May Peace prevail on Earth

Yesterday was the Annual World Peace Festival - a ceromony held at Allanton House  - A friend kindly offered us a lift - so for me it was another trip down memory lane as I had been at the first and/or second years ago - unlike Samye Ling - not much has changed - oh yes lots of work on the gardens for sure but still very informal, gentle energies - a time when children can take part. For N it was another first. Duncan a local Moniaive gentleman was taking the opportunity to pass a candle to representatives from the continents to take back to their country and pass along to their church/organisation and keep the candle for peace travelling through the world.....a simple but effective ritual and  one will be passed onto the UN on International Peace day 21 Sept in NY.
Having spent several hours imbued by these gentle energies came home and found myself inspired on all levels once again.......
which leads me on to........I am gobsmacked (no I know not very ladylike) but N had been checking his stats for his blog - something I hadn´t thought of to be honest wasn´t aware that I could in such detail....anyway thank you to all those folks ALL around the world who pop by.......I really am amazed at where I have travelled - virtually - Blessings Be!!
Creative Collaborators is beginning to take shape and we have a short write up in the new GHB - thanks S xx - another is about to come on board and visions for the future are big and broad :)
We were talking of how N should develop his short stories - it was thought that despite a certain amount of us still wanting a book to hold and read it is a´changing - kids will grow up naturally reading from some sort of screen, so downloads would be the best way to go for now.........then I find Aquarius Papers has gone FaceBook........everyone is moving - going with the flow -

"The In Betweens (Robert Wilkinson)

It seems we are in one of those time spaces I have termed "the in-betweens." This is the moment between breaths, between steps, between thoughts, and between life chapters.

If you are impatiently waiting for an answer, a response, a clear vision, a sense of definite movement into something you haven't glimpsed, understood, or captured, you're in "the in-betweens." The trick is not to get hooked into counterproductive emotional and mental states while we're waiting for the unknown to manifest......"

Read a great book by Stephanie Sorrel - Nature as a Mirror - she writes with clear simplicity, no jargon, there is something it in that everyone could relate to.......
Anyway enuff for now need to update the Crook as she has been quiet due to work on CC - who I am also happy to see that I have had a lot of visitors from around the world and often through google search ....... 

Besitos

12th Day of Christmas

UNITY - What ideas, yearnings or insights have come together for you through the holidays

So here we are at the 12th day, traditionally the last day of the holy days, I hope it has been a joyful time for all

"I honor the place in you where Spirit lives.
I honor the place in you which is
of Love, of Truth, of Light, of Peace;
when you are in that place in you,

and I am in that place in me,

then we are Truly One."

I am enjoying my new regime in the mornings, certainly impacts my day - for better :-)
Getting up tis cold these past few mornings so snuggle into the ole ski suit, still hanging together {no I don't ski}, switch on the PC {Del n I have always switched everything off LOL before environment became an issue, it was for safety} see to the animals, put kettle on for a couple of mugs of hot water and lemon, coffee now comes later, oh roll a smoke and then sit down and see what has appeared through the night, Eli's timely cds lull me into a deeper state as, I read and contemplate the words this then inspires me to open up Blogger and write what ever seems relevant at the time, Del usually appears as I am putting it together, time for coffee and a chat - dreams, feeling just early morn chit chat then I will return to this. Thus far it seems to keep me much more "peaceful" through the day and gentler energy - observance is maintained to a higher degree
An underlying sense of excitement - kinda like when as a child we couldn't sleep for excitement at the thought of xmas day - it tickles inside
Del has been going thru what appears to be a harder time right now - it is a year ago that the whole hyper tension thing blew up, and being creatures of habit the memories are there and they try to resurface, well I think this is part of the cause {there are others} I believe also that many folk get colds every winter just because it is a habit, TV and media of every kind show people sneezing and TELLING you that it is the time for this kinda thing - excuse me but BULLSHIT - but people believe so willing lambs led to the slaughter and up go the sales for the pharmaceutical companies once more.........
Anyway enuff of that waffle..........

