Tag: conscience

Jesus Told Peter, “Put the sword down.” ~ Jesus Healed the High Priest Servant’s Ear After Peter Cut It Off ~ Peace and Loving Kindness for All Humanity is the Answer ~ War is Not the Answer


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Luke 22:50-51 says, “And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.” New International Version (NIV)

If any flavor of Christian claims to follow Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the answer to violence, even if it is deemed justified, is not the path forward. Peter learned this the hard way. Jesus healed the severed ear of the High Priest immediately after Peter had cut it off.

How do you, your congregation, your state, and your country handle conflict?

If you are a Christian, the path forward is to promote peace, empathy, and compassion, based on the teachings of the Golden Rule taught in Matthew 7 and Luke 6:31.

Saving the most life matters. You matter. All human life matters.

It depends on which god, or God you follow. Jesus taught his apostles, disciples, and all humanity about the Energy of his Father. There is a difference between the loving God, Father of Jesus Christ, and the father of the evil spawn whose energy is also an option for some people.

How are you to know which “god/God” is which?

Anything that does not originate with Love, Joy, Peace, Forbearance, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control, comes from an unholy source, according to Galatians 5:22-23, and not the Father of Jesus Christ. Going against these virtues is not what Jesus Christ taught. All humanity has a choice.

Within your human DNA, you have the seeds to water the good, or the not good, what some people call evil. You have a conscience with the free will to choose good over evil or evil over good. The choice is yours every minute of every day.

Placing the blame game is the height of immaturity. Now is a good time to take stock of who you are, what is important to you, and how you wish to make decisions for the rest of your life.

You were born with free will, to live in freedom to be a human being, by virtue of your birth. Jesus Christ came to Earth to help us all with this, just as Buddha and Krishna did.

The choice is yours.

THE MINERAL KINGDOM & YOU


The following is taken from the 3rd book in the trilogy that won the 2024 INTERNATIONAL IMPACT BOOK AWARDS, NATURE SPIRIT WISDOM, subtitled, LIGHT WITHIN THE ANGEL, MINERAL, PLANT, AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS, from Chapter 3:

“MINERAL KINGDOM

“7.5-Billion-Year-Old Ancient Stardust Grains Found from the Murchison Meteorite[1]

“Did you know that there are stardust grains discovered on Earth that are estimated to be older than our Sun?

“What a treasure you are. Considering the unique manifestation of yourself, out of the trillions of possibilities for your birth, you are as unique and special a find on this Earth as the 7.5-billion-year-old ancient stardust grains found from the Murchison Meteorite strike discovered in Victoria, Australia on September 28, 1969.

“This two-hundred-and-twenty-pound, renegade orphan space rock comprised of “pre-solar grains which predate our Sun, was belched into the universe by dying stars during the final stages of their lives,” according to Mindy Weisberger in her January 13, 2020 article in Live Science.[2]

“What better place to start your consideration of the Mineral Kingdom in this chapter on the cosmos than one of the oldest known stardust grains. The keynote to this amazing, out-of-this-world strike is just as unique as you are, just as meaningful, just as important, and just as intriguing. You matter!

“The wonder of it all is that you, a living human being, are standing on this living, rotating Earth, another space rock, intricately connected to this living galaxy, in a living universe, in a living cosmos, and all interconnected to the Eternal Universal Life Force Energy that animates all of it, including you. You need the vitamins from the Sun and the minerals from the Earth to keep you going. You need the Earth, and the Earth needs you.

“Have you thought about your mission on this Earth, how to protect its life-giving water, nitrogen-depleted soil, diminishing protective ozone layer, leveling rain forests which are the Earth’s lungs, consideration about the emissions your car, or about feeding the hungry people of the world? There are so many possibilities for you to consider beyond self-care.

“Even more amazing is the discovery that these pre-solar grains from the Murchison Meteorite are estimated to be about four million years older than our Sun, which formed 4.6 billion years ago.

