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THE MIRACLE SOLSTICE OF 2009

© by Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications, Saturday, June 20, 2009

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THREE WRITER'S GROUP ASSIGNMENTS

I belong to a writer's group that meets every other week. There is a suggested assignment for each session, although we can also share whatever we have written that is meaningful to us at that moment. All assigments are to write about personal experiences in various situations. These are two such assignments. The first was to share something that happened to us that was really meaningful. The second was to write about someone who had asked our advice, which we were to give by simply sharing our personal, related experience without telling them what to do.

Now, June 2009, I have added another assignment: to write about my mom. This includes something I wrote nearly ten years ago and published in my magazine: Paradox. Of all the things I ever wrote in Paradox, the open letter probably got the most feedback. It will follow next.

TWO MOMS

Mothers…imagine having two! Of course my second mother did not show up at birth, but when I was forty something. I called her my spiritual, non-judgmental mom; and she often said I was “like a son” to her – the son she never had. It was her influence that allowed me the freedom to simply be and to reflect, as I will do here, on the heritage my natural mom provided…and so much more.

My mom, like everyone in her generation, was a product of the depression era. She moved a lot before she married in her early twenties…sometimes to the city, sometimes to the country. She was the second born, the first of three girls in a family with nine children. Her father tried to “train” all his girls as they reached adolescence; and, as I was told, she and the next sister resisted his training. The youngest became impregnated by her father, went to a girl’s home (I guess to have her baby) while the dad went to prison. He died there. How much this influenced my mom can only be a matter of conjecture; but I do know that at least three of her brothers grew up with the incestuous nature and tendencies of their father. As for mom, she was always open about her sexuality – at least for her generation – and it was mom who taught all six of us kids about the birds and the bees.

Mom was “Mom” to all of our friends as we grew up in Suburban New Jersey less than twenty miles from the George Washington Bridge leading into Manhattan. Our house was always bustling with her kids, those she birthed as well as those who adopted her. I guess not everyone had mothers they could talk with about things as they could with my mom. I do know that she listened to us, and was a nurturer. Some of my warmest memories growing up involved lying on her lap as she cleaned our ears with bobby pins. One at a time she would take each child and prevent the possibility of potatoes growing in and from the ears. Being the oldest of her children, I got more of this nurturance than any of my brothers and sisters from the mere fact that each child that came into the family added to her many duties as a wife, mom and friend.

Times were often difficult for us, though I’m sure not as difficult as for my mom and dad when they were growing up. Sometimes money was scarce, but Mom had a habit of tucking coins and bills away for that inevitable rainy day. She started working at outside-the-home jobs after my last sister was born. I was eleven at the time. This gave the family much-needed income, but it also deprived my younger siblings of some of the things we older ones had enjoyed in our younger years. Even though she was thrifty, however, she was also generous. She was always, as I remember it, willing to help those in need, those with less than we had.

My parents backslid from the church at this time…they simply stopped going because the minister had criticized my mom for working after her last child was born. Even though they forgot about God, I didn’t. I maintained my personal devotion during this time when my parents began drinking, smoking, dancing and other sins that I had not known earlier. At thirteen, I started going back to church. I really don’t know exactly how Mom and Dad felt about this; but I do remember that when they punished me, they would try to stop me from going to church.

I think I was eighteen when my Mom and Dad – I can’t remember which one – told me that they had given me to God before I was born. They felt called to the mission field; but turned me over to God instead. It was obvious to everyone that of the eight people in our family, I was the one who was most committed to spiritual things. This was the heritage they had instilled in me at the earliest age and through the most formative years of my life. Habits formed in those early years stayed with me all of my life; and I am thankful that this foundation was passed on from both grandmothers to my own mom and dad. Yes, it was through the women, not the men, that the love for God was instilled in me. Both grandfathers turned out pretty bad, although my own dad, to me, was even more deeply spiritual than my mom.

He died early, at only fifty-four. Mom was the last one of us to let him go. He had four heart operations, two operations to remove scar tissue from his lungs, and a prostate operation – all in the last seven years of his life. Both had found their way back to God by this time; and Dad always said he did not want to go Home (to Heaven) until all of his children had given their hearts to Jesus. My brother, Tim, who later was martyred as a missionary to the indigenous people of Columbia, was the last to take this step, in the hospital as Dad lay in a coma following his final operation. Even though he was considered brain dead, the machines kept him “alive” in some sense. When my brother told him that he had accepted Jesus, he showed signs of awareness for the first time since the stroke following the operation. Nurses, doctors, everyone came running when the machines went haywire. It did not last though, and one-by-one, Mom being the last, we went into his room and told him he could go be with Jesus. I was right outside the door and could hear my mom, through her tears, letting him go. Myself, I fought back the tears, not crying until later.

Try as she might, the family began to unravel after Dad left. My own marriage began to come apart; and when I finally allowed it to end, Mom could not prevent my sister, Nancy, from judging me and putting up a wall that exists to this day in my birth family. She did try, as you will notice in this nearly 10-year old...

OPEN LETTER TO MY MOMMY

A Phone Call to My Mommy
    “Ronnie, I wish you’d get back to God!” ... Those were my mother’s words to me when I called to wish her a happy birthday a week and a half ago. That sums up, pretty much, how my fundamentalist christian family sees me – away from God.
    Great sadness welled up inside of me as I tried to explain to her that I have never left God; and more importantly, that God has never left me.
    “But you believe such God-awful things,” she said.
    “Well, Mom,” I replied, “I can never go back to believing what I once did. My God is not angry, vengeful, wrathful, or condemning like the god I was taught to fear as a child. My God loves, Mom ... everyone ... unconditionally. My God shows no partiality, loving saint and sinner alike – for we are all Divine children.”
    “I don’t understand,” she said.
    “I know you don’t, Mom.”

Background Information
    For more than seventeen years now my family has not understood. Ever since I chose to separate from and divorce my first wife (I have had two), my sister, Nancy, has shunned me like the plague. Back then, she was the only one who refused to even talk with me. That may be because, prior to that time, we were the closest siblings in sharing our beliefs. She even, at one point, paid tithes to me. Then my brother, Tim, who was a missionary to indigenous tribes in Columbia, SA, refused to talk about anything substantive, i.e., spiritual, with me. I could only talk about sports or other mundane subjects with him (except for the last time I saw him alive). My other brother, Cliff, my two other sisters, Mary and Lois, along with my Mom, all seemed a bit more loving and willing to accept me as I was at that time. My Dad had died in 1977, five years before my separation, so he was no longer involved in family matters.
    At one point, my Mom went with me to Nancy’s house to try to make peace. For about an hour and forty-five minutes we stood on the front porch as her husband, Barry, informed us that Mom was welcome in their home, but I was not. Mom, bless her heart, told Barry that we were both her children, and if I were not allowed in, she would not go in either. Over and over, Barry tried to determine if I had adequately repented of my sins. No matter what I said, he was not satisfied. Finally, my sister peeked through the window, then came out on the porch and invited us to come in. We had a wonderful talk and I felt as if a bridge had finally been built; but, when my nephew, Mary’s oldest son Donnie, was killed a couple of months later, Nancy pushed me away at the viewing when I attempted to give her a hug. She informed me that she had made a mistake in letting me into her home, that I had not turned back to God properly, and the Bible showed [I Corinthians 5?] that she was to have nothing to do with me until I repented. It has remained that way ever since. (Barry called her the “most holy” woman he ever met. I don’t call that holiness! I call it self-righteousness. Paul was wrong!)
    Then, two or three summers ago, Tim was martyred by the drug lords who had held him captive for seventeen months. That was a turning point for Mary. She became as religious as Nancy. Lois took a little longer, and not until her husband, Hoyt, had a near death experience did she join the supra-religious mindset of condemnation with Nancy and Mary. Cliff has always been the most open-minded, next to me, in the family (although I’m sure my Dad would have brought us all together if he were still alive). He communicates with me occasionally and does not express judgment against me. He just wishes we could all get over this stupidity. He is also the least religious person in the family and doesn’t seem to hold any strong spiritual beliefs that he chooses to share with me. And Mom loves me the best she can, but she really doesn’t understand. None of them do.
    So, in order to try again to bridge the gap, I will now write an open letter to my mommy. I make it an open letter so that others who are going through similar rifts in their families might find a way to heal each other. That, at least, is my prayer and intention.

Dear Mommy,
    I guess you forgot what you and Daddy told me when I was eighteen years old. You said that you both felt called to be missionaries, but you both decided to take a different life course. Instead, you gave me, before I was even conceived, to God. Not that you didn’t dedicate all of your children to God, but you gave me, your firstborn, to God in a special way. And God apparently could not wait to get me into this world, because just nine months and four days after you and Daddy got married, I was born on October 21 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York.
    And, Mommy, do you remember how much I loved God, even from my earliest childhood? Do you remember how, when you and Daddy stopped going to church when I was eleven years old, I called the Berquists to pick me up and take me to Bethany Church? Do you remember how I used to carry my Bible to school every day? Do you remember how, when you punished me – for something I have long since forgotten – by telling me I couldn’t go to church during a revival, I climbed out my window and walked (I think it was) eight and a half miles to church, only to be punched in the face by a big black dude once I was in sight of the building? (It was better to obey God than man, I thought.) Do you remember how I never missed a meeting – if the church doors were open, I was there? They even gave me a key to the building. How many other teenagers had keys, Mom? None, I’ll bet! I even preached my first sermon at age fourteen. They said I was going to be another Billy Graham or Oral Roberts. Do you remember these things, Mom? I do.
    Then I was drafted into the army. They called me the preacher. I was often ridiculed. They dumped butt cans on me while I was sleeping. But I endured; and when they offered me an early discharge because my commanding officer thought I was crazy for not enjoying his profanity and dirty jokes, I took it. (And now I use both profanity and dirty jokes in my magazine...what a twist!)
    I could go on and on, Mom, reminding you of my zealousness and dedication to God as I understood Him. You know, don’t you, that I used to read the Bible through, cover to cover, every year, because I wanted God’s word to be a major part of my life? Mom, I was more zealous than all of your children. Remember, you and Daddy had given me to God.
    Well, Mom, I gave myself to God too, repeatedly. All of my life I have wanted to be a man of God more than anything else. And do you know what, Mom? I am a man of God, now more than ever!
    Let me try my best to explain some things to you, Mom. You told me once that I had a different God and a different Jesus than you do. You were right, Mom. I do. How can I tell you that you have a very primitive and elemental image of God and Jesus without offending you? I’m not trying to be offensive. But, Mom, christians (and I refuse to capitalize it when it refers to those who abuse the name) have distorted the message of Jesus beyond recognition. Don’t you remember, Mom, how much the religious leaders hated Jesus? It’s in the Bible! They were NOT his friends! And neither, Mom, are christians who keep looking for those who break the rules in order to condemn them. Religious (as opposed to spiritual) people always do this, just like the Pharisees who brought the woman caught in the act of adultery to Jesus to stone her – as the scriptures commanded. (You notice they did not bring the man caught in the same act?!) And what did Jesus say? “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” And they all left, Mom, because we’ve all screwed up – even the big name preachers. And Jesus didn’t condemn her either, but he did use some less than flattering words to describe the Pharisees, not least of which was: HYPOCRITES! “You don’t go into the Kingdom of Heaven yourselves; and what’s worse, you prevent others from entering too!” he told them. It’s the same with modern-day christians, Mom.
    As one minister preached so truly during a revival meeting at the Tabernacle here in Melbourne about two years ago, “We have met the Pharisees, and they are US!” And who were the Pharisees, Mom? They were the most religious and scripture-oriented Jews in Jesus’ day. And Jesus said to them, “(You) search the scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; but you do not come to me that you might have Life.” The apostle Paul wrote something very similar, Mom, when he said, “The letter kills, but the Spirit gives Life.” I could preach a whole sermon here, Mom, revealing how the modern church has sacrificed the most important elements of true spirituality in defense of that which maintains the illusion of separation from God through guilt and fear, which it uses to manipulate the people and keep them in ignorance concerning the ways of God.
    Mom, the christianity that you raised me in is not a Christian faith at all! Oh, I wouldn’t trade the things I learned for it provided me with a strong foundation for my life. I learned to test everything and to hold fast to that which is Truth for me. But, Mom, that foundation upon which my life is built is not the Bible, which is the dead word of god; but rather it is the Indwelling Christ, which is the Living Word of God. (Please notice my emphasis with capitals.) If all you have is the Jesus of the Bible, you will still see yourself and others as separate. Therefore, you will judge others as you have been judging me. (And that is how you judge yourself, too, by the way.) We disagree, so therefore I am wrong to you! Right? Isn’t that the way you see me? But what, Mom, is the root of our disagreement? It’s simply perception. We see with different eyes. Where I see wholeness and unity, you see sinfulness and separation; where I see Christ in everyone and everything, you see the devil behind every bush. Yours is not a Christ-centered religion, but a devil-focused one. Why can’t so-called christians see this, Mom? How can so many be so blind?
    Jesus said to religious leaders, “If you were (aware that you really are) blind, then you would see; but because you say you see, your blindness remains.” [And he also said...] “If the light that’s in you is darkness, how great that darkness is!” And, Mom, neither you nor any of the rest of the christian church is going to get it until you are ready to do what the writer of Hebrews (in the Bible) commanded. “Let us go forth unto Christ, outside the camp!” Please get it, Mom! The camp – your nice, little, cloistered, religious club of cliquish insiders – is NOT where the Living Christ is found in all the fullness of the Godhead bodily! Can you understand why I can never go back? Mom, that whole system is nothing less than collective blindness that distorts the Love of God. I am not an insider, Mom – because there is no outside from God’s perspective, which is mine too. God is All and IN All. God is everywhere present, even in the hell we have created through our own ignorance! And you’ll never see it, Mom, until you are willing to go outside the camp to find the Christ that made All things...and without Him nothing was made that is made – even the very devil who is also part of God. Ohhhhhh.......
    How can I go back to the god of my youth, when that god has been transformed before my very eyes? I went outside the camp and found a Living Christ who loves and is IN everyone, and that Christ IN ME enables me to love and demonstrate compassion. As I told you in our conversation, to go back for me would be going backwards, or, as we called it in the christian camp: backsliding. It would be going back into a place of ignorance. I can’t not see what I see, Mom. I can’t. There’s a lot that I still don’t know. I’m still blind to a lot of things. But at least I’m not stuck with dead beliefs that can never change. I have living beliefs that change as my understanding and perspective of the Universe changes. (That’s why the letter kills ... there’s no room for growth!)
    God set before me Life and death. I chose Life. God set before me Love and condemnation. I chose Love. God set before me Liberty and bondage. I chose Liberty. I have chosen to walk in the newness of Life, to experience the healing power of Love, and to celebrate the Liberty of allowing Spirit to be Lord of All!
    Lots of people don’t understand, Mom. And you’re not bad people. In fact, it has absolutely nothing to do with being good or bad. I know that’s a strange concept for you; but it’s Truth with a capital T. Forbidden fruit is that which comes from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. When we choose to eat that fruit, we die. The Tree of Life is simply seeing all that the Lord made as good – without any evil. And modern christianity has built its entire structure on eating the forbidden fruit and finding evil everywhere – except in its own camp. That’s precisely what incorrect judgment is: eating poison fruit! Poison fruit damns! And how do you know you’ve been eating it? Because you draw lines that leave others outside the Grace of God based on your perception of their beliefs and behavior. That’s what you’re doing with me, Mom. And that’s why I told you that your words, “I love you,” feel so hollow to me. I hear what you say, but what you really mean is: “I’d love you if you’d only think differently – if only you’d believe what I believe!” To you, Mom, I’m not good enough the way I am. And that’s why so many people despise modern christianity, Mom, because we’re never good enough for you or your damned god! (And that damned god is dead to me, Mom. Glory, hallelujah!)
    Mom, that’s it in a nutshell. Conditional love is not real Love! And God, the Real God, IS Love! Conditional love, therefore, is not of God. Your god (little g) is a god of conditional love, because that’s the kind of love you demonstrate to me. And I will never go back to that god, Mom. Never! Those who love unconditionally know God. Those who place conditions on their love do not!
    I’m going to close by saying words about the “god-awful” stuff I believe. I believe that the more whole (true holiness) we become, the less we condemn others and ourselves. I believe that God loves us all, without exception or condition. I believe that we have all lost our way; that we have all forgotten who we really are and how much we are really loved. I believe that there is only one God; and that ALL things and beings are part of that God – there is nothing outside, and outside doesn’t even exist! It’s ALL God, whether of Heaven or hell! I believe that we are all gods, and that there are many paths that we take on our journey home. We are all Lovers seeking Love. All that we call human life is nothing less than the search for Love and the journey home. Therefore, since my brother or sister sees differently than I see, and takes a different path than I take, I choose to show compassion instead of judgment, I choose to do my best to understand. Even if they have different religions or cultures! Even if they are homosexual, Mom, (which, by the way, is NOT a sin – only an individual choice in how one expresses love!) Even when people do things I would never even think about doing, they are still part of God! They are still my brothers and sisters. And we are all worthy to be Loved just as we are. And that’s the only kind of Love, Mom, that changes us from the inside out. Without it, we remain lost! And I believe that (spiritual) people of the heart build bridges and leave doors open for reconciliation to occur, whereas (religious) people of the books of law build walls to keep themselves in and others out! One path creates Heaven, the other turns Heaven into hell! (Can Nancy’s walls endure forever? I think not. My bridge will endure long after her walls have fallen and the healing is finally accomplished!) That’s some of what I believe, Mom. God-awful stuff, right?
    Mom, from where you stand, I appear to be outside of your circle; but from where I stand, we are all and always have been in the same circle. It is the multidimensional Circle of Life itself. And God binds us together with Love no matter how hard we may try to pull ourselves apart. So great is the Love of my God that I can never leave Him & Her; and God will never leave me. Nothing can separate us!
    That – Him & Her – is another subject. That’s right, Mom, God is a Her, too. When you find that the Goddess and the God are One, you will see the distortions caused by christianity’s rejection of the Feminine. And it all began with the saying, “The Woman YOU gave me, did give me the fruit; and I did eat.” Thus began the Judeo-Christian and Masculine scape-goating of the Woman, which is why the religious leaders did not bring the man to Jesus, too. It was sufficient to blame the Woman. Well, I’ve got good news for you, Mom. “Our Mother, which art in heaven” is just as important as “Our Father...”
    And I’m glad that you’re my Mom, and I thank you for loving me to the very best of your ability to love, an ability limited only by the damning beliefs you think came from God as unchangeable law. Thanks for telling me so often to “Keep looking up” and that “All things work together for good to those who love God.” And I thank you for marrying a wonderful man who was my Daddy. And oh how I thank you for giving me to God before I was even born. For God, in infinite wisdom, has given me the privilege of participating in the ministry of his only begotten Son (Christ, the Eternal Lord of All), which is the Ministry of the Reconciliation of All Things. I am a bridge-builder!
    And I looked to the Heavens and to the Earth, to my Divine Mother and Father, and smiled with tears streaming down my face. For I am the Paradox Man, an enigma to all who think they see. And the wind blows. We hear its sound, but cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit. No one can figure us out. Amen.
Love always and forever, Ronnie 

Thanks for reading my open letter. Before she died, I felt that Mom had finally accepted me again, even though we had been alienated for a time as indicated in the open letter. I visited her twice in the year she died, the third trip to New Jersey that year being for her funeral. That was good for me; but now let me close where I began … with two moms.

During the time that I felt alienated most from my mom, God gave me another lady, Dr. Mary, as sort of a substitute mom. She never judged me; in fact, she believed in me more than I believed in myself at times. Always supportive, we would sit a talk for hours sometimes; and she always expressed amazement at the depth of those conversations. “I’ve never met anyone who thinks about things as deeply as you do,” she would say every now and again. As I said, she was my non-judgmental mom; and was there for me when I just needed a mother figure to listen and really hear me.

Both Mom’s died in 2005. The year before, as I was helping Dr. Mary with her trust documents, we talked about her adopting me. She liked the idea, and it would have made some things easier in regard to the estate; but then said she could not do that to my real mom, that it would hurt her. Little did either of us know that within just a few months, she would leave me. That paved the way for reconciliation with the mom who birthed me.

So what is a mom? Many things for sure! I am thankful for both moms; and for the healing that took place in 2005. Each left me memories; and both helped me become more of the man I am today. Even though she did not understand why I saw things as I did, Mom was able to accept me more at the end. Dr. Mary, I am convinced, had something to do with that. I have been twice blessed by two ladies I called “Mom.”

Why Laughter?

It was as if the Light was speaking to me: “Why do you struggle so? I don’t give a tinker’s dam which belief is right…only Life, Love and Laughter matter!”

It was the seventh night of a planned 40-day fast. I was reading, reading, reading … doing my best to figure out which of two conflicting religious doctrines was correct. This was really important to me at the time. I had friends and family on both sides of the issue; and I wanted to be on the right side. Evidence for both sides could be justified using what I was taught was God’s infallible word. Somehow I felt it was important to make the proper choice so that my image of being smart and wise could be maintained. [No, I did not know that was a motive at the time.]

How did the Light come on in the room in the middle of the night? Why did I wake up so early? What was this Light communicating without words, and who was behind or in that Light? I took it to be God, and still consider it one of my mountaintop experiences.

This was one of many dialogs I have had in my life, most often silent, taking place totally at the thought level. Why was He asking me to give Him my only son? Tommy was just a little tyke, not quite four at the time. Of course, being very much into the Bible then, my thoughts went to Abraham when he was told to sacrifice Isaac, the son of the promise. There was the context for this crazy request. Was I willing to do it?

It seemed real, very real at the time; and I surely trembled. All I could see was my little boy coming to me with outstretched arms saying, “Daddy, pick me up.” Was God going to take him away from me? If so, why?

Finally, after a struggle, I relented: Thy will be done. Of course I was crying softly so as not to disturb my aunt and uncle in the other room. This was my first trip to Melbourne, Florida, where I had come to fast and spend time outdoors, escaping the cold January winter up north. Yes, here it was, seven days into my journey, and I had just given God permission to take my son … whatever that meant.

After a while – and time was beyond my awareness – I sobbed to God, “Please hold me like I used to hold Tommy. Just hold me.”

The sensation of being held in the Light was very real, and comforting beyond description. Who knows how long the Light embraced me that night? Who cares? When the tingly feelings subsided, I knew, just knew that God was not impressed by my attempts to be right and to figure out the correct answers to the many mysteries of theology. Without words, only feelings, this was conveyed strongly. God, out of the Light, had “declared” His only interest was in Life, Love and Laughter – four significant “Ls” to lean on and learn from.

Why Laughter? I could comprehend the other three with no problem. My analytical mind could grasp the significance of those; but what did Laughter have to do with anything. That was something I would ponder many times as the years passed by – still locked in my mental prison of trying to figure it out so that I could be right. How many fall into that same trap in whatever field of endeavor they may choose?

I’m not sure when I finally got it. Perhaps it just dawned on me slowly, this thing called: simply being … being Light, being Life, being Love … and Laughing at my own stubborn stupidity in this and so many other things that, when all is said and done, don’t amount to anything more than much ado about little or nothing at all. It’s all just the experience of being human: exploring, testing, and creating situations in which I could know many of the possible extremes available as I simply live my life learning to love it all … and laugh.

Oh, yes … Tommy is now 38 years old. I still get to hug him every now and again. It was not as dramatic as Abraham and Isaac; but the result was the same: our sons were spared in the time of testing. Right on!

And the fast ended that morning with a sense that it was complete in the Joy I had experienced. I may not have learned to Laugh at myself yet, but I knew when Life felt good. It always happens when I feel Love and know that I am these … and more … or less … everything … and nothing. It’s only a journey. Enjoy the trip.

Dealing with Guilt

Thanks for writing to me about the struggle you are having and the guilt you are feeling. Boy, can I relate! While I cannot and will not tell you what to do, I hope by sharing my own struggle, you will gain insight that will get you through this period of self-doubt.

Those of us who are aware of the spiritual dimensions of life, especially those raised in a religious environment, often struggle in our attempt to balance the various aspects of our lives: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. I know this has been the case for me; and nothing, nothing has disempowered me more than feeling guilt for my sexual nature. There is this overwhelming belief, which, though sometimes in the background of my unconscious mind, nevertheless chatters its damning platitude: “If you want to be spiritual, you have to deny your sexual nature.”

You came to me with your honest confession that you also battle this mental monster, and are beside yourself, literally, blaming, shaming and condemning the human drives that are natural within you and our entire race. I feel your pain. Indeed, it is my own.

I’d like to tell you that it has been easy to overcome. Of course, that would be a lie. Sometimes it has hurt so badly, I could scream. Sometimes I have screamed…at God…for making me with such contradictions. Why must any part of me be considered bad? Why is it wrong to simply accept all parts of my being as holy and good? My parts are not evil, and they are not wrong either – even though that is how I have often felt.

When I watched the classic movie as a young man, I empathized with the hunchback of Notre Dame as he cuddled up to the stone statue and said, “Why could I not have been a stone like you?” His heart was broken and the woman he rescued from the burning at the stake chose someone more handsome, not seeing his kind and loving heart. Yes, I have felt that kind of pain myself, not necessarily because of appearance, but because of deep, conscious wounds in my psyche.

Many people, I suppose, are not conscious of their wounds as I am…or perhaps they simply do not talk about them. Often, I have been unwilling to talk about this too. I sense a barrier between other people and me, especially ladies to whom I feel sexual attraction, which is always the trigger. Those who arouse my cravings and passions are at once desired and feared. This battle has raged within me throughout my life, despite brief periods of respite. Even when I have been with someone, I have been alone…alone with the awareness that I am not good enough. Yes, my struggle for wholeness has been a most terrible challenge for me too. You are not alone.

It’s so easy to remember the history, in this lifetime alone, of the wounds I have felt inflicted by ladies who could not see me, nor love me as I am. How could they, when I so often could not even love myself because of my contradictions? Without going into great detail, let me brush over a few of the highlights from my experience.

I remember my first passionate kiss at seventeen. It sent chills up and down my spine. I tingled all over. And when I asked this girl I had only just met to go out on a date, she laughed at me, saying, “You’re not a man, you’re a mouse.” Oh how those words hurt, cutting to the very heart of my insecurity. This characterized much of my early interaction with girls.

Then, after two marriages, and beginning to break away from my fundamentalist beliefs, there was the lady who came into my life that I perceived as a prophetess. The chills I felt then were not even sexual, although I was attracted to her that way. I thought she really saw that I really was a Master of Love. It honestly seemed as if she saw the spiritual side of me, but still, she rejected the man. She picked up on the schism in me; and, through the introspection that followed, made me aware of one of my past lives that most likely signified many past lives. I was a monk who lived on an isle off the coast of Greece. I lived in a monastery my entire, post-pubescent life, never having any contact with a female. That celibate or sexually abstinate part of me was deathly afraid of women and caused untold anguish as I battled my natural desire and curiosity in order to maintain my duty as a man of God. Never could the two meet…at least not for very long. How could she see this? How did she know? But she did, and kept me at arms length as a sensual man.

There are many such stories that come to mind, but only one more will I share now because it shows another side. She was, to me, like a mirror image of physical self; and, yes, we did become lovers for a short time. Again there were the characteristic chills, this time very sexual. In fact, as we watched the movie, Don Juan DeMarco starring Johnny Depp, in her bed, she said I was like him as a lover. To her, I was merely a boy toy. She had another man, one with money and fancy toys, boats and cars. She would go out with him, then call me when she came home from her date, unsatisfied, and ask me to come and share her bed. And I played her game. That wasn’t what hurt me though; in fact, it was fun while it lasted. What hurt was when she pulled away saying, “If I stay with you, I’m going to have to learn to fly; and I’m not ready to fly yet.” Now I was being rejected, not because she could not imagine my sensuality, which she had experienced, but because she could not accept the spiritual dimension of me that was so important to me.

Memories…so many memories come to mind; and I know that each one was showing me – me. It was never about them, only about me. Knowing this now does not make it any easier. It only stops me from placing the blame out there somewhere. That’s an important aspect, I feel, in recovering from my self-sabotaging behavior and thought processes.

Where I am now, and I can only hope this helps you, is the same place I have tried to be several times throughout my life. I simply accept the contradictions within my being as the way it is. I am a highly spiritual man with great wisdom and insight; and at the same time a highly sensual and sexual man with passions and a strong desire to explore…everything life has to offer. To the best of my ability, I have committed myself to accepting these facets of me as part of a greater whole…and even a Divine plan.

Does guilt still raise its head and speak its words of condemnation? You better believe it does at times. I handle it differently though. I am finally able to laugh at it, and thank it for its gift of helping me to love more, even and especially what I do not yet understand. By no longer separating my parts and pitting them, one against the other, understanding comes, or at least acceptance. Each has its place and both belong.

You have probably heard it said, even though you are still a fundamentalist Christian and do not travel in the same circles as me, that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. If you are not familiar with it, think about it. Using your own definition of God, is anything really separate if God is everywhere present? I know that’s what you’ve been taught, that you are, or were before you accepted Christ, separate. Can that be true in reality? I think not, although you have to find your own answer here. All I can do is share what works best for me…and be honest in telling you that it is not easy much of the time to overcome these guilt-based feelings of not being good enough, unacceptable, and unloved.

Like you, the big guilt trip for me has dealt with my sexuality. If there was ever a curse placed on human consciousness, it has to be in this area where we have had an all-out assault on our peace of mind for simply being how we were created to be in every natural sense. To have implanted the idea that natural is somehow unspiritual, to me, defies common sense, which may, in fact, be what we are supposed to get.

You may not have the affair with this lady who has aroused your passions and guilt. I sense that you are like me in this area: faithful to your conviction of being loyal. Just as I have never “cheated” on any woman I have been with, you probably won’t either. It would go too much against your grain. Allow the fantasy, however, and observe carefully the feelings that come up for you. If you feel you can share these your wife, do so. I realize that’s a whole new bucket of guilt and fear; but if you can both be really honest with each other, you will give yourselves the greatest potential to do the deep healing work necessary to stop this ancient battle between body and soul. Whether you can share your truth with her now or not, love yourself anyway. Take it from me. I have lots of experience in beating myself up, nowhere more than this area; and it never brings peace of mind. Only by letting go of the concept of it being “wrong” can we ever learn how to really love ourselves. Of course you know that when you cannot love yourself, you cannot love another either.

I am a man, spiritual and sensual, thoughtful and emotional, loving and wise. So are you. Every aspect of me belongs, simply because it is. No other explanation is needed; and every judgment is counterproductive…at least until you can see and accept its gift. Love with wisdom is always the gift. Follow your heart and trust your gut; and thanks so much for trusting me with the truth of your dilemma. Sorry it took so many years for me to see the wisdom I could not see when you first shared it. I simply did not know then what I am learning now.

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CAN YOU … HOW DO YOU … SEE THE NEW WAY?

The New Way POD is a vision being enacted and manifested by those able to SEE alternatives to the way it always has been. It is part of my family – People Of Diversity with whom I can serve the greater community by sharing, hugging and accepting people the way they are. However, as Sue said yesterday (May 3, 2009), people do not know what they do not know. How true, which started the wheels turning in my brain, leading me to take some time and share what I see, what I am coming to know more and more, and how this might help others become more empowered and enriched.

The way it has always been for the vast majority is victimhood. That’s the old way. Yes, I can hear some saying, “But, Ron, I don’t agree that I have seen myself as a victim.” Let me say that victims rarely do see themselves that way. Our egos have done an excellent job of duping us into believing that we are free, even as we acknowledge through silent acquiescence that we are not in charge. We simply take the authority of others for granted; and we fail, most often, to see how this enslaves us, disempowering and impoverishing us in ways that we are not even aware. We simply do not see it. What we do not know, we do not know.

I did not know either. I could not see or easily admit to myself that I was a victim (except during one of my pity parties); and during those pity parties, I saw the victimizer as someone out there, someone other than myself. When I get really honest, however, I know that it is never just “out there” where my victimization comes from. Upon closer examination and scrutiny, I find it is always my own ego trying to be separate and self-righteous that victimizes me under the guise of protecting me. “They” who are “out there” only reflect back the games I am playing with myself, the lies I tell myself to keep from taking full responsibly for everything in my life. And I do mean EVERYTHING!

That’s the foundation for The New Way of seeing reality. There is no “out there” that is separate from what is “right here” … inside my own being. “Out there” is a projection of the blind spot we so easily deny, dismiss … and yet blame. Oh the inconsistency of our subtle little defense mechanisms! It all takes place as it has for generations – at the subconscious level. We were not even aware that we were doing it – to ourselves and to each other.

Can you see this New Way? Are you able to admit to yourself that maybe, just maybe, you have not been seeing the whole picture, or even the dynamics of the biggest part of that which has shaped your reality? I had to get to that place in my own life; and I often did so kicking and screaming. My ego does not like to admit its weaknesses and blindness any more than yours does. Nevertheless, when I do take that leap to full responsibility, which is the How To See The New Way, everything begins to shift and change in my life.

Let me share a couple of personal items that helped me shift my perception.

First of all, the idea of personal responsibility was not new to me. I even thought I practiced it. However, when the lawsuit hit, threatening to take away my newly acquired wealth, I felt utterly victimized. How could “they” do this to me? Why did “God” allow it? I felt powerless. I was hurt and angry. That WAS my state of consciousness. Others saw it, and some tried to tell me; but I hated to admit it. I refused to own it. It took time: weeks, months and years for the truth of the situation to get through to me. Slowly, ever so slowly it opened my eyes to see the gift in the circumstance. In seeing my weakness and admitting it, I was on the path to empowerment and enrichment. (They go together for me). I’ll get back to that in a bit.

The second thing that happened was the fallout with LuLu. Those in the community are well aware of this. When I met this amazingly gifted young man who talked about embracing the shadow as I had done for many years, I was totally taken by him. It could be said that I gave my power to him. How many times I asked him to “see me” – because I did not trust my own sight in seeing myself. Yes, I knew it all intellectually. I was really good at thinking my feelings, instead of owning them. I trusted him implicitly to deal fairly with me, without any conscious doubting. I did not, however, trust myself. He reflected that self-mistrust back to me with precision and perfection. After four and a half years, he still did not trust me. Oh, more victimhood!

I was not seeing the gifts – even with all of my metaphysical and spiritual training. In fact, I cannot even tell you the exact moment when I got it, when I could finally see what was happening in my life. It just sort of grew on me, and in me.

Looking from my present perspective, I can see how none of the learning, none of the training, and none of the experience was lost or wasted. It all had meaning and significance. Yes, I WAS responsible for every bit of what happened. No one victimized me. All served me in my awakening. I was an amazingly powerful creator – even when I created my own victimization. Everything that happened was the direct result of MY inability to see and understand how everything works in our PERFECT world.

When I wrote the poem: I SERVE ALL CREATION (and all Creation serves me too), I was summing up the Reality of Life, The New Way of seeing and understanding the events that take place in our lives. The interconnectedness and oneness of Life are not mere ideas or concepts; they are the bedrock of reality. Nothing is separate from anything else…nothing! Everything is alive! Everything is conscious! EVERYTHING!

Can you see what this means?

The ego’s lie of separation is exactly that – A LIE! The ego’s perception of inanimate objects – as just things – is not true either. Can you grasp how, by seeing that everything is alive and serves YOU when you serve IT, everything changes? Are you able to get your mind around that concept? This is The New Way to see! However, you do not and cannot know it until you see it first. Really see it!

My directional-signal bulb burned out in my car. Please understand that I have long seen my car as a living thing that serves me; and I have long expressed appreciation for that service. We are connected. I recognize and serve my car through that recognition and expression of appreciation. It serves me by working. The directional signal healed itself. I did not buy a new one, though I was willing to do so. Instead, I went through a process of communication with that “inanimate” object. It works!

Can you see empowerment and wealth here? Can you see The New Way? If you can see it, how are you going to LIVE it? I live it by serving every chance I get. When I see what needs to be done, I do it, if I am able. I make every effort to go the extra mile. I am a willing and appreciative servant of ALL of Life….

