Us On The Physical Plane

Spiritual Being--Physical Experience
Physical Bodies on Earth

We are on this earth, in our physical bodies, because our souls have things to learn that we could not learn in any other way. It is through our physical body and the physical world that we can experience life. Purely spiritual beings are just that - they are in a state of being rather than doing – in a place that is beyond the limitations of time and space. But when we incarnate on the physical plane, we are automatically subject to the laws of physics and the world of dualities. In this place, we know what happiness is because we have experienced sadness, and we understand the value and power of light because we have known darkness. Knowing this, we have the opportunity to let ourselves be spiritual beings having a physical experience.

There is no pain in the spiritual realm, because we know we are one with the limitless source of the universe. But here, in the material realm, our sense of limitation and separation allows us to feel our emotions and to learn about love, forgiveness, and compassion. We go from a spiritual state of oneness to learning how to be in relationship with people who are different and distinct individuals. We learn to understand ourselves through our relationships with the world around us—its seasons and landscapes, challenges and opportunities. And through our journey to find our place among so many others, we begin to recognize our own glimmer of light in a constellation of stars.

Once we remember that we are spiritual beings, we can revel in the experience of being human while knowing we are all connected. We can live from the place of oneness while truly appreciating the beauty of diversity, the bittersweet feel of love and loss, and the elation of triumph over challenges and adversity. It is through these opposites that we experience life itself, and we can ride through the dark times with the understanding that it will help us to appreciate the light of life and love and spirit more fully. We are here now because we made the choice to experience an earth life, so now we can choose to enjoy the journey as completely as possible.

This kind of pretty nuch tells it like it is and, what it;s all about. Hope YOU enjoyed the read and gathered something from this.

Your Life Is Your Choices,

Bobby Sharpe dragonbookofshang.blogspot.com

YES, Can YOU Say It?

Making The Decision

Saying Yes To The Universe

The hardest thing about saying yes to the universe is that it means accepting everything life puts in front of us. Most of us have a habit of going through our days saying no to the things we don’t like and yes to the things we do, and yet, everything we encounter is our life. We may be afraid that if we say yes to the things we don’t like, we will be stuck with them forever, but really, it is only through acknowledging the existence of what’s not working for us that we can begin the process of change. So saying yes doesn’t mean indiscriminately accepting things that don’t work for us. It means conversing with the universe, and starting the conversation with a very powerful word—yes.

When we say yes to the universe, we enter into a state of trust that whatever our situation is, we can work with it. We express confidence in ourselves, and the universe, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever comes our way, rather than running and hiding when we don’t like what we see. The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take for us to get to the point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes coming up against something we can’t ignore, escape, or deny, and so we are left no choice but to say yes. For others, it just seems a natural progression of events that leads us to making the decision to say yes to life.

The first step to saying yes is realizing that in the end it is so much easier than the alternative. Once we understand this, we can begin examining the moments when we resist what is happening, and experiment with occasionally saying yes instead. It might be scary at first, and even painful at times, but if we continue to say yes to every moment through the process, we will discover the joy of being in a positive conversation with a force much bigger than ourselves.

This thought and expression kind of ties in with the "go with the flow" post I put up a couple of postings back. YOU have to be able to use "yes" in order to appreciate and live to the fullest.

Acknowledge it with "YES",

Bobby Sharpe Dragon, Book of Shang Amazon.com: Dragon: Book of Shang: Books: Bobby Sharpe

Standing Bear Speaks, American Native Peoples

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This article is one of my favorites~
wish I could have been in attendance to hear
his actual words~
Excellent read
Spoken at manataka American Indian Council

STANDING BEAR SPEAKS
Given on the sacred Manataka Mountain on January 1, 2000



We are Standing Bear and who will speak to you
about things important to our people
American Native Peoples of today
are not the people they were one hundred or more years ago
We have changed
Why we changed is history
What we are becoming is far more important

