Category: 2016

Feb 29, 2016

In Your Face at Facebook

I don’t know about you but I have been getting a tremendous amount of hateful bashing of anything that is politically right of center on Facebook. The strange thing is the majority of my friends lean right but around 90% of attack posts come from the left. It is like they are on a mission from god to wipe out God, freedom and apple pie.

I don’t think that Facebook is a good place to shove polarizing views in people’s faces – as with any group of friends there will be numerous different views and half of them will find the post irritating.

For that reason I do not post my political and spiritual views on my newsfeed that goes out to my entire friends list. I do, however respond to some that send me obnoxious distorting posts. That only goes out to his or her friends.

If a person has an agenda to promote he should do it on a dedicated Facebook page for that purpose. I have one for the Immortal HERE.

Anyway I just received a post attacking Donald Trump supporters stating that 20% of his supporters would have been against Lincoln’s executive order to free the slaves. Here was my response to this accusation:

I went to the original poll and could not find any data about Trump supporters and slavery. In fact there was no question even asking those polled if they were a Trump supporter. Since no such question was asked then it would be impossible to single out what Trump supporters believe.

The poll did ask if those polled approved or disapproved the use of executive orders for:

Freeing “all slaves in the states that were in rebellion against the federal government.”

Now keep in mind that more Democrats participated in the poll than Republicans.

A whopping 30% either disagreed with the executive order or were undecided as to whether the slaves should have been freed with an executive order.

One reason this figure was so high was probably due to the fact that a lot of people just disagree with the President using executive orders for any purpose. Many see that as being like a dictator.

Now here is a figure from the poll that should upset Hillary supporters. (Even though 5% more responders leaned Democrat than Republican) if the election were held today

“would you vote for…

The Democratic Party candidate 39%

The Republican Party candidate 46%

So it looks like we may have quite a few Democrats vote Republican as in the days of Reagan.

Another result I found interesting was how responders graded Obama as far as being liberal or conservative.

26% either think Obama is a conservative or not sure.

Isn’t that a hoot?

Also…

Only 17% said they are better off financially than a year ago but 35% said they were worse off.

43% are worried about losing their job.

70% fear it would be difficult to get a new job if they lost their current one.

Sounds like people are ready for a change.

The poll in question can be found HERE

Check out this link.

Only 71% Of American Blacks Approve Of The Emancipation Proclamation.

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Feb 27, 2016

Improving the Self

Thanks for participating in the attempt to see the future. I’ll bet the group here is more accurate than the famous psychics will be.

One thing that is important for all seekers is to place some effort on self-improvement. Self-improvement covers a number of areas.

(1) Career. Whatever you are doing for a living should be something that you can do well. Many people get lazy after they get settled in their job and no longer seek to excel. Thus the company and customers get denied their best. A true seeker will always seek to do a good job even if the work is not that enjoyable to him. A good book on inspiring excellence is, “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill.

(2) Work on your personality and social graces. Many of us have a lot of rough edges and when some are called on it they will say something like, “That is just me. Get over it .”

One needs to consider that others may have a point and that it just may be a good investment to work on being a more pleasant and interesting person to be around.

Every seeker should have read a few books on improving relationships such as, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” By Dale Carnegie.

(3) Continue to self educate throughout your entire life. Never be happy with the knowledge you have but always seek to learn new things.

When I was younger I memorized something new each day. It may have been a scripture or a famous quote or profound statement. Then when I got busy making a living I got out of the habit. I wish I had continued this, but better late than never. I started doing this again and find it very helpful. Memorizing a statement puts the thought very clearly in your mind causing you to come up with insights you miss when just reading it over.

For best results in memorizing I have found that it is efficient to review the words the first, second, seventh, seventeenth and thirty-first day. After that you may still need to review now and then.

There are lots of good things available to memorize such as the Great Invocation, The Song of the 144,000, various mantras and invocations, The Rules of White Magic, healing, rules for disciples etc.

I also throw in a new vocabulary word each day.

(4) Continue to work on you spiritual relationship with your own soul. Ask yourself what your next step is and how you are to accomplish it. And if you are not sure of what to do use your imagination and find a away to bring some joy to the lives of others. Little children are especially in need of some happy times and show great appreciation for acts that bring smiles to their faces.

