Monatsarchive: März 2017

By Stephen Dinan, founder and CEO of The Shift NetworkIn many cultures, growing older is the gateway to entering the most revered part of life. In the longest-lived cultures, people commonly exaggerate their age to enjoy the prestige and status accorded to elders, who are treated as the wise and spiritually mature cornerstones of families and communities.

Yet the “modern” mainstream world that we call advanced civilization is so focused on youth culture that we tend to deny and suppress the aging process. This rampant age bias can leave people feeling marginalized, unimportant and just plain lonely as they enter their “golden” years. That’s not only a shame, it’s deeply troubling because we need the experience, power and wisdom of elders to truly create a healthier culture.

That’s why we created the Transforming Aging Summit, a groundbreaking free online event offered from March 7 to March 9 to highlight the many opportunities that truly “conscious aging” can offer our soul’s journey here on earth. We CAN make our later years our greater years when we understand and appreciate the psychological, biological and spiritual dimensions of aging — and discover how to shift negative beliefs and patterns around aging to positive perspectives. (To register for this free summit, click here.)

We are so grateful for Ron Pevny’s leadership in creating the Transforming Aging Summit. Ron is a faculty member with The Shift Network and the founder of The Center for Conscious Eldering. In addition to pulling together fantastic speakers for the summit, Ron shares an insightful article in this issue on how to become your best self as you age.

In this edition of The Catalyst, we’re also featuring thoughtful articles by Transforming Aging Summit speaker Ashton Applewhite on how ageism fits in with all the other “isms” plaguing the world, new Shift faculty member Tom Pinkson on how to mine the gold of your golden years, and clinical psychotherapist Katia Petersen on how to help elders actively participate in society. You’ll aso find an in-depth look at “The Secret Life of Lady Liberty.”

In our Featured Media, we offer a video excerpt from a talk on ageism given by Ashton Applewhite, an eye-opening Candid Camera-like video showing reactions from people who find themselves facing blatant age discrimination, and a sobering look at photos of the last moments of the Standing Rock protest.

Our Member Profile features Shift staff writer Phil Bolsta, who gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how and why he created his life’s work, a book that one reviewer called “the owner’s manual God should give you when you’re born.”

Our Featured Artist is Joanna Damiana, a singer-songwriter who Shft Network friend Tara Divina calls “simultaneously angelic and soulful.” Joanna’s new album is titled “The Spaces Between.”

We would love to hear your answer to the question, “What do you love about getting older? To share your thoughts in our Facebook Page community, click here.

Our Shift Philanthropy will stay focused on Standing Rock, a powerful example for all of us and a movement we need to continue to support, especially now that sacred lands are being desecrated in flagrant disregard of longstanding treaties.

In the midst of all the political and cultural turmoil we’re currently experiencing, remember, every thought you have can make the planet a better place, because every positive, peaceful thought adds that much more loving energy to the complex web of divine energy we call the Universe.

Truly, the closer you move toward enlightenment, the closer we all move toward an enlightened world.

Ashton Applewhite — Attitudes Towards Aging Affect Our HealthIn this brief excerpt from a talk by Ashton Applewhite at the Royal Society for the Arts in London, she addresses how perceptions about aging affect our health. You can read her accompanying blog post by clicking here. And you can see more excerpts from this speech, as well as other video clips, on Ashton’s YouTube page by clicking here. Ashton is a featured speaker in the Transforming Aging Summit, a free online event that will take place from March 7 to March 9.

Age Discrimination — The Food Truck Experiment

This powerful video, created by AARP, makes a brutal point about ageism in our society. AARP set up a hidden camera to capture people’s reactions to a food truck with a sign that said it would not serve anyone over the age of 40. The video is part of AARP’s #DisruptAging campaign that underscores the pervasiveness of ageism in today’s culture and workplace. Watch the video by clicking here.

Native Nations March on Washington — Friday, March 10

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and indigenous allies are calling on us to continue the fight against big oil and join them in marching on Washington, D.C. on March 10 to bring this issue to the doorstep of our elected officials. The march is being organized by the Native Nations Rise Planning Committee.

As Earth Guardians, we are joining in solidarity with the indigenous peoples of the world who are bravely standing to defend our planet and our health from destructive fossil fuel projects. We must continue to work off the momentum created at Standing Rock to push towards a clean, sustainable energy future.

If you can join our brothers and sisters in Washington, D.C., RSVP to the event here. If you are unable to make it, there will be solidarity events taking place on March 10 all over the world! Please share the event with your network and talk to your friends and family about the actions of our water protectors.

For more information, click here.

Photos of the Last Moments of the Standing Rock Protest

After a Trump administration executive order, the Army Corps of Engineers ordered protesters to vacate the camp by 2pm local time on Feb. 22, 2017. Authorities were set to physically remove everyone in the way of the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction upon sacred Native American land. In a symbolic gesture, the protesters set fire to their camp. See the photos by clicking here.

Global Shift Meditation – Join Free! Free Event on the First of Every Month

Join The Shift Network, The Gaiafield Project and people around the world for Global Shift Meditations the first of each month — click here to register for free. We featured Fumi Johns Stewart, Executive Director of World Peace Prayer Society, on March 1, 2017. (The free recording is available here.)

Your Voice:

We want to know: What do you love about getting older?

To share with our Facebook Page community, click here.

Moving From Who We Have Been To Who We Can Become
By Ron Pevny, Host of the Transforming Aging SummitAs someone who is deeply committed to supporting people who feel called to age consciously, the terms elder and elderhood are integral to my work. In the modern world, the term elder tends to be equated with that disempowering word elderly, which so often means frail, vulnerable, or just plain old. But it can mean so much more if we understand the role it has played throughout history.

Elder is a role and elderhood a life stage that has been critical for the wellbeing of the world’s cultures since time immemorial, but which has been lost in today’s world. It was the elders whose role was to embody the wholeness, and share the hard-won wisdom, that their communities needed to survive

To read more, click here.

The Current Moment: What’s Ageism Got to Do With It? 
By Ashton Applewhite

Ashton Applewhite is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against AgeismShe is a featured speaker in the Transforming Aging Summit and a leading spokesperson for mobilizing against discrimination on the basis of age.

I wake these days remembering that something awful has happened. Reality assembles itself, and I feel worse. The multicultural, egalitarian, globalized society I hope to inhabit is under assault. Bigotry is ascendant. Racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance—pick your prejudice!—are sanctioned, even celebrated. How do we respond to attacks on those most vulnerable? How does the mission to build a movement against ageism fit into this historical moment?

Until I thought hard about it, just posing that last question felt self-indulgent. Why insist on adding another “ism” to the list when so many higher-profile forms of discrimination, racism in particular, rightfully demand bandwidth? Should ageism move to the back of the line, at least until Medicare is in the crosshairs? Here’s the thing: we don’t have to choose. It’s not a competition. And it’s not zero sum. All forms of discrimination intersect with and compound one another. The flip side is that when we make a community a better place in which to be from somewhere else, to worship a different god, to have a disability or be non-white or non-rich, we also make it a better place in which to grow old.

To read more, click here.

Shamanic Wisdom for Fruitful Aging: Medicine Teachings to Mine the Gold of the Golden Years 
By Tom Pinkson, new Shift Network faculty

Our elder years can present us with challenging experiences. Changes in our bodies and minds often feel unwelcome and can leave us struggling as some faculties diminish. Things just don’t seem to work as fluidly and easily as they used to. These are tremors that can shake us off our feet and undermine us at a time when we most need a strong sense of self and wellbeing in order to meet a radical set of changes to the very structure of our lives.

