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If I’ve learned anything from life, I would have to say the most important thing is that we are truly meant to live.  Our bodies fight infections when they come and we feel better when we are living to our true potential and not in someone else’s shadow.  We crave the flow state, where we are as creative as we can be, and where time stops and we just become whatever it is we are doing.  This is the very definition of living.  It might not be in Mariam-Webster, but they probably have some definition like, “Having a pulse.”  You’ve heard the expression, “Do what you love and the money will come.”  That’s not entirely accurate, but it does speak certain truths.  I would rephrase it as, “Do what you love and abundance will flow through you.”  It won’t just be money or status.  It will be an abundance of everything.  And if you love doing something, why not keep doing it?  Why not make a career out of it?  It would be a hell of a lot more fun than a timeshare salesman or a insurance claims investigator.

I’m quite certain that most people dislike their job.  But they have to pay the bills.  Other people don’t dislike their job, but they are not overly enthusiastic about going there 5 times a week.  Then there are the small percentage of people who love their job/career and truly feel fulfilled in the work they are doing.  They can see the impact their work is having on others and it is rewarding to know that you are contributing to the world in what you perceive to be a good way.  You experience abundance on all levels: financially, spiritually, emotionally, etc.  It is a congruent life that flows so effortlessly because the work in itself is play.  Words can’t do this justice, but I hope I painted a semi-coherent description of what it is like to really live.

It is not easy to progress beyond the state I would call “normal.”  It requires courage, inner strength, willpower, persistence, self-discipline, intelligence, and a whole host of other qualities that most people would think of as good.  To truly follow your dreams to fulfillment is something very few people do.  Why?  Because there are obstacles that knock you back.  But no obstacle is too much to overcome.  You just have to either intelligently navigate around the obstacle or find another path to where it is your goals and dreams may take you.  If you truly want your goals or dreams to come true, you have to be 100% committed.  None of this half-assed attempts at becoming a writer or whatever it is you truly enjoy.  You need to dive in head-first and immerse yourself into where it is you wish to go.  For truly committed people, obstacles are just more challenges to overcome.

We aren’t meant to spend our time in boring cubicles rearranging spreadsheets.  We are meant to be doing activities that stir our soul and create a deep feeling of connection and passion.  We are meant to be the best human beings we can possibly be.  Whatever that means for you.  I mean, just doing things you love will raise your vibration or emotional state.  The happier you are, the more motivated you will be to contribute.  If you are contributing, but hate what you are doing to contribute, then find something else do to that creates a “happy feedback loop,” where you are both giving and receiving and both are just as rewarding.  What sense does it make to do something you hate just so that you can pay the bills?  And let’s not forget how quickly one can lose their job in this slow economy.

For those who spend hours and hours doing what they love, they will become proficient enough at it that they actually have value to share.  Becoming an expert at whatever you love to do is a huge advantage when creating a career out of that passion.  And since all the “hard work” will really just be you enjoying yourself while learning about your favorite subjects, then it is almost completely painless to become an expert.  Sure, it will not be easy, but it will be a rewarding experience that will help you help others, which will come back around to you in one form or another.

The more value you have to share, the more value you will receive in  return.  Just don’t block it.  Don’t think you are unworthy.  If you are truly providing strong value and delivering it to people, which you worked for and became an expert at, then why deny the value you are getting from sharing what you have learned?  Don’t become a starving artist, become a wealthy and abundant altruist.  When the money or other abundance arrives, be thankful for it.  Know that we live in amazing times where if you truly have something valuable to contribute, society will pay you handsomely for it.  Just remember that it has to have some sort of social value or demand.

Sure, it would be nice if we could all make money easily and just doing what we love.  But we have to tailor our “work” to an audience.  We have to have people interested in what it is we are contributing.  Otherwise, you’ll just have a pile of your work with nothing to show for it except the work itself.  What people want is dictated by society.  There are millions of fields that have high demand and your passion most likely does intersect somewhere in those fields.  For example, if you want to create works of art for a living because that is what you are most passionate about.  Well, just make sure that you have people who are willing to buy your artwork because otherwise, you’ll just have  a stack of paintings hanging out in your home.  There has to be someone who wants whatever it is you wish to do.  Otherwise, your passion may be intrinsically rewarding, but it certainly isn’t creating abundance on all levels, leading to an imbalance in the force.

