COMPLETELY POSITIVE SPIRITUAL FORUM........PLEASE HONOR THIS FORUM!

DO YOU HAVE EPILEPSY? I DO! AND THE ALL CAPS? PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND I NEED THE UNIFORMITY OF ALL CAPS. I AM NEVER OR WOULD I EVER YELL AT ANYONE! THIS IS MY FIRST SUGGESTION AND I WILL EXPLAIN THE REST BELOW! THANKS!

ALL PEOPLE NEED TO DO IS RELAX AND REMEMBER THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A RAINBOW SOMEWHERE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK. LOOK FOR THE RAINBOWS IN YOUR LIFE. NOTICE THE SMILES. NOTICE THE SOUND OF RAIN ON THE ROOF. THE SMELL OF RAIN. THE BEAUTY OF FALLING SNOW. THE WONDERFUL FEELING OF WALKING ON NEWLY FALLEN SNOW, OR THE CRUNCHY NOISE WHEN IT IS PACKEDAND YOU ARE WALKING ON IT. THE GLORIOUS SUNSHINE, SUNRISE AND SUNSETS. CACTUS, MOUNTAINS, THE DESERT. THERE IS BEAUTY EVERYWHERE. THE LAUGHTER OF CHILDREN. LOOK AT THE BEAUTY AND WONDER OF A TREE BEGINNING TO BLOSSOM WITH TINY LEAVES, HOW THEY GROW GLORIOUSLY, THE WONDERFUL COLORS, THE DIFFERENT HUES IN THE FALL. ALL ANY ONE HAS TO DO IT LOOK AROUND THEM. THERE IS BEAUTY AND WONDER IN EVERYTHING. THIS WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE GOD HAS GIVEN US. THE BEAUTY OF A CANDLE BURNING, THE AROMA OF A PIE, CAKE OR MEATLOAF! IT IS TIME TO STOP THINKING THE WORLD IS GOING TO END BECAUSE EACH OF US HAS EPILEPSY. LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE. READ POSITIVE BOOKS. LISTEN TO POSITIVE MUSIC. REMEMBER MANY OTHERS HAVE IT FAR WORSE THAN YOU. THINK ABOUT THAT ONE. REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. MANY ON THIS SITE ARE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS, INCURABLE DISEASES. MOST HAVE LEARNED TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN SMALL THINGS AND GLORIOUS BEAUTIFUL THINGS. REMEMBER THE SMALL THINGS WILL BECOME THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS LATER. PLEASE TRY TO SEE THE BEAUTY AROUND YOU. IT WILL HELP SO MUCH FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING AT EPILEPSY AS THE WORST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN. IF IT IS, OR IS NOT, THERE CERTAINLY IS ENOUGH BEAUTY EVERYWHERE FOR EACH OF US TO FIND JOY IN OUR LIVES AND NOT DWELL ON HOW MISERABLE LIFE IS TREATING YOU………BECAUSE IN REALITY, IT IS NOT. YOU CREATE YOUR MISERY. THE DISEASE DOES NOT CREATE IT. FIND YOUR OWN PERSONAL JOY AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. LAUGH, LOVE, AND BE JOYFUL……….YOU HAVE THE POWER TO OVERCOME ANYTHING…………..IF YOU ARE WILLING TO BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY OF JOY! NAMASTE, JAN

I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN EMAIL DISCUSSION ABOUT STARTING A SPIRITUAL FORUM WHERE WE CAN PUT POSITIVE, SPIRITUAL, HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS AND INSPIRATIONAL SAYINGS OR ANYTHING ‘NEW AGE’ (DID YOU KNOW ‘THE METAPHYSICAL ERA’ STARTED IN THE EARLY 1800’S? NOT SO NEW AGE IS IT!) SUCH AS SPECIFIC BOOKS, MUSIC, REAL ALTERNATIVE HEALING LIKE CHAKRA CLEARING, THERAPEUTIC TOUCH, POLARIZATION, REIKI, SHAMANISM............NOT ACCUPUNCTURE OR CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDICINE AND VERY HELPFUL.......WHICH MIGHT BE OF HELP TO SOMEONE. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE HELPED ME!

