Individual Souls

In November 2011, I had a question from a YouTube subscriber. As is often the case, I asked for inspiration from the universe to help me answer with truth and love.

Question: If I have an individual soul, will it still be individual when I die? Someone said when you die, you go back to the source. Like a the soul is a water droplet and when you die, you go back to the pond and your sense of self is lost because you merge with all of the other previous water droplets. I know so many people say so many different things, and I shouldn't let them get to me. But at this point of my search for the truth, everything seems possible.

Answer: Think of it this way, if you are in a room with two or ten people, or a concert with hundreds, do you lose your awareness of you and who you are among others? Probably not, unless it's an extreme high of happiness (party) or low of depression (funeral) that everyone is caught up in. However, you still remain you in all of that, right? So why would it be different elsewhere? God gives us many examples of life on this planet, we just forget to look at them for the answers.

I have walked the journey of many souls that have been around since the beginning or nearly the beginning and even since then from younger soul awareness. God didn't lose His consciousness and I would feel He wouldn't want us to lose ours. We couldn't help him much if we did, could we?

We can get caught up in a flow of collective consciousness, that we can become part of, until we possibly abuse that collective thought and then a change has to be made. Collective thought doesn't always mean it is right or truth, like slavery or witch hunts. That kind of thing. Then God may send many of us to change out a thought and He couldn't very well do that if we have all disappeared. See?

Look around you, you are not your family and your family is not you. Why would that be? Because God shows us we are unique and different. Just like no two snowflakes or fingerprints are alike, no two consciousness (souls) are identical to another. You have walked a different path then your family, even if thoughts may be similar, your thoughts or emotions are yours and not another's.

Focus on Your Race

Last night, I felt someone watching me; as in remote viewing. It went on for awhile, so it was deliberate. I haven't felt this in a long time but I know, because of the recent world tragedies, many angelic guides are quite busy elsewhere. As the saying goes: when the cat's away the mice will play. Understandable.

That's why I decided to share this message, which I received later, due to it. "When someone is too busy being in another's business, they may stop focusing, become discouraged, or lose interest in their goals. Unless, being in another's business is their goal."

Should I be flattered? Should I be concerned? People who do this, reminds me of those who run races and are always looking back over their shoulder to see where everyone else is. In those brief seconds, you can lose your forward momentum and often lose the race because of it. John Landy would know this, he said once: "I would have won the race if I hadn’t looked back, if I hadn’t taken my eyes off the goal."

Furthermore, he knew he could not blame another because he looked back to see their progress. Even though some wish to blame another for their life going awry, you cannot. Did they cause you to look over your shoulder? Stop focusing? Did they cause you to lose momentum? Lose the race? If you're too busy worrying over what someone does, has or says, how much time will you be giving to your goals? If you're too busy viewing my life, how's that affecting yours?

It only makes sense to stop looking over your shoulder and focus on your race.

Desegregation: All Races Matter

Recently, a friend shared a news article regarding black lives matter and burning the American flag (see link below). I responded and decided to share it on my blog too. However, I added an additional part on my flag comment (due to my blog picture), a "lastly" paragraph, as well as a quote and video regarding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Thank you for reading.

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All lives matter and it's time the segregating stops. Every time someone says that only one life matters, they segregate. I thought that's what we didn't want. I thought that's what Dr. M.L. King, Jr. (and others) marched and died for - to stop segregating. They (who do this) are disgracing his life's work by these actions because he was a man of peace (see video link below). 

When people tell me they only can fight to get their point across, this tells me they haven't learned to talk or reason. In that case, why would anyone listen? Their (some) actions speak louder than their words. Their actions in language, style even music says: I don't want to be part of anything but my beliefs. It's hypocritical. Yet, it's refreshing to see those of their race, with educated class, take them on and put them down. They're tired of it too. They know it's within everyone to change things without being neanderthals.

Also, I'll bet not one person would want to burn a flag if it's ever been handed to them because of the death of a loved one who's served. This blog photo is of me receiving my dad's flag at his funeral. To say it was an emotional experience is an understatement. This only tells me that people who do this must not have had any family that's served this country because they would be embarrassed and saddened by their actions. Thankfully, there are those who are respectful. There is a video on the news article that shows two Milwaukee police officers folding the burned flag after the protest. 

