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December 8: 6:00 PM. It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic, we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9: We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal-white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snow plow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry; we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much by the end of winter that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man. I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14: Snow, lovely snow! We had 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Explorer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and two extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my butt on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like heck. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for five hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but I won't admit it to her. I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20: Electricity's back on, but we had another 14" of the stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white stuff fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to pee. By the time I got undressed, peed, and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob, who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think he's is lying.
December 23: Only 2" of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she ... nuts??? Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did, but I think she's lying.
December 24: 6." Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch that guy who drives that snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow by his hair. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was busy watching for the snowplow.
December 25: Merry Christmas. 20 more inches of the slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to kill her.
December 26: Still snowed in. Why did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27: Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze.
December 28: Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. SHE is driving me crazy!!!
December 29: 10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30: Roof caved in. The snow plow driver is suing me for a million dollars for the bump on his head. The wife went home to her mother. Another 9" predicted.
December 31: Set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8: I feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
NaturalNews) As someone who routinely considers the future ramifications of present-day trends, I'm always astonished when people are reluctant to acknowledge obvious trends. As I have begun to share here on Natural News in recent articles, 3D printing is rapidly taking shape as a revolutionary technology for liberty and freedom, but relatively few people are able to see that yet.
I see the implications of 3D printing revolution as clear as day, and over the last several months I've taken it upon myself to become extremely well-versed in a 3D design software product called Solidworks from Dassault Systems (www.Solidworks.com). I've also purchased four 3D printers (so far), printed hundreds of objects and tested nearly every filament available today.
In just a few short weeks, I'll be unveiling breakthrough new technology on www.FoodRising.com that will be freely distributed as downloadable files that people can print on their own 3D printers. This effort combines open source grassroots file sharing with revolutionary self-reliance "low tech" technology that will be widely embraced and shared all around the world.
As this is all taking shape, there are still some people who just don't get it. They think 3D printing is a "gimmick" that can only be used to print holiday decorations and cookie cutters. What they don't yet realize is that people like Cody Wilson have already successfully designed and shared functional firearms receivers that can fire live ammo (www.DefDist.org). This is not a gimmick. In fact, it was taken so seriously that top federal officials in the U.S. government freaked out and threatened Defense Distributed with criminal prosecutions.
Here's what else people don't yet understand: What I'm about to release are functional 3D printable inventions that have never existed before on our planet. These are unique devices based on innovative geometry that can only be printed via an additive manufacturing technology such as 3D printing -- a technology that builds layer upon layer in a vertical Z-axis arrangement. The resulting parts that I'm about to release can be assembled and used in non-electric systems that create astonishing abundance without using any motors, gears or electricity. Sign up at www.FoodRising.org to receive the official announcements which will start rolling out mid-February, according to the current schedule.
3D printing to "revolutionize war" says AFP
The reason I mention all this is because the AFP wire service recently put out a fascinating story entitled 3D printing could revolutionise war and foreign policy.
You can read the story at SpaceDaily.com. [1]
The opening paragraph summarizes the stunning realization that's now starting to sink in across mainstream thinkers:
3D printing will revolutionise war and foreign policy, say experts, not only by making possible incredible new designs but by turning the defence industry -- and possibly the entire global economy -- on its head.
The story goes on to explain just one "oh wow" realization in all this:
But the real revolution of 3D printing is less about the things you can make and more about where you make them. Being able to take printers to a warzone promises a radical shake-up of combat and the defence industry...
What this is referring to is the ability of soldiers on the battlefield to use frontline additive manufacturing units to churn out the physical objects they need to fight the war. Replace the word "soldiers" with "revolutionaries" and you come to realize just how much 3D printing might also be used everywhere around the world to put practical objects into the hands of people who are tied to a decentralized, distributed network (for good or bad, depending on the group). The implications in medicine, agriculture, security, exports and manufacturing are enormous. This will even heavily impact retail establishments like Wal-Mart.
Making complex, expensive objects obsolete
But let's step back from war for a minute and think about what else is now possible with 3D printing. In some of my own designs, I have created objects with internal water paths that would be impossible to manufacture using drilling, injection molding or vacuum forming manufacturing techniques.
