Another 2016 Crop Circle

Ansty, Nr Salisbury, Wiltshire.  Reported 12th August 2016 Crop Circle Connector

No One Escapes The Shift

[Zen Gardner]: It’s such a remarkable time we’re living in right now. All of this going on both within and without us is happening almost before we can even begin to identify what it is we’re going through or where we’re headed. It’s very much like we’re flying over and around new rocks in the stream of life and shooting down even more unexpected and sometimes seriously daunting rapids. There’s not much else to think about while body surfing this incredible current.

I’m hearing from so many this sense of being in limbo and having to deal with unforeseen and quite immediate obstacles and issues that seem to be draining their time, attention and energy. Things arise in all of our lives that have to be dealt with, but so often the next move or decision seems to escape our awareness and it can make us feel confused and powerless. It’s certainly not a time to make rash decisions. In fact, it’s important to stand back, observe and wait for the answers to manifest as much as possible...read more>>>...

Stop Blaming Your Genes – You Are In Control of You

[Waking Times]: There is a chronic anxiety among populations who focus on the diseases acquired by their genetic line. Many define the potential of their own health based on what happened to their father and mother. Although a great deal of who we are appears to have been written in our genes, our actual health potential is more determined by our lifestyle, what we consume, our environment but more than anything else, what we think.

Every thought creates a physiological response in the body, or in other words, every thought we think produces a physical reality. Esoteric and spiritual teachers have known for ages that our body is programmable by language, words and thought. This has now been scientifically proven and explained.

Studies at the world-leading Minnesota Center for Twin and Family suggest that many of our traits are more than 50% inherited, including obedience to authority, vulnerability to stress, and risk-seeking. Researchers have even suggested that when it comes to issues such as religion and politics, our choices are much more determined by our genes than we think ... read more>>>...

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What is Our Highest Purpose?

[Power of Consciousness]:Allow me to draw your attention to an apparently surprising thing. If I told you that now, when you are reading these lines, you are in fact asleep, you would certainly believe that I have gone mad.

Your are awake, you are concentrating your attention to reading, and you are aware of your environment as well. You can see the furniture of your room, you can hear the call of the birds from the nearby forest. You are also aware of your thoughts and emotions, too. How can anyone claim that you are asleep in this very moment?

Naturally, you, just as everyone else, sleep at night, and yes, sometimes you see dreams while you sleep. But now it is daytime, you are awake, so how could you see dreams?

I believe, however, that you do not only sleep at night, but also at daytime. I believe that in your present state of consciousness your greatest illusion is that you think that you are awake. I believe that in your present existence your greatest illusion is when you think that you are alert. What I see is that in your present state of consciousness you are asleep, and at present you are dreaming, and what you see and hear are all parts of your dream...read more>>>...

Thoughts .... to get you ... Thinking #34

"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

Where do you now experience abundance in your life?

If you are hard-pressed to find abundance in your finances or possessions, look to spiritual qualities. Do you experience abundance in a special relationship? In a quiet moment in a park? In a good laugh with a friend? The more you acknowledge abundance in your spirit, the richer your life will become.

"Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance." -- John Petit-Senn

"That on your hand is what you think it is ..." -- Glenda Snalt

UFO caught on camera during Falcon9 Space X rocket explosion

S.O.T.T: Earlier this week Elon Musk's Falcon 9 Space X rocket burst into flames during fueling and moments before a test launch, resulting in massive financial and technological loss for the company.

The explosion was chalked up to a faulty rocket engine that created a spark, causing the entire system to viciously explode, even damaging the launchpad.

While the company and US agencies are investigating the exact cause of the explosion, video footage appears to show an anomalous object - literally, an Unidentified Flying Object - passing nearby.

There are actually two occasions in the following video of a mystery object zipping by, apparently flying at hypersonic speed. Whatever it is, it appears to be passing by in the distance, i.e. beyond the rocket launch site, and is thus unlikely to be an insect or a bird flying past the camera's immediate foreground...read more>>>...

