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RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING?
8/31/2012 10:15:55 PM

Archangel Michael: Are You Ready to Become a Fully-Fledged God-Inspired Co-Creator?

2012 AUGUST 31
Posted by Andrew Eardley

Archangel Michael: Are You Ready to Become a Fully-Fledged God-Inspired Co-Creator?

Transmitted Through Ronna Herman – August 31, 2012

http://www.ronnastar.com/messages-aam/latest.html

Beloved masters, there has been much discussion about the right and left brain integration of humankind as part of the evolutionary Ascension process. It is important that you understand that as long as you are in the vibrational fields of duality or separation, you will not totally unify the right and left brain areas of expression.

However, when you tap into your Sacred Mind, which is located at the upper, back portion of the head, you will tap into a fifth-dimensional environment where there is unity consciousness. In that etheric area of the brain, all is unified; there is no separation.

The Goddess-inspired right brain is forever seeking loving, emotional interaction and creative expression via the Soul’s consciousness. The left brain, masculine mind is more interested in concrete facts established via the material plane of consciousness, which creates a push/pull duality consciousness.

Your Soul and Higher Self function within a reality of no time or space limitations, while the ego consciousness is limited by time and structural boundaries. The Divine blueprint/plan of the past and present is quickly coming to a conclusion. The experimental experience of duality and separation is either being modified, harmonized, integrated or eliminated.

You cannot judge that which occurs in the negative arena of duality without stepping out of the narrow path of balance, thus placing yourself in the scene of action you are judging as immoral or bad. Remember, the ego-mind is entrapped in the denser levels of polarity, and judgment is a result of a polarized mind.

There are vibrating energy fields of consciousness within every dimensional level which will always accommodate and validate a person’s state of awareness. Low level vibrations weaken the physical body, for there is less Light / Life Force energy available.

You must continuously endeavor to control your ego-desire body personality. Your third/fourth-dimensional existence is an altered state of consciousness – a diminished state – which represents only a very small portion of your powerful and magnificent Divine Self.

In the beginning stages of Self-awareness, the control of the ego-personality is very strong. Your desire and willingness to follow the nudgings of the Soul Self must be even stronger. As the path of righteousness grows more narrow, you must strive for the highest choices in all decisions.

Those of you who are firmly on the Path of Light are clearing not only all of the distorted negative energy stored within your physical vessel but also any lower astral plane energy you still have within your auric field. The three lower astral planes hold the collective consciousness belief system. You are disconnecting from and moving beyond that area of influence as you strive to achieve more balanced, harmonious energy patterns.

While you are doing so, it is important that you become an observer of the process. You must watch and wait patiently until your opportunity to serve is made very clear to you. You must also adjust your priorities to match your dreams, and you must have faith in yourself and in the Divine Plan that awaits fulfillment. It is an important milestone when the fear of change develops into excitement and anticipation of what the future holds. Are you daring enough to choose the life you yearn for?

As you move higher on the path of illumination, you will no longer be interested in the small dramas of those around you, for you no longer embody the lower frequencies of attachment. Your lofty vantage point of a Self-Master allows you to view the on-going third/fourth-dimensional drama as an observer – not as a participant.

The beginning process of Ascension or raising your vibrational patterns is a critical factor in accessing the higher-dimensional fields of consciousness. First, you reconnect with your physically embodied Soul Self, then with your OverSoul Higher Self and your Etheric Replica, which resides within your personal pyramid of Light. Once you have accomplished these three stages of en-Lighten-ment, you are ready to step onto the fast-track of Ascension.

Staying centered within the Sacred Heart/Mind allows spiritual/intellectual growth to accelerate. Every Soul will ultimately tap into their genius potential, which is stored within the Sacred Mind. This treasure trove of wisdom is located in the higher frequency levels of the brain. Genius quotient is the capacity to act and react in an individual, original way through the choices you make. It determines how you adapt to circumstances and how you express your individuality.

You are to seek emotional stability and the planes of the higher mind in order to express intelligent love. A Seed Atom of pure Creator Essence resides within your Sacred Heart. Revelations of great import are revealed and your connection with the Source of All becomes more intimate when you begin to feel this Essence of pure love within your Sacred Heart center.

