Carolyn's H.O.W.G. - Star Date - July 27, 06
Tee
Hee. What a wacky world.
Observations
of T.V. Commercials:
The
announcer says (in a deep meaningful voice that one knows is going to utter
something of life and death importance) "There's only room for one
great passion in life!" A slinky woman drapes herself over a
man who is watching a ball game on T.V. He, like one in a trance, drops
all to follow her. (Presumably to the bedroom) The commercial
is for Viagra.
Does
eternal bliss follow? I don't think so. But the illusion sells a
lot of pills.
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A
long-legged (skinny) girl (in a certain pair of jeans) walks intensely, with
great determination, over obstacles and through wet cement, to look
deeply into the eye's of a young man. (How can they do that with a
straight face and not giggle?) The mating call of jeans is so
powerful! (You figure)
More
like untamed youth "in season:" two dogs who scent one another
through the asphalt jungle and end up nose-to-nose. (What's wrong with this
picture?) (Maybe aliens can rub noses and mate.) Maybe.
Meanwhile,
in the background one hears Johnny Cash's famous song, ""Because You're
mine, I Walk The Line." Ahhhh. The lure of the jungle.
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A
cell phone commercial:
"Ancient
Wisdom teams up with modern technology." (Raised
eyebrows. Me.) It does? Magical incantations on the cell
phone? How to become an ascended master on the inter-net (in five
easy steps).
Sure
it's easy.
1. Set your
goals.
2.
Focus your intentions.
3.
Visualize the desired results (you may cut out pictures and make a
treasure map)
4.
Write down 5 things that you expect to happen and put them where you
see them often. Review them several times a day, especially before
you sleep.
5.
Give thanks to the mystical energy that enables this to happen. This
emphasizes that you believe and accept that it is being done.
Or
- Contact a motivational expert and pay him/her a lot of money to be your
"Entrepreneurial Motivator." They will then tell you to:
1. Set your goal. 2. Clearly focus your intentions. 3.
Definitively visualize the desired results. 4. Write down five
things that you expect to happen - that you intensely want. Review them
several times a day, especially before you sleep. 5. Give thanks to
"seal the deal."
And
you will be " a motivated person." (Or obsessive/compulsive)
(Then
sit down and write me a check for $1,000 for being your "Life
Coach.") :o)
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Carolyn's
H.O.W.G. - Star Date - July 28, 06
I'm
so glad that I was told by my Teacher that I was a teacher and not a
minister. Being what people believe is a minister is next to
impossible: Be a good shepherd (hold their hand, always be available to
their needs), be a perfect administrator (keep everything running perfectly
with no upsets, and under budget), be kind and gentle and make everyone feel
good (but be forceful and energetic), have vision, be innovative (but keep
everyone's "security blanket" safe and the same), keep up with all
the new, metaphysical "woo woos", be conversant with all the new
books and new gurus on the market, know every new psychic fad that comes
along, bring in the top-name speakers (for little or nothing), be a financial
wizard and work magic with donations (but don't make money the focus of the
ministry), always be the first to call or visit (but don't "bug" or
annoy people), follow all of the "suggestions"
(instructions) that you are given (but don't let special people or interest
groups control you), always know when someone is ill, depressed,
or in the hospital (without being told), choose the right (pertinent) topics
for classes and Sunday lessons, etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum. (It always
helps to be both tall enough and short enough; have one
blue eye and one brown; dress casually (like the people), yet
conservatively, like the minister. :o) ) "Be ye all things
to all people" in appropriate measure.
Geez.
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Carolyn's
H.O.W.G. - August 2, '06
Boy
was I "blitzed" for a few days. Too much heavy, diversified
energy Sunday.
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I
see the family members of my congregation aging. (Not me, of
course) :o) There is sadness to it because there is so often a slow
transference of soul-energy from the physical earth plane to another, more
etheric one.
Consciously,
we resist this orderly process, but often the soul-self demands it and
creates the condition for its release. Even in young people, we
frequently find that the soul has completed its purpose; fulfilled its sacred
contract.
It
happens to us all. Our parents leave, then our siblings, relatives,
friends, partners, and even children. Our hearts seem to break because they
go into the "far country" where we can no longer see them physically,
whenever and as we want.
So,
our friend, "Death," becomes a "gruesome specter" in our
movies and in our minds.
I
wonder, would we be happy if we heard that each one that left this realm had
won a fabulous vacation at a five-star hotel in a tropical paradise or in a
place of unbelievable, majestic beauty? (With all the amenities, of
course: delightful food, soul-stirring music, dancing, laughing,
relaxation, massage - anything good that could be imagined.)
Of
course we would be happy for them - maybe even a little envious.
No
one has been able to adequately describe the wonders of the "other
side" of this "veil of tears." Language fails us, and to
others it may seem as if we are babbling idiots.
