tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67226070965641240322024-03-05T01:52:07.967-05:00the church of happy thoughtsJulie Tyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193799133305115786noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722607096564124032.post-14442447822152683682018-09-04T23:13:00.001-04:002018-09-04T23:21:28.122-04:00A Day at the Beach<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS happy thoughts are not to be confused with thinking about puppies and rainbows... it's about thinking about truth to the point it brings peace. Happiness may be over rated, Happy Thoughts are NOT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A wish sounds simple enough. People do it all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So. I sat down to write my wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Turns out, I have evidently forgotten how to make a wish. I'm not entirely sure I've EVER made one. A real one. An outrageous one that didn't require my <i>doing</i> something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could wish that I would find a publisher for my books. Well, if I sent them out to even <i>one</i> publisher maybe I would get one. I could wish I would someday speak to large groups of people about The Sophia Stories or my experiences with ghosts and angels. Maybe it would help if I found a publisher. Not a real wish. Seems to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, I thought, I could wish for a lover, a man in my life who is looking to carve out an unexpected life, interested in a million things and wants to wander around the world to see them and do them. A knower of God in a strictly unreligious way. A happy man. Would be good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not certain he exists. So, I would hate to waste a perfectly good wish. (Doesn't sound much like the minister of the church of happy thoughts...and, anyway, it's sort of a daily trust that he actually does exist, which is a happy thought in itself.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That might be getting<i> closer</i> to a real wish. However, I could <i>do</i> something, like go online or join a fly fishing group or a trek to the Himalayas. Somewhere he might be. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A wish with no limitations. A BIG wish. A long and happy life. Yes, that's good. For my family, too. The directions said be specific and clear. So what's LONG? Or HAPPY?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Joyful every day? WHAAATTT?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish to be paid a lot of money for what I do. Still a goal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hmmm. Money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I began to convince myself all the virtues of money and how I wouldn't be a complete loser if I wished for money. Lots of money. Like everybody else. World peace would be the progressive thing to do, not technically a WISH. I don't think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Money IS a form of energy. Not inherently good or bad, a vehicle for possibilities, that's noble, it's creation sprang from the desire to exchange goods and services in a brilliant sort of way, free trade, that's a good thing. It has value in our world. Love that. Like a kind and trusting person, it can be exploited. Yes. There is that dark side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe I could give money a better name by not being greedy. That's a noble cause.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's pieces of paper and metal round things for heaven's sake. It actually doesn't have the power we give it.. does it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well. The directions didn't say make a goal and it didn't say create a noble cause. It said make a wish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And felt pretty great about it. I imagined the Sophia Stories out in the world, my family brought together often from across the country with friends and music and a big fire and roses on the table and food from our garden and wine from our friends' vineyard. And laughing. Lots of laughing. And the good and noble causes I could so happily support. The babies I would have time to hold and the children I could help feed and offer a glimmer of hope. I began to feel very good about it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, I did what anyone would do, I wished for a million dollars for each of us. Everyone in my family. My wish for them, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now. That's a wish. A real wish. Why not 10 million? THAT sounded greedy. ha ha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the planet, I wished for true love. That SHE, one day, would be more important than money. Way more important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My family and I, we have true love. Lots of it. I wish for them to marvel always. At the beauty in the precious gift we've been given here on earth, the sun the moon the stars, all of it. And each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also wish to have a horse. Ha. Which I can have with a million bucks. That was my one annual wish as a young child. I could see the barn, the coral, the happy horse waiting for me in the 10 foot space between my house and the next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm the girl who believed she could have a horse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of a sudden, the dad noticed the littlest was sort of missing. Sort of really missing. He recounted that the boy had been with them when they crossed the street a few minutes ago, more as an assurance than anything else, but getting into the situation assessment mode. That's one thing dads do. Everyone began to disperse, heading past me toward the corner to check around the block, or just heading further down the sidewalk, calling his name. In just a few seconds, dad calls out he's been found! He was hiding. (If children only knew the years that fall off a parent's life every time they decide to go hiding on a busy street or a mall!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As I kneeled there loving it, I noticed a brand new brand new bud about to open. The new leaves around it a fresh intoxicatingly new green, that unmistakable new life green. I know I'm pretty easy to please, but, this was so exciting in it's little way. The other blooms had their moment, we had our moment, the moment that attracted us to each other, and she ended up on my sunny and partly shaded deck. The perfect spot for her. And for me.</span></div>