“These ancient grains of stardust remind you of the vastness of life, of your mission and Karma playing out before you. Considering all that time, you were born in this moment of time. You are here for a reason. Only you have the mission you have in this life. It is unique to you alone.

“This is a good time to stop and think of your goals, personal goals, educational goals, relationship goals, humanitarian goals, character growth and development goals, political goals, social goals, and spiritual goals. They are all intertwined into your hopes and dreams for your future regardless of how old you are. Assess them one at a time and notice what jumps out calling for more of your attention. Perhaps it is time for you to write a book or teach a class.

“If you do not like the rewards the previous seeds you have planted within your friendships, relationships, education, and employment have blossomed into, you have the free will to plant another garden. You can always begin again if change is what you need. Change careers, go back to school, or retire early and enjoy life. Play with the grandchildren, pick up playing an instrument, or volunteer at the local hospital or food pantry. The choices are endless. Bloom where you are planted.”

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[1] 7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth | Live Science

[2] 7 Billion-Year-Old Stardust Is Oldest Material Found on Earth | Live Science

The Manifestation of Love in Action – It’s Time for Love to Go Viral


https://www.heartmath.org/gci/coherence-event/

Are you tired of the self-inflicted chaos of our time?

It has been said that freedom means freedom to awaken and know who you really are, not the illusion of “I can do whatever I want,” and “Nobody can tell me what to do.”

To think that you can do whatever you want whenever you want to do it, is the height of irresponsibility, personally, socially and globally. It is immaturity and social regression when nothing else is considered.

The good news is, it is time to focus on working together for solutions, as The Global Coherence Initiative is doing in association with HeartMath.org at an in-person, 4-Day Retreat April 30-May 3, 2026 in Santa Cruz, CA.

The Global Coherence Initiative is a science-based initiative uniting millions of people in heart-focused care and intention, to shift global consciousness from inability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace.

Humanity will always reap the seeds it plants. Whatever you focus on grows. Here is a beautiful opportunity to change the focus from dysfunction to functioning healthy and wholesome opportunity with a positive global outreach.

This project has been launched by the Institute of HeartMath, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), a recognized global leader in researching emotional psychology, heart-brain interactions, and the psychology of optimal health and performance.

The Global Conference Initiative is designed to help individuals and groups work together, synchronistically and strategically to increase the impact of their efforts to create positive global change.

Together they will:

  • Increase personal coherence for the benefit of everyone and including the planet
  • Help shift the planetary consciousness baseline from self-centeredness to wholeness care
  • Increase connection and social harmony
  • Empower the ability to navigate through global changes eith less stress and more ease
  • Empower environmental responsibility and stewardship of the planet

This project has been initiated because millions of people sense that this is an extraordinary time: that a paradigm shift of human consciousness is now under way; that all humanity is at the crossroads of change and must move toward the healing of ourselves and the planet.

Many people are feeling a strong desire to help change our present and future conditions and are looking for ways to use their heart, spirit-aligned wisdom and care to make a meaningful difference.

The Global Coherence Initiative is one of many care and compassion initiatives taking place on the planet. Each year, an increasing number of groups and online communities are radiating compassion and care to the planet in these times of need. This group and others feel that these collective heart-based initiatives, rather than being a trend, represent the proactive consciousness platform of the future, in which individuals and communities take responsibility for shaping a new world by increasing love, care and compassion for the global whole.

HEART COHERENCE

Many people recognize that their meditations, prayers, affirmations, and intentions can and do affect the world. Researchers suggest that these activities can have even more transformative and lasting impact by adding heart coherence to the process.

Heart coherence is a distinct mode of synchronized psycho-physical functioning associated with sustained positive emotion. It is a state of energetic alignment and cooperation between heart, mind, body and spirit. In coherence, energy is accumulated, not wasted, leaving you more energy to manifest intention and harmonious outcomes.