The Past is Past
Once, we were a proud,
fiercely independent and deeply spiritual people
We still maintain those noble traits,
but the largest number of our kind
have blended with the masses
to become a part of modern American culture
which is neither Indian, white, black or Asian,
but uniquely American

Five hundred years ago the first European invaders
began attempts to exterminate our people
They brought disease, famine, slavery and euthanasia
They systematically plundered Turtle Island's resources
and drove our people to the edge of the prairie,
deep into the deserts and dumped our remnants
in ghettos across the country

They said our ancestors were ignorant,
yet they failed to hear our wise men
They said we were savages and pagans,
yet they did not know we worshiped the same God..

They took what was good from us
and left the rest to rot in the hot sun of greed and disrespect
They told us were sub-human and took away our dances,
our religion, our language and our ways of life
They killed us with slavery,
they killed us with forced famine
Finally, they killed us with bullets and cannonball..
Yes, all these terrible things and more
were committed against our ancestors
by a greedy government of the people and by the people
All this is history Today
The American Native is still subject to persecution
and discrimination by the United States federal government,
state governments and major institutions
We live in chaos, often fighting among ourselves
in a desperate struggle to survive
amid the cold realities of modern American society

Some say we live in the age of the hard,
cold winter as our culture dies of old age
Our great ancestors lived in youthful innocence
of springtime when the land was fresh

Their children grew in number and strength
during the age of the warm summer sun
The fall harvest was stolen by invaders
Our people stumbled and fell like leaves to the ground
Are we dying?
What can we do about the future of our people?

Many of our progressive, modern American Indian thinkers
believe the answers to these questions
is a complex series of social engineering programs,
laws, politics and money
They think like those who subjugate us

There is one answer that cuts to the heart of all these issues
and restores our inheritance,
our independence and our pride~
It is found in the rainbow - explained later



We are not the Natives of yesterday
We have changed
We cannot go back and duplicate the past
The old days of the Native Peoples
are in another dimension, another plane
Our heads can not be turned backwards
when we walk into the future least we fall over
what is in front of us
At best, we stand still and become relics ourselves

Keeping the ceremonies, stories,
dances and songs of past alive
through continual practice is vital to our survival
But what are we doing to create
our own ceremonies and stories
to be added to this rich heritage?
Do we jeopardize our children's legacy
and our own identity
by concentrating on the ways our ancestors lived
and how they thought?
How we think and live today
is important to our children's survival..

Why Do They Come?
Earth People have come into fashion
Today, thousands worldwide are drawn to our ways
It is somehow chic to dress Indian and know a shaman or two
People of all walks of life are seeking the Indian way,
to walk the Good Red Path..

Why?

We believe modern culture does not fulfill the deep emptiness inside
and people are desperately seeking spiritual answers
They believe the Original People
found the answers an eon before invaders
came to our Eden of the Turtle

They are drawn to our ways
partly because modern organized religions fail to give answers
They dominate humanity with layers and layers
of dogma and ideological mazes

In the words of Edmond Bordeaux Szekely,
"Unfortunately, the magnificent original intuitions
of the great masters often lose their vitality
as they pass down the generations
They are very often modified, distorted and turned into dogmas,
and all too frequently their values become petrified
in institutions and organized hierarchies
The pure intuitions are choked by the sands of time,
and eventually have to be dug out by seekers of Truth
able to penetrate into their essence.."

They place the human mind and spirit in a box..

"Believe as we do or you are damned" they say
Organized religions extend a hand holding love and peace
while the other is hidden
within a cloak of world domination, power and money
The great fortress of organized religions
have sent armadas against tribal peoples of the earth
to proselytize the ignorant masses ~
while they robbed, pillaged and raped our societies~
to feed themselves~
Most of the major atrocities and wars of this earth
were done in the name of organized religions~
And, they still call us pagan savages..

Organized religions will end soon..

Man is striving for higher consciousness, a higher truth ~
outside the box of dogma and controlled thinking..

