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An All-Powerful God

June 5, 2013 in Opinion, Spirituality

I have chosen the viewpoint that is opposite of Heschel’s.

peace god doveI see God as omnipotent; all-powerful.

In addition, I see God as love.

Therefore, I trust God explicitly, without reservation.

However, there are elements of Heschel’s ideas that I agree with.

For example, I agree when he says God will not deny human freedom. I agree when he says we cannot blame God for everything that happens.

The difference in our viewpoints resides within how each of us sees the relationship between humanity and God.

He sees the relationship as distant.

I see it as inseparable.

He sees evil as evil

I see evil as the part of God that humanity is uncomfortable with.

He sees a responsibility to remind God to be just.

I see a responsibility to understand God’s viewpoint of justice.

He defines all-powerful as all-controlling. Therefore, if man has freedom, he reasons that God isn’t all-powerful.

I define all-powerful as having no need to control others. Therefore, if man has freedom, I reason that God is all-powerful.

As I compare these two perspectives, I can hear the question rising up within you.

“Matt, tell me which perspective is the “right” perspective for me?

If this is your question, you are looking for the shortcut I wrote about two days ago when I said, “Within the process of determining your version of universal laws, you may be tempted to take shortcuts by doing what others tell you to do.

I will not tell you which path is the path for you. Controlling others is not a peaceful response.

I will only tell you that I have chosen my path because it is the one that brings me to Peace of Mind.

I picked this path based upon my observations about religion.

I reasoned that if the goal of religion is to arrive at peace, then all religious teachings should be evaluated on whether they assist in this process.

I assumed that the primary purpose of life is to maintain internal peace, even in the midst of intense external conflict.

I believe that when enough people master this skill on an internal level, we will reach a tipping point for World Peace.

Therefore, when I encounter a religious teaching that is new to me, I must write about it.

I must consider whether it is sustainable.

I must consider whether there is an element of peacefulness within it.

I must consider if there is something that I don’t yet know about peace.

This is why I have spent two days writing about Heschel’s idea that God is not omnipotent.

After one thousand written words and several hours of consideration, I did not found sustainability or peace within this idea.

Do you?

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Courage and the New Reality

December 6, 2012 in Future, Spirituality, World

A New Reality is often accompanied by war.

As I explained yesterday, this is the result of the internal conflict over accepting the New Reality that manifests in an external battle.

There is another reason.

The stress of war pushes humanity to develop or reveal new technologies that are necessary for survival.

I’ll say that again.

The stress of war pushes humanity to develop or reveal new technologies that are necessary for survival.

I was reminded of this by a reader, Karen, when she commented on yesterday’s article. She wrote that, as a result of the prayers and peaceful thoughts sent to the area hit by Superstorm Sandy, New York City had its first day of non-violent crime in living memory.

Said another way, humanity used the stress of that weather war to bring peace through prayer and peaceful thoughts.

How will we respond if the next attempt at war is to crash the power grid or cripple computer systems?

Will we go into the fetal position, curl up, and die?

Or, will we tap into the human potential that exists within each of us to live at an entirely new level?

Peace CrossroadsFrom my perspective, this is the crossroads we are at today.

There is a bold new reality of healthy living, abundance, and peace.

This new reality is based in Noetic Science, the combining of science and consciousness (spirit). This includes quantum physics and related disciplines.

It may include some topics we haven’t even labeled yet.

Our collective consciousness is uncertain about experiencing this new reality.

This uncertainty appears as personal doubts.

It appears as the cabal’s direct opposition through Western medicine, the control of mainstream media, GMO foods, and the trails that line our skies.

It appears in the stories of FEMA camps, revolutions, and the evolving police state.

The more obvious the new reality becomes, the more uncertain we become about plunging in.

The tension builds and time appears to increase its speed.

We crave the courage to experience the New Reality.

History shows us that courage is only possible in the midst of great challenges.

It is reasonable to assume that the courage for the New Reality scheduled to arrive this month will need a challenge.

In the recent past, we have used the stress of armed conflict.

Now, it appears this won’t be necessary.

Instead, a major hiccup in our infrastructure caused by a purposeful human act or a natural event may be all humanity needs to embrace our new world.

Or, Karen suggests it may be easier than that.

“When the reality of the New (peaceful) Reality gently hits them in the face they’ll get it…EI will work in a peace-attack.”

I believe humanity is still deciding how to face this New Reality.

