Friday, January 25, 2013

THE HONEST PROBLEM OF GUN CONTROL


Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio

 
Those of us of a certain age might know these lyrics to the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young written in 1970.  It was a very emotional time for some of us, myself included.  Why?  This was the first time, at least in our view of current history, that American soldiers actually killed innocent, peaceful protesters who were American citizens on American soil.  A shocking revelation about the potential of our government that has only sharpened as we have aged.
 
Now our country is polarized and paralyzed by the debate of the ownership of guns.  But this great viciousness is focusing on the minutia and not the true, honest reason.  We argue freedom of ownership versus safety of children.  We argue banning everything versus arming everyone. 

 
All of that is smoke.  We are not being honest - with each other if not ourselves.  The issue is the need to keep guns in our homes to protect us from our own government.  Not sport or protection from burglars, for compromise could be found to protect those issues.  The anger and vitriol is a true guttural fear of the exact people who are supposed to protect us.  If we do not address this issue, we will constantly live in the smoky diversion that the gun argument has become.

 
I get the question!  Sadly, I believe it is true!  Four dead in Ohio taught us that it is very, very possible to be at war with your own government.  We don't see it in the mainstream media, but the internet, even discounting the crackpots, gives enough plausible information to show us the question is valid.  Google the words "Building 7" if you doubt this.
 
Or go ahead and doubt it, but know that there is a large segment of our population that won't voice the words in favor of the smoke mentioned above.  They don't want to be called "wingnuts", knowing the derision that creates.  Look at the poll percentages and try to tell me it is a small segment of our population that is suspicious.

 
Of course, the other side of the barricade isn't without self-deception either.  Is looking at the trees of specific shootings, regardless of motive, ignoring the forest of legitimate fear of a police state? 
 
 
Here I am, the anti-gun pacifist.  It is idiotic to have all the guns flying around for random, opportunistic, troubled people.  But there are a lot of people on the other side.  A LOT.  Let's get past the smoke, and address the real issue.  Are they right?  I fear, yes.  Personally, I cannot see myself taking to the streets in camouflage with gun to protest the latest crazy addition to the Patriot Act.  That crazy addition hasn't been enacted yet, but I can see it from here.

Where do we go from here?  Both sides are right.  Neither side is wrong.  Both sides appear incompatible with the other.  Us or them. 
 
Where do we go from here?
 
All I can think of is to fix the distrust of the government.  All of it: legislative, executive, judicial; except that the third would certainly take some time.  And the changes would require a mini-revolution in itself against the "Powers That Were".
 
1. No re-election for any office holders and no pay for service.  For example, one 4-year term for the House, 8 years for Senate, and 6 for the President.  It is an honor to SERVE our country and then go back home.  So each term many have to learn the system for the first time.  Good.  Then they can fix traditions that don't work.

 
2.  No appointed positions, such as Treasury, may be filled by people from the industry being policed, and once out of office, may not enter that industry for 5 years.

 
3.  Here's a novel thought: no political parties.  Have national and state office-holders simply be people from the community, consciously representing their constituents.  Just the way cities make it work now.
 
4.  Break up the giant corporations ,who have too much power, and who actively state that their goal is not the betterment of society, but the accumulation of profits.  They are not people; they are not accountable.  No new corporation may be created unless it can justify its existence is for the betterment of society.
 
Yup, all of these are pipe dreams, which leads me to the only thing I personally can do: visualize the world I want.  Back in the 1930's, Napoleon Hill wrote a book called Think and Grow Rich.  His advice was to visualize the business or job that you want and it will come about if you do it right.  Currently, there are many, many other, modern books in the business section of bookstores that give the same philosophy, so it must be working.
 
In the metaphysical/spiritual world, this is called the Law of Attraction.  "That which is like unto itself is drawn".  What you think about, you will experience. 
 
You can even find adult education classes which teach the principles of this.  Everything in the Universe is energy and a thought is merely focused energy.  Sufficient focused energy actually results in physical changes in the world.
 
I believe this works.  It has for me, when I don't sabotage myself with negative or contrary thoughts. When we learn to focus, we change the Universe.  Sometimes it is only our own lives that change, but common thought affects all of society.  Common thought of fighting against the other side of the gun argument will only bring more fighting to you.
 
I hereby quit that battle.  Pollyanna-fruitcake that I am, I will visualize the peaceful, cooperative world that I want with governance we can trust, right next to the world you want for yourself, for we don't have to have the same thing.  I wish you joy and happiness, if that is what you want.  I choose joy.


Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Thinning Veil

Good Morning, Dearest Committee. I would like to add something to Heaven Speaks today if you have any topic you wish to address. The floor is yours.