Many who come to walk the Good Red Path
seek salvation from the hard realities of today's hectic,
unforgiving world gone mad..

They want out of the cage of their own illusions..
They battle with themselves inside,
trying desperately to break away
from religions that preach fear of the Creator, original sin,
'dominion' over the animals and the earth, hell and damnation~
because they realize fear is a tool of powerful institutions
to control the individual..

Enough of holy tyrants!!

Some who consciously seek
to understand and follow the Red Path
are attempting to break away from organized religion
and are sincere in their quest to find spirituality
Others are unconsciously answering an inner call
to find the way back from whence their ancestors once came..

Another transient and fashionable group of seekers
associate themselves with Indian ways
for the sake of appearance,
or government benefits, or money

There is a forth group among us..

They are Native Peoples who purify themselves by smudging,
or feel the power of the Sweat Lodge,
or seek the blessings of the Creator through visions
Yet, they are quick to express fear and distrust of those who do not
They draw lines to separate themselves from others
My side, their side, white, black, Jew, Christian, Moslem,
Wannabe Natives..
Small minds trapped in dogmatic
or so-called 'traditional' boxes

Who is an American Indian?
"Blood passed from generation to generation
makes one an American Indian," is the response of many
Nasgi (Not) we say
An American Indian is much more!
An Indian is a way of thinking, a way of belief and living

An American Indian realizes
the inner self and the interrelationship between oneself and creation~
- the Great Spirit - Creator,
Mother Earth and all forms and elements
that are a part of her magnificent dream..

It is about balance within oneself and balance within the circle of life..

An Indian feels great kinship and deep respect
for all things of creation
We see ourselves as one with all matter,
including animals, birds, fish, plants, stones,
the elements of wind, fire, water and even the stars ~
one no better than the other,
but all necessary parts of the circle.. Mans dominion over other parts of creation extends only so far as the Creator originally designed
Today, man thinks his dominion is all powerful
with complete ownership in his greedy grasp -
thus there is much disrespect and pollution of Creation
How can man be better than animals, plants, water
and other matter of things?
Unlike man, they are pure and without sin
What can be closer to the Creator than one without sin?
The salutation "Mitakuye Oyasin" (for all our relations)
is what we know in our hearts to be true -
Ka ki ke mina ka ki ke (forever an ever)

An American Natives dreams
We dream of being one
One with Mother Earth,
One with Grandmother Moon,
One with Grandfather Sun,
One with all the star people and people of Turtle Island,
but especially one with the Great Spirit - Creator..

As dreamers, we know the gifts we have
can only be shared, they cannot be taken
There is light and color in our dreams
that guide us through the misty darkness of man's reality
In our dreams we search for a higher plane of spirituality
We delve into the darkness, without fear, without doubt,
knowing the Light will show us truth

An American Native is not harsh with words
and is gentle with children and those less fortunate..

We show respect for our elders and ancestors..

As we honor our ancestors, they honor our children's children..

An Indian lives by a code of conduct..

The commandments given to the Indian by the Creator
transcend organized religious beliefs in depth and breadth..
A common trait among good Native Peoples
is a giving spirit
One who travels the Good Red Path
knows nothing in this world truly belongs to him or her
We only possess things temporarily~
Possessions are on loan from the Creator
and a product of our labors
This knowledge of giving and sharing
extends even to the land we lived on
We know a person is not really wealthy
until his/her most prized possessions
are 'gifted' to another

A Native speaks to the animals~
A Native speaks and hears the water sing~
A Native hears the trees whisper..

He is in touch with creation to the depths of his spiritual self
The Native American is a powerful being!

Is an American Native only one who can point directly
to full blood ancestry?
Is a mixed blood who wears Native regalia Native American?
Or, can anyone be Native?
All or none, it makes no difference
We are human
As my brother Lakota Woableza teaches,
we are the "five fingered race..
"Second Message of Manataka
What is it that can be said
that you have not been told already?

