Gratitude is a lesson hard to learn for those who look upon the world amiss. The most that they can do is see themselves as better off than others. And they try to be content because another seems to suffer more than they. How pitiful and deprecating are such thoughts! For who has cause for thanks while others have less cause? And who could suffer less because he sees another suffer more? Your gratitude is due to Him alone Who made all cause of sorrow disappear throughout the world.

It is insane to offer thanks because of suffering. But it is equally insane to fail in gratitude to One Who offers you the certain means whereby all pain is healed, and suffering replaced with laughter and with happiness. Nor could the even partly sane refuse to take the steps which He directs, and follow in the way He sets before them, to escape a prison that they thought contained no door to the deliverance they now perceive.

Your brother is your "enemy" because you see in him the rival for your peace; a plunderer who takes his joy from you, and leaves you nothing but a black despair so bitter and relentless that there is no hope remaining. Now is vengeance all there is to wish for. Now can you but try to bring him down to lie in death with you, as useless as yourself; as little left within his grasping fingers as in yours.

You do not offer God your gratitude because your brother is more slave than you, nor could you sanely be enraged if he seems freer. Love makes no comparisons. And gratitude can only be sincere if it be joined to love. We offer thanks to God our Father that in us all things will find their freedom. It will never be that some are loosed while others still are bound. For who can bargain in the name of love?

Therefore give thanks, but in sincerity. And let your gratitude make room for all who will escape with you; the sick, the weak, the needy and afraid, and those who mourn a seeming loss or feel apparent pain, who suffer cold or hunger, or who walk the way of hatred and the path of death. All these go with you. Let us not compare ourselves with them, for thus we split them off from our awareness of the unity we share with them, as they must share with us.

We thank our Father for one thing alone; that we are separate from no living thing, and therefore one with Him. And we rejoice that no exceptions ever can be made which would reduce our wholeness, nor impair or change our function to complete the One Who is Himself completion. We give thanks for every living thing, for otherwise we offer thanks for nothing, and we fail to recognize the gifts of God to us.

Then let our brothers lean their tired heads against our shoulders as they rest a while. We offer thanks for them. For if we can direct them to the peace that we would find, the way is opening at last to us. An ancient door is swinging free again; a long forgotten Word re-echoes in our memory, and gathers clarity as we are willing once again to hear.

Walk, then, in gratitude the way of love. For hatred is forgotten when we lay comparisons aside. What more remains as obstacles to peace? The fear of God is now undone at last, and we forgive without comparing. Thus we cannot choose to overlook some things, and yet retain some other things still locked away as "sins." When your forgiveness is complete you will have total gratitude, for you will see that everything has earned the right to love by being loving, even as your Self.

Today we learn to think of gratitude in place of anger, malice and revenge. We have been given everything. If we refuse to recognize it, we are not entitled therefore to our bitterness, and to a self-perception which regards us in a place of merciless pursuit, where we are badgered ceaselessly, and pushed about without a thought or care for us or for our future. Gratitude becomes the single thought we substitute for these insane perceptions. God has cared for us, and calls us Son. Can there be more than this?

Our gratitude will pave the way to Him, and shorten our learning time by more than you could ever dream of. Gratitude goes hand in hand with love, and where one is the other must be found. For gratitude is but an aspect of the Love which is the Source of all creation. God gives thanks to you, His Son, for being what you are; His Own completion and the Source of love, along with Him. Your gratitude to Him is one with His to you. For love can walk no road except the way of gratitude, and thus we go who walk the way to God.

I don't usually drink coffee or eat cake, but sometimes... Cockapoo, Mmmm...

Yes! The divine shines so clearly thru the words you share from the spring of love deep with in you.
That love of which you speak is true, a thoughtless giving born from an innate knowledge of the infinite abundance that is very nature of all being.
Love is not a verb, it is as close a synonym as we have to express wholeness, complete and unwanting, perfect and expanding as light does,without discrimanation or judgment.
Beyond the need for forgiveness it sees only the perfection that is the formless essence of all form, blind to all faults caused thru the misconceptions of the ego.
Love is the very fabric that's binds the entire universe in its boundless fluxing between form and formless purity.
Yes! Love is all. All is love. Love is.
Gratitude always for the rays of truth you shine that light the flames of wisdom that dwell in us all.
Thanks for your being.