Nevertheless, I will not be anyone’s slave! I do not allow anyone to exercise “authority” over me. That is an ego trip from whichever side you may choose to play that game. We are equals! Our Creator, which is our Higher Self, grants our rights – not the government or any other middleman. Rights are “inalienable” as indicated in the Declaration of Independence. That’s a whole new lesson I am more than willing to teach you; and, I am living it. Believe me, it’s fascinating stuff that will tear the charade of the fraud we co-created to shreds.

I have much to offer, not least of which is to help empower and enrich your lives by sharing what I have learned and what I am still learning. It is my gift to you … because I can see The New Way; and I am learning more and more exactly how to see and live it. We are one! Namaste.

P.S. An afterthought: The old way is for our past to act as an anchor, keeping us bound to the way it has always worked before. In The New Way, our future pulls us forward into to areas we forgot existed. Can you see the future and be empowered by it?

© by Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications, All rights reserved.

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BILLS OF EXCHANGE - May 2, 2009

NOTE: Bills of Exchange are lawful documents indicating commercial transactions transferring monies from one account or entity to another. It is my understanding that many have used Bills of Exchange to discharge loans and other debts, although I know no one personally who has done this as yet. In principle, money being transferred comes from our bond or stock in government corporations, something that has not been widely known is even possible; however, it is alleged by those who have used this method, that we are all millionaires owning our piece of the resources of the land on which we live, i.e., Planet Earth. This bond was floated as collateral by the Federal Government Corporation in unlawful transactions (fraud) involving the Federal Reserve. Through this method, they legally enslaved us; and we remain enslaved until we take back our unalienable rights as personal sovereigns, becoming Freemen and Freewomen on the Land.

The following documents indicate my experience thus far.

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FREEDOM & SOVEREIGNTY part 2

This is a follow-up to the main filing further down on this page.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 05-2005-CA-9048 ____________ and ____________, husband and wife Plaintiffs vs. Ronald Van Dyke as Trustee of the Mary Annetta Horgan Revocable Living Trust, SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, ________, ________ and ________ Defendants vs. NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION Third-Party Defendant __________________________________________/

<<<<<< That's me on April 11, 2009 I've been part of the 9-11 Truth Movement for a long time, since 2001. Our local group hands out literature and free DVD's on the 11th of each month...doing our part to wake people up to what is going on in the corporate government of the USA.. Tthe criminal actions (inside job) of our own government will be common knowledge in the not-too-distant future. Some of us are taking back our country! Most still sleep...though not for long. This is the time of the great awakening!

April 3, 2009

NOTICE: Natural vs. Artificial Person

Let it be known that on April 2, 2009 an unsigned, stamped document from the above-named court, specifically from Judge J. Preston Silvernail, addressed to RONALD VAN DYKE, THE MARY HORGAN CENTER, 473 THOMAS DRIVE, MELBOURNE, FL 32935 was retrieved from the mailbox at that address by Ron Van Dyke, natural person, freeman on the land. RONALD VAN DYKE, fictitious person, aka the STRAWMAN, does not reside at that address, or anywhere else except in the minds of those who created it. It is NOT a real person, similarity of names notwithstanding. I am granting the court the courtesy of a response to clarify, again, any misconceptions regarding my status.

As indicated in the eight-page Affidavit: Declaration of Personal Independence … and Mutual Inter-Dependence, Memorandum of Understanding, Claim of Rights, and Recognition of Responsibility received by SCOTT ELLIS, clerk of above-named court on February 27, 2009, “I hereby sever all claims against this STRAWMAN, which, by doing so, it is my intent to reestablish my individual sovereignty as a Divine Being in a human body. I declare all such claims to be null and void. Any and all involuntary and/or ignorant consent previously given was unconscious and is hereby recanted – revoked now and forever.”

Whereas the court’s notice entitled: ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS only restates what was already stated in previous correspondence received prior to the documents received by the court on February 27, 2009, it is not construed to be a response invited in and by my Claim of Rights, i.e., “Any and all concerned parties wishing to discuss or dispute these claims must send a notice of dispute or offer of discussion by March 31, 2009 via registered mail to the address below. Failure to do so means that all parties agree that these rights herein claimed are lawfully established and will not be infringed, violated or abrogated in any way. All parties who have been served proper notice of this claim and failed to discuss or dispute, and then infringe, violate or abrogate said rights, directly or through their agents, employees or proxies, agreeing that they do so under full commercial liability; and further agree to pay to me upon my demand one million dollars for every infringement, violation or abrogation.” [*See clarification to follow.]

No party directly involved in this case sent a notice of dispute to me or offered discussion with me; therefore, all statements made in those documents are legally and lawfully construed to be accepted as fact in this and any subsequent case involving distinctions between my natural person and the artificial person (STRAWMAN) falsely assigned a name like my own given name. In addition, all rights claimed therein are also construed to be accepted by the parties involved, as well as all of the various understandings therein.

Let me state again, with emphasis: the rights claimed in those documents are God-given and unalienable as acknowledged in other, historical documents sited within those eight pages; and they did not come from any government or agency thereof. Furthermore, since they predated all such artificial creations, they take lawful precedence over any act or order of such agencies, which, henceforth and forever shall have no jurisdiction over my natural person, a created being.

Here and now, I establish another right: the right to ignore any correspondence that comes to my home addressed to the STRAWMAN. If your case is with the STRAWMAN, as it appears to be, the case is over—NO JURISDICTION!

To all parties involved, I invite you, again, to communicate with me as an equal; and we can work out an equitable conclusion. Know, however, that you are powerless to dictate any orders upon my natural being, as I am powerless to order yours. (That’s the Cosmic Law of equals!) Should you choose to attempt such, you are commercially liable by your own rules for paying me for my time and effort to respond. I will provide a bill for any such orders, payable at $200.00 (in US Notes only, not Federal Reserve Notes 1) per hour or any portion thereof, including travel time. *Any use of force against me, my family or my property constitutes an egregious and flagrant violation of my natural human rights, and is also an assault, which is a criminal action. Persons committing and/or authorizing such actions agree that they do so under full commercial liability; and further agree to pay to me upon my demand one million dollars (US Notes) for every infringement, violation or abrogation for using violence or threat thereof.

This is my notice! It is my intent to resolve these pertinent issues. Dispute of any portion of this document by anyone must be made in writing and sent to Ron Van Dyke at the address below within fourteen days following receipt by the court. Failure to do so automatically constitutes acceptance of all items herein as incontestable facts by all parties.

I do solemnly swear, I am…

Ron Van Dyke, Sovereign Child of the Ever-Living Creator
Operating the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development
At 473 Thomas Drive in Melbourne, FL, USA, 32935

_______________________________________________

Sworn and executed before me on this _____ day of April 2009.

Notarized by: _________________________________

NOTE : The previous eight-page document, with personalized notes to each, was sent to the following on February 28, 2009:

President Barack Obama, Senator Mel Martinez, Senator Bill Nelson, Congressman Bill Posey, Governor Charlie Crist, Representative John Tobia, Florida Senator Thad Altman and Sheriff Jack Parker. It was also posted on the Internet, mine and other websites. Only John Tobia offered discussion, which is yet to actually occur.

Copies of this document will be emailed to Allan P. Whitehead, Kimberly Bonder Rezanka, Keith S. Kromash, Robert E. Bickford, ______, _______, and _______. I will keep the original and provide a copy of that to the court.

1. A Declaration of Insolvency filed on March 31, 2009 will void all Federal Reserve Notes presently in circulation. The illegality of both the Federal Reserve and the IRS will soon be widespread knowledge. Game over! Cosmic Law is at work! The Highest Court is in session!

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A LOOK AT POLITICS: POSITION AND PERSPECTIVE

By Ron Van Dyke and Hank Nottingham, Saturday, March 28, 2009

I had not heard from my friend Hank for several years at least; certainly there was no communication. That changed after I saw him at the Healthy Living Expo a couple weeks ago. I had given him my card and he discovered my website. What follows is one of the items he sent to me; and I will conclude, thereafter, with my own commentary. First, however, let me add that Hank was a fighter pilot during the Viet Nam military incursion. He has also been involved in metaphysical pursuits, including one of the groups in which I was active for many years. Here’s what he sent to me…

Since I have been emailing political as well as humor items, that other people have sent me, to the people on my list – it occurred to me that stating my own personal "Position and Perspective" might be of some interest and value.

As an explanation of how I would describe myself politically – I would say something like the following (most of which I posted on a blog): I am interested in the FACTS – What are the facts of the situation? I am interested in the TRUTH – What is the truth of the situation? Truth and facts are two sides of the same coin, but not always exactly the same!

I am a Solutionist: Given a present situation, what is the Best Possible Solution (BPS). To get to the BPS, we need Facts And Truth about the situation, not rhetoric and name calling, etc. (which appeases the emotions but does NOT generally lead to effective solutions!). Example: Daniel (a blogger) states there are only 1/2 the earmarks under Obama than Bush. Facts: How many earmarks under Bush? How many earmarks under Obama? Truth: Do the math and get the answer.

I am an Issuist: The issue, itself, often determines my position on it (the Solution). Example: I believe in the people’s right to have and keep firearms – the first thing they (totalitarian regimes) do is take away your guns, then they take away you! (If you listen carefully – can you hear the jackboots coming?). Example: I feel a woman has a Right to Choose – but if you do NOT want a baby, why are you having unprotected sex to begin with? (Some might say any sex).

I am an Openist: I am willing/wanting to look at both/all sides of the issue – then decide what seems best (BPS).

I am a Sensist: I use common sense (the most uncommon thing of all, someone once remarked) – things like the Duck Test: if it looks like a duck, if it waddles like a duck, it's a duck! … and Gain/Lose: What do they have to gain and what do they have to lose? etc.) … also Logic: looking at it logically, etc.

I am more Conservative on economic/financial matters and more Liberal on personal matters, but not without limits in either area. I am a lot Libertarian and some Populist. I do not adhere blindly to any belief systems or ideologies. In short: I THINK!

I don't really have an overall Name for it – perhaps Thinkist or Contemplatist would be best? As ever, your input is appreciated. Hank

Let me start off by saying that I agree with Hank’s description of how he looks at political, and, I’m sure, other matters as well. He thinks! My perception is that few people actually take time to do that; and in our sound-bite culture of propaganda by media at every level, thinking is not encouraged. Rarely are we just given the facts; and we are almost NEVER provided with the truth. We live in a world of smoke and mirrors, illusions we tend to label as reality. If we want facts and truth, we have to dig and search them out. Thank God for the Internet!

Because that is the reality of our world, I see only one, real issue. Will people awaken from the nightmare and remember that we are all eternal beings, infinite and without the limitations we so easily accept as unconscious dogma, e.g., time, energy, resources, etc.? My answer is, YES, that is exactly what is happening, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding. As it happens, our concept of limitation will fade and ultimately become a distant memory.

How do we get there? First, we need to remember that we are eternal, spiritual beings. I cannot perceive of any possibility of awakening for those who do not begin with this quintessential element of understanding. A victim, which is another option and one most widely believed, can never see clearly – only through the veil of his or her victimization. Victims are slaves, and modern slavery is so insidious and widespread that most do not even know it consciously. We are all slaves…until we wake up and reclaim our natural heritage. That’s the nature of the system or the matrix of our consensual reality.

Then we need to be Openists, as Hank called it. Let’s look at ALL sides we can perceive, and recognize at the same time that there are some sides we cannot yet see. It is common sense that until we are once again fully conscious beings, there will be areas that remain unknown to us. Therefore, do not hold any idea as more than your own opinion. That will keep you from becoming rigid and dogmatic, which is actually one of the ways in which we victimize ourselves by closing the loop of our understanding. Be OPEN to ALL possibilities; and, as Hank said, do not adhere blindly to any belief system or ideology.

While Hank describes himself as a Libertarian with some Populist leanings, I have described myself as a Progressive Libertarian. Both of us think…we’re part a minority that is growing. Yes, people are becoming aware; and the evolution of consciousness that is universal in nature is turning that curve in an exponentially upward direction. We are progressing towards more awareness of what governments are doing that is NOT in the highest good of We the People; and we are seeing, many of us, that they are serving a radically different agenda than what common sense and logic would dictate. Those who are thinking for themselves from the spiritual perspective are recognizing that the elite plan for world domination is totally impossible, and that it would be unsustainable for any prolonged period even if they did manage to get it going. It is insanity of egos taken to the extreme. Mr. Wells’ vision of the jackboots stomping on the human face forever can NEVER happen. The Light of Truth shines, and the Flame of Freedom burns ever more brightly.

Getting to and closing with the real reality of the illusion, let me state my current perception and understanding. The Illuminati has long envisioned ruling the world. Oh how these enlightened masters of the lie have wanted to control everything ... and everyone! Few realize how close they came. Had they been able to stay hidden – since the lie always requires darkness – they might have succeeded. However, day-by-day the number of people becoming aware of truths and facts regarding these would be tyrants is increasing. Without darkness, their plans unravel on a daily basis. If we only could see their frustration…

There are factions, and factions within factions, each fighting for control. That’s the nature of the ego – not just theirs, but yours and mine as well. We created this reality matrix together, one in the active and the other in the passive role. Now, as the passive slaves begin to stir from their nightmare and awaken, the active would be dictators are proportionately having their own wake up call. Many of the things you see and hear in the media, including the Internet, are their last-ditch effort to drum up enough fear so that the people will call on them for protection and security. It always worked before. This time, fewer are succumbing to the fear; and an increasing number is rising up with God-given authority and standing in Truth. Can you see how this makes our governments, and the people behind the curtains of the power elite, desperate? I can, which is why I do not fear their blustery attempts to threaten as they have in the past. They no longer have the power to carry out their plan!

Finally, there is yet another faction to contend with in this scenario. While it remains mostly invisible, it is by far the most potent. We are not alone! We never have been. Call them angels, ascended masters, extra-terrestrials, or whatever, they are here in record numbers – just beyond the scope of perception for most. They are interacting with those behind the curtain and in front of the cameras (the so-called leaders). St. Germain and others from the Galactic Federation of Light are actively engaged in following through with long-prophesied promises of a Golden Age on Earth that will resonate throughout the Cosmos. For the dark forces: Game over! They did a fantastic job of helping us awaken, playing their role to perfection. Those among them, who choose, may step into the Light of Truth – and oh what stories they can tell us about what really went on behind the scenes. They will be welcomed with open arms and thanked with genuine gratitude. The rest will play out their roles too, as the drama of separation concludes this act in the play. God is just, though not punitive. Karmic realities merely play out.

As for Obama and Bush, they have their roles too. Bush did more to awaken people around the globe than anyone before him, even though he was just a two-bit actor who walked clumsily across the stage uttering nonsensical banter that fooled only the most ignorant among us. And Obama…what role is his in this drama? Of one thing I am certain, it is NOT what it appears to most. He stands in the focal position where the biggest and most rapid changes ever to occur on Earth will! Things are NOT what they appear to be; they never were. Some say he’s a double or even triple agent, as in spy. These indicate that he was groomed for this job for a thousand years, and is from the Council of Nine in the Sirius Star System.

Politics on Earth is now Galactic…and even Cosmic. It probably always was; now more are aware of it. Watch closely. Pay attention. The Lights are being turned up brighter than ever before. Facts swept under the rug for ages will be revealed. Truths long hidden will be broadcast everywhere. Folks, we’re almost home. Come join us in Heaven on Earth. Indeed, as the prophet testified, Behold I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old had passed away. Isn’t that what the Mayan Calendar and 2012 are all about? The status quo is loosing its grip; and nothing, nothing will remain as it has been. Namaste.

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I SERVE ALL CREATION & ORGASMIC JOY

© By Ron Van Dyke - Saturday, March 21, 2009 - Paradox Publications
These poems were both written on the same day...the first time that I wrote more than one poem on the same day in many years.

I SERVE ALL CREATION

ORGASMIC JOY

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THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF SCALAR ELECTROMAGNETICS

By Bill Morgan with commentary by Ron Van Dyke

The following are interesting quotes and segments, making this an even more condensed version of the article by Bill Morgan found in its entirety at http://www.prahlad.org/pub/bearden/scalar_wars.htm. My intention is that you see things from another perspective than what may be the norm for many. Empahsis mine throughout.

Morgan begins his article: "For the past six months I have been undergoing the greatest paradigm shift I have ever had to go through. It has rattled my nerves and shaken my bones. This intense adjustment of my 'world' has come about by studying the information given by Col. Tom Bearden at his website Cheniere. The new knowledge there has necessitated a total revision of my ideas about physical reality, the world we live in, and the future of humanity.

"This paradigm shifting even actually made me dizzy on certain days as I tried to absorb and digest Bearden's vast amount of information. I am not a scientist at all, just a layman, and I have little comprehension of the math and high physics of this new science called 'Scalar Electromagnetics.' But there is a great deal of information at Cheniere which needs to become common knowledge as fast as possible, for the sake of the survival of life on earth."

His article has six sections: 1. New Waves 2. Tapping the Waves 3. Weaponization 4. Healing 5. Psychoenergetics 6. As It Stands. Large portions are left out since you can read the article for more detail as you wish. Just look at the quotes from it and think of the implications. All parts of Morgan's article are indented to stand out from my words, which are also in green type.

"Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels." Nikola Tesla

"At any point and at any time, one can freely and inexpensively extract enormous EM energy flows directly from the active vacuum itself." Tom Bearden

Morgan writes: "I guess the first thing to try to comprehend is that a 'new' kind of electromagnetic (EM) wave has been discovered in the empty vacuum of space which, when engineered, can be an inexhaustible supply of energy in great magnitude at any place in the universe. The word 'new' is in quotes because the discovery really goes back to Nikola Tesla and his discovery of what he called 'radiant energy.' It is also not 'new' because the Russians (KGB) have been working on this technology for over 30 years and have weaponized these 'new' longitudinal scalar waves to a great degree. These are the weapons Nikita Khrushchev spoke of in January, 1960."

Some Immediate Implications

The implications of successful engineering of the longitudinal waves are enormous, and will change the world as we know it, one way or another. Among other things, these discoveries mean that:

1. The solutions to the energy crisis and the "oil problem" are in hand. These oil wars are unnecessary. There is endless energy available freely from the domain of time.

2. Unbelievably powerful weapons are not only possible, but are already operating in several nations. The many powers of these weapons are unprecedented and mind-boggling.

3. The cure of diseases such as cancer and AIDS, in fact nearly any disease, has become possible within a few years of sufficient funding. Everyone can be made healthy and stay healthy.

4. Mind control on a mass scale has now become possible, and the machines to do it are already in place in certain nations. It has become possible to mentally enslave whole populations with the twist of a few dials.

These scalar waves do not actually exist in our "material" world, but exist only in the vacuum of empty space, or the time domain. And we must keep in mind that this vacuum of space we speak of exists all through everything. Even our bodies are mostly empty space between atoms and molecules. So the gateway to this seething ocean of energy can be there at every point in the universe. This seething ocean of energy is all around us and all through us.

Emptiness is Full

This amazing discovery announces that the "emptiness" of empty space is in fact not empty, but a great ocean of seething energy!

Rick Andersen in an article called "What is Scalar Electromagnetics?" describes the new science this way: "Scalar EM is the brainchild of Lt. Col. (retired) Thomas E. Bearden, a systems analyst and wargames specialist who has been advocating a view of electromagnetics which is based on the notion of a vast, unseen background of scalar energies (as opposed to vector energies) which underlie all physical reality.

"If Bearden is correct in his Scalar EM theory, then we can build devices which would enable us to alter gravity, time, inertia, and the apparent mass of an object. This of course has ENORMOUS implications for military applications, space-vehicle drives, time-travel, teleportation, paranormal phenomena, and just about every other area one can think of." http://twm.co.nz/Beard_scalem.html

"For our very survival, it is absolutely imperative that informed citizens be aware of this dramatic change, which is just now starting. The powerful new science and engineering must be controlled and used for humanity's benefit, not its detriment. Else it will eventually be let loose unrestrainedly, to destroy all life on earth - a possibility indicated by Nikita Khrushchev in 1960." - Bearden ~ http://www.cheniere.org/explore%20articles/priore1/p4.jpg

Move Over G.E. & Big Oil, Energy is Everywhere!

"Certain powerful interests did not wish the extended electromagnetics to be discovered or taught. That, after all, would lead to free energy and loss of economic control of the citizens. That was precisely why Nikola Tesla had already been suppressed ... Today it is still being suppressed by the orthodox establishment." http://www.cheniere.org/books/ferdelance/s25.htm

The vast seething ocean of energy of the vacuum, the longitudinal scalar EM waves of the time domain, can now be tapped and "transduced" into ordinary (transverse) EM energy in our 3-Space world. The process can be compared to putting a paddlewheel into a river. The energy acquired is free, since the river is there flowing whether we tap it or not. And it is a mighty river, and is not diminished by our paddlewheel.

This means that a permanent solution to the "energy crisis" is at hand, if only those who hold it so secret would give it up to humankind.

It means our species' insane use of oil is no longer necessary. We can make automobiles that need no fuel at all. We can build motors that power themselves. It means that unlimited electrical power can be available for free anywhere in the world. Every house and even shack can have its own power supply.

Of course there is the cost of the equipment at first, but the energy flow is free for the presumably very long life (no moving parts) of the generator. It will probably take decades to shift over to scalar power.

"There is no problem at all in extracting all the energy one wishes from the active vacuum, anywhere in the universe, at any time..." ~ http://www.cheniere.org/correspondence/022502.htm

Bearden and others have been trying for several years now to market Free Energy Machines; but the wonderfully insane people who want to run the world (and they represent to each one of us our own disconnected ego) stop the development! (How do YOU sabotage your own life? That's exactly how it works on the next macrocosmic level...how WE co-create OUR reality.)

"In this world of contemporary times, all the agencies, CIA, FBI, KGB, NSA, Electric Power Research Institute, DARPA, Brookings Institution, Henry Kissinger, Edward Teller, et al., all are aware of [free-energy researcher Bruce] DePalma and his ideas.

"Because these individuals and institutions are employed by the ruling elite to forecast the future and satisfy present needs and demands, it is clear that free energy is a threat to the world order constructed by business and the mindset of those who want to own the world.

"Free energy represents Man's aspirations and dreams of freedom and equality, uniform division of resources and the ability to choose one's own future.

"The fact that free energy is suppressed speaks to the greed and self-interest of a ruling elite which, even in the face of an emergency of global starvation, resource depletion and environmental pollution, will not give one inch if it means loss of control. This is an attitude of paranoid delusion and fantasy which can only arise from the alienation of a class of elitists who, through their money, are completely insulated from the reality of the day to day fight for existence of the common man."

http://depalma.pair.com/Absurdity/Absurdity07/ProblemOfFreeEnergy.html

"Before the turn of the century, Nikola Tesla had discovered and was utilizing a new type of electric wave. Tesla repeatedly stated his waves were non-Hertzian, and his wireless transmissions did not fall off as the square of the distance. His discovery was apparently so fundamental (and his intent to provide free energy to all humankind was so clear) that it was responsible for the withdrawal of his financial backing, his deliberate isolation, and the gradual removal of his name from the history books." ~ Bearden ~ http://www.cheniere.org/books/part1/starting%20pages.htm

"The high government officials of the United States of America grossly violated our constitution and their sworn oaths of office. ... They committed treason of the highest kind..." ~ Bearden ~ http://www.cheniere.org/books/ferdelance/s75.htm

Energy Crisis Solved

"The good news is that we now know how to easily initiate continuous and powerful "electromagnetic winds" from the vacuum at will. Once initiated, each free EM energy wind flows continuously so long as the simple initiator is not deliberately destroyed."

Bearden decries the scientific community in the West for being unable to let go of their dogma long enough to see that the greatest discovery in human history lies at their feet, but for their stubborn ignorance. "The present energy crisis then is due totally to that "conspiracy of ignorance" we referred to, that is maintained by the scientific community, and that has been maintained by it for more than 100 years. This is the real situation that the environmentalists must become aware of, if they are to see the correct path into which their energies and efforts should be directed to solve both the energy crisis and the problem of gigantic pollution of the biosphere."

Great changes are necessary. The question is: will the people rise up and take control of the government that supposedly works FOR ALL OF US?

As far as anyone in the legislative branch of government ever understanding the profundity of the discovery and engineering of scalar waves, Tom Bearden says they are at a great disadvantage in doing so. "The nontechnical person e.g., a Senator or a Congressperson is operating under a distinct disadvantage. If he or she takes the stance that much better electrical power systems can readily be achieved, he or she is in fact opposing almost the entire set of University, Government Technical, Power Company, Battery Company, and Organized Science communities. Further, in most cases his technical advisors are themselves from one or the other of those communities, and likely to go back into that community or those communities when the Senator or Congressperson leaves office, or even before. So the Congress and the non-technical government community at large operate at a great disadvantage..." Bearden

"Personally, the present author regards the increasing energy crisis as the greatest strategic threat to the United States in its entire history. I will do anything within my power to help prevent what I perceive to be the looming economic collapse of the Western world, preceded or accompanied by a sudden, explosive, all-out and continuing exchange of the WMD arsenals of most of the world. ...In the name of all humanity, let us begin! Else by the time this first decade of the new millennium ends, much of humanity may not remain to see the second decade."

I am choosing not to include any of the material about the weaponization of this technology and the rouge groups in the government. Both the weapons and the rouge groups exist, which could be horrifying in its significance. Be aware of these facts. I will only include this mention: Tesla domes provide near-perfect defense shield. However, in reference to any defense, remember, it is always fear based. When we truly know who we are, fear is impossible. Fear is only possible through ignorant acquiescence, i.e., giving our power away and letting someone else have authority over us. Will we stop doing that and get to the place of fearlessness?

Healing powers of longitudinal waves

The good news! "Any sort of disease whatsoever - physical or mental - will be rapidly curable, simply and cheaply. It will be possible to reverse aging and rejuvenate the person. It will be possible to regrow limbs and straighten misshapen spines - and directly remove the causes of mental diseases and cure them as well. Lifespan will be staggeringly increased, without 'old age's debilitation.' AIDS, cancer, leukemia, and genetic diseases will be completely conquered. The potential for a true golden era is upon us, for all humanity." ~ Bearden ~ http://twm.co.nz/beard_interview.htm

Proof of the healing powers of longitudinal waves from the vacuum is seen in the work of Antoine Priore who produced longitudinal scalar waves using a gigantic glass tube filled with plasma. He himself did not understand why it worked or how it cured cancer in animals.

"The Priore team cured terminal tumors, trypanosomias, and other dread diseases in laboratory animals in France, in the 1960s and 1970s, under rigorous scientific protocols by eminent scientists. The Priore project was funded by the French Government to the tune of several millions of dollars (equivalent). http://www.explorepub.com/articles/energetics.html

". . . Prior 's machines concretely demonstrated a nearly 100% cure of all kinds of terminal cancers and leukemias, in thousands of rigorous laboratory tests with animals. These results were shown to medical scientists as early as 1960." http://www.cheniere.org/priore/index.html

"The medical implications are enormous. By just reversing the damaged cells back to a previous physical state, this gives a physics mechanism for controlled cellular dedifferentiation, in biology terms. Physicians will time-reverse diseased, damaged or aged cells back to an earlier healthy condition, including all the cellular genetics. Normal cells are just reversed to a slightly younger condition."

"We believe this mechanism explains the revolutionary but baffling electromagnetic cures achieved by a team of outstanding French scientists in the 1960s and early 70s, working with inventor Antoine Prior . In lab animals, cures were achieved for terminal tumors, infectious diseases such as trypanosomiasis, and atheriosclerosis. In addition, deliberately suppressed immune systems were dramatically restored.

"We hypothesize that this is the long-sought mechanism of how the living body heals itself. In short, the body's cellular control system induces cellular reversal by weak time-domain pumping of the damaged cells and the affected area. The cellular regeneration system performs all healing of cellular damage in the body; the immune system heals nothing, not even its own damaged cells) .

"For the first time medical science can develop as a science of healing rather than a science of intervention. And it will develop as a science of unlimited healing, since no pathogen can resist action by curved spacetime engines." ~ Bearden ~ http://www.cheniere.org/techpapers/Vision%202000%20paper.doc

Once again, those who "lead" us (insane ego) stand in the way of Our Golden Age. Are you ready yet to empower yourself, not to fight the establishment or the government, but to stand in the truth of who you are and take full responsibility for ALL that you helped co-create, whether consciously or unconsciously? We cannot afford to maintain the status quo...and survive.

Psychoenergetics

Psychoenergetics is simply using the scalar interferometers to manipulate and engineer the human psyche. To me it is the most mind-boggling and frightening aspect of longitudinal wave engineering.

The mind is electromagnetic in nature, and itself of the time-domain. It is not observable in 3[D]-space. There is no thing you can point to that is the mind. As Bearden says, "The mind is time-like."

Scalar Psychoenergetics in its most primitive form simply "entrains" all minds in the target area into a deep hypnogogic trance. In this state of mind people would be suddenly extremely suggestible, and would likely believe anything they are told, and would obey any orders given.

Indeed one strategy in a Mind War would be to simply take over the minds of the "leaders" of the enemy nation. The targeted leader would not be aware that anything was amiss, although he might begin to make unexpected changes in policy.

And are, in fact, any of our "leaders" already having secret thoughts that are not their own? Who knows? Frighteningly, we can no longer be sure. The new sciences of scalar electromagnetics and psychoenergetics are even now plunging humanity into a sudden science-fiction-like world beyond anything in humanity's previous imaginings.

Ultimately psychoenergetic warfare goes to the very heart of human identity itself. For if my thoughts might no longer be "mine," then who and what am I? Can my very sense of being "me" be hijacked by some nefarious psychoenergetic scheme? Will the "secret government" eventually dictate directly into your mind how you feel about yourself? Or what you think you are? Or what you should do?

Western Science Remains Largely Materialistic

"Ironically, most Western scientists are materialists and consider 'mind' as a mystical and nonscientific concept. They tend to consider mind operations and functions either to be simply 'meat computer' operations and functions, or at best to be very weak ordinary transverse-wave EM operations and functions in the brain and nervous system. This serious self-limitation exists because in the body we measure only weak TW [transverse wave] EM operations and functions correlated to biological behavior and brain operations. We simply do not know how to measure 'mind operations' directly. With no mind measurements possible and no instruments, it is understandable that Western science considers only the physical side of the mind-matter interface. Presently our scientists do not measure the longitudinally-polarized EM wave operations and functions in the body and around it in nature. Few of them are aware that a maelstrom of such LW [longitudinal wave] functions exist in the body and in all of nature in general." ~ Bearden

This ability to control thoughts can, as with most technologies, have positive and negative uses. While the egoic, elitist leaders may come up with the nefarious side, suppose our space family "helped" us by implanting ancient memories from our Source, reminding us of who we really are. I invite that for myself. If dark forces can do it, the True Power of the Light can do it far more effectively.

Here's something to consider: who do you want programming your mind"? (Don't even think the foolish thought that it is not already programmed.) Are you ready for a real brainwashing from those in true alignment with your own Higher Self? I am. Ask!

"Remember that, in every large and powerful human organization, the basis for rogue groups is power and secrecy. They are always seeking to increase their power, control, influence, prestige, etc. Nothing else. Patriotism and mission are to rogue groups often just idle words. They have their own agendas. And being rogue groups, they may well bring in unethical, immoral tricks: assassination, bribery, entrapment, disinformation, plausible deniability, etc. A certain percentage of a highly secret rogue group will wind up using all these things and more. It's a human characteristic, the old primate dominance game. Only now disguised and hidden under deep classification."

The Final Race for Direct Mind Control of the Entire Human Species

The article frames this race as between the Russians and the United States. Sorry, but I don't see that as the real choice. For me, it is between limited perspective human manipulation and Cosmic forces aligned with Creator. You all know which way I choose. How about you?

Whether it is the Russians planning an "ant world" society or rogue U.S. black-ops groups withholding a great boon from human race, the secrecy on all sides around has allowed largely criminal elements to take over this technology while leaving the civilized elements in the dark. Openness and the spreading of this knowledge among good and decent people is essential, and for that we will have to overcome our frightened denial.

"Sometimes when rogue groups do gain control and total secrecy of a given new technological area, then what appears to be "U.S. government operations" do start to encompass a criminal and unethical operations, hidden usually beneath the deep veil of high classification. Also, if it's "scientific," no one is ever brought to justice, even if the "evil science actions" are uncovered and publicly revealed." ~ Bearden

Like the huge energy of the Tesla howitzers, the ability to engineer the mind with longitudinal waveforms is a seeming "magical" thing which can be used for good or ill. Bearden envisions that further developments will allow something like the "downloading" of knowledge via scalar interferometry. Everyone could be highly educated, and quickly and easily.

In the conclusion of the paper "Mind Control and EM Wave Polarization Transductions" Bearden makes a plea to the nations of the world regarding the use of psychoenergetic engineering.

"Let us hope this great new area, already off to a bad start, can be bridled and steered in the direction helping and healing people, rather than killing or abusing them. The excesses in its bad use are a potent threat to all nations on earth.

"Yet it can revolutionize medical science, education, communication, and psychology. We foresee the day -- perhaps 30 years hence -- when education will be accomplished by directly loading the software into the mind. Then in three weeks one will "load" a doctorate, say, in physics. In three more weeks on will also load a doctorate in chemistry. Another three weeks, in electrical engineering. Another three weeks, an M.D. And so on. When that happens then truly everyone on earth can be educated. Freedom from ignorance may well be another great freedom that is legally recognized. There will be no impoverished large groups lacking the education to find decent, productive jobs.

"We urge all nations to use the principles involved: not for human abuse, but for healing, educating, uplifting, and life-expanding of every person on earth. If we do, we shall all have a far brighter future. Then we shall check what has started out to be the Sword of Damocles and turn it into the golden Millennium." Bearden

Bearden may think in terms of "productive jobs" as the panacea. I don't. I'd rather develop pleasureable hobbies where work is actually fun and self-fulfilling. Having a job, for me, does not have a positive connotation since it denotes working at someone else's pleasure instead of my own...more giving our power away.

Once again, ... humanity finds itself at the crossroads of Heaven and Hell. As a species, we must stop and consider. And there is at least one real difference between this visit to the crossroads and the last: this time there is a very real possibility of a true "earthly heaven" on the Heaven side.

The poor nations could come to a good life. Disease could be largely eliminated. Fossil fuel pollution could end. Global warming could be solved, and the weather could be managed in a humane way, bringing water where there is drought, and sunny skies where there is flood. Scalar interferometry would be there to avert any possible hits by asteroids or comets. Mars could be colonized and terraformed. Everyone would be highly educated through psychoenergetic downloading of knowledge. And the wisdom of the wise could be realized directly through scalar connection to their minds and hearts.

These stunning sudden possibilities give me pause to think: if our species has reached this crossroads in such a short span of centuries, then surely other species in this vast universe have passed this way before and long ago. And of those who chose the path to "planetary heaven," what is their life like now? It might be good if some of them were with us now, to guide us through this last struggle over this pesky old good-and-evil problem. It is our last chance to choose the path which benefits the whole species, and not just some elite group or faction.

The Disclosure Project

One person working tirelessly to bring to bring these technologies into the open is Dr. Stephen Greer of the Disclosure Project, which is calling for congressional hearings into the issues of UFOs and the free energy technology that was, perhaps in part, reverse-engineered from them.

"Once abundant and nearly free energy is available in impoverished areas for agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing and electrification, there is no limit to what humanity can achieve. It is ridiculous, obscene even, that mind-boggling poverty and famine exists in the world while we sit on classified technologies that could completely reverse this situation.

"So why not release these technologies? Because the social, economic and geo-political order of the world would be greatly altered. Every deep insider with whom I have met has emphasized that this would be the greatest change in known human history. The matter is so highly classified not because it is so silly, but because its implications are so profound and far reaching. By nature, those who control such projects do not like change. And here we are talking about the biggest economic, technological, social and geo-political change in known human history. Hence, the status quo is maintained, even as our civilization hurtles towards oblivion...

