Janice Pickett, author, intuitive counselor, healer, actor, film and TV producer and friend asked the following question...

"I believe God gives us energy which is our direct connection to him. Man has power through energy and can achieve anything when he knows how to apply it to his life. So when we pray we ignite that energy and in fact create our own solutions with Gods blessing. Do you agree?"   

Janice

 
 
"The root cause of all of these is the illusion of separation. "We are organically one" is the "The Earth is round" of our time..." 

Facebook thread follows:
Tony Praill:  The whole world, deep down, realises that nothing is more important than human and social evolution in harmony with our environment. We know that it is crucial that we advance integrated solutions that address the root causes of greed, intolerance, injustice, inequality, distress and conflict, and that we do that through co-operation and co-creation rather than coca-cola! ;-) 

Tony Praill:  Consider a world inspired to fulfil each person's unique potential to liberate mutual completeness in abundant variety. A world with an effortless, entire awareness that our varied needs to flower co-operate to harvest the fruits of truth, harmony, peace and bounteous, beautiful creativity. Now is the time to consider, intend and co-create this magnificent world....this is why we are here! ((( ♥ )))

Joe Simmons:  The root cause of all of these is the illusion of separation. "We are organically one" is the "The Earth is round" of our time.  

"Leading-edge information and growing consciousness bring us a step beyond the planting of seeds. They root the plants of freedom, love, abundance, wholeness and empowerment. For example, it took over 200 years to believe the Earth is round, but when we finally believed it, our experience of life changed quickly and dramatically. Up next, we are One, organically. We are exiting the period that will be known as 'The Age of Insanity - the time when we believed the illusion of separation was true'. We will be shocked and brought to our knees from the remorse of what we had done during the profound unconsciousness of that time. We will be moved, relieved and grateful for the abundance, peace and wholeness of remembering that we are One and Love" ~ Joe Simmons ♥ 

Tony Praill: Idealism is the new reality! ;-)

Joe Simmons:  Our being one is as much of an ideal as is the Earth being round. We just can't see it because we believe that the illusion of separation must disappear before we can realize our oneness. We can embrace the illusion of separation the same way we can embrace the illusion that a movie is made from individual still frames playing in sequence, which we cannot detect with our human tools for perception. The Earth is round, and we are One, organically. This is absolute - regardless of our ability to recognize it. ♥

Tony Praill:  True, though as you say, the recognition is the 'warp- speed' for human evolution. :-)

John Halderman:  Yes, before any human descriptions and explanations about life, we were One . . . ARE ONE! We allow ourselves to go down the specific rabbit holes loosing sight of our Oneness. :)))

Joe Simmons:  Tony, the good news is that our thwarting or resisting the realization of our oneness, for however many years we may do it, does not change that our believing that the illusion of separation is true is what makes all strife possible. Name it... starvation, homelessness, poverty, war, greed, intolerance, inequality, distress and conflict are all symptoms of our believing and operating as if we are separate. 

Knowing that we are One, whenever we act inconsistently to that, we are operating insanely. Hence, we have dis-ease. This is true no matter what we think or no matter how we might rationalize our unwillingness (for whatever reasons) to surrender.

Until we do, we will remain in "The Age of Insanity, the time when we, the humans, believe that the illusion of separation is true." The love that comes from realizing our oneness is the cure for all of it. Actually, it's the only cure. Any other study or exploration for answers is futile and foolish, insane.

More good news... As more of us entertain Oneness consciousness we are building momentum, like a snowball, to reach a critical mass of awareness. Eventually, we will get it like a light going on in our heads. We will say, "What the? Of course, we are one! What the hell were we thinking?" ♥

John Halderman:  agree Joe, seeing our Oneness is the way. When we know our Oneness we stop acting in selfish fearful ways seeking to fill the void created by the perceived separation. We then act in unity seeing how what we do benefits the whole. :)

The Facebook Screen Shot...

 
 
Hello Folks, 

Thanks for reading this blog post. Firstly, I have to acknowledge that the title of the this blog is almost an oxymoron because "human-centrically" is the only way that we can perceive anything.

The image below is a screen shot of a Facebook picture shared by 11:11 Awakening Code. According to the sharer, the graph represents galactic wave movement.  The sharer states, "This is what's in store for the Human Race after October 28th, 2011 and into 2012. It is the end of Wave Movements or the gradual settling of an advanced sustainable 'Garden of Eden'. Thank YOU Mayan Calendar!! It all makes sense Now!" 

For the purpose of this blog post, let's give us (the humans) the benefit of the doubt and give ourselves something about which to celebrate. We deserve it. Life is a conversation, anyway. It's all made up.

Joe Simmons recommended reading.
Recommended Reading
I've included (right) The God Code by Gregg Braden as recommended reading because it describes the how and ramifications of Heaven that is coming. 

"As implied in many traditional religious descriptions of our origins, 'God created the Heaven and Earth' as two distinct, yet related, realms of experience. The texts go on to describe humankind as a bridge between the two realms, a marriage between Heaven (spirit or soul) and Earth. "'He (humankind) unites both heavenly and earthly qualities within himself...I (God) will create man to be the union of the two...'  Through our lives, the qualities of the two realms are merging into a single existence. At the end of our lives, the Heaven and Earth that have merged as our bodies return to their respective abodes. Our bodies return to the dust of the earth, while our souls and Heaven are already one. This perspective of life and death offers a tangible sense of why the experience of death does not mean an end to our existence. The hidden number code assures us that it is so." ~The God Code, page 96, Gregg Braden 

This galactic observation, below, which appears to be support of a broad spectrum Ascension that is coming, is a wonderful example that critical mass of awareness is not limited to the conscious awareness of the human-being parts of us who dwell on the spec of us called Earth. In other words, we (the individuated parts of us called humans) are so tiny; therefore, how could we think that a critical mass of a tiny piece of our infinite existence could be all upon which we have to rely in order reach a critical mass of awareness that would bring Ascension, which (I hope) includes a personal awareness that we are organically One?
 
