Leo Tolstoy on God

LEO TOLSTOY ON GOD: "When you look inside yourself, you see what is called 'your own self' or your soul. You cannot touch it or see it or understand it, but you know it is there. And this part of yourself--that which you cannot understand--is what is called God. God is both around us and inside of us--in our souls.

The more you understand that you are at one with God, the more you will understand that you are at one with all His worldly manifestations."

Sunday, March 28, 2010

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE PROFILE: People Who TRULY Serve Us Around the Globe!

"...Just as this need arose, simultaneously, all over the world, there have appeared the greatest teachers, though in far smaller numbers, who have ever graced your plane. Those who are actually living these truths, leading with the example of their lives, and healing those in need through simple conversation..."
Message from "Tut's Universe"






Shama Kern (R)
Jeannette Lehman, Spiritual Counselor and Intuitive Reader, Dallas(R)


One is known around the world as the "Dalai Lama."
Another is not so well known, but calls himself "Lama."
Yet another, "Shama."

One calls herself, "Spiritual Counselor."
Another, "Spiritual Healer."
Yet another, "Psychic."

They call themselves:
"Qi Gong Masters."
"Avatar Masters."
"Martial Arts Experts."



[Pictured above are: Cindy Eyler, Spiritual Teacher, San Leandro, CA, and QiGong Master Michael Rinaldini, also based in Northern California.]




In the churches, they are known as:

"Bishops."
"Priests."
"Nuns."
"Monks."
"Deacons"
and "Deaconness"

[Pictured above are: Bishop T.D. Jakes of Dallas (L) and Dr. Betty Jo Smith of Menlo Park, CA, an ordained elder, (R)]

Then there are the "Wellness Doctors."

[Left: Dr. C Norman Sealy, practices Holistic Medicine]

Right, Warren Redman, President of Emotional Fitness Institute in Canada]

The truth is that all these people...whatever designation they have chosen for themselves...are doing God's work!

These are truly the beautiful people on our earth.

Some work for little or no pay. Yet, their commitment to provide service to community is so great that they do not complain. They simply adjust their lives so that they can continue to serve without interruption.

I feel so blessed that my world now is occupied daily with interactions with these folks.

I recently had to step back and access the spiritual horizon, as I kept meeting more and more of them...from every walk ... who sounded similar but had different practices that they used to provide comfort, care and vision to those who seek their truth and wisdom.

Many people who are not aware of the call from within DO get cynical and dismiss some of them as "kooks" and see them as "anomalies" in nature.

The truth is...that ALL these people are operating on much fuller cylinders than most of us can ever hope to achieve!

I have a friend who is a medical doctor, who got the call to his Soul. To continue to provide for his family, he still practices medicine but his Soul is in the other type of healing that he so longs to do.
[Dr. Alford N. Vassall, Jr.]

Now, he's treading water, still involved somewhat in spiritual work but hoping that one day, his Spirit will open the way for him to combine the medicine he loves to "practice" with the passion of his heart."Namaste'," friend!

The thing that is most troubling to me when I am among people who don't understand spirituality is their dismissal and total disregard for the URGENCY of Spirit to which these people are responding.

They can't feel it...so it ain't so.
They can't see it...so it ain't so.

Aside from those serving on the pulpits and in monasteries and churches, the other "healers" and "teachers" tend to get overlooked and overtrodden.


It's time for us to wake up and see that ALL around us, there are teachers and "ambassadors" of truth, though they may wear different garbs.

Even our friend...our very best friend...may be our teacher and healer...or Earth Angel.
[My sister, Merlyn Solomon, (C), and her daughters, Saudia,(L), and Shondelle Solomon-Miles (R)]

Even our sister...brother...or Cub Scout leader...may be our teacher and healer....or Earth Angel.



The truth is...

The simple truth is...

that among us walk all types of angels...who may look and talk different...


but he's the healer and teacher God sent just for us.


Remember that one...

whom we failed to recognize, too, so many centuries ago?


The one...

THE ONE...

who tried to tell us that the "power is within."


The one whose words now are taken as "Gospel."

The one who said, "These things I have done and greater than these can you also do."

Remember the one?

The one who now has us acknowledging 40 days of his grief and passing.

The one whose death culminates each year in solemnity for many around the world ...
on Good Friday, coming up this week.

The one who spoke about The Resurrection and the Light.