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To all my email friends in France, and Germany and Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Austria, and Viet Nam, Italy and Greece, USA, Canada, and all of you everywhere,...blogspot.com doesn't tell me who you are, but THAT you are and lets me know who's checking in from where you are. Someday I might ask you to be followers, but I'm just happy to know you are there, in the world with me. To all of you, thank you for checking in from time to time. </div>
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I've learned that the good news for the Ghost in the room is the good news for us all.</div>
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Freedom is possible. Even when I found myself in the darkest places, ones in which I knew I did not belong, freedom might be as simple as looking for it. </div>
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It begins with a simple message from my grandmother, Maia, just moments after she died when I was 3. A message that has saved my life over and over again. Then it continues to this moment, the clanging and banging that I eventually learned was coming from somewhere not so very far away, and they were hoping my belief in no-end-to-chances, and that all are greatly loved, might be true.</div>
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I hope this message saves your life one day, it's simple and true, and these experiences with the otherwhere may shed some Light on clanging and banging of your own. So, this is one of my many stories. I can only hope that one day I will have the chance to read one of yours.</div>
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This is a kindle ebook. If you do not have a kindle, when you go to the link above, it should take you to the To be set Free page, where there is the option to read the first few pages of the book. Below the cover image, there is a message that says: "Read on any device. Get the free app." Click and it will lead you to a link to get kindle on your phone, computer, or tablet, Mac or PC, for free. Pretty slick. </div>
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Twice in the last week I did something that is very hard for me to do. I don't exactly know why, don't exactly believe it matters. I'm one of those people about whom it could be said I've been on my own since the day I was born. Thinking about it at this moment.. I guess we all are.<br />
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I sent an email and a text this week, asking for help. One was emotional, I just needed someone on solid ground to simply tell me about their day. No drama. Just the facts. My life was at that moment seemingly a world of hurt. Swirling swirling. No where to turn. And I needed to know somewhere the trees were just growing, and the snow was just melting, and the day just rolled along. Sunrise, a ham sandwich, then sunset. Period.<br />
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Funny. In both cases I didn't get a response... Hit Send Again, metaphorically. Let go of wondering. No wondering. No speculation. Those are the rules. Once you let go, you can't really take it back. That's the point. It was important to ask. And let it go. The magic is always in the question. The wisdom is in the unexpected answer. May the wisdom be always what we look for, and what we get.</div>
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I have heard too many times that tomorrow never comes. I think tomorrow definitely comes.. she just changes and becomes today... but it's just a matter of semantics. Let's not get rid of the idea of tomorrow, it may be our only connection collectively in this "modern" world with the cosmos. Everybody believes in tomorrow and thinks about it, plans for it, (some do), trusts it, ignores it and it still happens. </div>
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I thanked a friend for calling me yesterday when I texted her to say the sky is falling. please call me. I had begun telling her there appeared to be a monumental disappointment happening in my daughter's family...and it was breaking my heart. She called and said, "Wait a minute. Is YOUR sky falling or is THEIRS?" Well, mine because I feel so helpless. I hate that. </div>
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A few minutes ago I happened to be at the right place, at the right time, to see the Ecuadorian Feliz Navidad Parade make it's way down 3rd street, at 14th avenue, in NE Minneapolis. The total parade was about a block long, at least 10 people wide, two small magical nativity floats pulled by SUVs, (complete with over- the-top gobs of gold tinsel and beautiful children); there were drums, horns, and cymbals, playing fabulous marching music that I didn't recognize, and almost everyone was carrying either a red or green balloon. It was amazing.</div>
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Last week I got to tell a story at a story-telling venue called the Moth. The topic was Home. While I've not technically had one for a while. my story ended up being how much I've cared about houses, but, how I came to be a gypsy. I know a little bit better now what matters about home to me. My life has taught me, many many houses later, that home is not where we live, but how we live. And so did this parade. </div>
