Unforgettable Love Story

These questions came in one single email from a friend. I broke them into pieces and answered them a section at a time. So although it may appear that I ask a question and my friend answers, that is not the case.

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I view God as a very loving being/entity/energy that sees me as who I am…a part of God. But here’s where I start getting scared and confused….

Sometimes I wonder if God really exists.

I believe what really worries you is if there really is something else after death or not. Do you continue to exist after you die?

Let’s look at it this way…existence is to something, as nonexistence is to nothing. Nothing is not possible, because once you have something, nothing ceases to be. Nonexistence is not possible, because once you have existence, nonexistence ceases to be. If there was ever a state where nothing was, where would something come from? If there was ever a state of nonexistence, where would existence come from? If existence were to end, where would it go, where could it go, how could nonexistence be possible? If you ceased to exist we would all cease to exist. If you truly contemplate these things you will see that the state of nonexistence is impossible.

God is a name for the creator of all things. God is all things, all things are contained within God. Does God really exist? Do you exist? Certainly you exist, thus there must be a God that created you and everything else that exists.

I mean, EVERYbody has their own interpretations of God and the afterlife. They can’t all be right. Most religions claim that they have the whole truth (mormonism seems to have a corner on that market!!). All people can back their claims with ‘miracles’, visitations, religious experiences, you name it.

So this is my first confusion: Why does everybody get their own proof?? That includes not only religions, but also new agers, spiritualists, wiccans, reincarnationists, etc.

Backing their claims up with miracles, visitations and religious experiences does not mean they understand it all. It IS proof to that person that there is more to this world than meets the five senses, but their version of it, their understanding of it, may not be, and for most people who claim such things, is not complete.

Religions were created by unaware and unenlightened humans who were inspired by an aware and enlightened master’s life and deeds. Masters do not start religions…ordinary people do! Some religions, such as Mormonism were started by a person who experienced some sort of divine inspiration and connection with God, but that does NOT make him a “Fully Enlightened Master.” The individual own proof that you asked about is this divine inspiration that a person experienced while connecting with God.

But here is what happens…People take a REALLY HUGE experience and try to stuff it into a very tiny physical reality construct and try to explain it in even more limited words to people who haven’t even had their own divine experience with God so they are even further unable to relate to what is being said which leads to a lot of confusion, and beliefs, and debates.

(Here is a clue…a person who KNOWS, not believes, but KNOWS will not debate. They may teach, they may correct a misstatement by another person, but when it turns into a debate they let go because they KNOW and the other person obviously does not. There is no point or value in debating. A person who debates does not know, they believe, which is NOT knowing. A person who does not know should be asking questions, not debating as if they know.)

A newbie takes their miracles, visitations and religious experiences and somehow tries to fit them into the context they can understand and describe based upon their training and programming. This is natural; there really is nothing else they can do with it. So a person who is heavily steeped in Christian beliefs and has a near death experience may experience Jesus waiting to welcome him on the other side, or if they were terribly evil, did not confess their final sins, or something else may even find the devil waiting to take him away. Or a person who believes in Mohammad would find Mohammad waiting for her to guide her to heaven. Or if a person did not believe anything at all, except it was the end of life, and they were not so nice to some people, they might just experience how their actions felt to the other person. The point is each person experiences something that is compatible with their beliefs and level of awareness.

The ultimate truth of things is that each of us is an incarnation of God, and as such we carry all of the attributes of God…in His image we were created. As such what we think about creates! When we are on the other side, our beliefs influence what we experience there. When we take our non-physical divine experience and try to translate it into the limitation of physical expression we also create a reality that we then begin to experience on a daily basis. Then that person, especially if they are a newbie, can get lost in their own creation and their creation can over time become more real to them than their original experience.

For most people their proof was a single or rare occurrence that they do not have control of. The limitation of their experience does not give them enough time to explore every aspect of the inner workings of creation so they fill in the gaps with whatever it was they believed at the time. Thus a person such as this has the limitation of their own experience when they attempt to present a vision of the spiritual side of life. I too have some of these limitations. I can go very deep into meditation, I get a lot of divine inspiration, I have an inner teacher guiding me, but I cannot yet go into the state of Samadhi at will.

However I have created many big changes in myself which has resulted in many miracles and many amazing coincidences and I continue to change and have such experiences on a regular basis…this is why I speak of the practical nature of spirituality. This gives me the confidence that I do indeed have some level of understanding of spirituality and the nature of life. This level of proficiency I have comes from an understanding that matches what all of the great enlightened masters teach. The more you understand the true nature of life, the more able you are to put it to use and the more practical it becomes. Results…when you understand the true nature of life, you get results by simply changing your mind and the thoughts you think.

Imagine if you were a fly trying to describe an elephant you saw. You came upon him from the front, flew over the top side, landed on his back for a short rest, and then continued flying on right past his rear. You spent nearly five minutes with this elephant before flying off. Another fly, a friend of yours was at his back side but got distracted by the poo he dropped and began feeding immediately. Another fly friend was flying low and flew right under the elephant and just kept on going.

Later you and your two friends meet up and begin to describe this beast you came upon. Your friends swear the elephant was completely grey. But you saw pink patches around his ears and his upper body. One of your friends saw his tail which you saw too, but the other did not. One of your fly friends saw four legs, which you did not really get a good look at, but the other friend saw only two legs. You also saw the trunk and tusks and actually felt his skin and the little bits of hair scattered about. All three of you had a different experience of this elephant and have a different memory. Since you were flies with short lives, that was your one and only experience of an elephant. There were a few other fly friends who had never seen such a beast. Some of them believed in this grey giant who was reportedly the source of unlimited food since they had heard stories like yours before. But most of your other friends thought you were full of crap and imagined the whole thing or were making up stories.

Well that story is a lot like people’s experience with God and the spiritual side of our lives. Many people really are describing the same thing, but from a different perspective. Yes there are plenty of people who have no personal experience, have only read books or listened to the tales of others. Certainly there are many who are simply full of crap. But there are also many fully enlightened masters who have experienced our divine nature in great depth and detail and from many various perspectives too. Some of these masters have left their wisdom and stories of their experience for us to read and gather clues from in order for us all to have our own experiences.

One of the things I have going for me is that I have studied the teaching of many masters who have been able to enter this state of Samadhi at will as well as the teachings of many channelers who have a very clear communication with God and I have had enough of my own Samadhi experiences and guidance too. All of these different teachings I have studied have given me a three dimensional perspective on this really huge concept we call God and spirituality. It is like I have flown all around this elephant and seen it from many, but not all, of the sides it is possible to see it from. Also I have been getting positive feedback from the Universe in the form of RESULTS. Ultimately you must take all of this information, from many different sources, apply what makes the most sense to you, and gain your own experience and results. Belief is of no value except to spur you on to taking action. Knowledge and experience is where the real value is.

My second confusion: If reincarnation is a true reality, then I feel like all of life is hell. I’ll tell you why: Because I love my identity. I have people tell me that this is just my ego talking and that when I realize who I really am (a soul, not Kristy) I will be thrilled to know and losing my identity as Kristy won’t hurt at all.

Your ego-body identity is like a car that you get into or a piece of clothing that you put on. Only some of the real you is inside of this ego-body you identify with. One day this ego-body will get old and worn out and you will be ready to shed it so that the real you, which is inside, can experience the freedom from the limitations this ego-body places upon you.

Your friends are right, when you do lose your identity as Kristy it will not hurt at all, you will be thrilled. You will also realize that the real you, the you that you know, that very same voice you hear inside of your head that you think is Kristy, is still the same…and immortal too! (This realization at death does depend upon how much you wake up now…see my blog The Evolution of a Soul for more details in that regard. But I would expect that someone who is open minded enough to even explore this topic would also be aware of the transition that occurs at death and be able to make the best of it.) 

However, you will not really lose your identity as Kristy. Kristy has always existed and always will exist. You can go back and re-experience the life of Kristy anytime you wish. You can experience it the same way you are experiencing it this time, or you can make different choices and live it a different way and have a different experience.

In reality time does not exist, it is all happening now, you are right now being born and you are also right now dying, right now you are also living in the afterlife and all of your past and future lives are also occurring right now too. It is your perspective and your focus in this place of time and space that causes you to experience only this particular isolated experience. Neale Donald Walsh’s book At Home with God in a Life that Never Ends does a great job of describing this in more detail.

Are you sad that you are no longer driving the first car you ever had? If you could have it back, right now, in its brand new condition, would you want it back? How about your old clothes? Are you sad that you do not have them to wear right now? What if you could have the brand new version of the clothes you wore twenty years ago, would you want to wear them today?