"With the types of weapons currently in the covert arsenal weapons more fearsome even than thermonuclear devices there is no possibility of a survivable conflict. Yet in the darkness of secrecy, actions have been taken on behalf of every human that may endanger our future. Only a full, honest disclosure will correct this situation. It is not possible for me to convey in words the urgency of this." ~ Dr. Stephen Greer ~ http://www.disclosureproject.org/ES-DisclosureImplications-2.htm

Greer and his team have assembled hundreds of witnesses, many of whom are military or ex-military, who are ready to testify to congressional hearings what they know about the covert black projects which have kept free-energy and antigravity propulsion technology secret from the people.

We at the Mary Horgan Center have heard many of these testimonies because we want to be informed. Ignorance is expensive, very costly to the planet and all that dwell upon it, including the human race. Do have any idea what is out there in the world we co-created? Don't you think it's time you get your head out of the sand and take an honest look around...and within. It's the same! As above, so below; and without, so within.

Emptiness is Full of Energy

"The Tao is an empty vessel;
it is used, but never filled.
Oh, unfathomable source
of ten thousand things!

"Oh, hidden deep but ever present!
I do not know from whence it comes.
It is the forefather of the gods."

Lao Tzu -Tao te Ching

Let me close with a quotation from the Gnostic Gospel of Christ (Dead Sea Scrolls) thatt was not in the original article...

If you bring forth what is within you,
what to bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you,
what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

Everything is within you. If you have not realized the truth of this yet, now is your time to grasp its reality. Each one of us is a microcosm of the whole. YOU are infinite, eternal and powerful beyond your current understanding. I encourage you to wake up!

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FREEDOM & SOVEREIGNTY

The following is a lawful document. It is likely considered a legal document as well; however, know that there is a difference. Lawful refers to Cosmic and Common Law, or even Natural Law. Legal refers to Admiralty/Maritime/Commercial/Statutory Law. Some things can be unlawful in the higher sense of the law; yet criminals who operate the system for their own profit and the exploitation of the uninformed make them legal. I encourage everyone to learn as much as you can about the system. There are remedies and lawful excuses to being victimized by a system of fraud and corruption. This does not mean that you will not need to put on your warrior role and stand up for your rights...in fact, you will have to do that. What I have outlined here is based on my experience and research. It is far from complete. Hopefully, those of you who want to fully awaken will avail yourselves of the material and find it helpful. If that is the case, I have discharged my duty at the moment. More info will be posted at a later time showing other documents I created in this long, drawnout matter that began in July 2005.

The names of the other parties have been replaced with a ______.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY,
FLORIDA

CASE NO. 05-2005-CA-9048

____________ and
____________, husband and wife
Plaintiffs

vs.

Ronald Van Dyke as Trustee of the
Mary Annetta Horgan Revocable Living Trust,
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN,
________, ________ and ________
Defendants

vs.

NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION
Third-Party Defendant
__________________________________________/

February 13-27, 2009

Affidavit: Declaration of Personal Independence…
and Mutual Inter-Dependence

Let it be known that distribution of this affidavit will be made to all parties involved…and many, many more! It is my intention that this be an educational instrument for those ready to expand their awareness of Cosmic and Global realities.

This is the scenario: on Thursday, February 12, 2009, I appeared in the above court for a hearing on my motion to dismiss, reach settlement or move to common law court for trial and adjudication by a jury of my peers. The first two options were denied, and the third was virtually ignored, although the judge did say that the Probate Division did not customarily include juries. The truth is, it never does!

I was appalled upon entering the court’s lobby and viewing the directory, realizing that the Civil Court judge that had been handing this case most recently was now in the Probate Division. I see this as gross deception and fraud, changing the venue of a case in midstream without the consent of ALL parties involved. Of course the lawyers loved it, for now it could be, with my approval, out of the range of non-lawyer peer review and my right of trial by jury, which, as pointed out on previous occasions, was the intent of the plaintiff from the onset of the case; and, subsequently, of the primary defendant, namely, me as Trustee. Of course that is NOT in the lawyers best interest, for they apparently do not see enough money left to steal; and make no mistake, theft seems to have been their motive from the onset. Quo bono? Certainly not the plaintiffs or the ordinary defendants in the case! Only the lawyers benefit in the long run. They have virtually eliminated the charitable donation to the children Leroi and Dr. Mary Horgan intended to be helped by/in the Shriners Children’s Hospitals. Greed is the curse of our society; and many lawyers are experts at greediness.

I have stated emphatically in the past that I will NOT subject The Mary Horgan Trust (hereinafter, simply The Trust) to Probate Court. I remain steadfast that I will NOT play in that ballpark, which, as I perceive it, is merely an extension of a private Legal Society/BAR Association of which I am NOT, nor will ever be, a member. The by-laws of that association do not, and have never applied to me, despite my previous ignorance of this truth. Now, I know; therefore, I will NOT recognize that any of its members have jurisdiction over me in this or any other matter, nor will I give consent to its intimidation and fraudulent tactics of pretending to have authority over me as a FREEMAN ON THE LAND, a SOVEREIGN created with unalienable rights given, not by any government, CORPORATION or legal society, but by my Creator in whom I live and move and have my being. I will NOT stand under its corrupted and falsified claim of empowerment over others who, as the Declaration of Independence declares, “[ALL] are created equal.”

Do YOU under-stand what I am saying? You lawyers have a choice. You can either continue your masquerade as false authority figures, or you can step out of The System yourself and play in integrity, perhaps even helping to recreate a fair system where Truth brings real Justice to and for ALL! Every one of you knows, in your heart of hearts or Higher Self, that justice is NOT being served or sought in this matter (and most others before the courts)…rather, some among you seek, through blinding greed, personal enrichment at another’s expense, as did the plaintiffs in filing this case. All of you, heretofore, have been attempting to subvert the wishes of Dr. Mary A. Horgan, whose Trust you have determined to undermine. This shall not stand! Mark my words: she made no mistake in appointing me as Successor Trustee; because I truly can be trusted to be fair, impartial, and do the right thing for all concerned… even for those who have demonstrated a personal lack of integrity in this matter.

I had hoped that I could appeal to reason among the lawyers involved, offering a viable solution: i.e., turning over the real estate property involved in The Trust – 10090 South Tropical Trail in Merritt Island, Florida – to the Shriners Children’s Hospital as long as all beneficiaries of The Trust would receive their bequest according to Dr. Mary’s intention for her estate. Further distribution could then be decided by others without my involvement. I am even willing now to relinquish the $22,000 already paid out to Sandra Oak and Bob Wilhoit prior to the appearance of the lawsuit. I am willing to suffer the loss of over $100,000, probably closer to $200,000, had I been able to sell the property as intended in the months following Dr. Mary’s death at a time when Real Estate costs were at their peak. This loss does not even consider the legal costs and the emotional trauma caused by _______ and The System, itself. All this I am willing to forgive, since it has been a learning experience of great value to my soul and understanding of the world of deception in which I live. Through this lawsuit, I have more fully remembered who and what I am, which is most empowering and enriching.

Of course I see that my vision is not grounded in the perceived “reality” of others involved in this matter, which, I now know, is an illusion sustained by the ignorant acquiescence of the masses. In the movie "The Matrix," Morpheus says, "The Matrix is a system, Neo, and that system is our enemy. When you are inside, you look around: What do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters… the very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are part of that system and that makes them our enemies. You have to understand most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many are so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."

While I too have been deceived by the Matrix of the System, ignorantly relinquishing my God-given rights as a son of the Living God, I am awakening to the reality of the illusory scam in which I temporarily forfeited my birthright. Now, I have become a spiritual warrior, forced by circumstances that seemed beyond the scope of my control. I will not allow you who are still enmeshed in the web of deceit—created for OUR awakening—to further entrap me in the same morass in which you, yourselves, seem entrapped. I am freeing myself! How you choose to react is YOUR responsibility. Know, however, that I stand as a living testimony to each of you of the Truth of ALL of our beings. We really are ONE (interconnected in the Web of Cosmic Life), regardless of the illusion of separation, which is what Dr. Mary taught throughout the latter part of her life as minister of the Chapel of Light; and why it is my passion to continue her work through the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development and my other community service that has been ongoing since before she and I ever met. The other primary reality is that only LOVE is eternal. These Truths you will never escape, here, or in any other world. Knowing and embracing them extricates one from the Matrix, though, as the lawsuit exemplifies, not without challenges.

My challenge, obviously, is to help you comprehend that I do not choose to live in your reality of control by deceit. The documents that follow: Memorandum of Understanding, Claim of Rights, and Recognition of Responsibility will establish my Sovereignty under Common and especially Cosmic Law, both of which supercede and render obsolete currently practiced Admiralty/Maritime/Commercial/Statutory Law designed to protect and shield the public from knowledge of the fraud perpetrated under the so-called Uniform Commercial Code of/by/for International Banking and Bankers and their scheme of world control through domination of those choosing to remain ignorant of their natural and God-given heritage.

I do solemnly swear, I am…
Ron Van Dyke, Sovereign Child of the Ever-Living Creator
Operating the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development
At 473 Thomas Drive in Melbourne, FL, USA, 32935

_______________________________________________

Witnessed by: _______________________________________________

Memorandum of Understanding

I believe in God! I define God as the multifaceted Creator of all that is; and All That Is is the most complete definition of what I call God. All Creation is part of God. Nothing exists or can exist outside of God. God is the Super and Supra Consciousness that connects EVERYTHING through Hyper-dimensional Physics, having the following characteristics: Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence, Infinite and Eternal. The character of God, though unknown and perhaps unknowable in many aspects, can best be described in my current awareness as LOVE! Attributes of LOVE include: Truth, Justice, Integrity, Compassion, Mercy, Kindness, Patience, Freedom, and Free Will, to name a few of many, all good and all purposeful and meaningful.

In God, I live and move and have my being as a singularly faceted expression of the Creator. This expression is and can only be limited by my choice, whether conscious or unconscious. This is true of every other singularly faceted expression of God. This is the God-given exercise of God’s gift of Free Will: to choose what I am, or what I am NOT. The latter produces the appearance of limitation through the consensus illusion of separation.

I believe that we all, like God, are powerful creators. All of us together, co-created that which we now call human life on Planet Earth. This is an exercise in exploring the depths of limitation; albeit, such limitation has no bearing in actual Cosmic Reality. It is only true within the matrix of this finite, consensual reality. This matrix gives the outward show of inequality, pitting one human against another. Some play victims; others play victimizers. Each is but a role in a Cosmic Game and Cycle of devolution and evolution: forgetting our true nature and identity, and then remembering again. Each facet is totally responsible for the role they play through the inexorable Cosmic, Karmic Law that whatever one puts out, one gets back.

For a long time in human history, we forgot who we are. We thought: I am this, but not that. The polarization of this and that created alienation, and war, and death. All were delusions as pointed out by the Buddhas, Christs and other adepts that have peppered our history. Others, grasping the reality that most could not yet grasp, used their superior knowledge to create systems that seemed to empower themselves through the enslavement of others. These leaders became the victimizers, while the vast majority became virtual slaves, not seeing that authority was in them, as well as those claiming to be authority figures. Religious and political structures – the systems of control – were instituted; and all humanity became enmeshed in this competition. Eventually, both groups forgot who they were. Polarization dominated, while ignorance abounded. The matrix system continued unabated century after century, into multi millennia.

In 1297, the King of England signed The Magna Carta. Much of our legal system worldwide is based on facets of this document. It is widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy of which Winston Churchill said in 1956, "...here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it."

One section [29] states, “No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or disseised of his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs, or outlawed or exiled or in any way ruined, nor will we go against such a man or send against him save by lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. To no-one will we sell or deny of delay right or justice.”

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence, signed by the founders of the Divine experiment called the United States of America, made a bold statement in their “memorandum of understanding.” They said, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (property, in some versions). That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness….

“And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” [Emphasis mine.]

As of February 2009, I, Ron Van Dyke, recognize that I was born into the matrix that denied the self-evident truth that I am equal with everyone else. No one is superior or has the right to make a demand or order another to do anything not in accordance with his or her free-will choice. No One! Not a king, president, lawyer, judge, law enforcement officer, ad infinitum … none hold rule except by consent of the governed. Having recognized this basic truth, I no longer consent to accept orders from the corporation operating under the UCC known as THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, its officers, attorneys or any other court that dares attempt to deny my right to have my case be heard by a jury of my peers, of which I will say more in my Claim of Rights. I am still learning much about who I am and the system that I face; and for which reason state that this is ONLY my current understanding.

I have learned that when the corporation known as THE STATE OF NEW YORK in the corporation known as THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA issued a birth certificate (C030570118-1 –679A) in my name shortly after my birth, a virtual STRAWMAN was created as a corporate entity. In most courts and legal documents, it is this STRAWMAN, an artificial person that is named. Artificial persons have no rights, only liberties granted by the corporate states and legal entities operating fraudulently as de facto authorities. Of course I was totally ignorant of this until relatively recently.

I hereby sever all claims against this STRAWMAN, which, by doing so, it is my intent to reestablish my individual sovereignty as a Divine Being in a human body. I declare all such claims to be null and void. Any and all involuntary and/or ignorant consent previously given was unconscious and is hereby recanted – revoked now and forever.

I have learned that various governmental agencies have requested, in the form of demands, various consensual agreements from me over the years of my life, such as Driver’s License, Vehicle Registration, etc. I have even received Marriage Licenses from these agencies supposedly acting on my behalf, while actually depriving me of my God-given rights to live my life without asking for permission, as if I were a small child seeking the approval of my parents. While I ignorantly approved of such permissions and agreements: I no longer do so. I am an adult needing no permission from any authority other than God, who automatically allows me total freedom to be and do as I wish. I no longer wish to be under any authority for any commercial purposes that deprive me of my freedoms granted by God.

While I may continue to hold a driver’s license and other papers currently required by the system, the purpose is not compliance and relinquishment of my personal rights and responsibilities, but rather my attempt to avoid unnecessary conflict in my life. As will be stated in my Claim of Rights that follows, I reserve the right at any time to suspend all systemic documentation that represents my previous, involuntary acquiescence to the matrix.

It is my understanding from the aforementioned Declaration of Independence that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” I reiterate that I no longer give unconscious consent to be governed by the current system that had, heretofore, made me a virtual slave. Let this writ show that, henceforth, I am a Freeman on the Land.

This Memorandum of Understanding is hereby filed as part of the Affidavit: Declaration of Personal Independence … and Mutual Inter-Dependence relating to CASE NO. 05-2005-CA-9048 and in conjunction with my Claim of Rights and Recognition of Responsibility. These become the supreme law under which I choose to be governed from this day forward. Recipients involved in related matters have until March 31, 2009 to respond, after which, as stated later in Claim of Rights, they automatically are understood as agreed to in principle. Thereafter, these matters become incontestable and form a lawful basis for conducting my life in peace.

My right is reserved to learn more and to create new documents establishing my lawful demeanor vis-à-vis, living in a matrix of confusion.

I do solemnly swear, I am…
Ron Van Dyke, Sovereign Child of the Ever-Living Creator
Operating the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development
At 473 Thomas Drive in Melbourne, FL, USA, 32935

_______________________________________________

Witnessed by: _______________________________________________

Claim of Rights

• U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendment I
“Congress [or any other governing body] shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Therefore, I claim the right to practice my faith according to the dictates of my own conscience, to maintain my home as the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development, i.e., a “church” or educational center, to speak freely of my beliefs, to publish those beliefs in any format, to peaceably assemble with others, and to petition any government agency for a redress of grievances. Furthermore, beginning in 2009, this property named above becomes exempt from all taxation normally granted to nonprofit organizations.

• U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendment VII
“In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.” Therefore, I claim the right to reject the jurisdiction of any court that would attempt to deprive me of my right to trial by jury of my peers.

• U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendment X
When the Constitution was being ratified during the 1780s, the 10th Amendment was understood to be the linchpin that held the entire Bill of Rights together. The amendment states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Whereas the Federal Government has usurped powers not granted to it in the Constitution; and whereas every office holder, including soldiers and peace officers, solemnly swear to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic, I hereby claim my right of personal sovereignty and freedom in all matters not specifically granted to government at the federal level. Whereas a growing number of states in these United States are declaring their sovereignty from federal control, and whereas Florida is not one of them, I do hereby declare myself sovereign from the State of Florida until such time as officials within the state honor their oath of office and do the will of the people rather than the will of the fraudulent corporations, including the Federal Reserve, the Internal Revenue Service, and any other privately operating agencies under the umbrella of the federal government through the State of Florida.

• Re: Deed to Property… I hold a Warranty Deed to the property on which I live, which is also my lawfully established homestead. I merely accepted this without being informed of alternative deed types. While there is still much I do not know or understand, I believe I should have been issued an Allodial Deed or Land Title, since, at the time of filing, the property was clear of any mortgage or other fiduciary encumbrance. Therefore, I retain my right to contest the incorrect deed being issued by the court system at some future date when more information is known. In the meantime, I hold my property and home inviolate by all government agencies… especially courts operating under maritime law on the land, which are, by their very nature, fraudulent and without proper jurisdiction.

• Re: Mortgage… I have a copy of a mortgage signed on July 8, 2005 that I hold to be invalid for reasons stated in my letter of November 16, 2008. Again, briefly, there was no signature by anyone on behalf of the bank: therefore, no contract. In addition, the mortgage itself was listed as a bank asset, monetized and sold in the derivatives market, all of which are standard operating procedures in the fraudulent financial industry worldwide, as is becoming better known at this time. Furthermore, the mortgage was created for my STRAWMAN, which is a fraudulent classification that no longer applies to me. I claim the unalienable right to be free of all such conveyances from my natural being to a fictitious person under commercial law. I further claim the right to be free from the dictates of Admiralty/Maritime/Commercial/Statutory Law Courts designed to protect and shield the public from knowledge of the fraud perpetrated under the so-called Uniform Commercial Code established by international bankers through the Federal Reserve and the Internal Revenue Service with US, state, and other international government compliance and against the people of the world.

• I reserve the right at any time to suspend all documentation currently used in the System that represents my previous, involuntary acquiescence to the matrix of control and enslavement

• The bond created at my birth and signified by the number on my birth certificate, C030570118-1 –679A, became an asset of the State, i.e., the System, and has since produced assets that were monetized, the value of which I have never been fully paid. Therefore, I claim the right to use the funds either in my bond or to use the funds generated by that bond to pay for my further education in exploring the rights and responsibilities related to my personal sovereignty in such a manner as I see fit, for as long as I uphold my Recognition of Responsibilities.

• I also claim the right to use the funds in the bond or revenue generated by those funds to pay for food and shelter and any other necessities and rights recognized by the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including article 17. These rights are enumerated at this website: http://un.org/Overview/rights.html.

• I claim the right to fire anyone acting or claiming to act as a fiduciary over my bond if they fail to acknowledge all rights herein claimed.

• I claim the right to revoke or deny consent to be represented, and in so doing I free myself from all statutory obligations and restrictions, wherever doing so is, in my opinion, in my best interest.

• I claim the right to direct my fiduciary, i.e., government and non-government agencies, as to what to do with the revenue generated by my bond provided the directives are a benefit to my society and to me.

• I claim the right to order and direct my representatives at all levels of government to transfer funds and monies directly to me that would normally be transferred by, within or to government agencies, absent of any directives from me, if doing so is, in my opinion, in my best interest. (My piece of the pie is mine by right!)

• Any and all concerned parties wishing to discuss or dispute these claims must send a notice of dispute or offer of discussion by March 31, 2009 via registered mail to the address below. Failure to do so means that all parties agree that these rights herein claimed are lawfully established and will not be infringed, violated or abrogated in any way. All parties who have been served proper notice of this claim and failed to discuss or dispute, and then infringe, violate or abrogate said rights, directly or through their agents, employees or proxies, agreeing that they do so under full commercial liability; and further agree to pay to me upon my demand one million dollars for every infringement, violation or abrogation.

This claim of rights is made and served with the intent of bettering my society and myself, with soundness of mind and without ill will, malice of forethought, frivolity or vexation.

I do solemnly swear, I am…
Ron Van Dyke, Sovereign Child of the Ever-Living Creator
Operating the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development
At 473 Thomas Drive in Melbourne, FL, USA, 32935

_______________________________________________

Witnessed by: _______________________________________________

Recognition of Responsibility

The right to rule depends on ruling over one’s self; and with rights, come responsibilities. That is the reality of conscious awareness. That is the foundation upon which freedom creates peace, rather than anarchy.

Having recognized and reclaimed my rights as a personal Sovereign under God, I hereby acknowledge my duties and responsibilities in exercising those rights among a world on men and women in the process of remembering our heritage.

• I have a duty to tell the truth, as I know and understand it, to anyone and everyone.
• I have a duty to recognize everyone’s right to see differently than I see, to savor his or her own experience of awakening.
• I have a duty to live peaceably with all others to the best of my ability.
• I have a duty to educate myself, to strive to learn what I do not know or remember... yet.
• I have a duty to serve others, for service most fully expresses my nature, which is Divine and unconditional Love.
• I have a duty to defend those not yet aware enough to defend themselves, and to teach the willing, through humility, that which I have come to know.
• I have a duty to contemplate the effect of my words and actions upon others so as to create the most beneficent and beneficial result possible for everyone concerned.
• I have a duty to act in the utmost kindness to all I may encounter, especially those who may appear hostile.
• I have a duty to pay attention to the things that happen and the people that appear in my world, knowing that their gift to me is the revelation of things in me that are or have been hidden from me. This is how the Universe works to create the evolution of consciousness.
• I have a duty to honor differences, knowing that in diversity is great beauty and strength.
• I have a duty to recognize and integrate the opposite polarities within myself to the best of my ability.
• I have a duty to look inward every day of my life to see and reflect on the silent messages I am given.
• I have a duty, as a conscious being, to recognize the Higher Law at work in the affairs of men and women.
• I have a duty to speak the Truth to those claiming false power over others.
• I have a duty to laugh at myself when my ignorance surfaces.
• I have a duty to play with children… and to learn from them the art of innocence and the beauty of forgiveness.
• I have a duty to forgive others when their weaknesses or mistakes cause pain for me or for others.
• I have a duty to allow all of my emotions peaceful expression... even and especially my anger at injustice.
• I have a duty to challenge the status quo that invalidates and enslaves my brothers and sisters.
• I have a duty to rock to boat when that is necessary to awaken those in danger.
• I have a duty to give freely of that which is in my power to give.
• I have a duty to rise above my fears to the best of my ability.
• I have a duty to walk humbly before God and Man.
• I have a duty to know, beyond all appearances, that I am God’s Holy Child, eternal, infinite, and compassionate.

I do solemnly swear, I am…
Ron Van Dyke, Sovereign Child of the Ever-Living Creator
Operating the Mary Horgan Center for Spiritual Development
At 473 Thomas Drive in Melbourne, FL, USA, 32935

_______________________________________________

Witnessed by: _______________________________________________

This 8-page document is to be delivered by various means over the next week (2/27-3/6/2009) to the following:

· The court named on page one.
· The lawyers involved in this case.
· Other defendants…all by email.
· Various government agencies, including: President of the United States of America Barack Obama, US Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez, US Congressman Bill Posey, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Florida State Senator Thad Altman, Florida State Representative John Tobia, and various Brevard County officials.
· It will be posted on my personal website.
· It will also be submitted to various websites both national and international.
· Many individuals will be offered a copy beyond the timeframe shown above.
· The original, notarized copy will be retained by Ron Van Dyke

To those who would spread tyranny: Yes, people are waking up…finally! You have done your job well. No, you cannot rule the world! You can, however, join us as we create Heaven on Earth where Truth and Justice prevail and Love abounds! As ever, the choice is yours; however, the doors are closing on those who attempt to remove choice from others. The times, they are a-changin’. A word to the wise…………..

These notes were added to the copies mailed to government officials on 2/28, hand printed in the extra wide margin on the right-hand-side of the legal info at the top of the document.

To the Federal officials…

This document, filed with the court on the left, lawfully establishes my personal freedom and sovereignty. The sovereignty movement by states and individuals indicates the growing distrust for the federal government. Your most important job in reversing this is to: (1) Shut down the Federal Reserve; (2) Abolish the IRS; and, (3) Bring charges against the criminals, seen and unseen, who subverted the Constitution, undermined the Bill of Rights and co-opted the government and mainstream media from "We, the People." Corruption must be rooted out before there can be any meaningful or substantive change. Sincerely, Ron Van Dyke, 2/28

To the State officials...

This document, filed with the court on the left, lawfully establishes my personal freedom and sovereignty. The sovereignty movement by states and individuals indicates the growing distrust for the federal government… and ALL government! I urge you to support this movement intended to reestablish constitutional rights for Florida residents too. Enforce the 10th amendment in the Bill of Rights. Help root out the corruption in our state, which we are calling for throughout the USA and around the world. Sincerely, Ron Van Dyke, 2/28

To the sheriff...

This document, filed with the court on the left, lawfully establishes my personal freedom and sovereignty. The sovereignty movement by states and individuals indicates the growing distrust for the federal government… and ALL government! As head of the primary law enforcement agency in Brevard, your first duty is as a peace officer. It is of paramount importance that everyone in your department understands the difference between lawful and legal. Often times, because of corruption, unlawful acts are made legal. This is especially true of statutes that attempt to undermine unalienable rights granted by our Creator. Please read this document; and, if you would like clarification, I am willing to sit down with you and share what I know. Most importantly, I know that peace officers, like soldiers, take an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. Domestic enemies of our rights have infiltrated our governments. Please uphold your oath of office and help us root out this corruption. Thank you. Sincerely, Ron Van Dyke, 2/28

2/28: more info about the lawsuit can be found HERE.

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SOLITARY SOUL – INFINITE CONNECTIONS

Unlimited Being: what an exhilarating thought!
I always felt as if I was never quite enough.

Tough experience, this thing we call human life.
So much of our waking consciousness spent seeking...
Something, someone to fill the emptiness we feel.
A silent though sometimes loud cry for love is emitted.
Our hushed scream penetrates into the vast Cosmos
Rippling ever outward, resonating through time and space.

Why am I here: empty, alone, alienated, lost, separate?
Is there a God out there? I was told there was.
Where is that Divine Lover who can connect the dots?
Where are the angels that can show me the missing pieces?
Solitary souls, we are emptiness longing to be filled.
Living dreams, sometimes nightmares! Oh, the frustration!

Until... until... until...

Our vision reverses, focusing inward, rather than out.
We examine with a microscope, and lay the telescope aside.
Somehow we perceive connections – infinite connections.
Everyone within, everything is here – inside – all of it!
It was here all along; all the while I had searched out there.
It was right here in this solitary soul with infinite connections.
Then, once seeing it in me, out there filled up quickly…
Teeming with life everywhere – linked, loving, at my service.
I wanted to cry; then I laughed instead.

"My son," a Voice said, "You are infinite; you are eternal!
All your dreams, all your nightmares; you made them all.
A Master Creator you are – a Divine Being in your own right.
So powerful that you even created the impossible...
And then experienced it: the Unlimited knowing limits.
Yet none of it was true – only a teacher you created
So that you could know yourself – again – for the first time.
It was all, all of it, just your own dream."

Oh, what a dream! Oh, what an awakening!
I am – a solitary soul – with infinite connections!
Inside – outside – there is only love, only beauty!
I am one! I am whole! A truly Unlimited Being!

Copyright © by Ron Van Dyke
Paradox Publications
Saturday, February 21, 2009

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FUNDAMENTALIST HELL

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OPEN LETTER TO THE ILLUMINATI

It has been two weeks since I finished my article: Wow! We Did It! Immediately after writing that one, this one beckoned, calling out to be written. Still, I postponed and delayed the writing day after day for fourteen days. Now, I shall begin to write…what, exactly, I’m not sure. Things were much clearer then than now; yet I must write, encouraging the reader to go back and read the aforementioned article, since these go together.

Although none may read it anytime soon, this is a life-giving letter addressed to world leaders, visible and, especially, invisible; for indeed it is those in the invisible realms of our world that have long visualized complete control of the entire world and all that are in it. It is also this sphere of influence that grandly succeeded in convincing humanity that we are separate from the very Source of All That Is. In fact, All-That-Is is an appropriate word for Source, or what some call: Creator God. Every human has played a role in that accomplishment, no matter which side of the polarity has been experienced throughout time. It is my belief that we each have experienced both sides in a wide array of opposites. Whether that is true or not, we have all bit and been bitten by the demon of egocentric paranoia that sprouts in the fear-impregnated soil of the lie of separation, becoming the malignant tree we know as the polarized, modern culture of fear-based control.

However, oh illumined ones, it has been your bloodlines, carefully protected and hidden until quite recently in human affairs, that carried the plan forward from generation to generation into our day and age. How far back this has gone is, at best, a matter of speculation. Someday, the truth will be known; for, indeed, nothing can be ultimately hidden. There is no secret that shall not be revealed. Such is the reality of Light. You who have called yourselves Illuminati know this well; at least you should, though you seem to have forgotten it.

Lest anyone be uninformed, the Illuminati are, by far and large, Luciferians; and, as I said in the previously mentioned article, Lucifer was perhaps the biggest hero of all in creating, through The Lie, the perceived reality of separation. Make no mistake; it can only ever be a perceived reality…never Reality itself. Yet, my friends, you seem, as I said, to have forgotten that yourselves, acting, so it appears, as if you are on the very threshold of completing your vision of the total control of ignorance over Reality. However, all of your nefarious plans have already made their way into the consciousness of many humans. Now, that for which you have labored long and hard, pushing against the pricks of sanity itself, cannot come to pass. As soon as it began impinging on the awareness of more and more people—an exponential awakening indeed—your plan was doomed to failure. You always knew this would be the case, which is precisely why there has long been a concerted effort on your part to keep it all a secret from the masses. Of course, you failed! It is a secret no more!

Do you have any idea how your plan is being subverted and undermined? Being masters of force rather than those who appreciate and understand real power, I highly doubt it. To you, it has always been about the control of others, which you have seen as separate from yourselves. You believed your own lie! To continue such belief will prove fruitless, because we are learning the great truth that nothing and no one have ever been separate. This is precisely how your plan will fail: we embrace you as part of ourselves, connected, oh so connected in this game we have created together.

For so long you were vilified, maintaining our mutually agreed upon lie, as if we could become whole by rejecting you or any other part. Yes, we who called ourselves Lightworkers (as you call yourselves Illuminati) played your game of polarization. The fabricated unreality of divide-and-conquer divided and conquered…all of us, at least temporarily. No exceptions! Yes, me too! The lie grabbed me by the balls, and it still does at times, convincing me, through ignorance, that I am different, separate, and somehow justified above others. We all share in this egocentric paranoia, better known simply: as fear. We shall also all share in the combined wisdom, better known truly: as Love.

Yes, Illuminati, there’s a part of me, the real me I suspect, that actually loves and appreciates you by loving and appreciating the part of me that you represent. That other self that plays dirty tricks, the shadow that hides from the Light of Truth, in me; these are my teachers, as you have been. Soon, the entire Cosmos will applaud you for playing your role so exquisitely well, as we did ours. As we are seeing, you too will see: there is ONLY Light. Darkness has no self-sustaining existence. It cannot. Neither can control be sustainable; for once the lies of separation are known—as in intimacy: to become one with—only Love exists. All that has been feared simply vanishes into a memory of a long-standing run on Broadway that spanned eons. With Love, the mechanisms of control are meaningless. Where is the other to be controlled?

You are amazing! I am amazing! We all are. What an incredible party awaits us—the one we are co-creating together. We are actually bringing the world to the realization of the absolute insanity of our distorted game. As we awaken from our jointly created nightmare; as we open our eyes and begin to see, really see the foolishness of lack in an abundant Universe of unlimited potential; and as we remember and recognize our ancient and mutual origin, how can we not celebrate? For each soul, it is a homecoming. The murderer embracing the murdered, raised from the illusory dead; the rich enriching the poor, and with genuine thanksgiving each appreciating the gift of experience that has been created; and all victims and victimizers dancing together in the streets.

Yes, I’ve read our prophecies of gloom and doom. We wrote them. That was the scenario we were creating as part of our game, our lie. It had to be that way to wake us up. We had to really believe we could destroy the world, and be on the verge of actually doing it, before we could wake up…together.

It is said, and I’ve said it myself, that some will choose to stay in the delusion. (I cannot call it an illusion anymore, since that is not how I see it.) This may be the case for those who choose to remain insane. Still, I cannot imagine how any of you, my brothers and sisters of the Light, can choose, no, refuse to come home after such an arduous journey into never-never land. It may have been a thriller; but far from a blockbuster, it can only pale by comparison to the genuine thrill of being whole again…for the very first time. Oh yes, it will not be like the wholeness we could not appreciate before the lie succeeded so well, for so long. Thrill just doesn’t do it justice. Ecstatic comes closer; and even that is but a shadow of the reality of bringing unity to a physical world for the first time ever….

That’s what we are doing, you know. We became blind in creating a physical world, unable to see the connection that remained spiritual and invisible. We died in a world teeming with abundant life. We suffered in a world of exceedingly rich blessings. We did all of this, and more, by taking on the skin of physicality. Can you not see, hear, taste, smell, feel and know the joy, the absolute elation we will experience as we bring the eternal truth of the highest spiritual world into the so-called lowest of physical realms? It will literally be like transforming hell into Heaven itself...again, for the first time ever, anywhere.

Now I know, oh Illuminati, that you have your vision. I know, too, that your vision does not include people like me. I know that. It’s ok. I have a greater vision; and mine does include you…loved, appreciated, and understood. I can see the hero you are! My vision is stronger than yours, based as it is on Eternal Reality. How can I not love you when I can see that you are made of the same stuff as me? Fear has impregnated your cells just as it has mine; yet we both cry out from the depth of our being for the Love we knew in the beginning, before Creator allowed us to create our game. We were there…together, unaware that we could create that which was always thought impossible: something separate from Source, or at least the delusion thereof.

I am one piece of consciousness, vibrating at a rate even I do not yet fully comprehend. My vibration is a gift I receive to give, to flow. That’s right. It does not originate with my separate self, my master, ego creator. It comes to me from the higher, everlasting part of me that has never been disconnected from the ultimate and essential part of you. Never! We really are…ONE!

Whereas the energy of separation and the delusion of the lie have been able to operate as our vital teacher, now the power of love reunites the apparent parts. This is the world we co-create, we, the illumined lightworkers who finally understand what Jesus taught: “Love your enemies!” Now, we have done the impossible again. We have recognized that our enemies were our friends all along…and we really do love you. Can you love us?

Things are clearer again, in this moment, for me. Thanks for letting me share my Open Letter with you.

Namaste

Afterthought: Just think: What kind of a world could we create together by simply loving and respecting one another? What a legacy that would be to leave for all of our children! A real future where life is a joy is one we can manifest now, if we are only willing to stop the insanity of the game we created as a cosmic experiment.

© By Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications, December 10-12, 2008, All rights reserved.

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WOW! WE DID IT!

“Nothing has meaning except the meaning we give it.” That quotation is taken from A Course in Miracles; and many others have repeated it.

What if the very premise upon which we have constructed our collective reality is nothing more than a purposeful lie we told ourselves in order to complete a Grand, Cosmic Experiment?

Some weeks ago, Marci Peace, a lady I had just met, gave me a copy of a play she had written called: The Lie. It is primarily a dialog between Abraham, Hagar, Ishmael, Sarah and Isaac as they rehash the old Biblical story from Genesis and provide different insights that just may impact our world and understanding of reality at this time. This is especially true of Act III, Scene I that begins with Abraham reminiscing about that pre-time when everything was One Consciousness. Separation not only did not exist, it was impossible. Every part of Creation knew it was connected to every other part. Alternate realities did not exist.

“There was an instant,” she wrote with Abraham speaking, “in which we formed a new question. All of us, being part of the Mind of God, developed this new question together. The question was, ‘What would it be like to imagine, to pretend that there could be something – anything – other than God?’”