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STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS,NELSON MANDELA, AT HIS INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, UNION BUILDINGS, PRETORIA, MAY 10 1994 </div>
Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends: Today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world,confer glory and hope to newborn liberty. Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud. Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all. All this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well represented here today. To my compatriots, I have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld. Each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a sense of personal renewal. The national mood changes as the seasons change. We are moved by a sense of joy and exhilaration when the grass turns green and the flowers bloom. That spiritual and physical oneness we all share with this common homeland explains the depth of the pain we all carried in our hearts as we saw our country tear itself apart in a terrible conflict, and as we saw it spurned, outlawed and isolated by the peoples of the world, precisely because it has become the universal base of the pernicious ideology and practice of racism and racial oppression. We, the people of South Africa, feel fulfilled that humanity has taken us back into its bosom, that we, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity. We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, non-sexism,non-racialism and democracy. We deeply appreciate the role that the masses of our people and their political mass democratic, religious, women, youth,business, traditional and other leaders have played to bring about this conclusion. Not least among them is my Second Deputy President, the Honourable F.W. de Klerk. We would also like to pay tribute to our security forces, in all their ranks, for the distinguished role they have played in securing our first democratic elections and the transition to democracy, from blood-thirsty forces which still refuse to see the light. The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination. We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace. We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world. As a token of its commitment to the renewal of our country,the new Interim Government of National Unity will, as a matter of urgency, address the issue of amnesty for various categories of our people who are currently serving terms of imprisonment. We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward. We are both humbled and elevated by the honour and privilege that you, the people of South Africa, have bestowed on us, as the first President of a united, democratic, non-racial and non-sexist South Africa, to lead our country out of the valley of darkness. We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign. The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement! God bless Africa! Thank you. <br />
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He had been told over and over that now, Grandma lives in our hearts. Here is the question from Casey:</div>
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On 12/12/12 I was walking along west 12th, coincidentally, and as I started to breathe in and out, 123, 4567, to get myself into the moment,</div>
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Which is my favorite thing about intentionally placing myself smack dab in the middle of the moment. The first thing I notice, birds, ivy, the wind, a balloon in the air, whatever, is usally something I really like; because, actually, that is my intention.</div>
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where Eleanor Roosevelt lived, Aaron Burr's carriage house which is now a FABULOUS restaurant called One if by Land, Two if by Sea...</div>
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",,,that's what separates civilization from anarchy."</div>
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So, today I went out to buy roses in order to vacuum, so that I could vacuum in order to write, so that I could write in order to remember who I am. <br />
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Roses on the table are so beautiful, that I often, almost every time, want the rest of the room to match. The roses make an otherwise acceptably cluttered table or dusty corners almost unbearable.<br />
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Sometimes I don't know that the clutter and dust is really making it almost impossible to write <em>anything..</em> a list of the things I'm <em>not</em> going to do today, (I've found that's a little more productive for me than writing a to-do list..it is easier to check off more things)..let alone write a Sophia Story or a blog, or a book on real estate and the meaning of life.<br />
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But, really, it's about energy. I love to write. I also love to walk around New York city... hhhmmm, there I go again.. do I LOVE to write? yes, probably. Do I LOVE to walk around new york city..or do I LIKE to walk around New York City. I LIKE it because I LOVE that moment when I remember I want to be traveling in this moment, right now, the only one there is, and I do love it when I notice the first thing I LIKE around me.<br />
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Last week I was walking down 1st avenue, between east 11th and east 10th, and the moment I started to breathe in 1,2,3 and out, 4,5,6,7... ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD dozens of BIRDS singing/chirping in this leafless tree RIGHT next to me. Literally, all of a sudden.<br />