To read more, click here.

Supporting Elders in Shining Their Light
By Katia Petersen

Katia Petersen, PhD, is the executive director of education at IONS. She is a clinical psychotherapist, an author, a renowned trainer and educator, and the winner of two Emmy Awards.

Our society’s family landscape has changed drastically over the past several generations. Families used to stay in the same town, and even the same neighborhood, and younger people would apprentice to and then take care of the elders in their community.

Growing up on a small Island in the Mediterranean, I was surrounded by elders within my family as well as within the community. I was everyone’s child and knew I was loved and supported fully.

I witnessed how elders were included in important decisions, looked up to for their wisdom, and given full care by their loved ones. However, as distant societies and economies have become more interconnected, our younger generation has become more global and more mobile, with a trend towards moving away from one’s family.

To read more, click here.

What’s So Secret About the Statue of Liberty? 
By Robert R. Hieronimus, PhD and Laura E. Cortner

One of the things that surprised us the most as we researched the history of the Statue of Liberty was when we tackled the question, “Why is Liberty depicted as a woman in a land where women had no liberty?” The history of the Statue of Liberty, it turns out, is bookended by the histories of a lot of intelligent and creative activist women who literally changed the world. Especially the women of the early 20th century who pushed through the passage of the 19th Amendment; they literally changed centuries of social conditioning and created a new status level for women.

To read more, click here.

Trump Administration Withdraws Legal Memo
Posted by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on February 24, 2017

Two days before the Trump administration approved an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline to cross a reservoir near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation, the U.S. Department of the Interior withdrew a legal opinion that concluded there was “ample legal justification” to deny it.

The withdrawal of the opinion was revealed in court documents filed this week by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the same agency that requested the review late last year.

“A pattern is emerging with [the Trump] administration,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney representing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. “They take good, thoughtful work and then just throw it in the trash and do whatever they want to do.”

To read more, click here.

Through God’s Eyes 
By Phil BolstaI love writing for The Shift Network! It’s exciting, fulfilling work and I can’t believe my good fortune in being a part of this amazing team.

When I attended the annual three-day Shift team retreat in Petaluma last March, I had been working part-time from afar (I live in SoCal and Shift is headquartered in NoCal) and wasn’t that familiar with the company yet.

Over the course of three days, I grew more and more impressed as I witnessed firsthand the pure intention and passion for this work that every team member possessed. Plus, everyone was super friendly, extremely competent and eager to help each other. That was a year ago and it’s only gotten better. So in case you’re wondering, yes, Shift team members really are as wonderful as you hoped they would be!

I’m blessed that I’ve been able to write professionally for over 25 years. I’m especially grateful to have published my book, Through God’s Eyes: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Troubled World. It’s my life’s work and it’s very rewarding to hear from so many readers that it’s helped them live more peaceful, beautiful lives.

To read more, click here.

The Transforming Aging Summit, a free online event from March 7 to March 9, is designed to help you discover dynamic aging with power and purpose. Join this one-of-a-kind online event — at no charge — to learn from top experts in the emerging field of conscious aging who are illuminating what you can do for your body, mind and spirit to make your later years your greater years, and to make your greatest contribution to our world! See our list of speakers and find out everything you need to know by clicking here.

My Country Is the World— This 8-minute short film will open New York City’s Socially Relevant FIlm Festival on Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00pm EST, at the Cinepolis Theater

In My Country Is the World, Martin Sheen presents the startling story of how one little guy, Danny Kaye’s understudy, inspired a people-power movement which culminated when the UN unanimously passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “A roadmap to a better future,” Sheen says, because World CItizen #1, Garry Davis, points to how people-power can give us a saner way to run our world. This 8-minute short paves the way for a feature-length documentary, which will premiere in late April. To watch the trailer and find out much more about this 8-minute short film, click here.

Nominate a Hero: Help the One Billion Acts of Peace team find contenders for our 2017 Hero Awards! Do you have a favorite business that is helping promote peace? Do you work with or know a local Non-profit doing incredible work in your community? Is there a stand out young person tackling an important issue or giving back to others in your area? We are searching for nominees throughout the world — so if you would like to submit a nominee please send me the following information: Contact Name, Organization, Contact Details, Location, Hero Award Category (Business, NGO, University, Youth, Up and Coming Peacemaker), A Short Blurb on why you think that they should be considered for a 2017 Hero Award.

We have until March 31 to find the best Acts of Peace around the world, and we would love your help. To learn more about this year’s Hero Awards, click hereTo contact Morgan Norris-Wamsley, click here.

An Urgent Message From Your Children

Are you alarmed about the kind of world our children will grow up in? They are too! If you or your friends have environmentally concerned children who are 12 years old or younger, here is an opportunity for them to express their fears, concerns and hopes for the future. Click here to see 20 inspiring kids speaking in their own words, and learn how the children in your life can create and upload their own videos to add their voice for a Livable Future. Let’s spark a global children’s movement that gets attention and helps to create major change! Click here to learn more.

As She Is is an authentic film showing one woman’s journey to connect with and live from the feminine aspect of herself. The story interweaves the personal journey with the collective journey to demonstrate the interdependent relationship between the maturing of the individual and the wisdom of the culture. It is a prayer from the heart for the future of our world and it shows that each of us has the power to bring life back into balance. To learn more, click here.

The Global Indigenous Wisdom Library is a collection of audio and video interviews featuring Indigenous leaders from around the world sharing prayers, sacred songs, prophecies, spiritual teachings and pathways to healing,as well as concrete examples for birthing a new era — one in which all members of the human family are treated with respect, understanding, compassion and justice. This sacred wisdom is important medicine for us all. The production of The Global Indigenous Wisdom Library is a gift from The Shift Network, designed to inspire, inform and involve you by highlighting the voices and important messages of Indigenous leaders from around the world. We thank all the speakers who have contributed to this body of knowledge! To learn more, click here.

Book by Stephen Dinan: Sacred America, Sacred World. Infused with visionary power, Sacred America, Sacred World is a manifesto for our country’s evolution that is both political and deeply spiritual. It offers profound hope that America can grow beyond our current challenges and manifest our noblest destiny, which the book shows is rooted in sacred principles that transcend left or right political views. To order your copy, click here.

Through God’s Eyes: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Troubled World by Phil Bolsta of The Shift Network. Through God’s Eyesis a road map for living a more  peaceful, beautiful life. It’s the only book that shows you how dozens of spiritual principles interact, how to weave them together into a cohesive worldview, and how to practically apply this spiritual wisdom to bring joy and vitality to your daily life. One reviewer called it “the owner’s manual God should give you when you’re born.” To order your copy, click here. To request a sample chapter from the author, email Phil at GodsEyes@me.com.

Awake: The Life of Yogananda — Now available on Netflix, Amazon and other livestream programs. The DVD is available with subtitles in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch and Japanese. Plus there are new film showings in Australia and the United States! You also can bring Awake to your yoga studio or community. To learn more, click here. (The filmmakers were interviewed in the Yoga Day Summit; the recording is available for free.) Click here to watch the trailer and listen to more interviews with the filmmakers; you can also order a one-time digital rental for $4.99.