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Feb 26, 2016

Predictions

A few months ago I checked out all the psychics I could find making political predictions on the web and just about all of them were saying the same thing, They were saying that the force was with Jeb Bush and he would wind up running against Hillary and that Hillary would win. Most predicted that Trump would make a major mistake and be drummed out of the race.

Astrologers were saying a similar thing – that Bush had a strong chart indicating he would get the nomination.

It never ceases to amaze me how wrong these guys are. A personal bias has a lot to do with their errors. I’ll bet over 90% of those predicting doom for Trump just do not like him and those predicting a Hillary win lean toward the Democrats.

I normally stay away from specific predictions because the future is very fluid except for things governed by cycles or guided intelligence.

For a couple years we experimented with making some predictions with the expectation that no one would probably be 100% correct. Some did pretty good. I think my rate was over 70% and I got all the academy award predictions correct. My biggest miss was predicting that Castro would die and he is still kicking. I think wishful thinking got in the way of that one.

Sometimes though the stars do align.

As mentioned in my book and several posts, I met my wife when she began attending my classes and I was impressed with her when I analyzed her writing in my handwriting class. Shortly thereafter, she requested an astrological reading as I was into the art at that time.

I not only calculated her natal chart, but also her progressed chart and noticed that the Sun on her progressed chart was extremely close to the placement of my natal sun. She still has the tape I made wherein I told her something like this:

“Our suns are in the process of merging. This would indicate that you and I are going to have a very close relationship or partnership of some kind.” Then keeping in mind that we were both married to other people at the time I added, “I’m sure that would be a working relationship.”

Then about six months later, when both of us were separating from our spouses, one Thursday evening lightening struck us both at the same moment and we have been together since.

Several days after this particular day, I became curious as to how near that Thursday was to the merging of the suns. I thought it would be close, but I was truly amazed when I ran the progressed charts again and saw that her progressed sun merged exactly with mine on the very day we fell in love. The chances of this happening were minuscule.

We are currently in a situation where a lot of people are very curious about the future on a number of things. They are very curious about the coming election. Right up there on the list is the economy. Lots of people have bee n predicting a major crash now for years.

So, what do you think? I recall we made some guesses a few months ago, but now some dust has settled let us try again.

1. Will Trump get the nomination?

If not, who?

2. Will Hillary get the nomination or will one of her scandals get in the way?
3. Who will be president in 2017?
4. Will there be some sort of financial collapse before the election and will it cause problems with the election.
5. What will gold and silver do? Right now gold is at $1232 an ounce and silver is at $15.

If you had some extra cash where would you invest?

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Feb 24, 2016

The Giant Leap

lwk Writes

Maybe there is also another important principle for the student here? Maybe it is that we should be skeptical of any teaching that promises huge leaps and gains with little effort on our part?

JJ

You are certainly correct here and those who embrace shortcuts are easy to find.

The most popular shortcut out there is the common Christian belief that all you have to do to be saved and inherit eternal life in the heavenly realms is to confess a belief in Jesus. Of course, it cannot be just any ole Jesus, but must conform to their interpretation of who and what Jesus is. The Mormon, Seventh Day Adventist, Catholic versions and many more are not acceptable to Evangelical Christians as authentic.

If, however, you confess faith in the right version of Jesus you will take a giant leap after death and dwell with God in bliss forever.

The Catholics put more emphasis on works, but they still allow a similar leap if one confesses to a proper authority before death.

Other Christian religions teach that you must do a few works but still promise a giant leap if you are faithful to their teachings and do good works.

Muslims also promise believers a giant leap but make more demands of the followers than most Christian religions. They have many rituals that must be followed and some extremist groups demand the ultimate sacrifice in fighting the so-called infidels.

Other religions have their shortcuts including those who believe that we have gone through a long series of reincarnations. Many teachers of this belief tell believers that if they accept them as a teachers or masters that they will be shown a shortcut to escaping the wheel of rebirth. An exceedingly large number of folk who believe in reincarnation believe they are on their last life, either because they see themselves as advanced or they have found some guru who has promised them a flying leap over many lifetimes that the rest of us will have to endure.

This giant leap deception not only manifests in religion but in all facets of life. Most of us have met someone who has promised us easy riches if we just invest in their scheme. In this situation it is best to recall the old adage, “If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.”

