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It has taken 13.7 billion years to create us;

the existing vanguard of conscious existence;

we must be sure to comprehend fully,

our relevance, our essential nature in the

amplification of all existence; we the pinnacle

of sentient, conscious creation; separate

yet indivisible: the current medium

of all that is.

 

WE ARE THE MEDIUM 

Worth, value, the essence of the meaning

or importance we attach to each aspect of

this life is presently determined by the value

of replacement, often failing to realize even

a moment of our conscious existence is beyond

value, irreplaceable, life in real-time, a sliver

is infinite and finite at the same time, like one

frame of a film, a nanosecond projected on

screens of consciousness within our minds,

the three-dimensional backdrop of each passing

moment, as senses fill the void with activity, color,

presence; we are the medium giving dimension

to the presence, so sure what is within us is a

representation of what is outside of us fooled

into believing the distinction - when all is part

and parcel of even a fuller, more encompassing

consciousness: the unity, the all that is.

NOE BY G. 6.2.2015     

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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Morphic Resonance – the principle theoretical concept and hypothesis

of renown British biologist Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.: who posited

that memory is inherent in all of nature; with natural systems,

such as termite colonies, or orchid plants, or apple trees, or insulin

molecules, or humanity as a whole, inheriting a collective memory

from all previous entities of their related system; available and

usable as a guide to enhance growth and development.

 

The establishment of our personal, individual existence, before

or after this earthly life, has been a point of much speculation

and conjecture.  As with all things spiritual, we tend to layer myth,

wishful thinking, and hopeful clairvoyance to come to our belief,

whether individually, or as an adherent of a specific religious

perspective.

 

As a true believer in the traditional view of heaven, my wife Ann

shudders when I talk this way. Even so, I feel it is essential that

we not just except a standard answer without questioning its

veracity, at least as it relates to our spiritual perspective.

 

My guidance, like the featured note, has repeatedly pointed

to not only an afterlife, but a before–life, with this all too brief

time in between, a place of fostered growth, an incubator

of sorts where our joint experiences are folded back into

consciousness, to be shared with those who are still

in the process of living.

 

It is not my purpose to dispel or disclaim your vision of the

afterlife, only to stimulate productive speculation for those

inclined, who, like me, may find themselves closer to the after

part than the before.

 

FOSTERED GROWTH

What exists beyond life, existed before life,

the presence, the essence, established as

fact and form, inhabiting all time frames,

all sequences presented as the possibility

to be engaged, offered for evolvement,

for enhancement, for becoming, in what

we conceive of as tangible life, to be allowed

fostered growth, creative blossoming,

experiential stretching; able to ascend

or pretend, or descend as occasioned,

and with this existential opportunity

a platform for emotional connection,

the extension for singular into plural

existence, forming a web of connection;

life integrated and tied together, using

free will to push the boundaries of possibility –

to grow life – establish potential, and

when fully exercised, to take this learning,

this insight, returning to where it originated,

to lasting consciousness, to share in morphic

resonance as needed, with all life becoming.

NOE BY G. 8.8.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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SLICE OF TIME 

This thin slice of time we now inhabit reveals

only the immediate moment, as we, in conscious

adaptation creates a fuller, more multidimensional

perspective of past and present incorporated,

well on its way to an imagined future. With this

lens in place, we maneuver these settings

to comprehend this expression of existence.

 

Perhaps this present – this prelude to the future

is but a convergence of multi-moments, a sum

of probable alternatives that, in an infinitesimal,

momentary calculation forms a sort of sum over

history, an average of all possible scenarios,

to select and give us, as our best and most

suitable reality – our now.

 

Limited by our perception, we must

be aware that God’s perspective is fuller,

more inclusive but still impacted by the

complexity of multiple frameworks, alternatives

selected and abandoned, along with the power

of will and choice in every sentient participant

in this existence, so no static, fully framed

future can exist,  just an ocean of possibilities

waiting to be perceived, then combined,

and finally, to arrive as a slice of the present

time for us to live again.  

NOE BY G. 8.3.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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 BUT THEN

 I wonder, God,

    how you stand for existing

        within my tired frame,

    worn and cracked

from too many taut days -

    ah, but then, I realize,

    this is all my illusion,

not yours.