Have you not been told to love one another?
Were you told to have no other gods
except the Creator and honor your father and mother?
Were you told to keep Mother Earth
and all things on her sacred?

Our ancient prophesies say a time will come
when the blue sky and waters turn black
and green things turn brown and die..

Animals and fish will disappear and birds will drop from the sky
This devastation will come as a result
of man's greed and disrespect for Mother Earth

A new universe is now flying through the cosmos
about to enter the earth's heavens
We can barely see its enormous beak of the Aquarian bird
as the stars and planets move to align themselves to the Awakening..

The time is not far off (2007 - 2013)
when great cataclysmic changes will begin to occur on Earth..

Only a few will withstand these extreme alterations
and there will be a shift in mass consciousness..

The polarity of man's universe will change..

Great institutions, political divisions and economic systems
will crumble, chaos will reign for a time.. Among the few who possess inner strength to resist the mass unconsciousness
will rise a new neo-indigenous people
Prophesies foretell of a people
who will rise from earth's ashes
like the thunderbird symbolizing rebirth~

They will bring balance and harmony back to Mother Earth
The first of these beings
will come as teachers and storytellers
to remind us of ancient truths
of the star people and beyond
They will be pathfinders
leading the way to a new universe, a new reality

Great leaders, Warriors and Shamans of many nations
will be born and they will cleanse the earth for rebirth..

Next will come the Planters
sowing seeds of truth, justice and freedom
The Storytellers, Warriors and Planters
will live in the way of the Great Spirit
and teach ways to keep Mother of the Ground sacred
forevermore

They will be called Rainbow Warriors
(Prophesies of the Rainbow)
for they will gather the four sacred directions,
all distinctly separate but forever connected
in the Circle of Life
They will bring together the four races of man to live in peace
The four sacred directions and the four races of man
are symbolized by the magnificence and glory of the rainbow
The neo-indigenous people of the Rainbow
will give praise for the blessings of the Creator's loving grace

Manataka is home of the Rainbow Woman
who sleeps deep within the sacred mountain in the Place of Peace
During the Awakening, she will emerge once more
to give rebirth to this new tribe of people
who will sing and dance praises to the Great Spirit -
Creator under the rainbow..

Warriors of the Rainbow will be pathfinders of the principals of life~
And they will teach the people
how to achieve unity, understanding and love

The Crystal Cave and Six Sisters

Spiritual elders also brought gifts
from their tribes to Manataka
Some gifts were intended to establish friendships
and diplomacy between various tribes
and others were personal gifts between long-time friends
Trade items were also exchanged on blankets
spread out in dozens of camps just outside the sacred valley
Other, more precious gifts brought to Manataka
were not intended for humans,
but were ceremonial offerings for the sacred mountain

It is said by the grandfathers
that seven holy caves were on the sacred mountain..

The center cave is made of magnificent shining crystals~
encoded with messages of the star people..

Inside the crystal cave are seven crystal cones
set on a crystal altar and each contain secret messages
and seven shields..Ancient tribes came to Manataka on pilgrimages
to place ceremonial items in five of the caves
The people of the south laid gifts
in the southern-most cave
and people of the north laid their gifts
in the northern-most cave..

Two other caves were used by the people
from the west and east for offering ceremonies..

The cave located to the left of the crystal cave
was used by the 'Keepers of Manataka',
the Tula Indians of Tanico,
who lived in surrounding areas
and for other tribes living nearby such as the
Caddo, Quapaw, Osage, Tunica, and Pawnee..

To the right of the center crystal cave
was a ceremonial cave reserved for gifts
of the other people of this land ~
the animals, birds, fish, insects, plants, stones and the elements..

No one ever approached the most sacred crystal cave,
as it was said to have been the work place of the star people
(angels?) and resting place of many spirits..The Awakening will bring forth the Rainbow Woman who will show the Warriors the path to the Crystal Cave..