One of the objects I've designed can be printed for less than $1 in filament and yet replaces a far more expensive and complex part that typically requires metal parts and toxic manufacturing chemicals. YOU will be able to download this object file for free and print it yourself in just a few weeks. Consider the ramifications of this...
"[E]conomies that rely on cheap factory labour to make things like clothes and toys may find themselves in deep trouble," says the AFP article. Indeed, 3D printing will eventually make a very large sector of retail sales utterly obsolete. As a great example of this, when I recently purchased the FlashForge 3D printer, I found that the spool holders on the back of the printer were too large to fit the smaller spool holes in the spools for the t-glase filament that I was using. So what did I do? I quickly designed a replacement spool holder and printer it using Colorfabb XT material, and it's now holding the t-glase spool. Instead of buying this part, I simply made it myself.
And just to show you I'm not making this up -- because there are always naysayers who can't believe anything they didn't imagine first -- here's a photo of what I just described, exactly as it is currently installed in my 3D printing lab:
The black object in the photo is the original spool holder that comes with the printer. The white object is the custom spool holder I designed (in about two minutes) and printed (in about an hour). Inside that is a 1/2-inch PEX pipe that I'm using as a spool rod. The t-glase filament spool is in the background.
3D printing allows you to think of an object and then create it, bringing it into the physical world in a matter of minutes or hours. This technology has revolutionized my own thinking about what's possible. It has given me a new tool to use for mass empowerment of the People in a world where corrupt governments and evil corporations are desperately trying to take away your power.
3D printing changes all the rules
The best way to think about 3D printing is that it changes the rules of the game. 3D printing is a so-called "disruptive technology," in much the same way that the invention of the musket was a disruptive technology that spurred a whole new age of revolutions and egalitarian systems of common law (i.e. democracy). When power is distributed into the hands of many (instead of concentrated in the hands of the few), freedom naturally follows. That's why 3D printing is such a freedom-promoting technology... and it's also why the criminally corrupt governments of the world are so freaked out about 3D printers and are desperately working on ways to try to outlaw the printing of certain objects.
The full picture in all this will all become much clearer after I release my upcoming inventions at www.FoodRising.org
Here's a picture of one of the actual prints taking place on a FlashForge printer in my lab:
After my Food Rising releases, it will be abundantly obvious to a whole new wave of people that 3D printing is a game changer on a whole new level. The practicality of the items that can be created with this technology is far, FAR beyond what most people are doing with it right now.
This AFP article finally nails it, saying " The full implications are still hard to imagine."
"It's the first time in a very long time that there's been such a radical shake up in industrial engineering," says Stevens at BAE. "We're not just improving things -- we're re-writing the rule book."
That's exactly my point. It's refreshing, in fact, to see a mainstream media article that actually "gets it."
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/048227_3D_printing_global_revolution_decentralized_technology.html#ixzz3OFpugLiY
http://collectivelyconscious.net/articles/the-next-big-social-idea-unconditional-basic-income/
onenessofall.com
JANUARY 4, 2015
Dear ones, We send wishes for a Happy New Year and add that a year of the new it will be, for you have already cleared much of the energy that held you in bondage to an old state of consciousness and this will allow the new to unfold.
Never believe that your efforts to learn and express love are wasted or insignificant, for every spark of light and awareness serves to decrease the density of a general world consciousness based in duality and separation. Each day the Light of the world is becoming brighter and lighter because of the unfolding awareness of so many. All are in and of the One and therefore the Light you acknowledge within yourself, you also acknowledge for the world.
Love is the key to everything dear ones--love of self and love of everything in your life. Love every aspect of your lives--the nice as well as the not so nice, for every experience can act to bring you into deeper spiritual awareness if you allow yourself to dig and discover the beliefs behind the experience.
It is impossible to truly love anything until you allow self to love self. A consciousness selective with regard to love, one that excludes self, reflects the third dimensional beliefs of duality and separation. A consciousness that excludes self can never express love in its highest sense because it does not yet contain it.
Concepts and beliefs about love in an un-awakened society are usually based on sexual attraction, power, and the need to feel loved, all of which are relentlessly promoted through the media, "experts", family, friends etc. Only LOVE, which is the recognition, realization, and action of a state of consciousness reflecting the ONE SELF will shift world consciousness into its next level of evolution.