POEM BY G. 8.14.2012

 

Sometimes, this spiritual quest gets too complex,

and I am the first to forget the basics; that is,

being prepared to connect with God in the present,

through meditation, prayer, and contemplation.

 

It is within these meditative moments that we

master the skill of mind control, clearing away

the debris of our egos and our noisy lives, to meet

the true consciousness of God, always ready

and waiting in the now.

 

So, when I came across this note featured below,

I decided to publish it as a gentle reminder, 

to all of us, of the basics.

 

THE FIRST STEP

The power to clear the consciousness is available

to everyone, simply by using the techniques and

approaches honed by thousands of years of earnest

effort, one errant thought at a time.

 

It is a basic meditation practice with a focus on

the breath, returning to this breath when thoughts

surface – allowing us to lay the foundation,

training our minds so our awareness during

practice will determine the flow and focus

of our attention.

 

For some, this may be the first experience with mind

control – allowing thoughts to surface, but upon

review, choosing to withdraw attention, returning

instead to the breath and our meditative focus,

thus laying the groundwork for a breath-focused

mindfulness, available during meditative practice,

or anytime we choose mindfulness as our criterion

for awareness. 

NOE BY G. 9.19.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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There is no time like the present moment to rephrase

the future, to set in motion constructive thought

and action into a more perfect vision of our dreams,

our intentions, our hope, and wonder; letting go

of the misconceptions, the misrepresentations

of our truthful path, our clear purpose.

 

Leave behind, let go of, and so forego the impression

that forces beyond our control - deceptions, external

enmity - may preclude our undertakings, foreshadow

our success, turning constructive effort into failure,

confusion, or unintended delay.

 

The only impediment to our true and rightful

becoming is our own hindrance, our lack of

belief, our doubts, our fears, so conceived and

realized that the very obstacle we face is self

erected, constructed by our own thoughts,

misgivings, and our perceptual, mental folly.

NOE BY G. 4.2.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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PARTICLE OF TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Even a small particle of consciousness is the

total consciousness of God – the I AM. You are

this essential cell of God consciousness, forming

and manifesting the world into cocreated life

and creation.

 

A single cell of consciousness in the universal

body and form of God – moving forward with

the will and destiny of particle energy –

mobilizing and energizing in harmony with

this universal consciousness – this infinite

consciousness – this infinite awareness we

often call God, Source, Spirit, or Divine Mind.

 

On a universal level, all the cell particles of

individual consciousness – from what we know

as sentient life – formulate and mobilize the total

consciousness – the I AM of all consciousness.

Be aware of your essential nature – your connection

and contribution to the whole, being aware of its

significance.

 

For a spiritually awakened you, contributes to

the full awakening of all intentions throughout

the universal consciousness. If you join with

others who are still asleep, within the illusion

of separateness and disjointed life, you will slow

the evolution of Enlightenment – the movement

towards full awareness of God as God.

 

Ensure your consciousness is awake, alive, and

ready to bring forth life, power, and growth 

to the universe of love and God.

NOE BY G. 10.30.2009 9:45 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

Poet and Founder of the Mawlawi Sufi Order

Ye who search of God, of God, pursue.

Ye need not search for God is you, is you!

Why seek ye something that was missing

ne’er?  Save you none is, but you are –

where, oh, where?

 

The desire to separate humankind from God,

and all sentient life, for that matter, becomes

more difficult as we explore the spiritual

concept of God as an expanding consciousness.

 

Although the quote from Rumi above,

demonstrates what has been a popular

esoteric mystical opinion - we and God

are one - the exoteric religious authorities

have, for the most part, considered this

to be anathema, heretical, often severely

punished. 

 

This may be a reason why I usually sit on this

type of guidance and have until I rediscovered

it this morning and felt ready to delve into

its meaning. Usually, I would rather not offend 

the sensibilities of those who cannot fathom

or discuss this close union of the divine and

humankind.  Just so happens that Ann, my wife,

is firmly in this group.  

 

Yet, in truth, most of my spiritual work has

been finding and redefining a less supernatural,

more user-friendly God, one that might fit

within our modern perspective. I believe

the note below proposes just such a

conceptual framework. Your thoughts?

 

ONE PRESENCE SHARED

We and God are intertwined.

We and God are intermingled.

 

A shared consciousness, where our

consciousness exists within the limitless

consciousness of God, stretching

the space of all conscious existence –

God and we are one, God within,

God without – together, we and God –

the creator of all form (which exists as an

extension of our joint consciousness)

are intertwined.