    If I truly HAVE lived other lives, then I most surely loved my identity in many of them, and also loved other people (spouses, lovers, children, etc.). And yet I don’t remember a single one of the past people of my other selves (except I sometimes have glimpses of memory that are very intense and real and could be little memories of past lives…??). This makes me sad that all those loves and lives are forgotten. And it brings me little comfort thinking that my ’soul’ retains the memories and the lessons from those lives.

Here’s the deal, though: I am SO happy in this existence right now. My husband is a walking god and he treats me like a queen. He never judges me. He loves me unconditionally. He makes me feel valued, loved, adored, cherished, and even makes me feel HOLY. He is so compassionate and generous and nearly perfect to me. And then there’s my children. I have four of them, ages 27, 15, 6 and 3 (QUITE THE AGE SPAN, EH???) I ADORE my children. One of them (the six year old) is special needs…she has Sotos Syndrome. 

You could not have this experience you are SO happy to be having if you remembered your past lives and everything else about yourself. If you remembered how you murdered someone, or lied, cheated and stole your guilt would get in your way and you would feel too inferior to do the great things you shall do now. If you remembered how wealthy you once were you would be sad to live in this limitation. If you remembered how passionately you were in romantic love with your child in a past life, you might be frustrated or confused now, you might commit acts that were illegal or jeopardize your relationship with your husband. If you remembered how badly your husband abused you in a past life, you might not trust him in this life. (This is a generalized response for all people and not intended to state an absolute truth about the past lives of Kristy. However, from the best of my awareness we all have some dramatically negative experiences in our pasts.) And if you truly remembered who you really are, the complete story, the full picture of Life itself, you would not be able to experience anything negative because you would know this manifest world is not real, you would not be able to experience anything positive because without negative there is no positive.

There is a reason you forget it all…forgetting is what makes this experience possible. Without forgetting, you could not have any of this. You wanted to feel sad, angry, and frightened that is why you created it this way. You would not feel that if you knew you were God, if you knew you were totally fine no matter what happened. The realizations that I have of how life works prevents me from being able to experience certain things that I used to love and other people still do love experiencing. I no longer enjoy playing games, but I do enjoy watching others enjoy. I no longer enjoy hanging out with other people for idle chit chat and discussing the news, the shows, the weather, the gossip, whatever, but I do enjoy experiencing their joy with this part of life. I simply enjoy being and I enjoy creating, I enjoy helping others and I enjoy experiencing my creations. Remembering who you are and what you are takes away a lot of possibilities.

Are you SO happy that you want to relive this day over and over, never moving forward to the next day? If tomorrow comes things will change. Did you see the movie Groundhog’s Day ? It is a very accurate description of how life really is. We can and do actually re-experience our lives and make different choices. Although the memory of the details of what happens does not remain in your conscious mind, your desires and what you don’t desire, which grew from each choice made and each experience gained, causes you to make the choices you make now.

Thus when it comes time for your life to end, that too is a choice, it is a point of completion that you naturally come to with this life experience you call Kristy. It is simply moving on to the next form you want life to take. In your other incarnations your husband and kids will certainly be there too, but playing different roles. Perhaps not in every moment of them, but they are not involved with every moment of your life even now. And one day they will all be grown up and move away from home; perhaps to another part of the world…life is always changing. Are you saying you just want a Groundhog’s Day sort of life where this day never changes and keeps repeating?

Here is a huge fear of mine: I fear that if reincarnation is a true principle, then I’ll lose “Kristy” forever once I “die”, and then I will also lose KARL forever. It makes me cling to every moment in this life, but instead of doing it joyfully, I do it in immense fear. I feel like God gave me the most beautiful soul imaginable to share my life with (and my kids, too), and then he’ll take it all away when I die. It almost feels like a big huge cosmic joke. I had a friend write and tell me that “God doesn’t kill to save” but I would like her to elaborate more on that.

So are you happy or are you miserable? You said earlier that you were SO happy in this existence and now you are saying you cling to your life with immense fear. It is when you are grateful for what you do have and when you are present in your now experience that you are SO happy. It is when you worry about these things you don’t understand and cling as if you will lose something that you are in fear and misery. So stop the clinging and the worry…let the feeling of fear be an alarm bell going off that tells you that you are using your mind incorrectly. You are creating fear with your thoughts. You could be creating happiness by being grateful for the moment instead. The choice is yours. It depends upon what you do with your mind.

You will not lose anything. You ARE everything. Life as we experience it here and now, an experience that you are SO happy to be experiencing, is an experience of limitation and of separation. When you really do experience that you are everything and have everything it will be an experience of bliss beyond description…which also gets old so we choose limitation for “a period of time” so we can experience something other than pure bliss. Obviously we get bored easily that is why we constantly change. But that is to be expected since this all goes on forever and has already been going on forever.

I cannot bear the thought of not having my dear Karl forever. It is HELL to me. That would be hell to not have Karl. And it would be hell for me to lose my identity and his.

So don’t think those thoughts if you cannot bear to have them. It is you who are putting yourself into hell. And those thoughts are simply not true. Karl will always exist, just as you always exist.

I sometimes feel (in weaker moments) that if God exists, he is an asshole because he makes it so hard for his children to know who he REALLY is. WHY is there so much confusion? I don’t read scriptures anymore, but when I did, I remember God saying that “he isn’t a god of confusion”. I beg to differ!

Of course God exists, because you are God and you exist. I already explained why we forget…since you do not remember who you are it can be confusing. But if you were not confused, many of these experiences that you are SO happy to have would not be possible.

I have several friends who are really into “ACIM” (A Course in Miracles). This makes no sense to me thus far, because according to ACIM, God created a “son” (Christ Jesus) who was perfect. God cannot create anything that isn’t perfect. According to ACIM, God’s perfect son had an imperfect thought (a “tiny mad moment”) about separation, and as a result, fell asleep. Christ then had a dream of separation, and the result is “us”. The dream is US and also many reincarnated lives having many different experiences…and they teach that this entire life and any other life or planet or universe is all an illusion. NOTHING exists but God.

It has been at least fourteen years since I read ACIM but I don’t believe it refers to God’s son as Christ Jesus, but as Christ. We are all that son…Jesus was aware of being Christ, we are all Christ but most of us still don’t know it. The rest of what you said is pretty much true. This is an illusion. But it sure seems pretty real doesn’t it! Thank God for separation and forgetting and illusions, otherwise this experience we are all having would not be possible. If you really remembered this would all disappear…but do not worry, because you remember this illusion as well, it would all come back to you anytime you decided to be in separation again.

The fallacy in this, for me, is that if God creates nothing but perfection, then he can’t have a perfect son that can have an imperfect thought, let alone an imperfect dream about separation. That would make God imperfect and that just can’t be.

God is a dichotomy. Multiple, conflicting things are all true at the same time. At the basis of it all however is perfection. We simply are. We exist. We are Life itself. We cannot be destroyed and there is nothing outside of us. We are All That Is. There is nothing lacking, we have everything we need and will ever need. All the while this is true, we are also living in a body and take on a perspective that we are small and tiny amongst a vast creation. Pain and suffering seems to happen and we call this imperfect. In a perfect world we would not suffer. So the impossible has been made possible, yet the impossible and the imperfection can all disappear the moment we remember and expand beyond this tiny perspective we have chosen.

I love Neale Donald Walsch’s stuff, except for I literally sobbed (wailed) when I read the part that we FOREVER reincarnate. That is hell to me. I also REALLY struggle over Neale’s teaching that God is forever changing and expanding. I thought God was the same today, now and forever? ?????? Why would God need to experience things if he already knows everything? I realize that knowledge and experience are two different things. I can know ABOUT jumping out of a plane with a parachute, but I can’t truly have a full knowledge without the experience. But still…

Why not reincarnate forever? Do you have a better idea of what to do with forever? You can be God, you can be whole and complete anytime you choose. But right now you are not choosing that. Right now you are choosing to be deeply entrenched in this illusion we all have created, for the fun of it, for the experience of it, in order to utilize our creative powers. What is boredom? Boredom comes from not using your power. Even though being whole and complete is bliss it also becomes boring when it lasts forever. Thus you use your power to create, forever!

What God really and truly is never does change. But the creations of God never cease, why should they? What if God just stopped creating and experiencing? FOREVER! Wouldn’t that be boring?

I am rambling and pouring out my deepest feelings, and I have yet so many more to touch on. But I don’t want to keep you here all day. I hope you can help me and bring some light to these subjects. I am so tired of losing things and I don’t want to lose my darling Karl or my children, let alone my identity or theirs. It makes life seem meaningless.

