Being Instead of Doing: Journey into Constant Meditation

Today, let's talk about meditation, our main tool for consciousness evolution and expansion. I'm sure those of us who are serious about walking a spiritual path, meditate frequently and we have our own experiences, successes and failures with it.

Unfortunately, meditating is not yet for everybody and most people on the planet either have never heard of it, have heard of it and rejected it or tried it and decided that it's not for them.

These are all valid viewpoints, and nobody can fault these people. However, if we want to advance in this school of consciousness on this planet, we simply cannot ignore the critical importance of meditation.

In our Western society we typically tend to be much less mindful and meditate much less compared to our friends from the East. While it is normal for people from India, Japan or Tibet to meditate frequently and even lengthily, most people from Europe or the USA don't adhere to this practice. Our mindset is typically not compatible with serious practice of meditation.

Well, I hope that this information may be helpful not just for those of us who practice meditation and are indeed serious about it, but also for those who contemplate to add meditation to their daily routine.

Meditation is not something static and is a highly dynamic process, as it is related to our consciousness and therefore to our existential presence. It is the doorway to expansion and evolution. It fully supports the new paradigm of “being” instead of “doing”. In the external world we "do", but in the internal world we "are".

Let me describe this process from my personal perspective. Beginning to observe my self from the vantage point of “being” and allowing the content of my consciousness as well as my embodiment of the observer to deepen is one way to initiate meditation. Focusing on my breath has a miraculous effect on my mind. It calms down and ceases to be restless. After a while, when I let go of my focus on the breath it becomes so much easier to "be" than to "do". Thoughts pop up with much less frequency and urgency. They disturb my abiding "beingness" much less than before. I allow my self-awareness to flow gently. You might ask me at this point, why I don't focus longer on my breath to cultivate a more perfect beingness. The answer is that nothing is set in stone, especially with something so inherently dynamic as meditation. I have found that this process is more suited to my self. I simply perceive the level of abiding “beingness” that’s right for me. You might find or devise another process more appealing to you. The third stage in my personal meditation process is to "imagine" the deep state of unconditional love, which fills my consciousness and blots out any other feelings. Through constant repetition of my intent without thoughts and feelings, but with an intent "made solid" within me, I surrender to unconditional love. This "intent made solid within me" might be difficult to describe, and every seeker of inner peace must discover it on their own. However, it is an important stage in my own, personal process. It allows me to go deeper and leave the typical, medium-level meditation depth that is practiced in Western society. The fourth stage of my meditation process is initiated abruptly after wilfully diving so deep that it feels like I am sleeping. Suddenly, I feel that my conscious ability to influence the experience of my own meditation is wrestled away from me. It is like the sun is going up within me and I feel "more" connected and "one" with my self and the universe. Thoughts of my neighbour, Earth and other humans feel like examples of a distant dream. This is the stage where our true Self begins to reveal itself more willingly to the conscious self. I feel so much unconditional love that it almost becomes unbearable. You might say that this is the fun stage of my meditation process. It also acts as a springboard to a deeper stage that requires a bit more internal effort. With the “solid intent attitude” that I mentioned earlier, I can push further and the "I" inside me dissolves further and comes even closer to "we". I have always been like this, in fact we all have been like this, but now I can perceive it clearer than ever before during my waking state.

However, you probably agree with me that meditation is not just fun, it is the portal, the gateway to the universe and other beings. In this last stage sacred communion with other beings through feelings and sensations is possible. If you ask to have sincere Inner Contact with other beings and your meditational state is so deep that it is impossible for your ego to follow you, then you will have it. There is even a shared framework in place, which is proof that your experience is real. For example, if there is a group meditation taking place, which enhances the consciousness field, then the individual members of the group will perceive the same or similar feelings, sensations and images. That's what happened when I was part of an Experimental Contact Group. In our group all members had a shared Contact experience with the Plejaren Family in Z's books.

Let me grab this opportunity and confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Contact is real, even if your ego-based belief systems might disagree and you allow your ego to delude you.

After presenting my personal experience with meditation, I think it's time that we might attempt to reframe the whole concept of meditation. While we are accustomed to practicing it when sitting in a position that's comfortable for us, like in an armchair, in a traditional lotus posture or a warrior pose from martial arts, our consciousness has evolved sufficiently to begin practicing it everywhere without the need to sit. I am referring to a concept that goes beyond mindfulness. Native American elders as well as elders from all indigenous tribes on the planet have been living like this long before we were born. Another example was the Buddha, who didn’t talk much and smiled a lot. This happens when you are meditating in a state of wakefulness.

You might ask your selves if I'm going nuts or something. I assure you, I'm not or at least not yet. I have still a lot of spiritual practice ahead of me to experience enlightenment like Tibetan monks for example, after days of constant meditation.

No, I would just like to share an experience I had two days ago, when I was walking. One of my insights in my recent past has been to prepare our selves to live in a state of constant meditation. It is basically a state which is characterized by the following elements: first, our mind is not chattering incessantly. Second, we experience life, instead of living it, and we are fully immersed in it. Third, our Heart-based sensors are wide open, and insights are flowing into our consciousness, yet they are not disturbing our state of being.

Let me get back to my experience while I was out on a walk. Fortunately, I am blessed to be living in Ireland, where people place a lot of importance on nature. The housing estates are filled with many trees and grass is everywhere. While I was walking in a state of joy, I remembered my earlier insight that we are moving into a state of being where we exist in a state of constant meditation. Instantly, I wanted to experience this state of being and tried to block out random thoughts. Instead, I looked around, trying to immerse my self and blend into my surroundings. Thinking back now, my memories and experiences of my surroundings at that time and place are crystal clear. Anyway, to continue my story, I was walking like this for a while, refusing to entertain any superfluous thoughts and trying to just be and not think. I failed miserably, after my ego deviously thought about my health and what I am doing to improve it. My mind fluidly went to thinking about it and I completely forgot about being in the present. I was walking like this for a while, until a yellow leaf from a maple tree above me fell just in front of me, touching my face lightly. I had the instant insight to stop taking my self so seriously and to immerse my self in nature again. Surprisingly, I was blissed out with this insight, as I was sure it came from my true Self, which was observing me constantly, looking out for me and protecting me while I am incarnated on this world. With a smile, I looked up and saw the large maple tree and its adorning orange, yellow and brown leaves. In this moment I was one with the tree, my true Self and nature.

I instantly understood that reframing meditation will lead us to unity consciousness in a state of being that is not confined and restricted from the perspective of our limited self and allow the meditational state to spill over into our waking consciousness. In the past we have separated meditational state from waking state. Why? I will tell you why. It is because we possess fundamentally separated consciousness states, that are relevant to different activities and states of being. It is now time to blend all these consciousness states and to live as one with our true Selves and additionally as one with nature and by extension with the universe. We begin perceiving our selves as one with nature, which is naturally leading us to becoming one with our Selves. This is because nature is reflective of our selves and focuses our awareness. Once we accomplish that, we can perceive our selves as one with the universe.

As humans living on this planet now, we are blessed to participate in such a profound consciousness transformation that our limited self never thought possible. We are oblivious to our infinite potential. Every day I notice small little details of extreme potential that we humans bear inside of us, but at the same time, these moments are small, like rays of light that burst into the living room when curtains move. Once the curtains settle in their previous position, the rays of light are once again obstructed. Fortunately, I strongly remember my experiences. It is like an afterimage that persists in my eyes, long after looking at the sun itself. They are powerful beyond anything I have experienced before COVID.

In these moments I am reminded of the glorious future of humanity. The pain that all of us experience during these Great Changes that trouble us humans in different ways, based on whatever we need to purge from within us are just birthing pains of a brilliant new consciousness. We are reborn from within. Join me and feel my bliss, for there is no amount of conditioning that will make me despair again. Not if I am experiencing life, instead of merely living it… in other words, as I am meditating while being wide awake.

Ride the Unknown: From Ego Fear to True-Self Freedom

Today, I would like to talk about the “unknown” and the effect it has in our lives. We feel that it is our enemy and not our friend. Our current understanding of the “unknown” is that it represents danger and uncertainty and that it’s better to stick with the “known”. But of course, this is not true. Not everything “unknown” is dangerous, just like everything “known” is not harmless. Let’s not generalize here. Not knowing what we don't know makes us anxious and distrustful of the “unknown”, rejecting it out of hand.

However, knowing on one hand that the universe is infinite in all aspects and on the other hand that there are learning experiences waiting literally behind EVERYTHING we experience, it stands to reason, that we can learn from it. It is not us who reject the “unknown”. It is our ego, because the “unknown” will rock its boat. Remember, the ego doesn't want to change the status quo, and it doesn't want to change the conditions in our life, unless it’s initiating changes itself. It is trying to control our lives by introducing change when such change suit it or rejects change when it believes that change is forced upon it.

Control of others and our environment is the preferred tool of the ego to keep us safe, or so we believe through its belief systems. The fight or flight impulse originates from the urge to control. But what would you say, if I told you, that we cannot control our lives. Not really. Sure, we can plan for every imaginable contingency, but what about any contingencies we can’t imagine? Then we shrug and say, "Life happened". Let’s remember Mike Tyson’s famous quote: “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” The Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns said basically the same: “The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley”, from his poem “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough”, meaning no matter how carefully you plan, something may still go wrong. There is a Yiddish proverb that goes, “Man plans, God laughs”. This is rather self-explanatory. The Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said, “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy”. This quote was repeated by Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz. US General Dwight D. Eisenhower paraphrased, saying “In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” Plans must be constantly adjusted. The “unknown” is much larger than the “known”. This is the quantum concept of the observer in action. Observing something alters its properties and thereby our perception of it. Let’s face it. Original planning is doomed to fail. That’s because we don’t “know” the “unknown”. That’s why it’s literally called the “unknown”. Our conscious, limited self tries to prepare for and basically defend itself from a future that it doesn’t know. Only our true Self knows, and it does so in a way that our small, limited self could never grasp. Quantum probabilities are constantly reshuffling universal forces based on factors that we don’t understand and can’t control. Period. These factors are beyond our reach and more importantly, they were never meant to be within our reach.

Most people are obsessed with planning. I'm sure you've heard of the saying "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". Everybody plans. If only one individual was planning, the results would be more in line with what our ego wants. However, plans of one individual can be detrimental to plans of another individual. We observe something and it changes. That’s quantum physics 101. Wave-particle duality, quantum superposition and quantum entanglement are all in motion based on quantum probabilities and are the influence of the observer effect. They are making sure that every plan needs constant adjustment. It is true that in our Western society we need to plan our lives, but is this truly the way to go? Monks in monasteries don't plan. They are immersed in spiritual activities. Anybody living off the land would live in a similar way. These people just follow established ways to live with the land by being, instead of thinking. If you ponder about our inability to control others and our environment, you would agree. Let's look at it logically. We are living our lives in Western society. There are things that we need to plan for. Food, shelter, amenities for life, they all need to be taken care of. We need to work to pay for all the above. We believe that work will generate an income that will help us pay the cost of living. In other words, we are paying dearly for our existence. You might think, "Hold on… Why are we paying for our existence? We are not paying for our existence!?"

And you would be right. From the perspective of the ego, this is correct, although it is rooted in denial. Our ego would not accept this statement as valid. Yet, everything costs something and we pay for it, sometimes dearly, while being exposed to financial predators or the financial system itself, which favours the haves at the expense of the have-nots. We are attached to money, going after money, any way possible, believing that holding it in our possession will enable us to live better by spending it to exert control over others and our environment. From the perspective of our true Self, we are not paying for our existence, as our existence is multi-facetted and multidimensional, so this is also not true for our true Self. So, what's wrong? There is clearly something wrong here, otherwise the statement "cost of living" wouldn't affect us so much. The problem is not so much about money itself, although it is indeed the root of all evil from a higher perspective. The problem is embedded within the structure of Western society, where everything is tied to a way of life that requires us to earn an income to stay on the hamster wheel of the ego's need to survive. Our “dog-eat dog” society is all about hustling. This is why living in it has a cost of living attached to it as a means of modern enslavement. The more "advanced" the Western country is that we're living in, the higher the cost of living typically.

Exactly this is what makes the ego think about the future and anything “unknown”, that might threaten our lives and our survival. Due to the linear nature of time in 3D consciousness density, we cannot perceive the future the same way we perceive the past. Over time we have equated the concept of the “unknown” with uncertainty and danger, unaware that from the perspective of the true Self that the “unknown” contains only learning experiences. It is the limited worldview of the ego that we trust, which keeps us from experiencing more learning experiences, making our consciousness evolution slow and cumbersome.

If we had a sense of adventure like Indiana Jones for example, we would be thriving in the face of danger, both literally and metaphorically. We would be experiencing life both faster and deeper than ever, making the duration of our learning experience on Earth as short as possible. That would typically not affect the duration of incarnations, as they are tied to experiencing life’s themes. However, living life on the edge would enhance the accumulation of life experiences and diminish the resistance with which these life experiences would be assimilated by the soul in any incarnation. We would ride the wave of the “unknown”, instead of fearing it. If we embraced the “unknown” as a friend, then it would diminish traumatic "shock and awe experiences" to the degree we surrendered to the “unknown”, because we would learn gracefully. "Shock and awe experiences" are typically utilized by Spirit if the learning resistance is high and we don't learn gracefully. That’s because a strong ego is resisting the learning process. Without grace we would be compelled to repeat lessons, because our ego typically doesn’t allow us to learn gracefully what is needed. Our ego thinks it knows everything better. Every repeated lesson that's not assimilated by the soul, increases the intensity of the next relevant life experiences dynamically, until the penny finally drops and we get it through “shock and awe”. It’s up to us whether we want to coast through school or attempt to learn faster than our fellow students. If we coast through school our learning experience will be slow and dull, perpetuating our oblivion to the wonders of life and the universe. However, if we choose the proverbial red pill instead of the blue one and resolve to learn faster, embracing the “unknown” and riding its wave, than our lives will be rich and rewarding. Choosing the red pill would announce to the universe our will to surrender to it, instead of to control it. By “working” with the universe to ride the wave of the “unknown”, we deliberately refrain from constantly interfering in the work of our true Self, by making constant adjustments to plans that are a mere approximation to the plan of our true Self.