Allowing Ourselves to Receive

Happiness by Matthew James

Daily Om: Giving and receiving are part of the same cycle, and we each give and receive in our own ways. But we can lose our balance when we try to be too controlling on either side of the cycle. On the receiving end, we may feel that we don’t deserve the effort made if what we gave was easy for us to give. But perhaps there is a different lesson there for us. We may be receiving not only gratitude, but a chance to see the world through the eyes of another. We may be learning that just because we gave easily, it doesn’t diminish its value. Or perhaps the universe is giving us an example to hold close to our hearts, to encourage us on some future day when our own generous act of giving is not met with a visible act of receiving. When we can allow ourselves to receive as well as give, we do our part to keep the channels of abundance open for ourselves and others.

Sometimes we may find ourselves struggling to respond to others’ gifts in the same ways—like responding to an expensive present with something equally expensive, or feeling like we have to throw a dinner party for someone who has thrown one for us...read more>>>...

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AUSTRALIAN RAVEN by Matthew James

Believe it or Not? It's True

It's hard to believe the mentality of some of the so called 'spiritual' minded individuals out there. Their web sites portray them as perfect people, with incredible compassion and caring. They give the impression of gentleness, or a truly loving nature. Their marketed image is of true sweetness and light.

When in truth they are anything but this when you rub away this veneer. When you reach beneath the surface of this deception, you connect with nastiness and venom.

General public, we bring to your attention the reality that all is not what it seems with some of these so called 'corner stones of spirituality'. You may see the face of compassion, but just know that for others in the spiritual community, these so called wonderful souls are anything but nice. These same individuals are hellbent on ruining the reputation of others in the community. They go out of their way to run people out of town; they intentionally bully and belittle their fellow light workers.

Why? Why you ask us? Jealousy? Envy? It appears they don't like competition or like having others more popular they they are? Believe me .... it is true. Watch out for the next 'Name and Shame' ... there is a cornerstone of our local community here in Canberra about to have their 'butter wouldn't melt in their mouth image' destroyed forever. 

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THE LANGDALE PIKES by Matthew James

Thoughts to get you ... Thinking #33

"If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more." -- Shirley Hufstedler

We unconsciously use defence mechanisms to shield us from situations we perceive to be scary or painful. A part of you may want to grow and change, but another part may be resisting because change always moves you into new territory in your thinking and emotions.

If you find you are getting anxious, fearful, angry, frustrated, dismissive or unmotivated, then defence mechanisms are at work. Watch for them and know them to be signs of fear that wants to hold you back. Then courageously move through them.

"I have never been contained except I made the prison." -- Mary Evans

"My zipper never had a chance when the elastic band snapped" - Wendy Benson

"In accordance with the principles of zen, the clothes I bought were too bright" - Amy Tandy

"My bra was way too big for the lottery bid" - Miss Taylor

Do 'UFOs' hovering near International Space Station show that aliens are monitoring our satellites?

S.O.T.T: UFO enthusiasts have studied the footage and come to some staggering conclusions which would blow holes in decades of research that found no signs of intelligent life in outer space

Does this footage showing a UFO hovering near the International Space Station prove once and for all that aliens are monitoring the satellite? UFO enthusiasts have studied the footage and come to some staggering conclusions which would blow holes in decades of research that found no signs of intelligent life in outer space.

The first hints of life on Mars were discovered earlier this year in the form of 'burps' of methane recorded by the Curiosity Rover which may have been produced by microscopic bacteria.

But UFO expert Scott Waring said the footage - which emerged on YouTube three days ago - provides definitive proof that intelligent aliens exist and are using flying craft to monitor the International Space Station.

He said: "This is 100% proof that aliens do monitor the space station.

"The first UFO is smaller... which tells me it's father away than the second larger UFO."...read more>>>...

The Writing on the Wall

Zen Gardner: Mankind we are told by the new age pundits is awakening, but awakening to what?

While people are arguing about who did 9/11, the farcical elections, the humane diet, the evil god spell, who’s screwing who, what’s on the telly and what’s for dinner – time is running out. Behind the noisy cafes and pubs, the bustling streets and glaring lights of our electronic ‘whirled’, a tragedy is happening – a tragedy of epic proportions that will be the final nail in the coffin of humanity.

The ‘natural’ world is dying and drowning in poison. Over fifty percent of the species that once called earth its home are extinct, and many more are teetering on the brink of annihilation. There are mass die-offs on our beaches, and our highways are littered with millions of dead birds and animals smashed into the pavement by ‘I am’ in a hurry to get everywhere.

