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RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING?
3/30/2018 12:58:15 AM

To Go Down a Garden Path

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God said:

Dear Friend, as you set out in life, what are you setting out for, do you know? Do you have any idea what you want your path or paths to be in the world and, furthermore, your path to Me? What is your general direction as you see it? Don’t be premature. As yet, you have no need to look for a map or an exact plan and attempt to follow it to a T. You will come across your path, or your path will find you.

The expression to go down a garden path means to go down a path that will lead you astray. If I understand, and I am pretty sure I do, going down a garden path is impromptu and off the usually trodden path. Going down a garden path is seen as a wrong turn or a wasted path to go down. It just doesn’t quite come off according to some elusive standard. It may mean you are off the grid.

Such efficacy comes from a judgment that says accuracy is of prime importance. In Truth, what may seem to be off the beaten path may be right on track. You just don’t see this as yet. I, Myself, am not so businesslike. I am more heart-like, and I delight in your journey. Exploration is worthwhile. It is wonderful. To hit the exact apex of your life right on the nose isn’t exactly Freedom. You are a Journeyer in life. You are a Discoverer who who finds out as you go along. Beloved, did you think you were to be an expert? I speak of Freedom.

Here’s what I say: “Let’s see. Let’s find out. Beloved, you don’t have to be in a big hurry or any hurry at all. All will come to you at the right time.”

There may well be those of My Children who have one path to follow, no questions asked. There are many more who, before the Sun sets, have side trips to take before reaching the straight and narrow. What at first may seem to you as not worth dallying around in, for all you know may be your essential path, and, TA DA! you are already walking on it.

Finding your way in the world doesn’t have to be at break-neck speed, nor does it have to be a sure thing. You don’t really have a race to win. As a matter of fact, what race is there to win? Even if there is a race to run, why do have to come out the winner? Who says you have to win it. What exactly is the gain in winning?

We can compare this to how it is in summertime. You don’t have to pick the flowers all at once. Nor do you have to ration the flowers you pick in order to conserve them. By and large, Nature favors enough flowers and fruit to go round for everyone. Anyway, you don’t have to be so skilled.

Have confidence that you will cover all your bets. Both Earthwise and Heavenwise, no one knows all the answers or even all the choices, do you agree? Even so, you will find yourself in the right place at the right time. You cannot know everything ahead of time, nor do you have to. As it is, you cannot miss.

Picture yourself in a canoe in still waters. Lean back. Cease rowing for a while. Dribble your fingers in the cooling waters. It doesn’t matter all that much when you arrive. You will arrive, and you will arrive as you are meant to.

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3/30/2018 1:03:46 AM

WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO MEDITATE FOR THE FIRST TIME


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There have been numerous studies detailing what happens to the brain in long-term meditators, but what exactly happens to people who meditate for the first time?

Sara Lazar, a Harvard researcher, has gained quite some notoriety detailing how the brain actually grows grey matter when people meditate. Other studies have shown that meditation improves IQ, and lessens depression. In addition to these benefits, meditation also:

  • Reduces alcohol and substance consumption, reduces blood pressure (Chiesa, 2009),
  • Decreases anxiety, depressive symptoms, and relapses (Coelho, Canter, & Ernst, 2007; Kim et al., 2009)
  • Helps patients suffering from various types of chronic pain (Chiesa & Serretti, in press)
  • Lowers the incidence of stress (Chiesa & Serretti, 2009)
  • Aids cancer patients (Ledesma & Kumano, 2009)

Most people think they have to meditate for years before they start seeing any of these improvements, but a study conducted by Chiesa, Calati, and Serretti shows that after just eight short weeks of meditation, people start to experience improved cognitive functioning.

Still not fast enough for you?

Meditation for the First Time

Here’s what happens to the brain after someone completes just one meditation session who has never meditated before:

  • People start to become less ‘me’ centered as the brain balances the Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), which allows us to ruminate our worry, and the Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC), which allows us to empathize with others and feel more connected to those who we usually view as dissimilar to ourselves.
  • The fear-center is calmed via the amygdala and the two branches of the nervous system. You know that ‘uh-oh’ feeling you sometimes get? Meditation helps to make sure that you only feel low-level stress when you really need to, such as when you are about to put your hand on a hot stove, or you need to put the brakes on in traffic. Even then, meditation can help take the stress out of stress-full experiences.
  • The very first time you try to meditate, the mind calms down. It doesn’t mean you will experience profound inner peace the first time your bum touches a meditation cushion, but it does mean that you are already setting up new neural pathways that allow positive change. Each time you ‘sit’ again, you enhance them.
  • You’ll feel less depressed. Meditation is getting a lot of press lately because of this study by Mahav Goyal published at JAMA. 47 trials conducted with over 3,500 patients proved that meditation was as effective as anti-depressants. (The effect of meditation was moderate, at 0.3. If this sounds low, keep in mind that the effect size for antidepressants is also 0.3.) The difference is, of course, that meditation can’t kill you or cause other unwanted side effects, like psychotic episodes, panic attacks, hostility, etc.