Many say; "Oh but you don't know the awful things I have done. I could never love myself because I am not worthy of love." Others may say; "I was always told and treated as a child that I was unworthy or unlovable, and I just can't let that go." YES YOU CAN! It is time to stop continually feeding the issues, beliefs, concepts, memories and whatever still holds you in bondage. These things have only the power you feed them and you who read these messages are evolved enough at this point to acknowledge this, allowing any "victim mentality" of the past to cease and dissolve into the nothingness that it is.
This is what clearing old energy is all about, the more intensely you may experience something the more it is spiritually begging to be looked at and cleared. Clearings are graduations, and not negative experiences. Lovingly allow them by getting to the root of your belief system, no matter how physically, emotionally, or mentally painful the process may be. Once something is cleared spiritually it is gone, you have uprooted it and not just cut off a branch that will re-sprout at some later date.
The more an individual focuses on human problems the more these issues become firmly embedded within consciousness. Be alert to your thoughts as you go about your day. There comes a time in everyone's spiritual journey when it is necessary to surrender everything that no longer serves his evolution. Much of what you considered to be who and what you are, is now changing. The new you is moving into a new state of consciousness but it cannot happen while grasping tightly to the old. This is what is meant in the bible story of not putting new wine into old wineskins.
You are not your past actions whether of lifetimes long ago or this one, even if that lifetime was filled with seeming errors. Learn to love the mistakes you have made along the way and give gratitude for them because this is how you learn and grow. It is only the third dimensional consciousness that affixes blame and shame. These messages are being read by those ready to take the next steps--YOU. Those not ready, do not resonate with these words.
Bless and love everything in your life, always remembering that every soul makes pre-birth choices regarding the necessary evolutionary experiences he needs and is evolved enough handle . An example is that many who experience harsh and abusive childhoods have specifically chosen that particular situation in order to activate and once and for all resolve issues of low self esteem and self loathing or to resolve some karmic relationship that has been in place for many lifetimes.
Many have not been able to clear the more deeply buried issues until now when the higher dimensional energies are flowing intensely, giving them the strength and guidance to do the work. Some issues needing to be cleared will not come to conscious awareness until the individual is ready and this is determined by their Higher Self. Clearings of more intense and deeply held energies often clear in layers, so if you have done the work to clear and resolve something and find that lo and behold it is back, just know that you are now ready to clear the next layer and will know when it is finished.
Many who struggle with some physical, emotional, or mental difficulty are only now evolved enough to move through and resolve issues behind it, usually from lifetimes ago. Love and honor the courage of those who struggle dear ones, for many that seem handicapped in some way are old and wise souls who chose their situation in order to quickly evolve learn something. Often it is an evolved soul who chooses to be born handicapped or stillborn in order to assist in the evolution of the parents.
Love does not mean you must have emotional feelings for everyone. Feelings and emotions are often tied to human concepts of love. Love is the recognition, acceptance, and honoring of self, others, and everything as spiritual, for there is nothing but God. Period. It is only three dimensional beliefs of separation that cause everything in the world to seem separate.
Look in the mirror each day and say to yourself "I LOVE YOU". Warts and all, I love you. Love the warts, for they are you and you are not separate from the ONE. Mankind is on the brink of entering into a time of awakening, leaving behind that spiritually immature consciousness filled with false ideas and untruths. The world has been asking and praying for this, and yet remains reluctant to embrace it, afraid of leaving behind what is familiar no matter how unpleasant.
This, now, is the time for trust, trusting that the dance is finished, following a certain ritual, book, or Guru is finished. This, now, is the time to accept that You are IT. That which you have been desiring, searching for, praying for, you already are, but it is up to each individual as to whether or not they accept this. Free will allows everyone to play in the dream for as long as they wish, but the door is open now for those who choose to enter in.
Let the new year of 2015 be one of celebration in the midst of whatever occurs. Celebrate each day, giving gratitude for all things. Celebrate your awakening, and celebrate who you are by no longer giving power to the illusions of the third dimensional belief system. Starve these pictures of their power through your recognition of Divine Light within each and every individual regardless of what they are reflecting outwardly. Everyone is learning, but the lessons of others need not become yours.
