Here and Now...What's Happening?

[ulli]

The Village barn is a money stash, and so vast, that thousands of monthly rents can be found there.
See yourselves entering and take out whatever you need.
There will always be more as it gets refills from a hidden source every night.

The way I see financial problems is that they are the result of psychological issues with money.
The brain operates by association, and unfortunately money is associated with greed, and nasty, greedy people.
Yet this is only one half of the truth, because there is lots of money in this world which is earnt via honest service.
Money can buy freedom. Abundance living means lots of stuff will appear as needed, and right at the last minute, but some things still require cash or credit card. So have no thoughts that would block the inflow of wealth.
May all here be happy and prosperous.
Raising my morning coffee to positive thoughts about prosperity and abundance.

[Eram]

Posted by Jenci (here)
Personally I found his techniques as a good introduction but then needed to supplement with other teachings, perhaps more heavyweight, which were finer tuned to pick up the subtleties of when the mind was coming in to do the work.

One question that I have found which has helped me many times is "What do I really want?" and I have used this question by asking it and taking it within.

Invariably I find that to have what I really want, I have to do the thing I don't want to do. The contemplation of this question alone has destroyed many of my mind's delusions about what techniques and paths to follow.

Jeanette

Jeanette,

Would you like to share more about what you mean when you say this?
How do you use this question to pick up the subtleties of when the mind was coming in to do the work?

I meditated some with this question and I got to several answers.
'I want to be happy' was the first one, but at the same time I see that there is an illusion attached to it, for to be in this state all the time, there would have to be the rejection of unhappiness.
Then I hit a river of tears when I asked this question again, or an ocean better.....
Then I found that I want peace... but that's just like wanting to be happy isn't it? It rejects all the other states of being.


Another time when I was trying to go to sleep and was in a sort of 'knowing' state, in contact with true self maybe... I asked this and there was absolute silence, which kind of scared me lol (this was some months ago).
It left me with the feeling that I have lived so out of touch with true self that this true self doesn't know what it wants any more.

Maybe you ask this question to yourself in a way like... what do I really want to do now? Like as in going for an ice cream or something like that.

You see? I'm not sure you to use this question to get to see the ways of the mind at work.

[Eram]

Is it just me, or is the village of a new quality for the past week?

What a gems here, each and every one of them
The post from Dennis Leahy was so beautiful... like an illustration to the post from another Bob, explaining about the hippie movement that went underground.





Challenging times for you Belle..
You know? It may sound weird and inappropriate to you, but this just might be a time of opportunity for you too. Everything is open now.
If you manage to stay in your centre... and picture what you open yourself to the best that there is ahead, who knows what will come your way.
I'll send you love and fortune

[ulli]

Posted by Nora (here)
I keep seeing 11:11 everywhere......
clocks, computer, cellphone..... and then
today was at the local health food store and my change was
$11.11...... I looked up in astonishment at the cashier, she laughed
and everyone behind me in the line laughed......

Thank you JB and it sounds like you are having fun -enjoy the beach.

Ulli so grateful the storm dissipated.


Love

Nora

To me the 11:11 is a reminder that I'm not alone, ever.
Because I do feel lonely at times.

Yesterday was a 5:55 day, and fives to me mean balance, harmony, and protection.
So that was good, as I had been feeling the Fear.

[ulli]

Posted by Wakytweaky (here)
Is it just me, or is the village of a new quality for the past week?

What a gems here, each and every one of them
The post from Dennis Leahy was so beautiful... like an illustration to the post from another Bob, explaining about the hippie movement that went underground.





Challenging times for you Belle..
You know? It may sound weird and inappropriate to you, but this just might be a time of opportunity for you too. Everything is open now.
If you manage to stay in your centre... and picture what you open yourself to the best that there is ahead, who knows what will come your way.
I'll send you love and fortune

The Village has hidden helpers, and even if Astrid seems quiet at times
she is never far away, and some of her non-posts make it
despite the fact that she deletes them before sending.
The return of Calz and ViralSpiral was due to my longing for them.
But there may still be others that I'm not aware of who are reading without posting,
yet they are allowing their energies to stream in.


P.S. Swan and LisaB ...your presence and thanks are duly noted. Pleased to see you both. You are the kind of 'others' I was actually referring to.

[1inMany]

Hiya Everybody

I don't know what I was thinking yesterday. On, what, 3 hours of sleep and many more itching, I decided to go to the big city of Tyler, Texas. My own opinion of this god-forsaken place is that it is dirty, full of pollution, overridden with icky people, traffic was terrible, the city is spread out all over the place, and it was HOT. It's at least an hour's drive. Oh, what was I thinking? I was on my way there, and about 10 minutes from my destination, when the "sickness" hit. Here I go again, headache, stomach troubles, now cramps in my muscles, and exhaustion...felt like I had the stomach flu plus a couple of other ailments. I hurried through my business and all the way home I kept my mind busy by first watching for the next milestone then praying with all my heart that I would make it home.