Remember, you magnetize energy to you, and you radiate energy from your Solar Power Center (front and back). As your Energetic Signature becomes more refined and is attuned to the higher frequencies of Light, you will still draw forth a portion of the half-spectrum, Primal Life Force substance as long as you remain in a third/fourth-dimensional environment.

However, it will mix and meld with the higher frequency Adamantine Particles of Light, and will be automatically transformed by your loving intention into higher frequency energy as you align your free will with the Will of our Father/Mother God.

The different-colored, luminescent Rays will assist in integrating and balancing the higher frequency patterns of galactic consciousness. The more you balance, harmonize and strengthen your chakra system, the more Divine Light you will be able to absorb. The spinal column will eventually become a Rod of Light/Power through which the streams of White Fire Essence of the Creator can flow unimpeded, whereby the process of Ascension will be greatly accelerated.

The Supreme Creator is pure Love – the ultimate State of Being. Each Divine Spark of Light contains a Seed Atom of undiluted Creator consciousness, the Adamantine Particles of Light. These Sparks of Divinity contain the Love, Divine Will and Wisdom to create everything in existence– – ast, present or future.

This Seed Atom was placed within the center of your Diamond Core God Cell for this Sub-Universal experience. The inner Seed Atom of vision and intuition must be gradually opened and brought into sharp focus. Atoms and molecules are miniature solar systems with a central nucleus and orbiting electrons, but are mostly composed of space. The nucleus and electrons are not solid matter, but forms of energy, energy which takes on form. All shapes and geometric patterns have an energetic signature.

The Supreme Creator has supplied the raw material and the formulas for every imaginable creation. Along with the Elohim creator gods, the angelic realm and the great builders of form, you, as Self-conscious co-creators, were given the command to go forth and create worlds without end. There is a major theme for each Sub-Universal experience; however, the execution of the Divine Plan is left up to the God Parents of each Sub-Universe.

The first impulse as a Divine Spark of individualized consciousness was the WILL/desire to create. Each Divine Spark was/is given a conscious awareness of Self, as well as the creative abilities to manifest within the material planes of consciousness, and the right to choose what to create. However, along with this wondrous gift came the requirement that each Soul must experience Its own creations, whether positive or negative.

In the beginning, all new creative endeavors are open-ended. However, after the Divine plan has been played out in all its magnificent variations, the Ascension process for en-Lighten-ed Souls is initiated. You are in the midst of one of those extraordinary times.

TIME is defined by units of major and minor pulsations which are sent forth as waves of energetic thought patterns: crystallized seed thoughts that originated within the mind of our Father/Mother God. These waves and pulsations are experienced as periods and cycles of time. They are sent forth as great bursts of Light which radiate forcefully out into the great cosmic womb of space, where they are cradled and nurtured by the loving Essence of our Mother God.

During this critical phase of Evolution/Ascension it is imperative that you understand the process of using the Universal Laws of Manifestation, so that you may claim and use your co-creative abilities to the fullest. You are being offered a golden opportunity to join the ranks of the Great Builders of Form. Therefore we will give you a review of some of the most important steps of the co-creative process. We suggest that you also review or study the illustrations for building your Twelve-Ray Wheel of Creation/your Personal Flower of Life that we gave our messenger some time ago. (These illustrations can be found in our study manual: Reference and Revelations * Glossary and Illustrations – RH).

If you have followed our instructions you have created your Pyramid of Light/Power in the fifth dimension, and you are a regular visitor to the Pyramid of Light which contains a holographic replica of the Earth. Many of you have also joined in creating group Pyramids for specific purposes, and you have also created various Pyramids for special projects in order to draw forth the Essence of Creation needed to bring your visions to fruition.

Know this: in each one of these Pyramids you have left an Etheric Replica of yourself which is constantly integrating the specific geometric patterns of Light needed to create your new reality on Earth, and also to lay the groundwork for your new existence in higher, more refined realms. You are active not only in the physical world; you also have many facets of your God-self in the higher realms with whom you are interacting. Have we not told you that you are becoming multidimensional Beings?

We gave you specific instructions and step-by-step techniques for accessing the frequencies from the City of Light in your area via your personal Pyramid of Light. By practicing the Infinity Breath, you fill your Etheric Replicas and physical vessel with Adamantine Particles / God Particles of Light. We will now refine and add more components to the process.

Have you wondered why, several years ago, we instructed you to “Breathe in Light and breathe out Love” when you go into the World Pyramid with the intention of radiating Love/Light to humanity and the world?

