(this posting was rewritten, it was originally titled "Migration from Chutzpah to Gusto")
© 2009 Howard McQueen
There is a profound reclaiming of energetic inner peace when we consciously move away from embracing reactionary energy.
The revolutionary overthrows and brings in the new. And in that act, force accompanies the revolution and this sews the seeds of revolution’s extreme polar opposite energetic expression,
oppression.
Until we center…
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© 2009 Howard McQueen
When we are consciously experiencing the moment
When we are aware that intent births action
When we slow down and feel into our intent
We see ourselves, carrying the energetic signatures
of peace and/or conflict.
These fear/anger/grief energetic conflict signatures
are inscribed into our emotional body
starting in the womb they do bloom
and are carried forward,
reinforced and replayed.
These…
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Added by Howard McQueen on October 13, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Towards (Building) a Brighter Future
Excerpted from the above URL
All the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of a single candle.
The Current Situation
Together, we can and will build a brighter future. Yet in order to give meaningful suggestions for this, we first need to speak candidly about what's happening in the world at present. It appears that there are factions…
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Added by Howard McQueen on October 11, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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See my post
THE BLAMING MACHINE
THE CHEMISTRY OF BLAME
By Gay Hendricks
"Do you choose being right or being happy? I’ve had people come back months later and say, 'I hated you for asking me that question – but it changed my life.'"
-- Professor and counselor…
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I’ve personally known two people
who in the past ten years
have used a handgun to end their lives.
There are, however, so many more indirect ways
to essentially kill yourself.
This is a story a close friend told to me recently.
"I was working for an accounting firm back in the mid 1990s. The lady who was the office manager (Ellen) was a very dignified, non-proselytizing, humble Christian. Her best friend…
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I am passing through this URL and the text below, as it is so well written and us brothers and sisters will appreciate the honesty of Michael Brown's writing. Please refer to the link to the referenced web site below.
WHAT IS NOT ENLIGHTENMENT?
By Michael Brown
ALL SEEKING TO EVOLVE INTO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE…
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Added by Howard McQueen on October 11, 2009 at 10:13am —
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This below quote from the Presence Process author, Michael Brown and is available through his web site,
THE PRESENCE PORTAL.
"It’s not about feeling better – it’s about getting better at feeling."
I forwarded my intent to manifest an Asheville Presence Circle to Michael Brown, and he strongly advises against any kind of support group. Below is a copy of his email to…
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© 2009 Howard McQueen
We've got our intimacy with the inner inauthentic -
gently surrounded.
We are shoring up our circle of Love energies
energizing our heart centers
learning by practicing surrendering, unconditionally.
We sense an indescribably, palpable potentiality
for breaking free of these handicapping, habitual-ities
that stymie and atrophy our imagination,
imprison us in our adolescent, emotional conditioning.
We are…
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(C) 2009 Howard McQueen
Your inner essence is quietly whispering
"I can only be of service to thee
if you surrender your control
and let life be our Mystery.
I will show you a lifeline
out of the maelstrom of your misery
into an every deepening acceptance
of our Mystery.
You will be empowered by your authenticity,
by letting us tend to the artistry
reshaped from your surrendered energies.
Step into yourself in this…
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(c) 2009 Howard McQueen
Our life experience is this
journey into the unknowing.
Feeling incapable of sustaining this experience,
we fabricate destinations,
reward-oriented goals and milestones:
- make a lot of money
- have a great orgasm
- appear ultra competent
- ...
and we keep controlling to keep having ...
and we freak when there appears to be
a cessation, or not enough.
All are…
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(c) 2009 Howard McQueen
The belief that the physical world
is happening to us,
rather than through us,
creates a mountain of mischief.
The perception and interpretation
of what is happening outside
is all a matter for our interior
to shape and decide.
Our emotional discomfort is the lens,
the pain body, the active agent
that hi-jacks our awareness
and our thinking mind make-believes
the physical world
is out…
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A transformational book, The
Presence Process is both an introductory as well as an experiential lesson book in becoming present. This just may be the book to begin implementing "The Power of Now" into our being - HM.
The integrative Approach
by Michael Brown
(excerpted from the book, The Presence…
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The sacred body-mind relationship
short-circuited and kidnapped
and the crime
immaculately covered over.
The ego-mind now installed as confidant
exposed as secret-agent-man,
gestapo, dark SS Nazi oppressive synergy.
"I am the creator and sustainer
of all your indispensable,
external worldly creature comforts and securities"
proclaims the bravado of ego.
More covertly, its modus…
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c) 2009 Howard McQueen
A special diet-conscious potluck lunch was enjoyed by four of us the other day.
- home made chicken and vegetable soup
- Caesar salad (dressing optional, romaine with a drizzling of balsamic reduction for those observing a cheese-free diet)
- gluten-free baked crackers
Two of the four at lunch had returned from their their ten day shamanic cleansing rituals. A new member to the luncheon group opened up conversation around the…
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An old Sufi proverb states: “God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.”
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© 2009 Howard McQueen
When Unconditional Love is fully present,
Forgiveness is instantaneous.
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© 2009 Howard McQueen
May the rarest gems of beauty leap from your heart’s mind
onto paper, into landscape, through your voice, and into the world.
May the essence of what you really are
marinate and resonate in the Oneness
deeply within your heart and inner space.
You are the pure, radiant Joy of Creation
We are all colleagues in Love
emerging from the darkness of the dream.
Welcome back, my brothers and my sisters.
Here…
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© 2009 Howard McQueen
No clue what to do with this taboo of anger
I am looking sick, so leave me alone.
I sense disconnection, this sickness
reaching deep into my bones.
So many questions, so much advice
I vacillate from ambivalence to a nightmarish fright
Pretty pissed off
shouldering these feelings of helplessness and despair.
The shame, collapsed anger, the big taboo.
I project victims: Pick one you like, something that…
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We ride on our own blessings,
along with all the other noble steeds -
aroused by the provocations of our teachers and predecessors
A friend in Arizona recently cited the bolded line above and provided the following response.
Of particular significance to me this day is the line: "We ride on our own blessings." Daily blessing was the major theme of the letter I just wrote Marketa an hour ago. The writing of that letter made me determined to do much more… Continue
Added by Howard McQueen on October 5, 2009 at 10:12pm —
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© 2009 Howard McQueen
Be humbly present
Check the cleverness
And the entertainer
Along with all the false personas and prophets
At the door, on your way in.
Ground zero
Contact with direct experience
No mind stuff
Where is your energy stuck?
Can you lend it your voice,
Your patience, your attention,
Your full being – NOW?
Lets hear what the provoked voices have to say …
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