Form is simply and totally a representation

of the creative thought of consciousness,

and, as such, has no innate power. Always

in matters of form, we must return to the

originator and the origination of our sense

experience – creative conscious thought. 

Let us fully comprehend and grasp this

essential truth of comingled consciousness;

sharing the combined power of truly dual

conscious existence, expanding  our

consciousness and revealing the truth of

all existence, one presence shared. Seek

the point of origin in meditation, reflection,

and prayer.

Understand that it is only through our personal

conscious connection with the world of form

that God can impact or interact or experience

the world of form. As God is a vehicle of our

expanded consciousness, we, you, me all

sentient life is a conduit for God to form

consciousness, for mutual, total, integrated

existence. Each sentient being is a conscious

receptor of and within tangible existence.

(If we do not open ourselves up to this God

connection, God cannot fully enter our world

except through grace.) 

NOE G. 7.12.13 10:00 AM 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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WHAT IF?

There is a strong tendency for followers to build

an expectation of the followed. There is a strong

desire to want superpowers in our heroes, in our

Gods, and in our leaders; to counteract our perceived

human powerlessness. So, God, for many, has assumed

the big three: omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent:

a super savior of such magnitude; who, for a prayer

will rectify any issue or ill, self-created or not.

 

As we reflect on this approach - the debate and 

consider its validity - many turn away, questioning

why a multitude of dutiful believers have faced

torment, torture, and mass extinction without

even a drop of mercy, grace, or intervention. 

 

As the note below proposes, what if God shares

our consciousness, but is not able to counteract

human free will and directly intervene in the affairs

of humankind? What does it indicate about God –

what would it suggest that we consider doing

to save ourselves, primarily from ourselves?

 

For a few months, I have been reading and rereading

the note below titled The Stirrings, along with several

related notes that have followed and support a similar

line of reasoning.

 

This initial note below offers a framework- for how

an emergent God might come into existence. I am

still praying, meditating, and asking for guidance

regarding this topic, but this is one example of

the response I am receiving.

 

On this note, the emergent God inherits

a troubled collective human consciousness,

unable to exist without turmoil, war,

and savagery. Hate to say it, but sounds

a lot like life on our planet today. So I thought

I would try my hand at a brief introduction

to frame what might have been happening

in the world at the time of this emergence

of God. Ok, let’s start with my intro.

 

When a groggy consciousness awakes to its

intention,  fed by gaining strength from, and

finally given substance to by the fearful cries

and pleas of early humaness – earth’s original

inhabitants - daily facing a stark existence in 

a new world; as there fierce, more menacing,

cohabitants seek nourishment, and evolutionary

placement; this infant collective awareness, with

wordless mindfulness, struggling for existence:

produces the perfect clamor to call forth their

salvation, an emerging God, a collective universal

consciousness that finds a reason, an intention,

a purpose, and offers a refuge.

  

THE STIRRINGS

God came into being through the stirrings

of a combined consciousness, becoming

aware and awake, reaching out to make

sense and purpose of this united presence,

this life fully aware of itself, its place, its

possibility: knowing each individual

presence was, in fact, a part and parcel

of its larger, fuller, greater perspective;

all-inclusive, evolving, and growing, becoming,

being, then dissolving; a sense of one,

whole, a sum of its parts became – this entity

of combined human consciousness, yet also,

inclusive of all less vigorous or fully aware.

Knowing – even as it awoke, the realization

of a turmoil within, at war with itself, angry,

unable to appease or unite:  even so,  its

allegiances, tribes, or coalitions left little

but fear, despair, and savagery – to placate

it, to aid in its becoming, to foster its evolution –

how was the repeated question, as the over

mind, the now overall consciousness ruminates

its purpose, its existence.

NOE BY G. 6.8.2015

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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The message titled Concentric Circles Of  Consciousness,

offered below further expands our understanding

of the enhanced connection of our local and nonlocal

consciousness, underscoring the importance of building

a pathway to God/Universal Mind, thus expanding our

capacity to fully cocreate our lives with God. Actually

manifesting our heaven on earth. Framing this local

mind in a positive manner – controlling our local

consciousness, allowing us to grow and evolve in

a creative mode rather than a destructive mode.