When you breathe in Light you are breathing Adamantine Particles into your Sacred Heart. When you breathe out Unconditional/Sacred Love, the Adamantine Particles of pure God Essence are empowered or ignited by your loving intention so that they can be used for the greatest good. You are the receptacle for these God Particles, and your love is the Activator.

Envision this: during meditation or your quiet time, preferably twice a day, morning and evening, take twelve full Infinity Breaths, and after the twelfth one, pull in your abdomen and hold your breath for a moment or two.

Now, as you take the next (or thirteenth) breath (or you may start over at the count of one), see it flowing forth from your Solar Power Center (Sacred Heart Core) into the front of your body. The Infinity pattern is now in a horizontal configuration instead of vertical.

On the in-breath, the first flat loop extends outward in front of your body and on the out-breath, the second loop extends from the back of your body, completing the Infinity sign. Breathe in and out Six Infinity Signs, and as you do, they will automatically create a pattern of twelve loops that completely surround you like the petals of a flower. As you breathe out the last loop, again hold your breath for a moment before returning to normal breathing. Then breathe in and out consciously as you envision the Essence of Creation flowing forth from you out into the world. Also, envision spirals of Light connecting you to the World Pyramid and the multiple Pyramids that you have created in the higher dimensions, thereby sharing your Particles of Love/Light with the world as well as fueling your visions with the Divine Life Force substance of all Creation.

Take a few moments to complete this sacred process by focusing on your Sacred Heart Center so that you may feel the fullness there and the overwhelming love that pours throughout your body. You are now connected to the River of Life, which contains an inexhaustible supply of Adamantine Particles. It is tangible, beloveds. It is real, and it is the most wondrous, blissful feeling you will ever experience while in the earthly vessel, for you are experiencing the pure loving Essence of the Creator.

My brave ones, do not fear the future, for when your heart and intentions are pure, you are sheltered within the radiance and protection of Creator Light. We will not tell you that there will not be stressful times ahead, for you must traverse the path of polarity and duality in order to reach the plateau of peace and harmony. There will always be challenges, lessons and opportunities to expand your consciousness as you integrate more of your Divinity.

Know that the situations or problems that come your way for resolution cannot be solved at the level in which they were created. You must rise above the conflicts of the ego-self and view each situation through a filter of love and from the vantage point of a Self-master. Envision within your mind’s eye a wholeness that has never been distorted, a world that has no imperfections and a radiant, perfected YOU residing in this paradise. It is not a time for the faint of heart, for indecision or denial; for your world is radically changing whether you believe it or not. Isn’t it time to accept the gifts we are offering so that you may move gracefully and joyously into the future? It is our greatest joy and honor to assist and serve you; and never forget, you are loved unconditionally.

I AM Archangel Michael

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RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING?
8/31/2012 10:23:04 PM

SaLuSa 8-31-12…”You have so much to look forward to”

Highlights

  • …in the relatively short period since your present century started, you have exponentially increased the Light on Earth to defeat [the dark ones].
  • They no longer have the power or support to achieve any real measure of success, and are witnessing the demise of their empire.
  • What we are dealing with now is the system that they set up that still functions.
  • Once Disclosure becomes officially approved, it will open the floodgates to many other aspects of our ongoing relationship with you.
  • …you will then join up with us on an equal basis, and together we will serve others who are needing the type of experience that we can give. Your future will bear little or no similarity to what you have been experiencing…
  • In these circumstances, there is no point in trying to persuade others to do differently, as they will not feel comfortable out of their depth.
  • Whether the media care to report it or not, we are progressing very steadily and matters are building up for a grand finale.
  • …we are very busy overseeing our allies activities, and the more we work together the more success we are achieving. After Ascension our relationship with you will become even more personal…
  • So hold on for while longer as whatever your problems whether they be physical or otherwise they will be solved. We know that many suffer the physical ills associated with life on Earth, but rest easy in the knowledge that all of them will be put right.
  • When you get to know us you will see yourselves in us, and that is because many of you came from the civilizations that are members of the Galactic Federation of Light.
  • You have so much to look forward to, so do not waste your time or energy worrying what will happen to the dark Ones.

