Grandpa Muir

I didn’t spend much time with my Grandpa Muir but it was always fun to see him. One of my earliest memories is going down to the local creek to do some fishing in his hometown Adrian, North Dakota. The last time I saw him was in 1986 when I was driving through the Tampa, Florida area. We talked for a couple of hours and it is one of my most memorable conversations I’ve ever had. He took the time to remember his life and passed onto me a story about his father.

I will not be able to recall it accurately but I’ll try. Many years ago, in the nineteen twenties, Grandpa’s father was a farmer. He had a pocket watch that he treasured but one day he lost it while out in the fields. He looked for it but couldn’t find it regardless of how hard he tried. Grandpa had told me that he always had it tied to his clothes but somehow had managed to drop it anyways.

Several years later, a neighbor, by chance, located the pocket watch and returned it to my great grandfather. It was somewhere between five and ten years between being lost and being found. Surprisingly, the watch still worked and was in fairly good condition.

Grandpa Muir inherited the watch and to him it meant more than just a watch. To him, it was a memory of his father and that which a father passes on to his son. In this honor, he passed the watch to me that night. At this point, his son, my father, was a bit wayward. In fact, it became clear that night that Grandpa Muir was hoping that I would continue this branch of the Muir name since the other Muir males were unlikely to have children. It was a simple wish of a man that knew that he would not be in this world for much longer.

I still have the watch safely tucked away. I will keep it until it is time to pass onto my son. I will tell him this story and let him know how special he is and that my Grandpa wished he would arrive. It is a simple tradition that I hope will continue as long as our family will remember where the watch came from.

Recently I found a small summary of my Grandfather written by another family member I will not disclose:

Donald Glen Muir was born in Dean Township, December 31, 1911, to parents Gale and Bessie Muir, on a farm five miles south of LaMoure, North Dakota. Don moved into LaMoure with his parents and two sisters in 1913 where he received all of his education and graduated from the local High School in 1929. He attended Wahpeton State Science School, worked with his father in construction, then joined the CCC’s in 1933. On May 28, 1935 he married Vivian Lois Lancaster. He received an appointment of assistant postmaster in LaMoure and then transferred to Adrian, North Dakota as a rural mail carrier, where he spent the rest of his working career. After retirement, Don and Vivian traveled around the country in their fifth wheeler until full retirement in Florida. Vivian died in 1986 and Don died May 21, 1988.

My grandparents visited us a few times in Illinois before the divorce in their fifth wheeler. The fifth wheeler was really a pickup truck hooked up to a massive mobile home. It seems that they traveled around this way for years. I have a memory of them parking next to our circular driveway and watching a small black and white TV that was playing the Lone Ranger. This was pretty high tech for 1974 or so.

The last visit with Grandpa was so memorable since he told me things that are only visible at the end of your long life. He missed his friends and family that had already died. He felt lonely and basically understood that his time was drawing to an end. It was the first time I had ever seen this affect someone and seeing it affected how I looked at these kind of things as well.

He was a very kind man. Both of my grandfathers were great men and in that way I was very lucky. I wish I could have spent more time with him but I also appreciate the time that we had. Sometimes it seems like he still looking over my shoulder and trying to shield me from the more troublesome problems that life throws at you. I miss him.

Sleepwalking

Much of what happens in our mind happens when we sleep.  The brain tries to make sense of the day and wash out all the extra stuff that is not necessary to keep.  In a way, the mind tries to solve problems using the very creative aspect that makes us human.

It is reasonable to expect that the mind would do this.  Nothing bad happens from these night experiments.  The virtual world our mind lives in is completely safe even though it might not always seem so.

The only risk is doing things physically when you are asleep.  This could range from talking all the way up to sleepwalking.  They say that sleepwalking is dangerous (which it is) but the myth goes that it is dangerous to wake a sleepwalker.  The theory is that it would be too much of a shock and that real injury might come from collapse or falling on something.

Perhaps it is true.