Adding heart coherence to meditation, prayer and intention practices is an important aspect of the Global Coherence Initiative. It adds order and increased effectiveness to whatever form of practice you are doing.

The Global Coherence Initiative offers education and technology on how to increase individual heart coherence. As groups of people in the Global Coherence community intentionally send coherent love and care to the world, a more powerful heart-filled environment is crated. This reservoir can then be utilized to help bring balance and stabilization to people, thereby making it easier to find solutions to problems like climate change, the destruction of the rain forests, poverty, war, hunger and other global issues. In addition, by sending coherent heart energy to the planet, you benefit personally. Practicing coherence has a carryover effect that helps to cushion you through stressors and challenges that occur day to day.

EARTH MONITORING

The Global Coherence Initiative will include an important scientific measurement component. Advances sensing technology, now being developed at the Institute of HeartMath, will allow them to observe changes in the earth’s magnetic field and test the hypothesis that the earth’s field is affected by mass human emotion, positive or negative. The Global Coherence Monitoring System (GCMS) https://www.heartmath.org/gci/gcms/ will consist of approximately 12 sensors strategically located around the world. This system will enable a new level of scientific inquiry into the relationship between the earth’s magnetic field, collective human emotions and behaviors, and planetary changes.

The GCMS will allow them to test the hypotheses that:

  • Strong collective human emotions are influenced in the earth’s field.
  • Groups of people in heart coherence can affect the earth’s field.
  • Changes in the earth’s field predict earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and similar planetary scale events, in order to give people advance warning.

(In the event that you cannot attend this life-changing conference, you can still contribute to the effort, not with money, but with your sustained goodwill, personal daily meditations and intentions for empathy, compassion, peace, and genuine love. These are all aspects of the one tenant help within all major religions of the world, which is, “Do to others as you would have done to you.” It is as simple as that.) addition by Linda Hourihan, Holistic Health Counselor Practitioner (HHCP)

The long-term goal of The Global Coherence Initiative is to correlate the following: coherence-level data collected from GCI community with changes in the earth’s magnetic field, along with changes in various social, environment and health outcomes.

“The Global Coherence Initiative is perhaps the greatest experiment in the history of the world,” said Jack Canfield, Co-Creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® Series, Co-author of The Success Principles™ , and the founder of the Transformational leadership Council.

COMMUNITY BUILDING

This website, https://www.heartmath.org/gci, will be the focal point for the GCI community. Here members will receive updates, instruction, audio and video communications and downloadable Webinars. To connect with others about CGI try GCI Facebook, GCI Twitter, or GCI You Tube. They invite you to explore the other sections of the site to learn more about how you can participate, resources for increasing heart coherences, and their supporters, Advisory Board and Collaborations.

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

You can start now by becoming a member and learning how to increase your heart coherence and tracking your progress.

GLOBAL COHERENCE INITIATIVE SUMMARY:

Connect – people globally who are committed to making a difference by contributing coherent heart energy to planetary needs

Educate – by providing resources for increasing individual and collaborative coherence

Guides – through proving information and suggestions on when and where to focus your energetic contributions

Monitors – by tracking coherence and measuring changes in the earth’s magnetic field and the potential effects of heart-coherent intentions on the field.

HeartMath Institute is a nonprofit institute focused on unleashing love and manifesting love in action at this poignant moment in time.

Earth is our responsibility, now is the time.

Why Are Things The Way They Are?


There is a light within each one of us, not just some of us, but is in all of us. We are more alike than the differences than we profess.

We keep waiting for the Republicans to get it right, the Democrats to get it right, the right religion to get it right, the right country to get it right, always the other side to get it right. What is wrong with this picture?

The answer is right under our noses, right under our skin, tucked so deeply inside us that we fail to recognize it when we hear its little voice, so subtle that we dismiss it. It is the discovery found by Einstein, Tesla, and the healing gurus worldwide who have tapped into that ocean of reality yet to be unveiled within all human beings; and yes, you and me.