Our rivers, lakes and seas are polluted with pesticide and fertilizer run off, discarded fishing line, lead shot, hooks, radiation, oil spills, and marine life is blown apart by the electromagnetic shock waves from the latest sonic weapons. Huge piles of plastic trash as big as continents are floating in the oceans murdering millions of life forms: whales, orcas, dolphins, fish, turtles and birds...read more>>>...

Silent Change

Daily OM: We all see things about ourselves, our relationships, and our world that we want to change. Often, this desire leads us to take action toward inner work that we need to do or toward some external goal. Sometimes, without any big announcement or momentous shift, we wake up to find that change has happened, seemingly without us. This can feel like a miracle as we suddenly see that our self-esteem really does seem to be intact, or our partner actually is helping out around the house more. We may even wonder whether all of our hard work had anything to do with it, or if it just happened by way of grace.

As humans, sometimes we have relatively short attention spans, and we can easily lose track of time. We may worry about a seedling in a pot with our constant attention and watering for several weeks only to find ourselves enjoying the blooms it offers and wondering when that happened, and how we didn’t notice it...read more>>>...

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Castlerigg by Matthew James

Thoughts to get you ... Thinking #32

"There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold on to it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life, and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one." -- Ralph Marston

Most of our self-talk comes unconsciously from our subconscious. Yet every thought that exists in our subconscious got there through a conscious decision to accept that thought.

We need to become conscious of our self-talk so we can at will choose to replace negative beliefs with positive ones. We have the power to choose an identity we love, but we need to do the work. The process of changing our subconscious beliefs requires awareness, diligence, consistency and repetition.

"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace." -- James Allen

New Age Misconceptions #1 - "Psychic Ability Is A Gift That Can Be Taken Away"

The 'New Age' mystical 'Industry'  (N.A.M.I) is awash with assumptions and ridiculous theology. It is riddled with numerous "fisherman's tales". Crazy notions and nonsensical theories are everywhere, more often and not accepted as fact when they are nothing more than crazy folk lore and absurd 'old wives tales'. 

It is an industry which is regrettably a label and a tag that many genuine mystics and sensitives are associated with. It is an impossible reality when the N.A.M.I generates crazy norms such as guides, psychic protection, angels, ascended masters etc which are the 'fashion accessories' that so many of the wannabe psychics wear around them regardless of whether the fashion accessories are real or imaginary. They all accept the crazy notions as fact, just because they are sheep, and because 'everyone else seems to have guides and ascended masters talking to them'. Its the I must say I have them too or else I will appear different to everyone else uniform that sadly makes the whole industry a madness that really needs to be regulated and changed. 

I happily denounce most of the 'fashion accessories' that the N.A.M.I expects me to have because I am a sensitive and a practicing medium and clairvoyant. I am happy to appear different to the mindlessness that is out there. I frankly don't care! I am my own person, I base my own life path on my own experiences and insights. I don't permit the craziness to influence my perceptions and understandings. I am happy to write this in black and white! I am an individual ... and not one of the pack animals. 

I have many concerns regarding the so called teachings of the new age. Over the coming months I will be discussing these concerns here on A Light In The Darkness. Why? Because it is important to me that that sense can come out of that madness!

I will give a quick example of the hogwash the N.A.M.I and some of its practitioners preach ...

I read on Facebook recently a status that 'Psychic ability can be taken away just as quickly as it is given because it is a gift from god. I have seen the gift taken away from someone' ... 

My answer to this is 'utter bollocks'. Psychic ability, from my 30+ years of experiences in the field, and my extensive research, is inherent in ALL of us to a lesser or greater degree. Psychic ability is an integral part of our nervous system and our energy field. 

Now considering this assertion was directed towards a mediumship demonstration where the medium was working on a high vibrational level. The medium in question had encountered a member of the audience who had a very low and disruptive energy field. This resulted in the medium being stopped in their tracks, making them unable to continue on their high vibrational level. It meant the medium had to hand the microphone over to their 'colleague' who was not working on the same level, but on a pure psychic (Psyche) level, who was able to provide psychic information to members of the audience. It DID NOT mean the medium had lost their gift. It was actually a matter of choice that the medium decided to stop their performance. I would imagine the jolt to the medium's solar plexus, and how painful that encounter would have been. 