 

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Concentric circles of consciousness forming, being,

or existing, layer upon layer, together with but distinct,

based in the infinite or God or cosmic consciousness –

containing all existence in one potent and all-inclusive

awareness – the total awareness, the adhesive thought 

of all existence – the thought of an active God/Spirit/

Being/Oneness – a conscious presence, the fertile soil

of all awareness.

 

Part and parcel of this founding layer exists the collective

 

consciousness of all previous or waiting existence –

 

providing the wisdom of the multitude of existence. 

 

Within these concentric circles lie the communal

 

or the collective consciousness of existing sentient

 

life formed one circle at a time by each individual

 

consciousness, each personal (or sentient) being

 

shared but personalized – made distinct by borders – 

 

by thought-restricted boundaries – yet one by

 

the original foundation of each.

 

To connect with the cosmic or God-consciousness

is to break through the conceptual separation

and connect with what is already existing at the

very heart or center of your consciousness –

waking to your own Divine core.

 

Work to expand your consciousness,

understanding the significance of each layer

in your life. Submerge, extend, and transcend

individual consciousness – live within.

NOE BY G. 5.28.2013 9:30 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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TANGIBLE CREATION  

Sincerity, immersion, along with complete commitment, 

define the parameters of a successful project or venture; 

a clarity of intention conceived in the heart of imagination,

made tangible through frequent visualization, formed

and reformed and formed again in thought and emotion.

 

The effort extended must be complete, authentic,

uncompromised – soul-centered and heartfelt –

cherished, loved, and essential; focused desire 

made manifest, a creation of good with universal

application, a magnificent undertaking.

 

To this constructive effort, all must be wagered,

all must be offered for only the transfer of total

and unhampered belief will stoke the furnaces,

forge the particles into being, and finally, breathe

life into the shell of the whole, giving forth

animation and destiny. 

NOE BY G. 4.5.2018

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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Today, as I was preparing to begin my morning

ritual of spiritual reading and meditation, I decided

that I would reach into my archives of unpublished

Affirmative Thoughts and let the universe pick

the theme for today's post.  

 

I picked out the Affirmative Thought published

below titled Let Go And Let God. It is often

startling to see how the themes of the past are still

very much current today. I read it over and set it

aside to see what developed during my meditation.

 

A new addition to my morning devotion is to go

into one of my own journals, where I have

recorded the Meditation Guidance I received,

relating it to my life today.  I picked a journal

and opened it up to the Meditation Guidance below

titled The Way Has Been Prepared. 

 

I quickly realized that the randomly selected

Affirmative Thought and this Meditation Guidance

were related, with the  guidance presenting  

the problem and the thought offering the solution.

Both underscored my continuing challenge with 

this spiritual mission I have accepted and now live -

the feeling that I am often in this alone and have to

make it happen on my own.

 

I am grateful for the reminder that I need to dream

a better dream, have confidence in what I am doing,

trust in God that the way has truly been prepared,

and then to fully let go and let God. 

 

LET GO AND LET GOD

Today “let go and let God” releasing the reins

of control and asking God to assist with the

day-to-day issues you encounter – letting God

guide you and work through you, uncovering

the optimal solution for all involved.

 

Today “let go and let God,” asking God for

direction and listening for guidance in the

signs, sounds, events, and coincidences of

your life –watching as the doors open and

the opportunities are revealed.

 

Today “let go and let God,” surrendering the

need to go it alone and instead join forces

with your Divine assistance and begin again

to cocreate your peaceful existence, your

stress-free life, your heaven on earth.

Let Go And Let God!

AT  BY G. 7.26.2011

 

THE WAY HAS BEEN PREPARED

The dream you should be dreaming is one of strength,

one of courage, a dream reflecting your true nature –

your true potential. Cleanse and clear away the fear,

the doubt, the past mistakes, and replace it with the

joyous harmony of all that waits in possibility.

 

Know you have the power to dream this dream

for yourself and others, but instead,  you wallow

in the graveyard of the past, tossing the remains

around and looking for forgiveness. Know now,

today, and forever that you are and always have

been forgiven – forgive yourself. Learn to love

yourself more –completely - and then you will 

know what this means – what an expression

of love involves.

