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December 27, 2018
FANTASY REALITY
A Gentle Maiden I do See!
She does not turn to look at Me.
An Enchanting Spirit floats nearby…
She follows with Her Loving Eyes.
All My Kingdom I would trade
For a Single Glance, a Longing Gaze
from this Perfect, Precious Maid!
How can I be a Butterfly?
My Angel, I am Floating Near!
There is nothing You should fear.
Come, and Fly Away with Me!
Yet this cannot be Reality….
Alas, My Dreams are Fantasies.
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Lawrence R. Spencer. 2013.
Originally posted 2013-08-10 16:02:56. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
December 25, 2018
HOW TO WRITE
One contemporary writer who inspired me to write books is Neil Gaiman. I’ve never had the honor of meeting him personally. However, I’ve read many of his books. To that degree I feel as though I can perceive and share the essence of who he is, as a spiritual being. His books, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere and The Graveyard Book are among my favorites. His books are marvels of mythological wit and wisdom.
Likewise, I never met Mark Twain personally. However, I’ve read nearly all of his books, including the 1,496 page Autobiography of Mark Twain. Through his words he purveys his personal passion and pain; convictions about life, joy and empathetic anguish. Through his words, I discovered the tragedy of his realization, late in his life, that human existence is an ironic comedy of cruelty, stupidity and despair. Laugh or cry: it’s all the same.
I have been asked by several people: “How do you write books?”.
My advise is simple:
1) Live your life and be true to your own observations.
2) Write about what you know and believe in your soul.
3) Read the minds of Great Thinkers through their books.
The two profound and prolific writers I site above are exemplary (as well as hundreds of other literary masters too numerous to name individually), to wit:
4) Think and communicate your thoughts one word at a time in writing. Continue until you die.
May you survive in perpetuity through your words!
Originally posted 2015-04-13 23:35:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
WHERE ARE THE GODS?
“When Zeus still ruled Olympus, the face of Mother Nature was puerile, the bright blue sea and sky shined brightly in Her eyes. Life, abundantly renewed, abounded from Her virgin womb. The myriad creatures flourished, safe and suckling on Her verdant breasts while fishes filled the pristine waters of Her world.
In those primal days, gods of ancient Sumeria, Egypt, Greece, China, India, and many other civilizations of Earth, commanded extraordinary power over men. Spirits were conceived to permeate all matter and space in the ancient world. The gods, however, were not much different than each of us as spiritual beings, except to the degree they were immortal, that is, free from having to inhabit a body. Mortals were condemned to repeat the cycle of birth and death and rebirth into carnal form. Release of the spirits of men from the endless cycle of reincarnation remains the ultimate goal of many world religions to this day.
Gods actively intervened in the affairs of Mankind. Some made their presence known in the form of an animal, as an aura of light or scent, or as an apparition in nature. More often, the gods pervaded the body and mind of a man or woman, either in a dream or simply by taking over their thoughts to carry out their plans.
Since the gods were seen to cause events, both natural and supernatural, they were intimately personified, widely idolized, and artfully glorified by men. Aristocracy, citizens and slaves alike, sought the blessing or advice of the gods regarding marriage, travel, war, purchases, planting, harvesting, building, birth and death. Every village, district and nation had its own retinue of gods. A discreet traveler was wise to observe the rites accorded to the local deities and religious tolerance was widespread.
A vast number of myths or stories about the exploits of the gods have passed down to us through the generations of Mankind from nearly every society of antiquity. Culturally, we have inherited tremendous works of art, poetry, literature, and tradition derived from human interaction with the immortals. The pagan cultural tradition, religious beliefs, and practices associated with the gods still permeate our language, social and religious customs today.
With the advent of the Christian church 2,000 years ago, communication with the pagan gods was very heavily suppressed in Western civilization. Priests had a vested interest in eliminating religious competition, by any means required, including, but not limited to lying, stealing, cheating, murder, mayhem, extortion, torture and blackmail. This included outlawing all pagan religions and the destruction of all pagan temples and schools throughout the Roman Empire by the decree of Emperor Justinian in the third century AD. As a result, general public attention to the pagan gods disappeared.
The premise of PAN – God of the Woods, is that the pagan gods, as active, living beings, may only appear to have disappeared! If any of the ancient gods are still around in the 21st century, what are they doing now? If they are here now — still watching, still powerful, still immortal — where or how might we contact them?