The person who had made that rather hogwash ridden status on Facebook epitomises a typical N.A.M.I sheep who has had little formal training and knows nothing about the reality of that they are talking about. Psychic ability is not a gift, it is a birth right. It is not something that can be taken away. It is an integral part of the human experience. 

The situation they were commented on was a situation where they had wrongly mistaken their own psychic information as being mediumship ... where mediumship is the receiving of information by way of a two way conversation with a consciousness beyond that of their own... when in fact the information they were providing had come from themselves. There are many inexperienced sheep in the N.A.M.I who do not know what mediumship really is !!! They wrongly assume anything they pick up themselves for someone else is mediumship. It is not!  

I could write many chapters on this common misconception ... now is not the time or the place. It is however one of the many failings that are contained in the N.A.M.I mishmash that is out there ... sadly.

Thoughts to get you .... Thinking #31

"It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated."-- Sri Ramakrishna

Zen distinguishes big mind from small mind. Big mind identifies with its process, is impersonal and participates universally. Big mind is unlimited possibilities, deeper understanding, forgiveness, acceptance, insight, connectedness, attention.

Small mind is self centred and focuses only on itself. It is compulsive, limited, reactive and mechanical. Small mind feeds on itself -- fear reacts to fear, judgment reacts to judgment, anger sparks more anger.

Always seek higher perspectives and you will in time find freedom.-- John Robson

"If a pickpocket meets a Holy Man, he will see only his pockets."-- Hari Dass

"Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open."-- Lord Thomas Dewar

"Never buy things if you are intent on climbing hills" - Durangi Fay

"Seek the nearest liar to see if you can hide your own lies" - Lorraine Bunnga

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Jackdaw & Avebury Sarcen by Matthew James

The Gift Inside

UK Marigold by Matthew James

Daily Om: We have all had the experience of encountering someone whose life seems so completely different from ours that we can almost imagine we have nothing in common. However, if we go deeper into observing, we will see that we all have the same things going on in our lives. It is as if our different lives are in essence the same gift, wrapped in an infinite variety of containers, wrapping paper, ribbons, and bows. Everybody experiences loss, grief, happiness, excitement, anger, and fear. Everyone can have money issues of one kind or another, and everyone struggles with difficult choices.

Our lives show up differently for each one of us because we each learn in different ways. One person may need to learn the value of money by having too little of it, while another may need to learn by having more than enough. We each learn about work and love, with experiences that are tailored to our particular perspective...read more>>>...

Amazing Cities on The Planet Venus?

"The Magellan probe sent to Venus that operated in the late 80s and 90s, collected an enormous amount of images that have finally been published by NASA in which huge cities, artificial structures and all kinds of elements that seem to obey constructions appear intelligent effected by some kind of alien race that inhabited or colonized the second planet in our solar system, in the following video, we show those buildings that we have found and their interpretations in 3 Dimensions of them.
The Link where the maps is as follows, where you can check yourself the images shown in the video as well as find new locations with suspiciously artificial elements:"
http://webgis2.wr.usgs.gov/Venus_Glob...

Below The Surface

The Driving Force by Matthew James

Things appear to be the same on the surface. It is a superficial layer that broadcasts a signal to the eyes to register the same imagery you saw a decade or so ago. But that is on the surface layer. It is not what is going on within the metaphysical layers. Those layers below the surface that the heart mind sees and feels. Things before the eyes are a superficial layer. They are not what is real, not in the real sense of the word.

This world for example is not truly what it appears to be on first viewing. Look closer. Look closer still ... and see what is really there. Scratch the surface ... and look inside the illusion ...

Things felt by the heart are what is the real deal ... what the soul knows, and remembers. It knows this realm is a an illusion and a time loop. But what can it do about it whilst it is trapped here? It can prepare to escape.

Thoughts to get you ... Thinking #30

"The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself." -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Do you feel worthy of having joy? Do you feel you deserve it?

The first step to activating our inner joy is to eliminate the blocks to it. We can start by truly forgiving ourselves and all others. Forgiveness calls for a shift in our perception. It is easier to forgive ourselves and others when we really understand that each of us has always done the very best we knew to do at that time.