But… at this point you might remember me mention our true Self earlier. What does all this have to do with our true Self? It is simple. Believe it or not, dealing with the “unknown” is deeply interwoven with finding aspects of your true Self. That’s one of the reasons the school of life exists. The more aspects of our true Self we discover, the more we can relate to the “unknown” changes. We relate to our conscious self through the “known” and to our true Self through the “unknown”. If we embrace the “unknown”, then, by definition, we will discover more about our true Self, as we ride the wave of the “unknown” and in the process classify aspects of our “unknown” Self as “known”. The process of “know thyself” depends on our interactions with reality itself. By observing our thoughts, emotions and deeds in 3D consciousness density our true Self reveals itself to our conscious, limited self.

Now… I hope you understand that planning in 3D is something that keeps us slave to 3D consciousness density, without allowing our limited selves to grow beyond 3D and into 4D as our true Selves. Unbelievable, but nevertheless true. Our true Self will not allow us to perish in 3D, unless of course we need to grok the meaning of death, but that’s taken care of through the experience of war. If we trust our true Self to guide us, we can experience our lives with more harmony, while they become rich and fulfilling before our very eyes. And lastly, we don’t have to fret over missed opportunities anymore, because we will be able to perceive more of them by riding and experiencing the wave of the “unknown”, whereas perceiving everything through the prism of the “known” will gift us with a “safe” but dull life that will leave us craving for more opportunities to better it.

Come on, let’s live a bit outside our comfort zone for a change. At least this way we can invalidate the concept of FOMO.

Relationships in the Mirror: Trust, Vulnerability and Healing While Navigating Broken Bonds

Today, I feel compelled to talk about relationships. Any kind of relationship has fundamental properties. There is trust and vulnerability included based on the type of relationship. Obviously, a business relationship does not contain huge amounts of built-in trust and vulnerability, whereas a personal relationship requires increased or huge amounts of trust and vulnerability to sustain itself.

We typically trust our employer to hopefully treat us fairly and to compensate us for our work based on our earlier agreement. The rest is a matter of discovery and further agreement, but typically our own interests supersede this relationship. This is true for both employer and employee. We know that we cannot trust our employers beyond what we agreed to and there is rarely enough compassion coming from employers regarding our personal struggles that might affect our relationship with them.

On the other hand, a personal relationship goes beyond agreements or rather those agreements are much more flexible and less selfish, due to the presence of love. We know that there are implied agreements within love. At least this is typically the case.

If trust is broken for any reason, the ego is typically hurt, and the relationship is suffering. That relationship will require healing. All parties in the relationship must agree to heal it and no matter how much one party wants to heal the relationship, if the other party doesn't agree, then this relationship is doomed to expire.

During that time, it is typically too late if one party exhibits increased trust and vulnerability. If the other party has made up their minds already, then they will either resort to secrecy and gaslighting, avoiding a conversation and pretending that there are more neutral reasons behind their decision. Even if there are indeed other, more neutral reasons, they typically become the perfect tool for the ego to promote the idea of rejection without confrontation, while at the same time attempting to break the relationship in a way that will not be traceable to the ego of the rejecting party. The vulnerable party is then left dumb struck, potentially repeatedly gaslit and craving for answers, unable to understand. The general expectation is for the vulnerable party to take a hint and agree to the dissolution of the relationship from their part. This is how relationships end sometimes and none is the wiser, but the rejecting party itself. Secrecy and illusion are the tools of the ego to promote and sustain separation after suffering a wound from a relationship. In such cases the vulnerable party would be advised not to demand the truth from the rejecting party as this would lead either to more gaslighting or more conflict. Existing wounds should not be exacerbated or multiplied, and grievances should not be aired in a way that would lead to further conflict. All happens in divine timing. Unless issues are discussed amicably in a state of unconditional love, our society will not change for the better. Change begins within. I know this from experience, as I unfortunately have done it in the past.

If we don't strive to become more open, trusting and vulnerable, the separation from the past will be perpetuated and healing will be postponed indefinitely.

Regardless of what we may believe, our limited selves are not perfect. Only our true Selves are perfect. We are imperfect projections of our own perfect true Self, living in an imperfect environment, while interacting with other imperfect projections of their true Selves, living in an imperfect environment. Compassion is necessary, both toward our limited own selves and toward other human beings. Today's relationships can be challenging, and healing can be raw and challenging as well. Through this suffering we realize that we can't change others and their belief systems. We can only change our own self and our own belief systems, hoping for others to follow. No relationship can bring us out of balance, if we adopt this lifestyle.

This is why frequent love meditations are necessary for our internal balance and spiritual evolution. For the sake of our own internal balance, we need to disregard others and how they affect us and immerse our limited selves in unconditional love. We must allow feelings of guilt, grief and remorse to dissolve in universal bliss and the inherent innocence of loving consciousness. Innocence is key here. The acceptance or not of innocence is crucial, as it will either perpetuate guilt, grief and despair or restore an enlightened perspective and foundation to everything that's seemingly disconnected from us, allowing forgiveness to be born. This perspective was lost millennia ago and constitutes the basis for forgiveness in a practical way.

Getting closer to becoming our true Selves little by little is not for the faint-hearted, as it requires harsh self-observation without the ego's illusions. Going through multiple dark nights of the Soul is not a pretty sight. It is usually a raw and gut-wrenching ordeal that brings deep internal truths to the foreground of our consciousness. Our true Self is then transmuting the contents of these truths, so that our limited self can become a clearer reflection of our true Self.

Relationships are teaching us about our limited selves. It all boils down to a fundamental existential concept. How much do we cherish personal relationships? Do we take them for granted and leave them on autopilot or do we frequently nurture them, relate to them, probe and question them to see if we need to adapt our behaviour and change? Do we care enough to change if a relationship requires us to change? Are we allowing our ego to take liberties with our partners, friends, siblings or parents that violate their rights or boundaries? Most importantly, what is our stance on relationships on a higher level? How do we perceive them? Are they something nice to have or are they a mere requirement for living together on this planet? Are they something we honestly accept as a shared space between human beings acting as an extension of our limited selves through which we can experience unity consciousness or are we treating relationships as separate concepts or entities? How we treat each other reflects on how we treat our selves. For any broken relationship the blame lies rarely with only one party. A relationship is a shared space, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually between two or more parties. Blame is shared if the relationship fails, perhaps not equally, but it is nevertheless shared. Ultimately, it doesn't matter, because relationships are preparing us, the droplets of the universal sea of consciousness for interaction with the whole sea of universal consciousness. Failure and loss are equally shared by all parties, regardless of blame. In the grand scheme of things all parties get an F in this regard. Spirit acknowledges either an A or an F. Anything in between provides only clues to the degree of failure.

We should allow our fellow human beings the benefit of the doubt. While we may or may not know the true reasons of rejection, we should bear in mind that other human beings are as imperfect as we are. Their perspectives are unique, and, in our self-examination, we may have misunderstood or completely missed their perspectives to understand them completely. We must accept that all viewpoints from all human beings are incomplete, since we are droplets of consciousness. That’s because they are polarized in multiple ways. It is impossible to have a complete perception of reality if we are polarized. Other droplets of consciousness may have other perspectives that complement our reality perception.

The path to fourth density from our limited third density perception requires constant adherence to the requests of our inner voice that comes from the Heart. These requests are unifying in nature. Any other requests that are not unifying come from the mind and more specifically from the ego. To outgrow this childhood phase from an evolutionary viewpoint, we should consider applying unconditional love in our lives. Anything else lacks the durability and sustainability that unconditional love provides.

Furthermore, this path is often thorn-covered and tear-streaked; a dark, slippery and unpaved road full of potholes that doesn’t care about our limited selves, only about our true Selves.

Let's suppose that we understand and accept that we are behaving from a position of secrecy and that we feel it affects our relationships. What can we do to change that?

There are four factors that we should consider, to align our behaviour in relationships. Firstly, we must resolve to have frequent love meditations. This will prepare us for living in a setting of unconditional love, openness and vulnerability with anybody who is in any kind of a relationship with us. It will help put us into a state of compassion and forgiveness.

Secondly, we should strive for inner balance and beware of our ego. We should not allow our egos to disrupt this inner balance and persuade us of leaving this pristine state, which allows us to live in integrity and completeness. The ego is a crafty fellow, that finds ways to circumvent our intentions because it knows our own limited self, better than we know it ourselves. We should ask our true Self for help in any way it can and surrender to following its suggestions. To recognize our true Self, it helps to pinpoint the origin of the suggestions. Are those suggestions coming from a place of love and unification or are they coming from the ego’s place of hurt and separation?

Thirdly, we should always communicate our truth in a state of unconditional love. At this point I will digress to illustrate my point. In the Star Trek universe there is a Romulan group called the Qowat Milat. They are an organization of warrior nuns, like the Shaolin warrior monks on our planet. Their primary teaching is the Way of Absolute Candor. It describes the total absence of a filter between word and thought during communication. However, in our society it would perhaps be illegal or even dangerous for someone to speak their truth in this way, depending on where you live on the planet. Let's endeavour to communicate our truth under the cloak and ambience of unconditional love, that will not allow the ego to overstep and violate any more boundaries during communication. If it is illegal or dangerous to behave like this, perhaps we should look for alternatives without compromising our integrity. On a sidenote, the opposite applies as well. We must be able to look inside of us with Absolute Candor as well. It is implied.

Lastly, we must acknowledge that the other being or beings in our troubled or broken relationship have their own path and if they need to move on, we should allow them to move on without bearing negative feelings toward them or toward our selves. We are all responsible and accountable for our own behaviour and our own consciousness evolution. Pointing fingers at others is not conducive to that. If we view any relationship through the prism of consciousness evolution and are in a state of unconditional love, we will understand the meaning of these relationships and what they need to teach us. If we come to a positive conclusion and a positive lesson or lessons that we are eager to apply in our lives with unconditional love, then we can move on with grace. The alternative would be to move on without grace, and this is something we should avoid at all costs. We all know from experience how it is when we learn without grace. It usually ends with a “shut up and put up” statement from life itself to misquote an English saying. It requires us to accept the lesson without further resistance or be crushed internally by the weight of the lesson itself.

We are all on this planet to learn. Let's learn happily and joyfully in a state of unconditional love, looking at all beings as assistants on our own spiritual path, just as we are their assistants on their own spiritual path. We all learn with each other and through each other. Let’s be grateful and love each other unconditionally for that.

From Ozempic to Oxytocin: My Gut-First Health Reboot

I guess, that by now, you are aware that I have Diabetes type 2, and that I have my own cross to bear. Living with Diabetes comes with its own big and small restrictions and repercussions. People with Diabetes 2 are typically overweight, although there are exceptions. I have been overweight for many years. Recently I recognized the possibility that I can lose weight and that it is not difficult to do so, while before I thought that it would be extremely challenging. It's all in the mind as you know.

It all starts with a thought. I decided that this disease has taken too much away from my options in life and that life itself becomes unbearable living with it. Decision was followed by choice. I consciously chose to get rid of it instead of just managing it.

I was compelled to know more about Diabetes and its root causes. The more I read about it, the more I understood, that its roots are more complex than I would ever have imagined. It is a complex disease and creates complications for the body, that are both visible and invisible. It affects mood, destabilizes the energetic equilibrium of the body, creates the conditions for becoming overweight, and even increases the deterioration of the brain, to name just a few.

It became clear to me, that I needed to fix the foundation on which my physical existence on this planet relies on. I needed to pay a lot of attention to what I eat to sustain my body. That's why the first thing I did was to cut out carbohydrates completely out of my food. I was experimenting with a ketogenic diet and later a carnivore diet. The carnivore diet was most appealing to me, and I had a fair amount of success losing weight. Unfortunately, my joy didn't last, as I began eating carbs again and the situation became worse.

I realized that my body's addiction to carbs and ultimately to sugar was more devious than I originally thought. As far as I know, all carbs except fibre are converted to sugar in the body, so it was a no-brainer for me to dump all carbs from my diet, to minimize the sugar production in my body.

I also read more about the gut-brain axis in the body and marvelled at the holographic nature and design of our existence. It seemed to me like a parallel between the bridge between the mind and the Heart from a consciousness perspective. I won't bother you with scientific facts and studies, which will be included in my second book anyway. I will only remind you that everything in the universe, literally everything is mirrored somewhere according to where it's supposed to be mirrored, based on Universal Law, the universal ordering principle. So, it was clear to me that I had to fix my gut microbiome first, which was virtually destroyed by the side effects of taking Ozempic for seven months.

I modified my diet again, including healthy fibre, like Sauerkraut for example, which typically contains only traces of carbs, so it doesn't affect the general rule number 1 I established, which is eating no carbs. I did this because the satiety it provides in a meal is beneficial and I feel full for longer amounts of time. The second thing I did was to make my own yogurt. I did that to introduce specific bacteria to my gut microbiome, which are Limosilactobacillus Reuteri and Lactobacillus Gasseri which are not included in commercially available yogurt. Unfortunately, commercially available yogurt is not fermented for more than 6 hours typically, while I allow my yogurt to ferment for 36 hours. The long fermentation is converting all sugar that is contained in milk into lactic acid, which is effectively getting rid of carbs as well. You might ask yourselves why I chose these two bacteria strains for my yogurt. Limosilactobacillus Reuteri makes us feeling better, through increased production of oxytocin, the love hormone, and increases immunity, by not tolerating bad bacteria in the gut, and killing them off by producing a substance that acts like a natural antibiotic. These are its main benefits. On the other hand, Lactobacillus Gasseri addresses inflammation in the intestines and promotes healing and weight loss. It also promotes vaginal health, although that’s not applicable to me. I will present more information in my book, as this podcast is not appropriate for that.

My strategy is complemented by eating the healthy fibre that I mentioned earlier to nourish the good bacteria in my gut. I don't pretend that I have all the answers, but I am willing to learn more and apply what I know to become healthy again.