2015 is going to be a year of awakening and change for many. Those holding tightly to old concepts and beliefs will find themselves removed from them one way or another and it is much easier to make the choice yourself rather than have the Universe do it for you.
LOVE yourselves, dear ones. LOVE is our message today and always. LOVE is the key to all things. LOVE is the answer you seek and is all there is.
LOVE EVERYTHING.
We are the Arcturian Group 1/4/15
http://expandedconsciousness.com/2014/12/14/no-one-coming-save/#fgkGItdHD1KJXFYk.99
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/intentionally-embrace-change-new-year/
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/top-ten-underwater-discoveries-2014-002516
Greetings, Earthchangers.
As most of you know, our group started in 2010 to watch and discuss earthchanges, trying to sort fact from fiction. The cause of the earthchanges at first was thought to be the result of a celestial object (Planet X, Nibiru, Wormwood) that would pass close by Earth, but then talk of a galactic wave and ascension energies began to grow, so we started examining those theories.
Now, 2014 has come and gone, with no End Of The World yet. However, the earthchanges persist and continue to increase in number and intensity. And, commensurately, so have geopolitical events. It seems certain that something is coming, but no matter what it is, it is prudent to keep preparing. Back in the early days of this group, I predicted we would live through man-made events long before we would see a Planet-X-type event. And so we have. Just think back, or look back, at the news since this group started and you'll see why preparation remains a priority.
As we have learned, truth is non-existent in mainstream news. But more shockingly, it is a rare commodity in alternative news, as well. It seems that businesses always spring up where there is a perceived need. So, it is in the preparedness industry. And shocking headlines feeds it. So, we learned to be wary of shocking headlines and to look for evidence to support them. In a similar vein, when we began to consider the galactic energies and ascension theory, we found the new age community is full of love and light, but also commercialism and deception, and disinformation.
This past year raised my awareness to new, almost unbearable heights, as to how corrupt is the world we live in. There is very, very little that isn't corrupt. In a physical sense, there is nothing any one of us can do about it, in his or her own physical power (such as petitions, protests, and such) because such efforts are just ignored. But we did find ways (such as don't push power to corrupt corporations by buying their products so they could use the money to bribe D.C. for more corruption. But many people have to do it to see any change. And not enough do it.
Which is why the purpose of this group moved beyond just passively watching and preparing for earthchanges to actively doing things to raise vibrations to help humanity. By raising our collective vibrations, we can become stronger than the negative paradigm we have been serving for centuries, if not millenia.
In the years since encountering the new age philosophy (which is a smorgasbord, in large part, of ancient eastern philosophies), I have attempted to sort the wheat from the chaff, to find some truth. In that quest, I stumbled upon things that made me wonder about the truth of Christianity (and that quest is currently on-going, though I will say it too has become corrupt and commercialized).
I documented my findings but have been delayed in developing them due to other activities in which I am currently engaged. However, I have quite a bit of information available now for anyone who wants to begin walking a path towards spiritual enlightenment, transformation, and ascension. And that boils down to one thing: finding truth. See, https://earthchanges.ning.com/forum/topics/earthchangers-college-little-red-schoolhouse-of-metaphysics.
The point is this: as we walk this path, our vibrations rise. This affects those around us. Then, their vibrations begin to rise. They get on the path. And so it goes. Eventually, humanity can rise above the current (and very old) paradigm of Fear and eventually exist in a world of trust, harmony, peace, and Love.
Sounds utopic, doesn't it? Yes, it does. And we all know utopias fail, right? So far. So, what's different this time? What's different is that the 26,000 year end of a zodiacal age has Earth positioned in a peculiar galactic alignment. It (and its inhabitants) are receiving extra energies not normally received. These energies assist in speeding up the process of transcending the paradigm of fear. Where once it took a lifetime (or more) to rise above the denseness of fear and other negativity, now the energies assist that process. It is now possible for humanity, as a whole, to escape third density as a group, rather than the occasional individual.
We have seen that paradigm crumbling more this past year than in any year before. More and more negativity is coming to light. More wrong-doers are being brought to justice. People around the globe are waking up and protesting their virtual enslavement against the "powers that be."