Life IS meaningless! Life has NO meaning. Life simply is. That means there are NO musts, and NO shoulds, and NO things you have to do. We do it all by choice. We are free.

Do not focus on what you have lost. That is a mind game that will only bring you pain and suffering. Focus on what is, focus on what you do have, and be in gratitude for it. What if you had ten thousand friends, lovers, parents and children all in your home with you right now? If you added up all the loved ones from all of your incarnations it would come out to a large number such as this, perhaps much larger. How would you talk to them all? How could you have an experience with them all? How could you do that?

When you have two hands full, you must let go of one thing in order to pick up something else. The fact that you want to keep it all, hold it all, play with it all, is why life keeps changing and you move from one form to another, one lifetime to another, one relationship to another, so that you can interact with it all, so that you don’t lose any of it, so that you experience all of it. You have all of eternity to experience Karl and your children and the rest of your family which we call humanity. Be happy about that.

All is in Divine Perfection.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

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There was a holy man living on the top of Mt. Arunachala in the town of Tiruvannamalia in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He had lived there for sixteen years and the only food he consumes is four oz of milk each day. Swami Rama tells us in his book the Path of Fire and Light, Vol 1: Advanced Practices of Yoga that when a yogi is engaging in a lot of pranayama and meditation exercises he does not need very much food, in fact food becomes a hindrance to the practices. It seemed that this holy man was engaged in such practices fulltime.When I traveled to India I was hoping I would meet masters such as this. Tiruvannamalia was the home of a very well known master named Ramana Maharshi who had previously lived on this very same mountain until his death in 1950. The energy inside of his cave home was amazing and helped me to reach a very deep state of meditation with great ease. It was shortly after meditating there that I met a native man who told me of this holy man on the mountain top. He offered to take me to the top to participate in an early morning puja, which is a worship ceremony.

If you click on the View All Images button you can see these photos in larger detail.

We set out at 5:30 am while it was still dark, yet the city was already bustling with spiritual seekers and religious music.We were guided to the top (a 2600 ft or 800 m climb) by a couple of barefoot sherpas who were carrying water and chai tea up on their heads. This hike was strenuous enough for me who was only carrying a back pack, yet both of these men offered to carry my pack for me as well. I could feel it was the kindness of their hearts and not money that motivated them to offer. I politely refused and carried my own load.

We made it to the top just in time to take part in a daily ceremony to receive blessings from the master.You have to think, if someone spends sixteen years in meditation on the top of a mountain, they must be getting somewhere. I can’t imagine anyone doing such a thing in mere hope of finding God. To even begin such an endeavor you would have to have very powerful experiences that would tell you it was a worthwhile thing to do.

It was very cool to be a part of this. There were five kids ages 8 to 13 happily participating too. It was quite magical and I enjoyed the ceremony very much.

Coming back, half way down the mountain, just above Sri Ramana Maharshi’s cave home I hung out on a very large flat boulder for breakfast and a nap. When I woke up I wanted to take the long path back to my hotel room so that I could record the sounds of the wild monkeys I had seen along that path the day before. Unfortunately I did not have the stamina; I was pretty worn out by my morning climb up the mountain. I knew I would have another chance before we left Tiruvannamalia. Well that chance came much sooner than expected; the monkeys came to me.

At first one monkey showed up in the big tree that was providing my shade. She was making a lot of noise so I got some great recordings. When I fed her biscuits she stuffed them into her mouth whole, leaving a rectangular protrusion in her expandable cheeks. If you look at the photos carefully you can see the square shape left by the biscuits. Then she jumped back into the tree to consume them. Later I gave her some spicy fried dried peas; she loved them. She was gentle yet cautious as she took them from my hands. The skin on her hands was softer than I imagined it would be. When I took a banana out she looked like she was going to attack me for it. She had no patience for me to peal it, she wanted it now! I quickly threw it off to the side for her to retrieve. She ate the whole thing including the pealing.

I had to be watchful of my recorder, microphone, backpack and all of its other contents. I kept worrying she would take something or attack me. I made myself a bit frightened. I should have taken greater care with my thoughts, she only wanted the food.

Soon two male monkeys joined us and chased the female off of the boulder and into the tree. It took them a little while to take interest in my food. They were too busy deciding who was going to dominate. At first the little one attacked the big one, then jumped up on his back and buggered him in the rear. This surprised me but later the bigger one dominated the smaller one chasing him away. These two showed their teeth a couple of times, not to frighten me, just in their moving about and chattering with each other. They had two very long fangs on the top and bottom and then regular looking teeth in the rest of their mouth.

More monkeys came to visit and soon I was feeding about six adults and three young ones. All of the larger adults seemed to have big gashes and fresh wounds on their arms, legs, and face. I could see what they get up to with those large fangs of theirs. A few times they would fight with each other, but mostly they circled me, looking for the stray bits of food, as I fed them. I did not really feel that they were going to attack me or become too aggressive, but I did let my imagination run wild. I want to be clear here… the feelings I picked up from the monkeys told me I was safe, yet the thoughts in my mind was making me feel I was in danger. By this time I had place all of my gear into my backpack, except for the microphone which was hanging out to capture the sounds, and my camera which was often in my hands. I sat on the rock so as not to frighten the monkeys away. I wanted them to come close and take the food from my hands. I kept the backpack between my legs and occasionally would set my camera down on it so I could get more food out. A couple of times a monkey (three or four of them each took their turns doing this) approached me and I thought they were going to try and take some of my gear. Then it would turn out that they only wanted a stray pea that was sitting on the rock next to my leg, I wish I would have figured this out sooner than I did.

All of a sudden the largest monkey of all jumped out of the tree, it seemed out of nowhere since I had not seen him before. He jumped down right in front of me, stood up erect, and raised his arms and hands into the air. He had a large gash on his upper lip which left a big split through which I could see his teeth. His right arm also had a major gash on it too. This frightened me; I raised my arms up and yelled at him. Unfortunately I also flailed my legs kicking my camera down the bolder. It bounced many times making expensive sounds that were loud enough to be recorded.

Then the monkey reached down and grabbed yet another pea that was on the boulder right next to my leg and ran away showing me once again how much further I need to go in gaining control over my mind.

I had to do a bit of climbing to recover the camera, which was broken beyond repair. I was able to recover the digital film chip which is why you can see the photos in the slide show. Too bad I did not get a photo of the monkey who scared me; he was really quite a sight.

I made many observations about this experience. One, I was not in control of my mind even though the monkeys kept showing me they were only interested in food and that they were cautious and not wanting to tangle with me. I had wanted a new camera; I kept complaining how mine took so long to get ready for the next photo that I ended up missing some really great shots. After that I had to buy a new one. I wanted to record the monkey’s voices. I got to do that and they came to me. The Universe showed me that all is well even though the thing I feared (loosing some of my gear) actually happened. I had a fantastic experience and I have another great story to tell.

Speaking of adventures in India…below are links to some very popular stories of how I happened into an arranged marriage when I went to India to write my book. This story about the monkeys happened about a month before these next stories took place.

Part 1 - A Marriage Made in Heaven

Part 2 - The Suicide and the Accident

A Side Story - The Elephants of India

Part 3 - The Kidnapping and the Wedding

Part 4 - The Honeymoon and the Truth about Eju

And if you like these stories I am certain you will love my book Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story. I would like to ask you to buy my book, read it, ENJOY it, and tell all of your friends about it. You would be supporting me and all that I do here in teaching practical spirituality and the free spiritual counseling for so many of my friends here on MySpace.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

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Imagine for a moment that you had all of the money you could ever need. Imagine also that you met a lover who really understood you, loved you, cared for you and nurtured you. This lover is a person who you are physically attracted to, admire and enjoy spending time with. This lover gives you respect, understands your mood swings, and gives you the space you need when you need it. Imagine that you both had great health, plenty of free time and traveled the world staying in each place as long as you liked and then moved on to the next location that called to you.

Imagine tropical beaches and snorkeling with colorful fish. Imagine the warmth of the sun on your naked flesh, and the cooling retreat of a shady tree with your favorite drink, a great book, beautiful music…or merely the sounds of the sea if that is what you prefer. Imagine a cruise ship taking you past one beautiful location after another, dancing and laughing till the wee hours of the night and sleeping in as long as you wish. Imagine skiing gracefully down a sunny mountain slope enjoying fresh powder that fell the night before. Imagine hiking in ancient forests, viewing waterfalls, wild life and spectacular views.

