle to achieve their ambitions, those who desperately spend their time in the employ of a product of their soul, inwhatever expression of form it takes they are both the givers and receivers. Others take more of an interest in the endresult and the provider gains in the experience and evidencing how what they created brings joy to others.

There can be no doubting that we cant all be maestros or masters in our works, but we all shine at something. We takeour harts delight in tasks that bring us pleasure, and with less constraints on us, when time is irrelevant and materialrestraints are few then we shall have no barriers but for the ones we ourselves create. We can make a start here andnow, learn what we can and then be continually developing and striving to do better.

It serves others that when they see a thing of beauty, be it a garden, a painting or a tapestry, they can enjoy it knowing itwas made and given with love. In spirit, it will be love which seems to permeate our very selves, to be much stronger when we have less distractions. Of course, as always those who do not wish to enjoy the beauty around them do notneed to. They can remain ignorant and devoid of the pleasures of others efforts and progress. But how much moresatisfying it is to see how someone develops, to feel a part of their progress, and share with them the journey they aretaking through their works.

Writers, singers, musicians, sculptors, architects, scientists, mathematicians, adventurers all we have so manyavenues or paths to explore our choices are quite breathtaking. So let us create so that we can all enjoy.


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11/5/03

I do not pretend to know much about geothermal properties in relation to earths inner and outer cores but an exchangeof heat has always persisted. There were times during the ice ages that have been before when virtually no heat seemedto reach the surface but this was rare. The thermal qualities at the centre of our world have rendered man with aninexhaustible cause for satisfaction, and an equal measure of catastrophic perplexity. From mud baths to thermal

bathing, from the eruption of volcanoes to the movement of the tectonic plates all can be linked to geothermaldynamics.

How utterly marvellous it is to think with incredulity that we stand upon a solid earth, which at its core is a moltenfurnace that can give vent to its pressure at any time. From geysers to eruptions, such alleviations are all part of

Natures balance to keep harmony and restore the natural equilibrium. This becomes more and more difficult as wedevastate our planet much quicker than we can restore it. Geothermal dynamics broaches the subject of equilibriumfrom an impartial sense in many ways. It realises that the loss of balance can have quite catastrophic effects.

The temperature as one approaches the earths core can be hotter than our comprehension allows. It seemsinconceivable to think that from such a state, an outer skin of solid rock can form and have cooled significantly toallow the very outer edge, being the earths surface, to support life. We have a vast proportion of this surfacecontaining water which helps us sustain that life. Up above us, we have another molten furnace burning in space calledthe sun, which also has its effect as does the moon and perhaps also the other planets too.

In this universal balance, as if hanging by a thread are our own inconsequential lives, perhaps so if we were to think of them individually, but as the units of mankind become combined their effects can have dramatic consequences. Mandiverts the earths resources, and uses them to his own ends, sparing little thought to the effects that may arise. Manyare already aware of the devastation brought about by air pollution, the pollution of our seas, chemical and biologicalagents introduced into our habitats and let loose in the world we inhabit. The planet of ours, this jewel of life, strugglesto keep pace with our achievements and with our follies.

The earths core temperature has risen to many times to its previous high temperatures, beyond that which allowsharmony to reign. If allowed to keep pace we will begin to see the effects in close to only 50 years, with muchincreased seismic activity being the start of the warnings. These signs should be heeded, because even drilling into thecore by means of hydraulic plate tapping will not suffice. Puncturing holes in an effort to release the build up of

pressure just causes a significant risk. Because without the build up of pressure mounting its like lancing a boil on the body blindfolded not knowing for what part we are aiming to do so.

Man seems more worried about the effects of global warming than geo-technical threats by that I mean tectonicdisplacement, electromagnetic disharmony and geo-thermal fluctuations. All fancy words for quite catastrophicchanges. The more man changes his environment the greater the possibilities of these as a result. We need to think of harmonics co-existence and bio-dependency with our planet. The temperature has risen more in the past one hundredyears than since the great continental drifts.


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You ask about palaeontology and the ascent of mankind and its true that your mind goes automatically to the conceptsraised in Darwins Origins of Species. But it is not enough to merely theorise without contemplating the bigger issuessuch as when do we make the distinction between man and beast? At what stage do we consider early man to becomethe species we believe had crudely defined sense of self and thus started his way on the evolutionary journey to where

we are now.