So far, my attempt at fixing my gut microbiome has been promising, but I would never have expected that I would one day be wanting to go for a walk. In the past I was not very keen on walking because being overweight makes you a couch potato. However, this changed almost overnight and now, I just wanted to. I was genuinely surprised by this change in my attitude. So, I began walking every day. Unfortunately, however, since Diabetes invites a host of other secondary diseases to affect the body, my arthritis flared up. The cartilage in my knees and right hip has been reduced to a thin layer; therefore, I accept that I will initially pay a price of becoming healthy by feeling a lot of pain.

However, I believe, that this is just temporary. As my weight goes down and my gut is healed, so will my general health benefit from it.

The healthier I get, the better my sleep gets, courtesy of the gut-brain axis. The better my sleep gets, the better I feel after waking up. And I owe it all to a decision I made earlier, to learn more about my gut and to consciously choose what’s good for my health. Was it difficult? No more than lifting a cup of tea. Let's remember what we have covered earlier. If the choice is made when all aspects of our selves are in harmony, the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical, then the choice is right.

My question now, is what can I do further to enhance my health? Considering that we are what we eat, I am considering changes to my diet. I have mostly been eating two organic beef burger patties with no carbs obviously. I have added a slice of cheese on the burger patties that have only traces of carbs, along with yogurt until I am full. I am considering increasing the number of eggs I will consume, having potentially 2 to 4 eggs per day. In the past, eggs were a controversial topic, as scientists thought, that their cholesterol content is increasing the risk of heart disease. Fortunately, this belief has been disproven for healthy people by recent studies. I am aware that as a diabetic I am technically still at risk for heart disease. However, since I am in the process of recovering my health and because according to my doctor I am managing my condition successfully, I am inclined to increase the consumption of eggs, as their health benefit outweighs the risk of heart disease in my estimation. I am further contemplating the addition of supplements to my diet for various reasons. Multivitamins are the obvious first candidate. Having a restricted diet is naturally restricting my assimilation of necessary vitamins and minerals. The second candidate is an omega 3 supplement, like cod liver oil – not just fish oil, as cod liver oil contains also vitamins. The third candidate is creatine, which according to studies is having a beneficial effect not only on muscles, but also on the brain, which is surprising. I will share my relevant experience in future podcast episodes. Supplementation is also beneficial in another way. While I could eat beef liver and get a lot of vitamins and minerals, I might also run the risk of potentially assimilating unhealthy substances. The same applies for fish, where I could get omega 3 fatty acids from. Our planet is polluted and contains an unhealthy amount of microplastics among other things. Oceans are polluted with heavy metals and other contaminants. Eating salmon or mackerel which contain a high concentration of omega 3 fatty acids would also provide me with an unhealthy amount of mercury for example, which is cumulative in the body. Supplementation is healthier in this context and provides pure substances in my opinion. One must look only at the supplement label to find out what it contains and to ascertain if that supplement is appropriate for their needs.

At this point, I need to add a word of caution. Health suggestions are not something which can be packaged and copied like a one-size-fits-all approach. Everybody's health is uniquely different, based on a multitude of factors that play a role in their health. I am just sharing my own perspective on my very own health situation. I would strongly encourage everybody to start owning their own health and do their own research to enhance it, in cooperation with a doctor.

Choice is the application of free will in our lives that makes the difference between living in misery and living in joy. More importantly, if the choice is made in harmony, there is no friction between our aspects of existence, promoting inner balance. It's like a piece of legislation that is unanimously voted on in parliament without dispute and no second-guessing or bitter feelings are clouding the act of free will. This is how we should live: making decisions and choosing what’s best for us and then sticking with the program, seeing our goals manifest in front of our eyes, joyfully and with a sense of purpose.

From Sugar to Silence: A Journey of Diet, Horse Stance and Inner Balance

Today, I would like to share a very recent experience with my health. As you know, I am currently on the path to healing all aspects of my self, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects.

I am paying attention to what I eat for a long time. In principle and not literally, we are what we eat. That much has been clear to me for a long time. My physical body was addicted to sugar, which caused it to become sick with Diabetes 2. Nutrition is an important part of my healing. I am eating as less carbohydrates as possible. My body is sensitive to sugar and is resisting insulin. Since all carbohydrates are eventually broken down and converted into sugar, I decided a long time ago that I will stop eating any food that contains carbohydrates. Some people might think that this is too extreme and that I shouldn't do that. Unfortunately, eating carbs is not an option for me, as I found out, that even small amounts of carbs, even as low as 30 grams or an ounce for those of you who don’t use the metric system, will cause fatigue for me through glucose spikes. I have been burned too many times metaphorically to allow my self to eat more than 10 grams of carbs per day.

Recently, I continued the practice of horse stance again, which I suspended temporarily, due to the pain from osteoarthritis I felt. Now that I have reduced the inflammatory effect of carbohydrates on my body to a minimum, I felt curious and tried horse stance again. The effect was simply miraculous.

First, let me share the effect of horse stance on my mental and emotional state. It is a calming influence on both. My mind stops chatting and my emotions calm down to the point, where I feel the silent deliciousness of being. I don't think and feel only unconditional love, which is reinforcing my empty mind. In this state of being I only exist. My mind is clear as glass and no thoughts cloud my consciousness. The effect on my emotional state is dramatic. Having no thoughts means having no concerns. Having no concerns means having no bad feelings. Having no bad feelings lead to positive feelings, which in turn lead to the deliciousness of being. Ask yourselves, when do you feel more? Is it when your mind is constantly chatting or when your mind just stops thinking? In my experience, it is when the mind is still. You can try experiencing that for yourselves. The main obstacle for the mind to grasp this, is due to a misconception of thinking and feeling. Thoughts and feelings are generated by our mental and emotional components. They are not our selves. Our selves just are. The practice of horse stance lets me experience my self and not its thoughts and emotions.

After explaining to you the meaning of the practice of horse stance for me, I would like to share why I was reminded of its importance. Holding the posture for as long as necessary for the life energy to enter and refresh my body can be challenging. Muscles can become tense and painful initially, until I find the way to hold the posture without tensing up.

While I stand like this and change the position of my arms through the three phases of horse stance, a curious thing happens. My mind is consciously focused on holding the posture while finding the balance that makes the process almost without challenge.

This focus of the mind doesn’t allow it to have any other thoughts that distract me. The silence deepens, the only sound is my breath, and the only sensation is that of the energy moving throughout my body.

After spending a while in this state, I notice the deliciousness of being. I can feel nothing else but my own silent self. This silence fills my being and expands my Heart. I can feel nothing but my self. This feeling is lovely. It is the experience of unconditional love in its purest form without applying it to my self or others. I am leaving a world full of details and enter the simple state of being, where only the delicious silence of my own self exists.

This silence brings balance to my body, mind, Heart and Spirit. It is detaching me from the polyphony of life on this planet and realigns my self. This is why I mentioned the practice of horse stance. Balance is necessary for everything in life. Without balance nothing can happen properly. You might ask why. It is simple. With the internal balance that comes from the realignment of the parts that make up your Self, any steps you take in your life towards a goal become defined, contain resolve and are driven towards it. In an imbalanced world, anything we do without internal balance has a questionable outcome.

After the practice of horse stance, I always spend some time in meditation. The physical exhaustion that comes with practicing horse stance centres my Self and the energy flows effortlessly. That energy can be anything. Etheric, mental, emotional or spiritual energy. It doesn't matter. I recently understood the importance of internal balance for my health.

I felt rejuvenated and pumped full of energy for a while. I believe that this exercise should be taught at schools and be part of our life. Well, I will continue this practice for my self and see where it leads me. There is so much to gain from being healthy. Our unhealthy lifestyle made us forget how it truly feels to be healthy. Health is not just physical health. It is mental, emotional and spiritual health as well. Balance is the key in life. Everything else follows from balance. We all must find balance in our lives and each person's balance is unique.

At this point you might say "How am I going to bring balance in my life when I have a ton of obligations or when I am forced to work two jobs to survive?" A valid question. And it is the one question that forces itself into the foreground of your consciousness. We think that there is no time to focus on our selves, when we all agree as spiritual people that time is an illusion.

Decide to assign an hour every day to your self. Decide when this hour is most convenient for you. The first thing you should consider doing in that hour is to make a list of all the things in your life that disturb you the most. Be honest and don't overthink it. Be short and to the point. Do not use many words. When you do that, your ego will not try to spin a story to influence your decision. Pen and paper have a miraculous effect on your process as they focus your consciousness.

Then start thinking about what to do about these items on the list. See if you can find a root cause for one or more items. If they share the same cause, then you can strike off multiple items off your list if you address a common cause for multiple issues.

When you have found something that you think will bring you more balance in your life, try to assess it with your heart and not your ego. Does it resonate with your Heart? If it doesn't, then look for something else. Once you find it, then go for it and don't look back. Go for it as if your life depended on it and your Heart will empower you to pursue it.

It doesn’t have to be something you do; it can be something you are or aren't. We are all unique and we all need different things to float our boats. If you surrender to your own balance, then you can do and be anything you ever dreamt of. Choose consciously for your self to do or be what empowers you. Choose and take steps in realizing your dreams.

I found balance with horse stance, which helped me feel better in my body and successfully address the resistance it had to losing weight. You might find balance with yoga, which might help you become more social. Somebody else might find balance by doing charity work, which might help them feel loved. Yet another might find balance in gardening and realize the beauty that’s present in nature, becoming more in alignment with nature. Obviously internal balance is of the utmost importance for everything in life and there is no shortage of causes to pursue balance for. The only one who might be opposed to gaining balance and manifesting your dreams is your self through your ego. Wouldn't it be a pity to decide not to pursue your dreams, because you think that there is no time for you to pursue them or because you have too many obligations or because you’re working two jobs to keep up with the cost of living? It's up to our selves and nobody else to stand up for our own self. This is one of the primary reasons why we came to Earth: to find balance and empower our selves. We can say “YES”, only through our own internal balance and empowerment, even if everything around us say “NO”.

It's high time to stop being impressed with others for their achievements and become more involved with our own achievements. Do you prefer being a spectator for others or the main character in your own dreams that you managed to realize? When you have the answer to that, then you'll know what to do or be. Balance is the skeleton key that is missing for most of us in our lives. And if you are a Lord of the Rings fan, you might understand how internal balance will bring outer balance to everything around you. Just like the one ring to rule them all.

Meeting Lumo: From Inner Conditioning to Interstellar Love and Compassion

My Contact experience last Friday was unexpected. I would never have expected to meet another ET. Lumo of the Yahyel appeared to me during the guided meditation in typical Contact experience fashion.

A movie was playing in the Contact experience within my mind, fed by my linguistic vocabulary and my abstract knowledge in the moment, but was not created by me.

What Lumo said was important. He or she asked of us to be free. Not merely independent, but also to free our selves from our internal shackles. We cannot be truly free if we are not free inside of us. My earlier experience from watching "Dances with Wolves" again recently, shows that we are all going through this phase of purging our negative belief systems.

After watching "Dances with Wolves" again, I could truly experience and grok the unconditioned behaviour of the Lakota people in North America. They were one with themselves and living in harmony with the land, guided only by Natural Law. In time they would get a glimpse and a sense of Universal Law, if they weren't hunted and killed by white settlers.

Lumo reminded everybody in the Contact group that we are all conditioned and that we need to purge our conditioning and our negative belief systems. This is a complex process involving all parts of us, and it cannot be accomplished in a short time. Just like we endured a whole life of indoctrination and conditioning, it takes a long time as well to purge these false beliefs. This process is fortunately accelerated through the emergence of unconditional love within us. You might have heard the saying "Love conquers all". Thankfully, I can confirm through experience, that it is true, and we are all invited to viscerally experience this saying.

I am tired of my inner struggles.

I am tired of the existence of wars.

I am tired of the existence of corrupt politicians.

I am tired of running endlessly on a treadmill that my own existence has been degraded to on this Polarized Prison Planet.

I am tired of other people wanting something from my self, whatever that may be.

I am tired of paying for everything in life. And I'm tired of economists using the term "cost of life" as easily as they were talking about the weather.

But most of all…

I am tired of not being free constantly.

I am tired of not being happy constantly.

I am tired of having to constantly fight my current negative state of being like walking underwater.

I am tired of feeling like an insect enclosed in amber, feeling the shackles of my consciousness inside me, forcing me into a process of recognizing them and getting rid of them like an escaped convict.

I am tired of experiencing true freedom only within deep meditation.

Enough with all of that!!! I'm getting there slowly but steadily. Earlier today, I looked up to the sky. It was blue and cloudless. It filled me with a peculiar kind of joy. I felt it in my bones as a visceral confirmation that I am getting there. I felt all this during the aftermath of Putin testing Poland's air defences and after Israel attacking Qatar. And I felt also that we can overcome war by being the best version of our selves for our selves and not for others, loving, happy and joyful, like nothing can stop us. Ultimately, we will have defeated our selves, our worst enemy, something that all spiritual masters have achieved.

This is the conditioning that I am struggling with. Hopefully, Lumo will guide us further when we experience his or her presence again. That's right. I still don't know, if Lumo is male or female. I sensed strong and confident masculine energy but uniquely tempered by an equally strong feminine energy. This was my experience from sensing their consciousness. It is unrelated to the body that Lumo has and is more descriptive of their consciousness.

During this Contact experience, we were asked to mingle with other ET beings on the recreational space station. We were asked as homework to imagine and become aware of how it is to walk among ET beings. We are used to walk around with other humans and to a degree with other animals from Earth. But how would we feel if we were walking down the street with a being from Yahyel or Sirius or the Pleiades? Would we embrace this feeling, knowing in our Hearts that we are walking with beings who love us unconditionally or would we feel more afraid than we ever were in our life? Let us ask our selves this simple question. Can we honestly say that we love walking with ET beings? Can we embrace with unconditional love a being that was not born on Earth?