However, a sleepwalker will dream and walk.  There is no telling where the mind really is.  All the sudden the dream is not so safe to the person dreaming it.  The risk becomes real and the dreamer must awake before doing something which could be disastrous.

Some could say that some people sleepwalk even though they are fully awake.  From the point of full awareness, this is very true.  If you are not fully aware, you are not fully awake which must mean that you are only sleepwalking.

Perhaps it would be better to either let someone wake you up or to realize that you need to set the alarm.  Either way, you could save yourself some great harm.

View of Humboldt from Space

This one is just for fun.  Not everyone would bother to use Google Earth to find small places like Humboldt.

Google Earth is such a great idea.  Not only are the pictures useful but they also happen to be free.  There was a time that this cost heaps of money and in general was not accessible by the average person.  Things certainly have advanced in this area.

This is the thumbnail of Humboldt.  Please click on it if you would like to see the full size picture.

What’s cool about this is that you really can understand how small Humboldt is.  Based on the census of 2000, there are only 61 people left in town.  This seems to be directly related to how many people it takes to farm.  It is now common for a farmer to need at least 2000 acres to be able to make a go of it.  With the same of amount of land available, this means less farmers.  Another trend is to move out of towns and be located closer to the fields.  Or, perhaps it is not so important to be located close to the farm at all.  In a place where it takes 20 minutes to get anywhere else, it is understandable that people don’t mind driving.

In general, the old small towns are dying.  There is a incredibly small town between Humboldt and Hallock called Northcote.  Over the years, I watched as more and more houses disappeared.  Years ago, I heard that only three families still lived in town.  I do not know what the latest count is.  In a way, Northcote was like a modern ghost town.

I just tried to find you a decent reference for Northcote but basically it does not exist anymore.  Instead, I found this interesting reference for Kittson County Townships matched with towns.  Northcote does show up here but only in a brief mention.  I am certain that a more extensive search would find more information but I was really only looking for surface information.

Grandpa would have liked this technology (Google Earth).  He loved his fields and he always loved taking the visitors for the farm tour.  Google Earth would have been icing on the cake to be able to see any of his fields from the sky.  He really loved farming and would share his enthusiasm with anyone that would listen.  He had some really great stories and ideas and I really wish that there had some way to capture this before he had his stroke.  It seems like these kind of things are just destined to be lost unless someone takes a hell of a lot of energy to preserve them.

I think the real problem is that young people just take these kind of things for granted and that it is only when they enter middle age do they realize that the older generation knew something special and perhaps it would have been wiser to learn and record a bit more instead of going and repeating the same mistakes over again.

Anyways, here’s a sample of Humboldt.  You’ll notice that the co-ordinates are part of the picture so that you can hover over the area in Google Earth if you so desire.

Michael’s Phoenix: New Starts and Growth

[Chapter 11 - Last one]

All the information previously given is unnecessary if you simplify the whole process by caring for and loving self and all others without restriction regardless of race, sex, national origin, political philosophy or religious philosophy.  This caring melts the ice within and removes the barriers.

There are three major ways of dealing with emotional problems.  Suppression, expression and understanding.  Knowing when and how to use each method is very important to the development and maintenance of your peace within.

Understanding why some particular situation occurs is normally the method of choice.  There are times, however, in these growth situations when understanding is difficult and another method must be used.

Expression is useful in communication but seldom in any other way.  Discuss the problem with the person or persons involved.  Do whatever needs to be done to release the pressure as long as it does not harm self or other beings.

As a last resort suppression of your feelings may be necessary to prevent harm, but make sure that you do not dwell on it and that you give it your deepest understanding for suppression builds inner stress and must be alleviated in some manner.  Anything that increases stress levels builds blocks to the inner being and can create illness in the body.

When you begin to understand that other beings do not understand when they do acts harmful to self or others you have made a giant step forward on your road to inner peace.  The more comfortably you learn to deal with those parts of your life that have caused great stress the quicker you will find that inner peace.

