Stuff will come at you constantly. Instead of trying to avoid it, strengthen yourself from the inside so it doesn’t dis-rail you. People will always be pulling the rug out from under you. Learn to dance on a moving carpet.

I’ve reached a tipping point with several real life friends. As my friend, you’re allowed to have your own opinions, whether I agree with them or not. But it changes how I feel about you when you make mean spirited generalizations about an entire group based on a few mouthy fanatics. It changes how I feel about you when you continue to bad mouth former and current candidates. Your words reveal a biased media is your news source but the meanness is what gets to me, so we stay off these topics when we speak. The fact that you spend so much time on bashing the loser liberals who all want something for nothing will keep me at arms’ length. I can love you but have unfollowed you so I don’t see those things that are your right to say. But I’ll be sad to miss the rest of your life experiences.

Ram Dass as Richard Alpert

“We’d be sitting somewhere and I’d say, “Did I ever tell you about the time that Tim and I …”
And he’d say, “Don’t think about the past. Just be here now.”

Silence.

And I’d say, “How long do you think we’re going to be on this trip?”
And he’d say, “Don’t think about the future. Just be here now.”

Be Here Now

I’d say, “You know, I really feel crumby, my hips are hurting …”
“Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.”

“He had just sort of wiped out my whole game. That was it — that was my whole trip — emotions, and past experiences, and future plans. I was, after all, a great storyteller.

So we were silent. There was nothing to say.”

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I see folks complain they hate Facebook because their news feed is full of negativity and complaining. That’s not a FB thang, that has to do with who you have as FB friends. I seldom see complaints on my news feed because I have either unfriended toxic people or unfollowed dear friends who are whiners or whose viewpoints I don’t agree with. I learn something new and useful every day.

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Since it’s all an illusion anyway, does it really matter if your mantra comes from a trendy pop up guru or an ascended master? What matters is how much YOU believe it matters. A lifetime ago I prayed for years to the “wrong” invisible and mystical being yet found comfort and wisdom, guidance for personality integration and personal growth all the same. That was bcz that was what I set out to find and that was what I BELIEVED I found. The Universe aka Divine Source aka Great Spirit aka God aka Your Inner Being or Higher Self aka Source Energy (etc ad infinitum) will connect with you thru any means you make available. Whether someone else thinks its “the real truth” or not.

Just spoke to a woman who’s trying to remove resistance from her life so she can attract more dollars. She told me she bought a purebred puppy which is giving her a lot of laughter and joy but that doesn’t seem to be enough to drop her resistance so she can attract $$. She heavily invested this year in a project that should bring her lots of money, but so far has not. My spidey sense told me she had financial obligations tied to the project that she had not fulfilled. I took that to mean she still owed someone for funding the project. I also felt she had several personal loans from friends that she was not paying back. She admitted that was true but one reason was she didn’t know the puppy would cost so much, vet, etc.

Also she did have a little money in the bank but she needed to save that for a rainy day. I told her it’s all related. Even if she has to bottom out her nest egg to pay everybody back, doing that would open the flow of her dollars. She was the one crimping her own hose, keeping the dollars from flowing thru. A fave dollar mantra of mine is “My cash flow is never ending, twice as much as I am spending.”

Years ago I had a tax accountant who I later learned didn’t exactly know what she was doing. When she moved and I had to get a new tax chick, I immediately owed the IRS $10,000. WTAF??? At the time I had one remaining investment which totaled $40 more than I owed. Ya gotta laugh. I opted to close the account so I didn’t have the debt hanging over my head, impacting my dollar karma. Because I know it’s all related. Everything. If you want people to pay you dollars, make sure you’ve paid everyone you owe. Even mom, even your ex. Empty your pockets so God can fill them with diamonds.

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Earlier I was walking toward the west woods circle I call the firepit area. In the dark I miscalculated a twist or turn and found my path blocked by the giant arbicola bush. I knew my path had to be just a few feet from where I stood. I backed out and stood waiting on the main path until my eyes adjusted to the almost black night and revealed the path to me.  Rumi says, “Whatever happens to you, don’t fall in despair. Even if all the doors are closed, a secret path will be there for you that no one knows. You can’t see it yet but so many paradises are at the end of this path. Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want.”

Dr. Jekyll pled a sweet downward departure deal at trial last week so Mr. Hyde will be back on the street in a few months. This is the 3d time the State has let him slide so there’s no felony conviction despite repeated violations. That means nothing’s keeping him from getting a job, starting over and doing it right this time. I do think he doesn’t belong in prison but he does need professional help and doesn’t belong near me. Ima be happy anyway. UPDATE: He was released 6/17/19 to live at his mother’s.

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My sweet cousin Deverika made my day when she posted on Facebook, “Happy Birthday Cousin! Thanks for always being a ray of protons on my newsfeed.” I love that, since I know protons are positively charged particles!  In proton therapy, positively charged particles are beamed into areas, displacing negative particles, the result being healthy tissue. We do that to people each day when we let them experience our happy attitude.  Our positivity influences them, dissipating their negativity, killing it off so to speak, the same as a ray of protons (a/k/a proton radiation) pulls negativity out of its orbit. This is called ionization and it changes characteristics of the atom, including damaging its ability to grow and multiply. Just so, our pleasant attitude to the people around us does the same thing, it stops their bummer attitude from growing and multiplying. I think of it as a beam of love, a ray of light I send out on heart energy. Someone having a bad day, a few kind words waiting in line to checkout can displace grumpiness or sadness, can stop it in its tracks, kill it off, replacing it with a happier, more hopeful attitude. So love beams are a form of proton therapy and we can do it anywhere we are.

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If you’re feeling lonely and unloved, remember there are people who care for you but don’t tell you. You don’t know it because you keep to yourself and don’t go out much anymore. You don’t do the things you used to do where you came in contact with them all the time. You feel love when some people come to mind but you don’t call them and tell them. But it’s there. Give people a chance to love you.