Of course God knew the question, since the Creator knows everything; and nothing happens outside of Ultimate Consciousness. In the play, the Divine Voice said, “I do not know what it's like to imagine and pretend that there is anything other than me. I am all that has ever been. I am all that ever will be. All of you go play and find the answer to this question for all of us."

What follows in the narrative gives an entirely new perspective of the creation motif. It establishes a new mythology for our beginnings. Who can say whether it is correct or not? It is simply a new way of looking at the so-called Fall of Angels and Man. I spent many hours of meditation and pondering before I sat down, as I am doing now, to write this article.

Throughout my life, I have been plagued with feelings of alienation. Separation consciousness and aloneness have overwhelmed me at times. Somehow the sensation of not being good enough became the foundation for my life – and not a very sturdy or reliable underpinning either. I doubt that I'm alone in this experience.

As Marci describes in her play, creation was given a Divine Project to create a reality in which beings could actually experience the feelings described above. Looking at the world around me, I would say the project was an outstanding success. It appears to be the human condition across the planet. Wow! We did it! We created that which was thought impossible. We accomplished the task that was set before us. Oh, how well we created exactly that: a world in which few have been able to grasp the interconnectedness of all life, so thorough was our co-created forgetfulness.

Let's suppose for a moment that this was indeed how it happened. Who then would the heroes be? Would they be taken from that part of the creation that was unable to forget their connection to God? I don't think so. In addition, I'd feel relieved that some were unable to forget. Nevertheless, the heroes would be those who expanded the possibilities of life beyond what had been known and experienced. Yes, death does expand the possibilities of life. A contradiction? Or is it just another of the many paradoxes that challenge us?

Faced with a new scenario, this new mythology of Genesis, we would have to say that Lucifer, the most brilliant archangel in all creation, was not the villain as he has been portrayed, but rather the hero with countless faces. His ability to mastermind the lie laid the very foundation for the alternative reality sought by those who have been referred to as Fallen Angels. Of course such reality is not real. How could it be? It is a lie. Always and forever it betrays the very essence of life itself, which is, as was already said, interconnectedness.

Having succeeded so well in accomplishing the grand project to do the impossible, many souls, many parts of God totally and completely forgot who they are. Yes, our amnesia worked. This created the need for a new kind of hero. This new hero would, in fact, be an anti-hero – one who opposes the original hero: Lucifer. This new anti-hero is and can only be initially drawn from that part of creation that never forgot. This is the Christ spirit, the Universal Son and Daughter of God; but bear in mind that at one time the Christ Spirit and the Lucifer Spirit were one. Consider also, that if they were ever one, they still are and always will be. The apparent division is nothing but a cosmic lie allowed by Creator as an interesting experiment with a purpose we may be on the verge of remembering. Allowed? Perhaps the better word would be ordained, since nothing can be co-created apart from All That Is.

I can hear Dr. Mary saying to me, again, “I never met anybody who thinks as deeply as you do." Since I read Marci's play, I really have been thinking deeply. How does this new mythology, assuming it might be true, affect the way I see the conspiracies of which I have become very aware? Does this enable me to see the conspirators, the Luciferians if you’d like, with a bit of appreciation? I think it does. Nevertheless, uneasiness is also sensed within me. For so long I have viewed the world as being victimized by these conspirators. Yes, there have been glimpses of admiration in rare moments, but somehow these always seemed twisted, and even a bit perverted. I judged those who spoke highly of Hitler and others of that perceived ilk. How could I, or anyone, ever justify seeing victimizers as heroic? It made no sense whatsoever within the context of the old myths that had become something of cultural mainstays – however challenged they have been in some intellectual quarters.

What I am recording and writing here is but a small part of the thought process triggered by reading Marci's thought-provoking play. As I have pondered and meditated upon these things, it becomes even easier to love the interplay of opposites – to embrace the paradox by actually getting my mind around it. No, it's not the first time I have recognized the George Bushes of this world as potential heroes (see my article: An Unlikely Hero, George W. Bush, which was written in August 2007); but it does enable me to have a greater sense of appreciation for the role he and others play. Has that role been essential in the evolution of individual and cosmic consciousness? Indeed, that may well be the truth.

Will I be more able to love more genuinely from now on? Will I be better able to view the world around me with more compassion? I sincerely believe I will; and it goes way beyond that. I believe this new consciousness is being downloaded upon Planet Earth to the entire human race. We are being reminded of our ancient reality: unity and oneness. We are being enabled to love truly once again – even to a greater degree than before our decent into E-V-I-L, which is L-I-V-E backwards. The Lie turns everything inside out and upside down; however, it always remains the lie.

Knowing this, I can see how transformation can work, and quickly, too. That Grand Experiment has reached its conclusion, if we choose it to be so. Granted, there may still be those who want to pretend the lie is true; but once you see it, once you understand, the lie can no longer overwhelm you. It just can’t. You simply know that you are, and always have been one with whatever it is we call God. It cannot be any other way. Never could!

I have a deep sense of peace right now as stillness pervades me. Words have stopped flowing; so I guess it's time to close. We are one! All divisions were born of the lie, and “nothing has meaning except the meaning we give it.” Namaste

© By Ron Van Dyke, Paradox Publications, November 26, 2008, All rights reserved.

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PARADOX, THE PRELUDE TO PEACE

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KNOWLEDGE IS NEVER NEGATIVE – ONLY IGNORANCE IS NEGATIVE!

Performed by Tears For Fears and others, songwriters Chris Hughes, Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley wrote the following lyrics to this anthem of the ego...

Believe it or not, there really are many ego-driven people who want to rule the world; and some of them are rich and powerful enough to conspire together, creating a plan to actually do so. George Orwell’s famous, visionary novel 1984 gave a glimpse of what that might look like; and (from the novel) “ If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever." Right now, 2008, we live in a time when knowledge of this hidden-in-plain-view conspiracy is being revealed all over the World-Wide Web for those who wish to see and even understand it. Briton’s David Icke, one of the foremost teachers revealing the conspiracy, said at London’s Brixton Academy in his 6-hour, 2004 seminar: Secrets of the Matrix, “Knowledge is never negative - only ignorance is negative!”

To ignore conspiracies is the preferred reaction conspirators want from the public; however, this is very dangerous, both for the human race and for Planet Earth. To ignore their documented plan to rule the world is to allow the possibility of success. To gain knowledge of the plan shines more and more light on the agenda they’d like to keep hidden from as many as possible. However, with knowledge, we have the opportunity to manifest a different vision, but only when we come together from that place of knowledge, never from a place of ignorance. George Santayana (1863-1952), a principal figure in Classical American Philosophy, said, "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it." Cicero said, "History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth." The most important history in any given generation is the one happening now, for indeed, that is the only one where we can actually make changes; and the changes we make now will lay the foundation for the future of all succeeding generations.

Sometimes, as I keep on learning about what is happening in our world of so-called illusion, I feel frustration that so many not only do not know, they do not want to know what’s going on here, now. Oblivious to current events they label: “politics” – many turn a blind eye and a deaf ear towards world-shattering and paradigm-shifting events that, in all likelihood, from a higher perspective, we created to be our teachers – indeed, our wake-up call, if you will. With so many, this seems to be a conscious choice justified by the teaching: What you focus on, expands. To me, this is a dangerously distorted view of what is meant by that teaching; and those who only want to focus on what they label positive unapologetically embrace it. They ignore what they judge and label negative. Let me repeat: “KNOWLEDGE IS NEVER NEGATIVE - ONLY IGNORANCE IS NEGATIVE!” Certainly we can choose to react positively or negatively to any form of knowledge; but we have absolutely no choice in how to act or react to knowledge we evade. Avoidance is the greatest of all ignorance!

We live in a time of quantum change. What is happening on Planet Earth is revolutionary in the political sense, and an evolutionary leap in the spiritual sense. As governments, financial institutions, long-standing legal structures, multi-national corporations, religious dogmas and organizations, historical beliefs, and virtually everything we have been told is real…yes, as all these come crashing down in the Light of Higher Consciousness, those who have chosen to be unaware will be clueless – including Lightworkers. While it is true that even with heads in the sand one can feel the energy-shift taking place; yet because of unwillingness to pay attention, many will be blindsided, and the changes experienced can be painful rather than joyful. This creates more fear, which actually makes it worse than it would be if we had an idea of what is coming our way. That’s why so many of us try our best to get the message out to everyone who will listen. We would like this process to be as uplifting and fulfilling for as many as possible. We would like to minimize the fear and grief probable as the very old foundations of human society crumble.

Some may ask, Ron, how can you say that the collapse of everything we have known could be uplifting, and even fulfilling? Those who may ask that question might not have answered an even more important question for themselves. Who are we…really?

As far back as we can go in what we call history, we have been sold a bill of goods that includes pseudo limitations of all types: moral, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, FINANCIAL, and other false paradigms. I purposely put financial in all caps. Why? Because the way in which money has been used throughout time has been the primary means of human enslavement without discernible bars or visible chains; and the collapse of our debt-based, fractional reserve financial system is the domino that will cause all the others to fall, for indeed it is the money system coupled with unabashed human greed and lust for power that has spawned every form of injustice, inequity, and disinformation. And the truth is: most humans, including (some would say, especially) Americans, have no clue how this done. The true nature of the financial house of cards is never taught in institutions of education – not even so-called higher education. Why would they teach it? That would only make people aware of the scam that it really is; and make no mistake: the education system, including the media, is designed on purpose, not to enlighten the populace, but to dumb us down. To those who would rule the world, limitation thinking is not only good; it is essential to the continuation of the scam. To quote Orwell again, “ In the long run, a hierarchical society [is] only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance.”  

It is this scam, and the extraordinary attempts of those who created it, that has led to the creation of all of the systems in our world that hide us from the truth, which is the illusory reality created by the extremes of separation consciousness (ego) to hide from real Reality. For those who do not know, real Reality is simple: all Life is interconnected, and everything within The ALL is alive with energetic consciousness at varied levels. Stated even more simply: we are ONE with All That Is. In scientific terms, we live in a Holographic Universe where each apparently minute part contains and interacts with the whole. What is done by and to any component, of necessity, affects the whole. Because we are co-Creators, each human is both victimizer and victim of all that occurs, perhaps alternating in those roles. Nothing ever happens in isolation. Nothing!

Which makes me wonder how anyone claiming even a small degree of enlightenment can ignore any part of anything that is happening in the world around us. (Of course, it is fear!) We are collectively creating and experiencing the entire drama…and most haven’t a clue that this is the real Reality of human existence. Yet, I see it all the time – even among my friends and people I rub elbows with on a regular basis. Some actually think they can be and are separate from the ego, the drama, and the politics of life. Sometimes I even see these symptoms in myself, though I know it is merely a delusion of my ego-mind creating the experience of separation. It is ego showing me, yet again, what I am not, so that I might see who I am: a co-Creator of Reality and, thus, a Grantor of Desires, i.e., a GoD of FREE WILL.

This brings me to the point at hand, the challenge to all of my brothers and sisters on this prodigal journey away from HOME, away from our true nature, which is LOVE … and TRUTH … and GRACE. A phase of our journey – for many of us who choose it to be so – that is nearing an ending, completing a cycle. We are coming HOME! Nevertheless, this is true ONLY for those who choose it to be so.

I can only hope what I believe to be true, is: that many, once they realize the score in this game we have generated by allowing polarities to conflict rather than dance with each other, will chose to stop running away from that which they fear. Yes, I know some teach that duality will end. This has never made sense to me, since I perceive duality and polarity as pretty much identical. Energy, itself, is dual in nature. Positive and negative are two expressions of physical manifestation; and without either, there is no energy, no electricity and no magnetism. To me, there is no life either. Polarities are designed to be complementary. So then, it is polarization, not polarity that is the issue here. It is not us against them; or even light against dark. There is only ONE; and that ONE only appears to be separated from the finite and limited viewpoint specially created for the game we play. When the TWO in ONE are comprehended and merged from a higher perspective, we can see the dance of life. All warfare ends. Conflict ceases. The masculine and feminine energies conjoin to co-create new life, new expressions. This is the point of view that can and must transform everything. First, however, we have to learn the lesson we set up for ourselves in the game.

We are all role players in this time and space drama. Our egos are the masks we wear. Some masks are villains. Other masks are victims. Behind the masks, there is innocence … although some seem to have become so caught up in the delusional benefits of the victimizer role that they seem oblivious to the obvious disorientation and unsustainability behind it. Of course it is also true that if they could see behind their persona, they would not play the role effectively. In any case, it is my conviction that this is what we are here to see: THAT (victim) is NOT who I am; and neither is THAT (victimizer) who they are. Seeing this allows us to love truly; however, we do not see this without perceiving the primary segments (opposite forces) of the game. To ignore either is to continue the diversion. To know both is the only place of power for everyone. This is the mystery of wholeness, and the solitary way to free ourselves of the polarization that has continued to create all of the apparent ills in our world. We must rise above the wounded ego and learn to resonate with the Higher Self, which heals the ego.

Unlike what some teach, adopting an attitude of neutrality is not the way out of our tutorial dilemma either. That is a delusional fiction in this game. Neutrality is not love! It is apathetic ignorance. We must come to recognize the masks…and then choose. Both are ok for learning purposes; but only one is truthful. We are either love or not love. If we choose the latter, there are consequences, not as punishment, but as guidance indicating an incorrect choice that does not reflect real Reality. When we choose the former – I am Love – the reward is immediate. We begin to heal inside. The blinders fall off of our eyes. Comprehension of the game becomes clearer. “Of course,” we say, “those who conspire to rule the world and everyone in it are projections (masks) of my own ego in the macrocosm of my perceived reality. They are demonstrating what I am not – even what they are not. The tragedy of the performance is that I so often missed the meaning by turning away from the very thing sent to awaken me from my self-imposed amnesia? Over and over, lifetime after lifetime I failed to see it. Now, today, I choose to look and really see. In seeing with new eyes, eyes of the heart, I realize I can change my life and even the world.”

This is the reason so many of us try our best to get people to look around. Listen to those who have been crying in the wilderness for so long. Pay attention. Our message is clear to those who open their hearts and minds. When you KNOW the truth, the TRUTH sets you free. Without knowledge, there can be no freedom. Please stop ignoring the negative gifts we have given ourselves. The more we look and really see, the faster we can release the lessons provided for the awakening of humanity and the birthing of a new race of Lighted Beings destined to shine throughout the Cosmos. Please pay attention and commit yourself to learning what is happening in our world that is teetering, as it were, over a precipice of disaster for those who are not prepared – especially for those who choose ignorance as a method of dealing with difficult news. I invite and encourage you to make another choice: become better informed. We have the power to change the world for good; and that power, again, stems from knowledge of the truth, both positive and negative, now coming to light.

At the start, I quoted Wells’ 1984 vision of a totalitarian world. Let me close with my own vision of where we are headed as we wake up. We return to our Loving Creator who greets us with open arms and heart. “These, my children, were blind, but now they see again; they were dead, but now they live.” Then the party begins: dancing in the streets, children smiling, parents beaming, cosmic families reunited, creativity unleashed, all resources freely shared, leaders serve others rather than themselves, the entire Earth and all that inhabit her break forth with singing the new song of the ages: FREEDOM REIGNS! And no one need rule this world, for an awakened humanity WILL create Peace on Earth where men and women of good will dwell together in the knowledge taught by the illusion of separation. That knowledge is the foundation from which Love transforms hell into heaven as the illusion of separation disappears. Namaste.

© By Ron Van Dyke, October 2008. All rights reserved. May be freely distributed as long as it remains complete and with source information included.

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COMMENTARY ON THE OCTOBER 14TH DISAPPOINTMENT

Once again, Blossom Goodchild's announcement brought tears to my eyes. (See her announcement here.) This time, however, they were not tears of joy as with her first announcement back in August. This time I felt her sadness. I recognized her humiliation. I applauded her courage, both for her willingness to speak her truth back in August, and especially for her willingness to confront the truth that differed from what she had said earlier. It's not easy to admit apparent failure. I say apparent because that's how many people view it: they think she failed; but did she really?

I'm not sure how many people know from personal experience what it's like to go out on a limb and express or demonstrate something that you feel has been given to you by Spirit. I do. In fact, the story of my greatest humiliation came up in conversation on Monday night, the 13th of October. I will not repeat that story here. Suffice it to say that I can still feel the pain of embarrassment as I followed what I believed the Holy Spirit had told me to do in a very trying situation. Yes, I felt as if I had played the fool; and it did not feel good. I felt betrayed by Spirit; and that was not the only time I have felt that way.

We live in a material world. From our spiritual perspective, we call this material world: illusion. Nevertheless, this illusion is the only reality most humans ever know consciously. Even spiritual people have to deal with the everyday realities of the illusion. No amount of wishful thinking or positive mental attitude can make the illusion diminish or go away. Some may dispute this, saying that the life they experience is as the spiritual teachers say … joyful all the time. Still, these people have little real power to facilitate change – real change – in the world of consensus reality. This includes virtually all of the great spiritual teachers that are on our planet today. None of them adequately address the overwhelming global issues of mass deception, injustice, hunger, war, disease or the many other atrocities created and faced by the human race as we insanely work against our own good. I know of only one exception: Anastasia from Siberia, Russia.

Anastasia's story has left an indelible imprint on my soul. Not since Jesus Christ walked the planet has there been an individual who exercised real power in the face of temporal force. When they came to arrest Jesus, it is recorded that the soldiers fell back when he said, “I am he.” Though they say he could have called ten thousand angels, he chose to submit himself to them.

That is not true of Anastasia. Following their failed attempt to capture her for her own good, they reported: "[she] processes the information she receives on the level of feelings and intuition, from which arises an impression of naivety. The interrelationship between [Anastasia] and the energy mass are simple and commonplace, established on the basis of feelings, with no trace of servility or idolization. They are characterized by full freedom of action in the context of mutual respect. The luminous energy mass we observed possesses intelligence and, even more incredibly, feelings... This is evidenced by the fact that during contact with [Anastasia] the rays of the energy mass stroked [her] feet and hair... and reacted to [her] emotional state. It may be further hypothesized that [Anastasia] represents an extraterrestrial civilization. However, [her] own declaration: ‘I am Man, I am a woman’ contradicts this hypothesis. Such a declaration places us in an irresolvable dilemma as the question inevitably arises: who then are we? Or to put it another way: has mankind been treading a path of progress or regression?" [Quotation taken from The Space of Love, by Vladimir Megre. The report did not use her name or feminine pronouns, referring to her as Object X and it…total depersonalization, which it how worldly rulers perceive reality.]

Do We Need a Saviour?

Many inspirational messages tell us that we are the ones we've been waiting for. We are informed by the entities being channeled that they are not here to save us. Apparently, after Tuesday's fiasco, neither are they here to help us, at least not as I thought would be the case. What is the result of their failure to keep their promise? Did they strengthen faith in voices unheard and images unseen? Did they nurture hope for manifestation of substantial evidence and observable change? Did they enable humans to be able to stand on their own two feet with confidence? Did they empower people of vision? Did they demonstrate the unity between the physical and nonphysical dimensions of reality? Did they prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that their word and our ability to hear them is trustworthy? And finally, did they cause world leaders, those who have usurped power and authority and use it to dominate the human race and destroy the planet, to shake in their boots? I think you know the answer to all of these questions. It is a resounding: NO!

I have long argued with God based on what I perceive as the spiritual reality of the human race on planet Earth. I could spiritualize this whole thing by saying how disappointed I am. However, disappointment is just a polite way of being angry. Contrary to what many messages from our galactic neighbors and the positive-mental-attitude club of many humans indicate, anger is not a destructive emotion, although it certainly can be. Many of us know that repressed anger does far more damage than anger expressed truthfully and without violence. After eons of enslavement by lies, false realities, illusions and spiritual wickedness in high places: political and religious, financial and institutional, how can we be anything other than angry? To me, the people that do not express anger, or are fearful of dealing with that so-called negative emotion, are people who have their heads in the sand and are not awakened to the realities of the earth we live in. They try to ignore the teacher of illusion that is here to instruct us. These are people with a pseudo-spirituality that fails to get in touch with their own humanity. Such denial is evidence of the failure to integrate the shadow, which is where our real power is found. It is precisely in loving the unlovable that we are transformed into truly loving beings.

For four years I attended and helped facilitate emotional healing workshops with Art Sellers. Time and again it was demonstrated that love is underneath the rage and the anger that is within people’s heart and soul. We witnessed miracle after miracle as people were encouraged and allowed to express their anger; and then, amazingly, to express their love. I wish I could say that those miracles produced changes in lives that lead to real empowerment when it comes to facilitating change in our world. That is not the case, though there are significant internal changes in awareness and openness in many. However, our thought patterns and habitual behavior is so ingrained that societal transformation seems to be an elusive dream. I am a perpetual dreamer.

So then, I concur: yes, we need a saviour! This does not mean someone coming from outside and restructuring our world for us. That would not cut it, in all likelihood. No, we do have to do it ourselves, but not alone. Somehow, we must unite the inner world with the outer. Somehow we must find a way to release all of the wounds of separation, the disappointments, the experience of alienation, and our frustration at being unable to manifest our deepest desires in the material world. By deepest desire, I do not mean material things. That is so superficial. Truly, our deepest desire is to experience inanimate qualities made real: justice – after lifetimes of injustice, love – after lifetimes of alienation, abundance – after lifetimes of deprivation, freedom – after lifetimes of slavery, creativity – after lifetimes of suppression, grace – after lifetimes of corruption, and communion – after lifetimes of experiencing separation. These will never be experienced unless the Spiritual Realm meets us where we are. To expect us to become masters first is nonsense. If we could have done that, it would have already been accomplished. All of my life I have longed for mastery. All of my life I have wanted fulfillment in the physical world. Again, not pie in the sky in the sweet by-and-by. I am not alone in this either. No matter what our differences may be, I am convinced that these longings are global, perhaps universal in physical, three-dimensional realities.

So then, let me give my message to the Spiritual Hierarchy, the Galactic Federation of Light, the Star Nations, or whatever name may be used to designate the realities above and beyond three dimensions. It's high time that You honor faith where and as it is found. Do not expect us to be perfect. We have come through lifetimes of disillusionment. You are the advanced beings; and it is Your responsibility to reach us where we are when we call out for help. Many of us are calling out for help now, because we are waking up to what has been going on in our world. Some of us have been calling out (and looking within) for a very, very long time. From my personal experience, it has often appeared that You have turned a deaf ear, that You have hardened your heart against us, that You have lied repeatedly by making promises that are not fulfilled. I am certain that I do not see the whole picture. Except perhaps for Anastasia, I don't believe anyone else on this planet does either.

Human experience has often been a battle! I like what Anastasia had to say: that she would bring us through “the dark forces window of time”. It is through that window, truly, that we must go. She beckoned the dark forces to come to her, to fight with her, and then declared: “It will be a fightless fight." The only way it can be a fightless fight is you if You give each one of us – all that call upon You with a loving heart and a willingness to live in peace – true empowerment that is greater than the forces of opposition that have been unleashed on Earth for millennia. We need help to transform those forces of opposition within us, to overcome the doubts and fears that have plagued people endlessly. We need experience that will bolster our faith, not undermine it. When any one of us speaks a truth from a place of humility and with a longing to serve the highest good in all Creation, when we “feel” inspired to reveal what we believe we are being told to reveal, it is up to You to work with us in bringing the word into manifestation. Yes, when we step out in faith, the next step is Your responsibility, not ours. Help us please!

Where Do We Go From Here?

I have no bones to pick with any of the channelers that spoke their truth to the rest of us. In fact, I praise them for honoring us with their willingness to speak out. I cried with Blossom and the others who felt betrayed; and in a real sense, I cannot even stay angry at the beings who spoke through these courageous folk. That does not serve a higher purpose.

My truth is that I LOVE it when I feel the Presence of Higher Entities. I feel connected and empowered. I don’t ever want to lose that. That makes life meaningful for me. Still, that which resonates and awakens within me must be made able to manifest; and that requires cooperation.

What I ask is for help in leveling the playing field on the planet. Dark forces have ruled for far too long; and it is time, not only to awaken, but to shake off these slave drivers who want to rule the world. It’s time to tell them: “No, that’s not what we are. Stop it!” It’s high time for those who truly want to serve the world to be raised up and allowed to exercise real gifts that will heal and not hurt. We have not come here to fail again. We have not chosen abandonment this time around, nor submission to “evil” forces. We have not chosen to lay down our lives so that we can come back and start over again. This time we are here to fulfill every promise of a Golden Age we have ever been given. This time we came to heal the Earth from ignorant neglect, and in the process, to uplift humanity and ALL Life. Now is the time for the merging of the physical with the spiritual. We ARE the ones we’ve been waiting for…and that “we” includes our higher and lower selves merging into one glorious being: a New Humanity that is magnificent in its splendor and fills the New Earth with our rays of Light and Love, Joy and Gladness, Peace and Prosperity, Justice and Mercy, Knowledge and Wisdom, Health and Happiness.

Though battered and bruised by the winds of disappointment, KEEP THE FAITH! KEEP HOPE ALIVE! Together with our still invisible friends, we will change the world. Together we will wipe tears from each other’s eyes. Together we will sing and rejoice. Together…for that is the mystery of Life: WE ARE ONE! Namaste.

© By Ron Van Dyke, October 17, 2008. All rights reserved. May be freely distributed as long as it remains complete and with source information included.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008 PREDICTIONS: INSPIRATION OR WISHFUL THINKING?

Life itself is animated by inspiration. That which energizes is invisible, yet measurable. The human experience, however, is a conundrum. Confusion is rampant. Polarized forces and ideologies seem to compete for human attention. One can wish for the wisdom to properly discern this mystery. Many do. Some choose sides consciously, while others, perhaps most, try to ignore the dichotomy that exists between polar opposites, often drugging themselves in one way or another: substances, pain or pleasure, and even religion or science.

Throughout history there have been humans who have felt inspired, as if forces or entities beyond the visible are communicating with them, providing messages and information from the other side of reality. This is happening in our world today with ever-increasing regularity. Many are channeling information from unseen sources. Courageously, many choose to publicly reveal their revelations to others, which seem to open them to the ridicule of those rational-minded folk whose only reality is what can be perceived with three-dimensional senses – especially sight. Of course there are always those who have felt the gentle breezes of inspiration themselves and may resonate with the communication that was channeled by another human. Make no mistake about it: all scriptures are channeled information; and with each there are believers and unbelievers.

True believers feel a resonance with the revelations; they simply know that they are true. Unbelievers may fall into two categories (if not more). There are always those who scorn all such nonsense openly, even ridiculing those who believe. Then there are those unbelievers who may see in the channeled information a means to manipulate others by preying upon the natural fears and doubts prevalent in human consciousness. The latter group naturally pretends to be believers, even spouting the clichés that motivate believers in one way or another. These are the dividers; and they have risen to prominence in our world. Many are becoming aware and awakened to the reality of the long-subtle force of the lie that becomes more evident by the day. The lights are being turned on and up.

When I first heard Blossom Goodchild’s message from The Federation of Light, I was greatly moved on an emotional level. My heart felt a burst of joy and tears filled my eyes. To say I resonated with the message would be an understatement. It was as if invisible realities had heard and responded to the cry of my heart for more tangible manifestations of grace. They, the invisible realm that I have long felt, was going to appear in our skies, wiping away all doubt as to their existence. They were not promising to save us, or even to intervene in any tangible way – it was to be an appearance only. The invisible was to become visible for a minimum of 72 hours in our perceived reality.

At first, I began finding as many other messages as possible that collaborated Blossom’s declaration; and there were quite a few. Many expanded and sensationalized the original message; but even these resulted in good feelings. Yes, even the 2,000-mile craft parameter seemed credible, although Blossom’s guides had only stated “a craft of great size” would appear in our skies.

I make it a point to read a lot of channeled information; and I do not limit myself to only those that I agree with in most respects. It has long been my practice to look at opposing viewpoints in order to maintain my objectivity and my self-definition as one who is open-minded. With some of these contrasting and contradictory messages I also experienced strong emotion opposite to the love and joy felt with Blossom, Magenta Pixie, Mike Quinsey, Zingdad and a few others. It would not be an understatement to say that I felt angry with some of the messages that seemed to minimize or undermine the significance of the mass sighting. A couple of these were from channels that I had respected in the past; and now their messages were triggering negative emotions in me.

Please understand that I firmly accept and embrace the negative polarity within myself. It is valuable information to me, even though I have not always known how to correctly interpret it. In any case, I have been able to compare my emotional reactions and provide some analysis. I’m sharing some of that with you now.

The first channeled message that struck an especially negative cord in me was that the sighting(s) would occur; yet only those who believed would be able to observe them. The disbelievers would not see them at all. What good would that do? The appearance would be totally meaningless if it did not impact our consensus reality of the collective consciousness. The most important people to see this, to me, are those who do not believe. It is their consciousness that most needs impacting, if we are to change the paradigm on Earth. Unless there is incontrovertible evidence, the official cover-up and disinformation promulgated by our distrusted government officials and mainstream media would be able to continue. That’s hardly a paradigm-shifting occurrence – even if it might embolden the believers by strengthening their faith and bolstering their hope. Bear in mind, however, that faith and hope are merely wishful thinking without manifestation in the physical world. I’m sure many, like me, are sick and tired of the pie-in-the-sky mentality that has been shoved down our throats all our lives. All spiritual exercise and belief is meaningless, if we cannot ultimately impact and change the world where we exist in three dimensions. After all, what positive contribution is possible if all ascension to higher dimensions means is another escape. I’m tired of running away, or putting my highest aspirations on hold for some future world. If that were my only hope, life on this planet would not be very alluring.

The second message that depressed me stated that the appearance would be spiritual and not physical. Again, this would be ludicrous in a physical world. Why take on physicality at all if the only purpose is frustration? Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Like people of faith throughout the ages, I look for a city that has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. (Yes, those are Biblical references for those who did not already know that – from the eleventh chapter of Hebrews in the New Testament.) Within me are seeds of peace and prosperity, truth and justice, wholeness and well-being. These are essential and inherent markers that reveal my true nature in contradistinction to the world in which I live that is the diametric opposite of those qualities that are approved and admired by my consciousness, as witnessed by the fact these produce in me feelings of great love and joy. When I feel these, when I can envision them as experienced reality, I feel connected and even ecstatic, which, as I said, is how I feel when I read Blossom’s message from The Federation. It lights my fire and stirs the embers of my passion for life.

Each of us must discern the feelings that arise in our own experience through whatever window we choose to view the world. For me, I choose to believe until I know; and I choose to trust that my feelings are indicators of what is real and what is not. When I experience resonance, I interpret that to mean that whatever triggered that in me was telling me: This is your true self. When I experience dissonance, it means that the response mechanism being triggered in me is revealing my false self, or my illusory reality. Illusory realities, therefore, are teachers, guides through a world rife with conflict and lack, sickness and injustices galore. It’s good that they trigger my anger, especially when my monkey mind is trying to sell me that bill of goods that I am separate from … anything. You may choose whatever you want to experience, but I choose love that reminds me and reinforces the fact that I am connected to … everything, visible and invisible.

So then, October 14th will be a day of revelation … for all of us, in one way or another. Those of us who long for the interior world of harmony to manifest in the physical world of the senses will welcome it with open minds, open hearts, and open arms. Those who wish to hang onto the old illusions where one can manipulate to control others will be disillusioned as their paradigm of separateness begins to crumble in ever more visible ways. Love cannot be controlled; and it is that energy that is expanding exponentially on our planet. This may be wishful thinking to some; but it is Spirit-breathed truth (inspiration) to an ever-increasing group of humans who have chosen to ascend to higher dimensions with our planetary Mother and invisible Father. I am, as revealed in a dream of inspiration many years ago, their son – a priest forever after the order of Melchizidek. I am here to serve the image of the incorruptible Divine in me … and everyone else. Together, we are changing the world. Namaste.

© By Ron Van Dyke, October 12, 2008. All rights reserved. May be freely distributed as long as it remains complete and with source information included.

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CYCLONIC ENERGIES, DIVINE GRACE AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

As Fall 2008 approaches quickly, the Earth, and perhaps a greater expanse of space is engulfed in swirling energies perhaps unprecedented in eons. Change is in the air. Regardless of a person's viewpoint, everyone senses these cyclonic energies at some level of his or her being. Me too.

I probably spend more time than the average person pondering the events that are transpiring on our planet.I purposefully seek out information from many sources.Through the Internet, I am able to connect, not only with various journalists around the globe, but also with channelers who bring us messages from the galactic realm or the cosmic paradigm.To be honest, much of the information gleaned seems contradictory.But is it?

Of course, if one takes the perspective that only one set of ideas can be true, then, for sure, we face a great conundrum.However, as I have long observed: human life is nothing if it is not paradoxical.We live in a mystery surrounded by enigma after enigma.To me, any one who is unable to pick up the conflicting messages is not paying attention.

Those who teach the Law of Attraction continue to warn us to focus only on what we want.I know from personal experience that this throws a lot of us into fear.How the hell are we supposed to be aware and conscious of what is going on and not also pay attention to the parts that oppose what we want?To me, a person cannot be in integrity and in denial at the same time.Integrity is the balancing of all energies, and not the attempted elimination of some.

I have always tended to ride an emotional roller coaster.When the tide comes in, I feel connected, warm and fuzzy.I feel as if I know who I am.Then, the tide goes out.I begin to feel the exact opposite.For most of my life during these times I have heaped judgment upon myself.I have felt guilty for thinking negative thoughts.Of course, doubting the previous high experiences comes naturally at such times.Ah, the dilemma!This is the ego at work.It tries hard to make a choice, because it only sees itself as either this or that.What if both are correct?What if I am merely an observer of the dance of opposites?

My contention is this: the Divine Grace of the Unconditional Love of our Creator places us in exactly that position.We are observers.We are neither this nor that; yet, in a sense, we are both. The cyclone... the energetic thoughts swirl within our minds.The conflict that appears outside is actually within us.Most of us take sides.I know I do.Should we?

A lot has been said about neutrality.The ability to be neutral as been extolled as a virtue.Often, I have railed against this concept. How can I be neutral?That question screams at me.The ego with its polarized thinking always tends to see choice, but perhaps not to the correct choice.What if the higher self is always just an observer?What if the Higher Self simply knows who it is, and knows that all appearances are merely illusions?Yes, we've been taught that too.Do we believe it?From my experience I would say my ego does not believe it; yet, there is also a part of me that knows it is true.The part of me that knows realizes that illusions are teachers.What is it that they are teaching?Perhaps they are teaching us the paradox: I am neither this nor that, yet I am both this and that.In essence, the first is true; but in experience, the latter seems to be the truth.

The questions are: Will I allow myself to have the experience without judgment?Can I feel the emotional highs and lows and know that neither is true ... that I am beyond, even though I am within, the experience?To experience any semblance of peace, I must perceive exactly that way.However, I am addicted to the high feelings and repulsed by those that seem lower.This is my natural state of consciousness.The void, or the place in between, seems less desirable.Nevertheless, something seems to be telling me that this is the place of true power.I still do not get it completely.Yet in this moment there seems to be truth for me to see here.

Is this the place of Divine grace and unconditional love?Do I need to trouble my mind when I perceive what I judge to be negative energies?Must I believe that such perception automatically creates the things that I abhor?Once I know, belief becomes obsolete.However, I can only know, really know, by experience.At least this is true in this dimensional reality, called Earth.I guess this is where faith comes in.I must learn to trust that in forgetting who I really am, I am learning something invaluable.That priceless lesson is righteous judgment, also known as discernment.Divine grace and unconditional love allow me to have as much experience as I need until I get the lesson.Apparently I have needed many lessons to get that one lesson.

Don't lose heart.Things really are changing.The new consciousness is being born.Many of us are becoming able to rise above the whirlwind and see the new creation, the phoenix rising from the ashes.Still others find themselves beaten down by the confusion of the storm.Those with the greatest sensitivity are able to pick up both extremes within their conscious awareness.This is exactly how it is supposed to be.This demonstrates the interconnectedness of all life.Yes, it is confusing for the ego mind still operating with polarized perception; but we do have the ability to rise above all of that and see unity.This ability changes the world. Lift up your eyes and see … really see it all as one. And if that is too difficult for you in this moment because of circumstances in your life, please be kind to yourself and say, “I forgive you. I love you.” Trust the God beyond religion to be just and merciful, gracious in loving kindness towards us all. The Source of Divine Grace and Unconditional Love will confirm your words, “Yes, I do forgive and love you, because I know who you really are. You are my child…forever.” Namaste.