What Makes America Great? A new grassroots collection of designs highlighting 100 things that truly make America great. A campaign by Creative Action Network with proceeds supporting DreamCorps, a social justice accelerator.

The Secret Life of Lady Liberty: Goddess in the New World by Robert R. Hieronimus, PhD and Laura E. Cortner. This new book examines the Sacred Feminine at the root of America’s founding, using the Statue of Liberty as a focal point to show how the American Liberty Goddess represents the best of what everyone believes this nation can be. The rich historical legacy of depicting “liberty” in the form of a woman reveals a new understanding of American history and provides hope for fulfilling our destiny of enlightened liberty through compassion. To learn more or order a copy, click here.

World Peace Library — Free Resource — Be sure to take advantage of the World Peace Library, a wide-ranging resource on peace newly compiled by the Shift Network: It contains more than 300 inspiring talks and mini-workshops from individuals such as Archbishop Tutu, Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, James O’Dea, Karen Armstrong, Chief Phil Lane and many more. With neuroscientists and lamas, faith-based activists and political leaders, this Library offers something for all in their peacebuilding efforts. The Shift Network has made the World Peace Library a free resource for all and encourages its use to promote peace in your families, schools, and wider community.

If you would like to submit something to The Catalyst, please see the submission guidelines: click here.

 

By Stephen Dinan, founder and CEO of The Shift NetworkIn many cultures, growing older is the gateway to entering the most revered part of life. In the longest-lived cultures, people commonly exaggerate their age to enjoy the prestige and status accorded to elders, who are treated as the wise and spiritually mature cornerstones of families and communities.

Yet the “modern” mainstream world that we call advanced civilization is so focused on youth culture that we tend to deny and suppress the aging process. This rampant age bias can leave people feeling marginalized, unimportant and just plain lonely as they enter their “golden” years. That’s not only a shame, it’s deeply troubling because we need the experience, power and wisdom of elders to truly create a healthier culture.

That’s why we created the Transforming Aging Summit, a groundbreaking free online event offered from March 7 to March 9 to highlight the many opportunities that truly “conscious aging” can offer our soul’s journey here on earth. We CAN make our later years our greater years when we understand and appreciate the psychological, biological and spiritual dimensions of aging — and discover how to shift negative beliefs and patterns around aging to positive perspectives. (To register for this free summit, click here.)

We are so grateful for Ron Pevny’s leadership in creating the Transforming Aging Summit. Ron is a faculty member with The Shift Network and the founder of The Center for Conscious Eldering. In addition to pulling together fantastic speakers for the summit, Ron shares an insightful article in this issue on how to become your best self as you age.

In this edition of The Catalyst, we’re also featuring thoughtful articles by Transforming Aging Summit speaker Ashton Applewhite on how ageism fits in with all the other “isms” plaguing the world, new Shift faculty member Tom Pinkson on how to mine the gold of your golden years, and clinical psychotherapist Katia Petersen on how to help elders actively participate in society. You’ll aso find an in-depth look at “The Secret Life of Lady Liberty.”

In our Featured Media, we offer a video excerpt from a talk on ageism given by Ashton Applewhite, an eye-opening Candid Camera-like video showing reactions from people who find themselves facing blatant age discrimination, and a sobering look at photos of the last moments of the Standing Rock protest.

Our Member Profile features Shift staff writer Phil Bolsta, who gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how and why he created his life’s work, a book that one reviewer called “the owner’s manual God should give you when you’re born.”

Our Featured Artist is Joanna Damiana, a singer-songwriter who Shft Network friend Tara Divina calls “simultaneously angelic and soulful.” Joanna’s new album is titled “The Spaces Between.”

We would love to hear your answer to the question, “What do you love about getting older? To share your thoughts in our Facebook Page community, click here.

Our Shift Philanthropy will stay focused on Standing Rock, a powerful example for all of us and a movement we need to continue to support, especially now that sacred lands are being desecrated in flagrant disregard of longstanding treaties.

In the midst of all the political and cultural turmoil we’re currently experiencing, remember, every thought you have can make the planet a better place, because every positive, peaceful thought adds that much more loving energy to the complex web of divine energy we call the Universe.

Truly, the closer you move toward enlightenment, the closer we all move toward an enlightened world.

Ashton Applewhite — Attitudes Towards Aging Affect Our HealthIn this brief excerpt from a talk by Ashton Applewhite at the Royal Society for the Arts in London, she addresses how perceptions about aging affect our health. You can read her accompanying blog post by clicking here. And you can see more excerpts from this speech, as well as other video clips, on Ashton’s YouTube page by clicking here. Ashton is a featured speaker in the Transforming Aging Summit, a free online event that will take place from March 7 to March 9.

Age Discrimination — The Food Truck Experiment

This powerful video, created by AARP, makes a brutal point about ageism in our society. AARP set up a hidden camera to capture people’s reactions to a food truck with a sign that said it would not serve anyone over the age of 40. The video is part of AARP’s #DisruptAging campaign that underscores the pervasiveness of ageism in today’s culture and workplace. Watch the video by clicking here.

Native Nations March on Washington — Friday, March 10

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and indigenous allies are calling on us to continue the fight against big oil and join them in marching on Washington, D.C. on March 10 to bring this issue to the doorstep of our elected officials. The march is being organized by the Native Nations Rise Planning Committee.

As Earth Guardians, we are joining in solidarity with the indigenous peoples of the world who are bravely standing to defend our planet and our health from destructive fossil fuel projects. We must continue to work off the momentum created at Standing Rock to push towards a clean, sustainable energy future.

If you can join our brothers and sisters in Washington, D.C., RSVP to the event here. If you are unable to make it, there will be solidarity events taking place on March 10 all over the world! Please share the event with your network and talk to your friends and family about the actions of our water protectors.

For more information, click here.

Photos of the Last Moments of the Standing Rock Protest

After a Trump administration executive order, the Army Corps of Engineers ordered protesters to vacate the camp by 2pm local time on Feb. 22, 2017. Authorities were set to physically remove everyone in the way of the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction upon sacred Native American land. In a symbolic gesture, the protesters set fire to their camp. See the photos by clicking here.

Global Shift Meditation – Join Free! Free Event on the First of Every Month

Join The Shift Network, The Gaiafield Project and people around the world for Global Shift Meditations the first of each month — click here to register for free. We featured Fumi Johns Stewart, Executive Director of World Peace Prayer Society, on March 1, 2017. (The free recording is available here.)

Your Voice:

We want to know: What do you love about getting older?

To share with our Facebook Page community, click here.

Moving From Who We Have Been To Who We Can Become
By Ron Pevny, Host of the Transforming Aging SummitAs someone who is deeply committed to supporting people who feel called to age consciously, the terms elder and elderhood are integral to my work. In the modern world, the term elder tends to be equated with that disempowering word elderly, which so often means frail, vulnerable, or just plain old. But it can mean so much more if we understand the role it has played throughout history.

Elder is a role and elderhood a life stage that has been critical for the wellbeing of the world’s cultures since time immemorial, but which has been lost in today’s world. It was the elders whose role was to embody the wholeness, and share the hard-won wisdom, that their communities needed to survive

To read more, click here.

The Current Moment: What’s Ageism Got to Do With It? 
By Ashton Applewhite

Ashton Applewhite is the author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against AgeismShe is a featured speaker in the Transforming Aging Summit and a leading spokesperson for mobilizing against discrimination on the basis of age.

