Enlightenment......by Divinity

“Stikky sent me a link when I needed some direction........wonderful stuff there......
inner_journey@higherawareness.com


There's light in the darkness

"Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart."

-- Myla Kabat-Zinn

“Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.”

-- Barbara Rose

“No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write down every conceivable reason that this situation can contribute towards your growth. Write down every way this experience can possibly set the stage for serving to uplift others. When you are complete, and have come to the other side of this experience, you will then know 'why' it happened.”

-- Barbara Rose

“The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life.”

-- Dalai Lama [url][url]
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“My close and dear friend Pat just found out her dad has colon cancer....they removed his colon...it doesn't look good.....when she was a young woman she lost her mother to depression/suicide/overdose...Pat is one of the most wonderful persons I have ever met.....PLEASE keep her in your prayers......”

“I'm so sorry, div.”

“BM.......been thinking of you!!!!I hope you are doing ok!!!!!
...Morning Hugs!!!!”

“Thank you. I'm doing quite well. Hugs right back at ya!”

“Learn to let go

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

-- Lao Tzu

How do we take something away? As we cultivate higher awareness, we begin to see just how much we have added things that really aren’t there to our picture of reality. Our beliefs, concepts and emotions all add layers of meaning to physical reality, but that meaning exists for us only – it has no objective existence. For example, the word ‘mother’ has a complicated network of meaning for each of us.

Become aware of how your beliefs and emotions colour your perception of different events in your life. See if you can begin to step out of your fabrications to experience the truth and spaciousness of what is.

“When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. … Forgive yourself and move on.”

-- Bernie S. Siegel”

“laugh often, love well...”

“huh?”

“1. Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find
that when women make love they produce amounts of the
hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin
smooth.


2. Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of
suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The
sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin
glow.


3. Lovemaking can burn up those calories you piled on
during that romantic dinner.


4. Sex is one of the safest sports you can take up. It
stretches and tones up just about every muscle in the
body. It's more enjoyable than swimming 20 laps, and
you don't need special sneakers!


5. Sex is an instant cure for mild depression It
releases endorphins into the bloodstream, producing a
sense of euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of
well-being.


6. The more sex you have, the more you will be
offered. The sexually active body gives off greater
quantities of chemicals called pheromones. These
subtle sex perfumes drive the opposite sex crazy!


7. Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. IT IS
10 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.


8. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away.
Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth
and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay,
preventing plaque build-up.


9. Sex actually relieves headaches. A lovemaking
session can release the tension that restricts blood
vessels in the brain.


10. A lot of lovemaking can unblock a stuffy nose. Sex
is a natural antihistamine. It can help combat asthma
and hay fever.”

“Is there hope for married men? ;-)”

“No, because you will never get a wife to believe this if you tell her, cause it is coming from her husband. This means it is instantly tuned out! And if she reads it here she still wont believe it cause it will just be more crap off the internet. LOL!
A new girlfriend, maybe.
An old girlfriend, probably not.
Good luck trying though!
This explains why I had a cold all winter, and now my allergies are kicking in!”

“"gentle sex"? Does gentle sex produce inner thigh bruises? Or are we talking about foreplay?”

“No Bmag, being gentle is the act of restraining ones partner to the bed low enough that the headboard does not repeatedly impact the top of their head, thus resulting in unconsiousness.”

“Knock 'em out beforehand and you won't have to worry about the headboard.”

“This approach is usually acheived through strong encouragement to consume multiple large top shelf margaritas. Though a small pipe wrench will give the same results with far less time and expense...
LOL! ;-)”

“Div may be getting more enlightenment than she bargained for... but she's gettin it anyway! LOL!”

“These are some of my favorites:

If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you can not solve it, then what is the use of worrying?

Human subtlety... will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does nature. -Leonardo da Vinci

Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to. -Mark Twain

Simplicity is an aquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. -Katharine Fullerton Gerould

If you bungle raising your children I dont think whatever else you do well matters very much. -Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis”

“"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

-- Joseph Addison”

“Nice post, thanks.”