 

Stop working so hard at doing, and spend more

time dreaming, envisioning. Never attempt to force

the solution; instead, allow it to greet you when it

arrives. Your very actions spell disbelief – a lack

of trust in God’s effort on your behalf. Dream –

see it all, call it forth from your Soul, and

hear the guidance.

 

Find again the passion – the joy in simply being –

cocreating with God. Be willing to start small –

to fit into the future that waits and grow it with love,

passion, and enthusiasm. Offer your gifts, and they

will be received, trusting in God’s support and love.

The way has been prepared.

NOE G. 10.15.2011 7:00 AM 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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Part Four of The Finding God On The Train Story

book, The Crystal Path, focuses on exploring

the human Soul and how it relates to and interacts

with God-Consciousness.

 

The note below, aptly titled Personal Consciousness,

takes us deep into this relationship and provides

guidance on how we can reveal and expand this

Divine connectivity.  

 

PERSONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Before the beginning, there was only

God-Consciousness – Universal Consciousness -

where now your Personal Consciousness exists

as a bubble of viable, evolving intention, allowing

the life as you know it to exist and be experienced 

within -  giving it tangible form and solidity –

forming it, expanding it into the existence

you now are aware of and accept.

 

Personal Consciousness is protected within

the sea of God-Consciousness – receiving

nourishment, guidance, and inspiration, yet,

fully able to exist on its own - to live a life with

or without God's connection.

 

Personal Consciousness expands or contracts

to match individual desires, conceptions, or

intentions. At the same time, it is the pathway

or portal to the interconnectivity of Universal

Consciousness with the ability to connect to

the collective creative power of all who exist 

or who have ever existed.

 

During meditation and prayer allow yourself

to experience and journey within your Personal

Consciousness – expanding your vision –

revealing the true center of your existence –

push towards knowing how you exist within

the sea of God Consciousness – allowing the

edges to fade – the boundaries to disappear

until you feel God wash over you – feel

the sincerity of pure love enfolds you – and

from this point work on strengthening

this conceptual connection until you touch

the true center of gravity.

NOE By G. 1.18.2012 7:10 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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There are times when the evil that surrounds us 

 

is incomprehensible; we are surely experiencing 

 

one of these times. That it is being done in the

 

name of God is just unfathomable.

 

As the note, I share below reminds, a meme

of evil has gained a foothold, as our global

culture has chosen to promote all things dark

and destructive as entertainment, our cultural

pastimes.

 

Although, we cannot personally stop these

random acts of global madness, perhaps

we can set in motion a new  focus, a viable

consciousness - a more wholesome and

worthy perspective.  

 

THIS MEME OF EVIL

It is the idea of evil, the intent of evil that surfaces

and finds a place in the collective consciousness.

It is this meme of evil, active, evolving, flourishing

that forms the presence of turmoil, destitution,

avarice, heartlessness – only by grabbing hold

of the content of consciousness can we counteract

its forming and reforming, its gaining power and

presence.  We each must resolve to think it into

diminishment, starting with our own mind control.

 

This meme of evil has gained a foothold, and at

times, an upper hand in this life. What we must

realize is that humanity is the generating force

of this dark, destructive meme, forged by lifetimes 

of fostering inhumanity and greed.

 

Today we feed the preservation of evil by opening

our psyches and our souls to daily feeding of

media-based demise, criminality, hatred, and

fictional homicide. Our culture now represents

us, and it is often dark and menacing,

brutal, unthinkable. The meme of evil thrives 

in our world of intolerance, hatred, and 

hopelessness.

 

We must consider, each of us, making it our

mission to reorder our thoughts and lives, basing

our efforts on the expansion of good, well-being,

thriving, hope: turning the tide – restoring 

a consciousness of good, for all.

NOE By G. 11.18.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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EVER EVOLVING WHOLE 

We are each the individual expressions of an

ever evolving whole, creating and becoming,

forming new the energy of an expanding 

consciousness, breathing each breath –

formless – faceless but alive – always striving –

always conceiving – always being more.

 

Our acts of individual creation nourish

the whole - pushing our boundaries and

the limits of the whole. The power of this

creative force is love – the love of the

initiative – of boundlessness forever

reforming, multiplying the collective 

energy of all humankind – all existing life.

 

We are truly the living spirit of conscious-

ness – bursting forth in an infinite variety

of magnificence. We are one and living in

this whole – the true living spirit of God.