The light reflection from your pupil area and the reflective quality of the iris area is ways of monitoring the growth of your internal energy.  The more you help your self and others the quicker the reflective qualities grow.  Internal peace and a lack of pain are also indications of your growth.  As your life smooths out you will also notice an increase in the number of people that you meet with high reflective qualities and positive loving attitudes.

As we help each other we grow much more quickly to master of self-status.  Each person that raises his or her happiness and peace level helps all others on the planet raise their comfort level.  As comfort arrives more openness of worldview occurs and the happenings around us become much more clear and easy to understand.

New starts must be encouraged to follow their inner guidance.  Deep within each of us is a warm loving person that can be cultivated, gentled and encouraged to fulfill our fondest dreams of a rich full life.

Gambling on your self is a good bet.  Depending on others to do it for you is a slow uncertain path.  Depth is only found if you actively seek it.  Pleasant atmospheres particularly in the presence of those you care for is conductive to rapid comfortable opening.

Pain, suffering and illness including body disorders are unnecessary in growth patterns.  An awareness that you no longer have to accept illness is a major step in gentle growth.

The decision that anger and pain do not serve you can have a similar effect in improvements of attitudes.

Inspect the way you treat other beings and search within to see if you would accept that treatment from others.  If the answer is no then a reevaluation of your behavior patterns is in order.

Direct vocal communication between beings is the most efficient method of repairing problems.  Richness is within all of us and positive reinforcement for self and other beings is a great help in building self-confidence and the ability to see life more clearly.

Live, love and be happy for today you may begin to live the life you deserve.  Always keep your hope and faith and never give up.  Day by day and moment by moment make those choices that serve your happiness.

T-H-E   B-E-G-I-N-N-I-N-G

Michael’s Phoenix: Inner Guidance

[Chapter 10]

Planet safety must be assured by a gentling of all beings and things. We must approach problem solving in a gentler manner. We must not continue to waste human lives. Now is the time to get all things assembled for gentle loving growth of awareness.

A rapid decline in world deaths would bring an awareness of the higher power within us all. People are so used to a fixed or semi-fixed rate of disaster that a sudden cessation of loss of life would open many minds, eyes, ears and hearts.

Transition time has arrived for all those who can help bring awareness of the value of world peace. They can be of great assistance in bringing others to their peace and acceptance. Those that are already peaceful must help where their particular expertise is the most valuable.

Energy emissions by loving whole beings are safe. They are not harmful to any. The acceptance of that energy can bring peace quickly.

Those that resist that openness will find it more and more difficult to operate not because they are doing anything wrong but because more are doing things so well. The lack being experienced by those in growth patterns is short lived because the energy and consciousness is increasing so fast.

God has been blamed for many things that have been contrived by beings for unknown reasons. What they do not understand is that they have created their problems and their pain collectively.

There is nothing wrong with material advancement but when it occurs at the expense of other beings comfort and self growth then it also hurts the growth of the being perpetrating the distortion. Attempt to fit into the world with gentleness and caring and the world will flow with you. Material growth from this point of view will be extremely rewarding. Help those you can help without hurting your self.

As your particular energy field becomes gentle that energy will help others to understand and learn how to gentle their energy fields. Others can release the blocks and limits that they have been imposing when they find the richness residing in you because you have released the need for blocks and limits.

This is the place for human as well as spiritual growth. If you accelerate one without the other you will begin to have very large problems within the total self.

We must help dispel the nasty rumors that departure is desirable. Any truth in that belief would have been confirmed by now by the number of open loving beings coming to oneness and departing. But those beginning to find their one self are gaining health and stamina to assist others. We must stay and grow aware to be able to help each other.

Do not depend on each other but assist each other. Dependency is expecting someone else to do for you. Assisting is helping another or being helped by another without expectation.

Awareness is interpreted as threatening by souls that do not understand sharing. It is not hazardous to any to develop clear awareness. We are all here on a lease system. We must not use up our life by confusing growth with problems. Even now the problems encountered with the growth of awareness are minor compared to life in stagnation or living in fear.