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SaLuSa 31-August-2012

The dark Ones really thought they had won the day, and the New World order was in their reach. However, they reckoned without your resilience and determination to stand up to them, and in the relatively short period since your present century started, you have exponentially increased the Light on Earth to defeat them. They still make noises and believe that they can still interfere with the plans for Ascension, but the fact is that they are now no more than a minor irritation. They no longer have the power or support to achieve any real measure of success, and are witnessing the demise of their empire.

What we are dealing with now is the system that they set up that still functions. It does for example stand in the way of Disclosure, but with each day that passes their obstruction is being removed. Once Disclosure becomes officially approved, it will open the floodgates to many other aspects of our ongoing relationship with you. Open contact has to be seen as a separate issue, but will take place before Ascension occurs. The way must be first prepared for such great revelations, because many people are still in denial of our existence let alone ready to receive us. However, the truth must come out as your future is very much bound up with ours, because we are All One.

Our arrival will not signal any intent to take anything away from you, and it is quite the opposite as we have so much to give you to help you leap into the New Age. That of course is not the end of it as you will then join up with us on an equal basis, and together we will serve others who are needing the type of experience that we can give. Your future will bear little or no similarity to what you have been experiencing, and will be totally different but also very acceptable. We might say that you have not lived yet, because your lives have been served in a false reality. It is one that you were given freewill to create as you wished, but was taken over by the dark forces.

Your freewill will not be taken away from you, and whatever you choose will be your new pathway that will commence after this present cycle ends. In these circumstances, there is no point in trying to persuade others to do differently, as they will not feel comfortable out of their depth. Furthermore, there are no such things as deadlines where your evolution is concerned. You progress at your own pace, and if souls choose to stay in the lower dimensions then quite clearly they are not ready to move on. In all probability they will not need to stay in them for very long, as like you they can call upon their earlier experiences.

Whether the media care to report it or not, we are progressing very steadily and matters are building up for a grand finale. The new financial situation is taking shape and the necessity for great change is being accepted. It cannot therefore be very long before some announcements about it are forthcoming. It will certainly be the beginning of the end of the Illuminati. Without control of the money supply they disjointed and unable to fund their various activities. We are in any event recovering vast sums of money, bonds and valuable metals that will be returned to their rightful owners or placed into a worldwide Redistribution Fund.

Dear Ones we are very busy overseeing our allies activities, and the more we work together the more success we are achieving. After Ascension our relationship with you will become even more personal, and you will quickly become Star Beings as you were eons of time ago. For that reason you will take to it very easily and feel at home with what you will be doing. It will all be very purposeful and aimed at bringing you fully into your new lives. How nice it will be for you to know that everyone you meet will be trustworthy and sincere in their activities. Honesty will be taken for granted, as in the higher dimensions there is no place for anything less.

So hold on for while longer as whatever your problems whether they be physical or otherwise they will be solved. We know that many suffer the physical ills associated with life on Earth, but rest easy in the knowledge that all of them will be put right. There is absolutely nothing that cannot be remedied though our healing methods, and as a Being of energy you will find that sound and colours are very central to them. Crystals are also very much involved and can be used in ways that creates the most powerful energies for transformation and cures. In fact crystals will play a very big part in your lives in future. These concepts are by no means new to you, as many of you were in Atlantis in the periods that they were widely used.

We believe you are beginning to understand why you are so highly thought of, because your levels of consciousness were much higher in the past. The lower vibrations of duality have made it difficult for you recall those times, and it is only recently that you have started to awaken to your true selves. Your potential is unlimited and you will soon find your true place in the scheme of things. When you get to know us you will see yourselves in us, and that is because many of you came from the civilizations that are members of the Galactic Federation of Light. When you meet your own you will know immediately that they relate to you, and what a reunion you will have. Indeed, there will be celebrations when we can openly meet you, because you will realize that we have always been close to each other. It will be the most natural coming together of souls who have worked together for eons of time.

You have so much to look forward to, so do not waste your time or energy worrying what will happen to the dark Ones. You will certainly be informed who has been behind the plans to take over you and your world, and who has been responsible for the atrocities committed throughout your history. Naturally you will be more interested in those that have occurred in your own lifetimes. There will be many shocks as people that you may have respected will be revealed for what they really are. Let the information clear the air of the speculation that surrounds tragedies such as 9/11, but please do not use it to seek revenge against those involved. Leave those matters to the higher authorities who know exactly what to do, so that you know justice will prevail.