NOE By G. 10.2.2010  9:15 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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As I write and edit Part Three of the Finding God On The

Blog Book Story, titled God Consciousness And

The Divinity Within,  I have spent hours reading

and rereading the guidance I have received over

the past ten-plus years. As is also standard practice

for me, I have spent a great deal of time

meditating and connecting directly with God 

to explore the topic. As I deep dive into the essence

of this message, I often run across guidance that

now requires a fresh look and understanding like

the guidance below titled God Thought.  

 

GOD THOUGHT

We exist within the consciousness of God –

a subset of the whole – a personal consciousness

within God-consciousness.  Our being, our form,

all that surrounds us, and all that is within us,

is God-originated existence.

 

All we see or experience is simply a thought

of God – we are a thought of God – and within

this ocean of thought we have our being, are conscious,

and we are bathed in the essence of God Thought.

 

We live within God – all we experience in this

collective God-consciousness – which our limited

consciousness is based – is found in this divine

consciousness.

 

In the extended vision of God, we get to explore

humanity – God Thought manifested in full form

to experience this existence. We live submerged

in the creation of God Thought – all made of the

same thought substance.

 

Within our  consciousness is an awareness of

this connection – this oneness of Universal God

force – the divine spark fully aware of its source,

its origin, and its destiny.

 

Within the collective God-consciousness is the

power and energy to create personal human

thought, the gift of creative power allowing us

to be one in our God potential, to contribute

to the voice of God in existence – as we live,

thrive, and create at the apex of God Thought. 

NOE By G. 4.11.2012 7:00 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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At the center of much religious thinking is

the concept of God/world dualism, where God

is separate and exerts influence on the world

through what is known as downward causation.

 

Those who have been reading my Notes On

Enlightenment published on this blog realize

that I follow the view that God and humankind

are actually intertwined in a co-conspiracy 

of action and creation, with humankind

the active agent of God on earth - through

this active living - expands the potential 

and depth of creative consciousness.

 

At the individual human level, I believe our 

personal consciousness is hardwired with

what I refer to as the Divine Mind - our divine

nature or soul, which acts as our creative

conduit to connect and cocreate with God

or Universal Consciousness. 

 

As noted in the title of the Meditation Guidance

below, this Blended Awareness is sparked by

individual intention, as each person creates,

via their own desires. As the first line of

the guidance below reveals each of us powers

and originates this creative process through

our own intention.

 

In other words, we spark the desire and team

with God in its cocreation, resulting in the

appropriate manifested tangible form.

Basically, what is being expressed here, 

is that our interaction with God is conducted 

via upward causation rather than downward.

  

BLENDED AWARENESS

We are powered by our own inception –

the infusion of our intention with God 

Consciousness -  replayed over and over

within our Personal Consciousness

until it flowers – erupting in a bloom

of creation, expressing  the union of our 

true God potential.

 

Consider this thought – as a particle of God

Consciousness you hold the key to universal

possibility – potential - merely by becoming

an expression of your God nature – refusing

to allow thoughts of separation to dissuade

you and throw you off course.

 

Let every action be a connected action, 

enabling your Divine nature and your form

existence to walk in unison, becoming

the vibrational harmony of two consciousnesses

being experienced together.

 

Push your ego and your operational mind 

to cooperate - watch as the magic begins –

igniting your world positively, impacting

all existence through your song – the blended

voices of two awarenesses returning

to the vibration of one. 

NOE G. 7.8. 2011 10:15 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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There are periods when I find it difficult

to connect with my Divine guidance; when

this occurs it usually takes me some effort

to determine what I am doing to impede

the process. I  have been in such a period

recently.  During these periods I do receive

direction, like I did this morning, when

my journal opened to the note below

and I felt compelled to read it, and publish

it on the blog.

 

As a musician, I realize the significance

of silences created by the composer,

instrumentalist, or improviser in a piece

of music; referred to as the “rests” –

an eighth rest, a quarter rest, a half rest,

a whole rest – designated portions

of time equivalent to the actual played

note lengths, where there is silence;

no sound is to exist. Of course, without

silence, there is no music, only a drone

of a fluctuating sound.

 

Perhaps, I am to understand and utilize

these periods of  divine “rest” or silence,

to listen to the eternal voice of the being

that exists, always within me, the message

and guidance of my own soul or divine-self.