Free will only works when you get mind, body and soul on the same crossing points in synchronization.

Healthy happy beings become aware of their reality so much more quickly than do tense stress filled beings.

As the forerunners of this experience break out the patterns of restrictions by others they will be able to assist those following close behind with financial and spiritual support. As soon as the restrictions are removed the quality of life will improve for all not resisting their awareness.

Michael’s Phoenix: Amorous Males

[Chapter 9]

There are many male beings quietly seeking loving females. Many have been overlooked or misunderstood for they are not aggressive. Many fit the descriptions quoted by females as desirable but they are frequently bypassed for their more aggressive and sometimes more obnoxious brothers. When the females in general begin to see these beings as the supportive beings they can be, many relationships can bloom.

An acceptance of female equality by the males and females of the world will enhance rich relationships.

Natural fears exist to protect a being from harm. A lack of unnatural fear can bring many males to their awareness of wholeness and their reality as an amorous love force on this planet. Only their suppressions can prevent awareness of the riches inside and out.

Surrounded by the beautiful females, it will be very difficult to continue any distortion. There are many peaceful male beings patiently waiting for the female halves to arrive in their lives.

Generally males have as much emotional depth as do females and they are growing much more aware of this. The females are becoming more independent and more intellectually aware of their being.

Balanced beings are developing from both sides of the complementary pairs. The males can quickly quell the fears instilled and the females can rapidly teach the males warmth and tenderness.

Gentle the emotions and find peace within. The motivation of caring is deep and rich and can help if you let it. Search your heart for the depth of your feelings and let them combine with logic to find the new world that already exists within each of us. The deeper we search the more likely we will find peace and happiness.

It is not difficult to find. It is a matter of coming to a gentle peace and the inner feelings lose the distortions and begin to flow gently and calmly. The guidance becomes more effective with inner peace. The worldview becomes different and gentler with the understanding of self and others.

All are supremely important and all must be supported and promoted if we are to succeed. We wish to be full functioning human beings full of the stuff that brings understanding and gentleness to self and others. Never forget self but do not put self above others or others above self.

All are equally important no matter which sex, race, nationality, politics or religion. All are acceptable as long as you are not stepping on your partners on this planet. Accept your total being as it is.

Anything that does not hurt self or others is acceptable. Suppression only increases blockages of the inner self and the guidance that can bring great and wise understanding into your life.

Do not suppress those things that bring happiness and joy to your life. A zest for life is very important to internal growth and happiness.

Michael’s Phoenix: Amorous Females

[Chapter 8 of Michael's Phoenix. Written by my Dad in 1987]

Many females have all the essence of complete beings but have to battle the fear and self-judgment instilled in them by the cultures of the world.  It is not useful to assess blame for this phenomenon for it only increases the separation.  Now are the times to be supportive of these beautiful beings that have been carrying excessive loads for far too long.

The continuous flow of warmth and love radiating from deep within the soul creates a very strong attraction to the male half of all beings.  This creates a warmth and tenderness in all uncomplicated males.  Sometimes the signals emanating from the female beings do not match the conscious actions of the outer being.  Much confusion fills both the females and the male when this occurs because there is serious conflict in the messages arriving at the different levels.

Many females, because of cultural suppressions, think poorly of their self and most are just fine the way they are.  Supportive men can help alleviate these insecurities and fears and help the female beings come to comfortable happy connection rapidly.  There is seldom a problem that cannot be solved with gentle persistent love without restriction or control.

All flows gently when you have even the smallest spark of self-confidence.  Build on what you do have and allow your true feelings to leak through so you can find your peace without fear or restriction.  When in a hyper state slow down, take a deep breath and find some peace so that your true feelings have an opportunity to come to consciousness.

Do not despair.  Life is rich and deep and we are all much better than we ever knew.  As time unfolds our little mysteries, we will find more meanings to our lives.  We are here to learn and to be happy while we learn.