I wake these days remembering that something awful has happened. Reality assembles itself, and I feel worse. The multicultural, egalitarian, globalized society I hope to inhabit is under assault. Bigotry is ascendant. Racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance—pick your prejudice!—are sanctioned, even celebrated. How do we respond to attacks on those most vulnerable? How does the mission to build a movement against ageism fit into this historical moment?

Until I thought hard about it, just posing that last question felt self-indulgent. Why insist on adding another “ism” to the list when so many higher-profile forms of discrimination, racism in particular, rightfully demand bandwidth? Should ageism move to the back of the line, at least until Medicare is in the crosshairs? Here’s the thing: we don’t have to choose. It’s not a competition. And it’s not zero sum. All forms of discrimination intersect with and compound one another. The flip side is that when we make a community a better place in which to be from somewhere else, to worship a different god, to have a disability or be non-white or non-rich, we also make it a better place in which to grow old.

To read more, click here.

Shamanic Wisdom for Fruitful Aging: Medicine Teachings to Mine the Gold of the Golden Years 
By Tom Pinkson, new Shift Network faculty

Our elder years can present us with challenging experiences. Changes in our bodies and minds often feel unwelcome and can leave us struggling as some faculties diminish. Things just don’t seem to work as fluidly and easily as they used to. These are tremors that can shake us off our feet and undermine us at a time when we most need a strong sense of self and wellbeing in order to meet a radical set of changes to the very structure of our lives.

To read more, click here.

Supporting Elders in Shining Their Light
By Katia Petersen

Katia Petersen, PhD, is the executive director of education at IONS. She is a clinical psychotherapist, an author, a renowned trainer and educator, and the winner of two Emmy Awards.

Our society’s family landscape has changed drastically over the past several generations. Families used to stay in the same town, and even the same neighborhood, and younger people would apprentice to and then take care of the elders in their community.

Growing up on a small Island in the Mediterranean, I was surrounded by elders within my family as well as within the community. I was everyone’s child and knew I was loved and supported fully.

I witnessed how elders were included in important decisions, looked up to for their wisdom, and given full care by their loved ones. However, as distant societies and economies have become more interconnected, our younger generation has become more global and more mobile, with a trend towards moving away from one’s family.

To read more, click here.

What’s So Secret About the Statue of Liberty? 
By Robert R. Hieronimus, PhD and Laura E. Cortner

One of the things that surprised us the most as we researched the history of the Statue of Liberty was when we tackled the question, “Why is Liberty depicted as a woman in a land where women had no liberty?” The history of the Statue of Liberty, it turns out, is bookended by the histories of a lot of intelligent and creative activist women who literally changed the world. Especially the women of the early 20th century who pushed through the passage of the 19th Amendment; they literally changed centuries of social conditioning and created a new status level for women.

To read more, click here.

Trump Administration Withdraws Legal Memo
Posted by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on February 24, 2017

Two days before the Trump administration approved an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline to cross a reservoir near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation, the U.S. Department of the Interior withdrew a legal opinion that concluded there was “ample legal justification” to deny it.

The withdrawal of the opinion was revealed in court documents filed this week by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the same agency that requested the review late last year.

“A pattern is emerging with [the Trump] administration,” said Jan Hasselman, an attorney representing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. “They take good, thoughtful work and then just throw it in the trash and do whatever they want to do.”

To read more, click here.

Through God’s Eyes 
By Phil BolstaI love writing for The Shift Network! It’s exciting, fulfilling work and I can’t believe my good fortune in being a part of this amazing team.

When I attended the annual three-day Shift team retreat in Petaluma last March, I had been working part-time from afar (I live in SoCal and Shift is headquartered in NoCal) and wasn’t that familiar with the company yet.

Over the course of three days, I grew more and more impressed as I witnessed firsthand the pure intention and passion for this work that every team member possessed. Plus, everyone was super friendly, extremely competent and eager to help each other. That was a year ago and it’s only gotten better. So in case you’re wondering, yes, Shift team members really are as wonderful as you hoped they would be!

I’m blessed that I’ve been able to write professionally for over 25 years. I’m especially grateful to have published my book, Through God’s Eyes: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Troubled World. It’s my life’s work and it’s very rewarding to hear from so many readers that it’s helped them live more peaceful, beautiful lives.

To read more, click here.

The Transforming Aging Summit, a free online event from March 7 to March 9, is designed to help you discover dynamic aging with power and purpose. Join this one-of-a-kind online event — at no charge — to learn from top experts in the emerging field of conscious aging who are illuminating what you can do for your body, mind and spirit to make your later years your greater years, and to make your greatest contribution to our world! See our list of speakers and find out everything you need to know by clicking here.

My Country Is the World— This 8-minute short film will open New York City’s Socially Relevant FIlm Festival on Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00pm EST, at the Cinepolis Theater

In My Country Is the World, Martin Sheen presents the startling story of how one little guy, Danny Kaye’s understudy, inspired a people-power movement which culminated when the UN unanimously passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “A roadmap to a better future,” Sheen says, because World CItizen #1, Garry Davis, points to how people-power can give us a saner way to run our world. This 8-minute short paves the way for a feature-length documentary, which will premiere in late April. To watch the trailer and find out much more about this 8-minute short film, click here.

Nominate a Hero: Help the One Billion Acts of Peace team find contenders for our 2017 Hero Awards! Do you have a favorite business that is helping promote peace? Do you work with or know a local Non-profit doing incredible work in your community? Is there a stand out young person tackling an important issue or giving back to others in your area? We are searching for nominees throughout the world — so if you would like to submit a nominee please send me the following information: Contact Name, Organization, Contact Details, Location, Hero Award Category (Business, NGO, University, Youth, Up and Coming Peacemaker), A Short Blurb on why you think that they should be considered for a 2017 Hero Award.

We have until March 31 to find the best Acts of Peace around the world, and we would love your help. To learn more about this year’s Hero Awards, click hereTo contact Morgan Norris-Wamsley, click here.

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March 2017

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In This Issue:

  1. New Article: “Love”

  2. New: 9 downloadable powerful transmissions of The New Human available: details below and at http://www.maureenmoss.com/products/the-new-human

Dearest Hearts,

With a high pressure month behind us of planetary, political and emotional pile-ups, relentless cosmic pressure waves and solar and magnetic storms… with more in front of us… the questions (in part) continue to arise, when will life ease up, the sadness, divided thoughts and rise and fall of emotions subside?

The short answer is when we hold in singularity one reality and revive the one true Essence of Love that holds it in place.

Deep inside we know this, and something even deeper inside is driving us towards that end.

This last round of life… in the past two months… has been almost epic in prompting us somewhere other than against our true natures. While conflict, confusion, anger and pressure have been plenty, we can feel the forces of something greater activating, pushing and prodding our true Selves to the surface and assisting us in redefining our capacities and capabilities.

It’s not easy feeling so deeply the friction between worlds… one so polarized and far from truth, compassion and Love, while the world we crave, the peaceful one, rubs on us strongly to give it Life, to give it form, to give it Love.

Most of our lives we’ve lived in the friction between worlds, though more subdued in its expression, as we’ve woven in and out and between Higher and lower consciousness and natures… but we can’t any longer. We’re discovering it’s unbearable.