This distinction is important because if we are to believe that man did evolve, his brain adapting to new surroundingsand needs, was this a gradual or sudden development? Was this something which happened all at once or was itregionalised. Can a classification of early man be made so generally for age periods if there were waves of learningspeeds between the separate areas? From the earliest humanoids we see patterns emerging from ampromorphicaldigs. Genealogists can summise the ascent of man and predict how the races developed. But what we cannot seem to dois relate to the forebears a stark reality of what we once were. And is it is not possible that living man at this juncturein time could not also seem so basic by luminaries of the next millennia?

The pattern of mans progress across his terrain was a some what slow one. He seems to have predominantly beennomadic to match his needs. He was slow moving, heavy set and ignorant of the compulsion to travel. It was just a

basic need to him. As man progressed fro mall fours having come down from the huge prehistoric forests thatdominated the landscape, he had a purpose. The trees were beginning to be cleared and the vegetation with it. Over

population of the species in these dense areas meant animals had to diversify to continue at the rate they were

developing. They gradually started to move into the more open plains, where the forest could no longer hide the,.Predators quickly followed suit, and then a whole manner of species were venturing further despite being exposed tothe elements and predators. The earliest man, more animal than human as we would recognise him began as a larger ape. He became more land-bound, finding food more readily and plentiful on the ground than the forest canopy.

This led to a more carnivorous diet. We were never herbivores, we were carnivores who learned to adapt. The morevaried our diet the more we changed physically. For a start, our teeth became more sharp to bite and tear. Our brainsincreased to help us adapt to our new needs such as rudimentary tool making and shaping. Our physiques too began to

become different as we eventually became more land-based. There was a physical need to hunt and overpower our prey. That meant becoming quicker, being more adept, and using more organisation and social interaction to meet thegroups needs. That was a very important first step the sense of I became a sense of we, and with it the realisationof the benefits that this could bring.

Broader shoulders for throwing, lifting and carrying. A more upright posture to help us be more agile on the ground andsee further whilst pursuing prey or watching/listening for predators. A change in the larynx and the development of thevocal chords to allow us to communicate better. The physiological benefits of having limbs that could better manoeuvreand aid us in our daily lives. And as we clothed and housed ourselves we were less exposed to the elements, so the hair which covered us gradually became less useful. The changes happened over time alongside mans mental development.There was no sense of superiority, only instinctual patterns to his behaviour as he became more curious, to have a senseof self and what set us apart from each other and the other beasts. Above all man was the one creature whose adaptivenature made him the ultimate overall dominant species. Not in every case could he claim to be master of theenvironment, or the best suited to success. But he did succeed and his knowledge expanded.

The many changes that took place happened over thousands of years. In fact our progress was as much stop and start asanything else. When we had learned the arts of survival and were protected against our enemies and the environment we sought no need to change. These periods of inertia found us rooted I none spot only when we were forced to movedid we begin to have to learn new ways and conceive of new ideas to be as successful as we once knew we had been.This went on in mans early dawning of his consciousness, and created the drifts in developmental stages throughoutthe world as we know it today. Eventually man began to develop his communication and become less aggressive over issues of his terrain. He began to trust other groups, albeit warily finding in this a mutual benefit shared knowledge.As he did so interactions and travel became more commonplace until finally the type of society we see today hadevolved in its rudimentary forms. The haves and have nots, the emotions and sins which we judge and govern ourselves

by. We were never perfect, and are still far from it. We come from the very creatures for whom we now must have aresponsibility to in helping to keep their habitats alive.


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There are many flows of energy contained within the earth, and these flow not always at random; more often than notin certain well defined paths or lines. They have been deemed ley lines by some, but essentially descriptions of such arenot always accurate, and do not readily explain all the phenomena,

It is geo-thermal properties, like any current, passing between two points. These points could be any natural landmark, but certainly there are man made focal points too. These can help focus or divert energy. From standing stones, tohouses and churches, from rivers and rivulets to barrows and hills. Each has a property about it that attracts or repelsthese forces naturally.

The decision to track and map these points and follow these lines is not an easy one to accomplish. Man himself is adivining rod of the forces around him, susceptible to the very energies he is mapping. Let me try and elaborate how thisenergic field is comprised.

The basic concept seems to be one of simplicity in that heat rises to the surface from the crust. It finds paths throughcertain bedrock which acts as a natural damping ground. As it finds natural fissures and cracks, it is compressed andescapes through. The energy is stronger, more intense at this point. It reacts to the electro chemical stimulus from theearths surface. Somehow the contact with the air in our atmosphere seems to excite the particles and causes them tovibrate at an accelerated pace. As they are bombarded, their motion increases and they are carried as if on a wave.