Depth and height have no limit.  Only what you impose on your self and each other.  Go for it.  It’s worth it.  Feel the healing.  It is warm and wonderful.

Gentle affection does as much for self as it does for others and both are equally important.  Dump the garbage from your life.  Down deep are the answers that you are seeking.

All are beautiful and are drawn to warm centers of affection and love to learn how they can be warm centers.  As one grows, all grow.  So individual happiness is as important as group happiness.

Plumb the depths and find your answers.  Not always the quickest most efficient way to awareness but at least a part of you that can help if it wishes.  That does not mean that all answers are solved instantly but it starts a new growth that is rich.

Believe that you are a beautiful being and that the conscious part of you is as important and as energetic as the inner part of you.  When all aspects of you are working together for self-happiness great improvements are available.

Self is so important that suppression can prevent growth.  Unless you are happy it is extremely difficult to share much with anyone else.  A view of your past may provide clues as to how you can improve you overall happiness and future relationships.

There are no rules or limits.  Only those you impose on your self or accept from other beings.  Pay attention to your inner guidance and seek the smoothest path to your happiness.  We all have the energy and feelings to love many unrestricted and have to choose for our self what does work comfortably.  Each being is important to its self and to those with whom they share their space.

Michael’s Phoenix: Growth Of Spiritual Wisdom

[Michael's Phoenix - written by my Dad in 1987 - Chapter 7]

Spiritual guidance can be good or useless depending on the wisdom gained by the spiritual aspects of each particular individual.  Wise guidance brings awareness with love and comfort.  Some leadership brings pain, suffering and chaos into the life of the being from which the guidance originates.

Many pages in the spiritual book have areas that need improvement.  If we had all the learning we needed there would be another place and another experience to live since life is the form where growth and energy exists in phase linear time.  No growth exists outside of linear time.  Linear time is the essence of life and growth.

High-speed growth has to be balanced or the human side loses valuable learning or loses comfort, both of which are necessary to be able to continue the spiritual growth and understanding to a level where unlimited access to self is a growth process that never stops.  It continues in flesh as long as that being has any purpose.

Warmth within starts with the ice melting around the heart.  Quality spiritual wisdom brings excellence with gentleness and understanding without harm to the host.  Loss of useful tools and increase in fear levels build interior walls of heavy gauge steel.  It takes a lot of love to overcome heavy blocks built of and with fear.  Gentle internal guidance can melt heavy barriers quickly and provide protection for the host as well as to enhance rapid but comfortable learning.

Openness and internal comfort are realms of the spirit and can be brought about wisely or can be triggered in such a way as to increase the fear which often causes a loss of growth and a closing of awareness that we all need to maintain comfort without fortresses or heavy defenses.

The heavier and larger the defense line we build the harder it is to see the reality that surrounds us as it really is, not as it appears to be.  Looking at others through a wall of fear is like trying to see your reflection in a shattered mirror.

Promote no blood, gore or violence.  Teach only love, caring, sharing and peace within.  Share what you have that is peaceful and fix that which is not.  Accept self and others without judgment.  Work to improve what you feel about your self first and then work to improve what you are by following gentle inner guidance.  When you can change something for the better, do so.  Those things that you cannot change you must learn to accept as a reality that exists and have the patience to be able to wait for an opportunity to try to improve an undesirable situation.

Remove the limits and you may find the limits of others dissolving also.  When you judge others as weird or crazy it may be that you are missing something important that they are trying to communicate.  Check your limits to see if your view is too limited to accept the views of others as stepping-stones to a richer happier life.

When you put all the hope of a better life in the hereafter basket what are you going to do when you find out you still did not do it all?  You have the power, energy and presence now to grow to a great potential of high energy and light in your life.  Do not waste this opportunity.  Sort out what works for you, shelf what does not.  Live, love and be happy long enough to view your growth.  There is plenty of time to be miserable if you cannot find your life has improved beyond measure.

