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[Tree Hugger]

Sometimes we all need encouragement not to give up. If we are attempting to align our mind with the Mind of God, we must remember why our life is not a bed of roses. In fact we might wonder why we get all the thorns. We are here to learn to trust and to see through the illusion and to remember that nothing happens by chance. If we can keep these things in mind, then when another disappointment, another illness, another hardship or any other discouragement comes our way, we will not lose our balance and give in the doubt, depression, and the thought that this is all too hard. If it’s a matter of becoming disappointed in your own reaction to these events, know that if we did not need these events they would not be happening.

If we could see the transparent nature of the illusion, if with our eyes, we could see the higher realms and with our ears could hear the encouragement of helpful spirits, if we could know the reasons why our lives are full of trials and obstacles, we would not get discouraged. Being human, means we must live on earth with only our faith in things unseen to offset what our five senses tell us. It does not help to have all those around us so deeply caught in the illusion that this is reality than sometimes we find ourselves seeing as they see if only for a short time.

It is the forgetting that has plagued humanity since the beginning of our sojourn upon earth in the 3rd density. It is easy to be faithless and difficult to keep faith when one thing after the other tests our resolve to keep our love for others and our patience. We are not here to suffer, but to overcome the roots of suffering by seeing that nothing is real and when we let sadness overtake us, and lose our joy, we are forgetting who and what we are.

You are not alone if you lapse into this thinking, for situations in life catch us off-guard, before we can prepare, or meditate. All of a sudden something presents itself we are not expecting, something new we have not run into before, or has not run into us. We momentarily stagger and then revert to our old previous ways of thinking that this life is oh such a horrible burden, and why can’t we have peace without tribulations.

The idea is not to compare with others. For example if you have too good legs to walk then going into the city and navigating public transportation is not a challenge for you and does not frustrate you, or open you up to the insensitive remarks, or just the pain of exposing yourself. To you a trip in the city is not discouraging, but ask someone who is in a wheelchair, or has some disability and they will tell you it can be a nightmare. One may have had a drinking problem and the temptation to indulge when times gets rough is always there, while to another alcohol does not affect them in the least. Still another tries to be kind to everyone and always seems to be caught in the middle of two sides, not able to make either one happy, or living around nasty neighbors, or having your vehicle you need for transportation hit and demolished. The new girlfriend is unfaithful, the pension you planned on is gone, the list is endless.

Its during these times that what you really are is tested and the stress you suffer is in direct proportion to your belief in this reality. This is the reason there are no miracles dropping from the skies, you must see with other eyes other than your physical eyes. If you had God telling you by visions and voices then this would indeed break the illusion and so that is why Jesus called the generation of his time faithless, because they kept seeking a sign, or they would not believe.

You worry that this time the problems will overwhelm you or the worst will happen, but after they work themselves out you feel ashamed that you ever doubted. This lack of trust on your part was the reason you got the particular planned event in your life. Once you do not let these events affect you and you react in a neutral manner or can keep your joy and laugh under trial, then you will cease to get these difficulties. Do not worry. Worry belongs to this world of thinking and if you catch yourself worrying then remind yourself to laugh and that everything works out in the end. You will encounter a lot of negative thinking all around you and this will make you doubt yourself, thinking you are wrong and they are right but this again is forgetting who and what you are.

Remember, to those without faith this world is a pressure cooker, a hell place, a cold and heartless barren wasteland. They are locked into this reality and so this place is deadly serious and their troubles are mountains they cannot scale. Some have given up and lie at the bottom of the mountain not even caring, or caught is some addiction cycle to seek relief. Some lash out in frustration or choose self destruction, but for those with faith they may fall at times and stagger under some unexpected shock, but they soon recoup and rise above this world’s thinking and can smile. Do not be discouraged if you still get catalyst, when you stop getting it that means it no longer is needed for you have conquered. Love yourself and have compassion for yourself and laugh at those thorns that prick your finger. If we had all ascended already this would not be called ascension time as all are works in progress.


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[hari kari butter knife girl]

treehugger, perhaps you could put your posts into one thread


just a thought

[Tree Hugger]

Hello Hari Kari
This is the designated forum and all of my threads are not of interest to everyone and are varied..........peace and light



Hello Old One........Nice to have you reading my threads, comments are not needed I will still post.....love and peace to you