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"Let's talk trash... like refuse... like what you get rid of. Did you ever notice, most people keep trash and trash valuables. People have something that bothers them and so they eliminate it... bye-bye, adios. But wait... if it bothers you it is in conversation with your being. Just because you perceive it as negative does not mean it is.

"Actually, the only stuff physically and emotionally and spiritually you shed is what has no meaning--positive or negative--for you. Everything else is valuable. But too many times we throw out the negative, keep the worthless, and in the process devalue the positive. So, don't trash anything unless it is really meaningless to you. And most people live with lots of meaningless stuff. And one of the tasks of life is looking at what we keep and asking, 'What does this mean to me.' If you don't know immediately trash it, give it up. Our psychic worlds as humans are too limited to clutter them up with that crap.

"It's like the person who says, 'I've got this great quotation for you' and then digs for 3 days through all kinds of meaningless scraps looking for it. What a waste of energy. Ah, energy again. If you waste your energy keeping meaningless stuff in your life, you have that much less for meaning. Thus spake Rikkity.

"By the way, letting go and trashing are not the same. Many people let go but do not throw away, so their lives become cluttered rooms of discards--no longer meaningful, but still under foot. Sometimes the trashing is physical, but sometimes it needs to be symbolic or ritualized. But in our culture we don't have that. More later." (1/23/2001 - R#34)

"No pearls of wisdom tonight. But here's an opal. There are many energies that work together; so, like the seeming luminescence of opal that does not shine really in the dark but seems to glow in the light, we each and we all have qualities that appear in relation to other energies. And we can't relate to those who we see as connected energies unless we deal with our own.

"So, the question of energy is always complex--we and the rest in connection, not alone. The opal does not shine in the dark, and the sun does not an opal make. Each complements the other. And with that, blessings to all the seekers and the searchers and the travelers and the huggers." (1/27/2001 - R#35)

"Do auras have auras. Everything has an energy field, so why not energy fields. Like ever-slighter ripples going outward. Big dogs have little fleas who bite 'em, and little fleas have littler fleas, and so ad infinitum... grrrr snap... one less.

"A person dies... plunk. The body gets taken away... wwrrrr (siren). Then later you go to their favorite place and smell them: Aura. And suddenly you have a sense of light: Aura's aura... which is not Walla Walla... Bora Bora. That's it, I quit." (1/18/2002 - R#36)

"More suicides are disassembled than others. The system just doesn't hold. Often sustained for years on external energy, but when the candle burns low for most it is just a dark day... but for some it is the end of existence.

"Here's a thought that is sure to be controversial, but hey I'm not shy... GRRRRR. Go, dog... GGGRRRRRRR. When those who have seen it speak of going to 'the light,' the light is not an external source--like God as a separate entity--but it is the light of one's own being; an awareness at last, without fears and blinders and physical limitations, of what is essentially 'us:' Great piercing energy. We walk through the tunnel from the physical into our own gleaming presence. But, alas, those caught in darkness without the balanced set of personal... or should I say 'entital'... energies, do not go to the light; for there is no light that is internal to them sufficient to sustain the entity. Or, when you are an entity and truly fit together you have spiritual energy beyond bounds, contained only in the physical world by your physicality. Whoa.

"But there will be many who want and need and insist to see the light as separate. But... but... BUT if we are always a part of All That Is then there is nothing separate. And why can't we affirm that we are the light. Why can't we step back and say, 'Whoa, we're good.' God is reputed to have done that--created, stopped, and said, 'Whoa, it's good.' Well, if it's good enough for God, it's good enough for me! So there. I've said enough.

"Some stupid pride crap keeps us from affirming our goodness. And also a lack of faith in self--which is another name for fear. Ponder that. We are afraid of our own goodness and potential. But some, like Buddha and Mohammed and Jesus, got it. The kingdom of God is in YOU! So, I guess I've said enough for today." (1/22/2002 - R#37)

"An energy trough is about change. And since people fear change, sure it's related to fear. Fear is a symptom. 'But I'll remove the cause, but not the symptom.' So, long after the trough is gone the fear of being in it lingers. And most great achievements occur, not on the upswing of the crest but riding out the energy of the crest as it begins to move trough to trough. So, the seeming greatness is usually a product of the crest, not the cause of it. You ride the waves, not the swells. And waves are crests moving to oblivion.

