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ArticlesThe Summer of Love: 2009By Tom T. Moore June will again launch another SUMMER OF LOVE. This phrase will originally coined in the summer of 1967 when a flood of young people traveled to San Francisco to experience communal living, free medical services, and free love. There was a second Summer of Love in 1969, forty years ago this summer, climaxing (a little humor here) with the Woodstock Festival and Concert in August. If you ever watched the documentary, who can ever forget Wavy Gravy saying over the loudspeakers, “Good morning, what we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000 people!” Forty years later people are still looking for that “special someone,” or if they’ve found them, many will tie the knot in June. About thirteen years ago I found that I could request Benevolent Outcomes for everything from the mundane, such as requests for a parking spot in front of a busy mall or restaurant, all the way up to the important things in my personal and business life. So if you haven’t found that special someone to spend his or her life with you yet, you can say, “I request a Most Benevolent Outcome for the perfect mate (here you can substitute husband, wife, or partner) for me, thank you!” When you make these requests a most amazing thing happens—your Guardian Angel responds with assistance (they’re not allowed to assist you unless you ask). When you ask for something big like this, you may not see the results in one week, one month, or perhaps one year, but the wheels are set in motion for the two of you to meet, and most importantly, connect! Of course, you’re not supposed to sit in your home waiting for that special someone to walk in the door, so get out and mix and mingle! Each time you leave your home, request a Most Benevolent Outcome (MBO’s I call them) to meet someone interesting wherever you go. And if you think you’ve met someone that you might be compatible with, say, “I request a Most Benevolent Outcome that this relationship is benevolent for me, thank you!” It will quickly end if it isn’t. Theo communicated, “We don’t normally give advice in love matters Tom. She should be receiving this advice in the form of intuition, inspiration or those “whispers in your ear” that each Guardian Angel for that person continually sends. What is her “gut feeling” about this person, Tom? How compatible does this person feel for her? When she asks these questions of herself, does she get a warm sensation in her belly? We are there to assist, but as I have said before, we cannot tell you directly to take this road or that road. You came to earth to learn how to do these things and to learn to recognize the feelings involved with such choices. So tell her and all your readers to open up and feel. You will notice something that tells you to go this way or that way, or yes on that decision or no on this decision. Again we are there to assist. Just open up your hearts and trust your feelings. Don’t try and override them.” If the person really excites you and you decide to have sexual relations with him or her, I would suggest, as I wrote in my book, “I request a Most Benevolent Outcome that I remain safe and disease free with my sexual partner (you can substitute their name here), thank you!” So now things have progressed to the point that you’re being married this summer. What an experience, but what planning and stress! My daughter was married last summer, and you would have thought that my daughter and wife were planning the Allied landing on the Normandy beaches. There are many different MBO’s you can request as you proceed on your planning—for finding the right wedding and bridesmaid dresses, choosing the right tuxes, choosing the right caterer, choosing the right location for the rehearsal dinner and reception, choosing the right florist, and the right person to officiate your wedding. Oh, and don’t forget requesting a MBO for your honeymoon to go smoothly and to be even better than you can hope for or expect! Get in the habit of requesting MBO’s for everything in your life. Each step of the way, there are Benevolent Outcomes to request so that your life will be less stressful, more successful, and more Gentle! By requesting Benevolent Outcomes in your life, you will become more aware, the “veil” will begin to thin, and it raises your vibrational level—what a great benefit! Have a great summer! COPYRIGHT 2009
Surrendering to Love By GangajiMany people have trouble with the word love. Love, as most of us have known it, can be sentimental, potentially messy, and most definitely out of control. And yet, love is what we crave. There is often a love/hate relationship with the idea of love, most likely stemming from our experiences as children where we loved helplessly. We projected love out onto our loved ones—our mothers, fathers, brothers, or sisters—and at some point found our loved ones to be unreliable. We confused their actions with love and concluded that love was not trustworthy. People are definitely not trustworthy, because in general, they are very busy protecting their story of who they think they are. Since they are mostly involved in their story, they can only give a certain amount of love before they start wondering, “Well, when do I get mine?” And since love has been identified as being connected with another person, this sets up a whole continuation of distrust around love. But love is not a person. Love is the individual, collective, and universal soul. Love is God. Love is truth. Love is beauty. Love is peace. Love is self. To know yourself, to surrender to