Finally, there is an easy way and a hard way to pursue your passion.  The easy way has been done to death.  So many people take the easy path because it requires so much less effort.  It’s easier to create a video game just like another one, but immensely challenging to create a truly original game that people still play 20 years later.  In order to succeed in any field, willpower is essential.  You have to be willing to do the things that others will not.  Otherwise, you’re in a sea of many who are doing essentially the same things as you, so you are providing value that is weak, because it is not very creative and is just too similar to everyone else in the field.  Going the extra mile sets you apart from the competition and allows for you to experience the value of truly being committed to being your best self when it comes to creating whatever it is you wish to create.  Hard work is not so hard when it is something you love, but going the extra mile is a challenge, but one that won’t completely destroy you.

No matter how hard things get, at least it is something that you enjoy.  Instead of looking at a snag in your plans as a problem, you view it as an interesting challenge.  Because if you really want to pursue something, you will put in the effort because, frankly, it would be such a shame if you didn’t get to experience success in a field you love.  It is better to commit fully to what it is you love than to put one foot in each world, working for the man or doing uninspiring work and then pursuing your passions on the side.  If your side work, or play, is so much more rewarding then your uninspiring work, then maybe you’ve got things backwards, or even better, just dump the uninspiring work and pursue your love, your passion, full time.  It will be well worth it and the journey is enjoyable.  So, what’s holding you back?

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I mean, I don’t even know where to begin with this story.  It completely shocked me.  It has to do with my place of employment and what one of my fellow employees is having to deal with right now.  This woman who I have worked with countless times, even on night shift, was diagnosed with a giant brain tumor covering half the side of her brain.  She was having trouble moving one whole side of her body, and a CAT scan revealed what was something that nobody ever wants to hear.  A big, giant brain tumor.  I can say I know how she feels, given I had a brain tumor and subsequent treatment, but I did not have a brain tumor anywhere near that size.  She is an older woman, in her mid 50s I assume, although she never directly told me how old she was.  She was one of the nicest people there, and my heart aches for her in so many ways.  This is yet another example that we never know what is going to happen to us until it actually happens.

I haven’t spoken with her yet, but I can imagine she is in shock.  Her husband supposedly came into the store yesterday and informed our store manager that she has this tumor and will not be coming back.  Thinking about this brings my eyes to tears because I know what it feels like to worry about what is going to happen to you when going through a serious illness that could ultimately kill you.  I, of course, didn’t have as severe a problem that she does, due to the size and effects of her tumor, but I certainly can empathize with how she must feel.  Out of everyone that works at my place of employment, I feel that I know the most what she is going through.  And I sure hope she fights that damn thing until it is eradicated.  And if she fails, she fails.  But fighting this battle is worth it, no matter the result.

Beating cancer or a tumor is something that survivors can share with other cancer patients.  The fact that we have beaten this terrible disease and lived to talk about it is a wonder in itself.  Not all cancers are as serious as brain cancer, but cancer in itself is a pathological being.  It ravages our healthy cells and grows and grows until we can stop it.  The only advantage to having a brain cancer is the fact that unless it gets into the spinal fluid, there is absolutely no chance it can get into the body.  However, body cancer can get into the brain.  So, it would seem that at least in her case, the situation is contained, most likely.  I don’t know all the details, but the outlook is probably not as optimistic as it was for myself.  Although my cancer was almost inoperable, we found a surgeon who could operate so deep into the brain and could at least find out what it was.  I’m sure it will be easier to operate on this woman’s tumor, but it will be much harder to repair the damage caused already.  I don’t really know what to say about this to her, except I want her to fight and do whatever it takes to survive.  You’ll learn how strong you are and how even something this serious won’t get you down.  But I truly don’t know how serious it is as of yet, other than the fact that it is covering one side of the brain and is affecting her nervous system.

