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Have a Thankful Thanksgiving

April 27, 2016December 12, 2022 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 59 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 26, 2015

Have a Thankful Thanksgiving

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and has plenty to eat and drink.

Having a thankful spirit no matter what the circumstances is very beneficial in many ways. It makes the person pleasant to be around and increases the vital energy of the one who is thankful, aiding in good health and happiness.

Here are some fun facts on Thanksgiving for your enjoyment.

Mashed potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on the cob, and cranberries were not foods present on the first Thanksgiving’s feast table.
Lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup and honey, radishes, cabbage, carrots, eggs, and goat cheese are thought to have made up the first Thanksgiving feast.
The pilgrims didn’t use forks; they ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers.
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird, not the eagle.
Thomas Jefferson thought the concept of Thanksgiving was “the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard.”
Americans eat 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s first meal in space after walking on the moon was foil packets with roasted turkey.
Abraham Lincoln issued a ‘Thanksgiving Proclamation’ on third October 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving.
The heaviest turkey on record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, weighs 86 pounds.
Californians consume the most turkey in the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day!
Female turkeys (called hens) do not gobble. Only male turkeys gobble.
The average turkey for Thanksgiving weighs 15 pounds.
Campbell’s soup created green bean casserole for an annual cookbook 50 years ago. It now sells $20 million worth of cream of mushroom soup.
Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.
Fossil evidence shows that turkeys roamed the Americas 10 million years ago.
91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
Columbus thought that the land he discovered was connected to India, where peacocks are found in considerable number. And he believed turkeys were a type of peacock (they’re actually a type of pheasant). So he named them “tuka”, which is “peacock” in the Tamil language of India.
The First Thanksgiving lasted for three days.
The largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long.

Dec 9, 2015

Adam’s Book and Other Endeavors

I just finished reading Adam Clayton’s book – Pep’s Herculean Labor. He took the basic idea of the Parable of Decision and expanded it into a children’s story. He did a very good job, especially for a guy who has not been a professional writer. It’s not only a good book for children but adults will enjoy it also for it does a great job of expanding on the principles in the parable in a way to enhance the meaning.

Here is the first of several reviews at Amazon:

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.’ – George Bernard Shaw . Great modern day fable that transports the reader back to a land of make believe and adventure. Enjoyed the universal truths that are carefully woven into the chapters of this book. We are reminded that analysis paralysis is a hell all of its own, and you reap what you sow.

Here is a LINK for the book

The book is free to Kindle subscribers or just $2.99 for others.

The fact that Adam accomplished this all on his own with no orders from me or anyone else makes me reflect on the power of initiating as it applies to traveling the path of the initiate.

This brings a scripture to mind:

For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.

Verily, I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness; For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward. D&C 58:26-28

I thought I would name a number of other participants here who have been helpful and initiated things of their own free will.

The first Keyster’s initiate was Rick Audette who started the Keys forum and invited, or perhaps insisted, that I participate. He is always working on initiating something new.

Here are some more, not in any particular order.

Lorraine started the first gathering which has continued ever since.

LWK has created various websites to promote my writings and some of his own.

Bryan Smith spent years managing the freeread website and collected many quotes from the archives into The Book of Quotes, still available on freeread.

For years now Ruth (RJ) as carried the ball posting daily quotes that has been helpful and inspiring to many.

Anni West translated the immortal Series into Danish and published them there at her own expense.

Maria Del Rosario Jaquete Herraiz translated The Immortal into Norwegian and is seeking a publisher.

Alex translated The Immortal into Russian for us.

Mindy Burge, initiated the esoteric dictioonary and did some editing for me.

A number of others have helped with editing such as James Wong, Susan Manning, Sharon Skahl, Marylin Adams, Robin Kennon, Diane Holmes, Jim Winegardner, Assaf Friedman, Rob Brennan and Viggi Jonsson. There are a half dozen others who have presently volunteered that are editing some archives that that haven’t yet finished their portion.

Sharón Wyeth also helped with some editing and went on to write a book of her own initiating a new area of thinking on the meaning of names. She also gives many seminars and classes.

Elizabeth Joyce has written several metaphysical books and recently appeared on Coast to Coast.

Dan Howell and Blayne Sukut have been working to initiate new methods of permiculture and self sustaining food production. This knowledge could be very valuable when the gathering begins.