the truth of yourself, is to surrender to love. Many people are aware of their resistance, and they want to surrender, but they don’t know how. The only actual barrier to surrender is in not seeing the underlying story you are telling yourself about the danger of surrendering everything to love. And the degree to which you hold back surrendering everything to love is the degree to which you suffer. The degree to which you try to maintain the story about who you think you are is the degree to which you feel isolated from love. Until you realize, “I want truth, which is love, more than anything,” you will experience yourself as separate from love. Love is the constant. Love is not an aspect of truth. Truth, God, and self are aspects of love. What is the worst that could happen if you surrender to love? What we seem to fear the most is the broken heart. Yet the very unwillingness for the heart to be broken is the broken heart. The tragedy and the irony is that in order to avoid a broken heart, people live in a state of broken-heartedness. In the willingness to have the heart be broken a million, trillion, zillion times, true love is revealed. Let the whole world break your heart every instant of the remainder of your life. Then this life can be lived in service to love. It does not mean you stay in abusive relationships. It means only to stay true to that which is always true to you, and that is love. Anything else is a story. If the story is never investigated, your whole life is lived on the assumption that the story is real, and that your heart, your soul, and your love need to be protected. But that assumption is actually a denial of your heart, your soul, your love. It is a denial of self-love. The great good news is that love is free and it has not gone anywhere. In all of these aeons that you have been hiding from love, love is still here, it is still open, it is still waiting for your commitment, still waiting for you to say, “Yes, I give my life to the truth of love. I vow to let love live this life as it will, for better or worse, for richer or poorer.” Through honest self-investigation, it is possible to see why you may not be surrendering to love, and to see that you actually have the choice to surrender. It is a way to let the unconscious storylines become conscious, the unknown become known. Ask yourself this question: Why is it dangerous to surrender to love? Not why is it right to surrender to love, or why is it good to surrender to love, but why is it dangerous to surrender to love? Let your individual consciousness drop down into the source of consciousness, into the space where all of the reasons and justifications for resisting surrender are seen simply as stories, as something made up that you can very easily let go of. Allow all of the stories, all of the defenses, to be seen for what they are. Are any of these stories worth keeping? What is the cost to your life? The love that you search for everywhere is already present within you. It may be evoked by any number of people or events. A mountain can evoke this love. A sunset can evoke this love. But finally, you must realize you are this love. The source of all love is within you. For more information contact the Gangaji Foundation
Announcing the Orion ProjectA new non-profit research foundation named The Orion Project (www.TheOrionProject.org) has been created to develop new, out-of-the-box energy solutions. Based near the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, The Orion Project has been founded to bring together highly accomplished scientists, researchers, inventors and thinkers who have expertise in advanced energy generation and propulsion technologies. Their goal is to develop bold new energy generation technologies within the next two years that will completely replace the need for oil, gas, coal and nuclear power. It is known that, since the time of Nicola Tesla in the early 1900s, advances in energy generation and propulsion systems have been developed, only to be ignored, actively suppressed or forgotten. The Orion Project's Director, Steven M. Greer MD, notes that: “In the past 18 years, our team has developed a database of scientific advances in new, clean tech energy systems that, if properly funded and supported, have the potential to completely revolutionize how we generate energy. These breakthroughs in physics- so-called Zero Point Energy, electro-gravitic propulsion and other systems- have, up to this point, been developed and hidden in illegally classified projects in the US, UK and elsewhere. The Orion Project has identified the most qualified brain-trust of scientists and inventors who understand this new science, and are ready to come together to help solve the energy and environmental crisis facing humanity today.” The Orion Project has announced a $3 million capital fund raising campaign so that these promising clean-technology energy researchers can be brought together in one place to build the initial proof of principle prototype to help solve the energy crisis once and for all. This prototype will be designed to meet all the energy needs of a typical home or business while having a zero-carbon footprint using new electromagnetic and related energy breakthroughs. Dr. Greer states that, “The world needs an immediate Manhattan-style project to find real energy solutions and deliver them to the people. Now the public can support this quest through a tax-deductible donation. If 100,000 people go to www.TheOrionProject.org and contribute $30 each in the next 60 days, we will be able to open this new energy research facility and bring