 

WITHIN THE SPACES 

Live within the spaces of consciousness,

between the overlap of spheres of influence,

space between the concentric circles.

Movement between the spheres is doable

after detachment from the fixed state of

personal consciousness. It is in the spaces,

the silences, between words, thoughts, ideas,

and expressions – where the true genius exists.

The divine resides within the spaces, providing

the fabric of consciousness. Spaces between

the breaths, between the tones. Travel the

silent spaces.

 

Live within the spaces of existence, between

the beats of the heart. Allow life – Divine life –

to erupt from the spaces. Listen to the voice

of eternal being within you; the message is

soft and appealing, one of unity – furtherance –

and continual transcendence. Listen to the voice,

the message is so fragrant, that it enlivens every cell.

 

Live today within the spaces – feel the presence,

the true peace. Stop thinking, feel it instead,

truly encounter the true amniotic fluid –

the moist substance of eternal destiny – here

for a brief moment before moving onto more

pertinent being – an existence framed in more

expansive consciousness, yet know your life –

this life, and all its wonder and expansiveness,

is the true test – the epic adventure forcing

all who participate to develop, evolve, and

eventually, to transcend. 

NOE G. 6.4.2013 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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As we have discussed, the focus of the Finding

God On The Train Story message, is that we

and God interact through a shared consciousness

and as a result, as the note below conveys, it is a

“logical” outgrowth of this conceptual framework

that we share a combined existence, teamed

to make the most of our endeavors and our lives.

This, of course, is facilitated, and the benefits 

of coexistence maximized, when we actually

buy-in to this framework.

 

Likewise, this notion is built on the premise

that every living, being has an inner divine

nature and connection, that even with flat-out

negation, this divine connection cannot

be turned off or severed. Thus, the opportunity

for this inner divinity to assist even the totally

lost with reclaiming their redemption.

 

We, who believe in combined being, are in

a unique position to actually cocreate with

God our lives of joy, peace, love, and happiness –

heaven on earth. Others will benefit from

God’s close proximity and ability to assist

when possible.    

 

COMBINED BEING 

The lasting partnership of total oneness

asks for only acceptance, a willingness

to be one with the enveloping consciousness

of the eternal spirit, open to its flow, its push

and pull of complete awareness.

 

This consciousness incubates and fosters

the individually perceived awareness,

seen by most, as distinct and separate.

Spirit is with you as the air you breathe

is with you, dislocation, separation is

untenable, impossible; yet many conjure

a distance between the created and

the creative force of all.

 

Understand that Spirit, the infinite

awareness, through the soul, provides

the framework for a lasting partnership

of combined being, able to live and

be a united unfolding presence, open

to engender form from well-intentioned

thought, to partner in the cocreative

wonder of living, being, becoming. 

NOE G. 10.1.2014 10:00 AM 

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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THORNS STUCK IN TENDER PLACES

Let us listen to our own Soul’s roar,

forcing us to peer from inside out

and outside in, to familiarize ourselves

with the thorns stuck in tender places,

capturing our failing attention even

as we proceed on as if nothing hurts.

 

Let us recognize this veil of confusion instead,

as our distinctive vision blurs, and as such,

forcing our sight to focus on what we truly

are and deserve to be, not pawns but kings

on a sacred mission to regain our paradise lost.

 

Let us take this reclamation, without the taunt

of self–negation or abasement; forcing our

will only when our rationale argument fails

to deliver, fully ready to shed our worn

appearance and adorn ourselves with truth,

welcoming our noble transformation.

AT G. 12.16.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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CONNECTED WITHIN

Within connected consciousness, we exist,

whole and fully supported our visions, hopes,

desires; solitary and intricately shared,

reverberating, vibrating, from local space

throughout the whole – all individual beats

of a magnificent spiritual drum pounded

in syncopated splendor, coupled with like

expressions until a resounding ocean of clear

intention surfaces, moving tsunami like

throughout the one mind of existence,

attracting, calling forth, what might be -

should be - and now, with this tumult –

could be, very possibly, communally

expressed.

 

Know our individual perception of

a world worth living, fostering, incubating,

nourishing, fermenting, finds its very origin

in our singular, personal imagination,

our audacity to visualize a more pertinent

existence, a more bountiful and appealing

being a way forward to shared joy,

a collective happiness, a lasting hope.

NOE G 4.7.2016

 

WITH LOVE, G