a perfect example of how little we have to do

This was reprinted from http://www.scienceofbeingwell.net/ it is a great example of how little we really have to do in or der to have what we want: Do you want to feel some relief from your own stress? Want to feel more confident about reaching your goals and getting whatyou want? Does it feel like you can't ever make progress?You CAN. But how?The definition of overwhelm: Thinking you are responsible for things that you believe you lack the time, knowledge, ability and/or resources to handle, and that you must handle them according to a standard you believe you can't meet.Would you be willing to allow yourself to be as loved and supported as someone who has been unable to walk, talk, or move much except his head since birth?What if, as for the young man you'll meet in a moment, the"action" required to do great things was small compared to the ability to attract helpful resources and people?What if all that was required to get the important things done was faith in the outcome, loving yourself enough to believe that what you want is worthwhile, willingness to do your small part, and acceptance that the universe handles the large part?Something to think about.Watch this: --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79hUngrVwGM You are this loved. The whole universe is like the man ready to ride the bike withyou on the front, if you would just allow yourself to accept that what you CAN do is enough, and expect and enjoy the ride. The universe is like the man swimming, pulling the raft. Would you please just get in -- or allow yourself to be lifted in--by turning your focus toward possibility?The universe is like the man running, pushing the wheelchair.Would you hang on and joyfully go with the flow, instead of jumping out with your worry and self-judgement about why you're not there yet?Here is this young man, with very limited physical ability to"do" anything, yet look where he went! Can you see the part his desire, happiness, and gratitude played?Can you see why his loving father would WANT to be on his team? Next time you're proud of yourself for accomplishing something, be proud! You did your part!And a big part of what you did is to be willing to allow the energy of the universe to work through you. You breathed. You imagined. You gave yourself permission to try. You let yourself think you could. You gave yourself a reason. You challenged your stressful, scary, and self-defeating thoughts. You believed you were worthy of your goal. You believed your goal was worthy of you. You believed that somehow what you needed would show up.Next time you think you can't, check your willingness to do these things.You CAN. So, this is what I mean by remembering who you are. Instead of doing, doing, doing--just remember to intend and allow. Believe first, then see. Steven Keeler

You know the last quarter, when Exxon announced it had netted 10 billion dollars, the largest ever for an oil company, I felt the old "victims" rage well up inside me. I swear everywhere we look it seems someone is taking advantage of us: after every commercial on CNN Headline News, they announce the terror alert (even though I think we have had only one “real” terrorist attack in the USA); we (the taxpayer) have spent 400 billion so far on a war that most educated folks say is not about terror, weapons of mass destruction, or anything other than securing our oil company’s assets; then we (yes the taxpayer) pay no bid contracts (billions) to corporate friends of the government, who will “rebuild” the countries we destroy all the while attempting to get those countries to repay these debts, and if they ever can, do we get a tax credit that year? If they can’t, then they do what we tell them until they can. And how about this one: killing brings peace!? Did you know that we spend more on defense than all of the other countries in the world combined? Oh and guess what? When you die, if you leave anything, your heirs will pay huge taxes on the assets you leave, even though you have already paid taxes on them (reminds me of something I have heard before like “no taxation without representation.”) Another troubling one is that despite growing evidence of global warming, and inspite of international studies that global warming is beginning to go out of control, our leader refuses to sign new international legislation that will help control it because he says it will be bad for our economy (no it will be bad for your buddies in the oil industry and others related to it). This despite the fact that our nation produces more global warming gases and pollution than any 3 other civilized countries combined. Huh? Oh and did I mention that we, the taxpayer have spent more than 400 billion dollars (not to mention many lives) to secure more of the stuff (oil) that causes this problem, while our leader smiles and tells us we must win the war on terrorism, which by many estimates can NEVER be won using war, since we are simply producing more terrorists with everyone we kill. In my travels around the world, I am getting the feeling that the rest of the world (yes there are other countries and peoples besides us) is beginning to look at us as a spoiled child, and I am fearful that we may absorb a resounding “slap” across the face if we don’t shape up. Ok, ok, enough already. So how do you feel? Angry? Stupid? Me too. Now let’s look at this for a minute. Because there is giant inspiration and a solution contained in all this. Instead of looking at these things as diabolical plots to take advantage of the uneducated, let’s reconsider for a moment: can you imagine the audacity, creativity, genius, overwhelming intelligence, persistence, and planning of those who came up with these ideas? It must have been a hell of a party: “I know, let’s have the taxpayer pay for our defense which we use primarily to protect our assets by going to “war;” at the same time we’ll raise the price of oil, pay our friends billions, and if their corporations start to go under, we’ll have the taxpayer bail them out, and we’ll keep smiling and focusing the news media on how dangerous and bad a place the world is so that they’ll all be distracted away from this. What a magnificent marking plan! Well, guess what? If they can think up this stuff, so can we. And by the way, the reason you feel pissed off right now is not because of them, it is because you, my friend, have forgotten who and what you are. Go inside and ask yourself, “Am I a sheep, who follows along blindly?” Pay attention to how you feel. Not good, right? Now ask yourself, “Am I an all powerful creator, capable of bringing peace to the world without killing?” Which one makes you feel better? Which one is more true? Are you ready to live up to your potential (not the one they told you about)? What makes us feel bad is when we limit the unlimited. And that is exactly what we have been doing. These people who do these things have shown us that we all are capable of amazing things. I can hear many of you saying, “Well they have the money and connections.” What is more powerful, money and connections or God/Spirit? In fact they have miscalculated slightly: they have made us the source, substance and supply of their wealth; we on the other hand have made Spirit our source, substance and supply. We must believe first, then we will see. This is law, not a religious doctrine. You don’t invent a space shuttle, microwave, vaccine, or empire by seeing it first then believing it is possible. “Ninety five percent of people are busy attempting to change effects. Something happens which they do not like and they try to change the situation. They soon find that they are simply changing one form of distress for another. “The other five percent are busily engaged with causes. They know that in order to make any permanent change it is the cause which they must seek. They soon find that the cause is within their control. It is the five percent that do the thinking and the 95 percent which merely accept the thoughts of others.” --Charles F. Haanel Which category do you fit in? Love to your Spirit Greatness, Steven Keeler http://www.stevenkeeler.com/ Ps if you’d like to watch a great documentary on global warming, watch “An Inconvenient Truth” don’t be turned off by the fact that Al Gore did it.