We tend
to confuse this physical body with the spirit (the Real) of us, failing to
realize that
this
body is just our mode of transportation on this planet; our "earth
suit." It has a wonderful ability to repair itself, to be healed,
but eventually our soul wants to be freed of the burdens of weight and gravity;
the enormous emotional entanglements of earth life. (It can
be like swimming in p-nut butter)
When
the soul (not the conscious mind) is ready, it makes its preparations - and
leaves.
Were
we more enlightened, we would celebrate the newly-found freedom; not
mourn. Could we but realize - nothing has ended; much has begun.
I
often see older ones clinging desperately to a body that has been
"used-up." It has aches and pains and infirmities.
The soul is limited in how it can express through such a vehicle, but fears to
let it go. Did it but know (and not taught in our society) that it has
enacted this scenario many times before.
"What
is now, has been before, and will be again." (Eccl. 3:15)
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Carolyn's
H.O.W.G. - Star Date Aug. 3, '06
"What
is this thing called love?" (Title of an old, throbbing, passionate
love song)
I
think of the various emotions we attribute to the phenomena of love:
friendship, parental, sibling rivalry (which can be a frustrating experience),
how we "love" apple pie, or chocolate - and that tender, or erotic
"dance" we have with a "significant other."
In school,
I studied what was then called "progressive monogamy." (Well
stated by the King of Siam in the musical, "The King and
I"): "The bee goes from flower to flower to flower. . . . .the
flower does not go from bee to bee to bee." One may be totally
monogamous at this time - one bee, one flower. In the next hour (or day,
or week, or month, or year, etc.) the bee is seeking "honey" from yet
a new flower. (Bees can be either male or female) :o) Some
bees seem to have an insatiable appetite. They are addicted to
"honey-highs."
What
is it that we really seek; crave? Alcohol? Drugs? Food?
Love?
Could
it be that some feel an empty "hole" in their heart? Surely the
alcohol, or drugs, or food, or "honey," can fill that
"hole." ? ? ? ? ?
But
- it never does! And, thus, we get "trapped in matter."
Or bound to the "wheel of karma" - doomed to repeat our experiences,
our lives, over and over.
Always
with different people, different faces, different names, different places -
same basic scenarios.)
Until
- one bright and beautiful day - we, (as Eric Butterworth said) "Get sick
and tired of being sick and tired." Then the caterpillar is ready to
risk being a butterfly. We fly high enough (in vibration) to see that the
feeling of emptiness, the "hole," is never filled by what we stuff
into ourselves, or indulge in physically by "flower-flitting."
It was within us all along. (Seemed to be hiding maybe.) :o)
The
song continues: "Just who can solve it's mystery?"
Who? Why, You. Me.
"Why
should it make a fool of me?"
True
love doesn't - illusion can (and often does). Actually, nothing can
make a fool of us except ourselves. We can make a very thorough job
of it. Often do.
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Carolyn's
H.O.W.G. - Star Date - August 5, '06
What
a world! Now "recreational" drugs are just about the
norm. Why? Because people want an altered state of
consciousness. We don't want to see the world of form as we
have created it to be. We want a magic ingredient to turn
"this" into Wonderland. We want to be
"high" (vibrationally) because drugs can open channels in
the brain in order to experience things not normally perceived. They
can't keep us there, however. And, they are very (dangerously)
addictive.
The
"higher realms" can be experienced by humans - but is, in a sense,
earned. One should not try to enter through the door of the sheep-fold,
nor storm the gates of heaven, as a thief and a robber. (John
1:10) (Having the prizes and rewards of expanded consciousness
without the dedication and commitment of the heart).
There
are repercussions to drug use: "bad trips," physical
and emotional dependency, destroyed physical mechanisms. There are
repercussions to "forced" kundalini awakenings: the things
similar to the above, insanity, an unprepared physic and physical
body. (Like trying to run 220 volts through equipment suited to only 110
volts)
There
are natural "highs" and a natural awakening that takes place as one
settles into a life of God-consciousness. These are safe.
(Addictive in their way, but safe) :o)
Like
the lotus, roots in the mud, the blossom opens (unfolds) on top of the
water. Petal by petal the precious blossom is revealed. I don't
think there are any "short-cuts" to heaven. As Scripture
says: "Ye are bought with a price." - the price of your entire
ALL.
Our
physical structure (roots) are of the "radiant dust of the
earth;" our soul-awakening blossoms petal by petal, as we become
aware of other dimensions.
What
would happen to "heaven" if all of the earthly inhabitants invaded
it? We would undoubtedly soil it with foul language, sordid sexual
indulgences, wars, egocentric shenanigans, etc. "Hey gang - let's go
to heaven this weekend and liven it up a bit!" It would no longer be
a sweetly pure experience.
No,
don't now - have never had a "recreational" drug. (Can't stand
the few I've had for medicinal purposes. I don't like the feeling.)
I don't find that I need to escape from - myself. (Can't really be done -
"Wherever you go, there you are")
I
think I was born with a healthy "respect/regard" for things that seem
magical. Usually they are manipulation of vibration. For what
purpose?
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UNITY
CENTER OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES
Carolyn
Crane, Minister