Also, an excerpt from the news article stated: The brother of Dontre, Nate Hamilton, was reported by the local Fox affiliate to have said, “I say destroy the whole constitution, because it never worked to begin with for black people.” 

Really!? Really!? Then explained to me how black men got the right to vote before women. When people talk like that, all they show me is someone who's uneducated.

Lastly, I can appreciate diversity and have a difficult time with those that cannot, whether that be in the variety of arts, talents, faiths or race. I also understand that we tend to segregate to what we feel more comfortable with, including arts, talents, faiths or race. However those diversities should, at least, be understood and respected, even if there's no desire to participate ... especially not hated and fought over. To each their own. I have friends of diverse races. I have friends that are black and married to white. It saddens me that this insanity may cause a riff, not only between us, but their spouses (significant others) and their families. It has to stop. I hope people know that not all white are racist and keep the perspective that it's hooligan mentality, to divide this country, and not black, brown or white mentality. Yes, I want a lot of things in my life too, but I don't go around burning other people's property, attacking innocent people, looting, rioting, burning our country's flag or shooting people to get it. I don't give my power away to another by blaming another race (or faith) when I don't get my way. I don't allow words to hurt my feelings. I also don't feel entitled nor privileged ... that's called maturity. Mature people destroy ignorance, not people.  Mature people try to resolve issues with communication and not brute force. Mature people don't attack but they will defend if under attack. Mature people see it as keeping the peace and protecting morality when misbehaving and troublemaking children get out of control and need discipline. I think even Dr. King would understand that this measure, if needed, would be done out of love and not hate. Because, mature people don't want their house turned into a "den of thieves."

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News article link:
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/11/12/black-lives-matter-protestor-sets-fire-u-s-flag-raises-black-liberation-flag/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Video link:
Dr. King: Nonviolence is the Most Powerful Weapon - https://youtu.be/74XJJ3Tq5ew

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Quote: The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Angry Anarchist?

I was working on another blog about desegregation but I "heard" this word "anarchist" earlier today and decided to share it first, along with something I felt guided to write about it.

Anarchist: a person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and instituted of society and government, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed. Mid 17th century: from Greek anarkhos ‘without a chief.'

I first felt that I heard this word due to the current terroist attacks in Paris but I actually think it's a message for many things that's going on around our planet. It made me think of chaos. The chaos I often see in the minds of angry people. I see the words angry and anarchist together and wonder why. I see these angry people and want to ask, why are you angry? No, seriously, why are you really angry? Because, I often sense they're hiding the real truth of their angry behavior and they're jumping on anyone's bandwagon of rebellion because of it.

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of no one ruling them? Aren't they still being ruled by theirs or another's emotional battles? Isn't someone or several someone's still calling the shots ... being the chief ... making them jump through hoops? Using their anger, or distaste for life, so they can be an easy puppet for another's cause?

Maybe their anger is from feeling victimized. But then, aren't they allowing themselves to be victims again and again? Are they trying to destroy a society or government because they can't destroy the someone that hurt them? Has society (or government) become their scapegoat instead?

An irrational anger is the other end of the spectrum of apathy. It still shows an emotional imbalance, which means you can be controlled while claiming you don't want control. Who or what angers you controls you. Quite the paradox.

Many Things Come With A Price

I love this saying by Rumple in Once Upon a Time: "Magic always comes with a price, dearie."

We don't often think about the things we do for others, out of caring and kindness, that we may have brought a little bit of "magic" into their lives by what we've done. Also, we don't often think about any side effects this may create from those opposing forces who didn't want us interfering.

This is the things we see with any service that provides protection. They may put their life on the line for being there for others. Yet, we don't often see the negative invisible forces that can still create mayhem in our lives for helping a stranger, friend or family member. The things that have us shaking our heads, at times, wondering who we angered and why. The things that can often cause malaise in our physical or mental well being.

Whether it is helping others with our physical sources, through words of comfort, or even a little bit of magic, all in an act of kindness, there will, generally, be an opposing force and a price to pay for it. It could be a price of various degrees but someone will be called to do it.

