I decided to write on a mental topic which happens to coincide with current Mercury retrograde period.

Thanks to the billions of dollars we here in America have spent on our space program, we know that there are many planets much larger than our sun.  There is one so large and so far away that if we were on it, earth would appear to be the size of a pinhead.  If that is amazing to you, out even further there are plants even larger than that one.  So much larger that that particular planet would look to be the size of a pinhead and are us would not even be visible. 

Let’s begin by stretching our mind.  When we begin to think of ourselves from a universal point of view, we are actually much smaller to the universe than an atom is to us!  With that thought in mind, isn’t it a wonder that we can find things which we feel are so important that we need to argue much less fight about.  It is a cosmic wonder that we are aware of our existence.  And another very interesting perspective is, if you used ratio in proportion, and you took the number of years that the human is known to exist on this planet and the average number of years that a human lives you would find that your lifetime is equal to approximately 12 minutes of time in relationship to the lifetime of mankind.  Our size and our lives are so very miniscule!  And yet, (the exact wording depends on the version you read) we find in Scripture; “What is man that thou art mindful of him, oh Lord?”

After many years of searching for reasons it appears to me that the ego mind, (carnal mind), is certainly a necessary tool for us to use.  Unfortunately while we’re are young we are only taught to use that mind and look outside of ourselves for all our needs.  If we were lucky, those in charge of us took us to a church on Sunday and sometimes a Wednesday evening, in that way at least we were introduced to another way of thinking.  Actually most of the ‘churchgoing’ was to listen to others who apparently had used their spiritual mind, the only mind which eventually can bring us to peace and joy in our lives.  It’s the real and the lasting part of us.  The ego mind has its job which is to continuously lead us to things and people who will eventually prove out to us their incapacity to bring us to peace and joy.  While the people and things in our lives can bring us momentary happiness, they cannot nor will they be capable of leading us to the real peace and joy which lies within ourselves.  To reach that lasting peace and joy can only be found in what most people refer to as, “the higher self” not realizing that that self is you your own real self.  You cannot hope to find your real self by going from book to book, subject to subject, teacher to teacher or even go to a strange country to find your own personal guru.  You can only find your real self when you turn within and begin to follow that path which leads you to your own true happiness.

How many years, how many different things and how many different people must we go through or chase after the acquisition thereof to learn that we are being mis-lead.  That person place or thing just could not continue bringing us peace and happiness.  And it is not because something was “wrong” with them or it.  It was simply a matter that our ego became restless again.  And it will continue to do so, for that is its job, to lead us out of the ‘darkness’ and into the ‘light’.  And lead us from the allusions, into that which is real by dragging us through all which is un-real.  How many thousands of years, different people, and different ways of saying it do we need to live through before we open up our hearts and find that with our hearts is the only way we can hope to see or to hear the Truth?  And I’m speaking of the truth that is yours; it has been with you since birth and probably from beyond.  It’s the truth that seeing you it is the truth that is you, the real you.  And yes you are different from every other human being on the face of the earth, you were meant to be.  You should embrace that difference rather than being critical of it which is also the same critical factor that you use to criticize other people and things.  That criticalness begins to disappear as you begin to stop criticizing your self.  And I’m not talking about that self which most trying to project to other people or tell other people about, I’m talking about that that voice which most here in their heads when they’re all by themselves, alone and quiet and thinking of themselves.  That is a scary place for most of us to go in for the most part we avoid and use various means to override that voice.  Some choose alcohol or drugs; some choose work and noisy places and when not in them turn the music up loud in their cars or on their iPods.  Very few take the time to confront that voice and to search for the truth within themselves.  Often they need help with this but are too ashamed or worried to disclose these things to another.  Many times you will find this is the real reason for suicide.  And the world is going to be facing more and more of this as it goes on, I fear, because here in America we have allowed God/Allah, ( or any one of over 101 different names used to define the creator), to be taken out of our schools and most parents have put aside praying before meals, taking their children to church or in some way instilling in the young minds of their children that there is a great power that is in control of all things and out of love allows us to humans to choose with the free will and in that way we teach ourselves through our errors.  Then we take it a step further and say that after all these centuries we should remove the word God from public buildings and yet it was man’s desire to freely express its belief in this God which cause them to make the very, very dangerous voyage across the ocean to discover this land. 

The chaotic situations of this world, and in the smaller size your mind, will continue until you as an individual take up the task to free your self from it by turning within and finding your real self, (your higher self), that self which will continue to live beyond the time this world looks at what you call your body and pronounces it dead.  Know this, you cannot die!  You will continue on working yourself through the maze which is a life until you come to the realization, and begin to live accordingly,  that all that is was and never will be – still is The Creator;  God!  Then and only then can you find a piece and the joy that transcends explanation by the human mind.  For the human mind only hopes and wishes for it but only the spiritual mind has it.  It always has and always will have – think not? Just look at any baby who is healthy, well fed, and comfortable and you will see a piece in the joy that you only wish for.  Just maybe there was some truth in the words, ‘Unless you become as one of these little ones you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.’

You sincerely want to but don’t know how to begin or where to start?  There are many around who are willing to help.  The way to know the difference is simple, if they lead you to depend on something on the outside of you, be it a religion, a modality of some nature or another person … RUN AWAY!   If that person who is helping you is teaching you how to turn within and depend on the Creator, then you have found a mentor.   Psalm 118.8 “It is better to trust in the Creator then to have confidence in man!” I leave you with a story which appears on my business card…

“Hello, I want you to know that I will be handling all of your problems and worries today.  I will not need your help; don’t give them another thought.  Go and have a good day – enjoy it!  Remember, I love you!” ~ From your Creator