There is an understanding of life within you, a greater awareness, a deeper calling that animates you, moving you to positive and loving thoughts, words and actions; far different from the base cause and effect motions of everyday life.

Think how often our lives are lived in response to all that we see, read, and hear. We respond to this, and we respond to that. How many times do we seek out opportunities to genuinely gift our world with new thoughts, thoughts of harmony, beauty, solution; creating a better today and tomorrow than we had yesterday?

Somehow we have let the weight of the minutia and magnitude of our own and the problems of the world stop us in our tracks and appear to defeat us, killing 250,000 of us, as if it is impossible to live in the reality that we can actually acknowledge and defeat the COVID-19 pandemic that is ending the lives of so many of us. We get side-tracked by global conflicts, global warming, climate change, education decline, and seeming barriers of personality, problems, problems and more problems.

We have allowed the wave of thought that we are all divided to the point where we could not possibly come together in consensus, or to realize that we are much more alike than the differences we profess.

What if we came to fully understand that we are all much more powerful than we first knew? If you are living and breathing, then I am talking to you.

It makes no difference your particular belief system, political, religious or otherwise that are unique to you. You are like no one else, and yet alike in myriad ways. You have understanding, spoken or unspoken, of who you think you are and what you are made of. I am here to tell you that you are much more than that, no matter if you are an ingenious inventor, financial wizard, a pauper, or the Pope.

We all have an internal knowledge held deep within the cells of our understanding, with its own pulse of life, so that it seems as if lightbulbs go off when we arrive at the destination of discovery.

The discovery of this knowledge, this awareness of the greater calling and meaning of life, can only be fulfilled when we discern this particular pulse and sense of light. It is a lightness we can feel, like falling in love, making us feel lighter than air, happier than happy, more connected as the most profound meditation, and much more fulfilling than words can say of the ecstasy of prayer of the saints.

Everyone has the ability to experience this knowledge that we are greater than our physical limitations, far beyond what any religion, politics or any “ism” outlines. This light within us is the electrifying, energetic, all-knowing, soul-invigorating aspect held at the core of our being. All it takes is for us to recognize it, accept it, and use it.

What is it?

This Presence within each and every one of us is the Presence that generates and fuels our life. Our existence is not dependent on any particular belief or ideology. If you are living and breathing, you have it. Some call this your soul, or your spirit, but it is more than that.

You are the Spark of Life, the Presence of God, the I AM Presence living, breathing, thinking and doing in your corner of the world. It is a matter of turning your attention to it. Some people take a class, spending a great deal of money in the process, of discovering who and what we are, and why we are here.

Some of us find our dharma, our mission in life right away, or seem to think we are born into it. Realize the freedom that no one makes your choices but you. Others of us take our time, turning over every rock so as not to miss a thing in this life. It is not a race. We know what we know when we know it.

The truth of the matter is you are perfect as you are. You come to this realization when you allow yourself to do so. Each of us has this I Am Presence flame within us. It is what Jesus tried so hard to teach us that the kingdom of God is within us, not outside of us. But humans being humans, and choosing to be dense over the eons of time and motivated by selfishness and greed, have turned the knowledge I am putting forth here into various control systems quite proficient at diabolical tactics of fear, obligation, guilt, manipulation and a host of negative carrots dangled before us to capture our attention and verbally and ideologically beat us into submission.

Free your mind. Allow yourself to be. Take a deep breath. God is closer to you than your next breath. Manifest your heart’s desires. Heal your world. Unite humanity into a beautiful mosaic of diverse, unique and talented individuals, no one better than the other despite what egos bellow.

You’ve got this.

Namaste

United States of America ~ Nephilim ~ Reincarnation ~ Saint Germain


The Law of Life involes the law of self-transcendence. Nothing stays the same. We are always growing. We move forward. We also regress. We are individuals, in every country of the world, who are involved with this Law of Life. This affects every country in the world as well. Countries expand and contract according to their individual and collective awareness and group consciousness.