Beginner Meditators

Though it takes a few more sessions, here is what happens when you meditate a little more frequently:

  • You’ll feel less physical pain in just four meditation sessions. Brain activity decreases in the areas responsible for relaying sensory information surrounding a feeling of pain. Also, regions of the brain that modulate pain get busier, and volunteers who participated in a study reported that pain was less intense after meditation practice. These results were all reported at an annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.
  • The ‘me-center’ slowly evaporates. As the connection between bodily sensations and the vmPFC withers, you will no longer assume that a bodily sensation or momentary feeling of fear means something is wrong with you or that you are the problem. You can just let it rise and pass, without hardly giving it a second thought.
  • Empathy becomes stronger. The vmPFC part of the ‘me center’ subsides and the dmPFC grows more dominant, which means you can feel others’ pain or sadness, but with the same ability as you’ve learned to handle your own bodily sensations.

Masters of Meditation

Once you’re an old pro at meditation you can look forward to even more benefits, many of which science is still reaching to understand.

  • Tibetan monks can sit for hours in meditation as easily as most of us can spend the same amount of time sleeping or surfing the net. These monks recently dried wet sheets with their bodies by utilizing a form of meditation called g Tum-mo. Monks were cloaked in wet, cold sheets (49 f / 9.4 c) and placed in a 40 f (4.5 c) room. In conditions such as these the aver
    Tibetan Monks Dry Sheets with Their Minds
    age person would likely experience uncontrollable shivering and suffer hypothermia. However, through deep concentration, the monks were able to generate body heat, and within minutes the researchers noticed steam rising from those sheets. In about an hour the sheets were completely dry.
  • Yogis in India who practice meditation are able toslow their hearts so completely that they are hardly detectable on EKG equipment. In 1935 a French cardiologist, Therese Brosse, took an electrocardiograph to India and studied yogis who said they could stop their heart. According to Brosse’s published report, readings produced by a single EKG lead and pulse recordings indicated
    Yogi in meditation
    that the heart potentials and pulse of one of her subjects decreased almost to zero, where they stayed for several seconds. (Brosse, 1946)
  • A master meditator, Munishri Ajitchandrasagarji, is a Jain monk who credits his incredible memory to meditation practice. He can recite 500 items from memory, whether it is a phrase from one of six different languages, a math problem, or the name of a random object. H
    Jain Monk
    e recently performed this feat in front of an audience of 6,000 to verify his amazing level of skill. It took six hours for the crowd to feed him the list of items, and he recited them back perfectly.
  • Dutchman Wim Hof is able to control his immune system with meditation. He has been in the Guinness Book of World Records 20 times for accomplishments like climbing Mt. Everest and Kilimanjaro in nothing but a pair of shorts and shoes, with no water or food, when temperatures easily reach 50 degrees celcius. He uses a special breathing meditation.

Wim Hof

So maybe the first time you learn to control your thoughts by focusing on your breath, or simply observing your thoughts like clouds passing in the sky won’t make you a master meditator capable of these staggering acts, but even with your first twenty minute ‘sit’ you are well on your way to other-worldly abilities.



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3/30/2018 7:06:26 PM

GFP Newsletter - 3/29/2018

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Gautam Buddha's approach was whatever happens, allow it to happen, and accept it with your total heart. This is how existence wants it to be. Remain in this attitude of suchness... such is the desire of the whole, and I am part of the whole; I cannot go against the desire of the whole.

Certainly if you understand it, it will give you tremendous insight and be a great help in your meditations. It will help you not to resist existence, not to fight against the current, but just to go with the current. Allow the river to take you to the ocean.

-Rajneesh

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RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING?
3/30/2018 7:13:16 PM

Daily Message ~ Friday March 30, 2018

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There is a pervasive belief that appropriate boundaries are difficult, rigid, separating, and always met with resistance. We wish to change the energy associated with this topic by suggesting there is such a thing as beautiful boundaries.

Beautiful boundaries, simply put, create a space of safety and empowerment for everyone involved. They are designed to honour each person in their highest expression of self. They foster growth, expansion, self discovery, and support.

More, they flow according to the specific needs of each now moment. They are never about selfishly denying anyone but rather moving into a balance that loves and empowers all. That shift supports both wonderful acts of self declaration and service, which allows everyone the opportunity to evolve and shine, and is absolutely beautiful to behold. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young

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3/30/2018 7:14:28 PM

Mike Quinsey’s Higher Self Message, March 30, 2018

The vibrations are picking up quite quickly and are already having an effect that is noticeable. There is a mood change amongst people that is resulting in a more peaceful approach to world matters. Sympathy for those who are needy and live in poor conditions has grown, and the oneness of the Human Race is being understood and appreciated.