Aquarius papers[see starred items to read more} reveals some other reasons for what is happening {if that's your bag} A brief note before I begin composing the Spiritual Astrology series for January-February 2008 where you'll find more on the Grand Irrationality at work. For the past few days, and right now, a major configuration is precipitating choices and changes in our lives. Many people are breaking up or coming together and leaving or starting jobs or other new initiatives. If you've noticed any obsessive compulsive behaviors showing up in you or in another, it's due to a powerful nonrational formation involving the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Uranus making for some volatile shifts.

This next bit is a part of an answer Paulo Coelho gave - All men in my view are like volcanoes. The mass accumulates but nothing is transformed in the surface. A man asks himself: will my life always be like this? In a given moment the process of eruption begins. If he is an intelligent man, he will allow the lava in the interior to leave and change the scenery in his surroundings, if he is not, then he will try to control the explosion. From then on, he will use all his energy in trying to keep the volcano under control. I have been pragmatic enough during my life to understand that in certain moments of my life, it is necessary to withstand the pain caused by the explosion in order to be able to enjoy the new scenery around me. [oh Sa this seemed to be for you babes} There are many opinions as for why humanity is always searching for its own ethics. A friend of mine sent me a story once by the Internet about a man that used to tell his grand daughter about the two animals that used to inhabit his soul: a dog that protected it, and a wolf that used to devour anything it could find around. The grand daughter asks him then which one of the two was the strongest, to what the man answers: the strongest is always the one I feed the most, depending on the circumstances.

Had to giggle when I read this - check out new year's day blog

Basically the number 2008 as a year corresponds to a 1 and as we begin New Year’s Day, we are going to have 1/1/1 and the power of that 1-1-1 is symbolizing incoming energies of the Holy Trinity so New Year’s Day is extremely powerful. It’s a time to line up body, mind and spirit or any other thing that you see as a Trinity of Consciousness. {Djwhal Khul - always felt we trundled to the same tune}

Wake up Call
You make the choices as to how you do the clearing and why you make the choices that you do. When you see something rise to your acknowledgment you decide if it will suit you in the coming times, or if it is best for you to allow it to lift away from you to be transformed in the Light of Spirit.

As you do this, you will find there can be significant changes in your lives, for the relevance of one thing to another can be made obvious as you do this clearing. What once seemed rightly to take up residence in the back of your closet is now brought out for your observation and noted that it may have relevance to something you have recently amassed for your present time. This is good and rightfully timed, for it has newfound life in these moving times.

I ask you to take your time if you feel rushed to do this, for if you are pressed, that can indicate that your ego is trying to avoid looking at something in a different way. It could mean that avoidance is the issue of the day, and bears looking at with a heart f love. Love is the way to achieve clarity of any subject of issue, so let it flow on out endlessly.

Self image immediately transfers our point of observation from the all to the small. It is the box-builder, the guard at the door to infinity.

And by self-image I mean any self-image - I am a man; I am a woman; I am white; I am black; I am a Muslim; I am a Jew; I am good; I am bad; I am lucky; I am unlucky; I am rich; I am poor; I am loving; I am hateful. Even 'I am human' is a self-identity because 'human' is a software program - a manifestation of what I call 'body consciousness'. We are not human - our vehicle is.{mmmmmmmm}

Brightest Blessings to you all, hope you had a fabby day yesterday Jo, tis J's day today so go find him a card and maybe be out and about today to see the kiddy wnkies LOL all dresed up in a parade, need to wrap up with many layers, cox there is a bloody brrrrrrrrr cold north wind sweeping through the narrow streets, but this is better than rain, for today anyway, it is children day.........

This n That

I am blogging this as who knows who passes by this lil ole blog and let's hope thaqt this lovely young lady reappears very soon
ALERT: Dear friends, we have a missing girl and Care2 member.
Blog: Liz Hague missing in Ontario/Toronto/Sudbury


From: tdaublec@hotmail.com
Subject: HELP ME FIND MY DAUGHTER PLEASE!!!
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:53:41 -0300

Hello Everyone.