Imagine making wonderful friends along the way and the laughter of children occupying as much of your time as you liked. Imagine finding three really great places in various parts of the world you could call home and either building or buying a home there. Imagine that you touched the lives of others such that they too admired and looked up to you. Imagine that you could actually help people discover the power and love that lives inside of them and witnessing them change as your influence touched their hearts and lives. Imagine whatever else would make you feel good to go along with this scenario.

What if that actually happened?

What if your life were actually that way? How would you feel? How does it make you feel to imagine it? Stop reading for a moment…take that vision in and feel it.

That is my favorite scenario to imagine. In many ways I already have enjoyed living that scenario. You know it is a great way to live. You definitely feel motivated to get up in the morning to start your day. It energized me greatly to write it out like that. I lived that dream while I was writing it and I felt it too. It felt great! You can make up your own scenario and you will benefit the most if you write it out just like I did. This is a very powerful way to boost your spirits and make you feel good.

However, the down side is that some people then get depressed over this. They look at their lives and don’t think they can ever be there. They believe it is impossible to achieve. They spend time thinking about how impossible it is and as they do so they become more and more depressed, angry, frustrated and sad. This is most certainly the wrong thing to do…unless you want these negative emotions.

The truth of life is that YOU CAN live this sort of life… even if you are 99 years old or suffering from a terminal illness. I guarantee that eventually you will get everything you ever desire, or that your desires will change as you move through life and evolve. So it is definitely worth dreaming like this.

Dreaming like this will give you an immediate good feeling. Doing it regularly will make it a habit in your mind and also make it easy to step into the dream anytime you are feeling depressed, angry or sad about something else. Once you are in a good feeling state your creativity is high and you are much better able to deal with whatever is right in front of you at the moment.

But dreaming like this has a far greater and lasting effect…it changes you and your vibration. It sets into motion a series of events that causes you to become the kind of person that will be able to have this vision you have imagined. Perhaps you will get fired from your job, only to be hired by an international corporation that wants you to travel. Perhaps an opportunity comes to learn a new skill that will eventually lead to the wealth you need to live this sort of life. The stepping stones begin to appear.

Perhaps you die (in some natural or accidental way, not suicide) so that you can be reborn into a new healthy body and in circumstances that better support this dream in becoming a manifest reality. (If this concept frightens you then you really should spend time studying death and the MANY writings of those who remember their experiences with it so that you get over your fears. Your body WILL DIE ONE DAY…better get used to it. And your departure from this body, this thing we call death, will not be the end of your journey. The journey of your life is eternal and ongoing.)

So this is the thing we call Law of Attraction. You change your vibration by changing your thinking and thus you attract different things into your life. If you continue however to focus on the path you are on, the path that is depressing you, or making you angry, or sad, or bored, or whatever it is that you do not want…if you continue to focus on those things they will continue to be your point of attraction and you will certainly get more of it.

So dream…DREAM BIG…Dream Often…dream of the life you want to live. Practice that dream. Write out that dream. Refine that dream. If you do this, one day that dream WILL come true!

How do I know? I have lived many such dreams throughout my life. In my book Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story I tell many stories of such dreams and their manifestation…like needing more money, dreaming about more money, and then getting fired from a job only to immediately get a month’s worth of severance pay on top of unemployment benefits, and a new much better paying job about three weeks later. But that is not all…read the book, it will blow you away just how many miraculous coincidences I have experienced that absolutely verify that the invisible Law of Attraction is indeed at work in our lives just like the Law of Gravity is.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

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A friend made the following comment in my blog The Evolution of a Soul…

Psy  What are we exactly when we are not in a physical body and we are just in a mental or psychic body? What would I look like to a physical body if I were just a mental and psychic body? Is that what ghosts are… the paranormal… orbs? And while we are in a physical body living in a physical lifetime, can we experience what it’s like to be just a mental body or a psychic body? I ask this question because there’s been several times I have dissociated and depersonalized from myself ( both on and not on drugs) and I did not feel like a physical being but rather as something else I couldn’t explain…

Also, as you [Michael Skowronski] said [in the blog Evolution of a Soul]: 

 ”If in a lifetime where sexual appetites were created by a man who forced sex upon his own or other children, or others who were physically weaker than he was, then a lifetime where he is unwillingly forced to meet the sexual appetites of others is created. You will find that in some past eras this was considered natural and normal in certain cultures and in this era it is considered perverted. As many individuals have experienced both sides of this issue humanity as a whole has changed its view on the situation and it is rare to find a culture that supports it.”

Is this why there is an overwhelming amount of rapes, abortions, and sexual abuse on the planet? If humanity as a whole has changed it’s view on forced sex especially involving children, then was it ever okay or was it always wrong? Are we wrong for thinking it’s wrong or are we right for changing our view? For thinking it’s wrong, is that why sexual dysfunctions and tortures disturb our planet?

Wow, those are deep questions…

I think this might help you to understand who you are compared to manifest reality and your various bodies…

Consider your MySpace pages. You created them, put pictures, and music, and videos on them. You wrote out your thoughts in blogs and in other symbolic ways.

Now what if it were possible to project just a bit of your consciousness into that creation? What if you could distinctly experience living on your MySpace profile page both as an observer and also as a visitor to your page? When a visitor came and had a look you experienced their visit, you could tell how much time they spent, you felt their feelings your creation evoked in them as well as your reaction to the way they felt about your page. While all of this was occurring you mostly experienced yourself as your human self outside of your computer, the creator of the profile page and blogs, who was taking in the various experiences of the visitors to your pages.

What are We when We are not in a physical body?

We just are. Our physical bodies exist inside of the real Us, it is not the other way around. We only put a part of Our focus inside of the body for a period of time. In one sense We are always NOT in a physical body. In another sense We are always in numerous physical bodies. This is due to the fact that it all happens in the now. There is no such thing as time. Or you could see time as just a specific point of focus within Our divine creation. The big We is aware of the small ego being focused inside of the body, while that small ego being is NOT aware of the big We…but then that is the purpose of our physical body; it is the vehicle for our ego being to experience just a limited portion of creation.

What would I look like to a physical body if I were just a mental and psychic body? Is that what ghosts are… the paranormal… orbs?

Those in mental and psychic bodies are invisible to those in the physical body.

I have not seen ghosts, the paranormal or orbs. I have however read what masters have said about such things, and I have had inner experiences of such things, but not physical ones as in seeing ghosts or orbs with my eyes. So take what I say next from that perspective…

The sensors of your physical body pick up vibrations of physical objects. You simultaneously inhabit a mental and psychic body while in a physical body. Vibrations picked up by the physical sensors impress upon the mental and psychic bodies. Impressions from psychic and mental bodies do create vibrational and chemical changes in the physical body. Thus I would say that when a person “sees” a ghost or an orb it is in reality a vibration picked up by the psychic or mental bodies that has impressed itself on the physical body thus creating the experience of seeing it while in reality the physical sensors are not really picking it up at all.

And while we are in a physical body living in a physical lifetime, can we experience what it’s like to be just a mental body or a psychic body?

Yes masters do this with great skill and no the average person does not…However, it is easy for anyone to have a partial experience of these three distinct bodies. The limitations that still bind you and I as well as most of humanity, obviously do not bind all human beings. Again I am going on the writings of many who have conscious and deliberate control of experiences that many of us have only experienced do to trauma, near death experiences, spontaneous rapturous Samadhi, or drugs. The thing that is interesting is that there are those who describe in great depth that which most of us never experience or only experience rarely and briefly.

A good practice to engage in, one that will give you this experience... close your eyes and do some deep breathing with the intention of relaxing deeply. Then take turns focusing on your physical senses, your emotional feelings, and your mental thoughts. Carefully focus and observe each distinctly for a period of time then move on to the next body of experience.

For example you can focus on how your hands feel on your lap, you can open and close your eyes, feeling the eye lids and noticing the visual image, you can focus on what you hear. Make only slight and gentle movements and observe.

Then switch to your emotional feelings, observe how you feel emotionally. If you are doing this correctly you will probably feel calm and peaceful. So to feel other things you will need to think about something that was embarrassing or painful or happy or something you judge. But don’t focus on the thoughts, focus on how the thoughts affect your emotional state. That is observing your psychic body. And this is how you can psychically read others too. By focusing on another person and how your emotions feel you can gain an understanding of what is going on in the mind of another. This is because our thoughts directly affect our emotional/psychic body and you can relate those feelings to the nature of their thoughts.

Then switch to your thoughts. Observe your thoughts in a way that is detached from the feelings they create. Think about thinking and observe. Be creative. Construct an orange, and apple, a hand, a building…do it all with your mind.