In the silence,
Beauty shines from all,
In the silence,
The love song has no sound.
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In the silence nought but joy abounds!

Not a skeleton,
simply fasting
Contemplating the winter sky.

Today is International Give up the Future to the Universe (god, creator, nature, Allah,Bhudda...) Day!
All you have to do to participate is, every time you feel worried, stressed or in anyway concerned with future events, outcomes etc. just let them go by offering them up to the higher forces. Just for today try this and see how much more energy and peace you have in the present, which then helps act more productively now to do your bit to create a better future. Free of the anxiety of the unknown and giving it up to the power that turns the earth and sun, that guides a tiny seed into an enormous Oak, that takes a sperm and and ovary and produces a living, loving, thinking human being, is something worth giving a go.
Obtaining peace now helps us forgive the past.
The future released from your mind which until now has brought at least as much headache as joy and we have found the door to real happiness, not in some high and far of heaven, but in the right here, right now.
Don't worry, be happy and let the day have a carefree YOU!

Awareness is everything.

If we believe all are one, if we can understand that all simply seek happiness then we may see that this world holds no truth.
For this world is defined by separation, all so called
reality is cut up into a million divisions by judgements of the separatist doctrine of the ego, which fears above all giving up its identity of being individual and in some way special.
Thus the ego judges good or bad, sick or healthy,black or white, us and them...
The cure for this misconception is forgiveness.
If we can see that at birth a babe is still pure and nonjudgemental but learns to be separate when it becomes aware of having a name and is programmed by the family, society, religion etc into which it is born. Than we see that the pure heart of a babe lies in all and know that no one be held guilty for the indoctrination they have swallowed as a naive innocent.
Thus we can forgive every thought we have and every action or word of another which is born from a thought which is in truth alien to their innate innocence.
Thus if we can forgive all we see, we will start see reality is perfect, a whole divine energy of pure life without conflict or division in any form.
If we have one lesson to learn that would break us free from the judgements we make in error that cause all our pains and anguish than it is the lesson of forgiveness.
Practice forgiveness every time you are aware of passing judgment in your mind, forgive all you perceive and make the effort to see the prevailing innocence in all forms.
These little steps towards the truth will be met by the support and rewards of the entire universe, and will bring all back to the awareness of our shared ocean of eternal joy and bliss.
Forgive.

This sums up the truth. We are the love, we are in the love, of the love, love is all, love is.
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May all know inner peace �

It IS better to give than to recieve.

Spread the love!
Love all is for all!
Seeing your love in the depth of your heart and you see love is everywhere,
Walk the love and you awaken others to there spring of love.
No barriers or judgement can love know,
Like the sunrise spreading it's light to all.
Another glorious day to be!

幸せ！愛がいっぱい いつも愛がいっぱい いっぱい ありがとう！ありがとう！今日も感謝にすることが無限 いつもありがとう！やっぱり瞬間瞬間で幸せがいっぱいいつもありがとう！

Wake up!
As we start to see Our thoughts as clouds drifting before the sky, we start to notice they are simply passing while the sky is eternal and infinite.
See beyond the thoughts and silence is found,
In the silence is the song of love and a dance of joy!
We are the sky, the dance is our life and the song the beauty of our souls set free from the bondage of selfish ideas which divide reality.
Let's dance and laugh for there is no tommorow!
Heaven is here and the time is NOW!

A snow crystal
Icy gustings
Pale sunlight through cloud and ash,
Takaharu blue.
Winter blue.