I made it home and ate half a package of saltine crackers and some 7-up, added advil and a couple of other meds I keep on hand for just such an occasion. By 4pm, I was out (thank goodness). I think I may have rolled over at about 8:30pm, but then awoke this morning at 5:00am. Feeling so much better, a bit weak and I can still feel the faint pulling of exhaustion.

I only share all this because it is clearly part of raising my vibration. I sure hate that phrase, but since I have only become aware of possibilities outside 3D in the past 6 months or so, I do not have another phrase. I am vacillating between feeling excited that I am moving successfully forward...and feeling like maybe I was possessed by demons and they are being exorcised (kidding). Talk about it being a tough ride. I even entertained the idea that maybe this was a sign that I shouldn't continue on this path.

I know confusion well, we are very close friends, and I think we are related to lack of confidence. And frustration...well that's in my hip pocket. Wondering whether to keep going (Flash lol) visits occasionally, and weariness stops in and stays awhile when ask, "are we there yet?" Looking back gives me the umph to continue forward (thanks for the understanding that this is the Cancerian way, Ulli). It seems I do need to look back once in a while to remind myself where I started. Only then do I get excited about taking another step.

I have decided that I am not afraid of what people will think about where this progression is leading and the realizations along the way. This Village has been my (only) safe haven since November or December, and I am not going to let fear of anything take that away. I know I have helped at least one person by spilling my guts (lol), and I have received love and encouragement and knowledge and understanding beyond measure. With all this in mind, here is one thing that has happened in that past few weeks. I had gone to the store, one of my least favorite things, and it's about a 30 minute drive to this particular store. On the drive home, my mind was occupied with what I had gotten, what I had forgotten, what I would do for dinner that night, how beautiful the sky was - it was breathtakingly blue with puff white clouds all the way to the horizon in every direction - and WHA-BAM! What the hell is that on my back? Wings? Oh, well, I have wings. To which I replied to myself, "WHAT?! That's impossible, that's not possible. Oh, chit, I have lost my mind. This is NOT good." To which I replied to myself, "Wow! I really am an angel."

I spent the next several days going sideways through doorways and being careful not to bump them, which is absolutely hysterical when I know full well they are not 3D wings, feathery white and solid...they are ... energy maybe. Just when I thought I had lost my mind, I realized that my upper back had been aching since the drive. Can you imagine the conversation I had with myself over that one? A very kind soul explained to me that yes, indeed, they are real in an energetic way, and somehow I felt better after that.

So, there is the big one so far. Lots and lots and lots of other things have happened, the most fun has been playing with a ball of light. It is...AMAZING! I am learning about this light, this energy, and am having the first fun I have had in a very long time.

I decided to share all of this because there is absolutely no reason not to. As the times change, people everywhere are going to transform in many ways, and by golly they should not be afraid to share this. I am setting a precedent. Maybe, lol. This kind of sharing may be going on all over the place and I just haven't found it. Like I am the first to admit, though, I feel like the caboose when it comes to awakening, like this is last minute. It really isn't last minute at all, as I have come to understand, it is exactly when it should be happening for me. But I have a hunch there will be many, many more after me as well. And it will be difficult for them, just as it is for me, and just as it has been for those of you who experienced it 20 years ago.

To my village family, old and new, I say...no matter at what stage we all find ourselves, it is exactly as it should be. And it will always be difficult at times. But it will also be wonderful beyond what we can imagine. Trust.

Much Love,

i believe

[Carmody]

Apparently, the most relaxing song ever. They haven't been listening to what I've been listening to, obviously.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NMmMNyTwePY

[benevolentcrow]

Acknowledgment: I would like to nominate YOU Villager, for the kindness, thoughtfulness, wisdom, and insight that is spread around the Village on a daily basis!

We are all going through challenges in our lives, be it with finances, health, seeking enlightenment... Think positive thoughts we will be Victorious!

Have a great day (evening)! Treat yourself with LOVE!

[Jenci]

Posted by Wakytweaky (here)
Jeanette,

Would you like to share more about what you mean when you say this?
How do you use this question to pick up the subtleties of when the mind was coming in to do the work?

I meditated some with this question and I got to several answers.
'I want to be happy' was the first one, but at the same time I see that there is an illusion attached to it, for to be in this state all the time, there would have to be the rejection of unhappiness.
Then I hit a river of tears when I asked this question again, or an ocean better.....
Then I found that I want peace... but that's just like wanting to be happy isn't it? It rejects all the other states of being.