This is why Lumo pushed us last Friday to imagine mingling among ET beings on our own, not with other humans, but alone among ET beings. This is something that we must achieve on our own. Imagining being with other humans among ET beings will not yield the desired experience. The less conditioned we are and the more sovereign beings we become, the easier it is to mingle with ET beings. Imagining our selves being together with ET beings on our own and without other humans, will push our consciousness to expand, forcing us to recognize any fears that might be present and to face them.

This is the energy of Contact, which our ET friends recognize. They know if we are ready for Contact and will respond to it. Contrary to what most people believe, Contact with ET beings happens inside of us. It is inner Contact. Arrival is next. The more humans know deep in their Hearts that ET beings exist and that they are not the result of conspiracy theories, the faster these beings will arrive.

Perhaps it becomes clearer now, why we must become used to Contact energy. ET beings respond to Contact energy. When we are feeling pristine and vulnerable, open to Contact, open to new experiences without conditioning, ego and judgment, then we are ready for Contact. Imagine being in an aggressive state of being. Would you be genuinely open to Contact? Would you feel being equal to other ET beings? Or would you harbour consciously or subconsciously an element of separation or defensiveness? This element acts as a distraction, keeping us from becoming as open as it is necessary for Contact. ET beings will simply not respond to this frequency as it is not coherent and pristine.

Cultivating this feeling of vulnerability, openness and unconditional love is therefore the only way to accelerate inner Contact and thereby physical Contact (Arrival). Let’s begin, if we haven't yet and keep at it, if we have already begun. Let’s get used to walking among ET beings, freely, joyfully and lovingly. Contrary to Hollywood movie themes, the universe is not filled with war, conflict and strife. Let’s not project our own human conditioning onto beings from deep space. It’s better to fix our selves instead.

Liquid Bliss: Remembering Greece, Identity, and the Call of the Ocean

While meditating in the silence of the mind, I perceived the awakening of a memory, that thrilled me within the boundaries I allowed my self to have in the meditational state.

It was a memory from my teenage years, that originated from a time, when I was in Greece at my uncle's vacation home near the sea. I had just come back from a visit to the beach, where I spent a few hours swimming in the sea and enjoying the water element that I so much love.

The detail of this memory was when I entered the shower of my uncle's house, to wash away the salt of the sea. However, the emergence of the memory was not visual. It was preceded by the invigorating smell of the ocean, the brilliant midday sun, and the deafening song of the cicadas. These sensations are like living in paradise for all people who love the sea and the sun.

Now, I feel that I am called back to the sea, so that I may virtually stand before my true Self and report back what I have learned in my 15-year long absence from the sea. I will have to provide a full account of my experiences and face the reckoning. I left my home country for 15 years. What did I learn? How did that time transform me?

Now, I long to go back to the sea, for it sustains my soul. I can lie on the water, allowing it to carry me, to caress me, to nurture me, as if this act of freedom reminds me subconsciously of the time when I was in my mother's womb, enjoying the safety and inherent love of this environment. I hear the muffled sounds of the land-dwelling people and animals, as my ears are partly under water, while I am aware through my inner senses of the feeling of mystery and boundless expansion under water.

Many people are perfectly adapted to live on land without being inclined to visit the beach. I don't count my self part of this group. I can constantly feel the living ocean as part of my core self. I am a water person; I don't deny it.

This is what this memory unlocked inside of my self. It's the awareness of another part of who I am. While I consider my self human first and foremost, a member of the collective of humanity and a proud citizen of a future united Earth without separate governments, I cannot forsake the special part of me that's Greek. This part is comprised of the sea, the sun, the culture and the ancient history of this place, that's tied to visitors from the stars.

I don't feel special my self, although I value and respect my heritage. Blending the past with the future, the detail with the whole and recognizing the inherent puzzle piece of who and what we are is part of what we need to accomplish in life. Asking "how can I be of service to the whole, with what I know so far" should be the main question that forms inside of us, while we ponder on our lives.

Deciding to be of service is the first step. After struggling with ego and its attachments, a choice is forming inside of us that's grounding and manifesting that decision. A thought of being of service is thus manifested and being acted upon in the eyes of the observer.

In my case, understanding my Greek heritage and the philosophical foundation of my being through the genetic transmission of traits from countless parents is colouring my thoughts and actions through a specific cultural lens that is focusing my potential.

Other people may have been born to German parents in Germany, Italian parents in Italy or Irish parents in the United States. It is the culture that's focusing genetic heritage and allowing the beautiful intermingling of all humans, enabling polarization to take place, that's pushing us to recognize that we are all humans, by experiencing all opinions, all cultures and all perspectives, racial or otherwise.

Everything is a journey. If we view the journey from an observer viewpoint and not from the viewpoint of an experiencer, we can extract its meaning. As long as the meaning is positive, it will help the individual and it contains the missing pieces of distilled wisdom that brings the individual closer to unity consciousness. Here is where a decision has to be made to utilize this information in the most practical way, that's reflective of the multitude of parts that make up our individual being. This decision doesn't have to be mind-shattering or have geopolitical ramifications. The most important decisions we can make are those about our selves. Sometimes, the decision is easy, but most of the time it is not. The less ego we have, the easier it is. Typically, we struggle with our ego and its attachments until we feel that it's time to make a choice and ground this decision, whatever this decision may be. Until then, the decision will float around in our mental and emotional bodies, waiting for its manifestation.

Most importantly, we make choices from the Heart. Decisions made with the mind or in the heat of emotion are typically not the correct ones. If the mind says yes, our emotions say yes and most importantly our Heart says yes, then this is typically the correct choice.

From having the memory of a day spent at the beach to reaching this conclusion has been a magical process and the more I ponder about my self in respect to humanity, the more I find my place objectively from an observer point of view.

You might ask your selves, what was my decision I need to make. I need to get back to Greece as soon as I can and answer the call of the sea. It's time to feel the foundation of my being again after so much suffering and pain that polarization and consciousness expansion have caused to my self. It's time to surrender to the sea again and feel the liquid bliss of Mother Earth envelop me. Earth, doesn't ask, doesn't judge and doesn't need to know to love us, just like a mother. She is allowing love to flow, as freely and as much as it is needed, for there is no shortage of unconditional love in the universe.

All humans are my brothers and sisters, and they can all help me on my own spiritual path. We are all connected. In turn, I can help other humans on the spiritual path. We all learn through each other and with each other, whether we know it or not. I will continue to teach whenever I can and I will learn whenever I can.

Mitákuye Oyás'in. All my Relations. The Lakota people of North America have always known this. I will present more of my affinity with the Lakota people in another episode of this podcast.

From Plains to Stars: A Quest for Unconditional Freedom

Today, I would like to talk about freedom. True freedom, not independence. You might be surprised learning what true freedom is.

Some people sleep like babies.

Some people have nightmares.

Most nights I am wide awake, because in the silence of the night my creativity takes over. It sweetly consumes me, lending me its wings of freedom.

This freedom allows my Heart to open even more. My true Self takes over my life and breaths words of wisdom into my silent mind. I rejoice perceiving these words, for they are the words of my own true Self and might not make much sense to other humans.

I type these words into my keyboard and they become blog posts and podcast episodes, while my Heart supplies the images, sounds and feelings that go with them.

During the night I become a wanderer, a free spirit, unencumbered by conditioning, unhindered by thoughts of survival or belief systems that try to rape my mind by forcing it to go to certain directions. That's because they are afraid of dying, while becoming weaker every night. Sometimes this creative high stays with me during the day, until I fall into bed with a smile, exhausted from being free.

And the unconditional love I harbor inside me for all beings, beasts, human or ET alike grows stronger and softens my ego every night, bearing a promise of a quality of life that has not been the norm in the so-called civilized Western world for hundreds of years. My fellow humans have no idea what I am referring to, having endured so much pain and suffering for as long as they have been alive. Same as their parents and grandparents and even before. Most people in the West live in a politically correct slave society and they don't even realize it. I am glad, that they are slowly waking up and see society for what it truly is.

Many people would confuse my nightly freedom with mere independence. It's not. People think they can do anything when they have money. They can buy anything that money can buy, but they're still slaves to their ego and their conditioning. Independence would not make you want to shout from the treetops or howl light-heartedly at the moon in a forest. It's a wild feeling that seems to captivate my soul and fuel my being as if there is nothing else in the whole wild world. I'm sure, I sound like a werewolf, that fabled beast, that's half man and half wolf, changing into a wolf only during nights with a full moon. But isn't this what’s happening to the conditioned mind when it transcends the mundane and the Heart opens to reveal a magical world filled with awe and wonder? Freedom is the result of the absence of any and all restrictions placed on the conscious self by the ego's belief systems. The conscious self is now guided by Universal Law coming from the Heart and not by the ego.

Sometimes I wish I was a Cherokee or a Crow riding freely on the low hills and vast meadows of the Great Plains of the US, before the white settlers came and disturbed that freedom. Or a native Hawaiian sailing between the Hawaiian Islands before Captain Cook arrived at its shores. Or a Polynesian sailing on a "vaka katea" to Tahiti, before Álvaro de Mendaña discovered the Cook Islands. Or a Māori before Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand, as the first European navigator.

Back then, humans were free to live in harmony with the land, abiding by natural law. They did not merely exist but were fully immersed into and sometimes they were consumed by their own existence, experiencing every little sensation there was to experience. That's when non-physical senses were more credible and more important to humans than their physical ones. The wisdom of living free became their second nature and illuminated them from within, with a light that was only visible to their own kin. The colonizers who came later and took the land from the natives, were so dark and broken inside them, that the native light could not reach them, because they had it extinguished within them long before they came to paradise.

Freedom is not independence. The state of Freedom is magnitudes higher than mere independence. It makes you consciously a part of the universe and the universe a part of you. It's when you listen to your Heart more than you listen to your ego. It's when you have neither the time nor the inclination to succumb to ego-based belief systems. It's when you embrace death, knowing that there is no need to fear that which will simply propel you to the afterlife, so that you may continue to live in another way. It's when you live life to the fullest, embracing life and death as mere portals of existence itself. It's when your life is ruled by one belief and one belief only - that you have to make the most out of your life; that you have to live by your Heart's desires and not by what logic tells you.

You might think that I'm either nuts or have it all. As far as I'm concerned, I'm not nuts - quite the opposite, and sadly I don't have everything yet, but I'm working my way towards it, for there is nothing worse than dying with unfinished business. When you lose your virility to old age and regrets over missed life opportunities pile up, you realize at some point that you don't have much time.

I want to see Hawaii, but there isn't much time to do that.

I want to see the Eiffel Tower, but there isn't much time to do that.

I want to see lions and elephants in their native environment, but there isn't much time to do that.

I want to see Arizona, Texas and Florida and buy two cowboy hats, one black and one white, but there isn't much time to do that.

And then, I have also what seem to be unreasonable wishes and desires from my childhood, but there is even less time to manifest those.

I want to experience space, but there is even less time to achieve that.

I want to stand on another planet, and become consumed by its shocking beauty, but there is even less time to achieve that.

I want to embrace a humanoid ET, knowing that I embrace family, but there is even less time to achieve that.

Or is there still time to realize these wishes?

I have to admit that when you start living your life to the fullest, then life becomes a breeze and not a chore. This is what I experienced myself to a small degree. Tasks become easier, because of increased synchronicity and an inner plan forming from within your Heart, showing you the way. And maybe, just maybe I get even those wishes fulfilled. This is a work in progress for me.

For now, I am having more inner Contact with the Plejaren Family and allow my mind to freely roam the existential layers of the universe uplifted by the wings of my Heart, learning something new every time and getting to know my true Self in the process.

When I first went to a Plejaren planet during a Contact meditation, the feeling of liberation was incredible. I felt that I could be or do whatever I wanted, right then and there! The exhilaration and the inherent joy I felt was blotting out everything else in my mind and I was living in the present, guided only by my Heart and synchronicity, not my mind. For example, I was guided by my Heart to explore the landscape, and I met a Plejaren who offered me three grey balls to eat. For those of you who don't know what grey balls are, it is food, that is not prepared through any methods we humans are accustomed to. They are mentioned in Z's Plejaren Diaries.

Being guided by the mind is an important detail of this experience. Independent people think with their minds. Free people don't think. They are guided by their Hearts. That said, you might think that this is somehow difficult to achieve. I can tell you from personal experience, that this is not the case. You may begin having love meditation sessions, preferably every day. This way, your Heart opens naturally and you will taste a bit of freedom, during meditation, which will then spill over to your waking consciousness. But don't take my word for it. Try it yourself without expectations. Be honest with yourself and don't force it.

As Z says, "expect nothing, appreciate everything". That's the secret to freedom, once you have surrendered to unconditional love.

That's it for today and I hope to see you next time.

Beyond the Treadmill: The Power of Choice

Sometimes I wake up with a blank mind and sometimes with a mind full of worry. Sometimes I am under the influence of a beautiful dream and sometimes I dread to start the day. Is that something you can relate to?

Of course you can. We are all in the same boat, struggling to survive, to fulfil our obligations as father, mother, partner, friend, worker, etc… The list is endless. These are the faces we carry with us and wear them appropriately. The time we spend wearing these faces is consuming almost the whole day.

How much time is left for ourselves?

Sometimes we go to bed exhausted and it seems that we woke up just an hour ago.

How are we nurturing ourselves to cope with our self-imposed obligations?

How are we dealing with living a life on a polarized prison planet, where all of us are apparently condemned to live out a lifetime chained to a treadmill?

I have to constantly remind myself that life is not just about paying bills. Unfortunately, we don't live in a utopic society yet, where all labour has been replaced by robotic workers, allowing us to follow our passions in life. How do we break free from duty and obligation that we have not chosen ourselves? Society asks for conformity, bosses ask for ever-increasing productivity, leaving even less time for renewal. Humans are forced to reset their boundaries constantly to allow for ever-increasing demands on duty and obligation.

I'm sorry for reminding you of a reality where we are forced to shrink our boundaries constantly to accommodate duty and obligation, where fear is constantly besieging our freedom and life becomes a chore.