I guess this is a lesson in the uncertainty of life and how you can be struck with something life-altering at any moment.  I know that from experience.  I just believe that those who can survive will survive and those who cannot bear their disease will ultimately die.  It all comes down to acceptance of your situation and deciding whether or not you wish to fight the good fight or give up.  Someone of my age at the time of my tumor (16), had every right to believe this would not be my undoing.  I knew I would make it out of this a stronger and better person.  But someone in their later years, who has lived a good life and has enjoyed good experiences and think that they don’t want to know what their life will be like after the good fight may end up just giving up.  It is truly up to the individual.  The result may differ, but choosing to fight or give up is something that very well may affect our results in a profound way.  Even in failure, at least we tried our best.

I was determined to rid my body of this tumor.  I hope that my co-worker has the same determination I had when faced with something that could have ultimately killed me.  You will be in my thoughts and prayers.  Best of luck to you.

I’ve been writing on here a lot lately and honestly, I still have a lot of questions about everything.  I guess I’m only beginning to scratch the surface of reality and it will take a long time to truly get to the other side.  I am not going to say that anything is impossible because I don’t know that for sure.  There are millions of things we don’t know about the world, possibly orders of magnitude more.  But if we don’t know that we don’t know them, then we are completely unaware of them.  In 1491, we knew the Earth was flat.  In the early 1600s, we knew that Earth was the center of the universe. In the early 1900s, we knew that it was impossible to put a man on the moon  But we were wrong about those things, so just imagine what we’ll know tomorrow.  Anything that is quoted as a scientific fact is suspect to the creative nature of our being.  Just because someone or something says something is impossible, that does not make it so, unless you also believe that it is impossible.

Whenever someone tells you something you don’t quite believe, do not shun them as wackos because most of the time their beliefs come from something that they’ve experienced.  If someone tells you that they’ve had astral projections or out of body experiences, who are you to tell them that they are wrong?  If someone says they talked to God or some other spiritual being, how do you know they are telling the truth?  The answer is you don’t.  You can’t prove them wrong.  Even if they are lying, how could you possibly know, except if you could read minds.  But even then, how could you know your readings are accurate?  What we believe, we create.  The stronger the belief, the stronger the creation.

I’m not saying that your creation will happen immediately because you actually have to believe it as true.  You can’t half-believe something and expect it to show up in your life.  For example, let’s say you want to believe you will win the lottery or have won the lottery.  You do visualizations and imagine yourself winning, what it would feel like to win, and what you would do with all that money.  But you don’t win, because you also happen to believe in the laws of probability.  And not only that, you have a belief that says, “What if everyone did this?  The world would be a mess.  If everyone has this power, it will make everything chaotic.”  All these conflicting beliefs muddle up your intention to win the lottery.  Sure, it could happen, but if you do not clean up these contradictory beliefs, beliefs that are instilled in us from an early age, the vast majority of us will not win the lottery.

It is possible to do anything we please, but the whole notion that it is easy and fast is not the truth.  At least for the most part.  It takes a committed, disciplined individual to accomplish any big goal or act of creation.  You have to live, eat, and breathe your goal, whatever it may be.  You have to be so committed that some people think you should be committed.  You have to take the steps to become what it is you want to be or do.  Otherwise, you’re living in Fantasyland.  You also have to prepare for the likely consequences of accomplishing your goal(s).  If you do not prepare for what will happen after you win the lottery, you’ll end up broke like the majority of lottery winners.  You have to be a vibrational match for what you want to receive, otherwise you will lose it or never get it.

You have to feel what it is like to have whatever it is that you are wanting.  It has to feel real to you, almost normal.  If you imagine yourself looking at a bank statement with $40,000,000.00 in it and just see it matter-of-factly and believe it to be true, you are well on your way.  You have to feel it like it is real, but not go bananas because it will throw off the way you will actually feel when you have all this money and are just living your life.  You have to act like a millionaire would act.  You need to feel wealth and abundance inside you.  And you have to follow your opportunities towards your goal.  If it feels right, do it.

If you truly believe that nothing is impossible, then that makes everything a possibility.  If you believe, truly, that you can fly and teleport, then you can make it so.  But you have to deprogram all the contradicting beliefs that disallow these manifestations to take place.  That is a job in itself.  I’m sure there are plenty of contradicting beliefs about those two abilities in your mind, such as, let’s say, the laws of physics.  Gravity.  Newton’s Third Law of Motion.  And so on and so forth.  So there is a lot of work to be done here.