I am SaLuSa from Sirius, and wish you success in preparing for Ascension.

Thank you SaLuSa.
Mike Quinsey.

[Next SaLuSa message will be available on 8th September. Many thanks for your good attention.]

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RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING?
8/31/2012 10:26:31 PM

Karma and Ascension – Part 3 – Karma in the Golden Age

2012 AUGUST 31
Posted by Steve Beckow

(Concluded.)

Many Lightworkers have Completed Sufficient Karmic Lessons to Ascend

SaLuSa reminds us that we have played both side of the drama of duality and asks us to take the last karmic lessons in our stride before ascending.

“Duality was the ideal playing field to test your ability to live through the challenges between the Light and dark forces. You have played on both sides to make your experiences complete, and today you are clearing up any remaining karma which is why your present life can be quite demanding. So take the last challenges in your stride, knowing that your karma will be cleared before you rise up into the higher dimensions.” (1)

He explains to us that Ascension has been given to us as a way out of needless suffering.

“Karma requires that you experience the results from the seeds that you have sown over millennia of time. Yet the Creator has no desire to see you suffer needlessly, and has given you the way out through Ascension.

“Those of you who are already of the Light need little if any guidance to follow that through, and are moving your consciousness to higher levels that will lift you out of duality. Your awareness is such that you are already on the path that is taking you all of the way up to and through the end times, onto the next stages of evolution.” (2)


As far back as November of 2011, the Pleiadian High Council told us we were releasing our deepest vasanas or karmic patterns.

“The [Pleiadian High Council] are talking a lot about our recent release from our final and deepest karmic patterns and that we are already beginning to witness this in the way that we are no longer bound by the emotional strings of attachment to others, to places, or to events that once defined or confined us.” (3)

Consequently we’re now able to see the situations that came up for their educational value rather than as upsets or punishments.

“We are beginning to witness this freedom in ourselves and in our personal relationships where we are refacing old issues, old wounds that once crippled us, but now these same situations feel empowering…empowering in the sense that we are able to see the value in these dynamics, to feel a sense of appreciation for their teachings, and to honor those lessons of growth that are truly ours, while releasing all feelings of responsibility to that which is NOT ours.” (4)

While some lightworkers have completed their karmic lessons, help is offered to those who are still struggling, SaLuSa tells us.

“Some Lightworkers have already gone beyond the point where their lives have any more lessons for them. They already have two feet on the Ascension time line, and have raised their consciousness levels and cut their links to the lower vibrations. You will instinctively know what they are, and can ask for help if you have any difficulty in clearing them.” (5)

Matthew makes the distinction that no one can clear another’s karma but some cellular patterns can be cleared if the circumstances are right.

“No one can ‘release’ a soul’s chosen karmic experiences; however, cellular patterning that once served well but now seems a hindrance may be cleared if the soul’s energy field is receptive. “(6)

Those who have “already reached [a] stage” of clearance and completion, SaLuSa says, are invited to “devote yourself to working for the Light.” (7)

Karma in the Golden Age

According to SaLuSa, nothing will exist in the Fifth Dimension that will cause us to incur the heavy karma associated with Third Dimensionality again.

“Because you will be in a much higher vibrational level where there is balance and harmony, there is virtually nothing that will cause you to incur karma again. At that level, your thoughts and actions will naturally flow with the higher vibrations, and the lesser thought forms will have been cleared from your consciousness. It is a return to your normal state of being, as you were before dropping into the 3rd. Dimension.” (8)

Ag-Agria describes how life will be for us when we ascend. We’ll be so peaceful and harmonious that we won’t want to live out of accord with the law.

“In the future when you have turned totally to the Light, you will live in absolute harmony and peace with all life. You will then be subject to Universal Law, and to live otherwise would be quite beyond your thinking or actions.” (9)

SaLuSa also summarizes for us the life we can expect when we’ve balanced our karma and assimilated enough light to advance into the higher realms.

“The most wonderful gifts are about to be bestowed upon you, and come with the rising up of your consciousness. In time you will become more psychic and your knowledge will know no bounds. You will travel wherever you desire and become a part of the great family of Space Beings. As a member of the Galactic Federation you can explore the Universe, and serve other people who like you at present are seeking their way home to the higher dimensions.