The messages of the ancients
will be decoded using the seven keys
and revealed to the Warriors by the Creator
and each one will be gifted with powers
to commune on many planes of existence..The sacred Circle of Life
turns slowly but inevitably back
to the place where it began
Thus, we say 'all things that were, will be again..'

As each age passes, it cannot be reclaimed
We cannot go back in time..

If we were to look from above at the Circle of Life
it would appear as a gigantic spiral..

Each age, or revolution of the Circle moves the next Circle
to a plane in perfect concentric alignment with the last,
but on higher level in the spiral
Those souls who walk the path
to higher awareness, consciousness and spirituality
move with the spiral to the next plane
Those who do not, do not

Now is the time we begin to prepare ourselves
to become inheritors of Mother Earth,
to become Warriors of the Rainbow -
for the sake of our children's children and all humanity
The road of the future is not red
It is a rainbow leading to the Creators grace
by way of prayer, good works, faith and keeping the ancient traditions

We must first unshackle ourselves from materialism
and organized religious dogma and personal prejudice
There is nothing more important
than becoming free in mind, body and soul
from modern confusion in order to reach
a higher plane of spirituality
Our very survival depends on it..

To see the Light of the Rainbow we must quite our minds
and feel inner peace and strength that flows as a river,
one with nature and all creation

To be chosen to walk the path to Light
is not a decision made by some religious leader,
a government agency or politician..

It is a personal choice made by a mind and heart
made free of religious guilt
and idols of modern materialism
It is a decision made between you and the Creator

Now is the Time

Go to a quite place on the mountain, river, or in the forest
- The church of the Great Spirit
Strip your mind and body of all worldly things..

Listen to nature, listen to your inner self..

Purify yourself and talk to the Creator
Give thanks for all the blessing of life and all creation
Give yourself completely to this pilgrimage
Maybe, just maybe the Creator will speak to you,
show you a vision, and lead you closer to the Light

The time will come soon when you will be needed
Manataka, the Place of Peace
will be one of the Great Gathering places
of those who seek the Light of the Rainbow
There, we will learn to walk the path
and receive joyful the blessings of the Great Spirits and Creator
We will feel joy and peace of a world without rancor and division
One with each other, one with creation and one with the Creator©"Standing Bear Speaks", Story of Manataka by Lee Standing Bear Moore, all rights reserved, 2006..

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To all my beloved friends~ I have not had much writing time~
been busy with life~ and doing some Soul Searching~
Have a wonderful day~ love and blessings ~ Redfoxsees
Namaste..


Redfoxsees

Albert Einstein, God And The Bible

Einstein Letter Sells for $404,000

LONDON (May 16) - A letter in which Albert Einstein dismissed the idea of God as the product of human weakness and the Bible as "pretty childish" has sold at auction for more than $400,000.

Bloomsbury Auctions said Friday that the handwritten letter sold to an overseas collector after frenetic bidding late Thursday in London. The sale price of $404,000, including the buyer's premium, was more than 25 times the pre-sale estimate.

Bloomsbury did not identify the buyer, but managing director Rupert Powell said it was someone with "a passion for theoretical physics and all that that entails."

"This extraordinary letter seemed to strike a chord, and it gave a deep personal insight one of the greatest minds of the 20th century," Powell said.

The letter was written to philosopher Eric Gutkind in January 1954, a year before Einstein's death. In it, the Einstein said that "the word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish."

Einstein experts say the letter supports the argument that the physicist held complex, agnostic views on religion. He rejected organized faith but often spoke of a spiritual force at work in the universe.

Einstein's most famous legacy is the special theory of relativity, which makes the point that a large amount of energy could be released from a tiny amount of matter.

The theory changed the face of physics, allowing scientists to make predictions about space and paving the way for nuclear power and the atomic bomb.

Looks like Einstein was smarter than alot of us thought. I, for one, realize that I have more in common with Einstein than I thought. Especially on the religion, bible, and spiritual force fronts. Thanks to the forces that be for letting the contents of this letter out to the world. Nice to gather incites from others sometime.