I need your help.
My daughter Liz Hague is missing. She is only 16 yrs old
Please help me.
This is what I do know.
Last I heard she had gone to Toronto with a guy nicknamed Styles, (Chris MacCracken is his name as the police informed me today). Or he goes by an alias Chris Cook.
I don't care about him, but I do care about my Daughter. I want her safe, preferably home, but if she won't come home at least maybe I can find out where she is, and that she IS safe.
And if you don't know anything, then all I ask is that you forward this email on to other people so that word gets out.
Please Help me find my daughter?
I have attached some photo's of her. One was taken at Christmas time, one taken in July of this year, and the other two she sent me.
She has blonde hair, which she might have died black as she wanted to before.
She is 5 feet 1 to 2 inches tall.
She is of a very tiny build and probably weighs no more than 110 lbs. But could have lost weight and might only weigh 90 lbs.
She has a Tattoo on her left calf which says DAKOTA.

If you have any information, you may contact me at tdaublec@hotmail.com or contact the Noelville or Sudbury OPP. 1-800-310-1122, or the Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this email, and for forwarding it on. She is out there somewhere, Please Please help me find her.
Or if you know her and know where she is, and don't want to call the OPP, Crime Stoppers, or email me, then just tell her to contact her parents.
A loving and very worried Mother.
Tammy Daub

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Wise words

"The things in life that really matter are the things in life that isn't matter." by Samuel Oliver, author of, "What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living"

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Thanks to Linda Ward Selbie for the link.

Reposted from:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ac_grayling/2007/11/rome_playing_politics.html

The Vatican is doing its utmost to frustrate him, but the Spanish PM's reforms are marching on, and they're going to be taught in schools.

Those who are indifferent to, or sceptical about, the degree to which the churches still work to exercise political influence need only look at the unsubtle battle that the Catholic church is at this moment waging against the Spanish government.

Spain's prime minister Jose Luis Zapatero has instituted a bold reforming agenda in his country, diluting church-state ties, ending direct government subsidy to the church, introducing same-sex marriage, easing divorce laws, and encouraging greater participation and opportunities for women in Spain's society and economy. He has also openly condemned the fascist Franco regime and honoured those who resisted it, something that beforehand was regarded in his country as too contentious and divisive to attempt.

None of this pleases the Catholic church either in Spain itself or in the Vatican, showing by this (if iterated showing were needed) the reactionary, rightwing, backward colouration of church politics. In a deliberate and crude gesture of opposition to Zapatero, the Vatican has conducted its largest ever mass beatification, honouring 498 pro-Franco "victims of religious persecution" during the Spanish Civil War. Those victims were fascists and their church supporters, and included 7000 members of the Catholic clergy killed between 1931 and 1939 in an uprising against the staggering oppression by church and state that had kept the population poor, benighted, ignorant, trapped, exploited and suffering. Look at most Catholic countries until the 1960s and beyond, in South America or Ireland or Spain: the picture of the social, political and economic effects of Catholicism is in its essentials the same. Women enslaved to child-bearing, over-large families perpetuating ignorance and poverty, backward social policies and the iron grip of a clergy acting like the Stasi in controlling the minutiae of private lives through the confessional and the influence of fear - fear of hell, among other things. The small and in the end ineffectual "liberation theology" rebellion among some South American clergy was quashed by the church hierarchy, not interested in salvation for anyone in this life except for the church itself as an institution whose principal aim, like the politburo of the Chinese Communist party, is to stay in control at any cost.

The savagery of 1930s anticlericalism in Spain, with its deplorable murders and violence, is a mark of how bitterly the oppression was felt. Anticlericalism had been running strongly in Catholic Europe ever since the Inquisition and Counter-Reformation, when priests did the murdering, and Spain was not the only example of an anger-prompted murderous response to priestly oppression. Some might think that murder by priests is worse than murder of priests because priests are most particularly not supposed to murder, and if murdered (in the right circumstances, that is; not in bed with their mistresses or - more usually of late - choirboys) can claim martyrdom. But obviously murder by anyone of anyone is flatly wrong, and the Spanish revolution of the 1930s would have been better effected, per impossibile, without the mayhem. Anger towards the church explains but does not excuse the violence unleashed on it; from this perspective of history, the reason why the church provoked such violence is the significant point.

Typically, learning nothing from this history, the Catholic church is trying its same tricks again, though beatifying Franco fascists as a way of rousing opposition to Zapatero's liberal policies is an uncharacteristically crude way of doing it.