The options of an armed conflict, an infrastructure challenge, and a peace-attack are still on the table. I suspect other options are there too. Humanity is about to determine the path needed to develop the courage to face our New Reality.

Each path will take us there. Only the experience of each path will be different.

By the way, you may be wondering why I’m so sure this New Reality will arrive.

Amazing news stories from the past few days confirm its arrival.

I’ll review those starting tomorrow.

Today’s Image Crossroads (C) by www.martin-liebermann.de

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My Olympic Assignment

July 26, 2012 in Spirituality, World

As I said yesterday, there is a general consensus that the athletes won’t be the only ones playing games in London. Numerous signs indicate something nefarious could happen at the Olympics.

Many theories center on tomorrow’s Opening Ceremony.

Spirit has clearly told me to watch it; all of it.

I’ve rearranged my schedule to do so.

It starts at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. NBC will televise it on tape delay in prime time. I intend to find a live online feed if it is available.

Spirit has not told me why to watch. Maybe I’ll only be watching as a way of taking a break from my normal routine. Maybe I’ll be watching to look for any symbolism or hidden messages within the ceremony. Maybe I’ll be watching to see the most spectacular terrorist attack of all time.

I’m not the only one who sees the third possibility.

I have friends in Great Britain who have left the country over the past week. They will not return until the games have concluded. They won’t talk about why they are leaving but the implications are clear.

Numerous writers have documented the signs that point to the possibilities.

Olympics PeaceWhat’s the peaceful response?

I believe the peaceful response always starts inside. I often receive guidance in the form of questions that pop into my head while I’m performing a routine task that doesn’t require all of my concentration.

These questions occasionally repeat.

Sometimes, they don’t make sense at first so I ignore them as extraneous chatter. Then, I realize there may be something to them. I see they are clues that tell me which action to take or where my attention needs to go.

I have experienced this over the past weeks in regards to the Olympics.

Spirit has given me specific points of focus. I have been told to write about some of these topics. Others are just for me so they remain private.

If you genuinely want to discover your peaceful response for the games, I encourage you to take a journey inside. If you do, allow Spirit to remind you of the messages you have received over the past weeks.

That is how I received my assignment for the peaceful response to the games. Here are the details I can share.

First, I am to be informed enough to have awareness about the situation.

This includes knowing which countries and athletes to follow. This includes knowing which sources of information to use.

Second, I am to observe, feel the emotions that evolve, and release them.

This includes doing this for me. This includes doing this on behalf of those who participate in the games as athletes, performers, staff, and live audience.

Third, I am to think and write.

This includes vetting the information I receive through remaining connected to source.

Fourth, I am to hold a perspective of unity.

The Olympics is about competition. A terrorist attack is about emphasizing duality.

A perspective of unity allows me to rejoice in the athletic feats that will occur during the games, no matter who accomplishes them. It allows me to see that mankind has cooperatively moved to a higher plane than before. It allows me to see that sports is a portal to impossible (spiritual?) experiences.

Furthermore, the gold medal winner is always pushed by the other participants. Those participants become the canvas for the paint of the winner. One is not possible without the other. Therefore, all can rejoice in the accomplishment.

A perspective of unity allows me to see a terrorist attack as an opportunity to process my internal conflicts and resolve them. It allows me to see that we are still working out the wrinkles on the road to our peaceful new world.

The warlike toxins within our world must be processed and removed. This eruption of violence, like an intestinal upset, does not have to kill our world. We can adjust our diet, rest for a day, and recover.

Then, we may be grateful that we have put that experience behind us.

There are other aspects of this peaceful response; especially in the face of what many fear is the worst.

I’ll explore those aspects tomorrow.

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The Real Reason We Talk about Mass Arrests

July 18, 2012 in Future, Spirituality

The mass arrests scenario continues to garner attention, even among those who are spiritually connected.

Channel Greg Giles recently posted a message that claims the arrests have begun. He went so far as to post “video evidence” to that fact.

However, upon inspection of that video, it only showed military movements around the country during the past few months. No one was being carried away in handcuffs.

Other channels say the arrests are ongoing or about to happen. Again, there is no physical evidence that this is happening.

If nothing is taking place, why do channels say it is? Are they lying?

If, as I wrote yesterday, the cry for mass arrests is coming from those who feel disempowered and have low self-worth, why are spiritually connected people involved?

These questions assume there is a good way or a bad way to make our transition. It assumes there is a right way or a wrong way to do this.

Peace is what worksIt assumes that judging a behavior can be part of our new world.