Wake up, people!

I came across this the other day: "Today, exploited ignorance, a dilettante attitude toward existing knowledge, a refusal to assume one's role as a responsible member of the human race may be punished in the searing thunderclap of H-bombs released by men whose intelligence and statecraft were incapable of a better solution. Ignorant people elect ignorant rulers. And only ignorant rulers lead to war--and this time will lead to a war which will bring silence forever after to Earth. " LR Hubbard. Wake up people! What would happen if instead of spending over 400 billion (so far) on the war on terrorism, we instead spend that on the war on ignorance?

fyi on global warming

Someone forwarded this to me. Sounds good! Dear NRDC Action Fund Supporter, This is the break we've been fighting for.Yesterday in California, Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders reached historic agreement on a bill that will place tough controls on that state's global warming pollution, with the ambitious goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent.It's a spark that could ignite a nationwide chain reaction. With the Bush Administration still stuck in do-nothing mode on global warming, dozens of states have been looking to California to lead the way in combating the greatest environmental threat of our time.And California has delivered big time. The California Global Warming Solutions Act will impose new controls on utilities, oil refineries, and other major global warming polluters, with the ambitious goal of rolling back the state's emissions to 1990 levels.Co-sponsored by NRDC and Environmental Defense, this breakthrough bill will put a market-based system in place that provides incentives to businesses to comply with the new law and, just as important, that compliance will be closely monitored.I don't have to tell you that old-line polluting industries fought this bill tooth and nail. But thanks to your support, NRDC spearheaded a new and exciting coalition of clean-tech companies, venture capitalists, local governments, faith-based leaders and tens of thousands of citizens that won the day.California's leaders saw the future and it was green. Global warming controls won't just be great for the environment, they will be great for the state's economy. This bill will allow California to start breaking its expensive dependence on fossil fuels and lead a revolution in energy technology that will create tens of thousands of jobs.Who can doubt that other states will soon be racing to follow suit? A decade from now, we'll look back at this historic agreement as the turning point in America's long-overdue reckoning with catastrophic climate change.Today the real work begins. NRDC is going to build on this historic victory -- state by state by state -- until the momentum is so overwhelming that Congress will have no choice but to wake up and act.Your support and activism has taken us this far. And we'll be counting on you to stand with us throughout the long fight ahead -- until that inevitable day when the President of the United States puts his or her signature on national global warming legislation. Sincerely, Frances Beinecke President Natural Resources Defense Council If you want to read more about this important story, go to:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/washington/31warming.html

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to my updated site. I hope that you find it useful and helpful to begin to learn to follow your inner most wisdom, which some call spirit or God. It seems to me that all of us know what makes our own heart sing, yet many of us don't follow through, which brings sadness and frustration in our lives. I always like to remember inventors. Orville and Wilbur Wright were told many times that they were crazy. In their own minds they must have thought this often when they failed in their attempt to figure out how to fly. Yet despite the fact that no one had ever done it, and despite the fact that their own minds could not figure it out, they found a way. I think this is the wonderment of our divine nature, a side which most of us don't make use of. Just think for a moment of your ultimate dream. In your mind can you figure out how to achieve it? Does it seem that the odds, or probability are insurmountable? Now for a moment, imagine that you do not need to figure out how to have your ultimate dream; how does it feel to you to know you don't have to figure out anything to have what you want? And all you have to "do" is trust that it is being provided, and always choose to do what makes you feel good, and your dream will literally fall in your lap. This is what I have dedicated my life to, and I can tell you first hand that it is this simple.