The immediate reason for the Church's action is that in Spain's schools this autumn new civics courses are beginning, explaining and discussing the Spanish constitution and the rights of the citizen. Because of what the constitution accords to gay people and women, the church is bitterly opposed to it, and to children knowing about it. The Catholic nun who is the church's liaison to the education ministry in Madrid told the press that the new civics course is "a frontal assault on the Catholic religion" and "part of a clear persecution...of the Catholic faith". One's response to her first complaint is "good," and to the second, "so: a bit of your own medicine; and salutary medicine at that - for everyone else".

The Catholic right in Spain, with Vatican assistance, is determined to recapture influence for the church and thereby to reverse the social gains that Spain has made under Zapatero's premiership. Their hopes are high; by law Catholicism is still taught in Spain's schools (though this has to be a target for Zapatero reforms too) and the church remains a large presence in the country and its life. So the battle lines are drawn, and one of the last major conflicts of the Counter-Reformation appears ready to be played out there, as if in a corrida between the future and the past, freedom and oppression, sanity and superstition - or, to put the matter more graphically perhaps, between matador Zapatero and a load of bull.

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Astrology Stress Zones for November 2007 Pt.2 - Mars stimulating Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces

by Robert Wilkinson

Mars activates and accelerates the pace of events in our lives. People currently going through dynamic activity, a hectic fast-paced period, or having the hardest time the entire month of November are Aries, Cancers, Libras, and Capricorns born the first few days of April, July, October, and January. If you were born in these zones, focus on what constitutes responsible action, given these birth periods show more highly agitated energy than usual.............

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Storms forecast.........

Yesterday's sunrise - today heavy black clouds promise rain and possible storms, I like sitting at my pc with the window open listening to the rain and savouring the freshness of the breeze that wafts in; the other pic is of my "Joseph Coat" want a close up then go to Crochet Crook
Roma has already ordered one and I am working on it now
I have been in a lot of pain with my teeth over the past few days and so utilising this opportunity to use mind over matter for the pain, hard work ha, but I realise that I have been "building" up my system ready for the trauma of loosing them in a week or 2s time, yeah I have made the appointment and it all starts next Wed......
Full Moon tomorrow........

Light On The Path - Three Eternal Higher Truths

by Robert Wilkinson

This is from one of the oldest books on the planet. As was written in the Introduction about 100 years ago, "…the first form in which we see it is smaller yet. It is a palm leaf manuscript, old beyond computation; so old that even before the time of Christ men had already forgotten its date and the name of its writer, and regarded its origin as lost in the mists of prehistoric antiquity." It was translated from Senzar into Sanskrit, then from Sanskrit into Greek at the time of the Alexandrian mystery schools, and from Greek into English in 1885. I have read and re-read this work countless times in over 30 years, and with each reading I understand its wisdom in a new light.

For your consideration, from "Light On The Path,"

"Regard the three truths. They are equal. These written above are the first of the rules which are written on the walls of the Hall of Learning. Those that ask shall have. Those that desire to read shall read. Those who desire to learn shall learn."

"There are Three Truths which are absolute, and cannot be lost, but yet may remain silent for lack of speech.

"The soul of man is immortal, and its future is the future of a thing whose growth and splendour has no limit.

"The principle which gives life dwells in us, and without us, is undying and eternally beneficient, is not heard, or seen, or smelt, but is perceived by the man who desires perception.

"Each man is his own absolute law-giver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself; the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment.

"These Truths, which are as great as is life itself, are as simple as the simplest mind of man. Feed the hungry with them."

Aum and blessings.

Tree of the Golden Light

Whatever your role upon Earth, you are contributing to the evolution of the whole. In your own way you are equally important in creating a reality that reflects the mass consciousness of Mankind. You can therefore help to increase the Light on Earth by never losing sight of your goals. It should be one of bringing peace and harmony to it, and by living by it in whatever you do. It may be hard to comprehend, but you wield much more power through your thoughts than you can imagine.