The problem persists in politics. The United States became the most prosperous nation on the planet because we have followed the Tortoise Principle and its people have taken one step at a time toward economic liberty. Now we are backsliding because of being enticed with promises of an easy path forward. All we have to do is tax the rich, redistribute the wealth and everyone who is not rich will get lots of free stuff with no effort on their part. Even though this process has never worked over time the promise of wealth without effort is enticing and captivates many.

Whether it be easy salvation, a pyramid scheme or wealth by confiscation of other people’s money and the siren is promising an easy path forward – be warned. The real path forward in spiritual evolution will demand all the talents, intelligence and strength the seeker has to successfully complete the journey. If you are not being challenged then you are doing something wrong.

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Feb 22, 2016

The Tortoise Principle

Ginger writes about the idea that when a light is dimmed and then suddenly turned on bright that it hurts the eyes. She wonders if there is a principle behind this.

Indeed there is. I have written about it as a side item, but never presented this as a core principle. From the Book of Quotes on Freeread in the Light and dark section we read:

“If a light is slowly dimmed to fifty percent strength and then is instantly turned up to full strength, the person is startled as to the intensity. He had no idea he was missing so much light. Even so with spiritual light. We are often not aware when we are losing it.”

Indeed, as we move toward the light our soul engineers our life so we will not take giant leaps, but move forward step by step. DK tells us that the tortoise always beats the hare because he just moves forward incrementally without ceasing whereas the hare attempts giant leaps and is inconsistent.

Since you have an LDS background you might appreciate this quote from Joseph Smith:

“You have to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one: from grace to grace from exaltation to exaltation until you attain the resurrection of the dead.”

History of the Church; Vol. 6 Pg. 306

The idea behind this principle is this: You do not advance in any great effort by making one or two giant leaps forward, but must advance step by step. You move up a ladder one step at a time, not by taking six steps or even three. Two steps may be possible, but is not efficient.

There are several things we could name this principle so let us pick one.

The best two in my opinion is either the Tortoise Principle or the Incremental Principle. Perhaps the group will weigh in as to which one they like best.

Now let us put the principle in words.

It is the idea that progress from point A to point B or any major adjustment to a new situation, energy or light must be made in increments that does not overtax the seeker.

The scripture says it well:

And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize…

Mosiah 4:27

The truism behind the principle is:

Do not bite off more than you can chew.

It is interesting that there is a protective web between all the centers that protects them from opening up too suddenly as it would be a disaster to release too much soul energy before one is ready to assimilate it.

The problem with many as they begin their real journey on the path is that when they catch a small glimpse of the plan they want to hurry forward as quickly as possible. The beginner often thinks he is on his last life and wants to take giant leaps. This unreasonable judgment often sets him back a lifetime or two. The successful disciple just moves ahead one step at a time and if the next step consists of small things then so be it.

Following this principle does not mean that the disciple can spend a lot of time just taking it easy. All disciples must learn to make efficient use of their time as they are moving forward step by step.

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

Marie Curie

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Feb 19, 2016

The Pope and The Donald

I believe that Pope Francis is the first pontiff in history to single out the United States as the evil empire. He hasn’t used that exact phrase, but his criticisms of us reveal that he sees us this way.

First, he criticizes us as being unchristian and greedy because of our free enterprise and capitalism. He seems to think that Jesus wants us enter into the forced sharing programs advocated by socialists and communists rather than leaving sharing up to Christian free will.

Then he lectures to us about destroying the planet though burning fossil fuels, as if we are the only country who has inhabitants driving cars and heating our homes. I wonder if he would have the courage to go to China or Russia and tell them their way of life runs contrary to God’s will.

Then he breaks down the barrier between church and state and addresses both the U.N. and the United States Congress.

Now he adds fuel to political/religious fire and division he has created by attacking a leading presidential candidate. On Thursday, Feb 18, he was asked his views on Donald Trump. The interviewer told the pontiff that Trump “said that if he were elected president he would build a 2,500-km wall along the border. He wants to deport 11 million illegal immigrants.”

To this Pope Francis said

“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the gospel. … I say only that this man is not Christian if he says things like that.”

Well, Donald did say things exactly like that so Pope Francis is definitely stating that Trump is not a Christian.

Some are trying to whitewash the Pope’s statement saying he didn’t mention Donald by name, but this is silly because the question specifically mentioned him by name meaning the answer was directed specifically at Donald Trump.