“divinity/////////////Thank you so much...........I was telling my WIFE just today how much I appreciated LIFE and her presence in my life and the SEXXXXXXXXXXXXX was great..................................................................................................Thanks for this firework POST...........”

“I told my wife that I wanted to help a hot neighbor move a new mattress into her bedroom and that I hoped I could make love to the neighbor on it. I just want to say that that quote sucks because neither my wife nor I are happy right now.”

“divinity - Are you still searching for all three of those?”

“so hyway, was the hot new neighbor the something to do, something to love, or something to hope for?”

“sheesh....some of ya know how to ruin a moment....


..lol....”

“Some of us may be more interested in a lifetime, rather than a moment.”

“String enough of those "moments" together and you've had a hell of a lifetime.”

“" A moment like this...some people wait a lifetime......."

wooo hooo...I'm going to Sipsey backpacking in two weeks!!!!!”

“crash, any good backpacker finds multiple uses for every item. She serves all three.”

“Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or love one's life.

Crucial

Because of recent abductions

in daylight hours,refresh yourself

of these things to do

in an emergency situation...

This is for you,

and for you to share

with your wife,

your children,

everyone you know.

After reading these 9 crucial tips ,

forward them to someone you care about.

It never hurts to be careful

in this crazy world we live in.

1 Tip from Tae Kwon Do :

The elbow

is the strongest point

on your body.

If you are close enough to use it,

do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide

in New Orleans

If a robber asks

for your wallet and/or purse,

DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM

Toss it away from you....

chances are

that he is more interested

in your wallet and/or purse

than you,

and he will go

for the wallet/purse.

RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown

into the trunk of a car,

kick out the back tail lights

and stick your arm out the hole

and start waving like crazy.

The driver won't see you,

but everybody else will.

This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency

to get into their cars after shopping,

eating, working, etc.,

and just sit (doing their checkbook,

or making a list, etc.

DON'T DO THIS!)

The predator

will be watching you,

and this is the perfect opportunity

for him to get in

on the passenger side,

put a gun to your head,

and tell you where to go.

AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,

LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

a. If someone

is in the car

with a gun

to your head

DO NOT DRIVE OFF,

repeat:

DO NOT DRIVE OFF!

Instead gun the engine

and speed into anything,

wrecking the car.

Your Air Bag will save you.

If the person is

in the back seat

they will get the worst of it .

As soon as the car crashes

bail out and run.

It is better than having them

find your body

in a remote location.

5 A few notes about getting

into your car in a parking lot,

or parking garage:

A.) Be aware:

look around you,

look into your car,

at the passenger side floor ,

and in the back seat

B..) If you are parked next to a big van,

enter your car from the passenger door .

Most serial killers attack their victims

by pulling them into their vans

while the women are attempting

to get into their cars.

C..) Look at the car

parked on the driver's side

of your vehicle,

and the passenger side.

If a male is sitting alone

in the seat nearest your car,

you may want to walk back

into the mall, or work,

and get a guard/policeman

to walk you back out.

IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS

take the elevator

instead of the stairs.

(Stairwells are horrible places

to be alone

and the perfect crime spot.

This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the predator has a gun

and you are not under his control,

ALWAYS RUN!

The predator will only hit you

(a running target)

4 in 100 times;

And even then,

it most likely

WILL NOT

be a vital organ.

RUN,

Preferably !

in a zig -zag pattern!

8. As women,

we are always trying

to be sympathetic:

STOP

It may get you raped,

or killed.

Ted Bundy,

the serial killer,

was a good-looking,

well educated man,

who ALWAYS played

on the sympathies

of unsuspecting women.

He walked with a cane,

or a limp,

and often asked

"for help"

into his vehicle

or with his vehicle,

which is when he abducted

his next victim.

************ * Here it is *******

9. Another Safety Point:

Someone just told me

that her friend heard

a crying baby on her porch

the night before last,

and she called the police

because it was late

and she thought it was weird.