The judgment of good, bad, right, and wrong will not be a part of the Golden Age.

There will only be what works or what doesn’t work.

Therefore, there is another question for us to consider.

Is it possible that the call for mass arrests is an opportunity for us to discuss this strategy and come to the realization that, on the road to peace, it doesn’t work?

I’m currently reading Erik Larson’s, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin. It is the account of William Dodd’s adventures as United States Ambassador to Germany in 1933. Larson uses diaries and other historical documents to tell the story of Germany’s revolution between the two world wars.

While reading, I was reminded that the Nazis used the mass arrests strategy to enforce their beliefs.

History tells us how that turned out.

More recently discovered information indicates the Cabal was intimately involved in the interworking of the German activity that eventually resulted in World War II.

Now, it seems it would be wise to consider the lessons from the 1930s and 40s before we act too rashly in using mass arrests, a proven tool of the Cabal, to remove the Cabal’s influence.

One of my readers summed it up quite nicely yesterday in an email. “If we have the courage to step out of our self-righteousness, we find that, truly, what we criticize/hate is a part of ourselves reflected back to us.”

She continued by saying, “Are we willing to let go of that martyr/victim paradigm, be the observer, see things as they really are, and forgive and accept ourselves?”

If we are, then we must face the question, “If we let go of (being) the victim, then who will we be?”

I believe we will be the people who play the roles necessary for us to arrive at peace.

From my perspective, the spiritually connected people are doing this so we can consider the possibilities of mass arrests. This isn’t wrong or bad. It is part of the process.

Drake’s controversial acts are creating discussion and awareness.

Greg Giles’ messages are showing us possibilities.

As more people become aware of these possibilities, I see the idea of mass arrests disintegrating in front of our eyes. We realize we went down this road before.

It didn’t work then.

It doesn’t work now.

In fact, it is part of our current system of judgment and punishment that we must release before we can land in the Golden Age.

Until our collective consciousness accomplishes this task, we can expect the call for mass arrests to continue.

What is the peaceful response?

Understand that the call for mass arrests is there so we can become clear about what will not work and get on to what does work.

Observe this process and be aware of how your heart feels when you think about mass arrests.

Then, envision peace because we know that, as we move to the Golden Age, peace is what works.

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Bananas, Prayer, and World Peace

June 21, 2012 in Future, Spirituality

In Paulo Coelho’s book, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness he tells his version of the 100th monkey story.

bananasA researcher on an island teaches a monkey how to wash a banana before eating it. The monkey teaches other monkeys to do the same thing. Then, when enough monkeys on that island are washing their food before eating, monkeys on other islands start washing their bananas.

The theory is that somehow, through subconscious communication, these monkeys learned a behavior without having physically witnessed it.

The actual 100th monkey story involves sweet potatoes and may be more myth than science. It depends upon which sources one reads.

Whatever the case, the story serves as an example of how change takes place, especially when one attempts to evoke supernatural assistance through spiritual communication, what some would call prayer.

Prayer is a controversial and misunderstood concept, even among the religious. In fact, the concept of prayer is the reason at least some religious followers become atheists. They are told to pray and then, when they don’t receive what they pray for, they decide that prayer is a useless exercise because God is going to do what God wants to do no matter what they ask.

They see God as unjust, angry, and selfish. They intuitively know God is love and God isn’t responding to their prayers in a loving manner.

Rather than examine their concept of prayer, they decide God isn’t real.

From my perspective, prayer is where I learn about myself. It is where I connect with Spirit to see who I am, understand my Desires, and discover the next step.

Prayer isn’t where I beg a vending machine in the sky to bend to my will.

Instead, I connect with Great Spirit and the spirits of those around me. If I believe that I am part of the One and each person is a part of God, then it is through prayer that I am able to tap into all knowledge.

I envision this working as a spiritual internet where I can discover whatever knowledge and insight I need. And, like the internet, the information that comes into others’ awareness is more likely to show up in mine.

This may be a physical function of hard knowledge. It may be a spiritual function of intuitive feelings. More likely, it is a combination of both.

I have often had a burst of inspiration regarding a certain topic about which I previously knew nothing. Then, when I researched that topic, I discovered that my inspiration wasn’t new to the world. The information came to me through the spiritual internet and was confirmed through the physical one. I learned something at the intuitive level and found a physical explanation.

To me, all of this is prayer.

It is communicating in a non-physical manner with other parts of the Universe.

