Excellent question, and it is currently mine as well.

I'm very sorry about your old relationship. Once bitten, twice shy, for good reason. You need to understand that you do indeed have good reason to be shy. This validates your need to be safe and stable, and honors your own value. You are already honoring your own value through taking these actions. Be certain to remember this, as it builds strength at your core. "I am already taking steps that honor myself." If this makes any sense...which segues nicely into your quote/question...

My ability to trust has been smashed, and smashed again (typed "shamed" instead of "smashed"; definitely Freud in the House..we blame ourselves for others' attitudes and damaging behaviour...Let go of self-blame and shame at vulnerability. Admit to hurt and vulnerability, and it begins to heal.). I once could hear my heart clearly, and it was always correct. I've ended up second-guessing it and going in the wrong direction for so long, that it's now completely silent. My angels do overtime with guidance, to compensate...it requires being quiet, asking for help, and being willing to receive the help when it comes, especially if it contradicts what the mind and emotions want (even beg for). Especially again, if we are up the wrong tree and the intuition/guidance states this; we must be open to the potential that we are wrong, and be willing to make a change (and sometimes to acknowledge that we are wrong, if we're good at hiding behind what we want in the face of facts to the contrary).

Sit, breathe, send love, and ask for assistance on specific questions. Spend time helping others and the Universe will automatically help YOU. Spend time with the things that give you joy, and you will clear your worries, allowing for greater ease and flow (and also, pray for ease and grace regarding your big questions and suffering). God be with you!

In the movies, if you hack off a tit, it's rated R. If you kiss a tit, it's rated X.

We love murder and violence and hate sex and our own bodies. At least, that's what any archeologist would conclude from studying our media.

the timing seems...oddly guided.

Thanks for the encouragement.

I remember a very good short science fiction story where a Japanese Artificial Intelligence formed an underground network of people who would help others, at the AI's direction. If the AI noted someone in distress, it phoned the nearest networker and directed them to be of specific aid: "At xxx and xxx streets, there is a man sitting on a bench, holding his head in his hands. He was fired today and has recently lost his wife. His favorite drink is a large latte with whipped cream and a cherry." The networker walks up and hands him the drink, which he recognizes as his favorite. He's stunned, and it significantly changes his day for the better. This is my vision of how people should be helping people. Peace..

if there are negative intentions.

I for one would find it far more likely that lifeforms rather unlike us would be the first to make contact. Or at least, it would be far easier to swallow. Any group going to great lengths to make us comfortable (or drop our guard) would be more likely to have negative intent. Aliens faced with both the interest in meeting others/trading experience -and- the barrier of earing trust due to patent dissimilarity, would be most likely to earn my initial trust. It would take humility to work at cross-understanding on both our parts. To see ourselves in something dissimilar, and to learn from it, would be wonderful, especially if it went both ways.

It is always important to say...beware Greeks bearing gifts.

The ethics and social repercussions of meeting the Other would be indescribably significant. There are still those who raise the rebel flag against the North winning the Civil War, and freeing the African-American. We've seen blatant racism in the Katrina debacle, straight from the Bush pod, as well as against Obama during and after the election. It's still there, despite what Lincoln did for us. So, imagine what effect the Significantly Other would have.

I've read many excellent books on the subject, but wonder if any of them would truly capture the extent of such an event and its aftermath. Part of me longs to see; part of me fears it. If I have fear, then others may have terror, or not enough security in weltanschauung for it to be considered safe.

I just don't know.

technology has been, and has been seen, as being larger than we are, as individuals. It is no longer controllable by a single individual. We have built something larger than ourselves, at least concerning contained power (versus large buildings, etc.). Terminator is another iteration in this philosophy. Note in the film, the number of times humans are slaved to technology, or something as simple as the Walkman utterly removing a human from perceiving survival-level signals from its environment. And how even technology smashes itself.

Scary movies have always been about our most recent gestalt-level fear. This time, it's "Machines: Servants or Master?".