The police told her

"Whatever you do,

DO NOT

open the door."

The lady

then said that

it sounded like the baby

had crawled near a window,

and she was worried

that it would crawl

to the street

and get run over.

The policeman said,

"We already have a unit on the way,

whatever you do,

DO NOT open the door."

He told her that they think

a serial killer

has a baby's cry recorded

and uses it to coax

women out of their homes

thinking that someone

dropped off a baby

He said they have not verified it,

but have had several calls

by women saying that

they hear baby's cries

outside their doors

when they're home alone

at night.

Please pass this on and

DO NOT

open the door

for a crying baby ----

This

e-mail should probably

be taken seriously because

the Crying Baby theory

was mentioned on

America 's Most Wanted

this past Saturday

when they profiled

the serial killer in Louisiana”

“http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/ninetips.asp

Might want to check this e-mail glurge.”

“ok..ok......but some is good advice,....I went to a women's seminar @ Ohio State University and they discussed alot of these things....one thing we learned...the knee only bends one way...kick it....eyes are good targets....don't scream...YELL...and don't yell "help".....yell "FIRE"

I think paying attention to your surroundings is important....
I did something so stupid once...I went into a downtown Memphis parking garage alone....as I was standing waiting for a VERY slow elevator, I realised how dangerous it could have been.....”

“You are correct on the knee...remember the three GOLDEN TARGETS.

Adams Apple, eyes, and Gnip gnops.

Also the yelling Fire is something the COPS tell you to do. (sadly we have had situations where the fire department will beat the Cops to a scene.

And one final thing....this was taught in a self defense counseling course I helped with in college.

Remember most people really cannot conceive of doing serious harm to another person. So what can you do to make yourself less attractive? URINATE on yourself as the attacker grabs you.

For some reason that very act will disgust most rapists.....”

“This is sorta gross...but..I remember an incident when I was a young girl....a friend of my mom's was attacked by two men and they were going to rape her...but the stopped when they realised she had her "monthly friend" visiting....
..people freak out when I tell them I backpack in Sipsey alone....but I have never been scared out there.....yet, I had a guy scare me at Brushy Lake... slept in my car....Sipsey = hike in and kill me...Brushy= drive in and kill me...I'll take my chances in the wild any day”

“Sorry I scared ya...Hope you know I'm Really a softie way down deep...WAY down...there...SOMEwhere...in the Dark...”

“ST...the deepest dive is the Marianas Trench at 10,916 meters (35,813 ft)

even then they probably didn't find it. (LOL)”

“oh poo....I ain't scared of YOU Super!!!

some local guy kept driving into camp and asking me if I needed any wood....”

“there's a quote there.....


:)”

“omg...lol...he asked if I needed fire wood....”

“Ha Ha.
Div just walked in to that.”

“luv ya div!”

“...well..I wouldn't have thought so much of it until he came by the SECOND eve....I didn't have my knife...but I DID have one of those HUGE tent pegs, and a hammer...I told him my husband would be there later.....
...but my hair was standing on end..so I slept in my car.....God gives us gifts...one is intuition...we need to use it!!”

“People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When
you
know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When
someone
is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have
expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to
provide
you
with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or
spiritually
They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the
reason
you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an
inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the
relationship to an end. Sometimes they die . Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must
realize
is
that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
The
prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has
come
to
share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you
laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually
give
you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for
a
season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must
build
upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to
accept
the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all
other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is
blind
but friendship is clairvoyant .

Thank you for being a part of my life,
whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.”

“?
Translation: "Thanks. Goodbye."”

“Life is short:
Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,
And never regret anything that made you smile.”

“UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
>> (A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)
>> I know I'm not going to understand women.
>> I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax,
>> pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root,
>> and still be afraid of a spider.”

“I'd much rather handle a spider than get waxed.”

“I agree!!!!...it HURTS!!!!!!”

“I do not understand.”

“I don't WANT to understand (LOL)”

“http://www.badspiderbites.com/camel-spider.php

”