Pan, the Greek god of forests, shepherds and fertility, has long represented the pagan gods in general. Although the material in this novel is fictional, it is firmly based in a study of the 10,000 year old tradition of mythology, as well as world history, eastern spiritual philosophy, past lives and out-of-body, extrasensory experiences.
The 19th century poet, Oscar Wilde, beseeched the god Pan in his verse:
“O goat-foot God of Arcady!
This modern world is gray and old,
And what remains to us of thee?
Then blow some trumpet loud and free
And give thine oaten pipe away,
Ah, leave the hills of Arcady!
This modern world hath need of thee!”
Which of us mortals could not use the helping hand of a friendly god once in awhile?”
— from the Introduction to the book PAN – GOD OF THE WOODS by Lawrence R. Spencer
Originally posted 2010-12-30 12:02:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
December 23, 2018
BHAGAVAD GITA
Background — The date of composition of the text of the Bhagavad Gita is not known with certainty, but is widely accepted as 5000 years ago.
Overview — The Srimad Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna, narrated in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. It comprises eighteen discourses of a total of 701 Sanskrit verses. A considerable volume of material has been compressed within these verses. On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Sri Krishna, during the course of His most instructive and interesting talk with Arjuna, revealed profound, sublime and soul-stirring spiritual truths, and expounded the rare secrets of Yoga, Vedanta, Bhakti and Karma.
Bhagavad Gita
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/index-en...
Originally posted 2015-08-15 22:09:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
ENJOY A OXYGEN-RICH HOLIDAY
Peter, The Potted Plant is one of the fictional, sentient beings who are characters in my book The Big Bleep: The Mystery of A Different Universe.
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December 21, 2018
VEGAN – THE FILM
“Be the change you want to see in the world”. I changed from eating a vegetarian diet to a VEGAN diet because it is the ONLY sentient, empathetic choice for me. I think it is the only option for any individual and for the world at this time. Watch this video and decide for yourself.
RESOLUTIONS
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/
Originally posted 2011-01-04 09:39:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
December 20, 2018
December 19, 2018
GEO-ENGINE-TEARS
Geoengineering is an important weapon for “the global elite” to control planetary resources and reduce human population. Spraying chemicals (chemtrails) around the planet has been done for decades. Weather manipulation has been used as a weapon against military and civilians since the Vietnam war, at least. This is no longer a “conspiracy theory”, it is a “conspiracy fact“.
If you have not familiar with this subject, please read the attached PDF document to inform yourself.
Owning the Weather
December 17, 2018
FOR THE CHILD, THE MOTHER, THE IMMORTAL WOMAN
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FOR THE CHILD
When we’re young we run
and play “let’s pretend” to be
anything and everything – just for fun.
Our imagination is the key.
As we grow up we are told
by others who are very serious
That reality is time and space and gold;
that games and visions are delirious.
Life goes on and we agree
what other people think is best:
to play our part in reality
just like them and all the rest.
Every game has a start,
a middle and conclusion.
When the time comes to depart
just make a new illusion!
You are Spirit ! Life Eternal !
You’ll make a future and new friends !
Through your dreams you are immortal;
like children playing “let’s pretend”.
FOR THE MOTHER
Jewel within the Lotus
Phallus and the Womb,
United we are both of us
The Source of Life Anew.
We are really No-Things
Beings joined with Form:
Animating Matter
The Cause of all that grows.
All creation springs from Love,
Heaven joins the Earth:
We are Souls united with the Flesh,
Death is joined with Life.
I am like Air.
You are like Fire.
A hearth is made in Our embrace.
Our loins the fuel, our kiss the spark,
We fan the Flame with Our desire.
Rising smoke from each caress,
Our Love the heat, Our Joy reflects
That through Our Seed, Our Souls are met:
through Our Own Cause we are Effect.
One reaches,
One withdraws.
Positive flows to negative,
In and out and ebb and flow
Are rhythms of the Universe.
One is born
One grows old
Life and Death are a single thread –
Binding Souls within the flesh!
FOR THE IMMORTAL WOMAN
Woman, Thou Art Beauty!
born beyond being…
rare and simple purity
fragile power — timeless immortality.
Complex simplicity, perfectly sublime:
undying yet reborn.
Serenity in action, uncompromised by time:
wrinkled though unworn.
No dance can sway Thee
No psalm can say Thee
No sight can see Thee
No sense can be Thee
You Are that You Are
as ever You will be.
Thou Art Beauty,
Woman.
Originally posted 2011-04-09 09:12:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