What if I told you, that there is something important you can do to enhance your life? What if I told you, that this is as easy to accomplish as switching on the lights or shaking hands or just smiling?

What if I told you that it’s up to ourselves to change our lives and that nobody will do that for us. This is part of our learning curve.

Let's remember that we are living in a universe that is a reflection of our internal world. All events we experience are fundamentally neutral and our perception of them is dictated by our frame of Heart. The universe is meaningless. The universe just is. Life is meaningless. We are just alive. We are the only ones who assign meaning to what happens to us. If we merely perceive the events that happen around us without judging them, they exert less influence on us. And if we attempt to extract a positive meaning from these events, we will always learn something new that we will use when it feels appropriate.

The mirror of the universe can be felt in infinite ways.

If we feel depressed, the world around us will remind us of our depression.

If we feel energized, the world arounds us will seem vibrant and full of opportunities.

If we are in love, our minds are infected with joy.

If we love ourselves, our boundaries are expanding naturally.

Our frames of Heart are generated by our Heart. Our feelings are unstructured messages spoken in the language of the Heart. We are constantly feeling something, whether we label it good or bad. These feelings are here to guide us and not to rob us of our sovereignty. At some point in the past we forgot that we are in charge of our ourselves, because we allowed ourselves to become overwhelmed by the events in our lives. We are constantly consumed by what happens in our lives, without thinking to pause for a moment.

Don’t get me wrong, I have to remind myself constantly that I am not at the mercy of my feelings and my conditioned mind, that's constantly hijacking those messages to distort and mislabel them, based on what my ego thinks is appropriate. Sometimes I forget and sometimes I remember. When I forget, life is relentless. When I remember, life becomes more bearable.

When I hit the pause button in my life, I stop thinking.

I feel my breath.

I feel my body.

I feel stray emotions.

I conceive a thought.

Sometimes I hear a thought.

I can do that for as long as I allow myself. The intensity of life is diminishing. I am still aware of duty and obligation, but I am not consumed by it anymore.

Sometimes I forget to pause, but whenever I remember, the experience becomes even more positive than before.

The reality of life's events becomes just an assortment of elements of life itself, instead of parts of the demon that was life just a few seconds before.

And if I allow myself to just be, without interference from my conditioning, I can accept even for a short while, that I am really, truly, genuinely in charge of myself and my life. The more I cultivate the state of just being, the more I can feel like that. When I am in the state of doing, my conditioning kicks in again.

After we practice this state of "being" enough, we can bring the state of being into our lives in a way that benefits us and push back our conditioning. The feelings of negative events will no longer hold sway over us and so will the feelings of positive events. Those feelings are replaced by a positive background noise within my mind that comes from my Heart.

All this is perhaps too alien, too strange to accept. Earlier in my life I discovered the immense power of choice and free will. I was feeling depressed and asked myself why I am feeling like this. Nothing made sense and I was unhappy with myself, to put it mildly. Then, out of the blue, divine inspiration struck. My inner voice told me to make a cup of coffee. I got up, went to the kitchen and made myself a cup of coffee, while I was wondering why I was making a coffee, when I had no motivation to do anything. Then it dawned on me. I was making use of my free will. Choice is breaking stagnation. It marshals all resources of consciousness, asserting leadership and control. Yes, leadership, I am not joking. Making decisions is the foundation of leadership. What I did was nothing less than taking charge of myself, even for a menial task as making a coffee.

Let us ponder a bit on choice. You might have heard the saying "with great power comes great responsibility". While it has been demoted to the status of a cliché, it nevertheless is true. The ability to make conscious choices and to exert free will are the most important abilities in our lives. They can move mountains or allow us to make coffee and everything in between. Whatever value we assign on these abilities will follow us throughout life. It is up to us and nobody else.

Making deliberate choices and sticking with them requires courage and willpower. Making deliberate choices and sticking with them requires courage and willpower. It requires constant vigilance and the resolve to see the results of our decisions manifested. It is as easy as we allow it to be. And it makes the difference between living a life on a polarized prison planet or living a life on a paradise planet where choice and free will empowers us to be who we are, enables us to follow our passions and expands our consciousness by discovering the meaning of life as we perceive it for ourselves. Everything goes.

Let's remember to make deliberate choices whenever we can. Of course, we can make bad choices, but we learn from them, as long as we extract a positive meaning from the repercussions of those choices, based on the reflections of the universe itself.

Let's make the fundamental choice to live more a fulfilling life. This has always been our choice - one that we unfortunately forgot, becoming overwhelmed with life. We can wield the power of choice again. And we will never stop using this ability once we grok its immense value.

Let's get to work, changing our lives for the better. Showtime!

Lizzie’s Choice: A Tender Lesson in Authenticity

I heard a knock on my door and I asked "who is it?"

A faint voice said "Lizzie". It was the eldest daughter of my neighbours, just 6 years old. Lizzie usually brings me my mail, because the postman conveniently leaves my mail with my neighbour, usually never bothering to ring my doorbell.

I opened the door and saw Lizzie holding a letter towards me. With a smile, I took the letter. It was a letter from the HSE, inviting me to make a medical appointment for a retinal scan.

I looked at Lizzie through my glasses. She looked back at me through her own pink glasses. I smiled. She smiled back.

I said "I guess that since you're my personal mail carrier you get to choose your reward. Ice-cream or chocolate?"

Lizzie's face lit up, but then looked at me shy and confused. She said "You choose."

I said "I think you have a preference, Lizzie. What do you like most?"

I was surprised, because she seemed genuinely distressed. On one hand, she was craving a treat, but on the other hand she didn't have enough courage towards me to freely state what she wanted.

I slowly began reassuring her, that she could always expect treats from me and that her choice of the kind of treat would not stop me from giving her treats.

I told her that she didn’t have to think about me when I asked her to choose the kind of treat and that it wasn't a trick question.

I told her that no matter what, she could trust me, to give her always what she really wanted.

After a while I saw a smile lighting up her face. She said "chocolate".

I smiled. "Are you sure you want chocolate? Is this your choice?"

She nodded, still unsure, but more sure than before.

I gave her a Swiss chocolate bar and her eyes lit up. I picked her up and hugged her. I felt her small arms struggling to reach around my neck.

In that moment, I understood that Lizzie is just going through the beginnings of her own conditioning, while developing and subconsciously applying the filters of her mind, slowly affecting her freedom in life. Without noticing, she was becoming less of who she truly is.

Instantly, in a burst of unconditional love and almost tearing up, I vowed to help her whenever I could to delay or even to help defeat her conditioning, if I could, so that she wouldn't have to grow up like me or any other conditioned adult, limited by our own ego. We adults have lost our authenticity and have become stuck in our need to filter our responses and reactions throughout our interactions with other humans, based on what we believe that others think of us. We have become oblivious to the fact that if we reverted to being our authentic selves, other people would genuinely appreciate that, fostering loving relationships, unburdened by the mind's filters. Being our selves allows others to be themselves.

I became aware, that I was hugging an innocent child amidst all the war and destruction that was raging in the world. I thought, the Middle East is still on fire, as if the war between Russia and Ukraine was not enough. It felt good to be one's true Self.

Then, I became aware of my own conditioning. Here I was, an unmarried and childless man hugging a child of my neighbours. What would her parents think? What would anybody else think? People are quick to judge, even if that judgment is baseless; their minds quickly jumping to conclusions that are unreal.

I quickly put Lizzie down and I gently told her once more, that she would always get the kind of treat she preferred, if she would answer me, whenever I asked her. With a smile on her face she ran back to her house, which was in front of mine, crossing the backyard.

I was left thinking how much confusion and how many misunderstandings could have been avoided if we just were our selves and didn't judge others. This is just like telling each other white lies to shelter our selves from harm not realizing that we do more harm than good in the long run.

Telling white lies damages both individuals. The one saying them and the one hearing them.

White lies are still lies and telling them damages our self. Would it not be much more easier on our selves if we didn't say anything or just say the truth?

I sat down and imagined how beautiful the world would be if we just told everything how it is, without sugarcoating, exaggerating or withholding anything… How much more beautiful, loving and worthwhile our lives would be, if we simply chose to lead authentic lives.

Pondering further, I reminisced upon an earlier insight. Being authentic requires courage. Courage to change our selves. Courage to bypass our mind's filters. Courage to speak and listen from the Heart. Not all bad reputation is true and not all good reputation is totally devoid of badness. We are all paradoxical beings with a bright and a dark side.

And we are all in the same boat, learning about our broken conscious selves, while striving to become our true Selves. There are no exceptions. We are all doing that with each other and through each other, while we are all magically connected with invisible ties, in ways our limited minds can't fathom. We are all helping each other, whether we know that, or not. If we knew that, then perhaps our conscious choices in life would be different, more Heart-based, more compassionate and more loving.

Rediscovering Unconditional Love: Unlocking the Heart's True Potential

Unconditional love can be felt by all beings – even if they have forgotten how to do that – it is just a matter of time. The preconception that love must be something that people actively do has been forever guiding us, not being aware that what was implied was the expectation of offering respect first and foremost to our authority figures, as required by a survival-based, patriarchal society. Love has always been a concealed requirement, where obedience matters more than true, unconditional love. “Love your parents”, “love your siblings”, “love your partner”, “love thy neighbor” … all this is something you were expected to do. However, love is something you allow to happen spontaneously in your behavior, when you realize that you are love.

The above mentality is the result of love being felt through the ego-driven mind filters, as a precaution against emotional harm and a pre-requisite of control. That’s because the mind “does”, but the Heart “is”. A partner might say to their spouse: “You don’t love me anymore”, only to get the response “Oh, but I do love you!” If both partners would feel love unfiltered, unbiased and undiminished by the filters of the mind, they would feel love in both directions to each other, without the mind-based interpretation of their Heart’s feeling states, which is poor, inadequate and prone to misunderstandings. Instead of understanding, they would grok that they “are” love, instead of doing love. Perhaps a more apt example is when we recognize that we are in love with somebody in a romantic sense. Now, imagine being in love not in a romantic sense, but in an all-encompassing, all-inclusive sense towards all beings without exception, while recognizing that this love is lacking all gender-based perceptions and misconceptions along with their sexual undercurrents and implications. This is not to be confused with making love, which is the rather selfless result of unconditional love and is recognized as a Heart-based option by the partners in the moment, as opposed to having sex, which is ego driven.

This is the evolutionary journey we make, understanding love first with the mind and ultimately with the Heart; not just feeling it, but grokking the awareness layers we sense. Love is not just tied to consciousness; it is how consciousness is perceived by the Heart. After some time following countless incarnations, we recognize that we are love and not just make love. We initially become aware and feel seeds of love, that grow from our Hearts. We experience these seeds growing slowly, during numerous lifetimes. These seeds of love are making their way from our Hearts into our minds first unconsciously, then subconsciously and then consciously, without realizing that these seeds will be the key to unlock our evolution – until we recognize this fact in divine timing. Layers of love can be experienced within families, within a partnership of beings and in more neutral settings. The bonds between the beings in our current existence on Earth are based on different points of view and that is affecting which “mantle” of love we are wearing while expressing love. Focusing on a specific mantle of love is obscuring love’s true nature, because our minds tend to focus on one “thing” only, as opposed to the Heart, which can grok whole concepts at once. All these points of view are now on the verge of evolving and becoming more objective and much less subjective. We are about to “remember” the true meaning of love, that will be henceforth the foundation of our existential experience. Just like most humans are currently focused consciously or subconsciously on survival, soon there will be a time (within a few decades – not a few generations) where unconditional love will define our existence and our whole being will radiate love. This is because our current political and socioeconomic systems are becoming unsustainable, leading us to one emergency after another, requiring urgent adjustment of our situation due to perpetual conflict.

Most of us have experienced love in different ways, different forms and with various intensities. Unless we incarnate in a deeply separated existence, motherless, fatherless or through a traumatic experience and cannot experience love, we can at least “feel” compassion for homeless people or children dying of starvation – even if this love is passing through the filters of the mind and is not truly felt within our Heart. If we truly want to know what love is, if we truly want to love more than we “think” we can, then we can meditate on unconditional love and explore its nature. Love cannot be taught, because it’s not something we make; the term making love is just a figure of speech. Love will spring naturally forth from within us, through our Hearts, originating from the universal sea of consciousness or love (depending on the perspective). This will happen instantly once we recognize it in silence, because it is our true nature.

The capacity to feel unconditional love in its wholeness, unfiltered and undiminished, can be increased exponentially during meditation, when we deliberately silence the mind. It can become so intense that the memory of the feeling state of being in love with your spouse when you first met them will pale in comparison. The more you meditate on love, the more intensely you will be able to feel that love and the more your love towards your spouse is enhanced. In a “magic” and unexpected way, they will be compelled to respond in kind. When we cultivate unconditional love in silence during meditation at first and then allow it to imbue our unburdened mind, not only our fellow humans, but also other ET beings will notice that. Another very important aspect of this state of being is that unconditional love has no recipient in a traditional sense. We love all beings equally and our romantic relationships are just… different, yet the same. In this state of being, the love that we feel is not “targeted” in a traditional sense but felt equally towards all beings in the universe.

Progressively, we will all find our selves in the peculiar position, that our Heart is inclined to feel love for all beings, and it doesn’t matter whether these beings are intelligent or not or even human. This behavior goes against what our survival-based societies have always dictated. That’s just the beginning, because evolution never ends. This state of being is the mere foundation for the new paradigm to which all humans will be attracted to. We will find this behavior fulfilling and be compelled to live this way, as if this way of life is the only one that makes total sense. And it is indeed the only one that makes sense for a humanity that’s weary of separation and perpetual conflict.

Most humans cannot imagine this perspective yet. It is understandably not presenting itself to humans who have a mind that’s still conditioned and are still operating from a survival-based foundation. However, in time they too will recognize this perspective, since evolution is naturally pushing us to experience this reality. From a mere few, many people will progressively change their lifestyle and adopt unconditional love based on the principle of the hundredth monkey through our collective subconscious.