Our true natures with its indispensable Essence of Love is unable to withstand simmering in a pressure cooker with mixed thoughts, mixed consciousness, fear, duality, unharnessed emotions and fragments of potential.

It wants (actually needs) to be released. Everything around you, in you and above you is influencing you to do just that… one breath at a time, one moment at a time, one choice at a time.

It’s Love (or lack thereof) that has been creating the sadness, the feeling of being on the edge and the pressure so many are experiencing. And it’s Love that has been revolting against everything unlike Itself. It knows it has a new human nature to unfurl, intimacy to create with you, and worlds to reveal.

Revolution

Revolutions confront us on many fronts now, as do endless dimensions of Love and realizations, waiting upon us to acknowledge them and fold them into our consciousness.

On (in) this stage of our evolution Love will continue dualing with everything unlike Itself… nothing we haven’t experienced in many lifetimes prior to this one, though the difference now is it’s deeply personal.

We are amazing significant Beings…here at the beginning and back again to stir up the momentum of a New Human and a New World.

Through the span of time we haven’t been educated about the radical upheaval Love creates on its way to expressing its full capacity (though many saw it a time or two,) nor informed often enough that it is Love waking us up, causing personal chaos and disruption and poking at our thoughts, consciousness and comfort…as it was.

Similar to a life review, though more refined now, we are passing through another evolutionary doorway to filter remaining conflicts, blocks and similarities from the many lives we have lived… at odds with Love, or as One with Love… as a matter of realignment with Original intention and purpose. As a result, deeper realizations can be felt pitting themselves against long held beliefs.

We must sort them out for ourselves, choose one at a time and ground it in the name of Love.

In Closing

As I’ve written before though perhaps never more poignant than now, there is a spectacular metamorphosis occurring unlike what we have known in our human forms. A great deal of evolution rests on our powerful shoulders, not only for our Selves and this earth, though for the fabric of Creation and the very nature of Heaven. We are the answer to many cosmic, ancestral and earthly untold prayers.

Decades ago I was informed that if Stewardship of a Planet with infinite and unrestricted potential is going to be given to a human race, they had best be prepared and know Love and how it operates through their bodies.

The Pleiadians were clear when they told me that through chaos and dismantlingNew Evolved Human would enter a Golden Age unlike any other… not only for the seeming magic it would bring to Life but the Life it would bring to the mystical.

I know this with my whole heart. And I know, that even without a large body of evidence, you instinctively do as well.

Maureen Moss, © 2017. Please share wherever you prefer keeping name, content and the websitemaureenmoss.com intact.

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I wish you each love, joy, blessings, clarity and abundance. May grace follow you wherever you go. Know you are loved!

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Was Platon schon wusste: „Wir sind gefangen in einer Scheinwelt“ – Teil 2

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Liebe Freunde,

heute möchte ich meinen Artikel über die Scheinwelt – die Welt der Illusionen – fortsetzen. Bereits in meiner frühen Kindheit hatte ich das sichere Gefühl, dass mit dieser Welt was nicht stimmt. Irgendetwas schien die Menschen daran zu hindern ihre natürliche Wesensart zu leben. Ich hatte das unbestimmte Gefühl, es nicht mit ihnen selbst (ihrem „Selbst“) zu tun zu haben, sondern mit einem Konstrukt ihrer Vorstellungen und Zwänge.  Für viele Jahre hatte ich keinen offenen Ansprechpartner für meine außergewöhnliche Wahrnehmung. Ich denke es war Platon, der mir mit seinem Höhlengleichnis eine Bestätigung vermittelte. In Platons Höhlengleichnis[1] stellt er den Aufstieg des Menschen durch vier Stufen der Erkenntnis sinnbildlich dar:

Die Menschen leben in einer Höhle, sind an Ketten gefesselt und blicken auf eine Felswand, während hinter ihnen ein Feuer flackert. Auf der Felswand sehen sie nur die Schatten von Gegenständen, die hinter ihnen vorübergetragen werden und welche vom Schein des Feuers als Schattenbilder an die Wand vor ihnen projiziert werden. Die Menschen halten einzig diese Schattenbilder für die Wirklichkeit (das Seiende) und befinden sich damit auf der ersten Stufe der Erkenntnis: der bloß sinnlichen Wahrnehmung.

 

Eine Gruppe von Gefangenen verbringt das ganze Leben festgekettet in einer Höhle, ihr Blick ist immer auf die Höhlenwand gerichtet. Am Höhleneingang werden Objekte vorbeigetragen, beleuchtet von einem großen Feuer. Ihre vergrößerten Schatten fallen auf die Höhlenwand, und diese  Schatten sind alles, was die Gefangenen von der Welt wahrnehmen.

In Platons Höhlengleichnis erklärt er, dass unsere Sinne nur Schatten einer höheren Art von Wirklichkeit wahrnehmen. Alles was wir sehen, so meinte Platon, ist bloß eine unvollkommene Projektion von vollkommenen, abseits unserer erfahrbaren Welt befindlichen Ideen. Bereits Heraklit, der Platons Lehrer Sokrates inspirierte, wusste: Eines der wichtigsten Dinge, die man über den Menschen wissen muss, ist, dass er schläft. Selbst wenn er denkt, dass er wach ist, ist er es nicht wirklich. Seine Weisheit ist äußerst kümmerlich; sie ist so unbedeutend, dass sie eigentlich vollkommen vernachlässigbar ist. Seine Wachheit ist nur ein schöner Name, doch im Grunde völlig bedeutungslos. Ihr schlaft bei Nacht, und ihr schlaft bei Tag – von der Geburt bis zum Tod verändert sich immer nur euer Schlafmuster, doch ihr wacht niemals wirklich auf. Nur weil ihr die Augen offen habt, solltet ihr nicht denken, dass ihr wach seid. Solange die inneren Augen nicht offen sind – solange Dein Inneres nicht voller Licht ist, solange Du nicht sehen kannst, wer Du bist -, denke nicht, dass Du wach bist. Das ist die größte Illusion, in der der Mensch lebt. Und sobald man wach zu sein meint, kommt man gar nicht mehr auf die Idee, Anstrengungen zu unternehmen, um zu erwachen. Das Erste, was Ihr tief verinnerlichen müsst, ist also, dass Ihr schlaft, dass Ihr in tiefem Schlaf liegt. Ihr träumt, tagein, tagaus. Manchmal träumt Ihr mit offenen Augen und manchmal mit geschlossenen, doch immer seid Ihr im Traum. Ihr seid noch nicht wirklich Realität. Natürlich ist alles, was man in einem Traum macht, bedeutungslos. Was man denkt, ist ohne Bedeutung, was man projiziert, ist Teil des Traums und erlaubt einem niemals, das zu sehen, was wirklich ist. Daher haben alle Buddhas immer nur diesen einen Punkt betont: Wacht auf!

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All ihre Lehren über die Jahrhunderte hinweg lassen sich in einer einzigen Aufforderung zusammenfassen: Seid wach!