The musical group Kraftwerk ("Power Plant/Station") have long expounded upon these ideas. At what point does technology cease serving and begin demanding? Hint: It already has. Especially if you are on a computer, reading this.

(Cue Terminator =synthesizer= soundtrack...tum tum ta, ta tum...)

Good luck.

Some, like Kriyananda, have stated (in his Bhagavad Gita translation) that there are indeed aliens, some positive, some negative, that they have craft not limited by light-speed, and that they travel for their various reasons...if the Universe is filled with life, which is likely, then it's rather likely that at least some have taken interest in Earth due to the Shift.

An old girlfriend put it so very well: "If we went into space, we wouldn't behave." I have to fully agree, and as such, significantly doubt if we'd do very well at all with any obvious visitors. We can't even get health care going...save the ETs for later!

after having proven it in the first place...

About the OP...it is very difficult to deal with spiritual abilities. I have seen psychics such as Sonia Choquette writing about familial support, easy repartee with guides, and mostly accepting friends and easily appearing clients, and a general joy in it all. Not my experience at all...I have long feared supreme rejection regarding my "differences", and have only hinted at them for my entire life.

Many, many times, when I see people taking advantage of my true politeness and perceived lack of understanding of being taken advantage of, I simply sit in vast disappointment instead of revealing the truth. Disappointment in people runs extremely deep in me, although I have myself to blame for not having stood up for myself. Which is now changing...I have been aware of things my entire life, and have only now revealed it for two reasons-- I find the 2012 items posted by a few to be true, at minimum in a trend, and wished to add my perception to that array of information, and: to be true to myself and what I am, and can do.

The amount of furor this revelation caused, was uncomfortable, and quite a growing experience. My earlier sense of October being Difficult personally as well as generally, is very, very true.

And most irritatingly, those who wonder how far my abilities extend, and if they do extend further, what that means. And those who test. And those who fear, and worst, call such abilities negative (no negativity involved, except in their use of utterly insufficient perspective and experience, to judge something they know nothing about, much less the spirituality involved, and its uses in seeking God).

This too shall pass, I hope. I know more than I say. I see more than I describe. A lot more. If any are put to fear about it, it is because they are fearful (and again, the new world requires such fear to end, or to be ended by the new world itself). I LONG for the day when those who wish to be irritants, are made to cease. What a glorious thing it will be. Let them explain their behaviour to the increasingly evident presence of God.

Sadly, under-used potential, but there it is, waiting for us to embrace it whole-heartedly.

Ooga Booga! Becomes Ooga Booga Smooga Wooga!

(I haven't seen one of these for a couple of months so I'm stepping up...hope this doesn't steal anyone's thunder...copying FirstLight's text...Thanks to FirstLight for hosting these threads!)

Please start your post with one of the following classifications:

CPV - Conscious Personal Vision - either calling out a vision on purpose during meditation or yoga, etc or accessing w/tools(cards, pendulum, etc) and asking a specific question about reality as it IS

SPV - Spontaneous Personal Vision - having an impression catch you in a place or time that is not prepared, having a momentary glimpse of things "through the veil"

DT - DreamTime visions...should be self explanatory...sleep messages, lucid dreams, nightmares, etc..

FV - Future visions - (can be conscious or spontaneous) Impressions specifically geared toward a future concept or reality. Future is anything beyond this summer... for now that's a good arbitrary line...

(You can state your vision and those who have similar impressions or comments can then sub-thread those comments. It's especially fun to link back to your correct intuitions!)


Let's have some fun and "See What We See" ....!!!!

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Myself?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

You will see:
FV"I've been worried about July for a couple of months, and even told a couple of people this.."
Then: New Zealand have issued a tsunami warning after an underwater earthquake measuring 7.8
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... .