What does all of this have to do with responding peacefully and moving towards World Peace?

It has everything to do with it.

This concept of praying for peace is the same as begging that vending machine in the sky to give me something. As I wrote above, this practice has discouraged many people in their spiritual pursuit.

The practice of intuitively praying, where an individual actually receives inspiration and acts on it, produces different results. It creates individual change.

When enough individuals change, the world changes.

According to the 100th monkey theory, this causes monkeys all over the world to wash bananas and sweet potatoes.

From my perspective, this causes people all over the world to experience peace and, through that experience, ushers in World Peace.

I’ll continue this thought tomorrow when I review where we are on our road to peace.

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Crossing the Threshold

June 6, 2012 in Spirituality, World

peaceful threshold We stand today on the threshold of a Peaceful New World.

I have followed the signs to the edge of it.

These signs include the celestial energies of the past thirty days.

These signs include the groundswell of internet groups, radio shows, and websites dedicated to the subject of peace.

These signs include the numerous, unrelated sources reporting on behind the scenes efforts for peace.

These signs include the acknowledged failures of financial and government policies that no longer serve our society.

Now that we are here, what will we do next?

Will we participate with militias to establish a peaceful overthrow of the government?

Will we meet with Continental Congress 2.0?

Will we create a new Declaration of Independence?

Will we work within the current political system to create change?

Each person has a role to play in this process.

I’ve always known I had a role in creating peace.

As a grade school student, I remember singing Let There Be Peace on Earth.

The song clung to me throughout my musical studies. It reverberated in my heart, my soul, my life.

It was a prayer, a hope, a wish, a dream.

It wasn’t reality.

Today, I realize we stand on the threshold of making it reality.

I can’t tell you what your role is.

I can invite you to help me with mine.

I wrote a few weeks ago about Gregg Braden’s documented research. It demonstrates that if the square root of one percent of the population is activity involved in prayer or a similar spiritual exercise towards a peaceful goal, peace happens. In other words, it only takes about 8400 praying people to create peace for seven billion people.

Since I wrote that article, I’ve been following the signs.

They point towards establishing a group of 8400 people to hold the vision for world peace.

One reader volunteered to create a Peaceful Transition Group on Facebook. About twenty people joined immediately.

Another reader said he wanted to be part of the group but he doesn’t use Facebook.

Our team had been talking about installing software on this website that allows us to set up a Facebook-like community so we did that.

Each group still needs some logistical work and my team promises everything will be in place by the weekend.

In the meantime, if you want to participate as one of the 8400 For a Peaceful Transition, I invite you to join one of those groups.

Here is the link for the Facebook group.

Here is the link for Peace of Mind News.

Like I said,we will announce updates to each group this weekend.

Before you join either group, I have one request. Please don’t join unless you are willing to participate in the spiritual practice of holding a vision for World Peace.

If you aren’t sure what it takes to do that. I’ll explain tomorrow when I take you back to that song I sang in grade school.

Today’s image is from Silver Bonsai Gallery.

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A Peaceful World

May 27, 2012 in Future, Spirituality

I have spent quite a bit of time over the past few days considering the definition of a peaceful world. Each time I thought I had the description nailed down, I would hear all of the naysayers who have made arguments for war, for slavery, for a debt economy. I would start writing about those viewpoints This was a good exercise. It didn’t create my definition.

Then, I would begin to think about the logistics of getting from here to there. I would write about how to make a specific change or how to overcome a certain obstacle. When I realized I again was not identifying my definition, I reminded myself this isn’t about the “how.” It is about the “what.” What is the vision for a peaceful world? This must be defined before we can think about how to get there.

I considered taking ideas from the United States Constitution. Then, I remembered that some legal authorities have pointed out that this revered document was not intended to serve everyone. The rights listed there were only available to white males. They didn’t apply to Native Americans, Black slaves, and women.

Peaceful WorldA peaceful world must be peaceful for everyone.

I explored the idea of common law as a basis for a peaceful world. And, even though common law is much better than the legal system we have today, the concept of property ownership, as defined by common law, produces a great deal of conflict.

We can do better.

All of those thoughts bounced through my mind for days as I attempted to define a peaceful world.

Finally, I came up with this:

A peaceful world is one where each person is free to experience life and liberty without depriving another person of these attributes.

This is a definition I am comfortable using in my prayer and mediation.

It describes the “what” in a way we can identify with and remember.

In addition, it opens the door for us to explore the “how” of making the Peaceful Transition.