We see this in all areas of life. If we stifle education, we stagnate. If creation and art sparks exciting new curriculums, education thrives. If we stifle momentum forward in any area of civic and political life, we stagnate. If we give liberty and light to ideas and plans to benefit all of society, all of society progresses forward in mind, body and spirit.

“Apart from its early golden ages, earth’s history has been bowed down to a stifling economic totalitarianism run by pagan gods. In the founding of the United States of America, Saint Germain and those working with him determined to break that stranglehold.

“And they proposed to replace the old order of the gods with true God-government – where the government is squarely upon the shoulders of the Holy Christ Self of every citizen – with an ecomony based on the golden rule and the gold standard and the principle of the abundant Life, and also along with the Holy Spirit directing the free creativity of the people in religion and education, science and the arts.

“Yes, Saint Germain stands along with Mother Liberty to set us free from that idolatrous paganism where the old gods reborn are often the new stars of screen and stage, the nouveau riche or royalty or the old guard on Wall Street, aristocracies and jet sets on the power elite who gather in secret societies like the Order or covens like the Bohemian Grove – one and all ever worshiped by the masses.

Liberty saying

“Some strands of paganism have their roots in the worship of the gods, the space people, called Nephilim because they fell (landed? in rocket ships?) or were cast out of heaven by Archangel Michael.” Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet in Lost Teachings on Keys to Spiritual Life.

I am glad to have Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet writing these words in this book, Lost Teachings on Keys to Spiritual Life, copyrighted in 2005. The words shared then are just as appropriate for our time now, just 15 years later. Truth can be spoken at any time and benefit everyone, because truth does not change. The words of Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet are real and true for what is happening at this moment, even in the United States of America.

There is more I will share with you in upcoming posts on Saint Germain, Jesus, and others’ work in setting the United States of America off on the right foot of freedom, liberty and justice for all. However, anyone with eyes can also see how easy it is to lose these noble attributes when we do not pay enough attention to totalitarian takeovers in the midst of them happening. Political, authoritarian, oligarachy leadership robs from the people for the benefit of those at the top. It is a misuse of personal free will to ignorantly vote in such leadership, which is tantamount to shooting yourself in the foot, then blaming other people for what you did. Compromised, scheming, malfeasance in leadership roles seek to diminish or eliminate social programs, like social security, medicare and medicaid, in order that these funds go directly or indirectly into their own pockets. These leaders seek to destroy or eliminate voting rights and all rights, including human rights, which are God-given.

Did you know reincarnation was taught by Jesus, as well as by Saint Francis of Assisi who taught about reincarnation in the public square? There is a connection between the topic of this post thus far, and the subject of reincarnation.

Most reincarnation references in the bible were ripped out of the sacred pages at the Fifth Ecumenical Council convened in Constantinople in 553 AD, yet some references still remain in today’s bible. Some of the notable men and women who professed to believe in reincarnation were: Benjamin Franklin, Louisa May Alcott, Leo Tolstoy, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Lindbergh, General George Patton and at least a third of the world’s population.

At the time of the biblical surgery, carving out the doctrine of re-embodiment that was taught by Jesus, men decided they knew better than Jesus about the life after this one earthly life. These “Church Fathers” did not understand the Law of Karma, of cause and effect in each human life. Think of one example Jesus taught us in Galatians 6:7 where it reads, “Do not be deceived. Whatever a man sows he also reaps.” It takes more than one lifetime for this sowing and reaping.

We work out the karma from previous lifetimes in this one. It takes more than one lifetime to “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect,” according to Jesus.

Responsibility is what we are lacking when we deny reincarnation, and is the reason for multiple incarnations. We do make up for what we lack in the school of life, over and over, until we get it right. We need to listen to our consciences, and build on ethics, honesty, integrity, and problem solving that does not include lying, cheating, bullying, manipulating persons – places and things at every selfish motive and opportunity.