Susan Manning has been attempting to gather the lights in a safe place of refuge. This has proven to be a very difficult project.

Larry Woods has written numerous songs for the group of his own initiative and is always seeking the means to initiate various ideas.

Scott Stevens mentioned me on Coast to Coast which was a big help.

Matthew Steel transcribed a number of gatherings.

We can’t forget Justin who initiated the current podcast program.

Then there is Sterling, Richard and others who have initiated various projects along their own lines of interest.

In addition to this numerous members have assisted me in a number of ways who are silent helpers. Then there are regular posters like Johann who just hangs in there and gives of himself. Adrian sends me regular tips on good web sites.

I appreciate you all. I’m sure I left some deserving souls out. That doesn’t mean you are not appreciated.

… Oh, yeah, my wife has been a big help also. (Whew, dodged a bullet there.)

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Freedom, A Pearl of Great Price

April 27, 2016 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 58 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 24, 2015

Freedom, A Pearl of Great Price

It is bad enough that free speech is under attack, but in addition to this almost every freedom our forefathers fought for is being diminished.

The Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms, comes under renewed attack whenever some crazy guy goes on a shooting spree. Yes, there are some accidents and homicides due to guns, but many more deaths and serious injuries due to car accidents. But no one calls for the banning of cars.

Why?

Because their usefulness far exceeds the damage they cause.

And what is the usefulness of guns?

The main one, which was enunciated by our founders, was for insurance to keep us free. A government will be nervous taking us too far toward tyranny if its citizens are armed and other nations would think twice about invading us when the citizens are armed with a couple hundred million guns.

We need to recall that the worst killing spree that has happened on American soil was caused, not by guns, but by 19 men with box cutters who hijacked airplanes. Yet no one called for the banning of air travel.

Again, even with great disasters now and then air travel brings much more benefit and freedom than it takes away.

Big Brother has been taking away freedoms in many other ways. If you count all the hidden taxes the average taxpayer pays more than 50% in taxes.

Government borrowing and charging the reckless debt to you and me and our children is another great inhibitor.

Excessive laws and regulations are suffocating many just trying to make a living.

Other freedoms at risk are our religious freedoms, a free unregulated internet, freedom from excessive and frivolous lawsuits and just a general freedom to speak and act with out of the box ideas.

DK supported the allies against Hitler to secure freedoms necessary to insure the coming of the New Age, but I would suppose he would be concerned today as he surveys the current situation.

Yes, some things have improved, but it will all be for nothing if we were to lose our freedom. We must ever remember these great words emphasized by numerous Founding Fathers including Jefferson.

Eternal vigilance is the cost of liberty.

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Right/Left Brain

April 27, 2016December 12, 2022 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 57 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 23, 2015

Right/Left Brain

Tom asks if we can use both sides of his brain as he has interests in astronomy as well as being an artist.

Yes, of course. All of us use both sides of the brain and use both male and female energies.

A typical person in a male body would be pulled in the male direction by maybe 60% of the two energies and 40% toward the female. Yet some polarized as male would go close to the middle such as 51% male 49% female. A very macho guy may be 70/30.

I think I am close toward the middle, probably about 52/48. Even so, I am very passionate about some of my male directions as well as my female ones. Like you, I love astronomy and science (male direction) but I love being creative (female direction) such as writing books, stories, songs, poetry and receiving new principles.

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Equal, But Different

April 27, 2016 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 56 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 23, 2015

Equal, But Different

Larry Summers didn’t get into trouble because he believed that men were smarter at math than women but because he was examining the data which indicated differences and was seeking an explanation. After the uproar that fired him he learned that he should have just kept his mouth shut.

There are differences of focus between male and female, between races, countries, groups and individuals. This doesn’t mean that one is superior to the other.

We are all born with equal potential for intelligence, but manifest it in different ways because of where we put our attention. There are a lot of influences that cause us to focus attention on different things. The female is polarized in receiving, feeling, nurturing energy and the male in sending, problem solving active energy. Engineering school attracts men much more than women, not because females cannot do math and analysis, but because it requites them to go out of the comfort zone as far as energy goes, like swimming upstream.

I started out college in engineering school and there was only one female out of hundreds in the whole system – even though there was nothing keeping them away. Now there are a few more. Harvard has 15% females in the engineering doctorate program and 85% male so more are getting involved.