There is a coming together of those who have at times been arch enemies. At last the futility of war and its consequent outcome is being seen as unacceptable, and there is a movement towards mutual cooperation. There are opportunities arising for settling old issues in a way that is acceptable to all who are involved.

The outcome will to some extent depend on who is leading the changes, as with the right people becoming involved who can understand all aspects of them, acceptable proposals can be offered that satisfy all of them. As the Legions of Light draw nearer and nearer to Earth so their presence has more influence upon your actions.

It means that as time passes the negative energies will have less impact, and that you can look forward to more actions that bring peace to Earth. There are now certainly more souls on Earth that are working for the Light and they do have more influence than their predecessors, plus the will to be successful as was predicted long ago.

The build up of Light will continue and it is speeding up so that events come along much faster than ever before. At the same time it is revealing long held secrets of the dark Ones and their evil practices. However, as much as they try they will be unable to stop the truth coming out, and there will be nowhere to hide and avoid being held responsible for their actions. There is no escape even if they leave the Earth before justice can take place.

Understand that either way, on or off Earth they will answer for their actions. Criminals often believe they can avoid justice, but there is no hiding place so you do not have to worry about the outcome. It is fair and intended to rehabilitate them and it continues in subsequent lives until lessons have been learnt. It is therefore quite wrong to look upon it as a punishment.

Naturally if a soul has an awakening and so to say “turns over a new leaf” then the karmic outcome can be lessened, but there are still lessons to be learnt. Sometimes karma can be forgiven so it is up to the soul to make reparations as soon as they understand the error of their ways. It also involves making sure they acknowledge the Light and show their intent to change, and then all the help they might need is made available to them.

As souls of freewill you alone are responsible for your actions, .and understanding the truth of them. It is essential to spiritual growth so as to avoid a repetition, and the repaying of karma that has resulted in harm to others. It is a fact that when a soul has seen the Light, they sometimes have a conversion and a complete change of character.

A great future awaits you and it will soon start in earnest as some major changes will truly propel you into the New Age. Eventually you will no longer have to share your lives with those who would continue to deny you your rights, as they will be removed and placed where they can no longer interfere with your lives. It will ensure a happy and satisfying experience from thereon, as by then you will have considerably advanced yourselves.

So you have everything to gain by applying yourselves to the task in hand, and let nothing deflect you from your path to Ascension. You have come a long way since you first set out on your journey and now at last it is coming to an end, as you head for the higher dimensions of Light.

The best approach at present is if possible to ignore what is going on around you and concentrate on your own evolution, knowing that all is going to work out well. Your waiting will be well rewarded and you will find that all of expectations will be fulfilled. The outcome of Ascension is both fair and just as all souls have had equal opportunity to raise their vibrations, and none lose out.

Your next stage of evolution is carefully planned so that your progress occurs in an orderly manner, and each soul is helped according to their capabilities. Obviously some souls need more time to absorb the information they are given, so you go forward at your own pace and no one is expecting more of you than you are capable of. In reality there is no time such as you understand it, as all is in the “now.”

It must seem strange to you that your present reality is somewhat like a dream state, although it all seems perfectly real. It is all the result of the power of thought and even now the Human Race has a hand in manifesting the changes. Where you place your energy will determine the nature of the changes from your existing conditions.

The battle between the Light and dark continues but because the vibrations are lifting, the negative energies no longer have the degree of power they had before the New Age commenced. The dark Ones are like a toothless Tiger, they sound frightening but are not the danger to Mankind that they used to be.

Many of them have realised that “the game is up” and flee from justice to avoid answering for their crimes against Humanity. It will be to no avail as every soul will eventually answer for their actions, but as stated previously not in way subject to punishment but helped to overcome their negativity.

When in a personal relationship also realise that you have been brought together because you have something to offer each other. One that is fraught with problems is a way of testing your patience and ability, but all experiences are set up so that those involved all learn from it.

Some doubt that your experiences are largely planned but are set in such way as to give you every opportunity to gain from them so that you do not need the same one again. However, with your freewill you may stray from your path and as a result might incur more karma, meaning that you will have to go through certain experiences again. From your perspective it will seem complicated and even unlikely but be assured that your Guides will inspire you to follow your life plan.

Do not dwell on the past it is already old and is moving aside for the new energies to take its place. With it will come everything that is positive and very acceptable as you are lifted up by the higher vibrations. You have earned the advantages that are coming your way and in reality you will not have too long to wait for their manifestation.

I leave you with love and blessings, and may the Light brighten your days and path to completion. This message comes through my Higher Self, my God Self, and every soul has the same connection to God.

In Love and Light.

Mike Quinsey.

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