Life and liberty includes the following:

  1. Resources to pursue dreams
  2. Freedom to explore ideas
  3. Fair, asset-based method of trade
  4. Accurate information systems
  5. Love-based relationships

Our current world has barriers to life and liberty. They include:

  1. Resources hoarded by a few
  2. Persecution for thinking outside the norm
  3. Debt-based method of trade
  4. Censored media and educational systems
  5. Need-based relationships

I will use future articles to write about each item in the above lists, explaining how we can overcome the barriers on the second list and describing how we can transition to practicing the actions on the first list.

In the meantime, I invite you to join me in using this definition in your meditation and prayer as part of our team of 8400 people for a Peaceful Transition. If you haven’t already, you may join the Peaceful Transition Group on Facebook to learn more about this tangible way of changing our world.

Today’s image is by Rashika Bordoloi and is available through Fine Art America

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Responding to The Creature

April 20, 2012 in Finance, World

I finished reading The Creature from Jekyll Island, by G. Edward Griffin yesterday. The final three chapters describe possible future scenarios. Each situation is determined by how society responds to the creature we know as The Federal Reserve.

Griffin bases one chapter on the controversial Report From Iron Mountain. This book was supposedly taken from the “secret meeting” of a government think tank in upstate New York. Or, it may have been political satire.

Its premise is that war is necessary for increased taxation and debt. During times of war, the general population can be motivated to sacrifice. It is politically easier to justify increase taxes. It is easier to get the general population to loan money to the government by purchasing war bonds.

The CreatureThe goal of Report’s think tank was to establish a one-world government. This would eliminate the need for war; therefore, a substitute had to be created to continue to justify increased taxes and debt. This alternative must be substantial enough to distract the general population so that we don’t have time to focus on how much we are being taxed, both through direct tax and through inflation.

Report explores the idea of using violent blood sports like football, automobile racing, hockey, and professional fighting as distractions. It looks at pulling together the population to fight drugs, poverty, and illiteracy.

Each of these issues is important to some part of the general population. However, none of them are life-threatening to the world as a whole. Therefore, the think tank had to come up with something that, like war, was a threat to the world’s survival. Pollution, caused by global warming, was labeled the enemy.

Environmentalism became the distraction for more than thirty years while The Creature worked its sleight-of-hand. Poor science and controversy pushed this to the back burner while the Creature fashioned a new diversion.

This debuted in grand form on September 11, 2001.

Griffin theorizes that terrorism wasn’t on the radar in the 1960s when Report was published. Otherwise, it would have become the distraction. He is certain that, based on how terrorism is presented in the media today, that it is the new focus for the general population while The Creature does its thing.

After all, the terminology is the same as what was used in the 1960s. Then, it was the “war on drugs” and the “war on poverty.” Today it is the “war on terrorism.”

War is always used as a buzzword to distract the general population from the problems with the financial system. Griffin speculates that terrorism is the perfect war for a one-world-government. It allows those in power to manipulate war just as The Creature manipulates the financial system.

As I considered all of the information I gleaned from Griffin’s book, I asked myself the question I always ask. “What is the peaceful response?”

Since peace is an internal sensation, I can choose to respond peacefully to this knowledge. Even though I became angry as I read the first half of Griffin’s book, I came to the conclusion that I don’t have to be upset about how The Creature has attempted to manipulate my life. Instead, I can trust God/the Universe/Spirit to orchestrate The Creature’s role in my life.

Ultimately, this role is for my benefit.

With this attitude, I do not have to make The Creature an enemy. A peaceful response means that I take the time to understand the system and correct it. If I can’t do this on a universal level, I do this on a personal level.

This includes practicing the concept of Living Within The Gift. It includes living abundantly in my own life through the open sharing and giving of resources.

It includes not judging the morality of those who run The Fed.

It includes not calling for the death or imprisonment of those that are responsible for The Fed because I know that something greater than me and something greater than them is ultimately orchestrating things for everyone’s benefit.

This seems to oppose the reported rumors of arrests over the past few weeks.

After thinking about this for a couple of months, I think I understand the source of these rumors.

It isn’t as exciting or sensational as our adrenaline induced society might want. However, I believe it is accurate.

I’ll tell you about it in tomorrow’s article.

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Utopian Differences

April 6, 2012 in Future, Opinion

Utopia CartoonA friend recently confided to me, “I’m afraid of utopia, especially if it is someone else’s idea of utopia.”