“The past and future will have become one, and time will cease to exist as you now understand it. Little will remain that relates to your third dimensional experiences, and life will be so different and enjoyable without the chores that you now endure. Perhaps the most attractive aspect to you at present would be the thought of having a light-body, one that does not age and suffers no ills or diseases. One that you can also change through pure creative thought that allows you to present yourself as you wish.” (10)

And Saul, after telling us that we’ll be stepping off “the treadmill of karma,” adds his word-picture of the life we’ll lead in the new Golden Age.

“The energy signature of humanity and of planet Earth will change instantly from its present one of anger, fear, hate, and confrontation to one of love, acceptance, compassion, and renewal, which will shine with such incredible brilliance that it will be clearly visible throughout the galaxy and will demonstrate the completion of this stage of the divine plan of creation.

“Boundless joy is shortly to envelop you all, so during these last moments of the old matrix, hold the vision of the new Golden Age that is about to dawn for you. All is precisely on schedule, the countdown is almost complete, and Heaven on Earth will very soon be yours.” (11)

So, many of us are either clearing the last vestiges of karma or have finished clearing our karma and are now ready to assist others still struggling. Following Ascension, we pass into a life that will be comparatively free of karma. We’ll be naturally inclined to take up a lifestyle that respects the law and does not invite karma. Heaven on Earth – boundless joy, love, and renewal – will all be ours in a new Golden Age.

Overall, then, we can see that we as a collective are living often hectic lives because we’re finishing the last vestiges of our karma that we an manage. What karma is left over will be forgiven by the Law of Grace. Once we ascend, although the universal laws will still apply to us, we’ll live under circumstances that won’t invite the heavy karma of 3D and we won’t be inclined to live in violation of the universal laws, in ways that create karma. Our lives will be easeful and joyous in the new Gold Age that’s about to dawn.

Footnotes

(1) SaLuSa, April 6, 2011, athttp://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm

(2) SaLuSa, Dec. 9, 2011.

(3) “Lauren Gorgo: 11-11-11: Source Code Activation,” athttp://stevebeckow.com/2011/10/lauren-gorgo-11-11-11-source-code-activation/.

(4) Loc. cit.

(5) SaLuSa, March 7, 2012.

(6) Matthew’s Message, May 23, 2006, athttp://www.matthewbooks.com/mattsmessage.htm

(7) SaLuSa, March 9, 2012.

(8) SaLuSa, Aug. 3, 2011.

(9) Ag-agria of Sirius, 1 September 2008, athttp://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm

(10) SaLuSa, April 6, 2011.

(11) Saul, May 31, 2009, at http://johnsmallman.wordpress.com

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9/1/2012 1:12:26 AM
Dear friends, if this attitude was imitated worldwide, soon we might be seeing the truth prevail over political conveniences

Drama in Iran wins Egypt president a bold image

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's international debut made its biggest splash at home. After he publicly denounced Syria's regime while being hosted by Damascus' top ally Iran, Egyptian supporters and even some critics are lauding him as a new Arab leader that speaks truth to power.

That may have been precisely the point. The drama of his Tehran speech boosts Morsi, an Islamist from the Muslim Brotherhood who became his country's first freely elected president, as he works to entrench his authority in Egypt.

His speech also points to new images he is cultivating: The tough, fearless leader who speaks with the voice of a people who chose him. For Islamists, he was a Sunni hero against the Shiites.

"He bows in respect for his people, so world leaders bow to him," proclaimed a photo-montage posted on a Brotherhood-affiliated Facebook page.

In one frame, it shows Morsi bowing his head amid crowds of supporters in Tahrir Square. In the other, it shows Morsi sitting at the Nonaligned Movement summit in Tehran on Thursday, with several dignitaries stooped over him to listen as if bowing and hanging on his every word.

For critics, the gushing support is reminiscent of the unquestioning praise given in state media to his predecessor, ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Moreover, they point out that behind the dramatic gestures, Morsi is so far doing little to bring actual dramatic change in Egypt's foreign policy. Morsi is being cautious, reluctant to turn sharply against Egypt's main Mubarak-era allies, Saudi Arabia, the United States and even Israel. That is in part because he is constrained by the realities of the region and by his need for allies as he tries to address Egypt's domestic woes.