together some of the best minds on the planet to help solve our critical energy needs. Now is the time to act - the Earth has waited long enough for humanity to come together to find a way to live in harmony with her and with abundance and peace for all of her children. This cannot happen with the zero-sum game of fossil fuel. Only these new energy sciences hold the key to unlocking the wonderful future that awaits us.” For more information on The Orion Project and its specific scientific projects, or to request an interview with Dr. Steven Greer or Dr. Ted Loder, please go to www.TheOrionProject.org. The best place in Paradise (second parable) Four brothers came to a gravesite to honor the memory of their father who had died many years before. The brothers wanted to know whether his soul was dwelling in Paradise or in hell. They were all eager for their father's spirit to appear before them and tell how it was doing in the next world. Their father's image appeared before them in a wondrous radiance. The brothers were awed and their hearts were afire when they saw this miraculous vision. When they finally regained their composure, they enquired: "Tell us, Father, does your soul dwell in Paradise?" "Yes, my sons," their father replied, "my Soul delights in a wondrous Paradise." "Tell us, Father," the brothers started asking, "what fate awaits our souls after our own flesh dies?" And the father responded to each of his sons in turn with a question of his own: "Tell me, my sons, how do you appraise your deeds to date upon the Earth?" And each brother answered his father in turn. The elder son began: "I have become a great military leader, Father. I have defended my native land against its foes, and never allowed an enemy foot to tread upon it. I have never offended the poor and infirm. I have endeavored to take good care of the soldiers under my command. I have always honored God, and therefore I hope to enter into Paradise." The second son replied to his father: "I have become a prominent preacher. I have preached goodness to the people. I have taught them to worship God. I have reached great heights and achieved high standing among my peers, and therefore I hope to enter into Paradise." The third son replied to his father: "I have become a prominent scientist. I have designed a great many devices to benefit people's lives. I have raised a large number of handsome buildings for mankind. Each time I start a new construction project, I give praise to God and celebrate and honor His name, and therefore I hope to enter into Paradise." The youngest brother answered his father: "I, Father, cultivate a garden and work daily at raising vegetables. From my splendid garden I send fruits and vegetables to my brothers and try not to do anything dishonorable or displeasing to God, and therefore I hope to enter into Paradise." The father replied to his sons: "Your souls, my sons, will indeed dwell in Paradise after your flesh dies." The vision of their father faded. Years went by, the brothers died and their souls met in the Garden of Paradise, only the soul of their younger brother was not among them. The three brothers then began to call out to their father, and when he once again appeared before them in his wondrous radiance they asked him: "Tell us, Father, why is the soul of our little brother not among us in this Garden of Paradise? It has been a hundred earthly years since we last spoke with you at your gravesite." "Do not be concerned, my sons," replied the father. "Your little brother's soul, too, is dwelling in the Garden of Paradise. Only he is not here with you right now because your little brother is at this moment communicating with God." Another hundred years went by, and once again the brothers met in the Garden of Paradise. But again their younger brother was not with them. And again the brothers called for their father. When he appeared, they asked: "See, another hundred years has gone by, but our little brother has not come to meet us, nor has anyone seen him in the Garden of Paradise. Tell us, Father, where is our little brother now?" And the father answered his three sons: "Your little brother is communicating with God, and that is why he is not among you." And the three brothers began asking their father to show them where and how their younger brother was communicating with God. "Take a look," the father replied. And the brothers saw the Earth, and there was the marvellous garden which their little brother had cultivated during his life. In this wondrous earthly garden their brother, looking so much younger, was explaining something to his child. His beautiful wife was busying herself nearby. The brothers asked their father in astonishment: "There is our little brother in his earthly garden as before, not in the Garden of Paradise as we are. What is he to blame for before God? Why has his flesh not died? Several centuries have passed in Earth years, and here we see him as a young man? Does that mean God has somehow changed the order of the Universe?" And the father answered his three sons: "God has not changed the order of the Universe, which He established right from the start in great harmony and inspired love. Your brother's flesh has died, and on more than one occasion. But the place of one's soul in the Garden of Paradise is best created by one's own hands and soul. Just as for any loving mother and father the child of their own creation is always the most glorious. According to the Divine order of things, the soul of your little brother should assuredly be granted entrance to the Garden of Paradise, but seeing this garden is on