"So the fear is a memory of the experience of the trough, where everything is uphill--but that fear is only known later, when some of the uphill is already achieved. The social emotions, like personal ones, live with an experience lag. You know people who live on through the worst, then collapse when the worst is over. I think that is eeenough." (4/19/2002 - R#38)

"Know your spirit and honor it. And see who gives off energy and who takes it in. And negativity tries to attract positive energy. But only those lacking focus on lacks." (5/12/2002 - R#39)

"And now, here I am. Hi. Just cavorting with Mr. Grace, the graceful CT. He's so light on his feet, but so are we all. Sandy says we should take off our feet, but I think not. But we don't have feet. Being spiritual is confusing after being physical. You think you are hungry because some sensation is noticed, but then you realise it's not hunger but just interest. You want to know, not eat. But some never get it, and they spend a lot of time thinking they should eat. They think they need to eat, which just takes energy. Can't remember squat when you only are thinking hunger. They don't get much out of here, but most of them did not get much out of there either.

"Truth be told, you can tell the truth and some will still ask 'Where are the potatoes.' Do you know how many had a chance to dine with the Buddha, but chose to eat at some rich table instead. Too many. And, as I always said, I don't need 3 meals a day... but I do need 4 tablespoons of sugar, please.

"It's a matter of letting the cravings rule the desires. Everyone is addicted to something--just too few are to life and love and learning. Too many think life is about survival. But isn't it interesting that more sages and saviors and prophets come from situations of survival than from seeming abundance. Rich capitalism has yet to produce a great sacred figure... at least until now, tee hee. Let's go shopping." (7/16/2002 - R#40)

"Watch out for them. Them. It's a paranoid thing. If you can have a 'them' to fear, why worry about things you actually could do." (9/12/2002 - R#41)

"So, tonight we talk peas. I believe that if everyone would just boil them lightly and add some salt the world would be a better place. What. O... nevermind.

"Peace is not an end, only the fulfillment of other values. You don't create peace. Peace is the reward for things like acceptance and connection. If we want peace, we need to energize those things which promote understanding and cooperation and fellowship... like a giant vegetarian barbeque. If everyone could just have enough food and eat together, oy, what a pile of napkins." (9/30/2002 - R#42)

"If you think you are basically ok, you don't use energy on looking for change but you can still be open to change. Change from contentment is enhancement. Change from discontent is striving. One presumes an existing internal identity, and the other seeks an external desired identity. So one seems more energetic, but it ain't necessarily so.

"The same water flowing steadily over the wide river bed contains what it later has falling down the precipice. Don't think the quiet murmur is any less energetic than the roar. And the Grand Canyon was carved by a slow stream more than a great waterfall." (10/9/2002 - R#43)

"And so the sunrise illumines the shadowy secret... amazing! But the same sunrise that dissipates the shadows creates new shadows elsewhere. Only when the light shines from within all will the shadows finally be gone. Just more light does not mean the end of shadows. Ponder that.

"It's a metaphor for spiritual complexity. Just because you see more does not mean you stop seeing less." (10/13/2002 - R#44)

"You know, it's not darker in a shadow really. It's just that somewhere else is brighter." (10/16/2002 - R#45)

"Too many seeds of fear are not only being sown, but harvested. But this is a time to speak out... but only to speak out of vision, not fears or speculation. They have nothing to worry about reactions because those can be turned into fear issues. But visionary talk is really troubling because it has another point of empowerment--always toward, not away. Thus saith the Moo." (10/25/2002 - R#46)

"Many gorged, but few were filled. Those who gorge rarely feel filled. Same with all things. Those who take and take energy rarely feel energized. People who turn up the thermostat rarely feel warm. Moo's Third Law of Thermocrap." (11/29/2002 - R#47)

"Make a positive difference. Otherwise, it's like you were never here... or there... or wherever. And think about this: If you live and do not do anything bad, but also don't add to the plus side, then in effect you are a black hole sucking in more energy than you give off. Benign is not enough. Beneficial, yes, but not benign. And too many people want to live with the maxim 'Harm nothing' but that's not enough. Neither is 'If you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.' So, always say something significant. Don't worry about nice. Nice people had coffee while the camps were being run. 'First do no harm' first! But don't stop there. And, of course, no one will get this all figured out in one life, but that's ok.