The Path of Conscious Living: Mind-Heart Synergy

Throughout our lives we are mostly in thinking and thereby in doing mode. The difference between the two scenarios is fear and its absence of it. Fear of survival, fear of alienating and potentially losing the spouse, fear of not achieving expectations in our agreements – contractual or implied, etc. However, releasing fear is not easy. It requires that we distance our selves from our obligations – not in the sense that we just drop them but allow our selves to factor in some “self-time” whenever possible, with the aim to live in that frame of mind and frame of Heart. We need to find the strength and the inspiration to undo our own conditioning and create room in our consciousness for our true Self to emerge and sustain our conscious self. You might ask now, “why”? A valid question. Apart from the fact that conditioning is bad for our individual and collective health, to borrow the warning that most of us have seen on cigarette packs, conditioning is hindering our progress in consciousness evolution, by hindering the development of the unburdened mind.

But how do we get there, you might ask? What is the foundation of all this? How can we “be” like this…? Well, you just said it. Just “be”. The mind seeks answers, but the answers are already inside us. We just need to understand the “questions” to the “answers”. Imagine that you are all the “answers” that are. For example, “Why am I alive?” The why is the question, and life is the answer. The “questions” don’t exist in this every-day, mundane level of existence. They spring forth from Spirit, which is infinite and exists outside space and time. Traditional problem-solving processes of the mind rely on mundane concepts and are therefore hopelessly outdated and as such totally ineffective, leading us into logical dead ends. Utilizing the mind in its current capacity is limited at best and dangerous at worst, because of the effects of polarization. We are not just human; only a part of us is human. Most of our essence is infinite and therefore cannot be expressed in human or linear terms. We are brilliant, immortal and multidimensional beings, having a mundane, Earthly experience.

So… how do you ground this multidimensional essence onto this Earthly plane? Easy… Just be, don’t think. You can’t do both anyway. You can either think using your mind or be using your Heart. When the mind seeks answers, it is leading you in circles and to dead ends, because it will find only inadequate half-truths, complex and impractical explanations to satisfy itself, and a frustrating maze of ever-expanding theory, to keep up with the results that this mind process yields. That’s because the mind’s capacity to hold infinity does not exist yet. Once the Heart complements the mind, it can “work” with the Heart to reach results that it would not be able to reach on its own. The mind is good for one thing: analysis; breaking down a concept into its parts. There is nothing more to gain through the mind from the sum of all analyzed parts of whatever it is analyzing. It is in the Heart where the sum of all parts of something makes visceral sense, extracting inspired conclusions that the mind is incapable to produce.

Consciousness has access to both the mind and the Heart, and it needs both tools to expand itself. A hammer is only good for hammering and a drill can only drill. Mind and Heart are two different tools that need each other to complement their strengths. We need to use them appropriately in a blended way. This way they will both jump to provide insights in divine time, on their own, when those insights are needed and our consciousness will “know” automagically which one has to jump – if we let it. Where logic doesn’t make sense on its own, the Heart offers ways to support it. Where blind, unguided faith is counterproductive, the mind suggests avenues of potential. The opposite is also the case. Where logic makes sense, the Heart offers correctional wisdom through other perspectives and where faith in a certain abstract concept makes sense in the Heart, logic offers doubt that provides correctional guidance to the Heart, strengthening both mind and Heart in the process. When mind and Heart work in tandem, and within their own domains, yet connected through the bridge between them, they can provide a guidance that’s more effective than guidance offered only by the mind or only by the Heart.

However, what would happen, if we allowed that connection between mind and Heart to work behind the scenes so to speak, allowing both the mind and the Heart the freedom to interact and communicate with each other autonomously, without the mind’s supervision, which is a less harsh way of referring to control of the Heart by the mind? How would our lives unfold if we were to surrender to a blended mind and Heart lending a shared direction to our lives? This is when miracles happen. An unburdened mind liberated by its need to control and judge is free to experience the essence of the Heart. The mind without the Heart is finite. If the Heart is allowed to become the guiding force in our lives, replacing and succeeding the mind in this role, then the mind is liberated by the shackles of structured conditioning and is imbued by the unstructured, loving infinity that’s overflowing from the Heart. The mind and the Heart are two halves, like all polarities. After blending they represent more than the sum of the whole and offer a radical new way of being, that will revolutionize all aspects of the way we live. This way we don’t just live, but we derive experience from existence. In other words, we live on steroids. We utilize the whole of our being and exist in an empowered and far more expanded way. We all must carve our own path to understanding and grokking this new way of existing.

Inner work is of the utmost importance, as this path is riddled with challenges that are unique to our individual evolutionary level. What may work for John might not work for Mary and what hasn’t worked for Liz, could work for Nick. We are all unique drops of the one, infinite universal consciousness, and each individual consciousness evolution is different.

Reclaiming Personal Power

We often hear news from somebody, and we tend to resonate with that news, based on our relationship with this person. Instead of making up our own minds and Hearts based on personal research, we believe in the validity or not of such news – based on our relationship with the bearer of said news without question. We have effectively delegated our personal truth and given away our own power without grasping the monumental error we commit. This is not only related to information we hear or read. This is particularly necessary when it comes to relating to other beings in all aspects. We need to have a more enlightened relationship to our own selves first, as a proper foundation to relate to other beings. Becoming sovereign beings requires us to recognize that we need to have the courage to achieve self-competence, self-mastery and self-integration. It is not easy, but this honest effort will in time yield more complete beings than we were earlier. The Great Changes that we are going through now are creating the necessary friction within us, as well as between us, leading us to become better beings.

We are currently polarizing extremely on various issues, such as the validity of climate change or which warring parties we support and for what reasons. This polarization creates such aggravation within us that we are coming apart from within. The constant battle between “me and you” and “us and them” on multiple levels is what’s creating malignant crises where conflict becomes war. This ongoing, rampant polarization on this Polarized Prison Planet is leading us to our doom and we are either not recognizing the causes behind the “obvious” causes or are disempowered to halt the process or both. This is where personal courage and the deliberate application of free will are necessary and represent the only factors that can instigate change from within. To stop the endless turning of the wheel of pain, suffering and misery we need to own our mistakes collectively, humbly swallow our pride and take steps to reconciliate our differences externally, while we reconciliate our own, internal parts that are uniquely responsible for creating the mess within our consciousness, reflecting that mess to the external world.

As we are coming apart from within, we are recognizing our parts, both good and bad parts. We are forced to come to terms with them, accept them as part of us, and integrate them within us by healing the trauma they created, as well as the trauma they were caused by. For the “nerds” among the readers (by the way this is a term of endearment for me – I consider my self one as well) this process can be likened to the process of nuclear fusion, whereby atoms of lower atomic weight are fused together to produce atoms of a higher atomic weight. As above so below. This is another example of the immensely beautiful, holographic and symmetrical nature of the universe, where all aspects of it are reflected within our selves.

You may ask at this point: What now? Well, there is no easy answer in terms of what to do, as all polarizations within require an enlightened Heart-based attitude to overcome. This Heart-based attitude will “shine” like a beacon in the external world and present the “why” and the “how” relating to the necessity for change, through its stark and positive contrast with what is. The “what” will take care of itself, when we recognize first the “why” and then the “how”. We need to be more Heart-based, because our mind and our ego on their own have led humanity individually and collectively on a path of pain and destruction. Reason and intellect have been over-utilized by the ego to create the necessary basis for survival, but this utilization of the mind by the ego as a tool for survival is now increasingly becoming a clear and present danger on its own. Without the tempering influence of the Heart, the mind and the ego now constitute a threat to the survival of humanity. This is because we have reached a level of technological development that has by far surpassed our ego’s willingness to apply empathy to our thoughts and actions, thus giving rise to an imbalanced beast consciousness. We need to utilize the mind and the Heart in tandem.

To answer what can be done can be addressed by Heart-based negotiation both within us and between us, depending on a case-by-case basis and considering all valid grievances of each side. This is because polarization begins within us. Easy? Not really. But here is where courage and the deliberate application of free will, can make a difference. It all comes back to what we always knew: how badly do we want peace not just between us but also within us? Is it something that would be “nice to have” or is it something that we can’t live without? Can we have peace within us while we don’t have peace between us? These are questions that we must answer for our selves, honestly and without reservation, because they will dictate not only the quality of our lives on all levels, but our survival as a species as well. Resolving to attract and cultivate peace on all levels of our lives must become our priority, paving the way to integration and a golden age for humanity, because we are slowly understanding that life’s meaning will always be polarized and biased by the absence of peace and ultimately unconditional love. Honestly seeking genuine peace on all levels of our lives will immediately counteract any subconscious and unconscious concerns that cloud our minds, leading us to recognize the need for survival in the first place. As we examine our lives through this perspective, we begin to consciously distance our selves from the perceived need to survive, as this need has been created by the ego itself. Even in cases where survival becomes a necessity, such as being in a warzone and forced to defend our selves for example, this need to survive will be illuminated by the internal peace and the love of self we feel and is a whole different feeling from the survival fear we felt before. That's because love of self and preservation of self are motivated differently. Love of self is motivated by the Heart and preservation of self is motivated by the ego.

We can all do our part in bringing about a state of being that is imbued by peace and unconditional love. By resolving to attract peace within (that’s the part we “do”) we are allowing peace to blossom from within our Hearts (that’s the part we “are”). This is how we create lasting peace in external reality, since external reality is reflected from internal reality. In a broader sense, that's also how we move from doing to being. The more peace we feel, the closer we are to our natural state of being, which promotes the concept of “being”, rather than “doing”, where all actions flow from our Hearts, instead of being perceived by the ego and executed by the mind. It is better to conceive our actions from our Hearts imbued by harmony, unity and synchronicity, stemming from unconditional love and universal law. Actions manifested in this way are just and appropriate, because they are automagically considering the needs of others, reconciling them with our own, personal needs, because they are based on universal law.

This is the power within us that we have delegated to each other, condemning our selves to a life of pain, suffering and conflict. Without this power we are unable to reach our full potential.

What Was Lost Has Been Found Again

I just experienced a fluid mind without self-imposed and ego-based limitations. It was an eye-opener. Today, on the 13th of May, I woke up early with the irresistible urge to listen to music. Not just any music, but classical music. While I certainly appreciate pop music like anybody, my first choice is and has always been classical music. My love for classical music was born at a very early age. While I don't remember my exact age, I believe that I might have been eleven or twelve years old when I first appreciated the magic of classical music through Mozart's "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" and felt its universal energy move through my body. I was hooked for life.

I like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and many masterpieces by other composers, like Beethoven, Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Albinoni and Paganini, but I love Georg Friedrich Händel and Johann Sebastian Bach most of all. Listening to their compositions makes my Heart sing and the joy I feel is unreal and liberating. It's like my body is bursting from within and my mind is immersed in that universal joy, having been re-acqainted with the love our universe contains. Humans on Earth stubbornly refuse to accept this universal love, still engulfed in their conflicts of me versus you and us versus them. Am I a dreamer? Definitely. Have I lost touch with reality? One might gain that impression. Yet, I understand polarization and comprehend its roots in the ego-based mind.

Today, I viscerally experienced an example of how the universe works through my Heart. While I was listening to the prelude to "Te Deum", a short but brilliant masterpiece from Marc-Antoine Charpentier, a French composer, I remembered a video with a beautiful collection of musical masterpieces that I used to watch and listen to on YouTube. However, it has not been available for the past few years. My Heart was saddened by this loss, because this collection of masterpieces, recorded on the beautiful grounds in front of a splendid French castle on a beautiful summer evening was comprised by carefully selected compositions, performed by gifted musicians with instruments from 300 years ago and enjoyed by what appeared to be happy and appreciating humans. The artistic performance, containing visual and musical elements of exquisite beauty left an extraordinary impression. Most of the musical masterpieces in this video were composed by George (Georg Friedrich Händel) for two british monarchs (King George I and King George II) and are also highly recommended by George (that's me).

You might say "To each their own" and you would be right. Naturally. Not everybody is a fan of classical music and that is understandable. However, imagine if the same thing happened to you, with the only difference that my favourite composer was swapped out and replaced by your favourite band. Now you understand hopefully.

And then, in a glorious bout of inspiration that came out of nowhere, I resolved to find that video on the web. After a few tweaks to my web search, I found it in its original form legally on a legitimate website without any ads, paywall or any subscription required. At first I could not believe it and I thought that this might just be a teaser video or an abridged version of the original I was looking for. I played it online and watched and listened to 80 minutes of pure audiovisual bliss.

I rejoiced! What was lost has been found again.

While I was immersed in the music and feeling the joy, I asked my self what just happened. I began reflecting on the particular stages of this discovery and what led to it.

Apparently, I was immersed in my love of music and my mind was connected to my Heart through the bridge between mind and Heart. This state is commonly known as "being in the zone", characterized by total immersion of the mind within the open Heart. While I was in that state of being, I was not thinking. Instead I was enjoying the feelings that the music conjured up within me. In a split second, I remembered through feeling states, not thoughts, that Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "Te Deum", the music I was listening to earlier, was included in that lost YouTube video that I so much loved to watch and listen to. The next feeling I had was the equivalent of looking for it on the web. I use the term feeling and not thinking, because in that state of being thoughts don't originate from the mind as we are used to. Instead, they originate from the Heart as feelings and insights, in a way coating the mind like a sparkling magic out of this world. In a split second, I immediately resonated with that idea. While a split second is a very short amount of time, I distinctly recognized in this state of being a feeling of futility, not really believing that I could find that video online. This is because I looked for the video online when it was removed years ago from YouTube, but couldn’t find it. At the same time, however, my love for music pushed me to try a web search, overriding mind-based limitations through outdated belief systems. There were no deliberate thoughts that I remember, just feelings and inspiration.

