History

Ever thought how it is written?

Usually it is written by the victor, the winner

Years later someone might say no it was not like that

By then millions have absorbed the idea that it was like the victor said

Interesting that today with instant global communications the victors version is being challenged more frequently

Iraq, Darfur, North Korea and others

Notice the old style of stifling the other point of view still continues

In 2007 Russia has banned the BBC and controls what the Russian media can say

Other regimes like Iran, Lybia, Egypt do the same to greater and lesser degrees

However it is becoming more and more difficult to write your version of history without being challenged

Quickly the liars have learned that whenever anyone challenges them this can be countered with more distortions or lies

Welcome to our world

A world filled with competing histories

History usually becomes clearer after some time has passed though

Objective consideration of events can help us

However lies can last for millenia

So what is history but a version of something from a particular point of view?

As society changes so does history

The point of view and perspective has shifted

Be careful with history it can fool you

A step beyond lies the truth, relative it might be, truth nevertheless

Slowly history can merge into truth as more pieces and understanding are added

Over time history can become truth

Most modern history has yet to make this step being still mired in politics and distortions

So give some thought to the stories you are told

Clear sight

Is for sure more pleasant than continual confusion

So why do so many people stay confused?

For so long

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For so much of their lives

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Stay in problem situations

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Stay stuck

Answer they have fear

Usually they feel that the moves they can see will bring more pain or unhappiness

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More misery than they are now experiencing

Sadly for most this is true

Why?

Because their vision is faulty

If you cannot see clearly then for sure the options often look worse than staying where you are

And why is this?

Because we all have perceptions, our lives are perceptions

If your perceptions of life are faulty then obviously your life is too

To change this go to simple basics

Check with friends to see if what you see is what they see

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Check with others who know you

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Often we are not honest with ourselves

We tell ourselves these stories

Make the choice to find the truth

Once you have done this then take action to get your life back

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Move on, let the story and fear end

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Move into new areas
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Be busy, be energetic

Clear sight is preferable to fear any day even if it brings pain because it allows you to move on

A life with no movement is a life dying

Choose clarity, it's your life

Why doesn't he change?

Or why doesn't she change?

Answer why should they?

So many times we feel that life would be better if only our partner changed

Most partners have difficult or odd habits

Actually so do you

This is the real world and one where your partner is quite happy with that habit

If they are not then they would have changed it

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They haven't so be clear they are fine with whatever it is you dislike

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You might feel it is best for them if they changed

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But why should they change?

The old cliche is also appropriate here

If you want to change the world then change yourself

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Slightly modified that could be

If you want to change your partner then change yourself first

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Yes it works

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Yes it is true

So if you feel your partner should change whatever habit it is that annoys you

Then you change first

Change your own habits

And if you do not want to because you are happy with yours then why should they?

Your call.

The Secret

For those of you who have missed it The Secret is a film and book purporting to explain an alleged secret

It states that for many thousands of years a small group of people had The Secret

And The Secret is?

Attraction

Yes by knowing this you can obtain wealth and happiness

Or so say the authors

So for those of you who have tried to follow their instructions and have not obtained wealth and happiness a thought

Attraction and positive thinking are indeed helpful

By themselves however they can only ever be helpful they are no answer

Attraction is hardly a secret nor is Karma

If you want to sincerly know the truth of things then knowledge of the first Law of the Universe might be more helpful

Karma is the first Law of the Universe and as such will help you understand how wealth and riches might not have not come your way

Fads and fashions come and go so for this year it might be The Secret

Karma is with us through all our lives so an understanding of this will profit you more

As a last thought the most appropriate way to use attraction is in the service of others

Not for yourself

Consciousness

What a word

It covers so much that we take for granted

We cannot define the word

We can say simple things that it means

We can say complex things that it means

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We can say what it does not mean

We cannot agree all the things that it might or might not mean

An example

Is an atom conscious?

Is every part of your body conscious in its own right?

Just semantics you might say

No not really because it shapes our understanding of the world we live in

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A higher consciousness can see everything beneath it

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A lower consciousness cannot see things above itself

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Not possible

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Be careful we are not talking about knowledge or facts we are talking about consciousness

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So a more conscious being can see and know things a lower consciousness cannot

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The slowest thing to evolve in humans is consciousness

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Absolutely so

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Meaning?