Set the world free!
The emperor of the greatest might lives in fear in the inner chambers of his castle,
A jailer must stay in the same prison as does his captive,
To be free we much loose the world,
Give liberty to all,
Let all be free from your expectations, judgments and commitments to which you would bind them unto yourself!
To be free, we need but allow freedom space to be acknowledged within our minds.
Make way by unshackling your ideas of heaven and hell,
Right and wrong,
Lets open our minds to the now and fly into freedom!

Happiness! Celebration! Natural High! Good hearts, love and peace vibrations, great food and joyful healing.
A day to light our lives that we may strive to build a world where life like this is the norm... Why not?

'twas as planned, a joyous union of kinds hearts, delectable offerings and abundant flow from the fruits of the vine.
Music, dance, fire and chat combined with communal bathing in volcanically warmed rock pools achieved a most ambient after glow of all who attended.
Thanks to all.
Love to all

The Value of Friendship
Friendship affords us the space to share without fear,
To relax, laugh and enjoy in a space of open love,
We can feel safe for trust is a given and in that air we can expand on all that is good in our hearts,
We can reflect on the qualities of others in an awareness that these are our gifts that we share in and may unselfishly spread to those who may not yet hold a "special" place in
our hearts.
Rejoicing and comforting with others whom the bonds of love are strong help us widen our circle of warmth that it may radiate to all who are not presently aware of the light that dwells in all and that is brought out when we communicate with the objective of proliferating the vibrations of compassion and brotherhood.
In deep gratitude, accept the gift of friendship and move always to the expansion of its expirience.
Friendship is a tool of gold,
Unconditional love of all is a priceless Gem.
Let the day have friendly you!

This body of ours is but a tool.
It serves our mind by pointing out the pain, fear,
hunger,illness, death and a myriad of other hells that result from being attached to the material illusions that the bodies senses perceive.
It teaches us the folly of the egos logic, the lies of its teachings which all end in death and decay.
The body gives us the ultimate lesson that following the defensiveness/offensiveness that stems from identifying ourselves with the physical will lead us finally to the a certain death and loss of all we'd strived in vain to achieve.
It's plain to see that belief in "I am this body" is certainly a course thats graduation is a fearful prospect which taints all ephemeral pleasures that we may or may not expirience in our state of unconscious dreaming we now call life.
It's time to face the truth of our destiny should we continue to place value in the maintenance of the egos demands.
When we make choices from our hearts, we start to see that the inner world is one of infinite and inexaustable bliss.
Give up the ways that have always lead to dissatisfaction and make a turn towards the god that lies with in.
What have you got to lose that you won't lose anyway?
Heaven awaits.

NEW YEAR GATHERING
- nothing to do and all weekend to do it -

アットホームな空間で、気の合う仲間たちと音楽を聴きながら、食べつつ、飲みつつ、ゆったりと過ごす時間はいかがですか〜。

日時：　2012年1月14日（土）　18：00−
場所：　高原町のジェフ宅（西諸県郡高原町大字蒲牟田1121-4）
　　　　Google map: （宮崎市内から高速で約40分、高原ICより約5分。）
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=31.920486,130.990327%20%28Geoffrey%20Mark%20Paul%29
備考：　
・ポットラック形式（1品＆ドリンク持ち寄り）
・会場で簡単な調理できます。
・楽器演奏ＯＫ
・当日、宿泊ＯＫ（各自、寝袋やふとんは持参してください。）
・翌日は近くにある温泉でゆっくり過ごします。

連絡先：
090-9606-9795（ジェフ）
参加できそうな方はこのメール宛てに返信してください。

Love and peace to all in this joyous New Year!
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Enjoy 〓散歩

NEW YEAR GATHERING - nothing to do and all weekend to do it.

SAT 14th of January - 1800 ~

889-4414
Miyazaki Prefecture
Takaharu
Kamamuta
1121-4
Nishimorokata Gun
(You can google this and get a map or get off the express turn right and you'll see a family mart on the right at the first set of traffic lights - if you call from there either we ll come and get you or guide you - it's easy)
BRING-
a dish (with food in it)
Sleeping bags or futons (we have plenty of heaters,hot carpets etc.)
Musical instruments

Please join us for cosy, mellow evening of sharing food, music and good vibes with good friends.
The next day lets enjoy a lovely nearby onzen, Takaharu 's awesome views while strolling thru the vast expanses of fallow rice fields.
You can cook here.