Morsi makes his first visit as president to the U.S. in September for the annual U.N. General Assembly session. Washington might have been expected to be unhappy to see the first visit by anEgyptian president to Tehran since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Instead, it joined in the praise.

State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell welcomed Morsi's comments on Syria as "very clear and very strong," particularly as they were made in Tehran "to some people who need to hear it there."

Since his inauguration in late July, Morsi has promised a more independent foreign policy, saying Mubarak's close adherence to an American line made Egypt ineffectual and irrelevant in the Middle East. Morsi's supporters touted his speech as an example of his new approach.

His flair in Tehran was certainly a break from the tone of Mubarak's foreign policy, which usually saw dry repetitions of long-held stances and shunned drama. In contrast, Morsi swept in to visit a longtime rival, eagerly shook the Iranian president's hand, then gave a hearty call for world support of Syria's rebels against an "oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy."

"People haven't heard an Egyptian leader speaking in this fashion, speaking out a foreign policy position that struck a chord with the region," said Michael W. Hanna, an Egypt expert at New York's Century Foundation. "This is the first time that Egypt struck a populist note in terms of its foreign policy in probably decades."

Even one of Morsi's staunchest domestic critics, Mohamed Abu Hamed, tweeted: "To the president: a salute of appreciation for your speech in Tehran summit. I hope you implement the ideas you mentioned."

He also won praise from ultraconservative Sunnis in Egypt who are key allies for Morsi and who only days earlier were loudly denouncing his trip to Shiite majority Iran. The ultraconservative Salafis despite Shiites as heretics.

In his speech, Morsi hit notes that were music to the Salafi ears. He kicked off the address with a salute to Abu Bakr and Omar, the companions of the Prophet Muhammad and his first successors. Mentioning them was seen as an implicit snub to Iran: Sunnis revere them, but Shiites hate them because they are seen as cheating the man they see as the rightful successor, Ali.

One prominent Egyptian Salafi cleric praised Morsi for affirming Egypt's Sunni identity.

"The comments had a huge effect and shook the hearts of Iranians like earthquakes," said Sheik Mohammed Gweili.

A hardline cleric in Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia, Suleiman al-Odah, wrote on his Twitter account: "Let all Arab leaders go to Iran if they will speak the truth like President Morsi did."

Dozens of supporters lined up the airport road to receive Morsi upon his return from Iran. "Free revolutionaries, we will complete the path," they chanted.

"Egyptians felt that their president speaks with their tongue and is strong through their will that elected him," Hussein Ibrahim, the head of the Brotherhood majority in the most recent, now-dissolved parliament, wrote on his Facebook page. "Outside Egypt, the Arab brothers feel that Egypt is returning to its place and is filling the gap that was caused by the previous regime."

For some, the effusive praise was worrying.

Sarah Othman, a prominent blogger and columnist in the independent El-Badil online newspaper, criticized Morsi's goading of the Iranians with the Sunni Islamic references as "childish, too naive and unbecoming of someone with such a high position." It "was only met with approval by fanatics and sectarians."

She compared it to an earlier instance of bravado by Morsi, when in his first political speech as president before a crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square he opened his jacket to show he wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest. That may have worked in Tahrir, she said, but "there is something for every occasion."

Ibrahim Eissa, another prominent columnist, said the praise for Morsi overlooked its cautious political calculations. He noted Morsi made little criticism of Israel — "he didn't even use the phrase 'Israeli crimes," Eissa wrote, and reduced the Palestinian issue to that of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and other measures that Mubarak would usually condemn as well.

So far, Morsi has made little change in the Mubarak-era relationship with Israel. Morsi has promised to preserve the landmark Egypt-Israel peace treaty and security cooperation has continued as Egypt's military wages an operation in Sinai against Islamic militants who have attacked Israel and Egyptian troops.

Morsi has spoken more warmly of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic militant group that rules Gaza. But he has not significantly eased access to Gaza through their shared border, a key Hamas concern. He has also sought to warm up to Saudi Arabia, a key ally of Egypt but a longtime rival of the Brotherhood.

Hanna, of the Century Foundation, said Morsi is in no condition to make major changes at a time when he has to deal with a faltering economy that needs aid from allies.

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I have hesitated about posting this other case of a change of attitude as while favorable in general terms, it cannot be fully regarded as positive since the head of the lab still refuses to pay compensations. Even so, it is a step in the right direction

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