And:

"FV: Something's wrong with or in October."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

Does it count if it's two days early? Time is very difficult to do correctly.
1:Magnitude 8.0 - Samoa Islands region - 2009 September 29
http://tinyurl.com/ydwjqjz
2:Magnitude 7.6 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - 2009 September 30
http://tinyurl.com/y966bm9

I see that October will be difficult -both- personally and on the greater Earth stage. This is our beautiful Mother Earth shaking off the old forms, making space for the incoming energies. Keep praying, keep staying in positive emotions. Detach. It is required in order to peacefully endure the "Change" Mr. Obama so craftily promised us. (The end result of 2012 is SOOO worth it, worth sticking around for. I promise you this with all of my heart. God bless and guide everyone!)

You only have to wait two or so years to see if I am correct or not. It should also become obvious in certain ways during that wait, as the effect is a ramp and not a switch. This is at the "Beginner" level, and anything stated here has been seen in other posts in the forum. I just wanted to synthesize it with my own perceptions/"Memory".

The Higher Dimensions are becoming present. Their characteristics are:
-Dignity
-Inclusion
-Support
-Love
-Community
-Charity/Others ahead of Self
-Joy
-Honor/Honesty
-Holistic learning/Transmission
-Spirituality over Materialism

Pretty much the mirror of the negative functionality in which we have been immersed for millenia.

Read the founding Documents of the United States to get a taste of the new. Such principles shall become the rule, not the exception. Not merely words or concepts, but active principles for living.

How may the new energy be detected empirically? Through an increasingly greater divide between positive and negative intent/actions, and the resulting positive/negative emotions/emotional energy. And that which the emotional energy magnetizes back to the individual.

The extremes shall increasingly become more polarized. That which a thing is, becomes ever more so. Joy is vastly increased. Depression, etc., take on weight (whether a person is casual about it or not- such things are no longer an option for living as they become truly serious, demanding a new manner of living). Karma is becoming fully activated, so self-work is important, especially if you sense negative emotions, or have anything which requires amends.

It is of course the time to "follow your bliss". Doing what you love will create itself more and more (barring karmic issues, which are currently clearing in those who are willing). Now is the time to say no to fear and old ideas/behaviours. It is now far easier to release that which holds you back. Ask God, the Earth Angels, etc. for help. Help is now available. Truly. Relax and -allow- yourself to be helped. Know that these positive beings wish to assist, but would never force their help upon anyone-- you must ask for help, to receive it.

It is time to be of service to others. Volunteer at soup kitchens, animal shelters, Habitat for Humanity, etc. The returns are vast. Donate to The Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc. That good feeling you get for such things is now wonderfully amplified.

The results of such available positive energy will be a far greater tendency in people to follow-up with even more positive behaviour, building, finally, a nice place in which to live. This is still a ways off and there are big bumps on the road to stabilization in the positive, but we are on the way. Shine your light now as you never have before. Make an effort to be in joy, even through watching your favorite funny movie, and you will be adding to the positive like never before. Pray for the benefit of others and you are being of service as never before. Pray for the greatest possible good for Humanity to minimize the bumps on the road we are facing (Iran, etc.) Your prayers make more difference than you might imagine. Group prayer, even two instead of one, is powerful.

God Bless and guide us all!

That is not sarcasm.

At this time (again), I cannot do such for myself. It is much appreciated.





(Adding to my Journal in case they miss this post and are wont to search out such things!)

change: transcend, or go back. This has been nearly impossible for me, for example, but it IS slowly working. Most of my life, I've been terrified to show my light, especially easy manifestation/holistic learning...people used to be extremely uncomfortable, and I had no ability to be comfortable just being that way. I hid myself too far beneath ugliness to "go native". I am ashamed at having turned from what I came to share/demonstrate, but it is now far far safer to be in the light, and to receive what God wishes for us to have.

It HAS always been a case of "I know that this is not right. This is not even remotely right. What is possible and true are all that should be.". Now it is time for what is right and true. FINALLY.

One of my favorite prayers of late, say it over and over:

"We are praying that all the lost, hear God's call home."

Peace and God bless!