Copyright © September 4, 2008 by Ron Van Dyke, all rights reserved.

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"I'M NOT RELIGIOUS ... I'M SPIRITUAL!"

How many times have you heard people say that? Throughout my life, I have heard it over and over again. In fact, I have used that statement myself many times. I used it when I was a fundamentalist Christian. I still use it, even though many Christians no longer consider me a Christian – at least those for whom the Bible is their rulebook and roadmap for life. While I don't have all the answers, nor am I a foremost expert on the subject, I have gained a perspective after 60 years of being in and dealing with the Christian community in the USA.

In my earlier days as a fundamentalist and evangelical Christian, I felt I had a living relationship with Jesus Christ; and I took the Bible seriously. That's what I meant then by the statement that is the title of this article. To me, religious people were those who did not have a personal relationship with the Lord, and did not believe the Bible; therefore I perceived them as being merely religious: an empty form with no reality. I was different than and separate from … them. My definitions have changed.

While I still believe in Jesus Christ, the Bible, and many of the wonderful things I was taught throughout the years, I have come to see these things in a different light. Yes, Jesus was the Son of God; however, the Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Lao Tsu, and other religious figures were sons of God too. In fact, every human on the planet is a son or a daughter of God, whether or not they have individually realized that fact and awakened to its reality. Yes, the Bible contains many wonderful words from God that are beneficial for instruction and reflection on our lives; and so does the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the I Ching, the Vedas and Upanishads, the book of Mormon, and many, many other books that have been written by those who have been inspired throughout time and all through human cultures. In fact, inspiration, or spirit-breathed messages, can come to and through any one who is open and willing to receive them. We can all hear and speak words from God that inspire us … and others, too.

In the Bible it is written, "Let us go forth unto Christ, outside the camp, bearing his reproach." For those who are so inclined to look this up, it is found in the New Testament book of Hebrews chapter 13. There, you can look at the context. What it means to me is that if I choose to be spiritual and not religious, I will not find the Divine in the camp, but rather outside the institutions, even the institutions that use the name of Jesus Christ, or any other master. This journey, at least in the present world in which we live, always carries a certain reproach – one risks being ostracized by thinking for themselves – outside the box. The institution simply does not recognize or honor the quest, for in virtually every case institutions were established to keep people in the box where they could be more easily controlled by fear and guilt. Yet, without a quest, one can never know the difference between religion and spirituality. That is my opinion, and if it resonates with you, it may be a word from God to you. If not, you are still entitled to believe whatever you will. Not even thought police can control your thoughts. Truth is, I have enough trouble trying to control my own; and I'm not likely the only one.

In any case, religious people rarely quest; and those who do quest, do not stay religious. (They recover from religion.) Religious people believe they already know the answers. They do not question what they know. It's forbidden and a mark of infidelity regarding The Faith. You may have heard some say, "God said it; I believe it; that settles it!" Anyone who would make such a statement has not yet learned the difference between religion and spirituality. Faith is not a denial of doubt, fear, or other so-called negatives. Faith is being willing to walk into the void, the unknown, and the scary place of uncertainty ... and not just to walk in, but also to fully explore the content and the message of the feelings that arise in such a place. It is exactly in that place, the abyss, that we meet the living God – the Christ within us. It is always an inward journey of discovery by living beyond the edge of propriety and the current paradigm. Did not Jesus teach that the kingdom of God is within us? We won't find it by being religious – only by listening to that still small voice that speaks within us all.

It is my strongest desire, my greatest passion in life, to build a bridge from religion to spirituality. Oh how I love those who sincerely believe the wonderful messages taught in various religions. How much I honor those who are faithful and true to what they believe, living every day in anticipation of promises of peace and prosperity to be fulfilled. Yet, while I can easily see such faithfulness with a degree of genuine admiration, there is also great sadness. So many of these very people are unable to see beyond the beliefs, beyond the creeds, beyond the doctrines, and beyond the religion. Such people are incapable, because of fear or unwillingness, of discovering the vastness and the wonder of spirituality … the awesome mystery of the Divine.

The prevalent teaching of religion, at least from my personal experience, is separation. "Come out from among them and be ye separate..." This is the limiting, egoic-mind cornerstone of religion: I am not that! Separation consciousness permeates the religious world. To me, this is the opposite of spirituality and the largest of all religious delusions. Reality reveals that everything is connected to everything else. Even modern science is confirming this truth. God is a unified field, not a bigoted, vengeful schizophrenic made in the image of an unawakened humanity that projects a God that is exactly that: a judgmental, divided being.

When God revealed himself to Moses, He did not give himself a name … and neither did She. “I am – that I am!” Or you might say, "I am that – I am!" Look around. What do you see? It doesn't matter. I am – that – I am! That is God! In everything! No division! I am that! That, I am! When you see this, it changes everything in your world. This is the awakening. This is the resurrection from the dead. This is the beginning of the Ascension. This is the start of seeing things as they are: unified, connected, and loved! Everything else is an illusion – though illusion created by the ego as a teacher. And what does this teacher teach? It teaches us to remember who we are by experiencing who we are not. This is the cosmic tool for expanding love. God is Love!

Everything we see around us is spiritual. Yes, even the religious differences and divisions, even the political polarizations, even the economic inequities, and even the widespread ignorance! Spirituality is always inclusive – never exclusive. Only religion divides; in fact, the very root of the word is to "to bind fast" with the notion of placing an obligation upon someone. In Christianity, St. Paul used the expression: a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Paradoxically, Christian teaching is also about freedom: "whom the Son of Man has set free, is free indeed." Can we have it both ways? Can we be both slave and free? Religion gives us the slavery; spirituality gives us the freedom ... to be. Spirituality embraces religion and the religious, while religion can barely tolerate true spirituality. Religion has no tolerance for or understanding of the expansion inherent in the spiritual mindset.

Can a spiritual person also be bound? Of course, bound in the sense of connected intimately or in union with all Life; but this binding is never restrictive, and never for the purpose of separating from anything. This binding is the cohesiveness of life. It is the glue that holds everything together. One bound in this manner has made peace between religion and spirituality. This person is characterized by his or her willingness to cooperate rather than compete. He or she has a natural humility, for what is seen everywhere is extensions of Self – reflections of God in one of the myriad forms and expressions of the Divine.

Most of all, however, spiritual people are FREE. Maybe they have not completely broken their chains yet; but each step they take, each day that passes, they are able to see the mystical land of the free and home of the brave – the City whose Builder and Maker is God. More and more they awaken to the Reality of Omnipresence, the Wisdom of Omniscience, and Awesomeness of Omnipotence. God doesn't shrink for these who catch the vision. On the contrary, the limits we have projected on God dissolve. Never-ending limitlessness … that's the God beyond religion! Unconditional Love … that's the God that heals all wounds and says to each prodigal son and daughter returning home, “Let's party! The time for dancing and rejoicing has come.”

Oh yes, this journey through time and space, this trek through many religious and political prisons called human life ends with a homecoming. We will have learned that we were never disconnected, except in our own minds. We will have learned that all the while we were sons and daughters of the Creator God, even when we seemed to be running away, desperately trying to prove that no one could put an obligation of bondage on us. We laugh when we realize that no one ever wanted that for us, that we chose it for ourselves. We had to do the impossible; and for a time, we succeeded. We appeared separate, producing all the feelings and experiences that seemed to confirm our alienation. Oh how well we deluded ourselves. How well we played the game. All the while, God loves us … everyone the same: the Dalai Lama and George Bush. It's all spiritual! Seeing that opens the door to every dream of peace the world has every dreamed. Namaste.

© by Ron Van Dyke, August 16, 2008, All rights reserved.

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LESSONS FROM THE MASTERS: HOW CAN WE ALL BE RIGHT?

© By Ron Van Dyke, written on Monday, June 30, 2008 and posted on Monday, July 28, 2008

Slowly but surely those who embrace change and want growth in their lives are learning lessons. Sometimes these lessons are easy; however, all too often they present tremendous challenge. These challenging lessons are tinged with all manner of what we normally label "negative" emotion, as well as direct confrontation of our belief systems and self-definitions. Masters, masters who, for the most part, do not remember that they are masters, present all of these lessons to us in "our" unconscious manner of simply living "our" own truth. I include ALL of those in my circle of friends and acquaintances, as well as myself, in this unconscious drama that we inevitably act out day by day. We are ALL masters! So, please bear with me as I share some important lessons that have been presenting themselves to me … from the Masters.

About four and half years ago I met a young man who was and is extremely gifted. The focus of his teaching is primarily on healing the shadow, a subject that has been near and dear to my heart for many, many years. The lessons that he was here to teach me are numerous, and, no doubt, I haven't finished learning them.

He came into my life at a time when I felt broken and incomplete. Actually, I don't know if there have been too many times in my life when I did not feel this way. Not-good-enough and inadequate are feelings that have plagued me throughout my life. Meeting this young man who emanated such confidence gave me hope. Perhaps he could help me fix myself. Certainly, I was not expecting him to fix me. I knew better than that. Still, many were the times that I asked him to tell me what he could see in and about me, things that I was not able to see within or about myself. I wanted to so to understand; and I saw this young man as a potential teacher and liberator of some sort. I also observe that many others see this fellow in a similar manner.

Anyway, as I continued to support his work, I hosted seminars and workshops, lectures and other meetings in my home as well as the larger community. We talked frequently on the phone and shared parts of our lives with each other. In retrospect, I think I shared far more of my life with him than he shared of his life with me – although it certainly was not a one-way street. Then, less than a year ago, he chose me to help him write his book, a book based on the teachings that he had been given to share with so many others and me. It was his gift to the world, and he teamed up with me to present that gift.

Three months or so into the process he surprised me by asking me to sign a nondisclosure agreement to "set boundaries" between us. I was surprised, hurt, and a bit angry that he was demonstrating what to me felt and seemed like a lack of trust. He was drawing clear lines of separation between us in direct contradiction to what he was teaching. Nevertheless, I acquiesced and signed the agreement that he had prepared. Little did I know at the time that I was being set up for an important lesson, an opportunity to step into my personal power.

During this same period of ghost writing his book, I was creating a new relationship with a lady from Venezuela. We were sharing virtually everything in our lives with each other. She too is a writer; and every so often she would share something with me that she had written. From time to time, she would also ask questions to help her in the book she was translating from English to Spanish. There would be phrases used where she did not understand the exact English meaning and asked for my assistance in order to determine the correct translation. As I said, we shared a lot with each other, developing a level of intimacy that few develop even in relationships where the couples actually live together. This is the backdrop to the scenario that followed: the lesson from the Masters.

The time came when this young man sent me a passage in the book that was very challenging to edit – completely unlike anything that I had seen previously. I was sharing with my friend how difficult it was to decipher and sent her three paragraphs to show her what I was talking about. It seemed innocent enough to me, although it surprised her that I sent it. Yes, she knew about the nondisclosure agreement and suggested it would be wise not to tell the young man that I had sent it to her. Of course I saw nothing wrong in what I had done and did not take her advice.

So, the very next opportunity I had to talk with this man the subject of that section came up. I shared the struggle I had in trying to make sense of his meaning and to also include all of his words that he had told me were very important, no matter how misplaced they seemed to be. Being the open person I am, I also told him that I had sent three paragraphs to my friend in Venezuela. Whoa! The lesson!

Immediately, he reminded me of the nondisclosure agreement and stated that I was out of integrity and that I had lied to him. During the course of the conversation that followed, he even threatened to take me to court.

I reacted with anger that had been suppressed a few months earlier when I had signed the nondisclosure paper. I reminded him that I had told him at the time he brought it up to me that I did not feel good about it. I said that I wanted to tear it up, removed as a barrier between us. The conversation that followed was intense and intermingled with periods of silence; however, by the end of that long discussion, it appeared that we had yet again worked through a difficult situation and arrived at a consensus between us. We even shared words of love and appreciation for each other. I mistakenly believed that everything was settled. Oh, was I wrong!

I was away the entire next day. When I arrived home, two e-mails from this young man awaited me. Obviously, the matter was not settled. I felt devastated as he challenged, yet again, my integrity and honesty. His doubt and mistrust screamed at me in his questions and demands! Overwhelming sadness gripped my heart as I realized the unresolved emotional issues in my friend that I was dealing with in this matter. He simply did not see that his own issues were behind what was happening, co-creating and co-mingling with my own issues to create an opportunity for both of us to grow. However, he did not seem willing or able to see his part in the process, projecting everything on me. He even exclaimed, "I am not your father!" which was entirely his issue, not mine. All he could see was his perception that I had lied to him and the threat that my friend in Venezuela and I were somehow conspiring to steal his life work. Of course, such a thought had never crossed either of our minds; yet it seemed to be the primary motivating factor for my young friend's mistrust.

I slept on it before responding; awakening in the middle of the night to write what I thought was a very nice letter. My friend in Venezuela also wrote a letter to the young man that night. Both letters were sent a week ago in the same e-mail. His response blew us away. Here was a man that I had put on a pedestal, obviously a very gifted young man that so many saw as divinely inspired; yet he obviously could not see beyond his own repressed and denied fears that were screaming in this lesson from the Masters. The questions were: what lesson was this young master teaching me? What gift was he giving me? Conversely, what was I mirroring to him?

Following his reactionary response (mine was reactionary as well), I stepped into my personal power by canceling the meetings that were scheduled, and announced to the community that I could no longer support this young man "until reconciliation" occurred. I did not reveal details of the distrust at that time; and you cannot imagine how much it broke my heart. Yet I realized that I could not work with anyone who did not trust me. Even in this moment as I write, emotion wells up within me – great sadness and great disappointment. Yet, in the days that immediately followed my decision. I was blessed with great peace, which, following the young man's teaching, indicated a correct choice. Oh yes, in subsequent days I have reflected deeply. Conflicting emotions have arisen; nevertheless, I am reminded of the peacefulness that I felt when the decision was first made to break off the support that I had provided for four and a half years.

Do not get me wrong. I am still giving support; the difference is this support comes from a different place within me, a place of higher integrity. At the very time when this young man is challenging me as being out of integrity, my personal integrity has reached a level that I don't believe I have ever experienced in the past. I have an inner confidence that is hard to shake, a confidence that this is part of a process of masters confronting masters. You see we are all masters here. Many have forgotten. Many sleep. Our own unprocessed and unresolved emotional baggage imprisons many.

My young friend, whose book I am certain will ultimately make its impact on the world, is temporarily blinded by his own lack of trust. He cannot even see the place that he is at right now. Yet, even in his blindness he is teaching me, even in his blindness he is giving everyone in the community an opportunity to learn, to see, and to heal. How often, I wonder, do masters teach from their own subconscious and unresolved issues?

While this is obvious to me, obvious that this is what is happening with my young friend, I cannot fail to see the deeper implications. I did not plan this series of events. They were placed before us with no anticipation or expectation that anything like this could possibly happen. In the days prior to this occurrence, I was still actively inviting people and promoting meetings for him. Little did I know that those meetings would not occur, at least not with my own participation at this time.

You may rightly question, as I do myself: how can a master be unconscious? It seems absurd, on the face of it. Still, I do not doubt this young man is a master, a master teacher. Ideally, were he completely conscious of his own issues, he would rejoice to have one of his "disciples" step into his power. Nevertheless, his own seeming unconsciousness makes such assertion by a disciple seem to be a threat.

I ask myself: would it not be wisdom for me to carefully observe my own inconsistencies? How easy it is to see what's wrong with the other person. How difficult it is to see what I am not seeing. Obviously I cannot see what I am not seeing. Neither can this man. Neither can you. This is very humbling for me. To think that I can be even unconscious of what I am teaching others boggles my mind. It is yet another wake-up call. If indeed we are all one, which I believe is true, how much is this young man's apparent inconsistencies revealing about me...to me? It doesn't even matter if he gets it! What matters is that I get the lesson of the master.

Throughout my life I have taken self-examination to the extreme. Most often, what has been revealed are deep-seated feelings of guilt, and as I said at the beginning of this article, inadequacy. This lesson is somehow quantitatively and qualitatively different. This lesson is about integrity. The young man makes accusation of my lack of integrity; nevertheless, my soul says to me is that I am stepping into integrity on a different level than I've been willing to do before. In a way, this is very scary for me. It means that I can be in integrity even when on the surface I seem to be betraying a promise made to another individual. It means that integrity is not an issue of how well I keep my promise to another; rather, it is an issue of how I honor my own self: my feelings, my intentions, and my motivation. Am I true to myself?

I have been blindsided! This lesson from the masters: the young man, the lady in Venezuela, the metaphysical community of which I am actively a part, and myself... this lesson is more paradoxical than any paradox I've ever faced. The amount of introspection is tremendous. The soul-searching involved is deep. The young man is not wrong. Neither am I. Though we seem to be in disagreement, though our stories may be diametrically opposed, yet, we are both right. Oh how humbling! Oh, how in awe! Does this not create in those who entertain such ideas more compassion and a greater ability for unconditional love?

I'm not sure where I'm headed; and I wasn't even sure when I began. Nevertheless, I've arrived at a place of profound appreciation for the wisdom of not only my own soul, but also the Over Soul that weaves our lives together in such patterns. It leaves us awestruck. Our profound awareness, at least mine, is that the scope of this thing we call life is so much greater than I imagined previously. Even in me wounding my young friend, and in my young friend wounding me, there is a revelation, amazing insight, and an opportunity to grow up, to remember that I am compassion. No longer can it be a matter of who's right and who's wrong. No longer can it be a game of creating allies that are on my side and enlightening allies that are on my young friend's side. There are no sides. We are one!

Let me close this way. Please see this: you are a master. When you are true to yourself, no matter how much it may appear that you hurt others, the hurts that are generated are healing instruments. The hurts merely remove the scabs that have been crusted over, hiding what is underneath. What is always underneath is love. Beneath all of our fears, all of our self-doubts, all of our worries that someone else is going to beat us out and take what is ours, yes, beneath all of this: wisdom and love and a purpose are being worked out. I am not always conscious of the intricacies of this plan; and neither are you. Yet, when I look closely, a plan is being worked out – a plan of reconciliation. Long ago it was written that the ministry of Christ is the ministry of reconciliation. And Christ is in us all; and it is this fact that reveals that eternal son and daughter of the living God is one in us.

In the title was a question: How can we all be right? The answer I am given: Only when we all act from the integrity of our own being! It doesn't matter if others see, agree or approve. What does your own heart say to you? Be that! Live that! You are THAT! I am THAT! And it does not yet appear what we shall be; though we can be certain that integrity, being true to our own self, is the ONLY measure of what we are, and the ONLY path to manifesting our true and authentic SELF – the Divine Son or Daughter of God we all are. Namaste

ENDNOTE: 7/28/08 - I sent this to the young man today and asked for a meeting with him. Although I still hold out the hope that he may change his stance, he continues his arrogance. I am the only one out of integrity, even though I performed a lot of work for him in June, for which he now refuses to pay me. Of course I never made him sign any contract. I simply trusted him to keep his word. As of today, I am removing his webpage that I created for him from my website. God knows how bad this feels to me; but how can I continue to support a man who is a great actor, but lacks humility in his interpersonal relationships. I can no longer defend him and expect him to practice what he preaches.

ADDED: 8/2/08 - He wrote on July 28, "I will say this: feel free to do whatever and say whatever you like; and post it if you feel so. Just keep in mind: what is your reason to write such an article, to run from feeling or to move toward what you want?"

The reason the article was written was to provide a tool to help me see what the issues were. I wrote in pain; and I posted this four weeks later, feeling that pain again. I continue to reflect deeply, although I keep releasing the entire matter to God as often as it comes up for me. I believe that ultimately good comes from all lessons, and become ever more convinced that all that takes place on the outside has a direct bearing on internal matters, not only with the direct participants, but also with each person who may, for wahtever reason, be drawn to something.

What I want it to cut trhough all this bullshit and reach the place within and without where love, truth and peace can be experienced in all its fullness. I am thankful for all the feelings along the way.

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LIBERATION and SOVEREIGNTY

Those were the two words I chose yesterday at church when we were asked what word describes what we felt is most important in the world today. Some of us got to go twice, which is how I ended up with two words. Nonetheless, as I sit here this morning reflecting on those words and my life at this point, I recognize an issue that is no doubt extremely important. The issue is this: if I truly want to be liberated and express my sovereignty, I first need to stop seeing things as outside of myself, as responsible for my situation ... no matter how it may seem otherwise. I have to be responsible – completely – for all aspects of my life. Sometimes (often) that's a real challenge for me.

Throughout my life there have been two major issues that I have had to confront again and again in which I have generally viewed myself as a victim of circumstance. Perhaps others can relate? Finances and relationships have always presented problems for me. Even when I was in a relationship, I often had the feeling after the initial thrill wore off that she may not be the life-partner my soul preferred. Even when I've had good jobs and was making fairly decent money, I often felt that I was not doing what my soul wanted me to do. In other words, in these areas, especially, I felt that I was not fulfilling my calling or my destiny in life. So, in both areas I ended up making a crucial choice: my intention was going to be to live in integrity to my soul as much as I possibly could, and as much as I understood what that meant in any given moment. No more settling for less!

Regarding money, that decision came in 1992-3. My wife and I had both lost our jobs in early '92. We had gone from making $50-$60,000 a year to unemployment compensation. That was when I launched my own business, MHD Technical Services – financed by credit cards. It was a business I really believed in, a technology I felt whose time had come, yet I found myself competing with very powerful corporate interests. No matter how hard I worked, how much research I did, how many newsletters I published, how many people I contacted or how many states I visited – the result was always the same. I would get a few tiny sales here and there; nevertheless, the big ones that would put me in the black always seemed to evaporate.

In June 1993, as I was preparing to leave on yet another business trip to the northeastern U.S., a strange thought came to me. I did not mull it over; instead, I blurted out the question to my wife: "You're leaving me, aren't you?" Her eyes got as big as saucers as she responded, "How did you know?" She was planning to move out the next day; and I wouldn't have known about it until a day or two later when I would call her and my teenage children would tell me what had happened. Immediately, I canceled my business trip and helped her move from our home into an apartment provided by her sister.

She told me that she still loved me, and she was going to give me six months in which to turn the business around. However, she just could not live with the uncertainty of the business and the fact that we were using credit cards to pay around 50% of our expenses each month. Well, in September and October, everything fell apart. Two major deals that I had been working on for over a year each came to an abrupt and unanticipated end.

When I walked into the Hilton on that fateful day, the man I had been working with could not look me in the eye. I had to plead with him to get any response. Finally, he admitted that the chemical company had been there the day before, offering him kickbacks and other incentives to stay with chemical treatment rather than switching to the more environmentally safe magneto-hydrodynamic technology I was offering for scale and corrosion control in his cooling tower. He was very clear that he did not take the bribe, and also quite upset that they had gone to his boss. He did not have to say anything more. I knew…. His look said it all.

About two weeks later I spoke to the man at the Coulter Corporation that I had been working with for over a year. He was retiring at the end of the month. His replacement was a man who sat in on many of our meetings and the seminar I conducted for many of the bigwigs in the company. I was told that he had decided not to go with the newer and "unproven" technology. After the first man had left Coulter, I spoke with him once again on the phone. Though he was careful in what he said, reading between the lines I realized that the chemical companies had played the same game in South Florida as they had in Central Florida at the Hilton. In about three weeks I had lost over $46,000 in commissions that I thought were in the bank – earnings that would have easily paid all of the debt being incurred – and bring back my wife. When I told her, she decided to file for divorce right away, thought it was a month before her deadline.

So there I was: my wife was divorcing me, my credit cards were nearly maxed out, and I broke my leg in four places just a few months later. That was when I decided I would no longer chase money. Money would have to come to me. I committed to putting my spiritual values first – above everything else. To this day, only once have I looked for a job … only once in over 13 years! All other job opportunities have come to me without asking; and the only one I found by seeking was most unpleasant as I worked for a boss that criticized me often. (Now I see that as a reflection of my own self-criticism for breaking my vow to myself. It's all within me.)

Since my divorce at the end of 1993, I have had two relationships that lasted two to three years each, one that lasted about eight months, and a couple others that lasted around a month or so. As always, there are beautiful memories with each of these relationships. In each one, there were times of joy and pleasure. Nevertheless, none of them were the relationship for the rest of my life … each with their own reason. It was then, over two years ago, that I decided it would be better to be alone than to be in a relationship that did not promise the long-term commitment I thought I needed and wanted to give in return. Now I have come to realize that what I am looking for is not a long-term commitment after all, but rather a willingness to co-create together. This revelation came from reading the Anastasia/Ringing Cedars of Russia series where our ability to co-create is stressed as our purpose in life. In order to co-create, both have to be on the same wavelength. Both must share the same vision for their life. Both must be willing to go where neither has ever been before, and to create a different kind of relationship that neither has ever experienced. In that kind of relationship, love does not fade away and die. It is eternal, for co-creation is based upon and flows from a union of three: God, Man and Woman. It is Divine.

That's an awfully long lead-in to an article about liberation and sovereignty; and at this point I have no idea where it will go. You see, to this day I have felt, often unconsciously, that I could not be liberated until the system changed. When I say, often unconsciously, I only mean that I never put it in words – until today – to someone else. When I did so, I instantaneously recognized that I cannot be sovereign or liberated as long as I remain dependent and enslaved by anything perceived as outside of myself. The implications of that revelation still have not sunk in completely. I still don't know what decisions I am able to make in regard to establishing sovereignty and financial independence. Yes, I think they go together…. Well, it seems so at the moment anyway.

As I have been exploring issues of personal sovereignty in recent weeks, I realize that all of my research has been in relation to the system that now exists. Oh how I want to live in a world without all the greed, corruption, injustice, and the violence bred by those aberrations of human nature! Yet, I have trouble seeing myself apart from that system. The lawsuit still exists in the system, even though nothing has happened in nearly a year. I am sill living alone with very meager income and resources. This, while I have fancied myself to be some kind of liberator! The truth be known: I don't even know how to liberate myself! What a laugh! What a dilemma! Ah, the impasse! What's a person to do with revelations like these? Where does one turn? Are the answers really within me? Surely this is not even a meaningful article without a definitive answer or a rational and pragmatic solution.

In a little over a week, a lady from Venezuela with whom I have been communicating since January – and this is May 5 – will be a guest in my home for nearly two weeks. We are exploring the possibility of a relationship together. She, too, has similar issues. Unlike me, however, she grew up in the home of an ambassador, while I grew up in the home of a building subcontractor: plastering and plumbing. Other than that, we have similar spiritual paths and insights. At this point, neither of us is certain what will happen when we actually meet each other. On both counts, financial and relationship, she expresses more confidence than I do. She knows that she can draw money into her life, and has confidence that this is so – even though she is at a financial low point at this time. That same confidence has also been expressed in regard to a relationship with me. I can only wish I had the same confidence in myself.

A union between this lady and me would meet the criteria for co-creation, as I currently understand it. Still, I am apprehensive and anxious. A good deal of that anxiety and apprehension was triggered when I realized she will be coming here without access to funds due to crazy regulations in Venezuela that place limitations upon those going abroad. That means additional financial responsibilities will fall upon me when she is here. It's so easy to listen to the monkey-mind chatter that presents problems without solutions. Still, I continue to make the choice to trust – despite sometimes overwhelming doubts. What is it that I am trusting: The sovereignty of my own soul or God? Sometimes I am acutely aware of how little I know either.

How much easier it is to write an article focusing on them. Talking about the system is easy for me. Having to find answers within myself that I've never found there is a whole lot more problematic. I'm feeling a sense of hopelessness and lostness. It's easy for me to accept and identify that this is what I am feeling. At the same time though, I also feel resistance, not knowing what it's telling me. I already know that the solution will not come from merely beginning a new relationship. This demon in me knows all too well how to sabotage those. Yes, recognizing that brings up the feelings of not enough and not deserving. Oh, how familiar these have become to me. Just when I think I've released them, there they are again. How does one let go? How deep do the wounds penetrate the psyche?

Liberation and sovereignty? I have no doubt that the offer of both is before every man and woman on this planet as the 21st Century completes its first decade. For me, I can taste them: Freedom! Peace! Justice! Equality! Unity! Joy! Love – not the kind we have experienced and called love – but the genuine attitude that comes from the soul that knows and values all of LIFE! My heart longs for these. Still, the task of creating such a world seems so enormous, while I often see myself as so insignificant. No matter how many times I assert my intention of being here to help change the world, darkness manages to overtake me from time to time. This is a good thing! It's the reality of living in a dualistic world; and we will never achieve the vision except by starting from where we are now!

We live in this world with the polarization of Light and Dark. We have been taught, incorrectly, that these opposites do not mix. Our belief in that unspoken dogma establishes our resistance. Even when we know this, we still resist even the resistance itself.

Well, I've shared my experience with you today. I've shown you my feet of clay. I've demonstrated the way out.

The first step toward liberation is always telling the truth about yourself; the second step is sharing that truth with someone else; and the third step is recognizing your own sovereignty. Yes, you and I are allowed and even encouraged to feel whatever we feel. That does not change the Love that flows to us unconditionally – even when we are most critical of ourselves. A Sovereign is a Child of God. It has nothing to do with our performance on the stage of life. It is our eternal reality. It is our unalienable right. It is inherent – present at birth. We do NOT need to establish it! (Did you hear that, Ron?) The system does not grant it; and it cannot take it away. You shall remember this Truth, for this Truth has set you FREE! Simply declare, affirm and assert this Truth.

That was the message! Read it again. Let it sink in, assimilate it and know it!

I am learning by fits and spurts to let my contradictions dance with each other. Paradoxman still fits me well. Do I know what I will do tomorrow? Well, yes, my routine is fairly well established; but I'm not referring to the literal day. What does my future hold? If the past is any indicator, my commitment to growth will bring more revelations, more challenges…and, yes, more changes. To the best of my ability, I will keep the promises I have made to myself, watching Life unfold moment by moment and day by day. Somehow, I will trust in Grace to always provide whatever I need for the next stage of my development. Yes, even a lovely lady, and real wealth. I am sovereign. By faith, I am liberated. How can a sovereign be anything less? It's impossible! … Namaste.

© by Ron Van Dyke

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JUSTICE, AND THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD

© By Ron Van Dyke

Since childhood I have felt my connection to God. Of course, over the years, my understanding of God has changed. As I grew older, the sense that I was here to help bring transformation to the planet became more and more obvious. While it may sound pretentious to think that I'm here to help change the world, that is, nevertheless, my sense of destiny. I don't, however, feel that I'm the only one who has that mission in their life. There are many of us.

Since 2001, when I stopped publishing Paradox Magazine, and following the incident of September 11 that same year, my understanding of what was happening in the world changed significantly. With this new perception, my view of world leaders changed from seeing them as servants of the people to seeing them as enemies of all growth in consciousness, which is spiritual growth. No longer was I able to be naïve in my viewpoint that there was any such thing as justice, that truth always prevailed, or that leaders actually wanted peace on earth. On the contrary, I began to realize more and more that leaders are opposed to peace, are opposed to truth, and are opposed to justice. They actually manipulated the system to increase their power and wealth at the expense of those they were purported to serve. Not only in government was this true, it was also true in the world of religion, the corporate world, and most large institutions. An intricate web had been woven that literally ensnared the souls of men and women without their knowledge or conscious consent. A controlled media was the capstone of disinformation that maintained this web of deceit.

For me, this was a rude awakening. In many ways, I lost my innocence as my rose-colored glasses fell to the ground and were trampled by a reality that was almost too difficult to comprehend. Yes, I guess you could call me a conspiracy theorist. Without a doubt in my mind, after watching many videos and reading scores of articles, I am convinced that insiders within our own government orchestrated and/or stood aside while those dastardly deeds were performed in bringing down the World Trade Center towers – all three of them – and causing a gaping hole to appear in the side of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Nothing was as we were told it was on that day! Every part of the official story was a bold faced lie. Of course, that was merely one of many incidents that I learned were "black operations" of the criminal element in our government.

Because of my spiritual sensitivities, and doing years of integration of my personal shadow, these revelations presented me with a tremendous dilemma. On the one hand, I was being moved toward a nonjudgmental approach on behalf of those I perceived as committing evil. I was guided persuasively to integrate the darkness of others within my own being and find a place of forgiveness within my Self. However, on the other hand, this process left a horrendous feeling of incompleteness, and more importantly, gross injustice. This dichotomy remains to this day, which is why I am writing this article.

My friend, Luis Garcia, has emphasized again and again during the four years I have sponsored his workshops that the spiritual high ground is always a place of neutrality. This is the nonjudgmental approach. Many have asked about such people as Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, and others who have committed atrocious acts of violence against individuals and humanity at large. While I agree with Lulu that we should find the place within ourselves that is capable of such acts and heal that place by going into the feelings; nevertheless, it does not produce, for me at least, a sense of justice. Yes, we are one. I know that to be true. Still, I cannot accept the concept of an indifferent God. While it makes sense that God highly values free will, and has given us tremendous latitude as witnessed by our own history, it makes no sense that God could care less about the actions we have chosen. How can that be love?

Of course, I can admit that I do not see the entire picture. There are aspects and dynamics that are present that are well beyond my intellect to comprehend. I speak here of the higher perspective; nevertheless, the lower perspective also must be taken into account. There are man-made laws – most would even call them inspired laws – that call for an accounting of the actions of all people: leaders and common folk alike. No one is above the law! Yet, leaders have placed themselves exactly there: above the law. Perhaps this has always been the case; however, now I am aware of it along with millions of others around the globe. The lights have come on. Through the Internet, we have been given many glimpses behind the curtain and into the ivory towers where those who pull the strings in our world operate with impunity and with intensions that could only be considered evil (anti life) by any thinking, sentient being.

In light of these revelations, how can any loving heart justify neutrality? I can and have waxed eloquent in expounding upon my perceived truth that knows leaders represent, for all of us, the insanity of our own ego from a place of separation consciousness. Does that excuse the behavior? I think not. Even though they are operating within God-given parameters of personal freedom, the exercise of that freedom to injure others is inexcusable. This is true on all levels; and it has to be the case. Otherwise, justice is a cosmic mockery. Is it not written that "whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap"? That is Divine justice. Do any escape?

Over the last several years, I have read and been inspired again and again with talk about NESARA and other global plans to address injustices, inequities, and real human grievances and needs. Supposedly, these plans are to be implemented by those referred to as "White Knights" working in conjunction with the Galactic Federation of Light. I do believe both exist: because I want to believe it, because it uplifts my spirit, and because it incites my passion for life and my reason for being alive. I have read repeatedly how the arrest of George W. Bush and other leaders at high levels in our government either occurred or were imminent. Even though I know very well that President Bush is only a puppet, along with Dick Cheney and the others of his ill-advised, neocon cabal, the visible removal of such charlatans would be a strong indicator for me that action is being taken to shift the leadership in our country, and therefore the world. I am well aware that people like David Rockefeller and other internationalist bankers are truly the ones who pull the puppet strings of those we see and recognize as our leaders. And I rejoiced greatly when I read and heard reports from a powerful group of people who were determined to reverse the decades, if not centuries, old plan for a new world order of a totalitarian nature. Their determination was even announced publicly to Davis Rockefeller, himself; and I watched their spokesman, Benjamin Fulford, talk to Mr. Rockefeller face to face. Yet, things seem to continue unabated.

Folks, I am a sovereign citizen of Heaven. So are you. Our Creator has endowed each one of us with the unalienable right to be a sovereign citizen. We owe no allegiance to any government or any leader who would dare challenge that sovereignty. We are free men and women, and as such it is our responsibility to stand in the truth of our being, not merely against those in authority, but for the authority and power and honor bestowed upon us in the way we were created to be. To do less, to fail in this most auspicious of responsibilities, is to abdicate the very nature and needs of our Authentic Self. We are Children of God!