 MANY PEOPLE QUOTE THE BIBLE IN THEIR BLOGS, BUT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO US. I AM A CHRISTIAN, BUT SOMEWHAT SUFI ALSO. I LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT ALL RELIGIONS AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, AND USE WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP ME ON THIS JOURNEY WE ARE ALL ON, CALLED LIVING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN GAIN BY LEARNING ALL WE CAN, DIFFERENT METHODS OF HEALING, ETC., THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO DO THIS! PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TRIED REIKI, THERAPUTIC TOUCH, CLEARING CHAKRAS AND THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ENERGY HEALING THAT ARE BECOMING MORE THE NORM THAN THE UNCONVENTIONAL, COULD SHARE THEIR STORIES AND HOW IT HELPED THEM. I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS THAT I HOLD VERY DEAR TO MY HEART, AND HAVE HELPED ME A LOT. I WOULD GUESS THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE ALSO. LET'S SHARE THEM. LET'S MAKE THIS FORUM THE MOST POSITIVE PLACE TO VISIT ON THIS SITE. IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT IS ON THIS FORUM, PLEASE JUST LEAVE QUIETLY AND KNOW THAT EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WHAT IS BEING SHARED, THE ULTIMATE END IS STILL THE SAME. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, WITH MANY NAMES. WE ON THIS SITE HAVE DEVELOPED
CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS AND HAVE GROWN TO LOVE MANY. BUT WHERE DID THE ‘OLD TIMERS’ GO? I AM HOPING A VISIT TO THIS FORUM WILL BRING THEM BACK AND OTHERS WILL CHECK OUT WHAT IS BEING WRITTEN AND ADD TO IT.

WHAT WE THINK OR BELIEVE DOES NOT CHANGE WHO WE INTRISICALLY ARE AND WHAT WE ALL SEEK. BY NOT VOICING A NEGATIVE OPINION, IT WILL MAKE THIS FORUM A VERY POSITIVE PLACE TO VISIT AND PERHAPS STAY. PERHAPS EVERYONE WILL READ JUST ONE THING THAT TOUCHES THEM AND HOLD IT DEAR, SO REMEMBER TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT IT GOING ON. PERHAPS SOME WILL READ SOMETHING THAT
THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF AND WILL TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP TO TRY IT AND SEE IF IT HELPS THEM. REMEMBER, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO ENLIGHTEN AND ASSIST THOSE WHO LEAN TOWARDS THIS TYPE OF BELIEF SYSTEM ALSO.

I HAVE WANTED TOO OFTEN TO SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE WHO DO QUOTE THE BIBLE WOULD START A FORUM WHERE WE CAN GO TO READ WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN. PERHAPS THOSE WHO KNOW THE BIBLE BETTER THAN I COULD DO THAT AND WE WOULD HAVE TWO VERY POSITIVE, HELPFUL AND INSIGHTFUL FORUMS WITH SPECIFIC NAMES, SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO READ WHAT WE WANT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL AND I HOPE SOMEONE WILL START THAT, OR
PERHAPS I WILL START THAT IF NO ONE ELSE DOES. WE CAN GET TWO FORUMS STARTED AT THE SAME TIME! HOW EXCITING THIS IS TO ME! I HOPE IT IS TO OTHERS! I'M GOING TO START WITH THREE THINGS I LOVE! 

IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT IS ON THIS FORUM, PLEASE JUST LEAVE QUIETLY AND HELP US KEEP THIS A VERY POSITIVE PLACE TO VISIT!