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That unless and until we can help consciousness grow amongst ordinary men and women

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Unscrupulous people will continue to dumb down arguments and communications in order to maintain control, gain power, make money

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It is no accident that so much in the modern world has been reduced to sound bites and photo opportunities

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That people are called celebrities by being cruder or more vulgar

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That ostentatious behaviour is somehow admirable

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The illusion is fostered that everything can be bought

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The lie that we have never had it so good when over half the world is without

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That the good life is somehow measured by .

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Anything that appeals to lower conscious people who constitute the majority of humanity

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Who all have the same vote

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Unfortunately growing consciousness is the only way forward for humanity

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Literally

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Unless we become more conscious we cannot survive let alone grow to our potential

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Interesting point of evolution where greed wants to dumb everything down

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While the only way forward is to grow consciousness

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Through greater consciousness comes greater understanding

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Greater understanding is our only way .

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Being responsible for your self choose to grow your consciousness

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Maybe one day you can contribute to growing the consciousness of others

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Consciousness is all.

Moving on

From disappointment can be difficult

The mind just does not want to leave go

Endlessly turning around and around on the same points

Sometimes people never come out of this

Sometimes they allow the disappointment to be the focal point of their lives

For the rest of their lives this one disappointment is their story

Do not let this happen to you

Be clear only you can change this

No one else

No toys no distractions can do this

Only you understanding that you chose to finish this pain

And only by controlling your mind

By deliberately keeping busy

Building little successes into every day

Being tired out so that you have no energy or opportunity to dwell on your pain

Yes it is hard work

And yes it takes time

And yes it is over, finished because you chose to let it go

No easy answer exists for pain and disappointment they are part of the human experience

Yes a normal human condition

It is how we grow and learn

Not nice?

No but then who ever said that human experience or life is nice?

Life is both pain and happiness

We find happiness through learning to handle our pains

Learning to balance ourselves

Learning to let go

Just chose to move on.

August

Is the major holiday month in the Northern hemisphere

The month when airlines, hotels and others charge sky high prices

When parents and children meet each other

Overcrowding, waiting on line everywhere

Drinking, eating, dancing, drugs, casinos, beaches, parties, night clubs

You name it

Having fun letting off steam

And while in the Northern hemisphere we are doing this

Buddhists everywhere are staying in their ashrams

Not going out

Why?

Because August is considered the worst month of the year for dangerous or bad energies

Insects and snakes are very active

A time when Planet Earth is crossing an area in its orbit where there are usually more shooting stars and meteorites

Throughout recorded history Buddhists have known this

Two worlds oblivious of each other

All of us with our own set ways oblivious of each other

Has it ever been thus?

Mmmmm - 48

'The existence and aims of the Brothers of the Shadow are essentially selfish. . . .

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Multitudes of human beings are unconsciously treading the path of the shadows and, in comparison with these multitudes,

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it is relatively only a few who self-consciously lead and guide with subtle and nefast intelligence this army of unsuspecting victims of mâyâ.

The Brothers of the Shadow are often highly intellectual men and women, frequently individuals with apparent great personal charm . . .'

(OG 21-3) '

They work by temptation, by mental pictures, by suggestion, by quoting scripture, by appealing to their victims' vanity as if their plea were made to the high virtues, by playing upon their egoism, and by arousing ignoble passions.'

(FSO 456)

What creates karma?

Karma is created by the thoughts we have

Karmically thoughts are primary, acts are secondary

Every thought we have creates consequences

Some good some bad

It depends on your deep feelings about life

If you are an angry person then your thoughts will be influenced by this anger

Thereby creating negative karma

If you are a loving person who thinks good of everyone and everything then your thoughts are more likely to be loving or positive thereby creating positive karma

So our thoughts are so much more important than we realise

Every single one of them

Because karma must be paid to the smallest detail

If not now then in the future

Once we realise that the karma we create literally determines what we experience

What creates our so called good or bad luck

Then we can understand why getting rid of nasty, angry, jealous, violent or otherwise unpleasant thoughts is literally critical to our well being

There is no avoiding karma

Karma is what determines our experience of life now

Our thoughts are what determine our life to come

Now you can see why what you think is so powerful

Thoughts create karma.

Ten days

Once a year we all need a ten day break.

A break that is preferably without mobile phone.

Ten days back to back.

Away from your routine.

Into someone else's world.

Out of yours.

Long term stress and tiredness demand this.

Once a year ten days back to back rest please.

It takes this long for your mind and body to relax and rejuvenate.

Just ten days each year.

And if you don't?

Cumulative stress over time will take it's toll

Of this you can be sure.

Take ten days back to back