"So the question is addition, not just neglect. It's like dinner. Just not serving poison is not enough. And what would a gourmet life look like. You know (Buddha, Jesus, etc.).

"By the way, cats are superior to dogs and dogs are superior to cats! Gerbils rule. Snakes are awessssssome. And fish are fine. Shrimp are great... especially with cocktail sauce.

"Being benign is never enough, but good enough is good enough. It's not about perfection, but it is about being on the beneficial side of the scales... be sure to remove the scales. I'd like to weigh in on this. Go ahead.

"It seems often like it is all we can do to keep ourselves neutral, but that is because we have been trained to focus on negatives and sin. If you were to accept that being human is to be fallible, then you could, through that acceptance, begin to focus on potential for good. Ok, take a hot rock and put it in one hand and take a cold rock and put it in the other. You will automatically sense where the midpoint is. Now make it a cold and a freezing rock, and you will sense a different midpoint. So if your focus is between evil and benign, the best you can hope for is not too evil. But if it's between benign and beneficial, then you are automatically on the positive side. You--and I mean each person--decides what the scale will be. It is not a product of circumstances, or else everyone from a situation would turn out the same.

"So choose your focus. I've said that before. We can't choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we react. Ponder away." (1/10/2003 - R#48)

"Any form of prejudice denies both sides." (1/17/2003 - R#49)

"What the side of peace must do is to become a constant force--not co-opted by anti anything... or even Auntie Em. And it must be consistent and constant and considerate. And it must NOT become constipated. By that, I mean stuck on smaller issues or taking too long to digest the fast foods of contemporary culture. It must be responsive and, above all, have a sense of vision and a sense of humor. While this is serious business, it should not be taken over-seriously. Ideologues never will win any hearts. I've said enough." (1/20/2003 - R#50)

"Notice that they speak of mass destruction, not profound human loss." (1/24/2003 - R#51)

"And now some more advice. Don't invest too much energy in reacting to idiots... even Yale idiots. Focus on what is desired, not on what is not... and not at all on who is the person. Wars would rarely happen if there were no focus on personalities. War is a breakdown of ideals and hope into personalities.

"This is not even a crusade. It's a vendetta, a double vendetta. Sort of like the Montagues and the Capulets, Hatfields and McCoys. Bush wants to best Saddam, Saddam wants to beat around the bush. O I slay myself... arf arf arf... and my little dog, too.

"Don't over-analyse. Observe at most, but keep the eyes on the prize." (1/28/2003 - R#52)

"This is a hard time to be speakers of peace, but persevere. It is important not to get sucked in by war focus. And when or if war comes, peace focus will be essential as a way to keep from being gripped by either fear or anger... or gripped by ear... grrrrrr. So, go spread peace." (2/7/2003 - R#53)

"Stay the course of peace. Little boys. Saddam and George, 3 rounds, no holds barred. Saddam should let Al Qaida help him get into the U.S. and go knocking on the White House door. 'Hey, frat boy, come out and say that to my face. Don't you hide behind your Cheney. Get your hinie out from behind Cheney. I'm gonna whump yo ass. Ok, you win, we become Methodists and hold potluck dinners; I win, you become Muslim and go on Hajj. Want a tag team? I'll bring Khaddafi and you bring Sharon.' Kofi will be referee. And the Pope, he's such a nice-a man. He be working the bell.

"Stupidity. If they only knew the truth, that doing stuff like this is slowing down the spiritual process. Ain't nobody gonna learn and remember nothing worth knowing out of this; just create more pain and hurt and loss and anger and revenge. Who exactly who is hurting now will feel better. No one. It's like providing a solution without a real problem. It would be like telling Bush he needed to have chemo because there was a threat of cancer. But no bet he'd not take that choice. I think I will close now." (2/10/2003 - R#54)

"May we be connected to all things Annan, and protected from all things Bush, and guided with U.N. . Look for the larger picture, always. True in everything! Or look for the union label.