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There was a time when I resisted the old cliche that "Cleanliness was next to Godliness"..somehow it both elevated cleanliness too high, and brought godliness down a couple notches. Also, it struck a chord of how to be a good wife.. and maybe I was nervous I would fall short..</div>
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A lover of beauty, an infinite being able to spend this moment in the infinite worlds. And find peace.</div>
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Every night it is a differnent color. Bright colored lights shining up the sides and levels of the building.. on July 4th it's red, white and blue, on Gay Pride Parade Day it is rainbow. Amazing. It's, true, I do love new york city. So, tonight, out I went, and found the first place I know I can see it. It's far in the distance, and I can only see the top third, but it is the most magnificent bright violet pink you can imagine. It might be a good idea to go ahead and imagine it, just for the happiness of it. I've been told it is the God color.. </div>
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So much has happened since I wrote here a few days ago! I've recognized the importance, for my life, of distinguishing between what I Like and what I Love, I've renewed my commitment to beauty, my larger life in the moment, and digestion; and have decided to leave the 3rd dimension, not entirely and not permanently, but regularly, and have begun to embrace the possibility that I am a contemplative mystic. </div>
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In honor of the beginning of a new Age, the Age of Happiness, today I am unsubscribing all automatic emails that I have somehow managed to collect over the years, (literally, I think I have emails that have been coming to me for YEARS, that I have NEVER opened), that do not contribute to my happiness. And I am not just talking about penis enlargement that do, thankfully, go straight to spam. </div>
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To Begin With.. I am unsubscribing any website that has ever sent "Last Chance" in the subject line. First of all, that is not in alignment with what I believe, what I know to be true, or want to allow into my experience today. Or ever. That phrase metaphorically makes me break out in a rash.</div>
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In about 1992 my life was in one of its recurring upheavals. I've always likened it to the image of the "rug being pulled out". This was a period of multiple rug removals... business failure, (lawsuit with partner), business failure, (I meant to say that twice), the worst real estate story anyone has ever heard, divorce, you know, the usual.</div>
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Oddly, many of the sites I am unsubscribing today are "enlightenment" gurus with webinars. The first one is free, asking provocative questions and it is often fabulous, but, then you need to buy the series for the answers. Which is fine with me, I love it when we make money with our art, and I never am tempted to buy the series because it is the questions that intrigue me anyway. Recently I got THIS as a subject line.. " BAD NEWS, Julie." Then it said something like "last chance. 50% new year discount, ends at midnight." </div>
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But, right NOW, this moment, as I write this, I find myself breathing in, 1,2,3 and out, 4,5,6,7 pause, breathe in 1,2,3 and out 4,5,6,7... remembering that little boat. How it felt at the time to hear about it. How it feels right now to see it. Today it is a sunny sky, but a choppy harbor, the sun is warm, and the wind is brisk. Invigorating. How I love who is in it now. The Logos and the Sophia. and me. We are having a blast.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ARIES [March 21–April 19]</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> In the sci-fi film trilogy <i>The
<a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/The+Matrix/" title="The Matrix"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Matrix</span></a></i>,
the heroes are able to instantaneously acquire certain complex skills via
software that's downloaded directly into their brains. In this way, the female
hacker named Trinity masters the art of piloting a military M-109 helicopter in
just a few minutes. If you could choose a few downloads like that, Aries, what
would they be? In 2013, I expect that your educational capacity will be
exceptional. While you might not be able to add new skills as easily as
Trinity, you'll be pretty fast and efficient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TAURUS [April 20–May 20]</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Are you familiar with the fable
of the golden goose? The farmer who owned it became impatient because it laid
only one gold egg per day. So he killed it, thinking he would thereby get the
big chunk of gold that must be inside its body. Alas, there was no chunk. From
then on, of course, he no longer got his modest daily treasure. I nominate this
fable to be one of your top teaching stories of 2013. As long as you're content
with a slow, steady rate of enrichment, you'll be successful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GEMINI [May 21–June 20]</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Here are some of the experiences
I hope to help you harvest in the coming year: growing pains that are
interesting and invigorating rather than stressful; future shock that feels
like a fun joyride rather than a bumpy rumble; two totally new and original
ways to get excited; and a fresh supply of Innocent Crazy-Wise Love Truth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"Actuality, Reminiscence, and Fabrication," artist <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Deborah+Sullivan/" title="Deborah Sullivan"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Deborah Sullivan</span></a> includes a piece called