“Tell me more.”

“Well, what if that person’s idea of utopia is different from my idea and that person has bigger weapons? Isn’t that what happened in Russia?”

I realized those were valid questions.

My friend continued.

“I’d be happy if government would just get out of the way, let me live my life, let me do business with those I want to do business with, and leave me the hell alone. That would be utopia for me.”

I smiled.

I realized my friend was saying something profound.

A world of love and peace isn’t something that can be enforced upon a society. It is something that happens as each person practices love and peace.

The same is true for prosperity and freedom.

The same is true for openness and transparency.

The current internet excitement over the forecasted arrests that will remove those blocking our prosperity and holding us as slaves may be misplaced energy if we don’t already know how to live in a world of love and peace, prosperity and freedom, and openness and transparency.

Like the adult elephant that believes it is still held by a rope that bound it as a baby, if we don’t know how to step into freedom, we won’t.

Will we know how to respond if we suddenly have freedom?

Will we know how to respond if we suddenly have prosperity?

What would we do with our days if debt disappeared, the IRS closed, and technology allowed us to live at a fraction of the current prices?

Would we wait around for someone to tell us how to live their version of utopia?

Or, would we step into this new world with curiosity and courage?

Many of those who are excited about the potential arrests believe that our new leaders will be loving and benevolent. They anticipate help from beyond. They look for peaceful ETs to set up utopia.

What if their idea of utopia is different from ours?

Will the rules they establish for their utopia put us back into slavery and poverty?

The answer is obvious. Utopia enforced by rules and regulations is not utopia.

It is totalitarianism.

Utopia only comes through freedom. It comes as each person releases the need to infringe upon the rights of another person. It comes as we provide true value in our financial exchanges.

For this to take place, we can no longer have police states and fiat currency. One person can no longer enforce his will upon another person.

The forecasted arrests are important only to the degree that they allow each person to practice the privilege of taking responsibility for his or her world and living a livelihood of love and peace, prosperity and freedom, and openness and transparency.

May I suggest that we go ahead and live this way now? Who knows? If enough of us live this way today, it is possible the arrests may not even be necessary.

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Transition Preparations

March 13, 2012 in Finance, Future, Opinion, Spirituality

Yesterday, I suggested we prepare for panic in the streets, a shutdown of power and communications systems, a disruption of banking and investing industries, war in the Middle East, and martial law in the United States.

This doesn’t mean I’m a pessimist. This doesn’t mean I believe in doom and gloom. In fact, I believe few, if any, of these things may occur.

New World TransitionI simply see these events as possible outcomes to what is happening today. My opinion is that if these things do transpire, they will be temporary situations as we adjust to our new world.

In spite of what I see as short-term events, I believe the suggestions I made yesterday are good long-term plans. The physical control of assets, investing in sustenance items, and the ability to travel on a moment’s notice allow us to thrive no matter what is taking place around us.

The physical control of assets is good financial advice. Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and numerous other financial books, has encouraged that practice for years. He believes money can be made in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. He also believes money can be made in a casino. He sees both practices as unnecessarily risky. The physical control of assets removes that risk.

Investing in sustenance items is good livelihood advice. This requires a connection to the universe that allows one to understand how everything has a relationship with everything else. This understanding creates a foundation for peace as we respect all parts of our world, even the ones we often identify as annoyances. We see how we are cared for by something beyond ourselves and we seek to return the favor to those things beyond us.

The ability to travel on a moment’s notice honors the wanderlust each person has inherited. Due to changes in seasons and climates, both political and natural, our ancestors often had to change location to survive. Today, this has manifested as the desire to travel. Since we seem never to have time to take a vacation, we often create a crisis that requires us to surrender to our inner nomad.

When no perceived threat exists, we become lazy. We allow other people to control our assets. We allow other people to provide our sustenance items. We stay in one place for the rest of our lives.

However, if we desire fulfillment, we create situations that challenge us.

We create a world that requires us to pay attention, to investigate, and to acquire information.

This is where we are today.

We are on the verge of a major transition.

If it is a wild transition, the preparations I have listed are the next best actions. If it is mild transition, these preparations are not for naught. They are practical steps that allow us to live in greater harmony with the world around us.

OH! – There is one more thing we can do.

We can begin to act on something I wrote about a few weeks ago. I believe it is the most powerful way to respond to news and life from a peaceful perspective. It is the concept of Living Within the Gift.

Over the next few days, I will demonstrate a practical way of doing this.

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