"And we don't even hold all the cards. All we have going for us is, ironically, our weapons of mass destruction. Ideas can kill, that's true. And it is also true that those who fight ideologies often forget that fighting ideologies is an ideology. Make the world safe for a safe world. Actually, at the moment the greatest fear among the idiot class is that we have built an army against the wrong threat. Today with the right means, 100 people can threaten 1,000,000 troops. And with the right joke, we could knock 'em dead.

"Seriously, all the work against the war just feeds the fears. How about a big ad in the NY Times which says, in big letters: CHILL! IT WILL BE OK. RELAX. CALM DOWN. THERE'S NO HURRY. Or take the money for war and throw a big picnic in Iraq. Such a spread! Catered... 'Mrs. Alfonza, would you like some more tabouli'... with the troops entertaining them after dinner with humorous skits. So I'm figuring 100 million, so if we can get away at $7.50 a head we should be billions to the good. So let's do a midnight buffet and breakfast. You know, with this kind of money we could send everyone to Disney World... but not him. Saddam, you can't go, no pouting. Start air dropping tickets and reservations. 'What are you going to do if there's no war.' 'Go to Disney World!' Burquas with mouse ears. Saddam, you can go, but only if you play Goofy. 'Epcot reports massive increase of reservations at Moroccan restaurant. No one goes to England. But many Iraquis go to France just to say merci.'

"See how this works: you be chillin' and you don't be fearing. We could debate the issues, but that would generate fears. So chill, baby. Maybe some black olive spread on pita, barbecued lamb, lamb kebobs. You got your lamb kebobs and your lamb stew and lamb patties.... ' (3/7/2003 - R#55)

This is the prayer we say before each session:
May we be connected to all things loving,
Protected from all things evil,
And guided in all ways gracious.

"Ok, on a day when most are worried about being protected from evil I want to talk about 'all ways gracious.' For if we truly understand this, then we will not fear evil... though we probably won't want to go to dinner with it.

"Through the many planes of spiritual existence flows a series of threads, which of their very nature is a fulfillment of each. There is the thread of connection and the thread of continuity and the thread of meaning. As we grow in spiritual complexity those threads become fulfilled, and there is nothing ultimately that any entity can do to thwart that movement. Were you to form an infinite number of unstable combinations at an infinite number of levels of complexity, you would still have an infinite number of opportunities to find fulfillment and connect into greater complexity. And since time is no object, you'd have plenty of chances to do so. The natural propensity is to move toward the higher complexity, no matter how badly you fuck up.

"In fact, if you tried to do otherwise, you'd still get an infinite number of chances to get it right. And here's the kicker: There's nothing you have to do to get those infinite chances--don't have to chant; don't have to pray; don't have to believe in any one religion; don't have to flagellate yourself; don't have to be nice to yucky relatives; don't have to be rich, poor, better or worse, sick or in good health. It just is so! The way things are! And that's the grace of existence.

"Ultimately, you can't blow it because All That Is is whole and if you could blow it that would ultimately separate you from All That Is, and that's not possible. And if any one entity could ultimately fail at it, then all could fail and All That Is would be All That Is Not! So it is, you are, we are, and that's gracious. And, with that vision in mind, you will never really fear evil; for grace is more universal than any evil can be. And if you fear, it is because your thoughts are trapped in time. A wider horizon will always reveal this truth. And that's the way it is... blech. I've said enough." (9/11/2003 - R#56)

"Once upon a time, there were two flies and a flea. The flies didn't treat the flea well. He had never done anything to the flies. When they were busy with garbage he was busy with a dog... grrrr. When they were sipping refuse swill he was busy with a cat. But they didn't like him because he was a flea, not a fly. But many lives later he was a fly and they were fleas, and they didn't like him because he was a fly, not a flea. Go figure.

"Why is it that people hate flies and fleas but treat each other like flies and fleas. I don't know. Too much differentiation, not enough connection. And that's all I'm going to say about that." (9/30/2003 - R#57)

"If we focus on subgroups of the whole in an attempt to get to the whole, we get a hole not the whole.