Good Morning, Dearest Stephen. There is always much to say, whether to share with only you for your personal questions or development, or for your friends who are also searching for a comfortable wisdom, but yet lack the connection to hear words from this side of the veil. That veil, by the way, is thinning faster and faster every day. Your experience of this will be like when you lose weight. You don’t notice it daily until some event happens that clearly shows you what is true at the moment wasn’t so previously. Slowly, your vibration increases and you will begin to see shadows out of the corner of your eye and hear some sound you weren’t listening for and can’t identify. Also, things that used to annoy you, won’t create the buzz in you that it used to. Foods you used to enjoy aren’t so appetizing any more and, surprisingly, you’ll crave broccoli or something else that had always been foreign to you.

That is how you’ll do it. You won’t need to make a mental decision that you are now a vegetarian, you will simply have a preference for foods that fall into that category. So you, Stephen, when you joke about having to quickly drink up your supply of vodka, you are a bit correct. For soon, it won’t be a preference to you and will gather dust in the basement. These changes won’t be hard. On the contrary, you will slowly change in the direction of the higher vibrations. Now, if you make choices out of habit – actively denying the nudges within yourself, then you will probably create issues for yourself. Those issues could be anything – health-wise, emotionally, relationships…. You are very creative – all of you – and what you choose within yourself will be also creative in its efforts to get you to wake up. You will wake up, most assuredly. It will just vary as to how much effort you need to figure yourself out and to quiet the screaming of your guides and angels. That is a joke, for you are truly, truly Loved and Admired by all on our side of that veil. This is a great and exciting time to be in your world and we hope you can recognize this very special time for the great opportunity we all have to participate here. What Fun!! Love and Blessings to you all. We are so impressed!

Love, Love, Always Love,

Q, et.al.

Monday, August 22, 2011

The Devil You Don't Know

Good Morning, Dearest Advisors - Angels, Guides, and God. Have you anything to share with our friends through Heaven Speaks today?

Good Morning, Dearest Stephen. Yes, there is a great deal to discuss - so very much that we must choose for our limited time and your energy. Your world is changing so very rapidly that we are carefully observant to your responses to what you see. Earth entities are known to be cautious, even fearful, at changes observed. This is very understandable, for a civilization steeped in negativity and decreasing vibration creates changes that, in the past, have indeed, been worse than previously. So much so that you created a belief that "the devil you know is better than the devil you don't." That is a sorry philosophy that energetically creates the downward spiral.


But it truly is a new and different world now and you will very readily observe that an attitude of fear/anger will produce that for the individual presenting that energetic core. However, also, you will observe those focusing on Love/compassion will create that experience for themselves. Your attitude and emotions will create the world you experience, and here we are not speaking collectively. Each of you will experience what each of you will create - by your beliefs, emotions, and choices of experience.


We are very excited for the changes occurring. You have heard so many metaphors about clearing out old before new, that we will not repeat those. But we will remind you that these clichés have basis to become a cliché. Your government, your economy, your religions cannot proceed in a slowed, measured pace into the new wisdom-world/economy/governance within the time frame left to us. It is a whirlwind and a dismantling of the old to bring the new. If you fear the "new devil", that you will experience. If you anticipate a Loving, compassionate sharing, that you will experience.


We recommend you remain centered and in the moment. Quiet your mind in favor of your heart. Make decisions that bring you joy. Not an escapist, adolescent joy, but a mature knowing that the Universe and Creator are most benevolent and most Loving, wanting the very best of what you wish for yourself. Blessings to you All, today, and all days. We are so very proud of you and all you have accomplished, even when you do not recognize it.


Love, Love, Always Love,


Archangels, Q, et. al.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

The Most Important Advice Right Now


Good Morning, Dearest Advisors. Fun discussion last Thursday about disclosure and the related items toward Ascension. Good comments and we found a great diversity of experience, focus, and opinions. Regardless, have you anything you would like to share today?

Good Morning, Dearest Stephen. We have so very much to share it is difficult to find where to begin, particularly with the limited time and attention span of most of you incarnated. We will say that the most important advice we could share at this moment is for each of you to pause and listen to your guides and angels who are shouting at you this very minute. You will not hear them completely and clearly at first. It does take a bit of practice. First you truly must stop your mind, which is easily distracted. Reduce the opportunity for it to babble. Walk a bike trail or in the woods or by a stream or lake. By all means, ask for help of your guides, angels, and God. Quiet the mind, then “listen” for what the mind does tell you. Does it sound like typical mind chatter or something different? At the same time, note your other senses – touch, smell, hearing, and also emotions. Something unusual with the senses can mark a thought that is special and not your normal musings.

Then, test the thought with your emotions. Does it feel true? Not fearful? Note also that something you might mentally consider bad news can correctly come to you as truth without an element of fear. Your advisors would never bring you fear. NEVER. If your thought is fearful, it is either yourself or some entity addressing you with other motives.

We are beginning trying times and your discernment of what is best for you personally is the best path to take. No other person’s experience can match yours and accepting another’s advice or opinion should never be done without your own discernment test. Of course, you’ll make it either way. We are simply sharing the easier path. Bless you for your life now and the marvelous accomplishment you are creating.

Love, Love, Always Love

Q, et. al.