Once you reach a certain level of understanding, you will find it easy to create around you the reality that is your desire. You will carry that energy with you and in so doing create peace and harmony everywhere you go. Recall how powerful it is when people of like minds get together, and you can actually feel it. You can help change the destiny of Mankind from day to day, and in so doing as a Lightworker you will increase its power. Live in the faith of your convictions that you carry such abilities with you, and use them to help map out a path that will release you from the dark........... Click the link above to read more

The video below Del found on GUBA and knew I would identify with it as this is my morning as Stinkers decides it's time I got up




Have a bright n blessed day :)

I make no apologies for reprinting the articles from the Aquarius Papers - I find them quite amazing in their accuracy and I am not even a skeptic about the influences of ALL other entities within and without our universe and many truths are to be found.
I have worked 4 hours this morning and will be back up at La Era for several hours either tomorrow or when it suits Frank. Isabel told me today she would prefer not to have to come up every time someone stays so she is ensuring I know all the little ways
I have just noted that the village web site has been much updated check it out Casarabonela
The Mayor seems to be very popular with many of the ladies, sadly his Mama died last week, but a happy women at seeing her nino [I know there should be a squiggly thing above the n] re-elected for a 3rd term!!

Well I am going to curl up with my crochet for an hour or so before the shops open for the evening, think a long hot soak tonight to ease the back after all that bed making this morning :)

The Week of June 18-25, 2007 - A Crowded House with Mercury Retrograde, Sun opposed Pluto, Summer Solstice, Venus trine Jupiter, Mars trine Pluto entering Taurus, Uranus goes retrograde, and Saturn opposition Neptune

by Robert Wilkinson

This is going to be a very eventful week, even if things are more than a little weird because of Mercury retrograde, Uranus going stationary rx, and Saturn exactly opposition Neptune. We're still under the influence of the New Moon at 24 Gemini, accenting the Sun opposed Pluto, so get and stay clear, enjoy what you can while you re-create what you need to, and expect dramatic upheavals in the world thanks to Uranus' station, always indicating major sea changes in people and nations.

Especially with Sun opposed Pluto in major effect through June 21, use self-discipline to implement your insights. Find self-confidence even though things may feel like they're all over the map, with exhaustion in some areas, stimulation in others, and revolution in others. It's the end of old pressures freeing many for new tasks. The fact that the Sun and Mars both shift signs during this week indicates that wherever we have planets or houses affected by Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, or Scorpio will undergo a definite alteration in energy.

Mars' entry into Taurus shows we're beginning a time to solidify and stabilize the initiatives we started during the period of the Grand Fire Trines from March through mid-June. Please refer to the numerous articles I've posted the past 16 weeks to find out more about these new inspirations and promises now being activated. You can find out more about Uranus' current effect in this Spiritual Astrology for May-June 2007 Pt. 2 article, as well as Pt. 1 preceding it.

The recent New Moon in Gemini is helping us all to be productive, releasing powerful new forces reorienting our direction of expansion. It fell the day before Mercury went retrograde, so timing will seem to slow almost to a standstill at a threshold rather than a backward falling mirror image of things. This lunation will help us overcome what binds us or holds us back, and learn skills to achieve forward movement. Find opportunities to enjoy yourself, relax, and re-create whatever you feel needs it in your mind, view, interpretation, speech or attitude. Wherever this falls in your chart is going to be the focus this week.

The Summer Solstice happens at 11:07 am PDT on June 21, just after the Mars trine Pluto and before Uranus goes stationary RX. We will all feel a definitive shift of energies since this is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and therefore the Solar force is at its yearly peak. For readers in the Southern Hemisphere, it's the shortest day of the year and the beginning of their winter, so hang in there, since from now on your days will get longer as ours get shorter. I suppose for sun worshippers the "endless summer" is less a classic surfing movie as knowing when to move from north to south and vise-versa!

Once the Saturn opposition Neptune is past, it marks the end of a certain type of tension we've been living with off and on for two years. We'll experience the last major Fixed T-square involving these planets at the Blue Full Moon of the Eastern Hemisphere on July 29, 5:48 pm PDT, falling at 7 Aquarius-Leo. The T-square at that time will involve Mars in late Taurus squaring Saturn opposition Neptune. Expect radical new developments to stem from that lunation, where we will see what is permanent and what is springing forth from Cosmos Itself. After that, there will be no more Fixed T-square lunations until the Full Moon of November 2008.

