First we would like to talk about the concept of spirituality and religion.  These two concepts seem to be synonymous, to many people, although we feel they are in fact different.  Religion is the study of god (or whatever label is placed on source energy), whereas spirituality is the non physical part of you that you attempt to grow and become more in tuned with.

Many people think that because they study a religion, they are by default a spiritual  person.  And likewise, some of those same people think that someone who is not a religious person is not, and cannot be a spiritual person.  The thing that you must remember is that neither of these things make you any more evolved, or better than any one else.

Spirituality is the label placed on a process by which you attempt to connect to your inner self, and become a better person.  Religion, can accomplish some of those things through its study, but does not imply that spirituality is the end result.  Some people focus so much on the teachings and understanding those teachings, they get caught up on the language of it all, that they ignore the spirituality part.

Likewise, some who get caught up in the spirituality of it all ignore the source energy that is within them.  We just want to make sure that you accept each other for who they are, no matter what they believe, or what they may or may not do.  Once you do that, you have reached the art of allowing state and can allow people to be themselves, and you can be accepting of that.  Not just tolerate it, but accept it , without judgment, and without being the jury.

Story:  The Land of Zuppa

We have another story.  This one takes place in a world far away.  We’ll call it Zuppa.  On Zuppa there are many beings that are highly evolved.  They interact with each other much the way you do on Earth.  However, they have great intelligence and understand many of the universal laws.

They know that they can have and attract whatever they want, and they actually do it.  They understand the danger of some emotions, and are able to quickly change their thinking when they begin to think negative thoughts, or thoughts that produce a negative emotion.  On Zuppa, they have no prisons, nor laws, nor money, nor illness, nor death, not war, nor terror, nor fear, etc.  However, they do have, joy, love, fun, a willingness to help each other, care for one another, genuine sincerity for each other, etc.

One day, a visitor came to Zuppa from another world.  This person did not understand the ways of Zuppa and behaved much like they did on Earth.  For this person, came from Earth.  The people of Zuppa treated this person, who we’ll call Jeffrey the same as they treat all people on Zuppa.  With respect, with trust, and love and all.

Jeffrey, on the other hand, treated the people of Zuppa the same way he treated those on earth.  That is, he treated them with distrust for he did not know them.  He questioned their motivations when someone was kind to him.  He wondered what the people thought of him, since he looked and dressed differently.  He was self-conscious of himself for he did not understand their ways.  He was afraid he would not fit in, and was afraid of what they might do to him.  The few possessions he had with him, he clutched tightly to himself, for fear someone would steal them from him.

The people of Zuppa were confused when he questioned their integrity and their motivations.  They did not know how to react when he lashed out at them for fear they were going to steal his valuables.  They did not know that he was like this, for they did not see the fear and the distrust that he carried, for they do not have these emotions and cannot see them.  It was not a part of their vocabulary nor their life.   Jeffrey, on the other hand, did not see the positive, true, honest qualities of the people of Zuppa, for it was not a part of his life, and he could not see it.

One day, Jeffrey  was walking by a citizen of Zuppa, who greeted him and went to give Jeffrey a hug.  Because Jeffrey feared the person was going to rob him, he separated himself from the citizen and told him to keep away.  Not understanding this, the citizen continued to extend his arms for a hug.   Jeffrey, lashed out, and grabbed the person and threw him to the ground pressing his face into the dirt.  The citizen did not know what was going on, and had no idea what to do.  Jeffrey, took the person’s valuables and ran away.

Before long, the citizens were calling a meeting to try to figure out what happened and what to do.  Then, the people of Zuppa started to wonder if others were also working with Jeffrey and began to distrust each other.  Before long, the city was becoming divided and people were starting to put locks on their doors, and fences around their houses.

Pretty soon, the people of Zuppa began to fight amongst themselves.  Laws were written, and prisons were built.  For Zuppa was becoming more like planet Earth.  Jeffrey, understood this type of environment, and quickly worked his way into power, for he was the one to put doubt in the citizen’s heads, and convinced them to build the prisons and to construct the laws.

Many years later, the people of Zuppa were no longer happy and joyous, and found that they did not have what they desired, and had illness and fear, and death.  How could this happen, said one of the elders, for the younger generations did not remember the earlier days of Zuppa before the arrival of Jeffrey.

The children dismissed the voices of the elders for they were old and did not know nor understand how things now work.  The people of Zuppa started to put the elderly all together in separate living quarters so that they would not have to listen to their concerns for the future.  The world of Zuppa became a place just like planet Earth.   Although the elders hoped that it would return to its roots, there was no way that was going to happen.

Because you see, it only takes one person to change things for the worse, by putting fear and doubt into the minds of others.  But it takes everyone to change for the better, to remove the fear and doubt of the entire community.  One cancer cell can take down an entire living organism, whereas all of the healthy cells must work together to heal the cancer cell.

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That is why we must learn to love each and every person for who they are, without trying to change them.  For imposing our will and beliefs, and desires on someone else is like taking away their own truth and soul and replacing it with your own.  When that happens on a larger scale we get nothing but people who are marching to the beat of a single drum, which has the effect of putting fear and doubt for concern of what would happen if they do not march to that beat.

In the land of Zuppa, they were all connected to their inner truth and marching to their own desires and the beat of their own drum, while allowing everyone else to march to their own drum.  But then, Jeffrey introduced fear and doubt, and other negative emotions that made it difficult for the people to allow others to beat their own drum, but rather attempt to force the beat of their own drum on their neighbor.  Once that began, Zuppa could not recover.  Not until each and every person realizes that they can attract what they want, keep positive thoughts, and allow others to beat their own drum.  Not until that happens, the land of Zuppa will not restore its world to the way it once was.  Ironically, that is the same case for planet Earth.

Once each and every person can do the things that we describe, planet Earth will be like the land of Zuppa before it was introduced to the visitor from planet Earth.

Planet Earth can return to the land of Zuppa, but it needs to occur with each person, or it can occur within individual persons who can retain their positive beliefs and emotions while others are trying to convince them otherwise.  You must put up a shield of water around you when others are trying to bring you back out of the world of Zuppa.   You can be in Zuppa while you’re on earth while others are not yet there.  It is difficult to do, and is easier if you have a support system with other citizens of Zuppa.  When you build that world, you will see how many others are already there, and together you can help other people who have the desire to be a citizen of Zuppa achieve those desires.  The universal laws can do that.  That is why we are here.

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It is better to look inside of yourself for the answer, than it is to consult the advice of a thousand experts.  Your voice, although it may seem wrong  at the time, is never wrong when it comes from your inner self, and you must believe that enough to accept that voice for what it is without a shadow of doubt.  Your voice is the only one that matters to you, and your neighbor’s voice is the only one that matters to them.  Just make sure that you listen to yourself, while muting the rest of the world.

Written Sat, Mar 24, 2007