The one whose Resurrected Spirit HAS risen again.


The one whose light...

just might be the ONE...


Shining and BURNING BRIGHTLY ...

in the hearts and Souls...of

those...


Lamas...Shamas...Dalai Lamas...Bishops...Pastors...Priests...Nuns...
Monks...Teachers...Healers...Psychics...Brothers....Sisters...
Friends...Sisters/Friends...



[(L)Rosalie Prinzivalli, Feng Shui expert, NYC]


And ...

within you!

Remember "the one"...and KNOW...the truth ...about
all those people...

Those truly Beautiful People!


Namaste',

Che'

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Keep A Balance In All Things and In All Ways!


Wisdom, Strength and Love are Reborn in Me Today!***

Every year, I see the rebirth of spring as the grass turns green, flowers bud and the leaves and blossoms burst forth on the trees. Each sign of spring occurs at the
right and perfect time, when the earth is ready to generate new life.

My personal springtime occurs as I open my heart and mind to the Divine.
To prepare my soul for rebirth, I pray and meditate....

As in nature, my renewal comes precisely when my soul is receptive and ready."


"In his hand is the life of every living thing
and the breath of every human being." Job 12:10



In this decade of my life, I'm learning that no matter what I'm going through, what is essential is to "keep a balance in all things and in all ways."

When life is rolling out smoothly, we all have a tendency to go "over the top" with joy; when life is not flowing smoothly, we get "down in the dumps."

I was like that too. But I've learned that in "all things" and in "all ways," God is my "all sufficiency!"

I got this line from one of the prayer room workers at Unity, where I'd called when I was at my wits' end!

This man gently and firmly affirmed for me what I could not affirm for myself, much less acknowledge: "God is Your All Sufficiency!"


When I came out of that "crisis," I vowed to always use those words when I felt I could not go on.

I've learned since to use those words throughout each and every situation, not only when I'm in dire straits!


"God is My All Sufficency!"

God...is...my...all...sufficency...

God is enough!

I don't need to go over the top with joy when my life "feels right," as it is the action of God that is making all good things come to me.

I don't need to get down in the dumps when my life seems as if it's not working; God still is there, working through me and through my life and affairs, healing what needs to be healed and righting all that is wrong. Although we may not be able to see "behind the scene" or through the "veiled curtain" God is there.

God is always there.


The Sales field is one invites people to go up and down with the flow of "their good coming to them."

Some people manage to stay steady throughout it all.


Others get euphoric, then go all the
way down, when their sales are down.

When I see this, I want to run and hug those
people and say, "Keep your perspective, God
is in charge."



Obviously, I can't...so I say a protecting prayer for them instead, like:
"The light of God Surrounds You
The Love of God Enfolds You
The Power of God Protects You
The Presence of God Watches Over You
Whereever you ARE, God is!"
And All is Well!


We know that life naturally has an ebb and flow.
We cannot ever predict when it will flow towards
us or away from us.


So, we need to stay steady and calm throughout
the worst of storms and throughout the best of
sunshine!
Life is Glorious!


But the glory must come from our connection
with the within!

Life is Splendid!


But the spendor must come from our
connection with the within!

Life is Joyous!


But the joy must come from our connection
with the within!

Life is an evolution.




The evolution must come from our willingness
to allow our Soul free passage within us.


We must not hinder our growth...our evolution...
by putting roadblocks in the way through
fear, anger, hatred, animosity.

Those are the roadblocks to the joy, glory,
spendor and absolute freedom we seek!


We cannot evolve, much less thrive, when
we are beleaguered with obstacle courses.


Those are the times our lives begin to shutdown.

If we truly could predict the ebb and flow
of life, that is the time we would see:
life does stop flowing when we halt our openness
to it and our willingness to listen and accommodate
its yearning for passage through us.



Learn to Let Go!

Learn to Let it Flow!


Learn to keep a balance in the best of times!

Learn to keep a balance in the worst of times!


God is your all sufficiency through it all.

Trust Always in the Goodness of God!

Namaste',

Che'
NOTE: ***This passage came from Unity's Daily Word: Saturday, March 20, 2010. For Daily Word, go to :http://www.dailyword.com.

Personal Authenticity: "To Thine Own Self Be True"...

"To Thine Own Self Be True and it must follow as the night, the day, Thou canst not then be false to ANY man."
William Shakespeare.