But, which someone? The real magic is in knowing who, if there are any opposing forces, and the price to be paid, if any, and whether or not it can be done by one person alone. I've discovered this one thing that has helped me immensely, and probably why I'm still here today after all I've experienced: If God brings me to it, he will bring me through it.

If I feel that I'm being pulled into helping someone, that's my clue that someone has, or will have, my back; even if a small price is paid on my part. It's understandable that I will want to know that price, if at all possible, because I don't choose to be a martyr. Also, common sense tells me that I won't be good for helping anyone if I'm not here. The price of magic works both ways.

Religions: Gain Through Loss

Many times, we are afraid to let go of what we have, even when it includes turmoil. It's due to the emotional, including financial, attachments we have with our beliefs or possessions. Generally, we don't choose to change unless there is something we can gain by doing so. We want to be convinced there is something better we can have before we relinquish anything.

Understandable.

However, even with a multitude of "signs," we may still cling to these very strong attachments, which can blind us from seeing a better path ahead. Sometimes, this has been known to create a forcible decision to move us beyond what we have; nature's way of showing us that we can gain something better by losing what we thought was best.

This makes me wonder: are we too programmed, that we need to learn things the difficult way? Could this be our problem? When we drag our feet, over change, is it then forced upon us?

We've had many examples of outer or inner calamities, turmoil or upheavals to prove this. Acts of nature that destroys, in order to rebuild. Afterwards, gaining a better perspective that we didn't see before. Often seeing the good in the change, even with the hardship or violence that occured first due to not being able to see beyond our egos.

This had me thinking about our current world strife, a lot of it due to religious beliefs, and wondering if the upheaval is, again, nature's way of working towards something better. Forcing us to move beyond, creating hardships to relinquish personal attachments, because, once again, we couldn't see the light (truth) through the storm (ego). 

After all, we have been known to lose a house and gain a better one. We have been known to lose a job and gain a better one. We have been known to lose a spouse and gain a better one. On and on and on.

Maybe the religious strife is telling us we can lose a faith but gain our soul.

Leader of the Pack

There's been some news and discussion recently of students misbehaving in the classroom. Hmmm ... what else is new? We already know that students who are harassing their teachers, and disrupting the class, isn't a recent occurrence. I've experienced it in my youth. I've also experienced it, virtually, as a metaphysical teacher. Maybe it goes as far back as the very first classroom. Why? Well, I believe it's no different than the typical "leader of the pack" mentality, which I've seen many times in my life. 

For example, a student wishing to be the leader of their peers, may do so by maligning or mocking their teacher. This is the figure of authority to defeat, in order for the student to become the boss. This form of attack has been noted in places of employment too. Especially, when a person feels they want to remove another from having a job they want. They'll undermine anyone or anything to remove what they feel is their competition.

This "animal instinct," of wanting to be "top dog," isn't new either. It's a very deep programming within many humans. And, in order to be the leader, one may feel they have to, apparently, destroy or dethrone the other leader. It's a very barbaric way of thinking, which is often applied today by those who feel they cannot meet the same standards of someone they're trying to defeat or think they're better than another. They feel this need to undermine, or destroy, in order to take over. As a genealogist, I discovered that, in the days of old, many sons killed their fathers in order to be the ruler. In fact, family didn't hesitate to kill family to be "king of the hill." 

Sadly, this kind of thinking is still prevelant today. We see it in many areas, for numerous reasons, especially in the area of politics. Yes, even there we see the leader of the pack scenario in action. No, not the physical killing, thankfully, but the killing of another's reputation just to be top dog. 

In fact, this type of mentality is so obvious to me, now, I feel there's only one thing missing ... the howling. 

Mass Pandemonium

A very strange thing occured to me after going to bed last night. I asked for an Universal All Call to help a few friends with their requests. Nothing new, but it, obviously, stirred up some major insanity. Barely slept. Lots of threats. Foggy brain today. Yes, there are those who don't like someone interfering in their plans. I'm used to it, but I haven't had something like this in quite awhile.