Then notice how easy it was to lose track of your physical body while thinking or feeling. Move between these three different points of focus many times. Just as there is a physical world or dimension, there is a distinct psychic or emotional world and there is also a distinct mental or noetic dimension too. Exercises like this will help you become more adept in moving in these dimensions and eventually the grander reality of these dimensions we share in common with all other beings. Again, I will emphasize that I am reporting what I have learned through reading, which is reinforced with only a novice’s level of experience. In NO WAY do I claim mastery over these dimensions or experiences.

Those in mental and psychic bodies are invisible to those in the physical body.

I have not seen ghosts, the paranormal or orbs. I have however read what masters have said about such things, and I have had inner experiences of such things, but not physical ones as in seeing ghosts or orbs with my eyes. So take what I say next from that perspective…

The sensors of your physical body pick up vibrations of physical objects. You simultaneously inhabit a mental and psychic body while in a physical body. Vibrations picked up by the physical sensors impress upon the mental and psychic bodies. Impressions from psychic and mental bodies do create vibrational and chemical changes in the physical body. Thus I would say that when a person “sees” a ghost or an orb it is in reality a vibration picked up by the psychic or mental bodies that has impressed itself on the physical body thus creating the experience of seeing it while in reality the physical sensors are not really picking it up at all.

Is this why there is an overwhelming amount of rapes, abortions, and sexual abuse on the planet?

I suspect the “overwhelming amount” is due to awareness rather than actual occurrences. I suspect, and have seen statistics, that state in fact there is far less now, as a percentage of the population, than in the past. Due to mass media and people coming out into the open, the horrific events seem bigger now than in the past, when in reality it was happening more in the past but it was not being reported in such a big way.

If humanity as a whole has changed it’s view on forced sex especially involving children, then was it ever okay or was it always wrong?

God divide Himself up into many very small fragments of focus, each with undeveloped memory, personality, and habits of thought and entered into Her animal creation that we know as Homosapien. In the beginning this fragment of God simply experienced an animal existence, not knowing or understanding the consequences of His thoughts and actions. In time memory, habits of thought and personality developed along with understanding and the ability to change these habits of thought and action.

The idea of right and wrong is flawed. At one point we did not understand. Now more of us do, and some of us are still learning. Was it always wrong? Abusive behaviors always caused pain and suffering, this much is true.  However in the past the pain and suffering was probably less because the society had not created judgments of such actions yet, there was no condemnation of promiscuous sexual behaviors, there was probably less resistance on behalf of the victim thus the perpetrator was just asserting their superior physical strength much as we see animals do.

Are we wrong for thinking it’s wrong or are we right for changing our view? For thinking it’s wrong, is that why sexual dysfunctions and tortures disturb our planet?

Harming another always causes pain and suffering. Judgment also causes pain and suffering. Go back to the exercise I gave earlier and think different things and feel how each thing feels. When you move into judgmental thoughts you will feel pain and you will suffer. So just like a sexual predator will eventually gain enough experience to understand the consequences of their actions so will one who judges gain enough experience to understand the consequences of their actions too.

I would say that sexual interactions have occurred between an adult and a child that are pleasant and are appreciated. This is NOT spoken from experience, but from reports I have heard from others. However, such interactions are very likely to lead to habits of strong desire and many more interactions which are NOT pleasant and NOT appreciated.

It is my guess that this is how this whole mess began. I don’t really believe that any of us sought evil for the sake of evil, but that we developed evil habits of thought and action due to a lack of understanding of where certain thoughts and actions would lead us. We gained this understanding of evil by experiencing the pain of our thoughts and actions. Judgment and punishment has pushed those who were slow to understand and change deeper into their dysfunctional states until it appeared as if they were intentionally evil. Now such beings have a long road to travel to pull themselves out of the very deep habits they have created within themselves.

I hope that as you read this you can understand just how harmful and destructive judgment is. In many ways judgment produces the greatest harm of all. I say this because people with seemingly loving hearts and rational minds still believe judgment of certain things are appropriate and necessary.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story 

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Thought Tagging is an essential Ancient Technology you can use to change unwanted behaviors. Where would spiritual growth and personal development be without this technique? Do you understand how to tag your thoughts? Do you know what to do once the tags are triggered?

We walk through life unconscious most of the time. And there are certain situations which push our buttons, so to speak. When they do, and we are unconscious, we react automatically from whatever programming we have in our past.

Tagging your thoughts and actions is like putting a wakeup call on a thought or action. Anytime the thought occurs an alarm goes off. Any time you engage in an action the alarm goes off. You then have the opportunity to become conscious and decide how to respond rather than reacting in a way that you know is hazardous to your well being.

Tagging your thought is a simple process:

1. Decide which thought or action you wish to tag.

2. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, relax and get centered.

3. Focus on the thought or action to be tagged and ask yourself, “What are my buttons, under what circumstances are these thoughts triggered?”

4. Decide what new thoughts or actions you want to become automatic. What do you want your new habit of thinking to be? Create a script.

5. Imagine becoming conscious when tag is triggered, just like a button was pressed and an alarm went off. Imagine yourself remembering that you have a new program to install, to put into practice.

6. Imagine yourself consciously and deliberately changing the thinking or action. Act out the new script in your mind.

7. Repeat these steps as often as needed. You will know you are successful when you become conscious everytime you find yourself in the situation you are attempting to tag.

What to do once the tag is triggered:

1. Stop and let yourself become conscious. Breathe deeply.

2. Take your time and proceed slowly.

3. Remember the new thought; explore it, contemplate it. If it is an action, perform the new action, even if you have to undo the old action and redo the new action. Review why it is that you want the new thought or action to become dominant.

4. Feel the energy of the new thought or action. If it does not feel good you have not chosen a replacement thought that will take you were you want to go in life. Come up with a replacement thought that does feel good. Stick with, keep reaching for new thoughts, until it does feel good.

Remember you are reprogramming yourself here. You need to practice the new program for it to be effective. Even if you make the mistake of automatically falling into old patterns, it is VERY IMPORTANT to rethink or redo the thought or action the new way. You MUST practice if you want the new behavior to automatically replace the old behavior. Practice is what will create your new habit of thought and action.

Mental practice is just as good as physical practice when it comes to physical actions. You can change physical behaviors by mentally practicing the desired new behavior.

Also check out my blog posting titled Reprogramming Self which has more information about changing your automatic thought and behavior patterns.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

P.S. For an enjoyable read that will make you laugh and bring you to tears check out my book Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story. This is a true story that is a good example of spiritual principals being intentionally applied and unintentionally misapplied. The results speak for themselves.

Full book reviews can be found on Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com

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There are people who feel the moods, emotions and intentions of other people when they come upon them or think about them. In some cases when there is a close family connection, like spouse or children, they will spontaneously feel it when a dramatic change in emotions occurs in their loved one. We call these people an empath. When walking into a room full of people they can be overwhelmed with all of the emotional content of the room; it can be quite trying at times.  If their loved one has hurt their back, or has a migraine, or feels panic, or unrest, or whatever, before the loved one even comes home or calls, the empath’s back hurts or they feel a sense of panic, just like their loved one was feeling. Often these empaths heal those who suffer by taking on the injury or emotional stress themselves.

My late wife Kathryn had this gift, which can sometimes feel like a curse. When I first met her she did not know how to buffer and protect herself. Some members of her family and some of her friends would think she was crazy if she ever talked about it with them. Kathryn knew she had this gift, but she did not know how to buffer and protect herself. I have had more than one friend write me with this same problem asking…

How Can Empaths Buffer and Protect Themselves?

First you need to know that being an empath is normal and natural, but perhaps only one percent of the population (a guesstimate) is empathic like this. However it is quite common to find such people due to the fact that one percent of 6.5 billion people comes out to 6.5 million people with such ability.

Did you read my blog Helping Others – Reiki, Energy, and Physical Support? The story in that blog is about my first Reiki experiences with Kathryn taken from my book Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story. It describes how her empathic and psychic abilities came out and how she taught me to use my mind properly for energy healing. My book gives more real life examples of how this gift manifested in Kathryn and how it impacted our lives. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is learning how to deal with being an empath.

Intention is the key to buffering and protecting yourself. At some point in your eternal life you decided being and empathic healer was what you wanted to do and experience. Now that you have experienced it, you realize you need to protect yourself too. So now you need to make it your intention to learn this skill of buffering yourself. For me buffering myself comes easy and naturally, but I have to be more deliberate and intentional to get in touch with my psychic skills. For the empath the opposite is true. But you can do it. When I say make it your intention that means to be clear in your mind, stop and think about it, ask yourself, “Is this really important to me?” Then decide “YES! I will learn this. God please bring me the exact guidance I need” and practice!