Another time when I was trying to go to sleep and was in a sort of 'knowing' state, in contact with true self maybe... I asked this and there was absolute silence, which kind of scared me lol (this was some months ago).
It left me with the feeling that I have lived so out of touch with true self that this true self doesn't know what it wants any more.

Maybe you ask this question to yourself in a way like... what do I really want to do now? Like as in going for an ice cream or something like that.

You see? I'm not sure you to use this question to get to see the ways of the mind at work.

Hi Waky


When we begin this we learn the technique of becoming the witness and witnessing or watching our minds and our thoughts. There is great relief in this because we have discovered that what we used to believe was 'us' is shown to be only something that is happening within something much greater, which is watching it all.

A technique of being the watcher can teach us a great deal of how our mind/ego behaves. We also realise that the witness is Awareness or the Higher Self and as we go through our life being the witness/Awareness, instead of letting the mind/ego guide us, we let the witness/Awareness guide us.

But the mind/ego is programmed for survival and its very powerful and cunning. The moment it is seen by the witness/Awareness as nothing but a mind/ego it then has to reinvent itself. It does this by becoming the witness/Awareness and unless the person is very diligent in their inquiry and watching, they will not notice this.

This is where the more heavyweight teachings come in that I was talking about, which will use some more probing inquiry into what is happening, this time questioning the authenticity of witness/Awareness itself.

When we believe that our true self is the witness/Awareness we will let it guide our spiritual path but if we don't realise it is still the mind/ego in disguise then we will get led astray and get stuck.

This is where I have found the question "What do I really want?" very helpful and I think in this case this question has also served you very well.

Posted by Wakytweaky
I meditated some with this question and I got to several answers.
'I want to be happy' was the first one, but at the same time I see that there is an illusion attached to it, for to be in this state all the time, there would have to be the rejection of unhappiness.

Of course....so you can see that which answers the question is the ego just seeking happiness.

Then I found that I want peace... but that's just like wanting to be happy isn't it?

Yes, just the same seeking as wanting a new car or to be successful or to be happy. It's the same ego seeking.

What the inquiry is showing is that which speaks and says "I want to be happy" "I want peace" is just the mind/ego, so to follow that which does the speaking on the path it wants to go, will lead you astray.

Personally I have found with this inquiry that the one thing I need to do, is the one thing that I don't want to do.....yet I found this out by being led astray by my new found Higher Self which turned out to be my ego.

Posted by Wakytweaky
Another time when I was trying to go to sleep and was in a sort of 'knowing' state, in contact with true self maybe... I asked this and there was absolute silence, which kind of scared me lol (this was some months ago).

Eerie, isn't it? ....welcome home

Posted by Wakytweaky
It left me with the feeling that I have lived so out of touch with true self that this true self doesn't know what it wants any more.

And this is how the mind/ego works. In that absolute silence there is nothing for the mind/ego, it dies a death .....but it is programmed for survival, so it will be back again immediately with the very next thought. Here it tells a story about the true self not knowing what it wants any more. Of course it is just a story of the mind/ego.....diligent, probing inquiry of all thoughts will reveal this.

Further inquiry will also reveal that even the real witness/Awareness is not even real. I think Bob may have referenced this in one of his quotes in the last day or so.

Jeanette

[Jenci]

Posted by Belle (here)
Thank you all so much for this conversation...perfect timing for me. You see, we've just lost everything...and have 37 days to find a place to live for 2 adults, a cripple and 2 dogs with no money for "first, last and security deposit" for another place. Cause and effect from an action/inaction my husband took over ten years ago. Hopefully, this is the last of it .

Am standing firm in the "eye"/"I"...

Positive thoughts and prayers would be appreciated.

7 billion people on this planet, each of us having different experiences. Some of us get the real challenging experiences which put us right in the "eye" with nothing to hold onto and we can all learn from those who take to this with courage and sincerity.

One thing I know for sure that whatever happens in the future, that right now, right at this moment, you are OK, Belle



Jeanette

[Carmody]

In the process of enlightenment, comes a thing that is generally only seen from that vantage point. For in those places and moments, the awareness is centered and motioning toward this opening. What one finds is that everything, each shaft of light, mote of dust, every thought and breath, all of creation, in this place..is designed to move one toward this opening. That is what is finally seen, and lived, as a flow and as a moment of now. It cannot easily be explained (or possibly not be explained) it is to be experienced.

[ulli]

Here is an innovative solution to living in dry areas. This morning's NextWorldTV

http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/ho...s-drought.html

[astrid]

Today I got to sit in stillness twice , both times for over
an hour each. First time I was in a group that I meet
with remotely, all energetic practitioners of one form
or another. We are meeting more regularly now as
things are speeding up to help balance out and integrate
the ebb and flow for each other. Today was particularly
intense i felt it mostly in my heart where I have been
working a fair bit of late , it was like I was being expanded
from the inside out . The cool thing about being connected
with such highly developed people is that you get an osmosis
effect just by being in their presence . I feel very blessed
to have been given these opportunities, it has not been
an easy task to find the right people to work with and
for along time I just assumed I had to figure it all out
totally solo . So it was a pleasant surprise to be asked
to join this group .