Overcoming Bad Luck, Bad Karma, and Bad Life Circumstances

by Robert Wilkinson

Sometimes I hear from people who feel like they are victims of bad luck or bad karma, and are unhappy with some aspect of their life. Often they are in some form of difficulty and having a hard time with their life choices, and believe that by "putting it in God's hands" it hopefully will be better in the future. While surrendering to a "Higher Power" is always a good thing to do, it does not mean we don't have our own part in participating in bringing good karma out of bad, or better "luck" for ourselves in the future.

Our birth chart does show how to time our life choices correctly. All "bad luck," "bad Karma," or "bad yoga" are the results of prior causes we can and should correct in the moment we confront these. None of these things has the power that your Eternal Consciousness has, since they are impermanent forms. Stop giving power to these things. You can reverse all of these things easily by being conscious on a level beyond these things. But YOU must choose to make "good karma," "good yoga," "good luck." WE create all the "good luck" there is in Heaven and on Earth by taking responsibility to choose wise actions at critical moments.

We all have past karmas to fulfill, usually through people and circumstances. These teach us how to move out of unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and actions, as these behaviors create "bad luck" and "bad karma" in our future. We have the power to turn misfortune into beneficial and altruistic thoughts, words, feelings, and deeds if we so choose. By doing that we lessen our problems in the future, and create beneficial "karma" or "luck" by virtue of our heart's ability to attract that which is its perfect delight. In fact, we are doing or not doing this every moment we think, feel, and act.

Though there are times we are weak in Spirit and yield to the delusion that the source of our suffering is outside our ability to cure, ultimately it forces us to take responsibility for cultivating our Highest intention, regardless of outer circumstances. When we are weak, we tend to seek the cure in other things and people. There is nothing wrong with knowing we need a healer, but we must cooperate with the cure.

That is the secret to all rituals, mantras, all affirmations, all beneficial actions and results. It is true that many times a "ritual," "mantra," "affirmation," prayer or some form of "karma yoga" done on our behalf by another has a concrete beneficial effect and "good things happen to us." That is because we pick up on the vibration and choose to align with it, whether we know it or not, or how and why it works.

There are times a high being or several are allowed by their own higher Karma of Service to put out such a powerful Thoughtform, such as pujas and "demonstrations" (a la Florence Scovel Shinn) that it creates a temporary field in which we can move forward, consciously or unconsciously, so that each of us can become that which we seek. Still, while High Beings may create "Heaven's Luck" for us, it is only so we can willingly cooperate with our Highest Self, become strong, and learn to steer our lives in beneficial directions.

We are part of a group work, and external things show us our connectedness within a greater process. When we are strong, we offer cures to other things and people, and willingly accept the cures offered to us, since we are part of a larger Ray group Soul.

Even to believe that someone calling for a "demonstration" on your behalf has more power to do that than YOU is somewhat of an illusion. You and that which heals you are ONE. All good things in our life serve to help us grow out of giving our power to external things to hinder us. When we are aligned with our Higher Self, we have the power to send out vibrations that attract whatever is beneficial to our highest intention and evolution.

Spirit, God or something "higher up in the universe" might look after us and guide our footsteps in our life's path, as those are eternally the field in which we live and breathe and have our Being. Still, from one angle of vision, the God or Spirit that guides us is not separate from our Highest Self, our Atma-Buddhi-Manas operating at a subtle but very high plane of consciousness from which all our forms, feelings, and ideas result. Our Highest Self is not separate from our Father-Mother God in Heaven that is ONE. You ARE the God you seek.

There is no power but God. Repeat this: THERE IS NO POWER THAN GOD. No thing has power. Only God has power. Thou art That. Open to the Way, and God will show you, since YOU have the power to know God. The healer, the healing, and the healed are ONE. We may be human, but we are simultaneously and indivisibly Eternal Consciousness, a spark of Divine Mind that is Omnipresent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent. We have more power, wisdom, love, and intelligence than we think.

© Copyright 2007 Robert Wilkinson

Blessings Peace Love n Light