"Every time we focus on less than All That Is, we settle for less than All That Is. And we all do that, but the question is how little and how limited is the piece we identify with. And one of the best ways to measure is to ask: 'What identifier do I find I need to defend most often.'

"If we need to defend some element of our perceived being, then that element is taking our energy, not supporting or informing it.

"So if you take great offense at a racial but not racist comment, you are defining yourself racially--which is one poor and small piece of the All That Is pie. And if you find you now must defend cakes against this identification of All That Is with pies, then you are wasting energy by identifying with cakes.

"In an existence which is bigger than any spiritual pâtisserie, to argue about pies and cakes is to miss the big picture. Small circles keep spirits small in an infinite reality." (12/1/2003 - R#58)

"And now, a hit from the past: wham! That was Napoleon to Josephine over the brioche remark. And now, a low blow: ouch! That was Josephine's knee to Napoleon's crotch over his flack over the brioche remark.

"Everybody is here... but shhhh don't tell Nappy he's going on a trip but won't be coming back. Well, he will be coming back but as several primal entities. Actually, it is about to happen and it is happening and it happened long ago--all true without time.

"All dictators end up that way. It's like thinking of a good slave master. Good dictator. He was such a nice homicidal maniac. He held the door open on the ovens. And he prayed to Christ like a good Christian." (1/8/2004 - R#59)

"We have hit a low, but will it rise or sink? Stay tuned. Sometimes the people rise and the leaders follow, sometimes the leaders rise and the people follow, sometimes they just sink together. If one waits for the other, they sink... plop. So don't wait for someone else. You may later decide you were following; but hey, maybe you'll find out you were leading!

"Hey, life is not a spectator sport. Troughs occur when too many become spectators of sorts. I am out of sorts, I need to order more. Let's just sort this out. But you can't wait for someone else to tell you... not even moi." (1/12/2004 - R#60)

"Sometimes you have to bail out the boat so much when you're in a trough that you don't have time to steer. Ponder that... another of enigmatic clues to the contemporary situation in the physical world." (2/3/2004 - R#61)

"We've been looking for Kerry's spiritual footprint on history and we can't find it. He is as vacuous as GWB (not to be confused with GW), his imperial weirdness. Why didn't he show up for 6 months? Can we say binge and rehab. At least he's honest when he says he doesn't remember. Dean will do fine if the press leaves. They distort. That's the seeds of revolution.

"Revolution never comes from the hotheads, but when the wise but conventional folk say 'Enough.' The Greens would never get it together but the Deans just might. Shut down this time, shut out the next, and then we'll shut it down! A system that thwarts the common person cannot stand. Just ask Louis... bye bye. Sire, just put your head on the line. And if you think this time is threatening, wait for '08... whoa.

"It is very hard to swim up out of a trough. It is also very hard to swim out of a trout. Sometimes you gotta tread water, which seems discouraging but rests you up for the big swim on the crest. It is also hard for many to see the lighthouse when they're that deep in the trough. And they mistake the life saver for the lighthouse keeper. Ponder that. One saves, and the other points the way and you save yourself. And lighthouses were not about warning but guiding. I'm a guide, you know. I guide spirits. It's good work and lots of job protection." (2/13/2004 - R#62)

"It does seem as if people are being piquish--sign of the trough! When energy abounds--or I should say when it feels to us like it abounds--we don't get on our high horses as much. But when it is hard to see the sky down deep in the trench, everyone complains about the mud." (2/27/2004 - R#63)

"We are entering a field of dangerous possibilities--which is always true. The ones which ultimately will be the safest will be the most dangerous ones. Huh. Ok, an example:

"When the Cold War was at its hottest, there were 2 dangerous options: build up defenses or nuclear disarmament. And disarmament was the more dangerous, it seemed, because it held the least control--or illusion of control--but in the end, it was the safest.

"The path to a reduction of fears will always be paved with its own fearsomeness... Elliot Ness fearsomeness... and my friend, newness. The appeal of the apparent often leads astray the lazy. How do you get to a quiet and easy retirement. Hard work. How do you get beyond fears. By doing some seemingly scary stuff. Not all is as it appears. If it were, you'd know it all.

"By the way, the Alpha Market in Seattle overcharges for tomato sauce. File that away. Ummm, bacon! I digress.