The second time I was alone and it was so quick and
easy to get my body to totally disappear and just sit in
that void of oneness with all things . And I'm sure it
was because I was already primed for it . At once stage
the ocean and the sky merged with me and I expanded
and stretched into an endless space of a vast abyss
When I looked down I could see my body like a tiny
speck which I had virtually no connection to, only the
finest silver thread . When I was told it was time to
return I gradually slid back into my body,bringing back
the reminder and the awareness of the vast and divine
beauty we are all part of .
And all the things I had been struggling with during
the last few weeks became totally insignificant.
There is just so much beyond our physical awareness
it's impossible to even begin to language it.

[Mark]

The Village is indeed wonderful ... thanks for that prosperity visualization, Ulli. I have a lot of work to do this month to shift from one way of being to another, I can't put it off any longer. When something amazing happens in your life and you continue to try to be the same person you were before it happened, it never works. Gotta go with the flow instead of trying to hold on to what is ephemeral anyway, as Jenci, Carmody and AB have been pointing out so gently and lovingly lately ... will be checking in occasionally to see how y'all are doing. Thanks for being so welcoming of the prodigal ones and for being a space of comfort for so many. The wisdom and love here is amazing. Peace.

[another bob]

Posted by Belle (here)
we've just lost everything...

We script certain tests, or challenges, for ourselves, to discover what we are really made of. It appears that you are very adventurous, which is admirable! I applaud your courage and fortitude!

Last night in a dream I placed everything that I owned on a couple of pallets in a warehouse, but then discovered that the pallets had been moved somewhere else, so I went to Customer Service to see what I could do. The young lady to whom I spoke, Gloria, was not very helpful, and in the middle of my complaint, she turned her attention to another customer instead. At first I was a bit miffed at such shoddy treatment, but then realized that, after all, it was up to me to get the matter resolved, rather than relying on others.

I share my intent with you, Belle, for the best possible outcome, knowing too that it will work out just right.

Blessings!

[1inMany]

Posted by ulli (here)
Here is an innovative solution to living in dry areas. This morning's NextWorldTV

http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/ho...s-drought.html

Awesome, Ulli! Mike & I have been talking about doing just this! Looks like a sync to me...

[ulli]

Posted by 1inMany (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
Here is an innovative solution to living in dry areas. This morning's NextWorldTV

http://www.nextworldtv.com/videos/ho...s-drought.html

Awesome, Ulli! Mike & I have been talking about doing just this! Looks like a sync to me...

Just before I decided to post this you came to mind, and very strongly,
and so I went ahead and did it.

[Belle]

Posted by Jenci (here)
One thing I know for sure that whatever happens in the future, that right now, right at this moment, you are OK, Belle



Jeanette

Thanks, Jenci. I'm always okay...no matter what. Just riding the wave and marveling at the clarity found at the center.

Thanks to the wonderful people of the Village, I have learned that it's okay to ask for support. Reminds me of the crossing of the Red Sea when Moses raised his arms/staff to part it...when he became tired, others came to help hold them up until all had passed through. (I'm sure I've messed that story up! It's been quite a while since I've even thought about the bible.)

Being strength for those around me has become a bit draining...thank you for the much needed boost of energy. Love you all.

All is well.

[astrid]

Belle when I went through the whole had to move in
a hurry issue it was a major upheaval for the first
week as issues that impact your basic survival needs are
But when I processed the fears and started being in the
higher mind it was clear that I had to move for my own
development sake . No question it's a right pain and a
major inconvenience ...but it's also the fastest way to
really see how trusting and how in tune with the flow
you really are . It will be more than all good you will
see . I know that being in the middle of a storm can be
terrifying at times but don't forget to ask for help if you
need it there is just so many loving and giving souls out
there that are more that willing to assist you .

I hold you all in my heart at this time

[Belle]

Posted by another bob (here)

Posted by Belle (here)
we've just lost everything...

We script certain tests, or challenges, for ourselves, to discover what we are really made of. It appears that you are very adventurous, which is admirable! I applaud your courage and fortitude!

.........

I share my intent with you, Belle, for the best possible outcome, knowing too that it will work out just right.

Blessings!

Thanks, AB. This has been my life...one adventure after another. Each one concludes when I see the humor in the circumstances and can laugh heartily...I'm sure that moment will arrive shortly. After all, it's only stuff. What really matters is right here right now in the people and animals I love so much.