the Earth, it is immediately incorporated into a new body in the earthly garden so dear to it." "Tell us, Father," the brothers went on, "you were saying that our little brother is communicating with God, but we do not see God with him in his garden." And the father responded to his three sons: "Your little brother, my sons, is looking after God's creations — the trees and the grass — they are the Creator's own materialized thoughts. In treating them with love and conscious awareness, your brother is thereby communicating with God." "Tell us, Father, shall we ever return to the Earth in fleshly form?" the sons asked their father. And they heard him answer: "Your souls, my sons, now dwell in the Garden of Paradise. They can take on earthly form only if someone creates a garden for your souls on the Earth similar to the one in Paradise." The brothers exclaimed: "Gardens are not created with love for other people's souls. We ourselves, once we are given a fleshly form, shall cultivate a Garden of Paradise on the Earth." But the father replied to his sons: "You were given that opportunity already, my sons." After this response the father began to quietly withdraw. But once again the three brothers cried out and asked their father: "Dear father, show us your place in the Garden of Paradise. Why do you withdraw yourself from us?" The father stopped and replied to his three sons: "Look there! Do you see that leafy apple tree flowering beside your little brother in his garden? Under that apple tree is a little cradle, and in that cradle is the beautiful body of a tiny infant that has just wiggled its little hand as it begins to awake. My soul is alive in that little body. After all, that was the marvellous garden I began creating myself..." The above book excerpt is reprinted with permission from Ringing Cedars Press. For more information or to purchase these books visit www.ringingcedars.com or write to Ringing Cedars Press, 415 Dairy Road, Suite E-339 Kahului, HI 96732 USA. © Copyright Ringing Cedars Press 2008. All Rights Reserved. Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy'Texas may be best known for “Big Oil.” But the oil that could some day make a dent in the country's use of fossil fuels is small. Microscopic, in fact: algae. Literally and figuratively, this is green fuel. Plant physiologist Glen Kertz believes algae can some day be competitive as a source for biofuel. “Algae is the ultimate in renewable energy,” Glen Kertz, president and CEO of Valcent Products, told CNN while conducting a tour of his algae greenhouse on the outskirts of El Paso. Kertz, a plant physiologist and entrepreneur, holds about 20 patents. And he is psyched about the potential algae holds, both as an energy source and as a way to deal with global warming. “We are a giant solar collecting system. We get the bulk of our energy from the sunshine,” said Kertz. Most people know algae as “pond scum.” And until recently, most energy research and development projects used ponds to grow it. But instead of ponds, Valcent uses a closed, vertical system, growing the algae in long rows of moving plastic bags. The patented system is called Vertigro, a joint venture with Canadian alternative energy company Global Green Solutions. The companies have invested about $5 million in the Texas facility. "A pond has a limited amount of surface area for solar absorption,” said Kertz. “By going vertical, you can get a lot more surface area to expose cells to the sunlight. It keeps the algae hanging in the sunlight just long enough to pick up the solar energy they need to produce, to go through photosynthesis,” he said. Using algae as an alternative fuel is not a new idea. The U.S. Department of Energy studied it for about 18 years, from 1978 to 1996. But according to Al Darzins of the DOE's National Renewable Energy Lab, in 1996 the feds decided that algae oil could never compete economically with fossil fuels. The price of a barrel of oil in 1996? About 20 bucks! Government scientists experimented with algae in open ponds in California, Hawaii, and in Roswell, New Mexico. Valcent research scientist Aga Pinowska said there are about 65,000 known algae species, with perhaps hundreds of thousands more still to be identified. A big part of the research at the west Texas facility involves determining what type of algae produces what type of fuel. One species may be best suited for jet fuel, while the oil content of another may be more efficient for truck diesel. And she said a knowledge of algae's virtues goes way back. “Even the Aztecs knew it was beneficial; they used it as a high protein food,” said Pinowska. The other common commercial use of algae today is as a health food drink, usually sold as “Spirulina.” I'm too sexy for my pond And who knew that single celled plants could be such “hotties” when it comes to sex? Kertz said it's a real “algae orgy” under the microscope. Some algae reproduce sexually, some asexually, while many combine both modes. In some green algae the type of reproduction may be altered if there are changes in environmental conditions, such as lack of moisture or nutrients. And after more than a decade hiatus, the U.S. government is back in the algae game. The 2007 Energy Security and Independence Act includes language promoting the use of algae for biofuels. From the Pentagon to Minnesota to New Zealand, both governments and private companies are exploring the use of algae to produce fuel. “There's not any one system that anyone has chosen yet. Whatever it is has to be dirt, dirt cheap,” said Darzins.
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