Once enough of humanity has raised their vibrations out of the low density fear, the collective consciousness will then become powerful enough to effect bigger and better changes.
There are many details that can be added to the broad picture I've painted, but suffice it to say, I think the above is a truthful picture of where we are now and where we are headed.
Truth can be found in many places. No neon signs or GPS signals or "X marks the spots" are visible. It takes a lot of digging. I've been led to many of these spots and have pieced together a way to achieve that which to many seems impossible, even unheard of.
And it's virtually free. No guru fees*. The only cost is your time, some books, and dedication to pursue "the pearl of great price." *The one exception is the QHHT session, but it's not required. Get one if you can.
As Ghandi said: Be the change you want to see in the world. It won't happen unless you make it happen. So, this year's message comes with a homework assignment. Go to https://earthchanges.ning.com/forum/topics/earthchangers-college-little-red-schoolhouse-of-metaphysics and begin.
Challenges and Potentials: Stepping into 2015
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Dear Friends,
Reports are coming in from all over the world of intense experiences coupled with untenable challenges. As Laarkmaa promised, we are living through one of the most demanding times humanity has ever experienced, and it is affecting us on all levels. Can we change? Will we break the old patterns that have limited and suppressed us for so long? On December 14th, Laarkmaa said:
"You are living through a time when all that you have believed will be shown to be false, and what you know within your hearts will be revealed as the truth. Core Days begin on your Gregorian date of January 1st. This is the time when you have the opportunity to release all illusion and move to the core of reality through opening your eyes and your hearts. Your perceptions of what occurs within you and around you will determine your experience. You can choose to suffer or you can choose to rejoice in the arrival of the time that you have been waiting for. A key to moving through these challenges is to focus on gratitude for what is available to you rather than focusing on lack of what you do not have in the material world. All things are changing, and you are part of that change."
Today we enter the period of Core Days, lasting from Jan 1 to Jan 20, when collectively we are affected by the planetary influences that are bearing down upon us to coerce us to change. As Laarkmaa says, we can experience this time with suffering or with joy, in spite of our apparent discomfort. Always the choice is ours.
Listen here for Laarkmaa's New Year message.
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These are quick notes. Listen (it's only about five minutes).
Pleiadian Earth core days are energetic portal of opportunity to move away from old reality. Gives you oppty to strip away that which does not belong to who you ar.
Emotional period... feel rising tides of emotion, can rock your world or strip you clean to begin again
Stay balanced by connecting with each other love, by connecting within yourself
Core days are amazing oppty for humanity. Occur once or twice during each Gregorian calendar year. Most intense this January. You will have moments of bliss and moments of despair.
Be strong, it's for a purpose. This process is carrying you toward the place you've longed for.
Use this period.
New Year's Eve
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.
My New Year's resolution is 1080p.
My New Year's resolution is to stop hanging out with people who ask me about my New Year's resolutions.
I have only one resolution: to rediscover the difference between wants and needs. May I have all I need and want all I have. Happy New Year!
This New Year's I resolve to be less awesome since that is really the only thing I do in excess.
I'll remember 2014 like it was yesterday.
Dear Luck, can we be friends in 2015, please?
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions./p>
Every year I make a resolution to change myself -- this year I'm making a resolution to be myself!
I'm planning on finding new and interesting things to hate about my job in 2015.
>My New Year's resolution is to break my New Year's Resolutions -- that way I succeed at something!
I'm actually feeling pretty okay about not accomplishing anything this year.
My 2015 resolution is for everyone else to gain the 50 pounds I refuse to lose.
Tonight the mayor is dropping the ball in New York while Congress is dropping the ball in Washington.
Dieting - New Year Resolutions
2011: I will get my weight down below 180 pounds.
2012: I will follow my new diet religiously until I get below 200 pounds.
2013: I will develop a realistic attitude about my weight.
2014: I will work out 3 days a week.
2015: I will try to drive past a gym at least once a week.
http://collectivelyconscious.net/articles/35-must-read-spiritual-books-youve-never-heard-of/
DC's 3 Waves is listed.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-26/guest-post-we-just-enjoyed-last-christmas-america
This sentiment seems to be rising.
http://www.shift.is/2014/12/10-rules-live-first-zen-master-america/