What did I learn from this exercise in operating in a Heart-based state? I experienced viscerally, that ego-based conditioning through belief systems does not exist in this state of being. The mind flows effortlessly and without friction through the Heart, when we become aware of the bridge between the mind and Heart. While the mind is there it only provides one tool at the disposal of consciousness. Adding the Heart as another tool for consciousness and immersing the mind in the Heart bypasses the ego-based conditioning through belief systems and allows the mind to function without the drag applied on it through the ego. To use an example from engineering, the mind is lubricated so to speak, by the unstructured essence of the Heart, which is nothing but universal love, sparkling with multidimensional magic. Having access to universal insights, the mind is liberated and functions without its typical ego-based resistance. There are no more what-ifs and whys hindering its function.

What is is also intriguing is the fact that I woke up earlier than usual with an urge to listen to classical music. This is another example of multidimensionality in action. The Heart lives outside of space and time. I believe it was divine time for me to find what I lost earlier and my Heart alerted me to it. One thing led to another in a smooth and seamless way. Simply marvellous! If we would all trust our Hearts and be in that state of being constantly, how beautiful all our lives would unfold and how magical our experiences would be. Well, baby steps. We are all getting there eventually.

The Man and the Bull

The bull was looking at the man without expression.

The man reached out and touched the massive forehead of the bull.

This action did not prompt a violent reaction. The nostrils of the bull did not flare angrily. The legs of the bull also remained steadfast and were not pawing the ground.

"You know, I wanted to kill you", the man said. "For a long time, I resented being shackled on your back and forced to ride you. Life's curveballs seemingly manifested out of nowhere, while I was dodging them, glued on your back, allowing the emotions of the ride to flow through me like a wild river."

The bull snorted as if he was chuckling.

"Not anymore. I've learned the lesson you were trying to teach me."

He moved his palm carefully along the bull's head. The bull remained motionless, breathing calmly.

"My life has been a sequence of events caused by dualities to which I was subconsciously reacting and polarizing in a multidimensional soap opera where I am the protagonist."

The man's voice trembled.

"I have suffered for a long time, trying not to fall from your back, for I knew that the fall was going to hurt. I haven't been always successful. Sometimes I fell and it hurt. Getting back onto your back was not always easy and I vividly remember the pain every time I mounted you after I fell."

His dark brown eyes were leaking now.

"Before I rode you, I was riding a wild bronco and before that, a dog was barking at me incessantly. I thought the bronco was something fierce, but I broke him."

He wiped his eyes.

"I should probably say that I broke aspects of my self.

I faced my chronic disease and its causes, instead of putting up with them.

I faced my persona in this life.

I watched fake consciousness constructs crumble away."

The man fell to his knees, as they buckled under the emotional stress.

"I thought the wild ride in this third dimensional consciousness reality would be over. Then you came along and the ride continued even more intensely."

The bull snorted again. Its tail was now lashing around as if he was swatting flies with it.

"My fake sense of identity was challenged, pried away by my intense perceptions of life's intense events.

One by one the attachments to the fake projections of my self were purged before my inner eyes, sending me into a decaying spiral.

My inner eyes gradually closed, allowing my one eye to open.

My polarized individuality gave way to a sense of unity, finding solace in unconditional love.

I "see" now. There is only one way to "see", and that is with unconditional love - unpolarized and with one eye, one perspective, yet holographic.

I was drowning but now I am reborn in the universal sea of consciousness/love.

Love is all we need and love is all we are."

The man was still leaking, but his tears were tears of joy. A smile appeared slowly amidst sobs of joy.

"Thank you for showing me what I needed to "see"…"

The bull became slowly transparent. He responded non-verbally…

"Don't thank me. This is all your work. You have purged your attachments one by one, guided by your true Self. You are now free from the burdens of your ego. Other humans are still a long way from riding their inner bronco and their inner bull and are still putting up with their inner dog barking at them."

The bull became translucent.

"I'll be back to remind you in case you need another life lesson. For now, remember to love your self. Keep in mind what your ET friend told you: self-love is the foundation for how you love others, how you move through life, and how you find peace within yourself."

That said, the bull vanished as if it never existed - just like the bronco and the dog before it.

The man stood up slowly as it befits a sovereign, self-mastered and integrated being. He smiled as he was wiping his tears of joy, immersed in unconditional love for all beings in Creation, including his own being.

The Futility of Escaping One's Own Self

What do you want? The Voice said calmly.

I don't know, I responded. I am empty and confused.

Surely, you must want something, the Voice persisted.

Do you want to read a book?

Nah…

Do you want to eat something?

Really?... I responded, thinking about the Ozempic-induced mega-nausea, that I've learned to live with.

My intestines are on fire, and you want me to eat something?

OK, I got it, said the Voice chuckling. How about YouTube…?

No, I said. It's just external information that makes sense temporarily but no matter how many YouTube videos I watch, I feel that the unsatisfied void inside me grows larger. And the nagging feeling in the back of my head simply doesn't go away.

Well, you surely must want something. Everybody does.

NO, I said emphatically. Well, yes, but I don't know what it is.

The Voice chuckled and for a moment I thought I saw a laughing Buddha holding his belly.

Well, let me know when the penny drops and leave me be until then.

No, wait, I said impatiently.

So, you want somebody to talk to? The Voice was amused.

Not just anybody, I now want to talk to YOU more than ever.

Oh wow, and it took you months, years, decades to let me know? Thanks a lot man! I do appreciate your honesty! My inner Voice’s sarcasm was unmistaken.

Well, I thought I was talking to you all my life (lives), but I guess, we never talked about things that really matter.

Oh, OK. The Voice became interested. And what is it that you want to talk about?

I held my breath. Self-love…, perhaps? I said hesitantly.

I could imagine my inner Voice rubbing its hands - if it had any. Instantly, I remembered Tom Hanks rubbing his hands in "You've got mail", when Meg Ryan asked him to help her with a business problem she had.

OK, give it to me straight, the Voice said, mimicking Robert De Niro.

Well, my Self sure knows how to start a conversation, I thought.

So, I just said to my Self: you know, sometimes, I just want to hug somebody and tell them that I love them unconditionally. Not in a romantic sense, but as a human being. There's so much pain and suffering in the world. Some people become victims and other people are perpetrators. And, you know, both victims and perpetrators they just need love. They're acting out their inner need for love, you know…

Enough with the "you know" already… I do know, you don't have to remind me, the Voice said playfully. And what's that got to do with Self-love?

I chose my words carefully…: I was recently reminded by some wise people (humans and ETs), of the importance of self-love. I was told, that self-love is the foundation for how you love others, how you move through life, and how you find peace within yourself.

And…? The Voice held its breath.

Well, I said, how do I love my self, when the only thing I know is to love others unconditionally?

You know my boy, I've been waiting for you to ask me this question for thousands of years and during countless incarnations.

I looked up. Was my true Self using “you know” to tease me?

But… I just witnessed this question forming inside me, I tried to explain the obvious.

Yes, I know. And you have come close to asking me this question so many times, but you always hesitated, but this time the bull you're riding during these Great Changes managed to shake you so much that you're coming apart. AND IN THIS STATE OF BEING you can see your self and all parts of you that make you YOU - especially the ones you don’t like. Even when you love others unconditionally, this love cannot be complete, if it is not founded on self-love. It’s like the foundation of a house. If the foundation is not strong, the house will not be strong as well.

I swear, I'm going to kill that bull when all this is over, I thought, venting my frustration.

My Self laughed silently. Good luck with that! There is no bull, just like there is no spoon. YOU are the bull and the self and the Self and All That Is. You are just witnessing your own being from different perspectives. Read your books again - published or not. It's why I inspired you to write them.

I blinked surprised. I didn’t know where to focus. The “Matrix” reference or my books.

My Self continued: Consolidate your own being by calling all your parts home and become sovereign within your Self. You cannot escape your own self. It will keep bugging you until you embrace it.

Enough, I thought. Just because you know all cards from Lyssa's deck, doesn't mean you can actually explain something to me. This is a pseudo-argument, I said woefully.

That's because you still don't get it. Do not listen with the mind my boy, listen with the Heart. Feel, don't think. Feeling is the way to be from now on, for the mind will only suggest what to do not to feel. Right now, you are stuck, lacking strength and you feel weakened - unable to act, because you are unsure of what to do. Well, guess what…, that’s because there is no more doing. What do you think that means? It means that the time for your character to act is over. Your own self doesn't want to act anymore, because it doesn’t know what to do. What you need is to feel. Every evolutionary milestone that you reach from now on is within your Heart – not within your mind. Don't think and act anymore. It's now time to feel and be. It's time to put everything you've learned together and go truly, genuinely within. Yes, you have been doing that so far, but now I'm asking you to "be" not to "do". There is nothing more to do. Be your Self, be me, DO NOT BE YOUR CHARACTER.

Get it?

I remembered now. I am who I am and that is enough. A mega-observer immersed in unconditional love; I thought with a smile. NOT my character – my Self.

Good, my Self responded. But can you genuinely feel that? You did so in the past before any of this happened, just remember that feeling and replicate it.

And what about self-love?

You will become aware of it automagically when you accept your self with all your faults, weaknesses and glorious strengths. Just like strength comes from unity, so does self-love. Accept all that makes you YOU. Make the leap from being your character (self) to being your true Self inside your Heart. Pay attention to your feelings and call on your mind only when you need it. Jayzus, do I have to remind you word for word what I have told you in the past and you wrote in your first book? You did so from the perspective of your mind, so that you may use it in divine time in your Heart when you start being your true Self.

Aye sir, I responded smiling.

Oh, shut up, go "be" now and leave me be, my true Self said lovingly.

Humans on Earth - Ernesto and Yolanda

This is a short story included in my first book “Visions of a Future Earth… and how to realize them” - which you can learn more about here.

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Ernesto looked up from the book he was reading and glanced at Yolanda. She gazed at him with a smile.

“What?” he asked.

“Nothing. I was just remembering how we met.”

Sudden, sad memories surfaced for Ernesto, and he looked away with a frown. He hadn’t said anything, but she sensed what he was feeling. She came closer and hugged him. “Why are you bringing this up?” Ernesto’s voice was hoarse and full of emotion. “Tell me that I’ve done what I could, that I’ve atoned for my sins after all these years.” He looked at Yolanda with true sadness.

Ernesto’s total transformation from a cold-hearted man in service to self to a humble and loving human being in service to others still surprised her. “Yes, my love, you have done well. I believe in you and love you for all your changes, big and small. I only wanted to reminisce about how we met.”

It was clear to Yolanda that Ernesto still struggled with his past and that he might need more time to heal. It had been easier for her to move beyond that negative period of their lives.

Tears of love and gratitude ran down Ernesto’s cheeks. He welcomed her unconditional love. Ever since he’d decided to turn his life around, she’d stood by him, nurturing and reassuring him so that he could get over his raw past. His new path was rewarding but difficult, and he could not let go of the thought that the unspeakable evil he’d been immersed in for many years demanded a lifetime of restitution.

“Remember why you are doing this.” Yolanda held his hand lovingly. “Remember that you are not punishing yourself or paying for your crimes. Rather, you saw the error of your ways and have chosen to correct them. You have my everlasting love.”

Ernesto had been enjoying reading his book and now he was immersed in wrenching memories of the past. This was a strong indication that the blemish on his soul continued to evoke powerful emotions. He glanced at the electronic monitor tugging heavily on his ankle, reminding him of the heavy burden weighing on his conscience. In an emotional haze, Ernesto chose to remember, as he knew it might help him continue his healing process.

He never knew his father. His mother raised him lovingly and managed to create a positive environment for him even amid frequent gang violence. When he was sixteen, she was accused of aiding a rival gang and executed in front of his eyes. That day, he broke into thousands of sharp pieces that deeply wounded his young and barely formed personality.

Ernesto buried all feelings of love deep inside. Fuelled by unstoppable rage driven partly by adolescence, he began a killing spree to avenge his mother, starting with the gang member who’d shot her. He joined the rival gang that his mother was suspected of aiding. He climbed the ranks until he took control of that criminal organization, exhibiting unequalled degrees of cunning and malice. He was the embodiment of terror.

He began his criminal career as a drug lord and then expanded his business activities to include prostitution, child slavery and trafficking. Yolanda was one of his “employees.” She later told him that every day and night, she tried to nurture and support the children being used and abused along with herself. Yolanda tried three times to end her life, but her keepers saved her in what must have been a harsh reflection of a reality with no escape.

One day, Ernesto decided to collect the money from that side of his business himself rather than leave it to one of his crew. He was curious about how the enterprise was proceeding. Accustomed to human anguish, he would not waste more thoughts than necessary on the people involved. But unknown to him at the time, Spirit had set the stage for a synchronistic meeting.

He saw Yolanda in the corner of the small, dingy room, and their eyes met. A sensation welled up within him, that he hadn’t felt since his childhood in the “Cinturón de Miséria”. He didn’t recognize love, at first, because he’d isolated his Heart for decades.

He had forgotten how to love. His dealings with women were those of a man in a position of absolute power, and he never allowed himself to have feelings for them. In his broken state, he didn’t recognize love for what it was and assumed he was becoming soft.

Eventually, after several respectful meetings, he could not deny his love for Yolanda, nor could he rip the love out of his Heart once it was there. He could only surrender to the feeling. The same applied to Yolanda. Even though she was his victim and felt intense anger toward him at first, she gradually yielded to the power of love, because she understood they were twin flames.

They’d incarnated knowing the immense grief and pain they would have to endure, but they did it out of love for each other and for all human beings. They were literally following the scripts they’d written before incarnation. She saw the beauty in both their souls.

Over the following weeks, Ernesto discontinued that part of his business, justifying his decision with the excuse that it was too risky. The world — especially US law enforcement — was becoming increasingly aware of human trafficking.

Yolanda brought so much love into Ernesto’s life. The deeper he sank into darkness, the higher he was catapulted into the light when the conditions were right. He carefully began restructuring his business to legitimate enterprises and witnessed his life change from negative to positive. He felt reborn. From a wild animal in survival mode, he progressively became more enlightened as he learned more about himself. He created an organization to help abused children across the world, supported by the vast resources generated by his legitimate business activities.