Und sie haben Methoden und Techniken dafür entwickelt; sie haben Zusammenhänge und Räume und Energiefelder geschaffen, in denen Ihr so geschockt werden könnt, dass ihr aufwacht. Denn wenn ihr nicht geschockt werdet, wenn ihr nicht bis auf den tiefsten Grund erschüttert werdet, wacht ihr nicht auf. Euer Schlaf dauert bereits so lange, dass er den Kern Eures Wesens erreicht hat; Ihr seid damit durchtränkt. Jede Zelle Eures Körpers und jede Faser Eures Verstandes ist inzwischen voller Schlaf. Wenn all die Buddhas der Welt in einem Punkt übereinstimmen, dann ist es dieser – dass der Mensch so, wie er ist, schläft und dass er wach sein sollte. Wachheit ist das Ziel, Wachheit ist der Geschmack all ihrer Lehren. Zarathustra, Lao-tse, Jesus, Buddha, Bahauddin,  Kabir, Nanak – all die Erwachten haben nur das Eine gelehrt…“

Osho geht noch weiter[1]: „Du erwachst, wenn Du dir Deiner Träume bewusst wirst und das Gefühl bekommst, dass es sich wirklich nur um Träume handelt – nichts ist mehr real, alles ist nur noch ein Drama des Verstandes, ein Psychodrama. Du bist die Bühne, Du bist der Schauspieler, und Du bist der Autor. Du bist der Regisseur, Du bist der Produzent, Du bist der Zuschauer – niemand anderer ist da, es ist nur eine Kreation Deines Verstandes. Wenn Dir das bewußt wird, dann wird auch diese ganze Welt, die während deines Wachzustands existiert, ihre Qualität verändern. Dann wirst Du erkennen, dass hier dasselbe gilt – es spielt sich zwar auf einer größeren Bühne ab, doch der Traum ist derselbe. Hindus bezeichnen diese Welt als Maya – Illusion, Traum, Trugbild. Was meinen sie damit? Meinen sie, dass sie nicht wirklich ist? Nein, sie ist wirklich – doch wenn der Verstand daran beteiligt ist, erschafft man sich eine eigene unwirkliche Welt. Wir leben nicht in derselben Welt; jeder lebt in seiner eigenen Welt. Es gibt so viele Welten, wie es Menschen gibt. Wenn die Hindus sagen, dass diese Welt Maya ist, dann meinen sie, dass diese Welt zusammen mit dem Verstand Maya ist. Die Realität, das, was wirklich ist, kennen wir nicht. Die Realität zusammen mit dem Verstand ist Illusion, ist Maya.

Wenn jemand vollkommen erwacht ist, dann kennt er die Realität, wie sie ohne Verstand ist. Dann handelt es sich um die Wahrheit, Brahman, das letztendlich Gültige. Kommt der Verstand hinzu, wird alles zum Traum, denn der Verstand ist das, was Träume erzeugt. Ohne den Verstand ist nichts mehr ein Traum; nur die Realität bleibt zurück, in ihrer kristallklaren Reinheit.

Der Verstand ist wie ein Spiegel. In einem Spiegel wird die Welt reflektiert. Diese Reflektion kann nicht real sein, sie ist nur eine Spiegelung. Wenn der Spiegel nicht mehr vorhanden ist, verschwindet die Reflektion – dann sieht man die Realität.“

[2] Quelle: Osho, Bewusstsein, Beobachte ohne zu urteilen. Ullstein Verlag, 2004.

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Das „Selbst“ umfasst alles was ist, wohingegen das „Ich“ nur seinen individuellen Erfahrungsbereich verwaltet.

Ganz offenbar fällt uns die Unterscheidung von Traum und Wirklichkeit nicht leicht. Wenn diese Aussagen wirklich zutreffen, würde dies demzufolge daran liegen, dass wir diese Unterscheidung als Träumer treffen. Es wäre auch denkbar, dass es auch innerhalb der Wirklichkeit problematisch ist, Erscheinung von Realität zu unterscheiden, ohne dass sich der einzelne Mensch darüber im Klaren ist. Die beiden Giganten der Philosophie Immanuel Kant und Arthur Schopenhauer gingen dieser Frage nach und kamen zu der Überzeugung, dass es mehr geben müsse, als die dem Subjekt erscheinende Welt. In „Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung“ und „Kritik der reinen Vernunft“ stellen Arthur Schopenhauer und Immanuel Kant eine Philosophie vor, welche von dem Ding an sich ausgeht, welches das wahre Wesen der Gegenstände und bei Schopenhauer auch das der Menschen beschreibt. Diese Vernunft- bzw. Verstandeswelt entsprach bei den alten Griechen einem halbschlafähnlichen Zustand. In einem Halbschlaf befinden wir uns dann, wenn wir Einsicht in beide Welten haben. Wir nehmen wahr, dass wir uns eben noch in einem Traum befanden und andererseits die Tageswelt in der Wachheit auf uns wartet.

 

Einer der ersten dieser Ansicht war der griechische Philosoph Heraklit.  Er vertrat die Ansicht: Menschen befinden sich in einem Zustand traumähnlicher Unbewusstheit. Nach seinem Schüler Sokrates sind wir nicht vollständig verantwortlich für die Handlungen, die zum Leid führen. Seine Lehre besagt im Grundsatz: Niemand fügt sich oder anderen, bewusst etwas Böses zu. Alles, was der Mensch in seinem halbschlafähnlichen Zustand anstellt, tut er aus dem Maß seiner Unbewusstheit heraus. In einem erwachten Zustand – in dem er voll bewusst wäre –, würde er zu keiner bösen Handlung fähig sein.

Immanuel Kant unterschied zwischen quantitativ („unbewusste“) und qualitativen („bewussten“) Handlungen. Er gab den Handlungen eine Ethische Grundlage (Maxime): Handle stets sodass die Maxime deines Handelns zur allgemeinen Gesetzmäßigkeit erhoben werden kann.“

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Um eine derartige Maxime zu erstellen bedarf es einer – gegenüber der Alltagswelt – höheren Bewusstheit. Die hier gemeinten Handlungsaufträge entspringen keiner Trieb-Motivation, sondern werden von eine selbst erfassten Ethik entworfen. Naturgemäß sind unsere bekannten fünf Sinne hierfür nicht geeignet. Um eine echte Ethik zu erfassen, bedarf es einer echten Selbst-Wahrnehmung.

Verstandes- oder Selbstbewusst?

Aus meiner Sicht entspricht der halbschlafähnliche Zustand dem Prozess des Erwachens. In diesem Erwachen befinden wir uns  zwischen Verstandes- und Selbst-Bewusstsein. Dieses „wach werden“ ist der Übergang von einer Welt des Träumens (Schlafens) in eine Welt des Wachbewusstseins (Erwachens).

 Liebe Freunde,

zum Abschluss dieser beiden Artikel über die Wellt der Illusionen möchte ich Euch nun zu einer kleinen Übung einladen. Hierzu möchte ich Euch gern sehr persönlich, also mit Du ansprechen:

Schließe nun bitte einmal für etwa dreißig Sekunden Deine Augen, und achtet dann einmal auf Deine Gedanken. Hast Du es getan? Gut, dann hast Du also an irgendetwas gedacht, nicht wahr? Das Besondere daran ist nun, dass Du gedacht hast und zusätzlich Deine Gedanken auch beobachten konntest. Oder? Also war das, was Deine Gedanken beobachten konnte, etwas Übergeordnetes. Was meinst Du, wer dieser Beobachter in Dir war? Bitte denke einmal nach… Selbst jetzt, wo Du darüber nachdenkst, ist dieser Beobachter vorhanden, jedoch nicht immer aktiv, stimmts?