Occasionally openness of spirit is as difficult as the openness of the human aspect.  We can choose to walk as one or we can continue our deceptions and distortions for as long as we wish.  Do not continue so long that you miss out on what is happening now.  The now is the only time you live.  The past is history and the future only functions from what you do now.  Open your view and your love.  This may be the last opportunity to get it reset in a way that works.

None of us wish to continue making the same mistakes for infinity.  Gather all your infinities in one place and synchronize them to find your truth and your guidance to a richer, happier and more aware way of living.  Climb within your self to solve your problems and be available to help others with their problems when they request help.  When you do not understand the total self, the loads can get heavier than you want to carry.

Numbers can have significance if you lead a synchronous life.  They may be just a symbol of your synchronicity or they may be additional messages sent by other beings as supportive communication.

We all have many levels of inner operation that we are not currently able to define for we have no words or previous experience with which to bring full understanding.  Just the awareness that they exist is enough to keep up learning.  We are now covering new ground and experiences never before uncovered so it takes a lot of patience and understanding of each other to keep the learning moving forward.

The many levels within must synchronize with each other to gentle the life and bring out the warmth and love energy that we all are capable of sharing.  As we learn the paths we travel,  the growth of energy with gentleness can improve our individual environments.

If we do not achieve gentleness we are restricted to a very low level of energy or it would create chaos in the world.  We are all brothers and sisters and must be empathetic to each other’s needs to be able to assist our self and other beings inner growth.  Richness in feelings and living await those that grow to the fullest levels of awareness.

The inner self has many answers when tempered with conscious love and gentleness.  That start can be the basis of dramatic growth and awareness of what can be.

Some believe that we must go through the trials and tribulations of fear, hate and anger but that time has already past when those qualities have any growth value.  There are not enough aware beings available to handle the spiritual freak-outs that can occur from that course of action and that amount of pain and suffering.

Openness to self starts a rapid growth within and viewing the world can facilitate the outer growth.  The micro-macro philosophy is a valid philosophy and what happens inside can happen outside if the being is willing to help self and other beings view and understand it.

All are part of the whole and our views and opinions can affect many other beings – in extreme cases all other beings.  Keep in mind the kind of world you would like to live in if you happened to be the least aware being on earth!

There is a lot of caring developing in the world around us.  Tune in and tune up.  Bring all parts of our self along.  Leave nothing behind.  Remember suppression builds walls that bind us.

Open in your world what you would like to find in the whole outer world beyond your personal self.  See in others what you would like to find your self and then develop in you what you would like to find in the whole world.

Enjoy what does work and do not worry about what does not.  You can do what you can to improve those things that are not working in your life but worrying about them disturbs your peace.  Patience and persistence in the process of solving problems prevents serious disturbances in growth.  Bold growth in your love and wisdom evolvement can bring clear views of the new world.

Michael’s Phoenix: Combined Human/Spiritual Love

[Written in 1987 by my Dad. This is chapter 6 of "Michael's Phoenix".]

Spiritual love is sometimes more selective than the human host. Other times it is just the opposite. When they arrive together on the same person or persons a very special situation exists where an intimate relationship hits new highs and feelings are rich and deep. That feeling can be equated to what is sometimes termed soul mate status.

It occurs when both the spiritual and human components of both beings are compatible and complimentary. Extremely large growth normally accompanies relationships of this category.

Many beings can reach soul mate status by just being compatible at the spiritual and the human level. Eventually as the planet becomes more peaceful any two beings may be capable of the energy and acceptance level of soul mates.

Discussion of feelings and philosophies of life is a valuable exchange. Arguments and fights are so negative that they cancel any learning process and cause a loss of sensitivity to each other. Exchange between each other true feelings with great tolerance for each person’s autonomy and right to beliefs and inner guidance. It would be a boring world if we agreed on everything all the time. Also the great creativity available would be lost from the different knowledge and experience if respect for those levels were not maintained and accepted.

When we accept each other’s right to love any and all at any level we feel, then we all gain an openness and acceptance of each other that has been seldom experienced but is very rich and deep.