On the other hand, more nurturing professions such as nursing draw mostly females. When I was young I had never heard of a male nurse, but now there are a few, but females still dominate because they are in their energy.

The simple truth is this. A job that requires an abundance of left brain male energy will draw a larger percentage of males and one that requires more female energy will draw more females.

For instance, what percentage of daycares are managed by females? I would guess it is pretty high since females are in their energy when nurturing and caring for children.

What percentage of machine shops are managed by males?

Again, I would guess it is pretty high since the job requires left brain thinking.

Now if a male decides to focus on a work that requires right brain (female) thinking or a female on left brain activity they can each intelligently perform if they keep up their focus. Both will have to put forth a little extra effort though because it will be a bit like swimming against the current.

The same thing goes with races. Because of ray influences, body type, inherited tendencies and culture the various races tend to express intelligence in different ways though they have equal potential.

As individuals we are all different and each of us has many influences acting upon us that we tune in to and decide whether we will go with the energy available or go against it. Most will go with it.

Now this is a different matter than deciding on a difficult life decision. In going with that difficult life decision the seeker will generally find he is going with the flow of his energy rather than against it.

It is interesting that there are significant differences in the ways an individual uses intelligence from one life to the next. In one life he may be female and another male and lean toward totally different professions.

In one life his energies may direct his intelligence and focus towards sports and physical things, in another communication and creative endeavors and then another toward science.

Perhaps in his life as an artist he sees himself as having no mathematical ability, yet he could have been very skilled at it in a past life when he placed his attention on it.

Any healthy human being can become proficient at any skill if he places sustained attention on developing that skill.

“The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.”

Thomas Edison

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A Time for Silence

April 27, 2016 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 55 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 21, 2015

A Time for Silence

Ruth

Why does the Disciple have to learn to be silent in the face of that which is evil?

DK is not saying that we should give into evil. He gave out strong words of resistance to Hitler and was against pacifism. Note carefully his words:

The disciple must learn to be silent in the face of that which is evil. He must learn to be silent before the sufferings of the world, wasting no time in idle plaints and sorrowful demonstration, but lifting up the burden of the world; working, and wasting no energy in talk. … expressing the love force of the world, as it may flow through him, where it will serve best to ease a load or lift a burden,

A problem with many disciples is that they waste a lot of time focusing on things that they can do nothing about. They waste many hours fretting over the evils in the world as well as the suffering, yet doing nothing about them and doing little to help in areas where they have power to help. The disciple must learn to tune out the negativity in the world which is beyond his control and focus on that which is within his control.

DK also notes another instance where it is wise for the disciple to be silent in the face of evil. He tells us that many disciples have brought upon themselves unnecessary persecution because they sharply criticized authorities. There is a time and place for such criticism, but some will get themselves imprisoned, fined or executed when a wise silence would have bought them more time to effectively serve.

Jesus also spoke of this principle:

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Matt 5:25

Being a martyr can be a good thing if something significant is accomplished, but it is a terrible waste if it is all for nothing.

Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.

Bil Keane

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A Practical Solution

April 27, 2016 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 54 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 18, 2015

A Practical Solution

As illustrated by the video I just posted and the recent massacre in France the immigration of millions of Muslims poses a great problem. Of special concern is the goal stated by many that their ultimate aim is to take over Europe and eventually the United States by the shear increase of their numbers and then force all people to give allegiance to their version of faith.

At present there are around 6.5 million people displaced in Syria and around four million who have fled the country seeking someone to take them in.

Numbers this great pose a great future problem to the people taking them in. It has raised concerns immensely that one of the terrorists who attacked Paris is believed to be a Syrian refugee and that it is impossible to appropriately screen these people before letting them in. There are grave suspicions that terrorists are sending some of their people disguised as refugees so they can enter various countries in Europe to plan for future attacks.

The countries of the world have waited too long to come up with a sensible solution to this problem. What we need to so is to create a safe zone for them in Syria or some other designated location and provide them with essentials so they can survive without imposing on other nations. Then when the war is over they may be able to return home. The nations affected would supply military cover so the occupied land would be safe from the civil war.

This would cost some money, but would be a lot cheaper than taking them in and putting them on a welfare plan.

This solution is simple and sensible, but Obama wants nothing to do with a real solution. His ultimate goal is to take in 250,000 or more. Since around 80% of unorthodox immigrants vote democratic he has strong motive to keep as many refugees and immigrants here as possible. He is looking at the benefit to his party and ideology above the welfare of he nation.