To his credit Trump didn’t take the accusation lying down. He said:

“No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man’s religion or faith,” He added that people in the government of Mexico “made many disparaging remarks about me to the Pope.”

Then he wrapped it up with this creative possibility:

“If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS’s ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president.”

So, is the Pope justified in attacking Trump as being unchristian for wanting to build a wall to keep illegals out? Is there anything in the Bible that teaches against keeping out undesirables with walls?

To the contrary the scripture are full of support for wall building. The first thing David did when he established the city that would become Jerusalem was to build more walls.

Later the city was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, but after a period of captivity the Jews rejoiced when Ezra and Nehemiah were allowed to return to Jerusalem and rebuild its walls and so Israel could dwell there safely.

Jerusalem has been famous throughout history as the walled city, but the real clincher in this story is not the Old Jerusalem, but the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is portrayed in the New Testament as the City of God where dwells God and the redeemed. Of this it is written:

“Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God … And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels.” Rev 21:9-12

And why does God’s own city have a wall? It is to keep out those who are not citizens of the kingdom of God for the following scripture says:

“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” Rev 21:27

“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without (outside the wall) are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” Rev 22:14-15

Someone needs to tell the Pope that even God needs a wall to keep out those who are not authorized citizens of is kingdom.

It’s almost funny when you think of it, especially when you consider that the Vatican has a giant wall 50 feet high and has such strict immigration rules that Donald Trump looks like Mother Teresa by comparison.

The United States should be the last country that Pope Francis should preach about inclusiveness as we take in more immigrants here than any other nation.

In 2013, approximately 41.3 million immigrants lived in the United States and if we add in U. S. born children the number reaches 80 million or about a quarter of our population.

By contrast the whole United Kingdom only has about a half million, France 332,000, Germany, 693,000 and Italy, wherein lies the Vatican only 307,000 less than one percent of the USA. Then as far as the nation which is called the Vatican goes one is much more likely to win the lottery than become a legal immigrant there.

With such a huge number of immigrants already here it is only logical that we should follow the example set by the Christian God and his city, and establish rules and secure our borders so we can make sure that decent people are allowed to come in and to keep out those that would do us damage.

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Feb 17, 2016

The Song of Eternal life

Tom Writes:

Any special instructions for the song of Eternal life like visualizing people saying it or pretty lights in and around the body like with the song of the 144,000 I been saying both songs for a few months without missing that many days in between.

JJ

Whereas visualization is important in the Song of the 144,000, feeling is the key ingredient in the Song of Eternal life. As you say this song, first attempt to feel connected to your Source, which is God. To this source we owe our lives so feel the life coming from Spirit and flowing into you as you say the words. Feel the life correcting all the wrongs in your body and setting them straight.

Secondly feel a sense of thanksgiving and appreciation. Do not sense yourself fighting any problem that you have but thank your body mind and soul for all their attempts to help you and see them being aided by the extra life force you are invoking.

After you finish feel a sense of love for all the lives seeking to assist you as well as all those who are attempting to find their way home.

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Feb 16, 2016

Like-Minded Souls

I received a comment on my post of “Like Attracts Like” that went something like this.

We all have a desire to fit I and belong but some people just cannot find a place that seems right for them. Then maybe you join a group and you feel welcome at first but then you have a falling out and lose attraction.

Are there some people who just do not belong anywhere and have no “like” to attract another “like”?

To understand the answer there is one important point that first must be understood. All of us are linked to our souls and our souls are masters on their own plane and linked to each other. On the soul level life experiences true brotherhood and attraction is universal.

When we as individuals commence our progression here on the earth we begin as projections far removed from our Higher Selves and assess differences and similarities according to what we take in from this dense material world. As the pilgrim progresses he eventually makes a breakthrough and establishes a small link with his soul that grows over time. After the link is established the similarities and differences of the physical world begin to lose their meaning because they are overshadowed by the greater interplay that manifests through the soul. When a brother who has made contact encounters another with a similar amount of contact then an immediate attraction will result. He or she will enjoy being with this person much more than one that has similar personality interests. They will both be interested in the higher life of the soul and that eclipses interests in the material world.

