Welcome to the Delusion

Everything you hold dear, every concept, each possession, ideal, and being or thing, this is what makes up your world.

At some point you've looked around and realized others are not seeing things the same as you.

You may have thought they were delusional.

Each creature sees a different world.  An animal sees dinner in your garbage.  A pet sees freedom and adventure outside your door, when you see danger.

People see beauty in art or nature, where others see profit.  Some ideas are seen as regressive, while others see prudence.  Your progressive desires are threats to some.  Some people you may dislike may actually agree with you politically, but be disagreeable!

The difference in our thoughts is due to perception, which is subjective in a relative world.  Our worlds also reflect our development of consciousness, and this in turn affects our experiences.

Try as you may, you cannot change this.  Each person's thoughts are their private domain, and to interfere with this would only destroy them.  They must evolve on their own, or not.

This is the law of individuality and the principle of choice.  Your frustration with others is a life lesson.  You must learn to respect their individuality, and remove first the plank from your own eye, for you too dwell within the illusion.

In The Garden of Mind

The natural state of consciousness is Oneness.

The garden of mind produces the fruits of thought.  These fruits are shared.

The open minded share thoughts and perceive thought.

The enlightened see thought, all as one, in the pool of mind.

When thought is private, we cloak our consciousness.  We devolve into separateness.

Self consciousness replaces omniscience.  The mind of God is behind that closed door of consciousness.

In the Light Heavens, thought is projected and visible.  This is the state of the lower heavens, where we are helped to recondition to shared consciousness.

Upon rebirth, we may experience enhanced telepathic abilities and increased psychic experiences, due to this gradual reconditioning of consciousness between each life.

The initial trauma which caused our separation from Oneness will take many lifetimes to heal.

The garden of mind produces the fruits of thought.  Our thoughts are like weeds and may not enter the Garden.  The practice of meditation, temporary cessation of thought, prepares the mind to receive.  Revelation, the reception of higher thought, occurs in the silence.

You may facilitate your healing through this process.  When you learn to control your thoughts, you may enter the Garden.

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That Cat

We sat in Nona's kitchen, my little brother and I.  

The old house had a tiny kitchen with faded wallpaper of hideous squares with patterns that looked somewhat like cliff monsters to my child-mind.  It had an old sink and tiny stove and a little frigidaire.

Mom had brought us to visit our Italian grandma.  Now she shuffled over to the frigidaire.  Nona had offered us lunch and we had accepted.  Our ancient grandma dragged her heavy legs across the floor while we children sat and watched.  Mom stood there watching.  Nona's feet shuffled as her slippers scraped the floor, carrying her heavy body.  She wore a floral house coat and elastic stockings to keep her varicose veins at bay.  Now reaching the refrigerator, she opened the door.

Our mouths dropped in astonishment as Nona opened the frigidaire and out strolled her little cat, a light red tabby.  Not the least bit upset at being locked up in the refrigerator, that cat walked out of that frigidaire like this happens every day.  Our eyes were glued to the cat as we watched what happened next!

Nona never saw a thing.  Her eyes were dulled by heavy cataracts, and she went on to take the salami out of the frigidaire and began to shuffle toward us, one heavy step at a time.

We watched in fascination as she pushed the cat along, one leg at a time, as Nona shuffled laboriously to the table.  She could not feel the cat, and with each step Nona shoved the little red cat forward against her thick elastic stockings.  

Now that cat had finally had enough!  She dug her claws into Nona's legs and through the heavy stockings!  Aaaaaagh!!!  Nona shrieked in pain, her eyes widening.  

The cat scampered off, and Nona rebalanced.  She continued her journey to the table.

I said it first.  'I don't feel like lunch anymore.'  Little brother agreed.

Nona was unhappy.  

Now mom started to explain in Italian.  I could only pick out a few words...'Gatto'....'frigidaire'....

'No!'.....'Si'

I love you my Nona.  As promised, I never forgot you. ❤️️❤️️❤️️ 

Cat 🐱 

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Learning Life Lessons

SOME LIFE Lessons play out over many decades.

You may wonder why some things that cost you dearly happened.

You may be blind-sided by a sudden truth that you had ignored.

You weren't really looking.

You will never forget that experience, or make that mistake again.

Reality can be a bubble of your own choosing.

How do you escape a closed circle?

Every bubble bursts some day.

The secret is they all give way to a larger bubble.

These are the secrets of the Circle of Infinity.

The Stranger Within

You are charming, gentle, and kind.  Always thoughtful and easy-going.  You are a beautiful person, inside and when I look upon you I see your outer beauty, handsome and masculine.  God has truly blessed you.

You are my ideal man.

One day, I made a terrible mistake and I lost you.  It is the tragedy of my life.

I saw another side of you, a man who was loud and angry.  He was frightening, and knowing that I hurt that beautiful soul ripped my heart and tore my soul apart.    I apologized and you did not understand that I was already gone.  And I ran away, forever.

You could never find me, for I had ceased to exist without you, my love.

You became a stranger.

We each have facets to our persona.  The one loves, the other hurts.  Never let the stranger out.  He is not you.

Never let him wear your face.  Never give him your voice.  

You would never give him your hand, never let him raise a fist.  

Never let your loved ones see him, for he is not you.

The stranger dwells within each human heart.  You sometimes think he speaks for you.  You learned a long time ago, never to let him act for you.  For he can do much harm.

Never make that mistake.  It's consequences are karma.  Anger that is released will bring a lifetime of karma.  This is true even of words.

The stranger dwells within.  He is not you.  Never let him wear your face.

Take a Look Inside

Learn to like yourself.  Otherwise, don't expect anyone else to.

Looking back on your deeds and your day, how did you handle the pressures, choices and people.

Were you kind, principled, fair?

It's not whether you win or lose each battle.  Rise above your daily battlefields and see the terrain from a new height.

Step outside your immediate situation and realize that most of the time, things work out eventually.  Was it worth it to snap at your wife this morning or do you wish you left her with a kiss?  Should you have fumed at your husband today, or told him it's ok, everyone makes mistakes.  Did you tell your son or your daughter you love them?  No? What message did you give them?

Tonight and tomorrow when you look back at your choices, your actions, your words, will you see a kind person or an angry one?  

People may misjudge you, but eventually truth always comes out.  How will you handle your friends when they've made a mistake?  Will they remember you're angry and be afraid to approach you? Will they realize you were always kind to them and miss your friendship?

Every moment of your life defines and reveals who you are.  If you don't like you, who will?

Can you love that man or woman in the mirror?

New Years Prayer

Good morning and Happy New Year dear friends!

A new year is like turning the page to a new chapter in the book of your life.

What will your chapter title be? What do you want to write there this year?

At year end what new changes do you want to see?

As you start day one of your new year, it is fitting that it is a holiday and your family surrounds you in the bosom of your home.  May I suggest you write the first sentence with them and for them.  How can you show your family you love them?

The human mind breaks down time into separate chunks of reality.  Each time you pass through a doorway, your mind starts a new paragraph, closing out the experience of the other room.  This is why people forget why they walked into a new room.  

It really helps to write down your expectations as you step into a new year.  It will add focus to your mind and purpose to your year.

I will start:

I pray for you and your family and friends and their family and friends.

We are all One, sharing one world, so we must include everyone in our prayers.

I pray that your new year brings joy, wisdom and love to your door.  I pray that each of us walks in light and grows in charity, kindness and empathy.

I wish you a good year full of many blessings.

In the spirit of this greeting, I will share this message publicly and privately.  It is meant for one and all.

With love,

Cat

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