In recognizing the illegality of the Federal Reserve Bank, it's criminal collection agency known as the Internal Revenue Service, and the unlawful aspects of the corporation known as the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I pledge myself to refuse to pay taxes to the IRS or to receive money from the IRS. I will not be a pawn in their warmongering and genocide. If millions and millions of us would do this across the country, this Ponzi scheme that has operated for 95 years will cease to exist. The trouble is that so many who consider themselves spiritual people will not take action. Somehow they have been hypnotized into the belief that political action is non-spiritual. In this hypnotic state, all personal power and autonomy is lost ... forfeited to those who are only too happy to keep the world enslaved. For me, I am awakening from my dream, my nightmare reality of being imprisoned in my own ignorance and naivety.

There are many, many things that are happening in our world today, which, if they were telecast on national TV, would create such an uprising that those who have been deemed our leaders would be overthrown in less than 24 hours. Rightly so! Even though they have gifted us with a wake-up call, they are not without personal responsibility and accountability to the people and to the just laws of our Constitution and the Divine and Natural Laws given to us and written in our hearts by our very Creator God. Make no mistake about it; until justice is rendered upon this planet there will be no peace on Earth. We can talk all we want about loving our enemies, and even recognize that our only real enemies are within us: our passivity, our ignorance, our denial, our laziness, our unwillingness to take a stand, our apathy, our greed, our lust, and all of our other weaknesses and shortcomings, still, until we accept and stand in our own sovereignty, tangible manifestations and demonstrations of love will remain but wishful thinking.

You may turn your head if you wish to, putting it back into the sand; and I realize that I'm not speaking to many here because those who would be disposed to turn their heads have not read this far even if they even began the article at all. However, for those one or two who have been led by the Spirit of the Living God to read and consider what is being said here, I applaud you. I also encourage you to take a similar stand for your God-given rights. We do not know how it will work out in the physical world; but I am convinced that until we do take that stand, little will change. In all of your spiritual practice, please choose justice and the changing of the guard. In so doing, we co-create the new heaven and the new earth long prophesied. The planet, Earth herself, travails until we do our part. Heaven asks, "Who are you: sovereign or slave?"

Only those willing to serve the highest good of all are fit to be leaders. May God bless the entire world with people of vision and compassion rising to positions of leadership! May justice with mercy prevail … with no exceptions for anyone, no matter how wealthy or seemingly powerful!

Namaste and Shalom
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

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CHRISTIANITY: A NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGION!

© By Ron Van Dyke

It breaks my heart to say it! Still, it's true. The myriad of religious sects founded in the name of Jesus of Nazareth have, over the centuries, degenerated into dogmatic me-too clubs that little resemble the ideals of grace and truth as exemplified in his life two thousand years ago.

(Rush Limbaugh used to refer to his listeners as ditto-heads , which is what I mean by me-too clubs—people devoid of independent thought, and often with seared feelings, who project everything outward, never facing what is inside of us all. Of course, I haven't listened to him in years. Is he still around?)

Much of the problem is that Christians, by far and large, still have the attitude of soldiers marching unto war; but it isn't the cross of Jesus that they march under, it's a banner of prejudice, and sometimes even hatred. Everywhere, in everything, they perceive an outside enemy that must be defeated at all costs; and many so-called Christians spare no amount of unmerciful judgments in waging their holy war against the evil they see in others. Is it any wonder there is so little manifestation of the loving kindness taught by Jesus, from whom Christianity supposedly derives its name?

In Windows of the Soul (published by Nelson, a Bible and Christian book producer — and authored by Paul Meier and Robert Wise) there is a great saying that I wish everyone would understand. It's a quotation taken from Frances Wicke's book The Inner World of Choices. "For every war has its beginning in the heart and mind of man. The primary battle is with the inner enemy. Until a man has conquered in himself that which causes war, he contributes, consciously or unconsciously, to warfare in the world."

There, for those with discernment, is the answer to the question: Why is Christianity no longer a Christian religion? It has, for most practitioners, never penetrated into the inner realms of their being. As it exists in the world today, Christianity is a mostly surface religion – many front organizations for bigotry and other narrow-minded viewpoints held by people who refuse to grow up. Yes, most of my Christian brothers and sisters, because they are too busy minding everyone else's business, have no inkling of what lies within them on the inner planes of their own beings. Their religion reflects this lack of true integrity – integration of the paradoxes of life. They have become the heathen who are always in a rage against…almost everything. What a travesty!

Paul and Robert, a minister and a psychologist, pointed the way out of the quagmire for Christians who aren't even aware of how much they have become the very antithesis of Christian values and principles. Again, from Windows of the Soul, I quote from page 81 in the chapter entitled, The Windmills of Your Mind. The subtitle is The Shadow. "Repression of the Shadow's existence often results in moral explosions that wreck people's lives. [Isn't that the truth!] On the other hand, failure to recognize the Shadow produces both hypocrisy and intolerance for which church people are often noted, unfortunately. Moral courage and humility are required to face up to the Shadow lurking in the Wilderness. But here's the surprise: Sifting through the garbage leads to a wonderful discovery. What seemed so repugnant generally turns out to be pure gold!" (Have I not long taught – since those days when I published Paradox Magazine –that there is treasure in the darkness, if only we are willing to face it honestly as part of ourselves?)

Here are two Christians with marvelous insight. Unfortunately, most Christians will never hear them – or the many other voices that speak in the wilderness. They are too busy fighting the devil in everyone who disagrees with their particular bandwagon issues to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. So, these men within the church, and others like me who have left it, are effectively silenced in that our words of wisdom never reach the ears of most. The blame for this lies directly with the church leaders who run the show and direct the current battles of Christian soldiers who know little about the Prince of Peace. And so, Christianity has become a non-Christian religion!

I remember several years ago when The Tabernacle Church here in Melbourne, Florida was hosting on-going revival meetings. It was well publicized and people were coming from all over. Various preachers filled the pulpit each night. I decided to go on a Thursday evening just to see what was going on there. The crowd was large, perhaps 250-300 people. The speaker was from an evangelical congregation that held their meetings in the old Catholic Church hall in Melbourne. I don't remember his name, but I'll never forget his title: WE HAVE MET THE PHARISEES AND THEY ARE US! What a marvelous time for me to be in attendance. I was amening him throughout his sermon. He was right on. Still, I have to wonder how many actually heard him with the ears of their heart? How many of these well-meaning Christians had their armor penetrated enough for the truth to reach their soul so that healing could begin? I wish I could say the message landed; but as I perceive most fundamentalist and evangelical churches today, they still seem to be major training facilities and gathering places for the wars so popular in those circles today. That's sad – truly sad!

Why is it, I ask with so many others, that those who claim to be pro-life are also pro-war. How can so many still support G.W. Bush and his terrorist regime? I watched the interview posted on one of my favorite websites, FourWinds, earlier today: BANNED President Bush Interview . It was an interview by a courageous Irish journalist who challenged Bush on many fronts, including his faith. He said, "The God I know is one who promotes peace and freedom." Of course he, Bush, promotes neither; yet so many Christians see him as one of their own. He also talked about terrorists being willing to kill innocent people. Was he describing his own administration? Such hypocrisy! He was right on one point, however, when he quoted "the good book" saying we should not try to take a speck out of someone else's eye when we have a log in our own. Of course those were words attributed to Jesus (or as Patrick Bellringer (the FourWinds creator) calls him: Esu Immanuel).

Whatever he was called, having been raised in that evangelical culture, I still and will always have great respect for the living Christ; however, the historical Jesus is not as important for me as he once was. That man is no longer with us in the flesh; and we cannot know him that way. But we can know him or her as the living Christ within each of us. The Spirit of God fills us and gives us Life, Light, and Love. By grace we can laugh at our own inconsistencies, our own human frailties. That ability to recognize and laugh at our self is our greatest strength – as long as we own those inconsistencies and frailties as our own, instead of projecting them as belonging to someone else, to others.

Because we are loved truly and unconditionally as we are, we can love others as they are. That, to me, is the essence of real Christianity (and Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and all the other religions).

Because of that Love and Grace, I can even love my Christian brothers and sisters who do not understand and, therefore, refuse to embrace the paradoxes and contradictions in their own lives – yes, even George Bush, whom I once called: An Unlikely Hero. Still, it really does break my heart that Christianity has become a non-Christian religion.

I am ready for the awakening. Are you? Namaste

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THE TRICK OF THE MASTER ILLUSION

Fearful place, this world created separate
As if separation was even sensible;
But we were determined to try it...
Results have proved reprehensible!

We began by creating amnesia,
Forgetting the truth of our being,
Forming bodies of flesh and blood,
And reality based upon seeing.

Oh, how solid our substance.
How separate we each could appear.
How powerful we had become
In creating our world of fear.

Safety was sacrificed next,
With the freedom relinquished to be
Connected in physical bodies
By means we could no longer see.

Dimension's perceptions evaded.
How far could we drift from our Source?
We were free to experience whatever
As we set a new journey and course.

Feeling unaided, abandoned,
We struggled as aliens alone.
We feared what we didn't understand;
Lost all ideas of home.

Some killed while others submitted,
Each taking turns in these roles:
First victim, then victimizer;
Each soul now paid all the tolls.

A price was extracted for living
In a world where all could be free.
Again, we had chosen amnesia,
So our dramas became tragedy.

Our Father in Heaven forgotten;
Our Mother, the Earth, was abused;
And we who had died in our birthing
Now lived our whole life so confused.

We created so many diversions
To escape from the pain deep inside,
To numb profound isolation,
And to find somewhere to hide.

Many relished the role as a leader,
Sadistically proving their power;
While others most gladly relinquished
Their sovereignty hour by hour.

Acquiescing was now seen as normal:
The way it was destined to be.
Life became mere survival,
Surrender to passivity.

And passive, we drifted still further,
Storm-tossed on the waves of the sea,
Meandering, aimless, forsaken;
And death was the way to be free.

Our separate world a disaster:
Terror, tribulation and woe.
The freedom we had been given
Made Life our horrendous foe.

Oh, how grand the illusion!
The experience, was it not real?
Could it be we weren't really separate?
Did we manufacture this deal?

Yes, some of us did awaken,
Saw that it all was so true:
We'd created a master deception
As if from out of the blue.

We, not some other outside us.
Yes, we wrote the script for our play.
Indeed, we did trick ourselves;
Yet thought it didn't seem that way.

Truth remembered, seemed awful.
Still, we knew it was so;
But so long we played the victim...
Now what do we do since we know?

We begin again at beginning,
Starting over by seeing the One;
And knowing that Love is abundant;
We can heal and join in the fun.

We work through all of our feelings,
Learn lessons from the sad and the bad,
Rising from where we descended,
Our hearts transforming to glad.

Embracing our acts of creation,
Thankful for even the viral,
Reversing the flow of destruction,
And rising in uplifting spiral.

The frequency of our vibration,
Going upward, higher and higher,
Transmuting experienced illusion,
Burning away dross in the fire.

Standing alone at the crossroads,
A decision all must now face:
Do we see the world created,
As a world we can embrace?

Or do we maintain the delusion
That we can be separate indeed,
Rejecting the Love of the Cosmos,
Remaining alone in our need?

The trick of the master illusion
Is a journey offered to all
With courage to expand in awareness
And pay heed to the infinite call.

While the risks seem awfully fearful,
The destiny staggers belief:
Creating new worlds while knowing
Is bound to be a relief.

We can master illusion,
Or allow it to master us.
It's all in our choice to be loving,
And to stop the resistance and fuss.

Since we are here it is certain:
We already joined in the fray,
Right here, right now in this world,
Our nighttime soon can be day!

© By Ron Van Dyke
March 8, 2008

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THE WORLD IS CHANGING

The world is changing—I want you to see:
The way it has been is not how it will be.
As the old passes away, gives birth to the new,
A surprise transformation co-created by few.

The world of Truth is a world of Light;
Replacing the lies, dawn bursting from night.
False rulers chagrined, "their" anger and rage,
"Their" plans lie in ashes at the start of an age.

So powerful "they" seemed to the whole human race,
Till the truth was revealed that all had to face.
"They" lied and "they" schemed, conspired to kill
The love and the hope … imposing their will.

"They" were the Ego's grandest display;
Desiring control,"they'd" lost their way.
Life's flow was stronger, empowering souls,
Bringing end to the slavery, and all ego goals.

A heavenly host responding to cries,
Shifted the pattern to mankind's surprise.
They joined with the dreamers, the people of vision,
Standing in unity and ending derision.

From the clouds, from the skies, from within and below,
New realities appeared; new energy did flow.
Showing forth for all time, the triumph of peace;
Prosperity for all, as all wars could now cease.

Somehow we could see beyond the charade,
What Reality's support had always displayed.
So we focused and focused, and what did we see?
We'd all been deceived; yet we all could be free.

A phoenix reborn from ashes and dust,
Recommitting ourselves, we saw what we must.
Beyond the illusion, yet within the grand game:
Mirrors, more mirrors, all images the same.

Looking back we recalled our journey towards home,
All the pitfalls and dangers through which we did roam.
We walked long in darkness, and often in fear …
Alone life after lifetime, year after year.

Our helpers though present, seemed out of our reach,
Unseen and unheard, we could feel the breach.
Separated from good, or so it did seem;
We played the victims, a nightmarish dream.

Oh, how we longed to be in control,
And beating our masters was our greatest goal.
We schemed and we plotted, we just would not quit.
We longed for the answer … didn't know we were it!

The hope of the world on our shoulders did lie:
The call to create a new day by and by.
Shaking and trembling every doubt would arise,
As we wondered and worried if God heard our cries.

By grace some remembered that we were gods too …
Beyond the delusion of intoxicating brew.
We were spirits made flesh in the limits of time …
Infinite, eternal, oh how sublime!

Beyond our own masks, beyond our charade,
We saw the design that we too had made.
We saw that the "they" we all liked to accuse,
Somehow was us … it all was just a ruse.

We saw that the answer was not in a fight,
But in letting our fears step into the Light,
Allowing our shadow to speak to our heart,
And bring us its gifts that were here from the start.

How often we ran … how often we hid …
Unwilling to open and peer 'neath the lid.
Resisting, denying … this cannot be me!
I'd rather blame "them" for what I can see.

Revelation for many: we're each found in all!
We had forgotten, though now we recall.
Remembering, we awakened, saw darkness: the gift;
Stepped into the Void, which gave us a lift

To a realm of connection, unity and love …
Everything made one: below and above.
No more division, and certainly no blame …
We had all played roles, whatever their name.

Forgiving myself was surely the key
To birth that new world from inside of me.
Perspective was gained; my vibration was raised—
Finding the treasure before so unfazed.

Now we could see a new civilization
Where harmony and truth would guide every nation.
Sometimes I say "I," yet always it's "we"
Who create this new world where all can be free.

Interconnected, unselfishly serving,
From the vision of Life always unswerving.
Each for the other, and all for the One.
This paradigm is here: a new world's begun

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY… DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

© April 2000 (from the May2000 issue of Paradox Magazine) by Ron Van Dyke

That's me 8-9 years ago.

It all started in the garden…or so the story goes. The Creator made Man in His image; but it was not good for man to be alone. So He made Woman. Male and Female—both were created in the Divine image and told to be fruitful and multiply. And they had intimate communion with their Creator, until…

It wasn't about sex, even though many have placed that interpretation on the story. It was about judgment—about the loss of innocence. As I read the story, it strikes me that they were naked and not ashamed; and why should they have been? There was nothing to be ashamed of. They had been graced with an innate and pristine beauty that continues to this day, if only our minds were not so clouded with judgments. And that's what happened to them in the story; and it may well be a viable explanation of what happened to us. But we need to understand the difference between religion and spirituality. It may well be the difference between life and death.

The day they ate from the proverbial Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was the day religion was born. They were already spiritual before that, having unencumbered fellowship with God. But then "their eyes were opened and they saw that they were naked." I think that's funny, because to me their eyes were closed after that. Anyway, the very first religious act on record was the sewing together of fig leaves to cover human nakedness. And whether that story is historical fact or not, it is a feasible psychological explanation why religion, to this day, is so uptight about nudity and sexuality.

Religion, to me, could be defined as the binding of judgments upon our consciousness in regard to the nature of things. Those judgments, far from liberating us, rob us of the beauty of our own innocence. They also separate us, first of all from our own selves, then from each other, and finally from the Joy of knowing the Divine in all of Life. Religion robs us of our own spirituality and wholeness. Religion gives us the rules that teach emphatically that we are not good enough, that we are sinners. We are not sinners because of how we were created—naked—but because we decided we had to cover our nakedness. We are clothed, and ashamed!

My Dream

Years ago, when I was still very much a fundamentalist christian (purposely lower case), I had a dream. It seems I had it repeatedly, until I got it. I was in a prison constructed of pallets, which, as I reflect on it now, was an upscale prison compared to the dungeons I had been in previously. At least I could now see out through the cracks. I could see the green fields, the blue sky, and even feel the breezes pass through my restricting structure. I could see beyond, and oh how my heart longed for freedom! There was a whole new world to be explored.

Finally, in the dream, a great wind arose—inside my prison. It blew and blew until the walls fell outward. I was still within the boundaries, but now I was free to venture out. And I did—cautiously, to be sure. I was walking on the green grass I had so long admired. But my newfound freedom was soon threatened as a bull came out of nowhere and began chasing me. I ran for all I was worth; but the bull was rapidly gaining on me. And there was no place to hide. Just as it caught up to me, I woke up. As I did, I realized that the bull had merged with me. It was not gone; it was IN me; it WAS me.

I've had other animal dreams since then, usually bulls or buffalos—always symbols of masculinity. It's strange, because for some reason I fear masculinity. But that's another subject for another time. The point is: freedom brought new dangers that were unknown within the safe confines of my religious prison. I had to face my fears as I ventured into a place of unrestricted freedom.

The Gift of Religion!

What? Ron, from what you have been saying here and in other issues of Paradox, how can you call religion a gift?

Let me tell why. My soul, as every other human soul, longs to return to that innocent fellowship with my Originator. In fact, returning is my destiny—as it is yours. But in that original, innocent association with God, I knew nothing—as I can know it now. I could not appreciate what I had been given. So I sinned! I created, with God, the loss of that which would forever call me back. And life became one drama after another, each making its tiny imprint on my spirit. And all of life was religion. It was all a binding to beliefs that I was no longer aware that I had chosen—beliefs by which I defined myself. Yes, I chose to become limited. I chose all sorts of prisons for my soul. Religion was my paradoxical pathway home. It provided everything I needed that would enable me to appreciate wholeness when I experienced it again…for the first time.

So religion is the gift of what we don't need, because we need it before we can comprehend and be grateful for what we do need. And what do we need, really? Love! Not the kind of love we're used to as imprisoned religious beings—it's much greater than that. That love is saturated with condition on top of condition. Yes, religious love is about conditions, about laws that define what is permitted and what is not permitted to be. Religious love says, "I will accept you IF you wear the proper masks and costumes to cover the nakedness of your pristine and innocent being as you were created." (Except it doesn't know it's saying that!) Oh yes! Make no mistake about it. Wearing masks is hypocrisy; and that is the only way religion allows you to deal with life—one mask after another, after another, after another. That's the drama of human existence. It is a play designed to cover truth, because truth will turn up the lights and let us see what was always there all along. And what is that? Love! Unconditional Love! Once we see THAT, the dramas change to another level.

The Goal of Spirituality

Religion has been frustrating us forever, or so it seems. Why won't they wear the same masks I have chosen to wear? Why don't they accept the beliefs I have chosen to define my self and my life? Yeah! They are a real problem, aren't they? Why some of them don't even believe in God! Some of them have sex with others of the same sex they are! Some of them even flaunt their nakedness as a profession—and some even sell sex! Oh, my goodness! I thank God I'm not like them!

Yes, that's the goal of spirituality—to see THEM! I'm not kidding. They are our teachers. They show us what we're hiding from ourselves. They teach us what Love is NOT! And the reason for these lessons is so that we'll wake up and see what has been inside of us all along… "Oh, my God! That's me! That's me!" And tears well up in our eyes—tears that wash away the blindness and enable us to finally see what spirituality really is. It's identification! Spirituality is seeing the wholeness and interconnectedness of all that is. And All That Is, is God! There is nothing else. God (Life, Love, and Light) is the drama of losing identity so that there can be great joy in heaven when it is rediscovered, when a soul that was all caught up in religion's ridiculous—but necessary—games, finally re-members. Oh, yes! Spirituality is about re-membering—re­claiming the members of our own being that had become alienated in the games. And we learn that those lost members were giving us the greatest gifts of all. They were giving us the gifts of personal experience so that we could know, not just good and evil, but Life, Love, and Light (God)…(and Laughter, too, as we learn to laugh at our own foolishness). And this knowing, which those gifts provided, goes far beyond the intellectual kind of knowledge. This knowing is sexual, raw, naked, intimate, and real. This knowing produces unity and wholeness. This knowing is that religion is contained within the broader scope of spirituality—that beyond all religions, God is. And because God is, I am.

"Religion is for those who are afraid of going to hell.
Spirituality is for those who have already been there."

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RON'S REFLECTIONS ON HIS WHITE SHADOW

It's only been a few days since I finished my last article. I was feeling pretty good at the time, which, I'm sure, was evident. Later that night, I prayed that I might be able to clear up more of my unfinished business—the inner stuff the white shadow likes to hide. In other words, I invited thoughts and feelings to arise within me so that I could learn from them. Arise they did!

Since then, I have faced an onslaught of negativity; and my resistance wants to kick in full force. Unlike what I said in that previous article, I have tried to stop the resistance from activating in its habitual pattern. I want to feel, really feel my feelings and glean the wisdom of my own darkness so that I can heal and fulfill my soul's purpose. It's not been easy. I have not been feeling good.

Despite the wonderful day on Sunday, I seemed plagued with all sorts of judgments, first towards others, then towards myself for judging. I was able to see the vicious cycle, and felt growing frustration. The peace was NOT present simultaneously as had been occurring in the days and weeks preceding my invitation to face my inner patterns of thought and feeling. Regardless of how much I tried to switch the energy towards something that felt better, the negativity held its grip. Of all the good I want to be, the opposite is also true! This has made itself known in spades, though I would prefer hearts and diamonds.

So, what to do! I'm doing it. It's what I have often done in these moments when I sit down to write my reflections: I tell on myself. I have been aware that this pisses some people off when they read such stuff. So what! If you see your reflection in my vulnerability, so be it.

Yes, I felt the arrogance, too. It hasn't always been so easy to detect; but I seem more sensitive than ever to my less-than-desirable feelings. Of course, I invited them; and I am committed to paying attention.

One of the things that came up powerfully for me on Sunday and Monday was my resistance to the idea of being neutral. Dammit, I don't want to be neutral! Some things really do matter to me…a lot. I cannot be like LuLu who seems to not care whether the world blows up or peace is established; and I realize that may NOT be his actual mindset, though it is my perception of his through my own. Whatever his position of neutrality may be, I am not neutral. Neither do I feel the role I am here to play is one of neutrality. This, more than anything else, creates the "stuff" that has been coming up for me.

You see, I now have this new image of how I am "supposed to be" in my life. Neurotic, isn't it? Yes, I am. Very! I don't want anyone—no matter how much respect I may have for him or her—to "should" on me. Not even God! How can I be in integrity if I allow someone else—anyone else— to define me, and refuse to stand up for what I feel is right for me? I cannot continue to play that role, though my white shadow has mastered it! My white shadow is my saboteur.

I choose to not be afraid to own my feelings and to tell the truth about them; yet, though I don't like to admit it, I am very afraid of the judgments of others. Yes, there is a huge contradiction there. So, I guess I really am afraid? How can I go from such amazing clarity less than a week ago to such stupefying confusion now? I really am a paradox man; and I'm ok with that…except when I'm not. This is one of those NOT times; yet I can feel the shift taking place by simply reflecting and writing about it. Something is saying, with LuLu's voice, "Good for you!"

Yes, I guess so. This is, after all, the paradigm of duality; and I often feel uncomfortable with what I have co-created to be experienced. That's the truth. However, I know that there is ONE, not two here. It only appears separate. The experience is conflict; but the destination and ultimate purpose is peace.

That's how it is in our world; and it is why I feel out of integrity when I try to stop myself from taking a stand for what I believe is true for me. While I can truly appreciate the role being played by the dark regime of GW Bush and the puppeteers behind the curtain; that role MUST be shown for what it is. In fact, we all must see for all time and eternity that such attempts to be separate and superior can only result in destruction…never in Life-affirming conditions. This is what my Soul created when my ego first chose to resist what was, is, and always will be: UNITY. This is my Luciferian experience designed to teach me wisdom.

We, in America especially, have before us a great opportunity to re-create by re-membering the unity that will lead to peace on Earth. We have two great American heroes running for President of the United States: Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich. Others, I'm sure, are also men and women of integrity in politics. Cynthia McKinney comes to mind here, a Black-American woman with amazing courage and a heroic heart. Nevertheless, these two individuals have a vision of peace and prosperity through unity. I am well aware that they come from different political perspectives, which is EXACTLY why they MUST be brought together to help us all heal, and thereby heal the planet and its people.

Folks, America, Israel, and Great Britain are the true "axis of evil" on this planet. We three nations are playing the "bad cop" role. As spiritual people, we need to stop trying to separate politics from our lives. Political involvement IS our sacred duty! We are here to shine Light, our light. We are not here to hide that Light under our beds with the boogeyman. We are here to flesh out the Reality of creating wholeness out of disunity, bringing healing to the hell we have created on Earth. We need to use our voices and our energy to raise up a "new" standard to replace the self-imposed tyranny that has arisen due to our apathy and non-involvement. We need to wake up!

My son, Tom, and I, neither of us wealthy by any monetary measure, each gave $100 on November 5 to the Ron Paul campaign. That left me with a bank account under $200; but I needed to put my money where my mouth was and is. Dr. Paul raised over $4.2 million that day, with an average contribution of about $103. That's means a lot of people like Tom and me contributed to the Ron Paul rEVOLution. (See the LOVE there.) Remember, remember, the fifth of November! We are taking this country back…NOW!

If you are not familiar with Ron Paul, spend on hour or two on line. He is the most searched for of all presidential candidates on the World Wide Web. He is the most watched on You Tube. He has won more straw polls and more online, post-debate polls than anyone else. He is way ahead of all other candidates in worldwide voting, with Barack Obama second, and Dennis Kucinich third. He has received more contributions from active military personnel than any other candidate in either party. His supporters are made up of Americans from across the political spectrum: conservative to progressive. Don't believe the mainstream pundits that downplay or ignore these facts. They, in the mainstream media, are bought and paid for by the elite that is desperate to hold onto power in the face of rising consciousness and the awareness of the sick games they have been playing…games that cost a fortune in human blood and anguish.

Yes, I feel those old friends, Guilt and Fear, protesting and suggesting that this political appeal will turn people away from me. Thank you…and SHUT UP! The dialog continues: "You're telling us to be quiet, shaming us for trying to protect you?" Yes! I am. You've lied to me*. I can embrace you as my own creation, as prodigal children that have lost their way; but I can no longer allow you to control my life. I need to stand; and I am standing up for what is important to me. Loving you does not mean letting you walk all over me or hold me down. You have managed to do that for longer than I can even imagine—but no more. With or without my brothers and my sisters, I am taking back my power. I am not disowning you or denying you; but I am reassigning you to a different role. You are my memory of how I have sabotaged myself lifetime after lifetime, sacrificing my own God-given nature to wallow in my false sense of neediness and victimhood, or to exult in my equally false sense of control over others. You have done well, little ego, faithfully teaching me everything I am not, allowing me to experience the opposite of my Divinity. I have learned to love in ways I never thought possible. Now, I declare my freedom to be whole; and to experience and express what I truly am, what I always have been: Holy and innocent.

You see, it's all very spiritual; and it's all quite political. Why? Everything is interconnected. Everything!

This is how I am dealing with my demons and dragons. I'm not going to pretend they do not exist, even if others choose to judge me for being negative, weak, confused, or whatever. I am choosing to share them with any who will read, any who will listen. Perhaps you will see yourself in me, and know that your journey is very similar to mine? Perhaps you will join me in reclaiming our sovereignty? Maybe, just maybe, we will stand together and change to world? It is, I know, our destiny. Carpe Diem. (Seize the Day!)

*NOTE: I think LuLu has said that our feelings never lie to us; and that when we feel so-called negative feelings, they are telling us that we are out of alignment (which is true of sadness as the example he generally cites). If that is a correct statement of his teaching and my understanding is on target, my experience teaches me otherwise regarding guilt and fear. These negative feelings do lie to me...ALL the time. They are NEVER truthful, for they would always have me betray my Self for something less than what I am. Reflect on these things; and believe nothing anyone says—including LuLu, and especially me—without testing it for yourself.

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WILL WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR PAST IN OUR FUTURE; OR WILL WE STOP RESISTING AND CREATE PEACE ON EARTH?

© By Ron Van Dyke, October 2 and November 3, 2007

The place to start, I guess, is with the article I wrote on Labor Day. The working title became ENDING THE OLD, BEGINNING THE NEW as I posted it on my website. The energies were swirling—I could feel them in my quiet times. In fact, the frequency that I pick up almost continuously was so loud I could hear it even with quite a bit of activity and sound around me. Also, my news, the Internet, was full of indicators that were easily interpreted as precursors of sweeping changes in September. I won't repeat what was said there; you can read it for yourself should you choose that.

The changes I anticipated did not happen in 3D. This saddens me. I so long for an end of our insanity, yet I realize how paralyzing fear can be. We seem to be a nation (world) gripped by terror and immobilized in so many ways. Most do not see what is happening all around us; and mainstream news is deathly silent about the really big events—both positive and negative. I often wonder how many "spiritual" people are equally blind. Do we not realize that when we see our past in our future, the past becomes our future? Yes, we are caught in a deadly spiral of recreating the very thing that we already experienced; and because we hated that experience, we seem doomed to repeat it. As my late friend Art Sellers used to say, "Hate is a boomerang marked: return to sender."

It doesn't have to be that way. If only we would choose to see that our future is glorious—not filled with gloom and doom—we would co-create that future instead of reruns. Yet, paradoxically, we cannot create the wonderful future that lies ahead as long as our reason for wanting that is to get away from what we do not like or want. The law of attraction does not work that way. Much as I have railed against the principle at times, Higher Powers pay little heed to what I say I want as long as my energy, subconsciously, is to disconnect from the mess I (we) made in the past. There is no disconnect; there's only interconnectedness! As long as we fail to see unity, our lessons will keep on producing what we have already experienced.

[That is as far as I got on October 2; I continue on November 3.]

October has been a very heavy and enlightening LuLu month. For those who do not know who LuLu is, his birth name is Luis Garcia, Jr. He was born on September 16, 1976. From earliest childhood he chose to feel and to listen to his feelings. He began healing at age six, and teaching in his mid teens. He is a Personal Healing and Self-Development Coach. Since his teachings deal a lot with the law of attraction: that is an excellent place to pick up where I left off.

One of my first meetings with him this year (I host seminars and workshops for him every year when he comes to Florida from his Brooklyn home, this being the fourth Fall in a row) was in a restaurant in Cocoa Beach. It was September, and I began talking with great anticipation of the changes I saw coming. As he always does, he asked me how I felt, and how I would feel if the changes I saw as imminent did not occur when and how I anticipated them. As usual, my visualized reality had placed me on disconnect from my present feelings; and I was unable, at first, to notice and feel the fear—my fear—behind what I believed I wanted. Master of penetrating to the feeling level that he is, he lead me to look inside. As usual, he was correct.

(Let me interject one of LuLu's teachings here: We are afraid to feel, even though emotions and feelings do not hurt! It is our resistance to and judgment of feelings that cause pain and discomfort. This is something I was learning for myself.)

After a few moments of silence, I went into my heart space, the place he says that all feelings are actually felt. What I "felt" was a smile. Actually, a laugh! Of course fear was present. It is always present in this dimension of reality. God forbid, however, that I should acknowledge it. That would make it increase, or so the popular teaching goes. Yes, the fear was there in that moment—not fear of world events or cataclysmic outcomes that would affect the entire world—a worse fear was present. I was afraid that after three years of listening to LuLu, and three decades of teaching the importance of embracing the shadow and integrating the opposites, I still didn't get it…not really. Yet, I felt that smile…that laugh in my heart!

Yes, my heart was laughing at me; and I felt the joy of its laughter. Then the peace! Then the awareness, the enlightenment! Oh, how wonderful!

This past Wednesday, Halloween, I raised my hand to say something to LuLu and the group assembled in my home for the fourth of five Wednesday LuLu Seminars this season. LuLu surprised me. "Oh, my God!" he exclaimed. "Four years, and he's asking his first question (in a public meeting)."

I responded with humor and a correction. "No I'm not! (His God) I talked about the white shadow four years ago in Heart and Soul." (That was my first workshop with LuLu.)

He reminded me that I did not really ask questions, but was only manifesting the arrogance of false knowing. "How does it make you feel to hear that?" he asked. "How do you feel right now?"

Living in my heart as I have been more and more, the answer came quickly and easily this time. "Needy!" I responded.

"And how does that make you feel?"

"Alienated."

"And how does that make you feel?"

"Powerful!"

You see, I got it! When the negative feelings are acknowledged without judgment or resistance, the opposite is right there bringing healing through transformation. The negative energy doesn't go away; it is merely neutralized, co-existing with its polar opposite. How beautiful! How powerful I am! How powerful we all are! We can actually convince ourselves that the impossible is true, creating substantiating evidence all around us to verify our belief in the illusion of separation. Of course, admitting the presence of the negative is frowned upon, so fearful we have become of being vulnerable…and judged, which is exactly what we do to ourselves, and, therefore, to each other.

Oh, yes, we are master creators in manifesting everything we are NOT…and judging our creations! Well, maybe I can't speak for you; but it's true for me. I see it. And my soul gave me the one feeling with a word-picture—needy—that has terrified me, knowing how repulsive it is. Alienated is a piece of cake to admit; but needy sounds so helpless, such a horrible admission of victimhood. How does one who wears the mask of a want-to-be spiritual teacher admit such foolishness? Easily, I found out. (Although years, and even lifetimes of denial made it seem difficult.)

That "spiritual teacher" role is my white shadow. It has held me in bondage, making me it's victim—even when I pretended to be powerful and free. Oh, yes, that is exactly how my past has continually created my future…and kept me from feeling in the present. It has been easy to admit anger, sadness, and a host of other innocuous feelings; but to come to grips with the death blow produced by my fear that I'll never get it, that I'll never be good enough…well, that's been a hard nut to crack for the arrogant Paradoxman. It's much easier, I convinced myself, to hide behind that mask, turn from the mirrors, and deny my dark shadow of self-deception.

Even now as I write, negative feelings arise in me; and my natural and habitual tendency to deny and ignore them remains strong. What feeling is it? Pride. Look at me. I made it; I finally got it. That's the inner voice lying to me just as it has in the past when I convinced myself that I had "arrived" and wouldn't have to deal with all the bad stuff any longer. I am reminded, again, of Sheldon Kopp's quotation: "Transformations cannot be gained without cost. They require my learning to live the rest of my days in the ambiguity that of all I am, I am also the opposite. I cannot rid myself of my demons without risking that my angels will flee along with them." - from his book: Mirror, Mask and Shadow.

LuLu teaches and demonstrates powerfully that we only have two choices in duality: Resistance or Acceptance. Human history is abundant with evidence of our resistance; in fact, the opposite is virtually unknown. We do not like what is, and we judge it unmercifully—beginning in our own selves. We experience this war within every day of our lives. We see it in the mundane happenings as well as the macrocosmic events (read government and power structures) that seem to play such an enormous role in our lives when we take time to think about it. People trying to control others, is rampant; and it all starts with us trying to control and flee from the things about ourselves that we do not like. Folks, we are looking at the fruits of resistance. The false ego is born in resistance; and for most of us, it's all we've ever known. It's our identity. And the past creates our future…unless we find the courage to make the other choice.