Ich möchte Euch noch einmal daran erinnern, das die Voraussetzung einer solchen Selbst-Beobachtung immer dann zum Vorschein kommt, wenn wir uns in einem Zustand der Ruhe und Entspannung befinden. Derartige Selbst-Wahrnehmungen sind die ersten Schritte zum „Erwachen“. Diese Art der Selbstkontrolle führt automatisch zu einer konzentrierteren Aufmerksamkeit und Überlagert die dominierende Vormachtstellung des Egos. Eine Wahrnehmung aus dem Selbst heraus, löst die Schleier der IllusionenNach meiner Überzeugung entspricht unsere Welt der Illusionen – bzw. der Traumwelt – einem übersteigerten Ego. Diese befreiende Selbst-Wahrnehmung versetzt uns in eine Klarheit, um diese Welt der Illusion (Matrix) zu durchschauen und unsere Freiheitsgrade zu erhöhen. Was einer Nutzung des Freien Willen gleichkommt.

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In diesem Sinne erkennen wir unser unerschöpfliches  Bewusstseins-Potential, welches uns zu einem wahren Selbstvertrauen und einer hiermit verbundenen Souveränität führt. Auf der spirituellen Ebene würde das bedeuten, dass wir uns in unserer Mitte befinden. Allein wenn man sich einem Großteil der Sinnesreize entzieht (Großstadtleben, Fernsehen, Radio…), so dass die Sinne praktisch schwerpunktmäßig in eine bestimmte Richtung gelenkt werden, wird auch ein höheres Potential an gleichschwingenden Neuronen aktiviert. Unter anderem baut sich hierdurch ein entsprechendes körpereigenes Magnetfeld auf. Vereinfacht formuliert: Viele gleichschwingende Neuronen generieren ein entsprechend starkes und messbares Magnetfeld. Mit einem solchen Magnetfeldmessgerät lässt sich darstellen, in welchem Bewusstseinszustand wir uns befinden. In einem Zustand der Meditation zum Beispiel zeigt unser Gehirn sich ein außergewöhnlich starkes Magnetfeld. Bereits eine klare und bewusste Wachheit in entspannter Lage ist die Voraussetzung für unsere Souveränität und für die Auskopplung aus der künstlichen Matrix.

Me Agape

Euer

Dieter Broers

Quellen

[1] Platon (in „Politeia“, Buch VII)

[2] Osho, Bewusstsein, Beobachte ohne zu urteilen. Ullstein Verlag, 2004.

Golden Age Messages from the Masters

through the founders of the Ascended Masters Mystery School

Are You Ready?

Part I

A time of discernment is definitely upon you and we suggest that you connect with your God Presence so profoundly that discernment becomes a natural part of your everyday lives. This means that your Presence becomes a conscious part of all of your exchanges with others and in whatever the world is offering you in terms of your media. There is so much to choose from in your world on every level, that your mastery in choosing its value is now before you.

~ Ascended Masters El Morya and Lady Miriam

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Within recent years, there has occurred a veritable explosion of articles to be found on your internet under a variety of intriguing headings. All profess, to one degree or another, to be the latest information on their subject, so that the reader might be brought “up to speed” on a daily basis regarding what is spiritually taking place in your world, both behind the scenes and in your octave.

Occasionally, an article appears that truly tries to assist you in expanding your own God awareness via prayer, meditation or the practice of merging directly with the Presence of God. Beloved ones, our purpose here is to offer you a mirror for your own reflection: Is what you are reading and how you are spending your time, energy and love really expanding your consciousness? Are other people’s opinions and perceptions really preparing you for the expansion of peace and forgiveness of yourself and others in real preparation for living as your God Presence on Earth?

While you may be aware of the great energies now flooding your planet, how are you dealing with them? Are you able to welcome them in great joy and peace realizing that these energies are literally changing you and all of life from the inside out? Are you able to send your love in deepest gratitude to your own beloved God Presence for the changes that are presently taking place on your planet as well as within your physical, mental, emotional and etheric bodies?

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Your beloved Presence will always be your primary “news” source. It is your ONLY true source of guidance that holds any lasting meaning, now and in the days to come. While you have a worthy part to play in the huge unfolding that is presently taking place around your world, your garnering of the information off your internet will likely fill your mind with the kind of information that quickly becomes outdated or unreliable, and it could keep you from fully realizing your daily part in simply sharing your magnificent love and light wherever you are and wherever you go.

Each day as you awaken, silently or aloud ask your beloved Presence to fill your mind with ALL that It knows you need to know for that day so It can guide you to the perfect fulfillment of your Divine Plan. You will then be more open and receptive to the Will and Wisdom of your God Presence. Taking time to deeply be at peace will also allow you to discern the ideas being presented to your heart and mind. And choosing the ideas that you realize are for your highest good and in harmony with your own Divine Blueprint will not require endless hours of getting information from the internet.

We are suggesting to you, beloveds, that perhaps very little of the information that comes through your internet is really contributing to the expansion of your consciousness or the fulfillment of your higher purpose for being in the world. Perhaps ask yourself if what you are reading is deepening your peace or assisting you in merging with the higher awareness of your already ascended Presence.

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Everyone who has ever accomplished the Ascension has let go of all “the latest” within the realm of limitation they were leaving, so they could be truly free and completely receptive to the Presence of God within the new unlimited realm they were entering. The opportunity for many to complete their Ascension in this present lifetime is truly no different.

So now, dear ones, we ask, “Are you ready?” If you are, then each day your inner peace is growing stronger and your union with your God Self is expanding into the divine and loving partnership it was always meant to be. Hourly, you may be consulting with your Presence to gain clarification or direction so your choices are always reflecting the intent and direction of your Divine Plan for your life.

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Leaving Time- The Arcturians through Suzanne Lie

http://suzanneliephd.blogspot.de/2017/02/leaving-time-arcturians-through-suzanne.html

