What is at the point of the spear? The edge of the knife? It is nothing.

Something, the metal, the material, what ever, sharpened to the point of nothingness. Behind the edge everything. Infront of the edge nothing.

And it is the more of nothing which makes the spear and the knife something.

Like our world: everything we see, the substance, the material. It is the nothing at the edge of the something. This nothingness makes our world everything!

Here’s an enlightening 1/2 hour audio visual that is well worth watching.

It’s a discussion between Lynne Twist and Deepak Chopra on “Social Profit”, money and butterflies.

Lynne Twist is a San Francisco based social activist who besides raising many hundred of million of dollars for social issues, in particular the Hunger Project, eloquently describes the present state of humanity, and together with Deepak discuss the caterpillar and its transition to a butterfly, and the similarities with today’s’ societies.

The caterpillar voraciously consumes all food in it’s path, in an unconscious automated state, oblivious to the amount that is available – it just eats. That is until the imagines cells inside the caterpillar form in large enough numbers and conglomerate, and a switch occurs. All other cells then become the nutritive soup that feed the imagines cells, and the transformation occurs: from caterpillar to butterfly. Is that where we are now: ravenous caterpillars’ approaching a new phase of development. Lynn and Deepak describe this quite well. (As does this link here: Butterfly Effect)

It’s a pretty good analogy.

And Deepak’s closing remarks: the genetic code responsible for the wings of the butterfly is the same gene code for the beating of the human heart.

Amazing.

Here’s the video:

Keep in mind these important facts:
God is a verb not a noun, and there are two states for creation: asking and allowing.

Friday, January 12, 2007, 7:51 am, a man stood at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.

During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that about one thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32.

When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100. This is a real story.

The Washington Post Report

Follow up Report

Wikipedia on Joshua Bell

Youtube Video

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.

The outlines were:

In a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour -

Do we perceive beauty?

Do we stop to appreciate it?

Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

Helping me to remember:  Become conscious.  Meditate.  Be with God.

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn’t it?

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

 Now, take a look at this…

101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

What equals 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help
answer these questions:

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

If:

H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%

But:

A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It’s the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Now just remember, God is a verb

;o)

Remember when you were a kid and you would draw a house?

How many stories and how many windows did you draw? A door? Two windows either side? A bent chimney???

I’m was judging a childrens’ drawing competition today.  The chilrdren range from ages 3 to 14.

I’m looking at a house here: 6 stories high, 21 windows…  (At the top is written “My House”)

The trees in the garden are full of ripe fruit.

Another one – 6 stories, 18 windows, a jet and full apple tree…

Programming is all done by the time you are 5 years old…

Bet you can’t guess where I live?

to not give any unwanted thing much attention.  When it does’t feel good – turn your attention someplace else.

Abraham-Hicks

I had a very interesting conversation with a Christian today.

The opening question was: “what is your religion?”

English was not their first language so I typed most of my answers on the screen in front of them (we were sitting at my desk).  Simple short sentences.

“What is your religion?”

• My own personal religion
• There is more to it
• God is considered a proper noun but not the case
• god is a verb
• Bob is a proper noun
• Mountain is a noun
• Tree is a noun
• Eat is a verb
• Run is a verb
• Meditate is a verb
• without god we are nothing – and god is a verb
• Jesus was with god
• Jesus was showing us how to be with god
• god is a verb
• believe in yourself
• we all need a mentor

We are each responsible for our own creations.

We do this either consciously or unconsciously.

We are fully aware or we a fully unaware.

With this knowledge we are then able to observe the unconscious creations – simply look around to see them.

Decide to make your creations in a conscious state and create consciously.

There are only three things that matter in life:

The What

The Why

and

The How

Everything else is a subset of these three.

And to be truly effective on this planet, only The What and The Why really matter.

The How looks after itself – when you leave it be.  It becomes clear in the actions your mind/body must take when the What and the Why become clear.  They must happen first.

Leave the principles of the universe to do The How. Just spend your time on The What and The Why.

It’s more fun anyway.

Abraham-Hicks Processes

1. Rampage of Appreciation (1-5)
2. Magical Creation Box (1-5)
3. The Creation Workshop (1-5)
4. Virtual Reality (1-8)
5. The Prosperity Game (1-16)
6. Process of Meditation (1-22)
7. Evaluating Dreams (1-22)
8. The Book of Positive Aspects (1-10)
9. Scripting (2-6)
10. The Placemat Process (2-11)
11. Segment Intending (4-11)
12. Wouldn’t it be Nice If… (4-16)
13. Which Thought Feels Better (4-17)
14. Clearing Clutter for Clarity (4-17)
15. The Wallet Process (6-16)
16. Pivoting (8-17)
17. The Focus Wheel Process (8-17)
18. Finding the Feeling Place (9-17)
19. Releasing Resistance to Become Free of Debt (10-22)
20. Turning it Over to the Manager (10-17)
21. Reclaiming Ones Natural State of Health (10-22)
22. Moving up the Emotional Scale (17-22)

For more go to www.abraham-hicks.com