Jealousy is not a true measure of love but a lack of security within and the lack of comfort in the love of another. Attempted control of another being almost always ends in a relationship disaster. If you truly love someone you must allow that being to be free.

Freedom and peace arrive for the being practicing unrestrictive love. If another truly loves you they will not purposely do anything to cause you pain or discomfort. Up front truth can set the basics for a relationship that has no limit or restriction.

Rest and recreation are necessary parts of growth and awareness. Good company can enhance the growth of awareness. The love energy is a fantastic growth opportunity when coordinated on all levels in both beings. Each gets from it what they want and need for as long as it lasts.

A depth of feelings accompanies any level of compatibility. The relationship will be deeper and richer if both beings have come to any level of their inner peace.

A relationship where neither being attempts to control the other is the strongest expression of love and respect for each beings individuality and equality that can be currently expressed. More depth and levels will be learned later after we learn this first very important lesson about our self and others.

Blend the rainbows within us in a positive energy of caring and sharing instead of the energy of separation and jealousy. We are all very rich within and need to shovel the years of dust, dirt and ice off our feelings and logic to find what works for each of us as the rich individuals that we are.

We need to care for our individuality enough to prevent acceptance of abuse from others. No matter how loving and caring we are to the rest of the world there are always some beings that do not understand at any level and they can be abusive. We do not have to accept their abuses.

Michael’s Phoenix: Teaching Love

[Written by my Dad in 1987.  This is Chapter 5 of "Michael's Phoenix"]

Teaching love is a privilege of all unrestricted love beings.  One of the easiest ways to teach love is to promote within the gentle quality of loving others enough to allow each to be its self even if it does not agree with your particular way of thinking or doing.  Open love of another helps him or her to learn they can also love gently with tolerance.

That does not mean that you have to share a close space with them, but that you hold no limitations on each as each learns about its self and others in this world.  Magic happens when you love others without restriction and follow your gentle inner guidance.

Teaching others with love is an important step for self and helps both the teacher and student.  Since no one ever teaches without learning, both are always teacher and student.

Teaching a being to limit its self can be harmful to others and to self.  Inner limits in the student may be less than in the teacher so promoting the teachers limits is a reversal of the learning process.  Anything that is not harmful to self or others is acceptable in growth patterns.  The purpose of teaching love is to take limits off, not add new limits.

There is no limit to how much you can love others or how much they can love in return.  Unrestricted flow of action when following inner desires has a fantastically elevating quality that lifts the spirits and expands the energy field that you radiate.  When you feel the warm gentle field of another being it is not something to fear but a feeling to learn how to enjoy and relish.

Tender loving care of those around you with enough empathy to tolerate the misconceptions or misunderstandings they may have about you is essential as your growth progresses.

Your personal energy will grow rapidly as your being becomes more closely tuned to the total self.  It is very important that you eliminate the negative aspects of your personality.  A strong negative reaction to a situation can have harsh results in self and others when you have a high level of inner connection.  Sending love thoughts when others commit or attempt to commit negative acts can have a beneficial effect on the situation.

Improve your energy and your qualifications to teach others by easing your pressures and stress.  The peaceful approach to life brings many beautiful experiences and many beautiful people with whom to share those experiences.

Open your heart to your inner self.  Find what heightens your enjoyment and share the unrestricted love with others.  The game of life can be a rich rewarding experience.  It only ends when you give up.  The game of love is fun.  You can experience joy, rich inner feelings, depth of personality and riches beyond imagination.

When you get so serious that you have no enjoyment of life you lose the message that you are seeking.  This life was always meant to be enjoyable and entertaining.  Boredom and loneliness can create a serious loss of the inner being.  When you have a lot of love to share and do not attempt to share it you lose and those with whom you could have shared lose also.  Your inner energy rises rapidly when you share you with one or more others.

Listening to the limits of others when they are having great difficulty with their enjoyment of the world can open your eyes and ears to the reasons why they are not having a happy life.  It may also help you view some limitations that you have imposed on your life that is not helping you to more happiness.