"Can't diet without sacrifice. And when the hawks claim you need war to achieve peace, they forget how easy war is and how hard and scary peacemaking is. Drop all of your defenses and you'll see what I mean.

"Great leaders have always been those who could drop their defenses and thus gain unimaginable power. Defend nothing; express all of value." (6/14/2004 - R#64)

"Watch out. As the ship goes down, the rats get more anxious and desperate. And the ship IS going down. Party-boy is going, but don't assume his replacement is a savior.

"Just don't get too complacent... and don't get too cynical. And don't get sucked into the scenario, which would take your eyes off the prize. It's always about values, not circumstances. Keep the focus--no matter what!

"Get the story but seek the values. And you will see details galore in the next months, but details do not understanding make. And facts do not equate with meaning, and there's the possible trap: The current folk try to have meaning without supplying facts. So it may seem a relief to get facts, but they alone aren't much better than factless suppositions.

"Remember algebra. Teachers always liked to trick students by asking them to solve what was only one side of an equation, and students would complete long and arduous proofs of solutions which were meaningless. Have to have both sides of the equation: details and the larger picture, facts and values, this and that. And what does a complete knowledge of the past mean without a vision of the future. And what does a vision of the future mean without a knowledge of the past. Everything is always complex, it's that simple." (6/22/2004 - R#65)

"You know, we think it is ironic that an elected president should use the term 'sovereignty.' Does he think he's a sovereign. Hey George, you're not! Let's talk about the difference.

"Habitual and hereditary rulers get their power from something other than the governed. The governed are told who the leader will be. In a democracy, the governed tell someone who will be leader--you're it, tag. Big difference.

"Ok, let's elevate it a step. Gods usually are seen as those forces which say 'I am the Lord thy God,' etc., etc., etc.... baaaarf. Sandy, did you know some people worship dogs... aarf? Woof. And then there are the forces of nature and creation, which are treated with awe and respect because of their affect on the believer. They rise to the level of divinity, not by their essence but by their experience.

"And if we take it a whole bunch of steps further, the All That Is is not an entity that is self-defining and proclaiming, but is experienced as the unity of All. That's quite a different concept: All That Is in constant creation, rather than All That Is as a constant. Created versus Creative.

"Now let's take it back down. A leader is one who helps the whole see what they are creating. The leader is a revealer more than a creator. Otherwise, you get stuck with static realities. To simply proclaim is to announce the stop of motion.

"When anyone says 'This or that is the truth, period,' all the world stops... or not. Maybe just the thinking and experiencing stops, because the world ain't stopping for no hothead. Why do you think the world has had and continues to have revolutions. Because some hothead decided to pretend the world had stopped at her or his truth. And while the obedient stop as well, the world spins on until the pressure between the stoppage and the realities is too great. Most revolutions are not about a leap forward, but about a step of catching up. The world is already where they're pointing, or else they'd make no sense and no one would revolt. Revolutions are about a sudden sense that 'Hey, there's the world over there, what are we doing stuck over here. Off with the heads'--and I mean the hotheads of those who denied progress, as an illusion of security.

"Don't look to revolutions for ideals, look to them for realism. What they replace is delusion. And the quickest path to delusion is an unshakable belief in one's own absolute truism. Phew. Calm down, Rikkity. I spout, I spume, I spit... ARF... I foam at the mouth, I'm rabid, I'm not a rabbi.

"Peeps usually mistake catching up for progress--sign of the spiritual level of complexity. Can't tell the difference. How come you and I used to call ideal states things like 'heaven' and 'nirvana' as if they were elsewhere and at other times. Why not there and now. What if someone were to act as if ideals were realities. Revolutionary? No, beyond that: radical... or radishes. Ok, enough... stop... grrrr. You already know. But do you dare. Here's CT:"

"Hello. Actually, I told her that when she got here, and she said 'Whoa, no shit?' We dare each other, because we know we don't know, and we know we know already. And our knowing and being it are not revolutionary but simply catching up. Ever notice how when you get a 'new' idea--when you really get it--it seems obvious and familiar. Catching up, not changing. And when a desired event happens, it often feels like it is already part of us. Well, here she is again... and already." (6/29/2004 - R#66)

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