To buffer yourself you need to learn to care for yourself more. You care very deeply about other people and this is why you are so open to receiving their energy. It is okay to receive the message that a loved one is suffering and in what way they are suffering, but then it is time to turn it off before it does you any harm. You need to deliberately reprogram yourself such that you remember to consciously turn off the empathy and do the prayers and visualizations required to protect yourself.

The basic thing you need to do at the time you feel their pain is to say a brief prayer, surround them with love and light, ask the Holy Spirit to give them the energy they need to resolve their own problem and then detach yourself from them and their energy.

Begin visualizing your own energy flowing to you from God and staying with you. To protect your energy field you can combine the two visualizations I give below, start by drawing the star and then surround yourself and the star with the white luminous egg shaped energy field. These visualizations are important because they will create real energy forms called elementals that protect you and let you be you while these others can be themselves.

In this blog Meditation and the Wandering Mind I explain the process of meditation, the purpose of meditation, the importance of practice, and why you must stick with it even if you feel it is difficult. I encourage you to read that blog too so I don’t have to re-explain those things here in this blog.

The important visualization you need to practice is to imagine yourself being surrounded by a white luminous egg shaped energy field. Another visualization to practice and use is the five pointed star. Imagine yourself standing with legs spread and arms stretched out to your side. Start drawing a line with white light from your left hand across your body to the right hand, then down to the left foot, then up to the crown of your head, then down to the right foot, and finally back to the left hand to complete the five pointed star. Draw the star so that you are inside of the star.

So to summarize what you need to do…

1. Be aware you are picking something up, acknowledge it.
2. Send them the healing energy they need.
3. Protect yourself, separate yourself from their energy. Be deliberate, be intentional and it will happen.

On a similar note I had situation with my own mother where she was taking energy from me, even though we lived 1300 miles away from each other. I used a different visualization and got a very dramatic result. That story is also in my book…if you liked this blog you really do need to read this book. This and many other personal experiences I have had tell me that our minds have a lot of power. Taking the time to be intentional in our thoughts really does make a difference.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

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How do you attract the right kind of lover? By being a vibrational energetic match to the kind of lover you wish to attract! People are really confused about how life works when they say, “Why do I always attract the wrong kind of person?” It is because the person you are attracted to is mirroring something back to you that you need to see. The fact that you are asking the question means you don’t see it. If you make it your intention to see it then you can change and move on sooner. If you simply blame it on the others, you may stay in a seemingly endless pattern of attracting the same kind of person until you do see what it is that is in you that attracts such people.

While I was dating I met many women who said they wanted a kind and loving man; one who was interested in spiritual growth. Yet when they looked at me they could NOT recognize that I had those qualities. And the men they were attracted to, the ones who they had that chemistry with, those were usually the men who did not have those qualities. Not being able to recognize certain qualities means you don’t have them yourself or that something inside of you, some conflicting desire you hold, is blinding you to what is really there.

Later in life, those women who were paying attention, who were learning from life and healing their self-esteem found themselves naturally attracted to those kind, loving men who were interested in spiritual growth and they lost their attraction for the rough and abusive sort of men.

If you just want a relationship and are desperate to have one, you may find yourself in a difficult place. On one hand a person you meet and get involved with may not be the perfect fit you desire, but hormones, family pressure, financial challenges, having children or a lack of experience and awareness can get you caught up with someone who does great harm in your life. But if you focus primarily on taking care of yourself and your own needs, if you grow and learn to love yourself, then you will find you have the luxury to be patient and to pick and choose.

My wife Shyni had that sort of patience and waited until she was thirty years old. Did she miss out by not having other lovers before she met me? Some would say yes, but she never had the dramas and traumas that others had either. And being a single mother of an adopted child and the primary wage earner for her brother and mother, she did not waste her energy on men who would use her and abuse her. Shyni never regretted her decision.

I was impatient, inexperienced and unaware and married two women that ended in divorce. I was deeply hurt by those women and what I perceived they did to me. I dated many other women, and was sexually active. I had a very high income during those years, yet had nothing to show for it later in my life. Did I make a mistake? In many ways yes; if I knew then what I know now, I certainly would have done things different…but I did not know. Those relationships taught me many things about life, other people and myself; wisdom gained from experience which I am sharing with many people today. So we do need to be careful what we label a mistake and what we label missing out. Awareness and shifting your perspective is always helpful.

Things to be Aware Of

Be clear in what you will accept and what you will not accept. Draw your boundaries carefully. One issue many women have is with men wanting to share out their women, or wanting multiple lovers at the same time. There is nothing wrong with this if this is what you want too. But if it is not, then there is everything wrong with it. Our desires are creative!!! If a man wants this and you do not, or vice versa, then you are not a match. Even if he/she says they are willing to give up their desires to be with you, eventually the desire will create! It must, that is how life works. Then there will be apologies such as, “I did not mean that to happen, it just happened.” So do not settle. Find the lover that is the right match for your sexual preferences.

If you do settle be prepared to deal with the inevitable playing around that will happen. Don’t blame it on him, you were warned. Don’t judge him either. It is natural and hormonal for men to be like that. Also it has to do with his self-esteem that needs a boost and him not understanding how to do that for himself. Don’t blame it on yourself either, that is what he wanted, what he needed, and what he created. It does not matter how beautiful, how loving, how helpful, or how rich or whatever you try to be. If someone wants something that you do not have to offer they will find a way to fulfill it.

There is a real easy way to find out what a person wants sexually. Ask! But you must be clever in how you ask.

Men, and even some women, get all kinds of crazy ideas about sex, multiple lovers, group sex or swapping are just some of them. Men are animals! Okay sometimes it is the other way around, but not usually. Of course this is a generalization and it is the reason why you need to ask. It is pretty easy to sort it out right from the start…ask them. When you meet a new man ask, “Do you like to share?” Use a sexy voice; make it look like you want that. Do they want group sex? Any other ideas ask…most men who want such a thing will think, Wow, I have a hot one here, let’s go for it, and they will respond accordingly. But the men who find that repugnant will also respond accordingly. Then blow off the men who don’t suit your needs. Go further with the men who reject such ideas. If they think you are not right, just tell them you were testing them, which is the truth.

Men can ask the same sort of questions to the women they meet. If a woman says she does not want that, it is very unlikely that you will convince her. If you do beg and plead and manipulate her into accepting it, and you do have sex with other women, there will be hurt feelings and trouble. Most people know what they want. They don’t need to be convinced or manipulated. If you find yourself doing that you are really wasting a lot of energy. Lying about it won’t get you what you want either. It may get you more sex, but it will also get you a lot of pain. Not just the immediate pain you get from breaking one woman’s trust, but there will be karmic repercussions too! You don’t need to do that. Law of Attraction can match you up with women who are sexually playful or who understand that some men like a bit of variety. Yes there are women out there like that. And it is more likely to happen if you don’t waste your time with the women who don’t want that sort of thing when you do.

Be aware that there are sexual predators that will get involved with you with the view to also have sex with your children. They certainly won’t announce this. But those kinds of personalities often go with abusive men. So watch out for such things.

Watch out for anger and judgment. In the beginning a person might be real nice and loving to you, but how do they treat others? If he or she is mean, judgmental or easily gets angry at others, then one day they will be doing it to you or your children. How do they talk about other people? One day they will talk about you in the same way. If they have harsh ideas about crime and punishment, then one day when you do something they do not like that harshness will turn on you.

What kind of movies and TV do they watch? Movies and TV are influencing their mind and the habits they are developing. They are also a reflection of that which is already in their mind. Ask them how their shows make them feel. Do you want your mate to like feeling that way? How often do they watch? Or do they tend to do other things to relax or use their free time to educate themselves? These things are pretty easy to observe. They are not likely to change, at least not if it is you that is asking for them to change. People must want to change and intend to do so.

A secretive person can drive you nuts and most likely has something to hide. Will they share their income with you? Are they generous? Are they forthright with how much money they make? They can give you all sorts of excuses as to why they hide or keep their money solely for themselves and do not share, but in the end that will be the flavor of your relationship.

Are they needy? Do they talk too much? Do they need to be with you all of the time? Do they have to know everything you do, every person you talk to? Are they trying to control you? They will take your energy and leave you exhausted.

Don’t be so desperate to just settle for anybody. If you do, then you must realize it is temporary and will surely end sometime due to a lack of compatibility. You can and should learn to satisfy your own needs for love and peace and happiness. These things do NOT come from others. If you had that understanding from experience then you could be more patient and discerning.