It is our ego, our Id-entity, that we need to watch over and reign in when it is harmful to us and others. The pendulum of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has a wide swing. The further it goes in one direction, with equal and opposite force, it will swing in the opposite direction. It is not motionless until it rests in complete balance, harmony and Love in the center point of Life, Liberty and Justice for All.

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God is no punisher of mortals. We punish ourselves. We have free will to use or misuse the gifts of life in front of us. We have the free will to steal babies from their mother’s arms and sell them to the highest bidder in “legal adoptions.” We have the free will to cage destitute brothers and sisters of humanity fleeing murder, rape and war in their countries of origin. We have free will to rape these same human beings we have caged; and either lie or brag about it. We have free will to lie, cheat and steal political and voting mechanisms to our favor, using a bottomless, self-serving money pit to fuel its progress at the expense of our destitute and dying on the city streets of the United States of America. We have the free will to do all of these things.

Either we were saints who forgot to ascend in a previous life, or we have totally misunderstood what it means to be truly human in this lifetime. Now is not forever. Let us make up for our losses while we can before it is too late. Jesus does tell us that there will be an end of time, in his teachings about the Alpha and Omega, an end to the countless lives we have lived to perfect ourselves. Presently we still have time to do the right thing.

The right thing for the longevity for the earth is to notice the cause and effect, the karma that we are causing in the seeds we are sowing on earth. For example, we have selfishly turned to frackking, forcing unqualified volumes of water deep into the earth as we do in oil prospecting. This produces lots of oil, while at the same time generates lots of earthquakes. The polar caps are melting at unpresidented rates. Without the seeds of intelligence, consciousness and natural laws regarding climate change and global warming, which every single one of us has caused and is still allowing to get worse, the earth will revolt as it has in the past when things get too far out of balance. Considering the actions of its citizens and its leaders, the United States of America has the highest rate confirmed cases of the deadly pandemic known as coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS CO2, and other handles, as well as the highest death rate in the world due to this disease. There are some who deny its existence and/or the numbers tallied in certain countries, including the United States of America. Ignorance blames the spreading of this particular virus on other causes, without realizing it is this very highly contagious and often deadly virus that breaks down the other systems of the body which it targets. All of these things can improve by the conscious, self-aware use of our God-given free will. We can either build up the United States of America and solve its current dilemmas with creative, life-affirming actions, or we can tear down the United States of America via selfishness, greed, power and/or ignorance.

It is possible to kill Lady Liberty, lose all the rights afforded to its citizens written into the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights, or any other constitution of all other countries. It is possible to go backwards by believing untruths we know to be lies. Some of us do not believe we are being lied to by the one channel we listen to, as if listening to only one side of an argument got anyone anywhere. Countries and people go backwards when selfish greed and power-hungry narcissistic egomaniacs rule. History proves this to be true in all countries since the beginning of time.

It is equally possible to kill liberty and freedom as Jesus originally taught it to the people of his time, before the adulterated version of today’s bible in the year 365 AD at the Council of Laodicea. Only a miniscule amount of the words of Jesus are in today’s many versions of the bible, putting a major crimp that would have educated all of us to the deeper truths he taught, including: reincarnation, the right of women to go to the alter, and that your Spirit is part of the Holy Spirit, which is your I AM Presence, your God Particle. Jesus taught everyone who would listen about their own Christ self. There is much more that Jesus told us that got ripped out of the bible, which we can now read in the Books of Enoch and the sacred scriptures found at Nag Hammadi, Eqypt, as well as in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Thank God someone, a scribe, rabbi, or a learned person thought to hide these sacred scriptures away until such a time when humanity was at a point of their quest for what was obviously missing, to be discovered. Now these writings give us a much broader picture of not only him, but us as well. Jesus does specifically say that the kingdom of God is WITHIN you in today’s bible in Luke 17:21. Let us not forget that.