2-23-17

Leaving Time
By the Arcturians through Suzanne Lie

Leaving time is a very confusing concept for many of our grounded ones, as “time” has been the ONE stable component of their 3D life. However, once their consciousness began to resonate to the fourth dimension, they realized there was a deep urge to be creative and to use their mind in a more exploratory, creative manner.
But, just as they began to fly off in their mind, something in their daily life called them to return. Of course there were the artists and the mystics who chose their inner world over the outer worlds. Sometimes that worked for them, but sometimes they found themselves without the necessities of the third dimensional reality.
So how can our grounded ones find their way to functioning in the third dimensional reality of time, space, polarity and cause and effect while they also leave “time” in order to experience the NOW of the new fifth dimensional energy fields that are increasingly merging with their third dimensional life?
How does one live a third dimensional life of being ruled by the clock, while they also escape into the fifth dimensional NOW for some deep rest, relaxation and education? This question is more easily answered than it is lived.
For one thing, as our grounded ones begin to expand their primary attention into their fifth dimensional frequency of consciousness, they begin to lose track of time, space becomes a multidimensional reality, and their consciousness begins to wander into the higher dimensions without the permission of their 3D mind.
The first meanderings of the 3D mind beyond its normal limitations of a 3D reality, often takes their wandering consciousness into the fourth dimensional astral world. In these lowest realms of the fourth dimension, often known as the “Lower Astral Plane” the 3D mind perceives the fears that have created limitations to take hold in their daily life.
When the owner of that 3D mind, is able to look into his/her past fears and sorrows, they create a pathway through which their mind can expand into the higher sub-planes of fourth dimension in which their innate imagination becomes activated.
However, fears of failure must be faced before one can step into the reality of being a creative person. Most of these fears were implanted in them when they were young, they brought forth these unresolved fears from another incarnation, or the fears are social fears, which an awakened person is aware of.
If one can look into their personal and social fears, stand tall and send these fears the healing force of Unconditional Love, then transmute these healing fears into the next higher octave of reality with the Violet Fire, they can open the portal to their Multidimensional SELF.
Once a connection is made with one’s Multidimensional SELF, their Multidimensional Mind becomes activated. Then, because their Multidimensional Mind is activated, they have a multidimensional operating system, which can translate the fifth dimensional and beyond perceptions into the conscious awareness of the 3D brain.
The 3D brain is not capable of perceiving, understanding, or interacting with higher frequency versions of reality. Therefore, the “owner of this brain” walks daily through a multidimensional reality, but he/she is only aware of the lower frequency third dimensional aspects of their life.
However, now that higher frequencies of light are entering Earth’s atmosphere, more and more people are beginning to perceive that which had always been invisible, silent, un-imaginable, and even impossible.
Their reaction of “perceiving beyond the veil” can be quite emotional, and many choose to totally ignore that which they cannot understand. It is for this reason that we, your Galactic Family and higher dimensional expressions of your SELF, are contacting our human expressions through as many “channels” as possible.
By “channels,” we mean the ground ones who remember, or never forgot, their higher dimensional expressions of SELF in the higher dimensional versions of reality. Some of the newly awakening ones can be shocked, or even frightened, by the visions, auditory messages that only they hear, bodily sensations and/or remembered dreams of other realities.
Our grounded ones have been taught since childhood that their physical world is the only world. Yes, there is the sky, but that only included where airplanes fly. But now, these third dimensional frequencies of the “sky” are expanding into and blurring with the higher dimensional frequencies of reality.
However, the third dimensional brain is only calibrated to perceive and consciously interact with the third dimensional frequency of reality. Fortunately, only about 3% of your physical brain is needed for the limited, third dimensional perceptions of reality.
So, what is happening within the 97% of your unused brain? We are within your NOW to inform you that the part of your brain that is NOT being used in your third dimensional versions of reality, is actually VERY active in your higher dimensional versions of reality. In fact, the higher dimensional realities that you can perceive are actually higher dimensional realities of your own Multidimensional SELF.
However, the controllers of the third dimension, who are largely limited to only 3% of their brain, must make sure that those whom they believe they are controlling also limit themselves to 3% of their brain.
This is very frightening to the “3D Controllers” because they are aware that because they live their reality within the lower third dimension of “power over others,” they cannot expand their consciousness into the higher dimensions.
What these ancient, controlling ones never learned was that when one acts via a “power over others” format, they have totally separated themselves into an individual format. This “individual consciousness format” is usually driven by the need to maintain “power over others.”
Being “only a 3D individual” with NO contact with their higher dimensional expressions of SELF, limits their experience of reality to the 3D Matrix. Most of these “seemingly human, but actually devoid of human heritage” are not aware that they have trapped themselves in the 3D Matrix.
There are still millions of others who are still trapped in the 3D Matrix, over whom they can exert their “power over others.” However, the fifth dimensional light that is continuing to flow deeper and deeper into Gaia’s atmosphere and planetary body is beginning to infiltrate and over-ride the third dimensional light waves.
In the same manner that clear water becomes pink as you drip red dye into it, the third dimensional light becomes fourth dimensional, and eventually, fifth dimensional as the fifth dimensional light waves continually intermingle with the third and fourth dimensional frequencies of light.
Those, whose consciousness can only attend to the third and lower fourth dimensions of reality, will NOT be able to perceive the higher dimensions of reality. And, even if they could briefly perceive these higher frequencies, they could not believe that they are real.
They cannot believe that the higher dimensions are real because, then their own conscience, which was lost during their early years of indoctrination, would be ignited and they would NOT be able to treat others in a fashion that they would not treat themselves.
It was an important part of their early brainwashing that it was “weak” to NOT have power over others. None of these children wanted to be weak, so they sought to have power over others. You realize how much of your third dimensional reality is based on competition and the winner is better—no matter how they win.
Of course, we are happy to perceive that more and more members of humanity are only seeking their own “Power Within.” When one seeks their own Power Within, they begin the process of returning to a conscious connection with their own Multidimensional SELF.
Power Over Others is limited to the third dimensional and lowest astral planes. Power Over is a short-term solution because, eventually, those who they have tried to maintain “power over” will find their own Power Within.
Once one regains their own “Power Within” they have the courage, and tenacity, to rise up against those who have had power over them. This cycle of, “being victimized, then finally conquering the victimizer” has been repeated uncountable times during Gaia’s long history.
It has been a “favorite holographic reality” to teach a strong sense of inner power and courage. However, Gaia tires of running this holographic program. For one thing, it is usually Gaia’s Earth Body that is left damaged by humanity’s many wars.
Gaia’s main concern is that She is being called Home into a higher dimensional expression of Her Planetary SELF. Just as humanity has greatly suffered during Earth’s descent into the third dimension, Gaia—the living essence of planet Earth—has also suffered.
One thing that many humans are still unaware is that Gaia has been silently expanding Her Planetary Consciousness into the higher fourth and lower fifth dimensional resonance of reality. All reality has a resonance, a frequency rate, which defines the dimension of reality that is experienced for all those who reside within that reality.
Gaia has resonated to the third and fourth dimensions of reality since she almost fell off Her axis long, long ago. Gaia knows what many humans do not know, which is that the era of habitation of Earth’s third dimensional frequency is ending.
However, you must think in “planetary time.” Therefore, this ending could take countless years for humanity, but Gaia can see that possible reality and has “set Her planetary sights” on expanding Her resonance beyond Her present third/fourth dimensional frequency rate into Her fifth dimensional frequency rate.
Many humans have felt the inner call from Gaia, their planetary mother, to join Her, and hopefully assist Her, as she expands her “habitation zone” into the higher fourth and fifth dimension.
Many Shamans and Astral Travelers have journeyed into Gaia’s fourth dimensional habitation zone. But, within this NOW, more and more earth-bound humans are expanding their consciousness into the fifth dimension.
With this fifth dimensional consciousness they are able to see our Starships and even remember your nightly visits to your Starships or Home Worlds. In other words, your Multidimensional Consciousness is ever expanding into the conscious reception of fifth dimensional, and beyond, energy patterns.
These energy patterns can be translated as visions and/or channels form your higher self, nightly visits in your higher dimensional body to your Ship and/or Homeworld and/or direct instructions from your own Higher Self to assist you, as you assist Gaia.
Humanity is beginning to awaken from a long “sleep” in the third dimension. Humans often think that they are “awake” while they are operating via their third dimensional consciousness.
However, to us in the higher dimensions, we perceive humanity as being “asleep” while they are in their third-dimensional, Physical Body. And we perceive humanity as being “awake” as they travel in their fourth-dimensional, Astral Body.
We are very pleased to add that we are VERY pleased to perceive more and more of humanity as being “awake” as you join us on the Ship, or your Homeworld, in your fifth-dimensional Light Body.
As more and more of you “flash into Lightbody” while you are awake to your third dimensional reality, you will GREATLY assist Gaia with Her “flashing” into Her fifth dimensional Light Planet.
Blessings to you all,
We await the vision of your wonderful Light Show
The Arcturians
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