"If we don't forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end up crippled with guilt. And the soul cannot grow under a blanket of guilt, because guilt is isolating, while growth is a gradual process of reconnection to ourselves, to other people, and to a larger whole." -- Joan Borysenko

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CASTLERIGG by Matthew James

It’s Time to Free Ourselves from the Fear of Death!

Look at us. From the moment we manage to form one coherent thought, we are indoctrinated with fear. Fear of strangers, fear of poison, fear of the dark, fear of doctors, fear of disease, fear of accidents, fear of bullies, fear of natural disasters, fear of school, fear of punishment, fear of failure, fear of heights, fear of elevators, and the all-present fear of death.

Someone dies? Oh, my. We read and hear about it ad nauseum. About their life, about their youth, about their last hours, about their loves, about their obsessions, about their secrets. We do not let them go. We keep them prisoner in our reality by constantly pouring energy in their now-past life. Yet, the system of this simulation we are born into is obsessed with death. Nobody asks us if we want to be part of it; we are made part of it because our parents want to do the right thing, and it appears the right thing to do is to obtain a birth certificate because without it, we do not exist, and non-existence would, of course, be inconceivable to most. Such is the depth of deception that we rather be seen as corpses than turn our back on a structure that crushes everything alive...read more>>>...

Physical Pains And Their Metaphysical Meanings

Everything on the Physical plane is a manifestation of something on the Metaphysical plane. When we speak of abundance, what we are really talking about is an abundance of emotional, mental and spiritual energy. We fill ourselves to the brim with these energies and it is the overflow that is manifest on the physical plane.

The signs and symptoms that are apparent on the Physical plane lead us to inquire, ultimately, more deeply into ourselves as energetic and spiritual beings.

We tend not to worry too much about this sort of thing when our body is working well, we are not feeling pain, or we are not in the throes of some chronic disease. But when our body feels pain or becomes disabled by disease or accident we tend to start reaching out for answers. We want to know why. Or maybe we don’t even want to know why we just want to fix something we perceive is broken....read more>>>...

The Gift of this Journey

Daily OM: Many of us wonder why we do not remember who we were before we were born. We wonder what it was like to be a soul without a body and what it will be like to be one again. Many of us have a strange sense that we do remember, as if we did experience a bodiless existence, but we can’t quite recall the details. We may remember feeling as if we were flying, or as if we were just incredibly light and unrestricted in our movements. Still, most of us do not recall anything in detail about the time before we incarnated into a human body.

There are many possible reasons for this deep forgetting, one of which is that remembering would probably impinge upon our ability to fully commit to this life. Experiencing life on earth without any memory of an alternative existence allows us to be here completely, and that is what is required in order for us to learn much of what we must learn here. Most of us are not meant to spend our time here preoccupied with concerns beyond the realm of this lifetime. Instead, it is our job to occupy our bodies and our planet with a fullness that would not be possible if we were constantly aware of another, and extremely different, realm of existence...read more>>>...

Thoughts to get you ...Thinking #29

"Said a king to a wise man, 'I wish to be valuable to my people, please show me how.'

Replied the wise man, "First be valuable to yourself. This avoids self-deception. You see, the less value a man has for himself the more he believes he can contribute benefits to others. This brings injury to both. To give gold you must have gold."

"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"-- Rob Bremer

Thanks to the power of our inner critics, most of us have a very poor opinion of ourselves. Yet self-contempt merely keeps us miserable and stuck in our mediocrity. If we were to make only one change to transform the quality of our lives, we might try sending a little love our own way.

"A critic is a legless man who teaches running."-- Channing Pollock

"Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish."-- Barbara Sher

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.-- Buddha

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CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE by Matthew James

Mute Swan Totem Animal

(Shaman Journey): The Swan is one of the most ancient and powerful power animals. The Irish bards were both poets and musicians, and wore cloaks made with swan feathers. Also in the Irish tale about the Children of Lir, who were turned into swans and sang so sweetly that all who heard them were put at ease and slept peacefully.

Swan will show one how to firmly rely on the beauty of ones being as it works in the physical and spiritual planes. One will be impelled to happy and grateful of and for the physical body and our intuitive mind.