Emotions, LuLu teaches, recycle as long as we resist them. That's their job. It's our karma: unfinished business with our own Selves. Their assignment, wisely and lovingly given by our Soul, is to get our attention. Can you hear them screaming? Can you see the insanity of continuing to recreate the same old trauma? As LuLu often asks, "Give me a peaceful reason to continue." There is none! Yet as long as we chase "good" emotions to get away from the "bad" ones we have judged, we live in resistance, at war with our Selves, hating Life, and wondering why dreadful things keep happening—even when we try so hard to focus on what we want, denying how we really feel.

Many of us are learning to make that different choice: to actually accept our negative side with joy. The heart smiles… then laughs. Do you see it? Can you hear the laughter? Are you able to realize that the illusions we have created actually have meaning and substance? They teach us joy unspeakable, and they are full of glory. We Luciferians, which we all are, created a powerful test for ourselves; and we convinced ourselves that we succeeded in separating ourselves from Source. Of course, the ego cannot admit failure, can it? But the heart knows better…and laughs. In the embrace of our failure (falsely labeled: success), we find victory. Holding in our arms and nurturing the wounded inner child in each of us, we heal by simply acknowledging the truth. Who was it who said, "The Truth shall set you free!"

Ho'oponopono to the rescue here: "I'm sorry; I forgive me; I love me." That's ownership! Yes, I did it. I created the wounds, my wounds. No one did it to me. No one else could have, if I had merely remembered. Nevertheless, I powerfully created my amnesia. I played the roles of victim and victimizer with amazing credibility, forgetting that I am neither. Like God, as quoted in the Bible: "I create Light and I create Darkness; and they are alike unto me" … yes, just like God! Unlike God, however, I came to really believe they were different. They aren't at all…merely two sides of the same coin! Master teachers of Love and Unity!

Now, the words of Jesus make sense: "Resist not evil." But we have resisted…repeatedly. We have convinced ourselves that it makes sense. Yet, as Art Sellers always said (and he stole it from someone else, I'm sure), "Reason and logic are fear." The way home, the only way home, is always through the heart. Love is never afraid, for it is never separate…from anyone or anything. In everything it sees itself…and rejoices, knowing there is only One for all, and All for one.

As Anastasia says, "Everything, but everything, is created for Man." There are no mistakes. Even the apparent imperfections are perfect, and perfectly designed by God in co-creation with our Soul. Seeing this, feeling it, and knowing it: this is our future, and it is grand. "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God concerning you." St. Paul said that in his first letter to the Thessalonians.

For a long time, I have understood these things intellectually (or at least convinced myself that I did). What I have said here is not new to me, or to anyone who has read my stuff in the past. What is new is that I can feel both sides of the polarity, virtually at the same time. As soon as I allow the negative, the positive is right there making love in my heart. I sense that I am no longer trying to get away from anything. There is greater clarity for me. As I shifted—and I'm not even certain how or when, exactly, it happened—the things in my past, my old conditioning, simply let go. Did I do it? I certainly allowed it; and evidence of the shift seems to be appearing in my life. As I love myself more completely, others seem more loving towards me. (This could be less projection of judgment on my part.)

Will I continue to see my past in my future? Perhaps. I know that there are many layers of experience, each with its own storehouse of wisdom and revelation. However, I can now recognize even my own resistance, and choose to not resist it. In other words, I can even accept my resistance, my ego, my white and dark shadows, along with my feelings of inadequacy and the entire host of related feelings, including death itself. I am playing roles; but I am not any of the roles I play. I am creator of my destiny…co-creator with the One who is Creator of ALL things. By the grace of God I have received this knowledge; and I am remembering who I am. "My son, you are infinite; you are eternal…and all your dreams are within you."

Will I help create a new world? Yes, emphatically: YES! I have been creating worlds forever. It's what I do. So have you! As we embrace our past creations, they are infused with new meaning, and we gain understanding. With that understanding, we enter the Age of Aquarius, the Golden Age, and the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. I am learning to say, "YES!" to Life in all of its paradoxical manifestations. As Rosalie (The Gathering) says, "It's a beautiful thing!"

Namaste

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ENDING THE OLD, BEGINNING THE NEW

© By Ron Van Dyke, Labor Day, 2007

The headline(* see footnote at the end) says it all. Still, I hesitate to talk about what I really see, or, more precisely, feel about what I see. Oh, yes, I am well aware how most Americans, most people for that matter, shy away from those who rock the boat and challenge the status quo. Yet, I have challenged that most of my life. So, why now do I hesitate?

I stall for the simple reason that I lack confidence when I feel insecure and disconnected. That’s how I’ve been feeling a lot lately. Why? Because I pay attention to things that do not make headline news on TV or in the print media. I read, listen, and watch the Internet as my primary news source. It’s not perfect; I admit it. Still, it reigns head and shoulders above the nearest competition in bringing us the widest perspective on what’s happening in our world; and with www.Rense.com, www.Fourwinds10.com and links from those websites, I get a pretty broad view of what is really happening in our world.

Paradoxically, I also sense that I am more connected than ever before in my life. I feel as if I know who I am. I do not feel as alone as I felt so often in my life. Yet, I sense an almost overwhelming concern that we are on the verge of something so powerful, so shattering of the norm that I simply cannot escape the thought that all Heaven is about to break loose on Planet Earth. I lack confidence because I have not had that “substantial” revelation that erases all doubt, the kind that bolsters one’s faith when the chips seem down.

I say it that way—all Heaven breaking loose—on purpose. However, to those who are trying to hold onto the old ways and manners, to those still stuck in the systems and dogmas of the past, it would seem quite the opposite. I know that for sure. Their world is about to come apart at the seams, shredding every vestige of normality as they have known and defined it.

It’s this month too! It’s not pushed off into the nebulous future somewhere; but it’s here now. What is it? I’m not certain. All I know is that THEY (those who have secretly controlled the world’s system with cunning and deceit) are not happy with the awakening occurring across the planet. Despite how it may appear, they know something is up. While THEY try desperately to hold onto their long-term plan to rule the world with an iron fist and an invisible combat boot on everyone’s throat, something is slipping away. That something is the darkness that has always concealed THEM in the past. Now, their secret plans, and sub-plans, and alternate agendas are showing up on the Internet before they have a chance to carry them out. It ruins their element of surprise. Of course, since most only get the news from their TV sets, the majority can still be hoodwinked by unexpected turns of events.

WHAT SIGNPOSTS ARE THERE TO READ

Perhaps the biggest one involves the billions of dollars in put options that expire on September 21, 2007. Somebody(s) in the know, we have no names, have bet a lot of money that a crash of 30%-50% (or more) is imminent. We’re talking finance here, money, dollars and cents of massive proportions. The last time there were so many put options placed was just before September 11, 2001 (and that was in the millions, not billions as with the current value). We all know what happened that day; even though many still suffer the delusion that the “official story” was what really happened. What a successful brainwashing effort on the part of the US Government and the controlled media! That's what happens when FOX guards the henhouse!

Then there is the obvious fact that many "insiders" are jumping ship—as in resignations from the Bush cabal, intelligence agencies, the military, and more. Even the mainstream press does not hide the more public figures, although many of the lesser-known names do not make headlines. Still, many “in the know” are bailing out on the obviously (to those who maintain reasonably open minds) sinking ship of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Corporation. Yes, we are not a country, but a privately owned business venture. Wake up, you who still sleep. The Federal Reserve and the Internal Revenue Service are both private businesses set up to defraud the average citizen without his or her awareness. It’s been that way since 1913; and it is a criminal scam, to say the least.

On top of that, there is talk of trials on a worldwide scope, like the famous Nuremberg Trials following WW2. And who might the accused be: none other than George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Tony Blair, and many more on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean—criminals all—who masterminded the illegal war on Iraq and Afghanistan. Calling it a war is an understatement: genocide is a more accurate term to describe this misadventure as well as the abhorrent Israeli/Palestinian atrocity. (FYI: Tribunals have already been held in various places where these illustrious leaders have been tried and found guilty in absentia.)

Oh, yes! I am one of those “conspiracy Gnostics” who believe we are lied to from cradle to grave and from the right and left of our political, institutional, corporate and economic establishments. To me, those who are not aware of the conspiracies have their heads in the sand as they attempt to maintain their Pollyannaish attitudes. Get real! Of course those with power (representing our personal ego that tries so hard to be separate) have always conspired to maintain that power at any cost against anyone who might be seen as a potential or real threat. Having people wake up and see what goes on behind the curtains is a real threat to these people! This is so obvious, how can any thinking person miss it? By not looking, of course!

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

Solutions are what they have always been: Light, Love and Life! As co-creators, no more powerful words can be spoken than, “Let there be Light!” Of course, Light has always been; yet when we say it in a particular context, we are saying, “Let the Light shine where it has seemed darkest.” But it is not enough to simply shine the Light. We also need to have a particular attitude that comes from the heart. Obviously, that attitude is Love. Love does not separate or wish ill towards anyone. While Love wants Justice, it realizes that Mercy is the other side of that coin. Justice and Mercy always go hand-in-hand; neither can exist in the truest expression without the other. Love joins opposites; and in the integration of opposites, Life manifests. Life is, by its very nature, both creative and transformative.

This magical trinity is not composed of some ethereal concepts. Light, Love and Life are what we are. This is the God-Force that is our very essence, our Spirit, if you will. Religion, controlled by those who would diminish us, has taught that these qualities belong to a God that is “out there” somewhere in a nebulous netherworld far removed from our present reality. Yet, despite the attempt to dumb us down and dull our sensibilities, many of us are awakening across the planet. And, our numbers are growing every day as this eternal Truth dawns on our soul and reminds us of the Higher Potential of our True Self, the Ego that is interconnected with all Life. Yes, like God, we are this and this alone: we are ALL of Life!

What is happening is the grand solution: Peace on Earth and good will towards Mankind. It is coming at us from every quadrant of the Cosmos. And we, many of us, have changed the reality of how this would be accomplished.

PROPHECIES OF DOOM WILL NOT BE FULFILLED...HEAR ANASTASIA PROPHESY IN OUR DAY AND AGE

Those of us who were trained as fundamentalists in several religions have been told that cataclysm and catastrophe must precede the Old World giving way to the New Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. They foretold of massive loss of life and destruction. However, we are co-creators; and we made and are making a different choice. We do not want to have to start over again as we did in ancient times. Many of us realized that the problem was not the “things” we have created. Rather, the dilemma was in the details: those who ran the system for their own personal gain at the expense of others ran it in secret. The roadblock to progress was nothing less than a misguided leadership and complacent followers who gave up their sovereign rights and responsibilities to those who loved power for its own sake. As we wake up and reclaim our sovereignty, we find the Universe stepping forward to assist us in ways that defied our understanding in times past.

Anastasia summed it up pretty well in her dialog with Vladimir, author of the Ringing Cedars of Russia series. It is found in book 3, The Space of Love, Chapter 24: Who Are You, Anastasia?...

Vladimir, as he often did at that stage, was challenging Anastasia by asking, "But who are you? Who do you consider yourself to be?"

We pick up her message several paragraphs after the questions were asked. "...If you wish, I shall play the fanatic for you to the hilt; or I can simply show you what I am."

... "Woe unto you prophets! For centuries you have been prophesying about the frailty and futility of earthly existence, terrifying people with doom and hell's flaming judgment. Tame your ardour – you are the ones that have made Man's comprehension of Heaven so much harder!

"Woe unto you, Nostradamus! The dates of the fearful cataclysms upon the Earth were not so much your divinations as the creations of your thought. You made millions of people persuade themselves of these by what you had taught and thereby aim their thought at the implementation of the same. Your thought still hovers up there, hiding in the blue, still frightening people with your prophecies of despair, but now they will no longer come true. Let your thought join in fray with mine. Of course you knew all this ahead of time, and that is why you are so eager to flee away.

"Woe to you who call yourselves teachers of human souls. You try to suggest to Man that he is abject and weak in spirit, knows nothing of himself and that all Truths are accessible only to a few elect like yourselves – and only through worshiping you [your way] can he detect God's voice and the Truth of the creation of the Universe. Cool the passion of your heart, and may everyone now know: the Creator has given ALL to EACH [emphasis mine] one right from the start, and we need only refrain from hiding the Creator's great creation under the murky domain of dogma and conventions, the murk of inventions for the sake of one's own selfish pride. Stand not between the people and God. The Father wishes to speak with each one equally. The Father abides no intermediaries.

"The Truth has been there right from the start in each one's soul. Not tomorrow, but here today each Man may be happy and whole! The Creator had filled each moment of every year with gladness; and in His thought there is no room for His beloved child to feel torment from sadness."

Vladimir interrupts her with his observation.… Just listen to her play! So inspiring! Yet so despairing! Of course she's playing, but why above her in the sky over the taiga is there shining bright such an extraordinary light? As though the heavens could record every inspiring and despairing word that from this forest recluse upon the Earth could be heard:

She continues..."Woe unto you, prognosticators of the ages, foretelling but gloom for Man, thereby creating both gloom and hell! Oh, how earnestly you have been feeding your own egregor [psychic field], frightening people in the name of the Father and more. Well, here I am. You can all come to me. With my Ray I shall take but a moment to burn up the murk of age-old dogma. All anger on Earth, leave your deeds and make haste to me, join fray with me, try your utmost.

"But you, militants of all faiths, it is you who have created all the wars. Dream about wars no longer. Lure not people into war with your obscure deceptions for the sake of your own mercantile connections. I stand alone before you. Try to defeat me. To defeat me, all of you come meet me together. The fight will be fightless, as clergy of all religious confessions will greet me with their merged assistance.

"Foremothers of mine, Fathers of mine, imbue them with the True Light. Give them everything you have been so carefully saving for me. Give freely to all who are able to accept the Light.

"Let evil join fray with itself and with my flesh, not with my soul. I give the whole of my soul to people. In people I shall prevail through my soul. Prepare yourself, all wickedness and evil-mindedness, to leave Earth behind and fall upon me!

"I am Man! I am Man of pristine origins. Anastasia I am. And I am stronger than you."

We are Man, People of the Heart whose Light shines brightly into the darkness, revealing the secrets long hidden. Together, we are changing the world. September 2007 marks the visible end of the old and the birth of the New Heaven and New Earth long prophesied. Namaste.

After word: I am posting this to my website on Sunday, September 9, 2007. That’s 9-9-9 for you numerologists…COMPLETION! It will be in three phases: September 9, 18, and 27…all 9-9-9 dates. It will not be hidden or silenced; many things will be revealed by the end of this month and the domino effect will be evident. The change is upon us, sealed with Laughter, the fourth “L” that brings the manifestation. And we laugh together: Anastasia, Ron, and Light Workers everywhere have co-created the victory with a fightless fight. The Joy of the Lord is our Strength. We are One! Hallelujah!

* The original headline was: WHAT'S GOING DOWN? – PUT OPTIONS, INSIDERS JUMPING SHIP & THREAT OF TRIALS FOR GOVERNMENT LEADERS. I shortened it when I was ready to post it on the Internet.

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AS THE WORLD TURNS: ENDLESS CIRCLE OR UPWARD SPIRAL?

© By Ron Van Dyke, August 28, 2007

"Transformation cannot be gained without cost. They require my learning to live the rest of my days in the ambiguity of knowing that of all that I am, I am also the opposite. I cannot rid myself of the demons without risking that my angels will flee along with them." –Sheldon Kopp in Mirror, Mask and Shadow.

We live in exciting yet disturbing times. The systems we have come to rely on and take for granted are crumbling before our eyes. I know, many do not see that on the news or read it in the newspapers, or simply choose not to look. Those do not even realize that what they ignore, watch or read (although few read) is mostly propaganda by those who established and run the system. They have run it into the ground, quite literally; and they have even poisoned the ground itself. They hold little respect for Life; and their entire plan for world domination is built on fear, fear, and more fear.

They, they, they! Someone had to play the role, and "they" agreed. At another time, on another stage, I played the same role. So did you. It's called: The Wheel of Life. It turns round and round and round. Once upon a time we are the victimizers, relishing our power over those not quite as smart, as rich, or as fortunate as we are. We look down our noses at those to whom we attach many derogatory labels…labels we, ourselves wore in yet another drama, another soap opera of As the World Turns. The actors change places. Scenery shifts. Hands rotate on the clocks as page after page is flipped on the calendars. Still, the drama is the same.

Oh, yes, nothing really changes until we see, until we really get it that the cat chasing its tail is a metaphor of the journey of the soul through time and space. Round and round we go. Birth, death; birth, death, birth, death! First we think we are new, young, full of life. Then we realize that we are only spinning without getting anywhere at all. Even when we are "successful" by whatever standard we may measure ourselves: What does it all mean? How can we stop the world long enough to finally remember who we are, and perhaps figure out why we are here now?

The cosmic drama is reaching a climax. An old age draws to a close even as a new paradigm bears down upon us. Our governments, to the honest observer, seem out of control. They desperately continue to ply their ancient craft of divide and conquer. They separate the "little people" from each other, enticing them to steal, fight, and kill one another. They do this through bribery, deceit, unfulfilled sex, drugs, and a host of other ploys designed to keep humanity in its grip.

Governments and power positions have always attracted the dark side, lost egos that relish the very idea of exercising control over others. The ego likes to play control games. That's its specialty. It weaves illusions, deceptions; and the Cosmic Ego—we can call it the Devil—has been at this for a long time. It has had a long and successful run at the box office under many titles: The Wars of the World, The Rise and Fall of Empires, Cain Kills Abel, Conspiracies Exposed, Corporate Control Wrecks Havoc, Bankers Create Shortages, Monica's Blue Dress Stain, Church Pedophilia Ring Revealed, Food Prices Soar, Oil Hits All-Time High… Go ahead; make up some of your own titles. They are all smokescreens.

Those who play at the apparent top have always used problem-reaction-solution to have it their way. They determine what they want to do knowing full well that people will not agree to such madness. So, they create a problem, a diversion that will frighten people. Scared people are irrational. (So are those who scare them!) Like programmed zombies, the frightened masses call out to the so-called leaders: "PROTECT US!" The leaders then get to do what they wanted to do all along; and the people think it was their own choice. "Those who give up freedom for security, get neither." –Benjamin Franklin

9-11 was a smokescreen to launch the war on terror; and the terrorists are the very, very rich people who want to control the world, to make slaves of humanity. However, it did not work quite the way it was planned; in fact, many awakened to the game all over the planet, most seeing it for the very first time; yet many did not and do not see, especially in America, the terrorist headquarters. That awakening continues. Therefore, bigger 9-11s are planned…not just two cities, but many.

Frightened yet? There's no need to be. Not if you remember who you are! Entering the sacred ends the scared. You are the sacred. So am I. Together we have the Divine ability to stand in the Ancient Truth from before the seeming endless series of soap operas. That Truth is: BEFORE THE WORLD WAS, I AM!

What did the religious leaders do when Jesus made that bold assertion? They picked up stones and were ready to kill him on the spot. Of course the leaders don't mind saying that about Jesus today. They think He's not around, having consigned Him to the realm of myth, legend, and fairy tale to support their own version of the soap opera. However, that Jesus myth doesn't go away. Before the world was, I am! The Myth promised: Kill me, and I shall bring forth many Sons of God, each knowing the very same thing. I shall set the captives free!

Can you say it with feeling? "Before the world was, I am!" It's not blasphemy; it's liberation! "Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus…" When we know who we are: infinite, eternal, always connected to the highest good, abundant, powerful, loving, life-giving, and creative transformers and healers…yes, when we know this, everything changes, not outside, but inside.

Say with me, "I created this game with my brothers and sisters. Whatever I appear to be, I am also the opposite, for truly I can be whatever I choose. Neither side alone is who I am—only half of a whole. All my dreams of creation have been fulfilled throughout time—except one: returning Home without leaving my body behind. The villain and the victim: I am both, and neither. Each are but roles I have chosen to play. Now I see; and in seeing, I realize who I really am. I am the Alpha and Omega, one with Almighty God, merciful and just. The war is over because 'they' and I are one.

"Whatever 'they' may do, I dwell in a secret place and remain untouched. I do not fight 'them,' or resist; I simply stand in Truth: I AM!"

The fighter now has no partner with which to battle; for I invite the fighter to dance with me instead. "Come," I say, "Let me embrace you with thanksgiving. You have helped me remember that I am Love. For so long I had forgotten. I could not see. I could not hear. I could not speak. My legs could not carry me where I wanted to go. My hands could not make what I most needed. I looked at you, and knew that you were not what I am—so different you seemed. Then I looked more closely. I saw how we had written the play and starred in the drama. Yes, you helped me remember that we are members together of one family—children of God. So, I re-member you! Join with me and dance."

And the world turns differently now. Some dramas still play out, actors completing their assignments and fulfilling their roles. But it's not the same. Somehow the terror I knew makes me laugh at myself, wondering how I ever managed to create something I would fear. Of course, I did, forgetting that I created it; but I did create it; and the fear did seem real.

Oh, my! The worst-case scenarios are no longer needed. The tragedy we prophesied is now becoming a comedy. Joy characterizes the shift! I am coming home, dancing with my darkness, celebrating my creativity. There is no lack, for everything is energy, and it is everywhere. All that I need, have ever needed, has always been right where I left it—inside of me.

There are still pieces that seem fragmented. I can still feel the sorrow of those who do not yet see. I witness the fear of those who think the game is real, and the role their true identity. Being Love, I cannot help but know sadness for my brothers and sisters who hang onto the illusion; but neither can I help but know that in time and space, somewhere in the vastness of created universes, they too will re-member. I can see the homecoming celebration, hear the music and singing, taste and feast on the bounty of heaven and earth, smell the fragrances and aromas of loving kindness, and touch the faces of my brothers and sisters.

I'm so glad I can feel! I'm so grateful I can think! How blessed I am to be able to know these things! As the world turns, what seemed like an endless cycle is recognized as an upward spiral. Yes, I descended. I plumbed the depths of my creative ability. Now, I ascend, making peace with the paradox as I scale my heights.

This is the message I have received from the heart of my Father. My Mother supports it. My Brothers and Sisters embrace it. We are ONE…forever linked to and through the Heart of Creator Spirit by unconditional, eternal Love. Namaste.

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DANCING WITH LIGHT AND SHADOWS: CELEBRATING OUR WAY HOME

NOTE: This is the referral text (not the transcript) of a lecture given at The New Way, Rockledge, Florida, Sunday, August 5, 2007.

Preface: Lifetime after lifetime, the human family has shown its propensity for ignorance. This act of separation manifests in greed, deception, violence, and war: Man's inhumanity to Man. These things we see; yet until we can see the connection of the outer world to the inner, we remain imprisoned by our own blindness. Today, with Light increasing as never before, the content of the shadows is revealed. We can choose to dance in the Light and the Shadows, fearing neither, knowing they are both us. The Divine marriage between the Light and the Dark renews our mind, restores our soul, reveals our wholeness...and we are home FREE. Our entire world heals as we celebrate the integration of opposites, becoming One...again...for the very first time!

© by Ron Van Dyke

"A human being is part of the whole called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves: our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self [ego]. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." ~ Albert Einstein, 1954

Once there was a man with many questions. From earliest childhood he pondered the meaning of his life. Taught there was a God, he sought to know that God. He studied the religion in which he was raised, trying to figure out which of the many factions was correct. Somehow, he was never able to measure up to the standards he was told God required him to meet. Still, he continued seeking, praying that he could somehow become good enough to please that God, and finally have a feeling of fulfillment that did not fade with the next challenge.

Many times along the way, he had experiences that brought him joy, if only for a while. He married and had children; but the marriage failed. He remarried, and that marriage failed as well. Relationships fared no better, until he had virtually resigned himself to being alone.

He tried his hand at many different occupations; yet each one, no matter how successful, left him feeling unfulfilled.

He considered many other religions, metaphysics, and so-called esoteric truths. He dabbled in rituals of many types and forms. Still, even with mountaintop experiences that seemed like "the right answer" at the time, when things began to go awry, those nagging doubts arose within his mind. Would he ever be enough? Would his search ever end? Would he find peace and fulfillment? Was it even possible?

In a vision, a wizened old soul invited him to sit down and have a drink of cool water. The Master began to pour the water from a crystal pitcher into a glass; but when it was full, he kept on pouring. He poured and poured, and the water kept coming, flowing onto the table, then, the floor.

"Stop, stop," he yelled to the Master. "It's full already!"

The Master stopped pouring, though the pitcher remained full. "What did you see?" he asked the seeker.

"You were wasting the water and getting everything all wet."

"What I wanted you to see was the continuing and unending flow. As long as you are full of your own ideas, however, you cannot see beyond appearances."

Now, I ask you: With which person did you identify? Where are you in the story? Are you the seeker? Are you the Master? Are you the glass? Are you the water? Who are you? How do you see yourself?

Your answer is your own; and I have been invited to share mine. Remember, it is only my perspective. What you see, what you think, how you feel, is your own business. Your journey is yours, as are all of your questions and all of your answers.

Many have heard me speak of Anastasia, the beautiful and spiritually gifted woman from Siberia. We'll talk a bit about her later, and perhaps more at another time and place. When her son was almost five, Vladimir, his father, visited him for the second time in his life. He asked him, "What do you want to be?"

The boy responded, "But I already am, Papa."

When shown a fifth-grade book for future reading when he grew up, the boy told his father that he could already read, that Mama Anastasia had taught him. He had read all of the books Vladimir had written about his mama; and he could even read "His" book, referring to God. No, it wasn't the Bible, the Koran, or any other holy book we could hold in our hands. His book was Nature, the very Cosmos, itself. Looking up, the young lad began reading it for his papa from the "happy letters" in the trees and the sky. "The Universe itself is a thought, a thought from which was born a dream, which is partially visible as matter. My son, you are infinite, you are eternal, and all your dreams are within you."

That second sentence told me who I am. I am not the sinner the seeker had been told he was; yet I am the seeker. I am also the Master; and I am the glass, the pitcher, the water, the table, the floor, and everything else both visible and invisible. Time stood still as I was given a view of myself from God's perspective. Nothing was outside of me. All that existed was within me. And I was loved; in fact, I was Love. There was no distinction between God and me—no separation.

"But, Ron, that's not the world we live in," you may say; and you're right...sort of.

We have created a different world, a world where we could experience separation. In the world that we created, I am separate from God, from Nature, from you, and even from my own Self. No wonder I, the seeker, could not find satisfaction in my life. And God didn't do it to me; I created it myself. We all did!

Such a revelation that I create my own reality in the recent past threw me into all sorts of self-blame, self-doubt and guilt; but that wasn't always true for me. Before I could experience the feelings of blame, doubt or guilt, I would have had to agree with it. That I could not do till more recently in my development. My first response for most of my life, therefore, would have been denial. I didn't do it! She did it! It's his fault! They are the problem! God certainly could not love me if He allowed this to happen to me! I am the victim of circumstances way beyond my control!

Let me tell you, I became a master at playing the role of victim. I mean: I am an expert. Oh how well I can hide my responsibility by making someone else responsible for my situation. Yes, I am a master scapegoater; and I still fall into that pattern when I am not conscious of what is happening in the moment--when I react from habit rather than forethought. Oh how well I can create masks to hide behind, only letting people see the things I approve of and believe worthy of my self-definition. What a beautiful shadow I can cast. What, me responsible for that? Hell no! I'm one of the good guys with the white hat. Such has been my denial of my own humanity, making relationships at any level difficult with my shadow of perfectionism.

I'm going to talk more about the shadow, but before I do, allow me to share one more thing about Anastasia, a conversation between her and Vladimir. She had just blown him away—again—with yet another mind-boggling demonstration of her spiritual gifts. He fell to his knees before her. Pretend you're a fly on the wall of his apartment as you eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Vladimir, I beg of you, get up off your knees—you should not bow down to me.

"O God, O God, I have overdone it; I have been in too great a haste—forgive me for not making myself clear to Your sons.

"In God's sight, Vladimir, all people are equal. They should not bow down to one another. I am simply a woman—I am Man!"

"You are so vastly different from all other people, Anastasia, so if you are simply MAN, then who are we? Who am I?"

"You are Man, too, only as you are living out your life in vanity, you have not yet been able to think of what your purpose is."

"Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Rama, Buddha—who are they? And how do you relate to them?"

"Those are my elder brothers you have named, Vladimir. I am not in a position to judge their works, but I shall say one thing: none of them had their fill of earthly love."

"That can't be—every single one of them has millions of worshipping followers, even today."

"But worship does not mean love. It only exhausts the worshipper's power of thought—a power exclusive to MAN. Great is the egregor [a unifying, collective, psychic entity or field] of my brothers—for millions of years many people have fed it through their worship, and in so doing each worshipper lost some of his energy. Over the centuries there have been many willing to condemn the deeds of my brothers. And I could not understand why they made such great efforts to feed their own egregor, building up its energy over thousands of years. Nobody has been able to guess their secret until the dawn of the present age. And my brothers decided to gather the accumulated energy into a single whole, in order to distribute it to souls now living on the Earth. A new millennium [spoken at the end of the 20th Century] will soon be given birth, in which the gods will settle the Earth—those people whose conscious awareness will allow them to accept this energy in all its worth.

"Vladimir, I beg of you, get up off your knees! It is painful for any father to see his son bowed down and enslaved. It is only the dark forces that have always tried to demean Man's significance. Vladimir, get up off your knees, refuse to betray yourself. Do not separate yourself from me."

"I wasn't separating myself from you. On the contrary, it seems I've just begun to understand you. Only I don't agree that worship interferes with love. On the contrary, all believers say that they love God; and I am bowing before you as a goddess, but you are frightened for some reason. You've become upset."

"We have known each other for five years now, Vladimir. A lot of time has gone by since that night when our son was conceived, but ever since that time, not once have you had the desire to touch me, to give me the look you give to other women. Lack of understanding—and now, worship—do not allow love to reveal itself. Worship does not bring forth children."

"Well, that's because you're not exactly a woman, Anastasia."

[From Book 5, The Ringing Cedars of Russia series, Ringing Cedars Press, www.RingingCedars.com]

The conversation continued. She ended up singing him to sleep, a wordless lullaby. And we all sleep, not realizing who we are and how we have come to create the mess we find all around us—how we have created a world of shadows with little substance having eternal and quintessential value.

And what do we see if we really look at the world—not through eyes of ignorance, which is ignoring the obvious because we are told: "it is just an illusion"? Do you see injustice? Do you see violence? Do you see greed? Do you see poverty? Do you see apathy? Do you see hatred? Do you see lies being told as truth? Do you see murder, and theft, and war? Can you acknowledge man's inhumanity to man? Who created all this mess?

"They did!" is an ignorant answer, ignoring the fact that your own ego, and mine, has defended separation throughout our lives; and, if you can accept reincarnation as a fact, throughout many lifetimes, playing many roles. Yes, it is our ego, collectively, that make up the "dark forces" of which Anastasia spoke. Separation consciousness, in fact, is born of the unloved, disconnected ego.

Another answer, "That's negative, and I chose not to focus my attention on such things!" is simply more ignoring. Regardless of the misapplied truth: what we focus on expands, destructive issues and patterns do not go away by putting our head in the sand. As Elizabeth said in her talk last Sunday night at the Gathering, when a child injures his or her right hand, you don't say, "I'm just going to focus on the left hand that is perfect." Oh, so you're simply going to ignore the wound! Love in action? Not! It's separation consciousness in action, and has nothing to do with love or positive thinking. It is denial and ignorance at its best! And I'll give you my honest evaluation: If we all continued down that path, the whole world of humanity would be annihilated...BOOM! More could be said on this, but it will wait for another time.

My answer to: "Who created this mess?"—and I humbly ask you to consider it as you own: "We did it! We created it together." If that's true, guess what? It's our responsibility to fix it…together.

You may ask, "How, Ron?"

By seeing the humbling truth: we are gods; and everything we have created, even the illusions, must be embraced if we are to heal! We cannot run away from our own creations, our own shadows, everything we've convinced ourselves is bad and is some else's fault. We are the devils we fear, and the angels we adulate. Those dark and foreboding things we would escape from are the most important teachers we have.

It's true as Marianne Williamson said, "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure." And as the young lad read to his papa, "My son, you are infinite, you are eternal, and all your dreams [of creation] are within you." What is God telling us, if not that we are Divine Beings capable of creating WHATEVER we wish to create. All our dreams are within us! Therefore, we really are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the ones who are here, now, in this present moment, to make the correction. That begins with acknowledgement of the problem, taking responsibility for its creation, and healing it within our individual selves.

See what I see, if only for a moment in your time. The human ego has become empowered upon the Earth creating a diabolical caricature designed to awaken us. It is arrogant beyond belief. It is secretive, not wanting others to know the truth about what it has done and is doing. It is violent, wanting to destroy everything and everyone in the way of achieving its perennial dream of proving its power through force and domination. It has risen to the very top of world government—a secret society, a dark cabal bent on either world conquest or destruction. Like it or not, it is our government; and, yes, it is insane! It's not a Democrat or Republican issue either; both are corrupt to the core.

And who is our government? From separation's perspective, to the ego, it is the Bush administration, its puppet masters and all of its political lackeys from both sides of the aisle. From Love's point of view, we are the government—no separation. A separatist would say that we must fight them because they are a threat to all that is good and just; while an inclusionist would declare: "I must see the part in me that "they" represent, and heal that part by loving it as it is." As Einstein said in the opening quotation: "We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." I submit to you that this is that new manner of thinking.

We can experience fear and be scared, it's very human; and we can also embrace the sacred that includes everything. Though they may seem worlds apart, they are merely the transposition of two simple letters: SCARED or SACRED. The first is division; the second, unity or wholeness).

Darkness is not to be feared. Love needs no protection from the dark. Why? Because one cannot spread darkness; darkness does not exist within itself—only as contrast within its relationship to Light. Of course, one in darkness may choose to fear Light, which has no eternal or permanent effect on Reality. Concluding Marianne Williamson's quote: "It is our Light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone. And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

All choices between real polarities: masculine or feminine, light or dark, positive or negative, life or death, up or down, inner or outer, spirit or matter, and more, are inherently false choices. Any choice between real polarities is illusionary, since all pairs of opposites exist as a whole. They are energetically inseparable. Their purpose is contrast; and that is a great and essential gift that enables experience! We can choose to remain at war with each side polarizing against the other; or we can choose to dance.

Fourth-dimensional thinking embraces the paradoxes, the apparent opposites that, upon closer examination, are found to be merely two sides of the same coin. The unification of opposites within each of us is a Divine marriage. It makes us whole, again, perhaps for the very first time—in time. It is attainable; yet it requires seeing wholeness and unity within the beautiful diversity of Life. It requires loving All That Is, for only Love has the power to heal; only Love can stop the insanity of war. It's an individual job, one soul at a time. God knows when critical mass is reached; then the entire world transforms in the twinkling of an eye. Any day now!

Jesus said, "If your eye is single, your entire being will be filled with Light; but if the light that's in you is dark, how great that darkness is."

The pitcher contains living water, the very water of Life, itself. It is endless, limitless. None is ever wasted. It all has meaning. Everything has its time and season. Every role has its place and function. There is a time to grieve and a time to rejoice; a time for every purpose under heaven. Wisdom is in the moment; always facing what is at hand—now—honestly. Love connects everything and everyone…no exceptions. Worship is a theft of Truth, for Truth is ALL and is in us all. We are all equal, all loved, and all honored at the only level that really matters: the infinite, the eternal, the Divine. A compassionate God, which we all are at the very essence of our beings, does not judge us…ever! It is merely seen as another child choosing to experience something. However, we judge our own selves and each other; yet the hell such judgment creates is a lie, a delusion of our own desire to experience what we are not. God did not create this hell; we did, using our free will to put ourselves into bondage through separation.

Grace is forever. Freedom to be, even what we are not, is unconditional, flowing as it does, from the Divine Heart that encompasses ALL THAT IS, forever. One cannot be separate from God, except by creating illusions; or we can choose to dance in the Light and the shadows. As for me, I choose to be who I am: Love incarnate. As Love, I invite you to dance with me in celebration of being home, here, now, forever. And unlike what you may have been told: that there are many paths to God; I tell you that there is ONLY ONE WAY HOME: the way of the heart, which is the path of Love. Namaste.