 
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I'm remembering that in some respects, ideas and contexts of altruism are abused as a tool to covertly enslave us, the human beings. As we are one, we've elected to enslave ourselves, of course. There are many perspectives - my favorite being Jainism, "...an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation...."  ~ Wikipedia

When applied deceitfully, altruism exploits our innate drive and inclination to serve each other as we know, spiritually, that we are one.

We know, on important levels, albeit more unconsciously than not at this point in time, that to serve you is to serve myself. Inequality is not required. A desire to love unconditionally and the insight and awareness to realize personal fulfillment in the engagements is required. However, by questionable definition, this is not altruism, because altruism includes selflessness for the betterment of a third-party group, e.g. governments, a God, etc. at the expense and/or detriment of the servant.

Given that we are one, all acts of love-inspired service and gifting are divinely "selfish" when we realize, feel and embrace that we are fulfilled and made whole (Holy) in the engagements. When I serve you, I serve myself. My/our accountability is to serve from a place of divine inspiration to determine appropriateness. 

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In the experience of human-being, we entertain and believe that Heaven is a place to go upon an experience that we've labeled "death." We've added that we must be a certain way in "life", in the eyes of a third-party Supreme Being who makes a judgement and determines whether we've earned a spot in a separate place called Heaven after death. 

This context is dogmatic because we misunderstand it. Paradise and Heaven on Earth are attainable always by states of mind or consciousness. Heaven is Heaven. We made up that a lot of hard work and an experience called death are required to be judged worthy and enter Heaven on a different plain of existence. Our oneness includes everything that is, including the Supreme Being.

Heaven is a choice that exists everywhere, always, eternally. Realizing the manifestation for ourselves begins with a word and a declaration to have and experience Heaven now - right here on Earth, while still living. There is no place to go. There is only a way to be to enter Heaven today.

Thank you for your attention and for the opportunity to look and remember! ♥

Lovingly Namaste,

Joe Simmons

Metaphysical Life Coach & Public Speaker
 
 
I came across the following Epicurus (341–270 B.C.) quote in a Facebook comment:

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus

First, I want to be clear that I am exploring and sharing a perspective in the context of the entire quote, not just, "Why do we call God, God?" I am sharing a perspective based on why we call him God withstanding the conditions that Epicurus presents.


Perhaps we call him God because we feel like adding meaning to things and labeling things. Ironically, the labeling is insidious, e.g. we're predisposed to perceive a category of "separate" or "third party", hence we refer to and apply a “He” when there is none. Maybe we simply exist in a being or a becoming state of is-ness that is God. Hence, there is just an is state. I know that may sound strange. Of course, there is only one is. Imagine we might decide to distinguish, categorize, define, judge, label and count is’s. Actually, that’s what we do. 

Finally, let's consider that the label “evil” and the descriptors, e.g. “malevolent” are fictitious. We apply the labels “good”, “bad”, etc. to our opinions of a thing and call it true, when it is not. In this case, therefore, we hold the fabrication labeled “He” accountable to the opinions and the labels that we attach to them. Uh-oh, then who is accountable? I declare that I am accountable with the collective I's (is) that we are.

Thanks for the opportunity to look!

Lovingly Namaste,
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Joe Simmons
Metaphysical Life Coach & Public Speaker
 
 
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Illustrative Conglomerate. Click image for animation.
Try this on like a coat. The experience of there being a physical plane is an illusion. It is real only to the extent that we apply the label "physical plane" to categorize a domain of illusions that we perceive and entertain. In other words, illusions are real; however, they distract us from what is true.

To illustrate, let's call this image a conglomerate - just one of infinitely existing conglomerates. Click it to see the animation. The phenomena of the physical plane are illusions formed by infinitely created and configured conglomerates of perceptions layered upon perceptions. The sources of each are intentions or thoughts, which set off unique conglomerates ad infinitum. An example of a new conglomerate is a thought or opinion about the shapes reflected on the tube. It's how thoughts become "things." 

The perceptions are not limited to those "originated" by the constellations of conglomerates called human beings, animals, birds, fish, bugs, etc. The senses, e.g., sight, taste, smell, touch and hearing are experience-able through and are products of the layered and co-mingled interpretations entertained by the integrated constellations of conglomerates and their parts. All the parts of all things, animate, inanimate, matter and non-matter are interpreting and co-creating simultaneously, including the parts of the conglomerates themselves.

Therefore, we can surmise that the content of the physical plane is an illusion, albeit real to the extent that we actually experience it. Imagine the perceiver behind the illusions is the only non-illusionary entity except for our inability to realize it. Ironically, we are illusive to ourselves - lurking in the silence behind the noise; we play with the looking glasses. So amused, submersed and distracted by what we perceive, we believe the illusions are true and forget who and what we are.


We are One and Love, the Co-Creators.

Lovingly Namaste,

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Joe Simmons
Metaphysical Life Coach & Public Speaker