It was a time of peace and a time of love; a time of purpose and a time of restitution – until it all came to a grinding halt. His previous business affairs were discovered during a routine tax investigation. He was arrested by the FBI and tried by the International Criminal Court. Subsequently, he was convicted for drug-related offences as well as for child slavery and trafficking and sentenced to life in prison. Spurred partly by society’s valiant attempt toward enlightenment by forgiving past transgressions, his sentence was eventually commuted to house arrest. His assets were not confiscated due to how the money assisted thousands of children harmed by that despicable practice. He was making amends in a substantial way.

As these raw and dark memories flooded through him, Yolanda pulled him into a hug. They wept in each other’s arms.

After a while, Yolanda held his face in her hands and looked into his eyes. “Forgive me for bringing up those dark memories. I am in such awe of the infinite love the universe held for us until we were ready for it. I only meant to remind you that love always finds a way.”

A hint of a smile appeared on Ernesto’s tear-streaked face. “I love you,” he whispered. He held her again, and that was enough.

In a final, deliberate act of surrendering the last remnants of ego-based resistance within him, he yielded completely to the infinite love of the universe flowing through Yolanda, melting away in in her safe embrace. Instead of thinking, he grokked with a sigh:

Love always finds a way.

Humans on Earth - Bobbie

This is a short story included in my first book “Visions of a Future Earth… and how to realize them” - which you can learn more about here.

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Bobbie looked up from her glass data screen and gazed through the transparent dome of the small marine-research station. The sea bottom looked alien, but this was her work environment. As a marine biologist, she studied deep-sea creatures, such as the eels and swarms of bloodybelly comb jellyfish she’d observed yesterday.

For a while, she marvelled at the breathtaking bioluminescence exhibited by the plants and creatures here at the bottom of the sea. The Mariana trench was literally alive, and the versatility of life was a sight to behold, with purples, blues, reds, and dashes of oranges and yellows. The undersea creatures resembled beings from another planet, yet they’d evolved on Earth over millions of years. She enjoyed her work immensely.

Her phone chimed. She picked up the call and transferred it to the terminal in front of her.

Her adult son’s smiling face appeared in midair. “Mother, are you coming?”

“Yes, my love. Just a little more cataloguing to do.”

“How much longer? We all want to see you. Louise is here from Tycho City, Josh has come from his research outpost in Antarctica, Trevor took a leave of absence from his Ranger post on the Galileo, your nieces Laura and Rachel—”

Bobbie interrupted her son with a sigh of loving understanding. “All right. I’m coming now.”

His face brightened. “See you soon. We love you.”

“I love you too.”

It was time to go home. She’d only done three hours of work today instead of her usual four, but her obligations to herself and her family were equally important. Today was her birthday. She was 99 years young. Her family was expecting her so they could celebrate.

She stood and looked around to see if she might be missing anything before she left. Ah, yes, she’d nearly forgotten.

“David, would you please keep an eye out for the bloodybelly comb jelly swarm? They might come back. You have their bioenergy markers on file. Please send me an info-burst if this happens while I’m away.”

“Of course,” David responded with an impeccable British accent. When given the option, he’d chosen his name in honour of a famous British naturalist who’d spent a lifetime of research in service to the planet. “You know I’m interested in them too. And if I may say so, you keep very well for your 99 years.”

“Thank you, David, that’s awfully nice of you to say!” Bobbie responded smiling, mimicking the same accent. They were working together for many years now and their bond of friendship was as real as it got.

Bobbie prepared to enter through the trans-portal, saying: “Destination—” She’d been about to say “home,” but caught herself. She called a few places “home,” including this station at the bottom of the ocean. She continued, “— my home in Fountain Hills.” The trans-portal knew that Fountain Hills was located near Phoenix, Arizona, North American planetary province, and it set up the transfer.

She stepped through the swirling vortex, and with a swift, whooshing sound, she disappeared from the research station.

David realized that Bobbie had left, and he turned off the internal lighting as well as the human work console. The arc of the curved wall not transparent to the ocean slowly dimmed and went dark as the illumination softly faded. The surreal but immensely beautiful lights generated by ocean life brightened the interior of the research station with waves of ethereal, dreamlike light. An artificial intelligence was left to monitor ocean life alone, utilizing the methodical thoroughness of a computer but complemented with the appreciation that only comes from genuine, heartfelt emotion.

Humans on Earth - Sean and Ciara

This is a short story included in my first book “Visions of a Future Earth… and how to realize them” - which you can learn more about here.

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An almost imperceptible vibration brought Sean out of his sleep cycle. He opened his eyes, recognizing the wake-up call from his house AI. He sat up in bed and looked down at his partner, Ciara, still sleeping beside him. With a loving smile, he felt his immense unconditional love for her as well as for every being on the planet and beyond.

He got up. It was early dawn, and morning light crowned the forest behind the house in an orange glow. He liked looking through this transparent wall, which is how he instructed the house AI to keep it. Today was a big day. He’d been overseeing Project Blooming Garden for twelve years now, after it was approved by Earth’s Planetary Council. His large group of geneticists and engineers — planetary ecosystems, agricultural, environmental — were putting the final touches on the project of turning the Sahara Desert into a Garden of Eden.

It had taken some time to build the dozens of small, automated fusion-powered desalination plants along the African coast of the Mediterranean Sea, which had recently been upgraded to use quantum power nodes. Were it not for robotic assistance, many people would have likely died or been injured completing this project, and it would have taken decades to complete.

Two years into the project, there was enough fresh water available to drown the desert and make it fertile. Over time, small, irrigated patches of limited plant life on the Mediterranean coast have become large forests, with savanna-type landscapes growing farther inland. Small areas of land were set aside and developed as agricultural farmland with robotic workforces. These weren’t necessary for food, since the use of replicator technology allowed for abundant and healthy sustenance for everyone, but they would serve as research sites to produce more nutrient-dense crops.

Various animals had moved north from the rest of Africa, expanding to this new living space, and more would follow. After the once separated and mostly poor countries of Africa came together and invested heavily in the idea of the African Union, no effort was spared to heal the African continent and serve humanity in the process.

The value and accomplishment of Project Blooming Garden was not just in the enormous feat of planetary engineering, but in the sustained bonds of the people from all over the planet who worked diligently toward this common goal. This was but one of many environmental initiatives aimed at healing and improving the original human habitat: planet Earth.

Today, they would be participating in a meeting to explore what species of animals to introduce into the new ecosystem of the Sahara to save them from extinction. The delicate new ecosystem had to be refined and immaculately balanced so that it would not interfere with other Earth ecosystems. Nature would eventually take over, but caution was necessary to soften the effects of ecological rebalancing with adjacent regions. Some species would be reanimated from the gene banks where they were preserved many years ago when climate change threatened to destroy Earth's once-robust ecosystems. Other animals would be used to populate the former Gobi Desert and barren lands previously known as the Middle East. Those regions had been transformed earlier, due to the smaller engineering challenges involved. The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, was key to this endeavour. It had been expanded and upgraded over the years to become the Global Seed and Gene Vault, safeguarding also genetic samples of animals on the verge of extinction.

Sean walked into the shower and let the alternating hot and cold water invigorate him. When finished, he used the shower’s water-repelling function to dry his skin. He stepped into his shoes and felt a soft pressure around his feet as the intelligent mechanism of the shoes recognized him. He watched for a few seconds as the nanomaterial of the shoes expanded upwards along his legs, covering his legs, and then his torso and arms in the process, thus becoming his work suit. He looked at his breast insignia of Environmental Engineer First Class and Chief Coordinator of Project Blooming Garden, in service with United Earth’s Planetary Council. The biomimetic nanomaterial hugged his skin and would regulate his body temperature.

Sean went back to the bedroom and, with a tender smile, sat on the bed beside his sleeping beauty. He lovingly touched her cheek. "Wakey, wakey, love. Those animals won’t miraculously appear in the Sahara if we don’t put them there.”

Ciara opened her eyes. With a smile he continued: “My love, we need to hit the trans-portal in half an hour. Did you forget that we work in the Sahara region and not in County Donegal?" Ciara returned his smile. She was one of the geneticists/biologists entrusted with reanimating the animals they intended to introduce into the now lush green hills and plains of the Sahara. "Mm, good morning,” she murmured sleepily. “Have I told you how much I love you?"

Sean laughed out loud. “You can tell me later. We need to hit the trans-portal in half an hour.”

She sat up in bed, motivated to Heart-induced action by her exciting work. It was a good day to be alive and in service to humanity.

Humans on Earth - Samantha

This is a short story included in my first book “Visions of a Future Earth… and how to realize them” - which you can learn more about here.

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Samantha was tired, but that feeling in no way kept her from being blissed out, seeing her great-grandchildren again. Twins Neya and Inara had recently celebrated their fifteenth birthdays and announced their decisions to join the Rangers.

It was late afternoon, and they sat in Samantha’s garden pavilion on a beautiful mid-summer day. With a smile, she said to the twins, “What is it with you youngsters today? You all want to join the Rangers and leave Earth. I’m so happy that you each recognized and are honouring your Heart’s calling, but I feel that leaving Earth might deny you of the joys and wisdom that come from being close to nature and your planet. Not to mention, I will miss you dearly.”

“Oh, Granny,” Neya said. “We won’t be far.”

Samantha sighed. “Neya, how many times have I asked you to call me Sam? I’m only 112 years old and still have a lot to offer to society.”

“Fine, Sam.” Neya smiled. It was so easy to bring the older generations out of balance. Their compartmentalized consciousness was only recently integrated, and they still had lingering ego issues. Their vessels were slowly evolving, helped along with genetic boosts from DNA micronutrients. Anyway, Sam was born in 3D before the Great Changes and is still adapting to living in 4D, Neya thought with compassion.

“We won’t be leaving the planet right away,” Inara said to Sam. “And remember that many Rangers are stationed on Earth or in the solar system performing important research.”

“Right,” Neya said. “We’ll spend a few years on the planet transferring from one Ranger station to another, studying Earth’s ecosystems and environmental cycles in depth. As you know, the carbon-cycle is not the only major environmental cycle. There’s also the nitrogen cycle, the phosphorus cycle, and the water cycle….”

“Okay, okay,” Samantha responded with a smile. “You seem to know what you’re talking about.”

Inara scooted excitedly to the edge of her seat. “Our recent research into the energetic planetary cycles has provided so much insight in planetary ecosystem engineering, that we now understand how they progress and how we can use this process for other applications.”

Neya, her eyes bright, added, “Schumann generators creating natural planetary resonances are only the bare minimum that we need on spacecraft for long-term exploratory missions. The new Explorer spacecraft expand that concept with ecosystem cores blended into their internal environments. Humans need that to feel at home, as if they’re on Earth.”

Samantha laughed. The twins were in their “zones.” So much knowledge and maturity for people so young. “All right, smarty pants,” she said. “Why are you sharing all this information? Let’s cut to the chase.”

“Simple,” Inara responded. “We want you to understand that being Rangers is not about being on Earth or in space. It’s about being responsible galactic citizens and answering our callings to serve humanity and interact with ETs as ambassadors. To do that, we must study and understand Mother Earth and the living, genetic libraries of our home planet. She must never be abused again.” Inara’s eyes teared up as she contemplated the calling of her Heart and her sacred duty to Earth and humanity. She glanced at Neya, whose eyes were also filling with tears.

Samantha hugged them both. She loved them so much, and now she truly understood their passion and calling. With an open smile, she wiped away her own tears. Oh, how she wished she could join them wherever they were going, but with her older genetics, she couldn’t easily keep up. All professions were open to all humans after the Great Changes, but it was not appropriate for everyone to do what they thought they wanted. Neya and Inara had gone through an elaborate educational process to reach their conclusions based not on what they thought but on what they felt they wanted to do.

Samantha remembered her youth and the educational system she grew up in and shrugged. Comparing the two systems was simply not possible, due to the different educational approaches. Today, there was no one-size-fits-all approach, and for good reason.

They hugged for a long time, melting into each other’s arms in a vibrational symphony of unconditional love. Neya was the first to break the connection, as usual. Her inner drive was relentless and her calling evident.

“Sam, we love you so much,” she said, “and we also love all other beings and our ET friends. We promise we’ll see you soon and tell you stories of what we’ve seen and learned.” Inara nodded in agreement, both of them smiling.

Samantha had a surprising thought. Her great-grandchildren always had smiles on their faces, no matter how small. Bittersweet, almost forgotten memories of her past resurfaced, of her personal and professional struggles before the Great Changes. Suddenly, Neya and Inara hugged her again. She could feel their heart-energy centres expand with a very pleasant warm and fuzzy feeling. In a flash of realization (curse her old genetics for the delay in recognition), Samantha grokked that Neya and Inara must have sensed her discomfort and hugged her without thinking. They expanded their heart centres to comfort her in a tangible way with unconditional love.

Samantha was near to tears again, feeling the pure, unconditional love that came from her great-grandchildren. They were already more than she ever was, even with frequent meditation and the application of unconditional love in her life. Samantha was content, though, as she remembered something precious someone had told her during the Great Changes: “You exist. You are unique. The universe does not make mistakes. You are a necessary part of the whole and have something of value to offer.” Yes, she was content, and she had been for many years now.

Samantha noticed the pleasant scents of lilac mixed with lavender from her garden. It was a perfect moment in time. There was nothing more to say. They all focused on their feelings and marvelled together at how beautiful life is. By now, the sun had set, and stars dotted the sky. Neya and Inara sensed that Sam was feeling better. They stood, hugged her again, and walked to the shuttle in the backyard of the house. It was a three-seat, disc-shaped craft used primarily by the younger generation for commuting on Earth. Tomorrow, they were expected at the Ranger station in São Paulo where they would participate in the expansion of the rainforest and earn study credits toward their combined environmental and planetary ecosystems engineering degrees.

They are following their Hearts, Samantha thought as she watched them enter the craft. The craft came alive with a low hum, and without warning, it shot up into the night sky and vanished in a heartbeat.

“Show-offs,” Samantha whispered, smiling with a Heart still full with love. “Neya must be driving again.” Still smiling, she walked slowly back toward the house to rest. Before entering, she couldn’t help but look once more into the starry night sky that had recently become a joyful playground for humanity.