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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: ANASTASIA'S STORY

"A human being is part of the whole called by us 'universe', a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self [ego]. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive." ~ Albert Einstein, 1954.

"Everything—but everything—on Earth, every blade of grass, every insect, has been created for Man" ~ Anastasia

Imagine a human growing up and never losing his or her sense of Creator's presence and unconditional love. Imagine your parents dying before you could even walk or talk. Imagine having an eccentric grandfather and great-grandfather who allowed Nature to raise you with little interference and no indoctrination from them or anyone else. Imagine being able to communicate with Nature, understanding plants and animals, learning first-hand that everything around you was there to serve you, to nurture you, and to bring you joy. Imagine the power you would experience without even thinking it was power, only that it was Life itself as it was meant to be. You simply knew that God had given you dominion over everything around you, and that you were always safe no matter what the circumstances.

Stop imagining. Such a human really exists...a woman. She lives in Russia, and her name is Anastasia. Vladimir Megre first presented her story to the world in 1996 in a book bearing her name as the title. That book has since been translated into 20 languages and has sold well over ten million copies in Russia alone, without advertising—simply by word of mouth. The first English translation was released in February 2005. Eight subsequent books followed from this author, all telling the story of this amazing Russian lady who embodies the "greater things than these shall you do" that Jesus Christ promised would follow in the Golden Age of Awakening—our age today.

Anastasia's is a simple, true story for a complex world that desperately needs greater love and understanding to heal us all—and the planet we call Mother Earth. It comes to us from Russia with love through the pen of Vladimir Megre and a host of translators, printers, distributors and other visionaries. It comes to us from the heart of God.

The Cosmic Role of Russia in the Spiritual Evolution of Man

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), who established the Anthroposophical movement, taught that the Slavic folk soul would play a major role in the future development of a new spiritual humanity. (Russians constitute the largest Slavic nation.) He saw the Slavs as a spiritual bridge between the Orient (East) and the Occident (West). According to Steiner, the religious thought of the Orient belongs to the past; the Occident's philosophical-scientific thought to the present; the Slavic soul will bridge the two and create a pathway to a spiritual future. More than any other national soul, claimed Steiner, the Russian folk soul strives to realize the world of the spirit. In Russia the synthesis of the highest features of both Eastern and Western cultures would one day be achieved.

The Sleeping Prophet, Edgar Cayce said, "In Russia there comes the hope of the world, not as that sometimes termed of the communistic, or Bolshevik, no; but freedom, freedom! That each man will live for his fellow man! The principle has been born. It will take years for it to be crystallized, but out of Russia comes again the hope of the world." (1944, No. 3976-29) And again, over a decade earlier, "... for changes are coming, this may be sure—an evolution, or revolution in the ideas of religious thought. The basis of it for the world will eventually come out of Russia; not communism, no! But rather that which is the basis of the same, as the Christ taught—His kind of communism!" (1930, No. 452-6) And yet one more Cayce quote: "On Russia's religious development will come the greater hope of the world. Then that one or group that is the closer in its relationship [with God?] may fare the better in gradual changes and final settlement of conditions as to the rule of the world." (1932)

Alice A. Bailey, author of many books from 1922-1974, also saw a unique role for Russia in ushering in a new civilization. Decades ago, with Russia firmly behind the communist iron curtain, she predicted: "Behind the closed borders of that mysterious and magnificent country, a great and spiritual conflict is proceeding, and the rare mystical spirit and the truly religious orientation of the people is the eternal guarantee that a true and living religion and culture will finally emerge. Out of Russia…will emerge that new and magical religion about which I have so often told you."

Also, the famous British clairvoyant Count Louis Hamon (1866-1936), who wrote under the pseudonym 'Cheiro', referenced a spiritual mission for Russia. Cheiro, whose best selling 1926 Cheiro's World Predictions—described as a prophetic "history of the last seven decades," wrote: "The day will come when Russian waste of blood—the blood he has and will yet pour out like water—will make 'a new heaven and a new Earth…"

Before his death G.I. Gurdjieff, one of the most amazing spiritual teachers to come out of pre-revolutionary Russia, told his students: "Remember what now I say, begin in Russia, finish in Russia." While the Indian guru Osho, an equally enigmatic and controversial teacher, is reported as observing: "Russia seems to be a land of destiny, not only for its own people, but for the whole world. It was the first to revolt against capitalism; it is going to be again the first to revolt against dictatorial communism. The future is of a democratic communism, a communism rooted in the freedom of man..."

[Material in this section on the role of Russia is drawn from this website: www.geocities.com/countermedia/3.html that was last updated in March 2001. New Dawn Magazine is mentioned on the site; but the author is unknown.]

The Books

I have read the first four of nine books in The Ringing Cedars of Russia series: 1) Anastasia; 2) The Ringing Cedars of Russia; 3) The Space of Love; and 4) Co-creation. That's all I have so far; and I read all four in four days. Let me share with you a bit of her story with the intent, hers and mine, to remind you who we are. That, by the way, is the title of book five that is backordered: Who Are We? The English version of book six, The Book of Kin, has just been released. The English translation of book seven, The Energy of Life, has begun. Book eight; part one is The New Civilization, and part two [really, it's book nine] is Rites of Love. See: www.ringingcedarsofrussia.org/ for more information, including ordering the books.

Anastasia and Vladimir, a Russian entrepreneur and riverboat captain, met under most unusual circumstances. Of course everything about Anastasia seems unusual, but only because what we consider "normal" is so unnatural, so synthetic, so contrived. She is distinctive for the very reason that God through Nature taught her first hand. From the smallest insect to a tiny shoot breaking through the earth and reaching towards the heavens, Anastasia witnessed Nature with the innocence of a toddler, a child, a teenager, and a young woman. Once, she flew with eagles; and she always played with bears, wolves and other animals in the deep forests of inner Siberia. In Vladimir's first night in Anastasia's world he slept with a bear himself. Of course, he was utterly shocked as he awakened next morning and realized how she had kept him warm in her glade of the Siberian taiga (Russian word for the Siberian forest) without the benefit of a house or a building of any sort...not even blankets or sleeping bags. Yes, Anastasia had no modern amenities to offer, only a reeducation for this unsuspecting man encountering a beautiful lady who was resourceful beyond belief. (In his learning, his remembrance, we can all learn and remember if we choose.)

Vladimir, like most if not all of us who have grown up in our world of illusory distortions, appears very rough around the edges as he came face-to-face with the power and beauty, innocence and deep wisdom of Anastasia. Sometimes I felt like shaking him as he struggled to understand while criticizing her horribly; yet he did not spare us his distress in trying to fit Anastasia into the box of his understanding of normality. Thankfully, this was his first attempt at writing; and he was uninfluenced by educated efforts to conform his style to so-called appropriate literary models. He simply told the story as he experienced it: what he saw, heard, felt, and understood. He also rejected editors who would have finessed, from their point of view, his unique writing style. Appreciating first-person writing, I was drawn into the story from the onset. Also, for whatever reason, I knew from the first time I heard about Anastasia that I simply had to get the books and read, read, read. So, despite having my buttons pushed by Vladimir's crudeness and even cruelty, I resonate with his candor in sharing his deepest thoughts and feelings (since I often do the same).

Who or What Is Anastasia?

"I exist for those for whom I exist " ~ Anastasia

I see Anastasia as naturally compassionate, nurturing, inquisitive, and so much more. So totally is she in touch with her emotions that tears flow as easily with her as hearty outbursts of laughter and exuberant expressions of joy. She is a veritable pool of bubbling spontaneity, a well of wisdom unsurpassed in our 21st Century world, and an ocean of power to create everything anew. She is a woman spiritually gifted beyond anyone I have ever heard or read about, including all the great masters from the past. She may well be, and I believe she is the vanguard of sweeping changes that encircle the planet and draw in a myriad of visitors from the far reaches of not only this galaxy, but many others. She is an empowered lady, royalty even, though not one to be put on a pedestal or throne and removed from our own day-to-day lives. Neither would she want that. She is humble and does not consider her abilities to be anything more than that which is the heritage of all humans. She is a Divine manifestation of the Feminine aspects of the Creator in balance and harmony with Life.

Yet, she is so human. Anastasia's grandfather (93 at the time Vladimir met him and the 119-year-old great-grandfather) told Vladimir that she is a normal woman, having all the innate desires that other women experience. There were definitely times in the telling of the story that her humanness came through in spades; and times that I even felt sorry for Vladimir when she came across as very controlling indeed. Of course it was because she did not appear normal to Vladimir that he even needed such explanation. That's understandable.

What Vladimir witnessed were unexpected synchronicities of what seemed to him like supernatural manifestations. Animals and birds fed her. Orbs of light seemed to be at her beck and call, sometimes flashing with lightening. She had a ray that could beam anywhere, making strange things happen. She seemed to have superhuman strength and dexterity—at times she could run like the wind, literally. Her knowledge of the world in which she lived was uncanny, more so considering the fact that she had rarely ventured into the outside world. She saw and knew things that were non-local, both in the sense of time and of space. She could take him back into either the distant or not-so-distant past, or forward into the near future, i.e., past life regression and future life progression. What he experienced seemed very real indeed, not merely an illusion created by a hypnotist (thought he often questioned how she did it). She could even take him to other places and other planets. She revealed things from his own past that she had no way of knowing except as a spiritual gift. She read his mind, often saying what he was thinking before he could blurt it out or without even wanting to speak it; and she told him that she understood and could communicate in all languages.

She corrected misconceptions and deceptions of our history, religion, and technology. She provided insights into child rearing, education, gardening, sexuality, relationships and so much more. All this is even more remarkable considering her lack of formal education. Yes, it's true that she sees our "modern" education system as very deficient indeed; still, how could this uneducated recluse have so much going for her? That's a question each reader will have to answer for him or herself as they venture into the miraculous, though simple, world of Anastasia. Each must answer in his or her own heart and soul: Who is Anastasia? and in answering, the question immediately follows: Then who am I?

What Does it All Mean?

Perhaps the most amazing of all stories in the books relate to the time after the first volume was published when the authorities came to persuade her to live in an encampment outside of Moscow where they could work together (?). Yeah, right! This story was not witnessed by Vladimir, but was told to him by a local eyewitness who was the guide for the authorities. Of course it totally changed this man's view of life. Anyway, without ruining the entire story for you, of which there are several layers, Anastasia chose not to go with those armed men. When one of them reacted and emptied his clip towards her, all were amazed as only a scratch appeared. The rest of the bullets seemed to simply disintegrate before reaching her as the orbs rapidly encircled her body. (Remember the movie: The Matrix—it's not science fiction.)

What will we do with such powers that defy our understanding and explanations of the physical world? She proves the illusion and delusions in which we have been imprisoned, and frees the willing. So much for authorities when we recognize our own sovereignty! She demonstrated for all of us that those who live in darkness are motivated by power, greed and a desire to control others, and they actually have no real power at all. Their only power is in trying to make us afraid, but even their success in that is waning for those who are not afraid to see the world as it is, both in the illusion and behind it.

Anastasia is a prototype for all of us. It's no mistake that her story is rapidly spreading around the world. As her grandfather told Vladimir, she's not predicting the future; she's creating it. And as she told Vladimir, "In the book you are going to write there will be unobtrusive combinations, formulations made up of letters, and they will arouse in the majority of people good and radiant feelings. These feelings are capable of overcoming ailments of body and soul, and will facilitate the birth of a new awareness inherent in people of the future. Believe me, Vladimir, this is not mysticism – it is in accord with the laws of the Universe."

A multitude is coming together to co-create the vision this amazing lady brought to us, not just with the books, but also with the new paradigm reality that opens before us as a lotus blossom. Folks, this is the Age of Aquarius! It is dawning across the world; and its rays are shining from Russia through Anastasia and those awakened in the Spirit of the Living God, Creator of All and in us all. To me, she is a Christed, Buddhic Woman, beyond religion and here to bring us the balance and nurturing of the Divine Feminine. I feel deep appreciation that I am now consciously in her ray, and that she has reminded me who I am, not with mere words, but with a living demonstration of the natural heritage of the human family. Indeed, we are all one; and in the realization of that fact, we overcome the world.

Behold, I see the New Heaven and the New Earth, for the old have passed away. I see a new generation of children no longer taught to forget, children who don't believe in God…because they know God. I hear songs, anthems of freedom celebrated in dances of great joyfulness as the invisible walls that have imprisoned mankind dissolve in the light of God's love in each and all of us. Here, let me reach out my hand right now, and wipe that tear of joy from your cheek, touching it to my own tear. Let me embrace you in this Love that is shed abroad in our hearts. Namaste.

© by Ron Van Dyke, Saturday, June 16, 2007

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MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY & HOW I PAID MY TAXES ANYWAY
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION WITH GRACE & COMPASSION

© By Ron Van Dyke

Money has never been the most important thing in my life. Since childhood I have felt the presence and purpose of God; and service to God has been the major priority for me. In fact, much of my life has been spent going back and forth between trying to survive economically and trying to fulfill my sense of mission spiritually.

The former, as with so many humans, meant getting a job and working hard to pay the bills; and I have worked at several jobs in various fields over the course of my life. Some were menial jobs producing "widgets" of one sort or another. In fact, in one of those in which I was paid piece-rate rather than hourly, they nicknamed me The Man Machine since they had never seen anyone work as hard and as fast as I was able to do. I took a job that I was told: "if you work hard you will be able to make $7-$8 per hour." Well, I broke their production record my first week earning the equivalent of $10-$11 per hour, and then went on to finesse the methods to the point where I was able to earn in excess of $20 per hour week in and week out for about four years.

Other paid positions have included: salesman, laboratory technician, process analyst, supervisor/manager, and executive assistant/bookkeeper. In all of these the maximum I ever earned was less than $40,000 per year (although in some of my sales jobs I earned more than that for short periods of less than a year). I frustrated many a boss over the course of my life, as I would reach a point where the job was no longer fulfilling because it was no longer a challenge, and I would quit to do something that would bring in far less money, usually something related to some type of ministry. Oh yes, I broke many records over the course of my work life, turning many heads in the process*. I say this to set the record straight: I have not been unwilling to work, and work hard and well. Nevertheless, money was not the goal or the reward I sought. There had to be more to it. (*I did not leave all of my jobs with a perfect record; some were bad fits.)

As with everyone, certain clichés have influenced my attitude towards money. Money doesn't grow on trees! Do you think we're made of money? Rich people are poor tippers! Those are a few things I remember my parents saying in my childhood and teens, the last one probably leaving the biggest impression that framed my judgment about being rich. Not only did my mother who worked as a waitress for many years say that, I heard it from a lot of other sources and believe it is generally true to this day. My observation has indicated that millionaires tend to be much tighter with their money than those with more average resources; and the poor are often the most generous of all. Yes, I know there are always exceptions; yet that is what I have observed. Did I see it because I expected to find it?

Back in the early to mid 1990s, I made a decision after working very hard and risking everything I had to create a business that would enable me to do what I really wanted to do: write and speak about the dynamics of spiritual growth. Well, I found myself pitted against powerful financial interests as I peddled a "new" technology that was superior in every way to the chemical solutions proposed and used in the mainstream. Quite literally, they pulled the financial rug from under me as I watched my life fall apart. Besides seeing my A-1 credit rating go down the tubes, it cost me a wonderful marriage to a lovely lady. Obviously for richer or poorer was not enough.

The decision that I made after that was: I would never again chase money. It would have to come to me. Certainly some challenging times proceeded from that decision.

Only once during the ensuing years did I enter the job market in search of employment. I began two months after my heart surgery, and in the fourteenth month of actively searching I was finally hired. What a frustrating period that was! No one wanted me. I was either over qualified or under qualified, since they were not allowed to say the truth that I was simply too old (and perhaps too idealistic) to be starting a new career. Being able to join AARP may have its advantages, but my experience was that I could no longer easily sell my services in exchange for moderately decent wages.

The Mary Horgan Center

It was during that last sought-for job that Dr. Mary began to involve me in her finances and estate planning (though I had known her eight to nine years prior and had lived in her garage apartment for over six of those years). That was to bring a shift in perceptions and experience, as she died less than a year after her first request and only a few months after her trust was set up.

Instantly, I had a little over $100,000 for the first time in my life. To me, it was a fortune. Not only that, but I had almost a 50% interest in her real estate that was valued in 2005 at close to one million dollars. Some people were saying that I was a millionaire, which was not exactly the case, although I saw this as finally giving me the chance to create multiple streams of income doing what I loved. I would never have to worry about money again.

Several things changed during this time. Some were noticed right away, while some revealed themselves as time progressed. People seemed to change towards me. Long-time "friends" seemed to turn on me, often showing resentment and jealousy, making snide remarks like, "Some of us have to work for a living." More women* than ever seemed attracted to me; and I had to work through many feelings and suspicions as to motive. While I had always been one who gave to others, I now had greater ability to give; and I actually gave away over $36,000 in the first four to five months. Most people that asked received, especially if I saw them as having a spiritual outlook. (*I only became involved with one, so far.)

Other changes were subtler. I didn't trust people as easily as before; and worse, there was an underlying sense of being unworthy—not good enough. I didn't see this, however, till after I opened the Mary Horgan Center and the lawsuit hit. Even then, it took some time to realize my own core beliefs that sabotaged my small fortune and placed my inheritance in jeopardy. Still, it is difficult to take responsibility and not merely see myself as a victim of injustice.

Going deeper and asking for help

Right here, before I added that heading, I began telling more of the story. Of course, I deleted what I had written once the Voice reminded me that the story merely reinforces my sense of victimhood. Perhaps that is the essence of my relationship with money to this point? It is a story that is not true from the spiritual perspective—though it certainly seems true in this physical world of effects with causes yet to be discovered.

As the causes reveal themselves through deep introspection, I come to see that I have seen money as necessary to live a fulfilling life in this world. I know that seems contradictory to what I said at the beginning of this piece; yet the belief that when I have enough money, I can be happy was a major underlying factor in all that I have experienced. Though my self-definition was that I was spiritual and not a materialist, the truth is I did not trust that God or the spiritual world would meet my physical and financial needs. In other words, I was looking outside of myself for fulfillment; and I'm the only human that has ever made that mistake! Right?

More stories to support my solid reasons for lack of trust come to mind, complete with accompanying feelings. Again, I like telling the stories; but Spirit is silently yelling in my ears that that will only propel my past into the future. One story does not, however, because it reveals new truths and perspectives that may benefit others. That story, of course, is the most recent one.

Near the beginning of May, I went against all previous patterns and asked publicly and specifically for a particular financial need: help in paying my property taxes that had tripled in one year and had to be paid by the last day of the month. I had just under 25% of what was needed when I first asked for help. Two people responded immediately, and another a short time later. On the last day of the month, with those contributions plus some extra money that I was able to earn, I had reached almost 38% of the amount due.

When I awakened that final day, the thought to write a letter came almost immediately. I went to the computer and wrote this…

Thursday, May 31, 2007, 5:30 AM
Greetings fellow travelers on the journey of human life,
    I awakened this morning with this thought: reach out to the community now! I came to the computer immediately to begin this. I hope you take time to read it.
    Here's the message that came to me on Monday, May 21, while riding to Deborah's birthday party at Roaslie's house. It was added to my vision statement posted in the Food for Thought section of my webpage: "Stop trying to build community! See the community that already exists! You don't see it when you are trying to build it; for it does not yet exist in your perception of reality. Yet it does exist; and it is real! It is eternal, for that which connects all Life cannot be severed. It is the beloved community that shines forever and cannot be created or destroyed! It is your very Life!"
    This message was sent out to my entire Metagroups mailing list near the beginning of this month; and it has been posted on my website, metagroups.info, since then: "SPECIAL REQUEST: As much as my ego resists, which those who know me well know to be true, I will follow the leading of Spirit and ask for help. As some of you know, I have been involved in a lawsuit for over a year and a half over Dr. Mary's trust/estate. This has been extremely draining emotionally and financially. Taxes are due on my home, which is the Mary Horgan Center, by the end of this month. I only have a fraction of what is needed to keep the house from a tax certificate sale at 5pm on May 31, 2007. I need help! If Spirit so moves you, I will accept either donations or purchases of artifacts from the house, including Lenox and/or Haviland china, paintings, antiques, jewelry, etc. Please call to inquire: 321-426-4948. Thank you."
    Here is where I stand today. Three people in the community have helped; and as usual, it is those who themselves have little that have contributed $230 to assist me. With this help, I have about 1/3 of my tax bill, which tripled from the previous year to the one now due, of $3,327.57. A couple other people indicated they were going to help; yet never followed through.
    I also learned from the Brevard County tax office that I cannot make a partial payment. The tax certificate goes up for sale at 5:00pm today. It will be sold to the lowest bidder based on interest rate, which has a maximum of 18% and a minimum of 0.25%. The owner of the certificate cannot foreclose on the property for at least two years with a maximum of seven years. (By the way, the tax certificate for the property on Merritt Island, which, of course, is tied up in the lawsuit, goes on sale at the same time, though I have not given that much thought since the court has virtually frozen everything related to that property. The total due there is $8,052.43.)
    An individual who seems especially gifted has indicated to me on two separate occasions that I would be able to pay my taxes on time. OK, God, how?
    I remain willing to sell personal property from Dr. Mary's estate as indicated above in the special request. Obviously, I am still willing to take donations provided they make up the difference needed to pay in full. However, if a tax certificate must be sold, I would prefer that it go to someone in our spiritual community.
    I send this out with weak faith, admittedly mixed with doubt. I don't need lectures here; I have had more than enough of those already. Yes, I already know there is something wrong with me in the matter of financial abundance: many have told me that over the years. While I have no trouble knowing that I am healthy, in regard to money matters my knowing has long been challenged. If you have something to offer, please listen to your heart and call me at 426-4948.
    The verse: "Stand still and see the salvation of God," just came to me. I'll close right there.
Namaste,
Ron
PS: I asked Spirit to guide me as I went down the huge list in my address book. Fourteen were indicated, some of which really surprised me. I added those with some hesitation, following inner prompting.

That was followed later in the day with this letter to those who received the first one…

Hello again,
    When I was writing the letter you received very early this morning, I had no idea who would be receiving it. After completing it, I went down the list in my address book looking at every name. There were a couple I would have sent it to, yet Spirit seemed to be telling me "No." There were a few others that I felt a "Yes" from Spirit that did not seem to fit my idea of who was able to help. I listened and obeyed to the best of my ability to understand the promptings; and 14 individuals ended up on the list.
    A few of the fourteen responded with supportive emails and prayers. Then, early afternoon, I received a call from someone who almost did not make the list. Not only did I not think this person would be in a position to help, they were the only one that was not located in Brevard County. They told me they loved me and met me east of Orlando to give me a check. I deposited it in my bank by 2:30 and paid my taxes by 3:00.
    Each of you received a gift from me, and I from you. Much revelation from Spirit! I will be sharing these insights soon, and posting them on my website. Thank you.
    In the meantime, thank you for playing your role in my life as a teacher, allowing me to reflect off my perception of how you appear to me. This reflection allows me to weigh myself better, and, hopefully, continue my evolvement and remembrance. I also know that my perception of you is not who you really are...we are all so much more than our perceptions of one another.
    Thank you, God, for your grace that is truly abundant, and for teaching me important lessons. I love you in each of my brothers and sisters. We are ONE!
Namaste,
Ron

So, what other insights did I get from this experience?

First off, there were at least a few people on the list that I believe to be millionaires or close. Some of these know me very well. No one in this category responded in any way whatsoever to my request—not even offering moral or prayer support and making it known to me.

I did have a conversation with one of the moneyed people on the list regarding money. I was told that the reason I was not able to hold onto the money I had received was because I did not value money. Those with money have it, she said, because it is important to them. They see it as a means of security, and do not give it away foolishly. This is one person's perspective. Each person who reads this determines how much it reflects his or her own perspective.

Another person on the list seems to believe that The Law of Attraction gives people what they deserve (or at least attract). Rich people have money because they have attracted it. Poor people do not have money because they push it away. Perhaps there are others in our community who feel this way, using this so-called spiritual principle to justify an unwillingness to help those who have less?

My daughter, who was not on the list, told me she prayed something like: "God, please let my dad know that he can count on you." I talk with her almost daily; and she and I are—as she told me when she was a teenager—soul mates from Atlantis. (I didn't even believe in reincarnation at the time.) She knows my struggles to overcome my doubts; and has seen my disappointment many times when I felt that God had failed me.

Well, perhaps the biggest and most important thing I learned is that God's grace overlooked my own uncertainty. The Law of Attraction was suspended for me, which, to me, is a requirement for the evolution of my soul, if not all souls. As someone said to Jesus, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief." As yet another wrote, "He looked beyond my fault and saw my need."

love or fear?

Grace in action uplifted me. The response of my friends (a couple) who came through for me, restored my confidence that at least some in the New Thought community still can be moved with compassion, as they gave out of their own newfound abundance. In doing so, they gave me hope that others will stop making excuses for not manifesting their professed oneness in more concrete ways. This is so important if we are to really change the world to a society based on love and cooperation. Love is expansive and always reaches out. Fear causes contraction, a clutching to one's self.

I also noticed that of those I personally helped two years ago, not one reached out to me in any way or made any attempt to let me know they cared. None of these were on the final list, though some are on my general mailing list for Metagroups.

Having read these observations, each reader will be able to relate at one point or another, and reflect on where he or she stands in relation to money and giving/helping others.

For me, I'd like to never be in this position again, even though I felt that Spirit and my own Soul created the role for me to play. We all play roles! Everything we do in this world is done through role-playing. As for me, my role has been, among other things, to manifest an individual who needs financial healing. God used four people who gifted me to play the role of financial healer. It is my belief that all roles reveal our love and our fear, giving us an opportunity to know ourselves as one or the other. The true Law of Attraction to me is not always what we are told: like attracts like. That may be reality at other levels of consciousness, but in duality we have the prospect of allowing opposites to attract. This is called LOVE. It operates by grace. Through grace need or lack calls forth to abundance. Abundance then has a choice: do I hear the call, turn a deaf ear, or merely turn away?

In order to increase the flow of money through my life (and I do see it as a flow through, not a depository into) I will be posting methods whereby I can be blessed for the work that I do on behalf of the greater community. People will be able to donate and purchase goods and services that will bring me much needed resources. This will be created. Please look for it in the near future.

I do expect, as well, that I will be offering teaching of the things I am learning from Spirit in my unique human experience. For one, God has given me an abundance of grace to see how the ego is manifested on the world stage to give us an opportunity to see the cause behind the effects. Reading A Course In Miracles coupled with my rather intense study of world events has produced insights that are both informative and healing. Please inquire if you'd like to know more.

Let me close by saying a sincere Thank You to each one of you that touch my life. As I see my reflection in you, I am choosing to heal…and to love more and better. Namaste.

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CONUNDRUM: THE SECRET vs. A COURSE IN MIRACLES

© 2007 by Ron Van Dyke

"Ron, what do you mean: VERSUS? Where is the competition? How are they opponents?"

Well, I have watched the Esther Hicks version of The Secret three times, and the Lisa Nichols version once; and, I just finished reading A Course in Miracles (hereafter, ACIM) cover-to-cover in twenty days. Both the movie and the book triggered highs and lows within me. What I am about to share are reflections of my own experience—my own insights as one who has spent several decades on the spiritual path to balance and wholeness. Even so, these are NOT the final words on the subject, nor can they be. You may choose, however, to read and reflect on what my viewpoints trigger in your own emotional and mental bodies. What matters is NOT who is right or wrong, but do we achieve the goal of peace through unity within and without. Of course, if that is NOT a worthwhile goal to you, STOP right now. There's no point in reading further.

Quoting from ACIM, the first paragraph on page 367 under the heading: The Two Worlds, "You have been told to bring the darkness to the light, and guilt to holiness. And you have been told that error must be corrected at its source. Therefore, it is the tiny part of yourself, the little thought that seems cut off and separate, the Holy Spirit needs. The rest is fully in God's keeping, and needs no guide. Yet this wild and delusional thought needs help because, in its delusion, it thinks it is the Son of God, whole and omnipotent, sole ruler of the kingdom it set apart to tyrannize by madness into obedience and slavery. This is the little part you think you stole from Heaven. Give it back to Heaven. Heaven has not lost it, but you have lost sight of Heaven. Let the Holy Spirit remove it from the withered kingdom in which you set it off, surrounded by darkness, guarded by attack and reinforced by hate. Within its barricades is still a tiny segment of the Son of God, complete and holy, serene and unaware of what you think surrounds it." (I will refer later to this quote.)

Throughout the book is the message: That little yet grandiose part of us, our ego, is an insane liar, yet masterful creator. It created the entire material world we see around us, a world of illusion, violence, despair, and death. Looking at the world we see depicted on the 24-hour news channels: who can argue against the fact that that is the world in which we exist as a human family.

The Secret tells us in no uncertain terms that we create our own reality. We can have whatever we want. In fact, it is made clear that we do get EXACTLY what we focus upon. It invites us to cut out pictures of what we'd like to manifest, concentrate on that with joy (being careful not to allow any contrary thoughts into the mix), and, wah-lah, we shall have it not many days hence. Such a boon for humanity! We can all live in expensive homes, drive luxury automobiles, and have bank accounts that only increase—just by thinking positive thoughts with the proper intensity of feeling and action.

Now, while ACIM does not make such extravagant materialistic claims, both sources make the same point that we create our reality, because, after all, that is the foundation of metaphysical, esoteric, New Thought, New Age, and some would add, Quantum Physics belief…and it may shock some of you to know that I agree with it. We do create our own reality! However, our experience is mostly birthed, not from our conscious, ego minds; rather, it is spontaneously conjured up from that deep part of us Carl Jung called the Unconscious (and I call the Soul Level). That part of us, joined with that same part in everyone else that makes up the human family—the collective unconscious, has indeed created the world we inhabit. It does, as a matter of fact, design our personal experiences, which brings me to that parenthetical caveat: "being careful not to allow any contrary thoughts into the mix"…

How can an insane mind (according to ACIM) exercise such care and control? Mine cannot. Can yours? Ah, the impasse! This is where ACIM takes great pains to show a better way, something The Secret made little reference to at all. The Grace of God through personal relationship with the Holy Spirit is our helper and our guide. It is also the Real and Eternal part of every one of us. It is God in us as us, if we will allow that to be realized. The lack of focus on this essential element creates the imbalance pervading The Secret, as I saw and felt it. Again, it was what I perceived in my secret mirror!

In my course mirror, I rode the roller coaster of thought and emotion as well. Elated beyond words to be reminded and find resonance with the Truth that God and I are One, I just as quickly plummeted to the depths of anger as it seemed to depict an irredeemable ego masked by a body that has no intrinsic value. Don't get me wrong; I do not think that is the final verdict of ACIM. It is, however, a much-resisted image that is presented in its pages as it draws powerful contrast between the Higher Self and lower self.

I want to make it abundantly clear, even if ACIM may have failed to do so, that neither the ego nor the body are lacking value to our spiritual journey home. What is the ego anyway? It's simply our present point of view, our consciousness. It is transformed as we expand our consciousness into the ethereal realms and learn to integrate ALL parts of ourselves under the direction and inspiration of our God Self. This makes everything in the material world come alive in a new way. Far from being invalidated, the physical becomes the vessel of transformation and ascension. The body is glorified! Then, we are able to activate our creative power in a manner that produces peace and joy in our lives. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that this does not occur so much by taking thought and focusing attention as it does by becoming willing to surrender to that Still Small Voice of the Divine in each of us.

If we stay focused on more money, bigger houses, new bicycles (the kid in the movie), more sexual conquests, or other things that have no spiritual significance in themselves, we will only keep on creating the world we already live in now. That may be what some want; but it is not what I consider a worthwhile goal. As a great teacher once said, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?" Indeed, there is no lasting value there at all, so why waste time focusing on what cannot ever satisfy the deep heart of mankind? ACIM hit that one square on, and drove it home.

Both The Secret and ACIM are attracting attention, the former, of course, to a much greater degree than the latter, though the latter has been making an impact of far longer duration. This attention is a good thing. It's good that many are taking time to respond to the questions each brings forward in our conscious mind. It would be even better if we could come together in small groups and talk about these things, sharing not only our thoughts and feelings, but our vulnerabilities as well. Such intimate groups are the seedbeds of creating new worlds; and this is happening.

Yes, change is in the air. My question is: How soon will it manifest on a broad scale, completely changing the fabric of human society? How can I find the words to convey the wisdom of my soul to those Lightworkers on Planet Earth, many of whom seem content to look the other way? What can I say that hasn't already been said? Are we ready to go beyond The Secret and ACIM to an even more expansive world?

Before reading ACIM, Spirit was working on me through the reading of the four Matthew books scribed by Suzy Ward. (For more about this, go to my website: Message from Matthew.) Folks, those and much that I read and hear, combined with a resonance that allows me to feel the truth that we are not alone, convince me that something huge engulfs Earth today. Truly, we are on the threshold of a breakthrough that will usher in an age of peace and prosperity for all souls willing to ascend with Gaia. However, do not be deluded. There are many who are dedicated to stopping it, and they appear to hold the political and economic power of force to do so.

You may rightly ask, If God wants to bring in the Golden Age and Mother Earth is going to ascend, why should we be concerned with those who have a different plan? I have asked myself that same question repeatedly. In a nutshell: FREE WILL. Creator God honors the free will of all souls, Light and dark. One exception: Creator will NOT allow the detonation of nuclear devices in space! Everything else is pretty much open. The dark minions—yes, they do exist—can continue to operate as long as there is sufficient darkness for them to hide their planned actions. As one who longs for the promised world of tomorrow, I struggle with that revelation. I'd give anything to have God simply remove the dark influences now and forevermore. Eventually, that will happen; but it is a co-creative effort—God working in and through us. That's the challenging part. So many of us want to look the other way, diverting our eyes and our attention from the real issues at hand. Wanting to build only goodness, we have bought into the partial-truth lie that WHAT WE FOCUS ON EXPANDS. Yes, that again! Back to The Secret!

As I said earlier, all reality is ultimately created at the unconscious or soul level. That's the good news. The bad news, according to ACIM and intelligent, honest observation, is that part of our consciousness has been turned off or is sleeping, as it were. Most of the time, we don't live from the soul level; we live from the ego level. At that level, we are more blind than seeing.

In God's grace, once we choose the higher path (and as Carol Howe said so well at Sunday Night Alive, May 6, 2007) we are sent messages from Spirit that manifest as things we do not like. All our garbage and baggage comes to the surface. From the ego's point of view, some of these can seem completely overwhelming, whether it is health, financial, relationship, or some other area of challenge. They are real illusions; and they are in our faces. We are confronted by all of our bad energy and the defense mechanisms we have created through many lifetimes—methods that have solidified over time into belief systems.

Turning away from what we don't want is one such case in point of fact, which is exactly why The Secret can be so dangerous. Superficially, it can be interpreted to advocate turning away with its emphasis screaming those five uppercase words three paragraphs above. Many hear them to mean: Don't look at the perceived problem(s) and they will go away. Wishful thinking, indeed!

The Serpent on a Pole

During the Biblical exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt, a plague of fiery (poisonous) serpents confronted them. In light of one of the ten commandments God gave Moses, God's solution was enigmatic, to say the least. Moses was told to mold a brazen serpent and put it high on a pole in the center of the camp. Everyone was invited to look on the image of the problem. Those who obeyed were healed and lived. Those who turned away, died. Many died. What was required? Simply to look at and not away from! See what is biting you!

Perhaps I have it all wrong? Maybe head-in-the-sand mentality is the way to go; yet it troubles me. I see it as denial and ignorance, pipe dreams not grounded in the reality of human experience.

The entire planet now has a serpent on a pole in the center of the world's bastion of warfare and terror that is biting people all over the globe. Where is that center; and what is the serpent? The political/military center is Washington, D.C. with none other than the George W. Bush administration and a complicit Congress playing the role of the serp