TO LET GO

TO "LET GO" DOES NOT MEAN TO STOP CARING. IT MEANS I CAN'T DO IT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO CUT MYSELF OFF. IT'S THE
REALIZATION THAT I CAN'T CONTROL ANOTHER. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO
ENABLE, BUT TO ALLOW LEARNING FROM NATURAL CONSEQUENCES. TO "LET GO" IS TO ADMIT POWERLESSNESS, WHICH MEANS THE OUTCOME IS NOT IN MY HANDS. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO TRY TO CHANGE OR BLAME ANOTHER, IT'S TO MAKE THE MOST OF MYSELF. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO JUDGE BUT TO ALLOW ANOTHER TO BE A HUMAN BEING. "TO LET GO" IS NOT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE ARRANGING ALL THE OUTCOMES, BUT TO ALLOW OTHERS TO AFFECT THEIR OWN DESTINIES. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO CARE FOR BUT TO CARE ABOUT. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO FIX BUT TO BE SUPPORTIVE. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO BE PROTECTIVE, IT'S TO PERMIT ANOTHER TO FACE REALITY. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO DENY, BUT TO
ACCEPT. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO NAG, SCOLD OR ARGUE, BUT INSTEAD TO
SEARCH OUT MY OWN SHORTCOMINGS AND TO CORRECT THEM. TO "LET GO" IS NOT TO ADJUST EVERYTHING TO MY OWN DESIRES, BUT TO TAKE EACH DAY AS IT COMES, AND TO CHERISH MYSELF IN IT. TO "LET GO' IS NOT TO CRITICIZE AND REGULATE ANYBODY, BUT TO TRY TO BECOME WHAT I DREAM I CAN BE. TO "LET GO" IS TO NOT REGRET THE PAST, BUT TO GROW AND TO LIVE FOR THE FUTURE. TO "LET GO" IS TO FEAR LESS AND TO LOVE MORE.

LOVE

THERE IS NO DIFFICULTY THAT ENOUGH LOVE WILL NOT CONQUER;

NO DISEASE THAT ENOUGH LOVE WILL NOT HEAL;

NO DOOR THAT ENOUGH LOVE WILL NOT OPEN;

NO GULF THAT ENOUGH LOVE WILL NOT BRIDGE;

NO WALL THAT ENOUGH LOVE WILL NOT THROW DOWN;

NO SIN THAT ENOUGH LOVE WILL NOT REDEEM…..

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE HOW DEEPLY SEATED MAY BE THE TROUBLE,

HOW HOPELESS THE OUTLOOK,

HOW MUDDLED THE TANGLE,

HOW GREAT THE MISTAKE,

A SUFFICIENT REALIZATION OF LOVE WILL DISSOLVE IT ALL…IF ONLY YOU COULD LOVE ENOUGH YOU WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST AND MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE WORLD…

EMMET FOX

THE RULES FOR BEING HUMAN

YOU WILL RECEIVE A BODY.   YOU MAY LIKE IT OR HATE IT, BUT IT WILL BE YOURS FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THIS TIME AROUND.

YOU WILL LEARN LESSONS.     YOU ARE ENROLLED IN A FULL-TIME INFORMAL SCHOOL CALLED LIFE. EACH DAY IN THIS SCHOOL YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN LESSONS. YOU MAY LIKE THE LESSONS OR THINK THEM IRRELEVANT AND STUPID.

THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS.      GROWTH IS A PROCESS OF TRIAL AND ERROR: EXPERIMENTATION. THE 'FAILED' EXPERIMENTS ARE AS MUCH A PART OF THE PROCESS AS THE EXPERIMENT THAT UNTIMATELY 'WORKS'.

A LESSON IS REPEATED UNTIL LEARNED.       A LESSON WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN VARIOUS FORMS UNTIL YOU HAVE LEARNED IT. WHEN YOU HAVE LEARNED IT, YOU THEN GO ON TO THE NEXT LESSON.

LEARNING LESSONS DOES NOT END.    THERE IS NO PART OF LIFE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN ITS LESSONS. IF YOU ARE ALIVE, THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED.

 "THERE" IS NO BETTER THAN "HERE".      WHEN YOUR "THERE" HAS BECOME A "HERE," YOU WILL SIMPLY OBTAIN ANOTHER "THERE" THAT WILL AGAIN LOOK BETTER THAN "HERE."  

OTHERS ARE MERELY MIRRORS OF YOU.    YOU CANNOT LOVE OR HATE SOMETHING ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON UNLESS IT REFLECTS SOMETHING YOU LOVE OR HATE ABOUT YOURSELF.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF YOUR LIFE IS UP TO YOU.        YOU HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES YOU NEED. WHAT YOU DO WITH THEM IS UP TO YOU. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

YOUR ANSWERS LIE INSIDE YOU.      THE ANSWERS TO LIFE'S QUESTIONS LIE INSIDE YOU. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS LOOK, LISTEN AND TRUST.

YOU WILL FORGET ALL OF THIS! 

I HOPE WE GET A GREAT DEAL OF INPUT IN THIS FORUM. WE NEED IT! THERE IS SO MUCH NEGATIVITY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE POSITIVE........

PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY..........