Do the work you need to do on yourself and becoming the kind of person you want to be, someone who gives love, and who feels lovable and worthy of an appropriate partner and Law of Attraction will sort out the rest. Honestly, like attracts like. If you do not love yourself, you will be attracted to someone who will do unloving things to you. If you have abandonment issues you are very likely to be attracted to someone who is always threatening to leave you. If you have anger issues you will find someone to be angry at and you will damage your relationship.

You Cannot Wait Until You Are Perfect

I am NOT saying you should not be in a relationship if you have issues to work out. Most people do have issues and would go entire lifetimes without a relationship if they waited. In fact relationships are one of the best ways to work through such issues. However, you should make it your intention to get to know yourself, know your issues, and be working to clarify them. Be proactive, there is plenty of reading material you can learn from and plenty of classes and seminars.

You should also not be too surprised, and not be too heartbroken, if the relationship ends due to these issues. A breakup is NOT the end of the world. It can happen no matter what you do. If you work through your issues, your partner may no longer be a match for you and one of you may decide to end it. If the issues are not worked out, they may flare up to the point where the relationship is too painful to remain together.

Either way attachment is the source of pain. Happiness does not come from having what you want but from wanting what you have, which could mean the absence of someone else making life more difficult for you. Learn to love what you have and be open to change. Change always brings you something that you desire. So when change comes, welcome it and be curious…There are many things I have wanted, which ones will be coming next? What will I learn along the way? How can I use my new circumstance to become a stronger and more loving person?

So my recommendation is to focus on yourself, what you think, how does your thoughts make you act…and does they serve you? I’ve had some comments on other blogs from many friends who just cannot forgive certain things. Until you do you are likely to attract people with those qualities you cannot forgive into your life, one after another, until you learn the lesson of forgiveness.

I want to remind you of one thing…forgiveness is NOT the same thing as accepting bad behavior in your life. Forgiveness is the absence of judgment; it is about not dwelling upon the harmful actions of others and not wishing them pain and suffering. If you forgive someone you want them to understand, you want them to do better next time and you want them to heal. But forgiveness does not require that you give them the chance to work out their dysfunction in your life.

I also recommend reading these other blogs which also give good insight into relationships at their various stages.

* Relationship Break Ups – How to Cope
* The Secret to Creating Lasting Romance
* Self Healing Guide – From Misery to Bliss

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Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
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I wrote a blog called Drug Addicts, Prostitutes, Child Molesters, Liars & Cheaters…are They the Scum of the Earth? I got a LOT of comments about Child Molesters being in a category of their own. In this blog I want to address this issue in a way that will make logical as well as emotional sense to you. When it comes to the effect these people have on our lives, I too believe they are in a category of their own. Unless we do something very practical about them it is only going to get worse.

Here are just some of the comments made by some of my friends…

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I am not sure how much I agree with you bunching up together “child molesters” with “liars” and “drug addicts”…I am sure you realize there is a huge difference between them…HOWEVER, child molesters have NO ROOM in this planet. Can you please explain why would you compare a liar or cheater to a child molester?

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Michael you know I love you to pieces, and think you’re extremely intelligent and wise…But- I can’t believe you would classify drug addicts & prostitutes in the same category as child molesters! Michael I’m really, really disappointed. Having to sell yourself for money is completely different from molesting a child…You can’t even compare.

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I agree with others’ assessment on this child molester issue…The degree and severity of the action trumps the others at least one hundred fold. To put the argument that society should have a vested interest in rehabilitating a child molester is valid - I don’t think they should be camped away in some dark dungeon for the rest of their lives.

When one chooses certain actions, the reactions or consequences of those actions are not the victim’s - they are the perpetrator’s. When one abuses a child, it is not the child that punishes the molester, it is the molester’s own actions which come back to haunt him…they still must face the consequence of their actions. Don’t neglect this point Michael. If you do, you’re not being honest with yourself, or others.

I have removed some of their actual comments to keep this blog short. To read their full comments please visit my blog Drug Addicts, Prostitutes, Child Molesters, Liars & Cheaters…are They the Scum of the Earth.

I appreciate everyone who commented on this issue. I felt your comments were all genuine, respectful and well meaning (especially if you view the full text of their comments.) However I can see there is much missing in the understanding of the general public on this issue.

This really becomes an issue of do you want to keep shooting yourself in the foot or are you ready to throw your guns away? You have two choices…which one do you choose?

I lumped Drug Addicts, Prostitutes, Child Molesters, Liars & Cheaters all together in the same category because from the smallest of issues to the largest of issues, judgment will harm you. I know there is a difference in the severity of these “crimes” as in the impact it has on the lives of people here in the physical world, this is quite clear. But there is no crime hideous enough that it should cause us to hate and judge and punish…that is shooting yourself in the foot.

I saw a news report just a few days ago about one state which is considering the death penalty for a man who molested his eight year old step daughter. When I watched the news report, and considered the systems we have in place to deal with people like this, I was all for the death penalty too. Yes, for a few moments, I too wanted to see this man killed and for the message to go out to others just how much we really hate this crime so that anyone with this sort of thinking will think twice about committing such a crime and will seek help.

Okay, but that opinion is only in the context of our current systems, and it was only a knee-jerk reaction to my feelings about the horrible crime he committed. My desire to kill was in the context of feeling frustrated that such things continue to go on in our world. Why haven’t these people gotten the message yet? And my feelings are in the context that I spent time focusing on such an issue and the powerlessness we have as a result of the lame systems we do have in place.

These are very real human emotions that most people in our society do feel.

However this type of emotional reaction is a lot like fighting with a tar baby. The more you punch and kick and wrestle with a dummy made of tar, the more stuck you become until you cannot move at all. It is just like the peace we are supposed to win each time we go to war, yet we discover in time we end up with mental problems, debts, a larger war machine, a lot of dead people, and countries that are angry at each other.

We must move past these painful human emotions if we want to stop such crimes from ever happening again on this planet. I know from personal experience that it is possible to change our automatic reaction. It would be nice if we could eliminate such crimes altogether, we can hope and reach for that, but we cannot control the actions of other people to such an extent.

I do know that we can significantly reduce the number of these horrible crimes. This should be our goal. If we make punishment our goal, these crimes will not go away nor will they be reduced. We have used punishment as a deterrent for crime for thousands of years. It doesn’t work, history has proven this. In the cases where extreme punishments have been used, crime is reduced, but so is the level of confidence, freedom, and wellbeing of the society. In such a society it is easy to push innocent people into a machine we call justice and eat them up alive…which is a crime in itself. It is also easier for guilty people to get off because the punishment is so extreme the guilty will do anything to protect themselves, including terrorizing anyone who would testify against them.

Focusing on punishment is a form of terrorism.

By punishing our criminals we teach the bulk of our society that terrorism is the way to achieve our goals. Individuals are more inclined to strap on bombs, or go to some public place with a gun and kill others when they are upset and decide an injustice has occurred. This punishment mentality cannot be confined to only the horrible crimes such as child molestation, rape and sadistic murders because terrorism becomes a habitual pattern in everybody’s mind for problem solving. Large angry mobs develop and insist we must brutally punish people for certain behaviors that may not even be crimes at all.

We can see this with the war on drugs. As was stated by my friends we can all clearly see that one who molests a child is in a whole different class of offense than one who is consuming or even selling drugs. Yet the punish, punish, punish mindset of America has locked away millions of people for a very long time, in horrible conditions, merely for consuming drugs. It is extreme, excessive and abusive treatment for relatively minor crimes…which should not even be considered crimes at all! Our politicians listen to the angry mobs and run their campaign on platforms of harsh punishment. All sensibility is thrown out the window and we end up living in a society that is cruel and insane. That is the state of America today. It is due to this terrorist mentality of using punishment to solve our social problems.

Our families are affected by this too. In many families parents terrorize their children. Elder children terrorize the younger ones. Bullies abound in America. This is something I see all the time in the USA and hardly ever in Australia or in India. I know it exists worldwide, but our culture promotes such a violent, policing, judgmental type of attitude about so many things that it is reflected in the state of our youngest children up to the oldest of adults. How is it that people in other countries even survive without beating, shooting or imprisoning so many in their population? And why are they so much happier than Americans? And why does it feel so much better to live in those countries than it does in America.

Who is good enough to judge another and to prescribe a punishment for another? Are you? I know that I am not. Most people I know have their own dysfunctional behaviors going on and should be dealing with those issues rather than judging others.

I know for a fact that when I get angry at someone else or even some situation, that I have not understood something. And when I do come to understand it dramatically alters my emotional state and I feel like I was the one in the wrong. Do you know why I know this for a fact? Because I have worked for many years on overcoming my rage and I am about 99 percent there. When I was angry I forced myself to settle down and to pay enough attention and to look deeper into the situation. Then I saw that I had seriously misunderstood the situation. Not just some of the time, not just most of the time, EVERY TIME! I am not just a stupid fool that I always get confused and pissed off! I am a very intelligent man who becomes insane whenever the feeling of anger arises within me. And I am willing to bet this is true of 100 percent of humanity too.