"The more YOU know, the more YOU grow,

The more YOU grow, the further YOU go"

Bobby Sharpe Amazon.com: Dragon: Book of Shang: Books: Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's " Opyn Mindz": Campaign '08 Makes Me Want To Regurgitate

Life's Work & Well Being Connected

Feeling Our Life

Finding Our Life’s Work

Sometimes it takes us the better part of a lifetime to discover our life’s work, even though we may have been doing it our whole lives without necessarily realizing it. Our life’s work is not always what we do to make money, although we often think it should be, and sometimes this way of thinking prevents us from seeing clearly what it is. It may be the work of having children, caring for them, and running a household. The way we know our life’s work is by how we feel when we are doing it.

When we are doing our life’s work, we feel an uncanny sense of ease and alignment. This doesn’t mean that the work is always easy, and it doesn’t mean that it’s the only work we have to do; it just means that there is a conviction deep inside us that tells us we are in tune with our innermost self. When we are engaged in our life’s work, our bodies feel more alive, because our energy is devoted to a cause that, in turn, feeds us. We may be tired after engaging in our life’s work, but we are almost never depleted. We feel grounded in the world, knowing that we belong here and have something important to offer.

When we are deeply unhappy, depressed, or subject to one illness after another, this may be due to a sense of disconnection from our life’s work. At times like these, finding the work we are meant to do is an essential act of healing. Most of us remember a time when we felt fully engaged in some act of work, service or creativity, and it is here that we may rediscover the work we are meant to do now. On the other hand, it may be time to explore what inspires us through volunteering, taking a class, going back to school, or just doing whatever it is we long to try. We all have callings, and when we find them, we owe it to ourselves to nurture and protect them, because while they may or may not be our livelihood, they are the keys to our wellbeing.

This really hits home for alot of people. So many souls do not find this peace and well being because they are too busy going against the flow. They are ignoring their inner higher selves. It is not that hard finding your life's work if YOU just get intouch with YOU. Anything that is going to make YOU feel better and enforce your well being is worth finding.

Well Being & Feeling Good Rules,

Bobby Sharpe Amazon.com: Dragon: Book of Shang: Books: Bobby Sharpe New Age, metaphysical, bookstore, spiritual, enlightenment

Dealing With Fellow Humans

In The World And In Ourselves

Feeling Fed Up With Humanity

From time to time, we may all feel fed up with humanity, whether it's from learning about what's going on around the world, or what’s going on next door. There are always situations that leave us feeling as if people are simply not capable of behaving in a way that is coming from a place of awareness. Often it seems as if people are actually geared to handle things in the worst possible way, repeatedly. At the same time, none of us wants to linger in a judgmental mood about our own species. As a result, we might tend to repress the feelings coming up as we take in the news from the world and the neighborhood.

It is natural to feel let down and disappointed when we see our fellow humans behaving in ways that are greedy, selfish, violent, or uncaring, but there are also ways to process that disappointment without sinking into despondency. As with any emotional response, we honor our feelings by feeling them fully, without judging or acting on them. Once we've done that—and we may need to do it every day, as part of our daily self-care—we can begin to consider ways that we might help the situation in which humanity finds itself.

As always, we start with ourselves, utilizing our awareness of the failings of others to renew our own commitment to be more conscious human beings. We are all capable of the best and the worst that humanity has to offer, and remembering this keeps us in check, as well as allowing us to find compassion for others. We may find ourselves feeling compelled to serve people who are suffering injustices at the hands of other people, or we may begin to speak out when we see something that we don’t think is right. Whatever the case, the only thing we can do is pledge to serve the best, rather than the worst, of what humanity has to offer, both in the world, and in ourselves.

In these times, with all that is going on in the world with wars, terrorism, oil crunch, food shortages, volcanos, earthquakes, cyclones & religious conflicts, this is a timely thought. Hopefully, it will aid YOU in your daily encounters with your fellow souls.

Peace & Understanding,

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