I thought it might have been only me, because my husband slept fine. Yet, this morning, I read where a Facebook friend went through something similar. Could others be involved?

My psychic attack seemed worse after first going to bed but the harassment continued throughout the night with little to no sleep. Finally, I felt a few "Warrior Souls" helping me, in my later morning hours before arising. It was mass pandemonium. All I could think was: did this mythological Pandora's Box open?

Then this morning, looking back on my Facebook "On This Day," I saw this comment, which I had written on November 6, 2013. Hmmm ... maybe a portal had opened. Yet, my senses tell me that closing it could be in the works, because it went from mayhem to nearly peaceful before finally getting up. Very curious. Anyway, here's the Facebook comment I wrote on that day, along with a picture that I could find, back then, to represent what I saw.

Comment: I had the most curious vision this morning. I saw all this dark energy being funneled toward a doorway in the universe and was hearing words like "evil," "closing the door" (trying to), "Pandora's box (doorway)," "capturing," "enough" and felt a struggle going on to capture said evil and put it back through the doorway. Very interesting. The closest I could find an image of what I saw was this picture but all the white in this picture was dark in my vision.

Can You Trust Your Intuition?

Recently, I was posting these memes about trusting your gut instincts, intuition, etc. and, afterwards, I started getting nudges from guidance that there's another side which I already knew. I just shrugged it off until, this morning, my hubby decided to tell me, out of the blue, about something he had experienced once. 

He told me a story about this black guy he worked with when he worked as a street sweeper for the City of Tampa. He said they worked in the same Storm Water Department but he didn't have much to do with him. He said he thought the guy was odd. Yet, it wasn't because this man said anything; it was only because of what hubby was sensing. Then, one day they had to work together during a storm. He said he got to know this man and was honestly surprised that he turned out to be a really great guy.

It was a great lesson that first impressions, or continuous impressions, may not always be intuitively correct. After that story, and with another nudge from guidance, I decided to share some things I've learned regarding intuition ... gut feelings.

I've had similar situations occur during my life. Finding out my first impressions or assumptions were off the mark. One such time was years ago when I first met a new doctor due to my company changing insurance. As we discussed my medical condition, a few times she yawned and appeared to be not as attentive as I would have wished. However, I gave her the benefit of the doubt and decided to return. I was glad I did. She was the best doctor that I have ever had; fully interested in my well being and working with me in healing. She never assumed that she was the doctor and knew best. She listened to everything I had to say and even, occasionally, told me she didn't know something and we could look into it further.

 

This was an eye opener in more ways than one. As I was already into mind communication, I felt as if I was getting mixed signals and decided to find out why. As I said above, this wasn't the first time this had occurred. I've met people that turned out to be really nice, after I pushed my strange first impressions aside and got to know them. Not to say that there haven't been some that were nice and turned sour later. This has also happened for numerous reasons.

 

Yet, this has taught me that we may need to question our intuition, especially if we're getting confusion. The feelings of doubt may not be what we think due to something I discovered after "awakening" ... we're not always alone. People have spirit family around them, occasionally or quite often, and this spirit family may feel they're guiding someone but could be hindering instead. These spirit family, or friends, may be living in their past life prejudices or desires. They could be influencing others, that they're around, because of their beliefs. They could be, inadvertently, sending the mixed signals we're feeling and unintentionally, or intentionally, blocking our thoughts or subjecting to us. Maybe they have developed a negative attitude, because they feel that someone's not good enough or too good for another. 

 

This interference can also cause us to like someone, in the beginning, but, as I said above, can turn the relationship sour. Similar to the adage of too many cooks in the kitchen making decisions. I've gotten to the point of knowing that bad attitudes can happen to the best of us for numerous reasons; mainly due to our programming or another's. At least, now, I know that emotions are not always ours and not always for our best interests.