Grace doesn’t mean only the ability to live a balanced life, it is also being able to be at home in many planes of reality, to see that we are more than we appear to be – we are both physical and spiritual beings. We are souls having a human experience.

Not only does the swan reveal to you your own inner beauty, but also that of others. A Swans graceful entering into your life signals a time of altered states of awareness and the development of intuitive abilities, for those with this medicine have the inherent ability to see the future, and to accept the healing and change that is starting in their lives. Accept this and it will help you go with the flow...read more>>>...

NASA Scientist Claims Giant UFOs are ‘Proliferating’ in Saturn’s Rings

This isn’t the first time that the scientist has made such claims, but he warns that the situation is “critical” with living alien spaceships in our solar system "proliferating" faster than ever.
Dr. Norman Bergrun, a distinguished mechanical engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center is once again making headlines for his argument that extraterrestrial life exists within the earth’s solar system arguing that UFOs that were first spotted in Saturn’s rings are “proliferating” to other planets that have rings including Uranus and Jupiter. "What I found out is, these things inhabit Saturn, that’s where I first discovered them, and they’re proliferating. You can find them around Uranus and Jupiter. Wherever you see some rings, that’s where I see the aircrafts, I call them a ring maker," explained Dr, Bergrun...read more>>>...

 

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AVEBURY SARCENS IN CYANOTYPE by Matthew James

Thoughts to get you Thinking #28

"The future, higher evolution will belong to those who live in joy, who share joy, and who spread joy."-- Torkom Saraydarian

Joy, as the energy of love, is the highest vibration on this planet. Everything in the universe is energy; it can be measured and reduced to vibrational frequencies. It universal law that as we think and feel we vibrate, and as we vibrate we attract. When we are in the high joy vibration, we attract what is for our greater good.

The Ancient Egyptians saw Joy as a sacred responsibility. They believed that upon their death, the God Osiris would ask them two questions: "Did you bring Joy?" and "Did you find Joy?" Those who answered "yes" could continue their journey into the afterlife.

For at least the next week or two, ask yourself these two questions each and every day: Did I bring joy? Did I find joy?

"Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him."-- Sathya Sai Baba

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Long Meg & Her Daughters, Cumbria by Matthew James

Thoughts to get your Thinking #27

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind."-- William James

Here is one perspective on levels of consciousness and some descriptive words to help us identify the differences:

Not conscious - instinctual, follower
Subconscious - habitual, robotic, reactive
Conscious - aware, intelligent, conceptual, reflective
Superconscious - intuitive, guiding, truthful, loving, universal

Reflect on how you typically move through your day. As we use our minds more consciously, we open up to the superconsciousness.

"Utilizing your conscious mind to direct the subconscious mind to enter into communication and harmony with the universal mind is the secret of personal power." -- Delfin Knowledge System

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LITTLE OWL by Matthew James

Jay Totem Animal

Jay teaches lessons of adaptation to any situations and learning quickly with a high intelligence. He gives access to memories long forgotten and shows how to assimilate them into awareness. He demonstrates risk taking, seizing opportunities and discovering new avenues for exploration. He will show the power of intelligence and fortitude balanced with discreet silence and utmost patience in timing. Bold and inquisitive this bird has a penchant for investigating, adapting and learning new ideas and concepts. His creative intelligence uncovers sacred interconnections with all things. Mental growth aids spiritual growth.

If Jay is your Totem Animal you will know when to stand tall and be seen and when to lay low and become invisible. You easily link with the spirit realm without getting lost in it. You rarely become flighty or nervous and easily stay grounded. (Spirit Animals)

Centering and Expressing

Daily OM: When we are in a relationship where we feel listened to and understood, we count ourselves lucky because we know how rare that experience is. We reserve our most intimate selves for the people who, along with us, cocreate an open space where we feel free to express ourselves and listen without judgment. These relationships, which thrive on open communication, can mean the difference between existential loneliness and a deep sense of belonging. We all long to feel heard, understood, and loved, and clear communication makes this possible.

