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This month’s thoughts WHY DO I BOTHER WRITING THINGS TO MAKE

about things... PEOPLE FEEL MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT THEIR
FUTURE IN THIS CURRENT CLIMATE?
“I want to look back on my life and be giddy with Because it is only the ones who are hopeful who will attract
joy that I was the one who got to live it.” thoughts and ideas that help us move easily through the changes.
Never deprive someone of hope, it may be all they have. A
... from page 7 .. valuable sacred service we can perform is to help people find a
better feeling place when they feel alone, when they feel their
life is being been torn out from under them, to point their atten-
Sharing space with Stella and the Man is working out tion toward a hopeful future. Oh, to be that person every day.
well. He and I both work from home, both are fairly pri-
vate and reclusive and are comfortable with each other. FRIENDS HAVE BEEN PASSING SUDDENLY
I switched rooms so he could have the private bachelor
entrance and I knocked out a wall to enlarge my own Friends have been passing, yes, that will never change. People
new bedroom. The move was good for Stella, who is a will die and I'd like to go fast. But the last several years what I've
declawed indoor cat since it makes her socialize with noticed is that increasingly friends are passing suddenly, many
Benny and Tuxedo Sam. 30 days in she ventures out of without long periods of illness or incapacity. That's what I wish for
her side of the house and tiptoes around, looking out the everyone. I've seen it so often I am hopeful that can be my way,
windows and drinking from all the water dishes, hissing too. Happy, healthy, happy, healthy, happy, healthy, dead. To
and growling at whoever comes her way. Ben retreats that end, I'll make sure to find something to be happy about in
and leaves her alone when she strikes out at him. Sam is each Now and I know I'll have lots of time to practice that. I can
twice her weight and can be very confrontational. So far ingest effective fuel and keep my body in motion. I'm hopeful.
he lets her back him down.
Oh, BTW, this is one reason we connect in this body on this plane
Getting a taste of her own power has made her more and meditate together when we become conscious of working
brave. Having to share space and defend her territory, together. To connect us from the INside, so when our bodies drop,
having to see her human pet another cat has turned her the stream of consciousness (and the work) continues. And "medi-
world upside down. She’s discovering what she’s really tating together" doesn't have to mean sitting in the same room
made of. A month in and she now feels confident to at the same time, it can be done while physically solo, with the
check both cats’ food dishes and hop from the counter mind intent on including the other in the session.
to atop the fridge to on top of the cabinets. Her world See you on the INside.
was scarily cramped and limited for a few weeks after
the move but now she sees her world has really ex- GOOGLE EARTH IS AN EFFECTIVE
panded. VISUALIZATION TOOL

Challenges do that to us. They show us what we’re I'm finally getting to use Google Earth. It's a great geography
really made of, they give us the opportunity to tap learning tool. I began by looking at my childhood neighborhood,
into our creativity and our power, they expand our then historic sites. In viewing I'm fascinated to realize how little
territory, our perspective and our field of play. I know about the other side of the world. I click on names I've
heard in the news. It gives me a chance to say a prayer for them
as well, or just to sit in a place of peace for a few moments,
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD wishing them the same sense of security and peace I feel. Breath-
MY PERCEPTION IS ALL THAT MATTERS. ing in the troubles of the area, offering it up to God; breathing
down God's love, offering it out onto the area. All we have is
I can let myself look at something I don't like and criti- each other on this tiny round ball we all live on. I can see Google
cize it, or I can look at it with an eye to find something Earth will be an effective tool in doing visualizations such as
to appreciate. And what we look for determines what these, intended to introduce hopeful and soothing thoughts into
we'll find. the global mental plane to help ease the suffering of the world.

If I focus on someone being a lazy bum, that's what A friend said she felt guilty using prayer to petition for help and
I'll see. If I focus on someone taking time out to in- solutions, since she'd usually be asking for help out of something
cubate a dream and get a life plan together, that's she got herself into. I thought that was what it was for, asking for
what I'll see. How I act with them determines how they guidance to see your way out of something. Whether the answer
react to me and how they see themselves. comes from the form of a God or Supreme Being, or from simply
a system of info organized by the Universe being presented for
We can activate either side of their personality by our your perusal, my experience is that every time, without fail, I am
attention to one aspect or another. What are you acti- answered and info is presented and a light is shone on my path
vating in those around you? What are they activating in guiding me out of my dilemma.
you? Andrea
Enjoy our offering this month. Hari Om.
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