"Penance 1962." It consists of a series of handwritten statements
that repeats a central theme: "I must not look at boys during
prayer." I'm assuming it's based on her memory of being in church or
Catholic school when she was a teenager. You probably have an analogous rule
lodged somewhere in the depths of your unconscious mind—an outmoded prohibition
or taboo that might still be subtly corroding your life energy. The coming year
will be an excellent time to banish that ancient nonsense for good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Irish dramatist <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Oscar+Wilde/" title="Oscar Wilde"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Oscar Wilde</span></a> was covered with kiss-shaped lipstick marks that
his admirers left. Unfortunately, Wilde's descendants decided to scour away all
those blessings and erect a glass wall around the tomb. In my astrological
opinion, Leo, you should favor the former style of behavior over the latter in
2013. In other words, don't focus on keeping things neat and clean and
well-ordered. Be extravagant and uninhibited in expressing your love for the
influences that inspire you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you to raise your levels of righteous success. If you're a struggling
songwriter, I'll be pushing for you to get your music out to more people
without sacrificing your artistic integrity. If you're a kindergarten teacher,
I'll prompt you to fine-tune and deepen the benevolent influence you have on
your students. If you're a business owner, I'll urge you to ensure that the
product you offer is a well-honed gift to those who use it. As I trust you can
see, Virgo, I'm implying that impeccable ethics will be crucial to your ascent
in the coming year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LIBRA [September 23–October 22]</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> After Libran poet <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Wallace+Stevens/" title="Wallace Stevens"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wallace Stevens</span></a> won the <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Pulitzer+Prizes/" title="Pulitzer Prizes"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Pulitzer Prize</span></a> for poetry in 1955, <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Harvard+University/" title="Harvard University"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Harvard University</span></a> offered him a job as a full
professor. But he turned it down. He couldn't bear leaving his day job as the
vice-president of an insurance company in <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Hartford+(Connecticut)/" title="Hartford (Connecticut)"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hartford, Connecticut</span></a>. I suspect that in the
first half of 2013, you will come to a fork in the road that might feel
something like Stevens's quandary. Should you stick with what you know or else
head off in the direction of unpredictable stimulation? I'm not here to tell
you which is the better choice; I simply want to make sure you clearly identify
the nature of the decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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retool, reinvent, and reinvigorate yourself in every way that's important to
you. I will encourage you to reawaken one of your sleeping aptitudes, recapture
a lost treasure, and reanimate a dream you've neglected. If you're smart,
Scorpio, you will reallocate resources that got misdirected or wasted. And I
hope you will reapply for a privilege or position you were previously denied
because I bet you'll win it this time around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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France and <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Switzerland/" title="Switzerland"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Switzerland</span></a> announced last July that they had tentatively
discovered the Higgs boson, which is colloquially known as the "God
particle." What's all the fuss? In her <i><a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/San+Francisco+Chronicle/" title="San Francisco Chronicle"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">San Francisco Chronicle</span></a></i> column, <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Leah+Garchik/" title="Leah Garchik"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Leah Garchik</span></a>
quoted an expert who sought to explain: "The Higgs boson is the <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/WD-40+Company/" title="WD-40 Company"><span style="color: #253c87; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">WD-40</span></a> and duct tape of the universe, all rolled
into one." Is there a metaphorical equivalent of such a thing in your
life? If not, I predict you will find it in 2013. If there already is, I expect
you will locate and start using its 2.0 version.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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help you bring only the highest-quality influences and self-responsible people
into your life. Together, we will work to dispel any unconscious attraction you
might have to demoralizing chaos or pathological melodrama. We will strive to
ensure that as you deepen and fine-tune your self-discipline, it will not be
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experiences that are nothing like the past events when we felt those exact
feelings. So a genius might be someone who generates a fresh emotion. Here's
another possible interpretation: It can be hard to get excited about
continually repeating the basic tasks of our regular routines day after day.