Sometimes problems arise in the process of expressing how we feel, but it is always worth it to do the work. Even in our less intimate relationships, expressing ourselves honestly is essential to our sense of well-being. Whether at home with family or in the outside world, successful communication requires some forethought; otherwise we risk blundering through our relationships like the proverbial bull in a china shop...read more>>>...

So Few Posts

It's been a hectic few weeks, hence the reason for so few posts being added to A Light In The Darkness.

The camel is still on the shores of the mystic sea!

We have not ceased posting. We are just a little busy at the moment. Plus we have a poor internet service where we are.

Things will return back to normal, that is a promise.  So please bear with us ... 

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PENDLE HILL, LANCASHIRE, UK by Matthew James

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Blackpool Tower by Matthew James

Thoughts to get you Thinking #26

In order to succeed, you must first believe that you can.

The only true limit to your realization of tomorrow will be your doubts of today.

The only thing that stands between you and what you want from life, is the will to try it and the faith to believe that it's possible.

The moment you carry the conviction of belief,
in that moment your dream will become reality.

If you think you can, you can.

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Wood Pigeon Totem Animal

Wood Pigeon can be the teacher who can show us how to find our way back to the security of home.
It can help you remember and find the love of your home town or home country which may have been lost.

If a Wood Pigeon totem comes to you, spend a few moments to ask yourself if you have forgotten your roots, your heritage and your foundations in life. It may be time to return to back to your home town or country and reconnect with your roots and your foundations. Find the loving energies that surround them and draw upon them.
 
Wood Pigeon reminds us of the possibility of finding a loving home and environs.

Thoughts to get you Thinking #25

"Life does not happen to us, it happens from us."
-- Mike Wickett

"When we know that the cause of something is in ourselves, and that we (ourselves) are one of the few things in the universe that we have the right and ability to change, we begin to get a sense of the choices we really do have, an inkling of the power we have, a feeling of being in charge... of our lives, of our future, of our dreams."
-- John-Roger and Peter McWilliams

"Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail."
-- John Donne

"I ate the cheese then swallowed the mouse. It was a reflex reaction" - Tom Cat

"Really? That was nail polish. I thought it was a new cocktail" - Dumb Blonde Bombshell. 

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Hawkshead, Cumbria by Matthew James

Terrifying Phenomena Reported Over CERN

Reality is an Illusion - Scientist claims we may be living in a computer sumulation

Consider this: right now, you are not where you think you are. In fact, you happen to be the subject of a science experiment being conducted by an evil genius.

Your brain has been expertly removed from your body and is being kept alive in a vat of nutrients that sits on a laboratory bench.The nerve endings of your brain are connected to a supercomputer that feeds you all the sensations of everyday life.

This is why you think you're living a completely normal life. Do you still exist? Are you still even 'you'? And is the world as you know it a figment of your imagination or an illusion constructed by this evil scientist? ... read more>>>...

Finding Peace Within

Daily OM: Most people agree that a more peaceful world would be an ideal situation for all living creatures. However, we often seem stumped as to how to bring this ideal situation into being. If we are to have true peace in this world, each one of us must find it in ourselves first. If we don’t like ourselves, for example, we probably won’t like those around us. If we are in a constant state of inner conflict, then we will probably manifest conflict in the world. If we have fighting within our families, there can be no peace in the world. We must shine the light of inquiry on our internal struggles, because this is the only place we can really create change.

When we initiate the process of looking inside ourselves for the meaning of peace, we will begin to understand why it has always been so difficult to come by. This in itself will enable us to be compassionate toward the many people in the world who find themselves caught up in conflicts both personal and universal...read more>>>...

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Thoughts to get your Thinking #24

"Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them." -- Orison Swett Marden

We can't escape problems and negativity. Escaping just brings denial and suppression - we continue to carry the problem with us. Ironically, it is our lack of acceptance and resistance to the problem that creates the pain. Resistance builds up an energy wall or block that, if not discharged, gets suppressed into the body. These blocks identify places where we have not enough understanding or love.

For health, we must work through what we seek to avoid. How do we do this? We can love parts of ourselves that we don't like. We can seek the lessons we are being invited to learn through the problem. We can examine our beliefs and seek to see different perspectives and a bigger picture. As our perspectives grow, more of life makes sense and has meaning.

"The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, 'Don't forget me.'" -- Eknath Easwaran