 

Briefly, I'll explain a few examples where this occurred with me. Believe it or not, these examples were due to a spirit relative interfering due to their religious or strong beliefs. Three people dissolved our friendship without knowing what happened to them. However, another one, I was able to call and discuss it, which saved our friendship. The three relationships that dissolved were due to spirits thinking I was going to interfere in their religious ideology and their family plans or to prove a point that it could be done. The one that didn't, I was able to convince this spirit-grandfather that I wasn't going to be in the middle and it was up to this friend to do as she chose. In another example, I was counseling someone once and her deceased grandfather kept trying to block me in giving her answers. Again, it was due to his religious and cultural beliefs. I was able to explain this to her, so she could better protect herself. Sadly, it was a major reason why she was 40 and had never married, even though she's a beautiful woman, inside and out, and looking for a relationship.

 

In addition, I've also discovered that spirit family's confusion could be felt by us too. Unless we're aware of this, we think it's only us that's confused or having a mental block. This is due to their thoughts and emotions being too close to our minds. I saw this occur when my deceased uncle bent over to ask his physical wife, my aunt, who were these people? She was completely unaware that he did this. I knew, because I was already aware he was around and watching him. He had forgotten who I was and his consternation was felt by my aunt who was dealing with dementia and it immediately played out into her mind as confusion. She asked me who I was and I had to remind her. After that she seemed more at ease. 

 

So, the next time you have mixed signals over someone new or old on your path, don't assume that it's them, or only them, that's putting out these emotions. I've learned that first impressions, or existing friendships, could be maligned with outside interference. I've seen people turn angry and tell me, later, that they had no idea why this had occurred. I've often felt it was someone outside of them who was judging me. I've also had this happen to me, with others, and had to stop myself from reacting to angry emotions I suddenly started feeling. The difference with me is that I knew it was being sent to me. 

Anyway, why be angry? If I was being told that I was interfering in someone's journey, which they wrote before this lifetime, it would have to be proven to me first. If it was proven, I would be happy to explain this situation, work with it, or move on. Seriously!

 

Furthermore, if your intuition gives you doubt, subtle strange influences or a big wham over someone, find out why. If you don't know how to discover the reasons, there are those that can. After all, wouldn't the ability of having answers to our doubting or troubling intuition be better than emotions of anger or confusion?

Lastly, as far as that nudge I wanted to ignore? The universe works in mysterious ways, even if that meant using my husband to tell his story in order to tell you mine. ;)

Homophobia?

A few years ago, I told some friends, on a social media discussion, that the word homophobia (a coined term created in the late 1960's), misrepresented the root word meaning. Also, I felt it wasn't fear, that I've sensed in people who are being accused of this word; more like aversion or intolerance. I've always felt that there was more fear in those mentally suffering from being exposed or ridiculed.

 

However, I digress.  

 

As I said above, the word homophobia is an incorrect word that I have had issues with for years as it has morphed from two different languages and, if anyone knew them, would know it is incorrectly used.

 

1) Homo is Greek that means same (equal, like, similar common, one in the same). Phobia is Greek that means fear. So, we are same fearing or equal fearing?

 

2) Latin meaning for homo is man (meaning humanity/mankind) but Latin for fear is terror (irrational terror). Would we then be in terror of mankind?

 

Even the word homosexual is considered a barbaric hybrid word using two root word languages of Greek and Latin. 

 

Furthermore, it's ridiculous to misuse or misunderstand any word today, including root words, when an internet search is readily available. Especially, when these words are hatefully and erroneously used to bully. Especially, when they're spoken out of context. It's one reason why I learned to bypass words, occasionally, and read emotions instead. Emotions are often more truthful than words. 

 

Yet, words are still necessary and we've gotten use to saying words without understanding the real meaning or meanings. Words like gay or heaven and hell, for instance. We accept them without understanding were they came from or why. We misconstrue their usage without question. We twist words and create slang, we mix languages which can cause confusion. For example, Spanglish, among others. It is one of the main reasons why people learning a new language have more difficulty in understanding them. As an example, I read that Spanglish uses jamberger for hamburger. Seriously? 

 

Lastly, just because people choose to distort root words, twist word meanings, or create slang words, doesn't make it acceptable to others who are educated about the word's origin. Maybe its why the Associated Press decided to bar the use of Homophobia due to its inaccuracy. We can keep defining the heck out of but it still doesn't make it accurate. Now, I'm not saying we cannot create new words. However, we should be more careful of the words with roots. They could, intentionally, trip us up and invite derision.