We are all smarter than this. If we use our free will to choose to do nothing while we are at sea in a plastic row boat with a hole in the bottom of it, then we will undoubtedly reap the seeds we have sown; so will every country that is allowed to rule unchecked. Money and power are the tools used to usurp the rights of others. Silence is agreement.

Find truth, not what someone else tells you is the truth. Search history online or in books, not from anyone with “a chip in the game.” It is no game. It is your money and your personal power crooked politicians and religious leaders want to usurp. Not all politicians are crooked. Most religious leaders are ignorant of the writings of Jesus they have not read. and therefore cannot teach. Look at the start of yesterday’s post. Jesus said these exact words. Unless you actually do the research yourself, not what the one TV channel with your point of view states, nor your groups of like-minded friends tell you, you will not be able to see clearly enough which leader is being bought, being used or manipulated. If you can read this blog, you can read shorter historical facts.

Make a peaceful but conscious decision to not let your freedoms be extinguished. Stand peacefully but be determined not to let liberty and justice for all vanish before your very eyes. War and violence ae not communication skills, nor were they promoted as a way to do or get anything.

Seek freedom and liberty in all areas of your life, for all people, not just for a chosen few.

“Through the law of karma God wants you to learn by the fruits you harvest from your own Tree of Life just what is the sweet and what is the bitter you have sown. And self-correct.” Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet

Namaste
The God in Me recognizes the God in You
Have A Beautiful Day!

Teaching The Virtue of Virtues ~ Moral Courage Is On Trial ~ This Book and Curriculum Is Copyrighted


If there ever was a time when moral courage was on trial, it is today. We can do much to foster virtues in our youth, and in the process, strengthen these same virtues within ourselves. Virtues are the first stepping stones leading to mature character development. Practicing the virtues keeps men, women and children healthy in mind, body and spirit.

Virtues are the missing link in the fabric of societies all over the world today. Now is a good time to get back to the common sense of the virtues.

Why do virtues matter?

Virtues in society do what baking soda does for cake recipes. It makes them rise. Have you ever made a cake without any rising ingredient? It will flop, like society today, which is attempting to live, think, speak, see, hear and act many times without one thought to virtue. We seem to make important decisions based on other factors.

How many times have we dulled our senses, or dulled our consciences, or traded our once strong faith for a placebo of materialism, consumerism, or political or financial gain? So many times we trade the virtue in how we speak dress, treat others, or act, mistakenly thinking reasons other than virtues is what we ought to base our decisions on.

9781532094613_pap.inddWhere did we go wrong?

We took our eyes off the real prize.

Do we remember the days of our parents and grandparents, many of whom were not considered to be among the top one percent of wealth earners of their day?

Do we remember what it was like not to have what other children had in school?

Do we remember hand-me-down clothes or clothes bought from the local thrift shop?

These, among a host of other realities some may wish to forget as an embarrassment, can serve as the spark that fuels the materialistic and consumeristic drive to do and have better things.

What is the real prize for Christians today?

It is the same as it has always been. The real prize of Christians is our undying faith in Jesus Christ, who leads us IN VIRTUE to God, His Father, graced by His Holy Spirit, through the open door of the VIRTUOUS Blessed Mother Mary. We need to remember that it was God the Father who chose Mary as the way to introduce His Son to the world. This is more than the Christmas story.

"You will receive power when the holy spirit arrives upon you, and you will be witnesses of me ... to the most distant part of the earth."

Jesus is the perfect example of living the virtues: faith, hope, love, prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice. This is what we need to be teaching our children, and re-introducing in our daily living. All of the Beatitudes, taught by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount, are based on the virtues.

Let us not shy away from teaching virtues to our children. Not one of us is perfect. We begin, or begin again, right where we are. Let us bloom where we are planted, in the garden of our homes, families, neighborhoods, schools and parishes. This is a positive step we can take to instill wholesome goodness in a world in want and need of virtues.

The Virtue of Virtues is now out in its second printing, and is available at:

https://www.iuniverse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/809142-the-virtue-of-virtues