When virtue is the greatest crime

selfJon Rappoport – Who are they?

Behind their flaccid smiles is a roaring furnace of anger.

They believe love motivates them. Love, and the worship of some leader who stands for love.

This delusion can topple a society and a civilization.

They have been taught to be good. They been trained in that way, and they embrace their training as both a shield and a sword, as they set out to change the world.

There are millions of them.

Who are they?

They advocate “share and care” without limit. This is their religion. For them, there is no ceiling on supporting those in need, and there are no negative consequences. There is no taking from Peter to pay Paul. It doesn’t exist.

If you told these soldiers for the Good that they could open a door and let 30 million immigrants into the country overnight, they would open the door without hesitation. Downside? Irrelevant. Being good is all that matters. It is the imperative. To betray it would be an unpardonable sin and would destroy them, these holy soldiers.

On the other hand, if you said you had a plan to put two million unemployed Americans back to work tomorrow, they would register indifference. That idea doesn’t fit their world view. Back to work means WORK. Earning a living. Some measure of responsibility and accountability. Self-reliance. Strength. Where is the CHARITY in that? Where is the unlimited giving? Where is the love?

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Why It’s Important To Understand Your Dark Side

selfRajie Kabli –  One of my favourite quotes is by Carl Jung: ”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.”  

This resonates with me so much, I think, because I’ve spent the last 10 years reading, listening to, absorbing, mimicking, and meditating on the following mantras: “Just think positive thoughts.”; “All we are is love and light.”; “This too will pass.”; “Transcend your ego.” 

I have pages and pages of words in countless journals asking, no, pleading, with God or the Universe to please help me be better and rid myself of negativity. I think to myself, “God please help me be more loving, more compassionate, more understanding.” Let me just go ahead and say, nothing is wrong with praying for these things, but not once did I ever stop to think that perhaps I’m not embodying these traits I so desperately seek for a reason.

What is this wild, pushy, manipulative, self-serving woman trying to actually show me right now? I’m talking about my ‘shadow’ self, or ego-self. We all have one, and the more we run and hide and try to deny it’s there, the more internal conflict arises. We’re living in fantasy land if we think we are, and must be, happy, loving, shiny, joy-filled beings all the time. Everyone wants pleasure without the pain. Life doesn’t work like that. We live in a dualistic world.

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In Search of the Self [Video]

IAI-TV – There is no self, no ‘I’, only a flickering illusion. So claim many neuroscientists and philosophers. Yet for the rest of us, the denial of the self feels like a bitter pill to swallow. Is the self a fantasy? Or is it essential to our being and consciousness?

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Cambridge and NCH philosopher Simon Blackburn, neuroscientist Colin Blakemore, philosopher and author of Are You an Illusion? Mary Midgley seek out the all seeing I. In association with New College Humanities.

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Aspects Of Self People Are Awakening To

lifeExpanded Consciousness – As the world progresses in day to day life, so do the people who live on it. We are constantly worried, sad, happy, and every other emotion that can either drain us or fill us with the most positive energy in the universe. People are awakening themselves to the energies and love that’s around them. You may not realize that you’re already in the process, so here’s 10 aspects you can find in your own awakening as well as others.

Acceptance Of Yourself

We all have our imperfections, but see the beauty of those imperfections. Because in reality, those imperfections make you exactly who you are and what you’re capable of. Potential is limitless in everyone, and know that we do our very best in anyway we can.

Trusting Your Instincts

People are becoming more confident in themselves and thrive on the opportunity to go with the flow of our instincts. Those random light-bulb moments that occur when you already knew something that you thought you didn’t actually know. Trusting our instincts will carry us far in life. Continue reading

Ronna Star – AA Michael September 2015 Message

selfBeloved masters, returning to the narrow path of Ascension in consciousness is the beginning of transcending opposites where there is no good or bad, right or wrong, only harmonious personal choices within the accepted spectrum of duality. As an empowered, functioning Self-master, you will make only the highest and best choices for the benefit of ALL. Slowly, but surely, the imperfections you have created both in your inner and outer worlds are being rectified. It has taken a very long time for the Earth and humanity to reach the present state of imperfection that is now prevalent. The level of transformational progress that has been made by you, the earthly Legions of Light, in such a short time is truly miraculous.

Indeed, the multidimensional doorways of the past are closing, and the doorways of the future are opening at a faster and faster pace as the process of Ascension accelerates. The fear of change has been a major controlling factor within your conscious awareness for a very long time. In the beginning of your journey into density, you sought a great variety of self-expression and change, and you delighted in each new creation. It has only been during your earthly experiences that you have forgotten that you were a cocreator endowed with a full measure of creative abilities, and that you have a direct link to the power source of Creation via the River of Life/Light.

As you learn to breathe deeply and effortlessly, you descend into your Sacred Heart Center where the Creator and Creation are one. This is when you begin to awaken and realize that you are experiencing your reality through a veil of illusion, that you are the dreamer as well as the dream. You begin to release yourself from the bonds of the mass consciousness belief structure, and you begin to seek your own higher truths. At that time, you begin the journey back into wholeness as you strive to recreate yourself into the SUN CHILD of our Father / Mother God—a Being of Light—which is your Divine Heritage. The Creator is THE SOURCE OF THE BREATH OF LIFE. The Breath is your Lifeline to and from the ALL THAT IS. As you inhale, you receive this gift that originates from within the Heart Core of the Creator. With each exhalation, you send this gift of Sacred Breath back to into the realms of the Infinite Source of Life. Continue reading