It's only about 40 mins by expressway from Miyazaki city and 5 mins from the Takaharu off ramp to my place. (one after Miyakonojo)

Call or SMS me on 09096069795 or reply if you might make it.
Love and peace to all in this joyous New year!

Love? Peace? Harmony? Joy? Union? Freedom? Happiness?Abundance?
How do we attain these gifts?
They are all states of mind, are they not?
We cannot judge from an external point, we may look at someone's situation as impoverished yet they feel gratitude for compared to their neighbour they are blessed.
What makes one joyous may cause another to cringe.
So we must find the answers within, we must cultivate our minds so these seeds which lie in our hearts may sprout and give fruit to these most divine experiences.
The answers are all within.
This means meditation, simple techniques by which we practice to see beyond the business of the mind and ego.
As we go into meditation love is rediscovered, peace is renewed, joy revitalized, freedom revisited, abundance re-inherited, we feel re-harmonized, we return to our natural freedom, happiness is re instated and the reunion becomes complete.
We awake from the dream and realize we never really lost any of our birthrights, we had just dozed of into a slumber filled with insane fantasies.
Meditation is the answer.
What ever form you choose, cultivate awareness, this is meditation.

NEW YEAR GATHERING
- nothing to do and all weekend to do it -

アットホームな空間で、気の合う仲間たちと音楽を聴きながら、食べつつ、飲みつつ、ゆったりと過ごす時間はいかがですか〜。

日時：　2012年1月14日（土）　18：00−
場所：　高原町のジェフ宅（西諸県郡高原町大字蒲牟田1121-4）
　　　　Google map: （宮崎市内から高速で約40分、高原ICより約5分。）
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=31.920486,130.990327%20%28Geoffrey%20Mark%20Paul%29
備考：　
・ポットラック形式（1品＆ドリンク持ち寄り）
・会場で簡単な調理できます。
・楽器演奏ＯＫ
・当日、宿泊ＯＫ（各自、寝袋やふとんは持参してください。）
・翌日は近くにある温泉でゆっくり過ごします。

連絡先：
090-9606-9795（ジェフ）
参加できそうな方は連絡ください。

Love and peace to all in this joyous New Year!
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Takaharu view

Our whole reality is simply a point of view.
How can that be real?
Everything can be viewed from another angle, there can be no constant truth. Each one has their own vision. Communication is impossible, peace will always beyond our grasp as our reality shifts and swirls with our position with this uncertain space.
Unless we give up our belief in our tiny perceptions and step back, let go and realize we cannot capture the infinite with our limited senses we' ll never know the joy of the unchanging truth.
Give up your values, beliefs and images and dive into the open sky, fly into the void and feel the freedom that lies beyond!

New Year Clan Gathering
SAT 14th of January - 1800 ~

889-4414
Miyazaki Prefecture
Takaharu
Kamamuta
1121-4
Nishimorokata Gun
(You can google this and get a map or get off the express turn right and you'll see a family mart on the right at the first set of traffic lights - if you call from there either we ll come and get you or guide you - it's easy)
BRING-
a dish (with food in it)
Sleeping bags or futons (we have plenty of heaters,hot carpets etc.)
Musical instruments

Please join us for cosy, mellow evening of sharing food, music and good vibes with good friends.
The next day lets enjoy a lovely nearby onzen, Takaharu 's awesome views while strolling thru the vast expanses of fallow rice fields.
You can cook here.

It's only about 40 mins by expressway from Miyazaki city and 5 mins from the Takaharu off ramp to my place. (one after Miyakonojo)

Call or SMS me on 09096069795 or reply if you might make it.
Love and peace to all in this joyous New year!

Become one with the sky
Infinite, indivisible, whole and at peace,
Meditate and become one.