These are just examples.  With every intention comes some limiting beliefs to work through.  For starters, I wouldn’t recommend trying to fly, but perhaps manifesting some money, a small amount to start, a comfortable amount.  It is something you can easily measure as manifested or not manifested, so give it a shot.  Even if you don’t manifest the money at first, be patient and believe it is coming.  Don’t try to control how it gets to you, but just believe and accept the inevitability of it.  And when opportunity knocks, take it.  It will be well worth it.

Just open yourself  up to the possibilities that are out there.  Don’t shun other schools of thought just because you don’t think they are useful.  Allow yourself to consider them because they can teach you new ways of living and thriving that you may have never considered in your little box of thoughts.  It’s better to be open than closed.  It’s always better to consider a possibility than an impossibility.  Think of all the things that were once thought impossible that we have today.  That should be proof enough that our minds and bodies are capable of much better than we believe ourselves to be.  We just need to believe.

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What is bliss?

Living a life of bliss is something many people strive for, but very few ever get there. I know this because I see it. Even the people who claim they live a life of bliss may not completely experience bliss all the time. Many people attempt to sell bliss in the form of drugs, sex, or spiritual teachings. What most people do not understand is that bliss is free, and we all have the capability to experience it. We just have to 1) know what it is, and 2) know how to attain it and sustain it. It is a wonderful feeling, a feeling of oneness and euphoria, without the use of sex, drugs, or seminar. Many people spend their whole lives chasing bliss when it is an internal function, it comes from inside, not from the external world. Our brains are juicy pleasure organs, but most people never tap into using much of that part of their brain. Joy and bliss are pretty much synonymous, except bliss just sounds better when I think of it.

I can only describe bliss as a background WOW! No matter what happens to you, even in seemingly negative situations, you can still have that background feeling of euphoria. It is a feeling of love pouring out into the world. You can’t help but be happy all the time. People are drawn to your “intoxicating” vibration. You may even encounter jealousy towards you from those who are not on the path towards bliss. But you don’t worry about that because you’re having such a good time here that nothing can bring you down. It is the ultimate high that lasts forever and you never build up a tolerance to. It is what everyone seems to be chasing, but most people turn up short, but that’s no reason to give up the pursuit.

This is also referred to in the US Constitution as the “pursuit of happiness.” But it is so much more than just happiness. It is fulfillment, joy, enthusiasm, motivation, passion, creativity, and many other states all rolled up into one. You’ve heard the line, “Seek and you shall find.” Ask and it is given. Become aligned with bliss and you will be open to receiving bliss. Become a vibrational match for bliss. Don’t worry, be happy. And so on and so forth. These are all worded descriptions, but you can’t really describe bliss in words, but you can get a general idea from content. You’ll have to fill in the energy part yourself.

I’m not going to lie and tell you I live a life of eternal bliss. I’ve had my moments of bliss, and have had bad times as well. But as far as I can tell, I’m well on the road to attaining bliss in the future because I feel that if I’m going to live this life, I might as well be fulfilled, happy, motivated, etc. It will enhance my normal existence to one of extraordinary, where even the worst-case scenario is fine because I’m enjoying all of existence so much. There is nothing to fear and we all just live a wonderful existence with rich, fun experiences that shake us to our very core.

Opening yourself up to receiving bliss is the first step. The problem with most people is that they do not think that they deserve bliss. They feel, “I am unworthy of such a wonderful thing.” And that’s the first mistake that from the very start will stop you from ever achieving bliss. Your body was created to be happy. When someone is unhappy or depressed, there is something not working right in the body. Working correctly, our bodies and minds are made for blissful experience. But most people don’t believe they deserve this wonderful bliss. Why? Because they are conditioned through all social channels that bliss must be bought, must be achieved, is elusive. Advertisements tell you that you won’t be happy unless you buy the next new car or cell phone. We are told by media and even people we know that we are incomplete and are not whole. We need to go beyond the haze of social conditioning to feel bliss because we’ll never get there otherwise.