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Julie Tyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193799133305115786noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722607096564124032.post-28921719069578071752012-12-20T17:41:00.000-05:002013-01-05T15:12:56.055-05:00it's like learning to find your keysSo. Here we are. On the cusp of the beginning of the world. And the Age of Happiness.<br />
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6:12 am, eastern standard time is the northern hemisphere winter solstice. At exactly the same time in whatever time zone all over the world... it will be solstice at exactly the same time on the entire planet.<br />
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Just like every other now and now and now... But, this one is this one. The one we've been waiting for, all together. Here. Now. We are ready. for the beginning of the world. <br />
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How can I say we are on the cusp of the Age of Happiness?<br />
Because I believe it.<br />
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We have begun to feel the experience of other dimensions where we connect.. I think of you, after 5 years, and you call me. We see it is 11:11. I send you the word walrus...and, by some miracle, you get it. So, there is some peace in that. Happiness even. <br />
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And we are beginning to get it about choice. About choosing our thoughts. And feelings. and visions.<br />
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I have been saying for a long time now.. that I live in a peaceful world. People of course look at me like I'm crazy. or misinformed. or Pollyanna. or unaware. Am I outraged sometimes? of course. saddened, disappointed, confused sometimes? of course. I mean really of course. I'm the worst.<br />
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But, at the end of the day. I am the only one who lives in my world. The only one. We all share the planet. But, I alone live in my world. So. It is completely my choice to make it a peaceful one. I have no conflict with the planet...or anything on it, in it or around it. When I choose it. And when I do, I know it. <br />
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Do I feel outrage and incomprehensible sadness for the families in Newtown? Incomprehensible. I am a feeler by nature... so, I have felt it. As much as is possible from here in new york city. I have 3 daughters. And I feel it. <br />
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Am I concerned we will make a difference with the collective outrage and information that many of us now have... about gun acquisition in this country? Not really. It will change. it has to. In ways we haven't even conceived yet. Because there is so much power in our thought. and desire and conviction. So much. Once we are aware, we can't be unaware again. <br />
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And, not to sound TOO Pollyanna.. but, there is great magic in our ability to be in the place of having a happy thought... no matter what. Eventually. to find that place.<br />
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We can. We Will. We Must.<br />
We do.<br />
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It's like learning to find your keys. They are where you finally find out is the place they will always be, once we decide to find them.<br />
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I will sign off on this last day of the world that needs to end.. hallelujah... with just this little thought. As we think about the solstice, we may think naturally about the equator. <br />
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The diameter of the earth... at the equator... if we were to fly directly through the middle to the other side...is only 8000 miles. Less than 8000, actually.. 7 thousand, something.<br />
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That's like flying from Seattle to New York, back to Seattle and then to Chicago.<br />
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That could be done in one day. Many of us have.<br />
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So. When we think about how small that really is. How much rich LIFE is here around us. how much mystery and beauty... yes, especially beauty. And how we are all here together, at this same moment, now and now and now. Maybe that can bring some peace to our troubled hearts.<br />
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How there is always the otherwhere... where we are greatly loved. whatever that mystery may be.<br />
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Maybe world peace isn't that far off. If each of us claims to be the kings and queens of our own peaceful kingdoms one kingdom at a time.<br />
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It's like being the queen of heaven.. a little.<br />
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They've all said it.<br />
It's time.<br />
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Jingle bells,<br />
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oops.. Church of Happy Thoughts tried to post a , today. to a very fabulous NASA picture of earth...in the night sky... I see the link showed up... but, I don't think it can be opened.. hhhhmmmm. Will see if I can figure it out.. This is just part of the whole earth picture..so, you can imagine how cool it is... the whole world ...floating there in the night sky.<br />
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