So if one is a seeker of higher things and feels that he or she does not belong my advice is to do all in your power to continue the journey on the spiritual path. All serious attempts move the individual forward and when progression reaches a certain degree then contact will not only be made with the Higher Self, but the seeker will recognize and be drawn to others who have made such contact.

So how so we explain the fact that there seems to be people on all kinds of different levels of progression who feel isolated, or that they do not belong?

There are a number of reasons for this and here are a few:

(1) Cycles. Cycles affect all both high and low. Sometimes your Higher Self as well as Higher Lives see that it will be advantageous to you to struggle completely on your own for a while. Some call this he Dark Night of the Soul, where the seeker feels abandoned.

If this is the case then the seeker must follow he advice of Paul and “Be ready in season and out of season.” II Tim 2:4 New King James

In other words, live your life as a soul whether you feel love and brotherhood or not. This way when the positive cycle of contact returns you will just continue and not have to make a lot of changes in behavior.

(2) Uneven progression. As each person progresses he moves ahead faster in some areas than others. In one area of living be may be in harmony with the soul and in another he may be out of tune. The part that is out of tune may signal a red flag to others on the path and cause them to avoid him and the feeling may be mutual.

The key here is to focus on the positive with a realization that none of us are perfect in the personality world. A positive focus will eventually bring other positive people into your life.

(3) The pilgrim may have too much focus on the material world. He may make friends with similar interests, but when the interests change the friendship will wither. Like personalities who gather do not experience the intimacy of soul brothers and often suffer from an emptiness that must eventually be filled with soul love.

(4) The pilgrim places too much attention on the emotional/astral world and reacts strongly to it. This person will often wind up being offended by most of his associates and in turn will send out a vibe of repulsion that offends them. This person will suffer many feelings of isolation and rejection until his mind assumes control over his emotions and directs them toward a positive end.

The bottom line is this. Figure out the type of people that you want to draw into your life and then become a servant to them and offer them something of value that they will appreciate. Do this while seeking the path that takes you toward soul contact and you will turn out to be a good and interesting person gathering around others who are also good and interesting. In the end you will sit back and say to yourself, “I am blessed. Life is good.”

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Feb 14, 2016

DK and Annoyance

Ruth asks:

Didn’t DK say we should not get annoyed or upset by other peoples’ personalities?

JJ

He didn’t speak of annoyance in the normal sense. For instance, perhaps you have a neighbor with a barking dog, or a boss that shouts in your face. DK had several people in his group that tried his patience. It is fine to allow the personality to feel a little disgust for crazy behavior and to do what you can to civilly correct it, but the key is to not allow the behavior of others to get the best of you and to cause your own behavior to react negatively.

When he spoke negatively of annoyance he was generally talking about the behavior of one group member toward another, or the group as a whole. For a spiritual group to work the members must give each other the benefit of the doubt, overlook a lot of personality problems and look upon the soul of the other members. He didn’t care much about people’s personality reactions as long as it did not interfere with the spiritual progress of others or a group.

Here are some of his comments to a member of his group that was creating problems with too much criticism and annoyance at fellow group members.

For several years and more, you have consistently taken the position that one of my disciples has failed to measure up to his opportunities and that my entire group of disciples has not given the service which was demanded of it. You have so stated to a number of people and have also asserted that my work—as indicated by me in my various pamphlets and books—has not been properly done either by the group or by those who have pledged themselves to do it. You have criticised openly all that has been attempted and have steadily belittled and openly under-rated the work that has been done. You have misunderstood the attitude of my entire group. You have not helped in any way constructively. You have interjected a spirit of criticism everywhere.

Why is this? There are two reasons, my brother, and I care enough about your unfoldment to tell you with frankness what they are. One is that your fluid, uncontrolled, lower mind reverts with facility to criticism, to the formulating of group plans which are impossible of accomplishment, changing such plans at frequent intervals and using speech as a means of spreading distrust and criticism. Secondly, you are mentally and spiritually ambitious and yet you do not have the personal magnetism or the executive ability which would enable you to form your own group. It is easier to undermine another group.

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Can you train yourself to overcome a critical spirit? I would remind you that habit is potent and that you are facing your life task and your major problem. You are adequate to the task, but only if you become truly convinced of the need.

Can you begin to concern yourself with constructive work which will meet the present need around you? You have talked much. Can you now begin to work?

Discipleship in the New Age, Vol 1, Pages 588-590

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