So, in just believing that you deserve bliss, you are on the road to attaining it. Ask the universe for bliss. Ask whatever God you believe in. Demand bliss from the highest mountain. Look deep inside yourself for the inner bliss that’s there and always has been there, just waiting to express itself. This may take time, but sooner or later, you’ll start to feel better and better about your life, the lives of others, and seem to attract those who have a similar enthusiasm about life, rather than the pity party crew and gossip queens. Those types of people will repulse you at first, but you’ll accept them for who they are and send out an intention for them to become more blissful.

It’s all about wanting it. Truly wanting it. It’s not about thinking you want it because everyone else seems to want it. It’s all about truly working towards getting to the place you call bliss. Many spiritual leaders have gotten there and lived to talk about it. Those people often strike a chord within us whenever we see them. Think Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Buddha, and possibly Jesus Christ, if he really existed.

Once you have bliss, life flows effortlessly and is a joy to behold. I’ve read many stories of people said to have achieved enlightenment among other states and they just live lives of ease, grace, and lightness. Everyone wants to learn from these people. Some of them are even worshipped. I find it fascinating how far people will travel to talk to a so-called “enlightened” person. It is because you will receive wisdom from someone who has a much more holistic perspective. These people are models of who we are supposed to be and who we were before some tens of thousands of years ago when we became “civilized.”

In such a negative world, where there is always no shortage of bad news, dwelling on the negatives is an exercise in futility. Why not embrace your power as a joyful, happy, blissful human being and be part of a change in consciousness towards love and bliss, rather than feeding fear and negativity? It is a noble pursuit towards serving the highest good of all (or at least that I can perceive). Wouldn’t we get a lot more done if we were so damn happy and fulfilled all the time? We would all be extraordinary in our own unique ways, creating positive ripples out into the world and the universe to ultimately create a better and happier world.

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I just thought I would check in with you all and let you know about something you probably already know about. Monsanto is by far the most evil corporation ever to exist so far. I say so far because there is ample opportunity for another corporation to emerge from the fog and take first place in this deplorable position.

Here’s a lsit of what they have done so far:

• Agent Orange
• Sacchirin
• GMO Crops
• Terminator Seeds
• DDT
• Artificial Fibers
• Aspartame
• rBGH
• PCBs
• worked on the Manhattan Project
• Produced LEDs
• filed lawsuits against Canadian farmers when Monsanto’s patented seeds blew onto the farmers’ land.
• Round-Up and Round-Up Ready GMO crops

I’m sure there are many, many more violations I can’t even think of at this moment.  And guess which presidential candidate and former first lady used to defend Monsanto?  You guessed it.  Hillary Clinton.  I’m sure they paid her a ton of money for that job.  It takes a hell of a lot of work to defend such criminal behavior and to get all of these toxic chemicals given a safe status to be used on the public.  About the worst offense this company has been a part of was most likely the Manhattan Project, but 90% of the work this terrible company does has had drastic and damaging effects on our environment and on our quality of life.  I don’t know how they’ve been allowed to thrive for so long, if not for the money and lobbyists they send out to convince politicians that all the moves this deadly company is making are good.

How many payoffs have there been behind closed doors with regards to Monsanto in the interest of degradation of our food and environment?  Is the cost of what Monsanto is doing worth a bunch of green pieces of paper?  I would say no and say that the cost will be much, much more and last for centuries, possibly longer.  But they fit well into civilization’s paradigm, don’t they?  They take, take, take without giving back.  Terminator seeds are the ultimate example of this.  They take seeds that grow plants that give out dead seeds, therefore destroying the cycle of life.  Their biggest wet dream is that in the future, everyone will have to keep buying their seeds from Monsanto every year instead of saving seeds from plants they already have.  But they are just playing the game, and playing it well, of civilization.

I’m really surprised Monsanto didn’t get in on those H1N1 flu virus vaccines.  That would have just put icing on the cake.  It’s funny how Monsanto doesn’t really think it needs to hide either.  They just do this all out in the open, and even use their legal powers to change laws such as that it is now legal to patent living beings.  A tragedy nonetheless.

Due to our housekeeper making too much noise for me to concentrate, I will continue this article at a later date.  Sorry for the inconvenience.