Now all waves have motion. They also have a direction and in this case it is the very nature in which we change our planet that is affecting our surroundings, that influences this direction. Movement is towards objects which also have anelectro-magnetic discharge, a sort of natural reaction to the atmosphere about it and the almost intangible build up of astatic force. This rather passive energy, negating effects, causing more often than not a very peaceful, alluring, gentle or serene feeling to ones moods; this is where the positive force is attracted. Certain geological formations are naturaladaptors to this energy fro m the earths crust. They act like energy stations, concentrating the effects, but not negatingthem, they are like conduits.

When the energy passes through it is released again, perhaps more synchronistic than before, a little more passive thanit was the further away it gets from the original source of escape upon the earths surface. Climatic changes, and thedramatic alteration of the world we live in has cause confusion to the once balanced flow of these energy lines and

paths. It means they are more random, more sporadic. In some places the energy is quite palpable, one almost feels itwithout the need for natural items to measure the flow, like dowsing rods, crystal pendulums or water diviners. Inothers, the energy flows weakly and rather too haphazard, dulling senses and causing confusion.

It is often speculated that environs help induce certain psychical phenomena. But a lot of these such events or recordings, are helped or hindered by these unseen forces that are as Natural to the earth as we ourselves are. As we areall made of the best part of similar elements but in different proportions it is only natural to expect that we can pick upon these flows. What we need to do is see how they can be shaped and used to our own advantage. For instance, moodswings, as if influenced by the weather (which in turn plays on the very logical basis of an unseen, undetectable changein atmospheric pressure on our bodies organs of the senses). If we could create a very positively charged environmentthat is then neutralised by a negatively charged landmark or building we could have lots of energy turned into a

battery-like power house to use to our advantage. Such places would be ideal for health centres, places for worship andconcentration, and areas for the artists to perform at their best or thinkers to adopt more readily to their theories in their realms of study.

This is not a measured science, but it so easily could be. Most things influence these energy spots, where they surfaceand the direction that is taken. It can like most things, as if it is their yin and yang forces, the tai and chi, the breath inand the breath out, follow an ebb and flow. The rhythm it takes is an adaptation over the years of the way it used toflow before the rhythm was disturbed. New villages, towns and cities, and the burdens they yield, all have a markedeffect on this worlds ability to control its own destiny. It should not be taken for granted that that decision has beengranted to us, and the responsibility is a s great now as it was a long time ago.

Let us hope we can learn to use our sense sin establishing a sympathy6 with these flows. This invisible lattice of energy bounds, like some worldwide spiders web, places us all with in its reach. And ho we respond to it is vital. If we areaware of its effects then we can avoid any negative implications and start things to work to our benefit, and those of our fellow man and also the others under our care. For we have a responsibility to them, for are we not the ones whohave shaped their very existence for them. In that alone we have a responsibility and a debt that must be paid by each of us right now.


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You mentioned of the great library which did indeed exist. There were other such establishments to house great philosophical works, and works of interest like stellar cartography, and maps depicting the oceans and river ways of thetrading world. As information was precious, little on written format, save for piece-meal rewritten and in some formfalsified or glorified t fit the copiers purpose; the originals tended to be invaluable. Heliopolis and Constantinople were

also centres of great learning. Literary classics, plays, drama, poetry all this was put into the written format on steliand papyri, in parchments and tablets, even some in cuniform and pictogram.

The masters and keepers of these works were like revered librarians. They had access to texts and information that thegreatest minds and thinkers wanted, and so in turn liaised with the best the world had t offer. We must remember thatsuch works were important, especially in traditions where word of mouth was still the most popular way of disseminating information. Many of the books were destroyed by fire or burned by the infidels, whose belief that anywritings not in their own tongue were heretic.

But do not suppose that the keepers would not have the foresight to accurately pre-judge the political status-quo. Theymanaged to smuggle much away but dared not reveal the whereabouts in fear of reprisals the seizure of their cacheand its ultimate destruction on discovery. They were put safe, but in an unceremonious plain and unprepared place.With their obscurity died their secret. It is not enough to know what to look for, one must know where to find it. Think on it tonight and maybe you will get some sense of the urgency and panic with which they put their fraught

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