Sad.

He refuses to use the term “Islamic terrorist” as if there are a lot of Buddhist and Christian terrorists posing just as much threat,

Well, here are just a few terrorists attacks perpetrated in the name of Islam’s Allah. I’d like to see a similar list from any other religion.

The Shoe Bomber-Muslin

The Beltway Snipers-Muslims

The Fort Hood Shooter-Muslim

The Underwear Bomber-Muslim

The U.S.S. Cole Bombers-Muslim

The Madrid Train Bombers-Muslim

The Bali Nightclub Bombers-Muslims

The London Subway Bombers-Muslims

The Moscow Theatre Attackers-Muslims

The Boston Marathon Bombers-Muslims

The Pan-Am Flight #93 Bombers-Muslims

The Air France Entebbe Hijackers-Muslims

The Iranian Embassy Takeover-Muslims

The Beirut U.S. Embassy Bombers-Muslims

The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack-Muslims

The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers-Muslims

The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers-Muslims

The Kenyan U.S. Embassy Bombers-Muslims

The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers-Muslims

The Beirut Marine Barracks Bombers-Muslims

The Beslan Russian School Attackers-Muslims

The First World Trade Center Bombers-Muslims

The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers-Muslims

The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers-Muslims

The World Trade Center Towers 9/11-Muslims

The Paris Magazine Attackers-Muslims

At least 12 people were killed in a bus bombing in Tunis – Muslims

21 killed in Boko Haram suicide attack – Muslims

San. Bernardino, CA Murders 2015 – Muslims

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Healing 110

April 27, 2016 Joseph Dewey

This entry is part 53 of 73 in the series 2015

Nov 16, 2015

Healing 110

Rule Six

The healer or the healing group must keep the will in leash. It is not will that must be used, but love.

Many see great healers as using a powerful spiritual will, but here he says the will must be kept in leash. Why do you suppose that is? And why is it that love must be the focus?

What can the healer do to bring more love into the equation?

Actually DK teaches that there are times and places where the use of spiritual will is helpful, but it must be used with a knowledge of the forces at play. If one without knowledge uses personality desire will then glamour could create a fog that could produce negative results not anticipated.

He basically says that if the healer does not know the range of principles of esoteric healing that he should stick to using love energy. Spiritual love is the most harmless force in the universe and spiritual healers are not likely to misuse it in attempting to heal their brethren. Just like taking in a breath of fresh air does not harm but makes one feel invigorated, even so, the warmth of love always energizes.

So, what can the healer do to bring more love into the equation?

There are several obvious things. If you are the healer you can:

Show the patient that you care and are concerned about the distress.
Show empathy.
Speak with kindness.
Don’t be afraid to show a little humor when appropriate.
Do not register any of the person’s flaws in your consciousness during the session. Attempt to look upon his soul and see the perfection of Christ therein.

Here’s a couple that may not be so obvious.

The healer must make love a part of his life by attempting to live a good life as well as looking beyond the flaws of all people.
The healer must attempt to tune into his own soul so he can radiate the love of Christ.
During the session it is helpful for both the patient and the healer to reflect back on loving moments in their lives to make the thoughts of love vivid in current time.
If a group is present have them focus on sending love to the patient.

The healer must realize that love is not sent forth by an act that wills it from one person to another, but it is a force that radiates from one who is standing in the pure essence of his being toward another willing to accept.

“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

John Lennon

Ruth asks:

“The stranger within” Israel also operates through a triangle of energies which are Gog-Magog-Rosh.

Gog corresponds to Ham, the Holy Ghost aspect, Magog to Japheth, the Son aspect, and Rosh to Shem, the Father aspect.

Could you please explain the above to me a bit more fully?

in a nutshell every organization or group of any size has two triangles within it representing Father-Son and Holy Ghost energies. The one takes them toward the light and the other toward the dark. One will always dominate and the other will seek domination. When I wrote about the stranger within Israel I was speaking of the hidden triangle seeking to dominate Israel and move it toward the dark side. There is also a stranger within the United States that seeks to move us backwards to a tyrannical state. This does not mean that all Jews or all U.S. citizens are a part of that group.

Many of the current Jews are old souls here to complete their lessons, but they are not fallen. They just didn’t complete their schooling on their previous earth.

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