The Worst Crime of All

We stunt our spiritual growth by holding on to a stance of using punishment as the way we deal with crime of any sort. I consider this the worst crime of all. If you only knew the beauty of divine union with God, you would understand what I mean. It is an experience that is so beautiful, that to rob others of it is a crime as hideous as murder. Divine union with God is not possible for someone who would punish another person because that other person is God. Your own desire to punish God results in the inability to unite that closely with God. When we teach our society that punishment is the answer to crime, no matter how small or how large we judge the crime to be, we prevent our fellow human beings from experiencing divine union with God.

When I tell people I have experienced divine union with God they just don’t understand. When a person has not had an experience they cannot relate. Some people try to. Recently one woman responded with, “I too experience God. I have a deep, abiding, PERSONAL relationship with Christ.” Yet the rest of what she wrote indicated that she has NOT had this experience I that am referring to. I have met others that totally understood. Their words and understanding of life reflected it. I tell you this, if you are having a difficult time understanding my perspective, or you completely disagree, then you have not had this experience I am describing. If you have ever experienced divine union with God you will know that all other beings are indeed you, are indeed God, are indeed your beloved Jesus or whoever it is that you worship. If you ever came close to having this experience you would know the incredible pain of coming face to face with God with a heart that wants to put a bullet in his head or lock him up in the darkest prison experience imaginable.

I am not trying to come off as someone who is superior for having had such an experience. I am only trying to impress upon you that I may have actually been somewhere you have not and that from that place the answer to all of our life’s problems was clear. It is just a bit like…

This is Just like Skiing

When I was a young hot shot intermediate skier I wanted to ski the black diamond runs…I am talking about those very steep slopes. My friend and I would stand at the top of the slope and we would cautiously start skiing down by cutting across the slope, but we always got to a point where we had to turn to go the other way. The problem was that by the time we had to make that turn we had way too much speed going and we had to turn such that for a short time we were heading straight down that steep slope. We often fell. Or we would interrupt our flow by stopping and making an awkward stepping and hopping sort of turn to cut across that slope in the opposite direction.

Our style was not very elegant; this was not how we saw the advanced skiers doing it. They were basically going straight down the slope and gracefully cutting a lot of turns as they went leaving a pattern like a snake in the snow. So we tried to imitate them without much luck. Sometimes we would barrel down that slope so fast that all we could do was hope we would make it to the bottom of the steep part and then slow ourselves down, other times we fell, and other times we bailed out and started cutting across the slope again.

Then one day we skied with a friend who had been a ski instructor. He taught us that we had to lean over our tips hard. He showed us how to slow our decent by making a graceful turn every few seconds. “Lean over our tips?!?” That sounded like suicide to me! I had never done it, so I did not understand how that could possibly work. My mind was telling me that I would fall for sure, or go flying down that slope faster than ever. I had a difficult time accepting it. I was really scared to try but I did. You know what? It works and is actually very easy and a lot of fun!

This whole issue people have with punishment is just like this. Most people are too afraid to try something new. They are too wrapped up in their emotions and their judgment and their hatred for these very sick people to see the God within them or to evaluate clearly if the way we as a society have been dealing with them is working. If we want to advance from a mediocre society to an advanced one, we will have to face this challenge and approach this issue with love.

Have I Proven My Point?

So this idea of terrorizing criminals into submission creates an endless cycle of abuse. This should be very clear. Have I proven this to your satisfaction? What is missing? Do you still believe you can punish the wicked of this world in some way and create a world of beauty and peace? Can you clearly articulate what it is that you do not understand, or why is it you disagree? If so then please do so in a comment. Understanding these points I have been making is the foundation of moving out of this endless cycle that humanity seems to be stuck in. If we cannot prove our current ways are doomed to failure beyond a shadow of doubt for the ordinary human being then we cannot motivate them to try a different approach.

There is Another Way

Love is the answer to all problems. Loving someone is NOT the same thing as setting them free and ignoring their dysfunctional and criminal behaviors. You can love someone and still lock them up or come up with other ways to prevent them from continuing to harm society.

If you shift from a shocked, horrified and judgmental state of mind to a compassionate and loving state of mind you are free to explore all of the possibilities for solving a problem. If you become relaxed and peaceful then you open up to inspiration that will NOT come when you hold on to bitter and hateful judgment. This is what is necessary to solve this problem we have with abusive people.

There are many who would say the punishment of the abuser is assured by God. I would disagree because God is not punishing them but teaching them. As such we should leave these teaching methods to God who knows enough to make the judgments and decisions of how to best teach these abusive people. God is in charge of karma. Indeed if I beat someone for abusing me or my child, that abuser has received some of his karmic payback. But still I have created karma for myself. Thus we need to leave the karma of others to God and we need to create our own karma and life experience as we want it to be.

I will NOT say that I have the perfect solution to this problem, as in the physical steps we must take, but I am certain that it starts in a peaceful loving mind. The solution that works will not come from the mind of a bitter, angry and judgmental person. We must clear out our judgment to make room for the solutions we seek to come to the surface.

Examples of possible solutions:

* Lock these criminals up in a compassionate way. They lose their liberty because they cannot be trusted, not as a punishment. Allow them to only have entertainment and reading material that helps them see the harm they have done, and teaches them a way of living that is loving and harmonious. Bring loving and compassionate teachers in to retrain them, even if they will never be free again. Teach them how to mediate and get in touch with God within their own being. STOP teaching them that Jesus forgives them and all they have to do is believe. People who believe this sort of BS do not even try to change, why should they?

* For those who are freed put an ankle bracelet on them that contains GPS tracking, a sensor, and a taser. If the sensor detects violent behavior then the bracelet tasers them to the ground. I bet the technology exists to do such a thing.

* Teach ALL children at the youngest age about such predators. Standardize the ways we teach it. Carefully monitor the results to make sure we are not traumatizing the little ones but preparing them to take care of themselves and stay out of dangerous situations. Prepare them to tell a trusted adult if they are abused rather than letting it go on for years.

* Teach young and mature women that this danger exists. Teach them about how men look for unmarried mothers of girls so they have captive young girls to prey upon.

* Make sexuality more acceptable and accessible in our society. Legalize prostitution! Stop stigmatizing the sexually promiscuous. Much of this is abnormal sexual behavior is due to the repression of our natural sexual desires.

* Make violence and punishment more unacceptable in our society. Much of this abnormal violent behavior is due to being taught that violence is the way to power when they were a young child and they were abused. And it is also why so many stubbornly hold on to it as the way to control and protect our society even though it is not working. People with a violent way of dealing with problems are not powerful, they are powerless!

We must begin to take a long term view of this problem. This person with this horrible social problem is going to come back via reincarnation. Even if we lock them up for life, we need to retrain them such that when they do come back to again via reincarnation and mix in with society that they have developed loving and sane social skills. These habits we embed in the personality through repetition do carry over into our next incarnations. This is one of the reasons I promote loving kindness in the face of their harmful behavior. As one of my friends said, there is “NO ROOM on this planet” for them. But too bad so sad, you have no control over this. If you kill them today, tomorrow they will be born again and soon enough repeat these behaviors. You cannot kill this out of people. They must be taught a new way of being.

By forgiving and loving these unloving people we are loving and forgiving ourselves. We are setting an example for others to follow. Our society will develop the habit and skill of handling horrible events with compassion and love creating outcomes that are best for all concerned.

Tink
Sorry, Michael, have a real problem withholding judgment with regard to child molesters. You honestly cannot place them into the same genre as drug addicts and prostitutes. Apples and oranges.

Walk in the shoes of a parent for just a moment. Your daughter is molested, maybe raped, possibly killed, by a grown man. Your daughter is 4. Say your daughter survives the molestation and it does not go beyond that. The man is captured. The whole thing goes to court.

How can a person honestly set aside all anger, hatred, and even judgment in the face of the horrific act done to an innocent child?

I will agree that NOT everyone will be able to set aside their anger and hatred. Yet as a society this is what we need to be doing for all of the reasons I have already given. To not do this is to remain stuck. We consider a person a hero when they shed their own life in battle, fighting fires, going to the rescue of the helpless, they do it for others and for the greater good of their society. There are many such stories and popular movies around this topic. We get all emotional and swept up in such stories when we see that happen. We are inspired.

What about what Gandhi and the Indian people did in their struggle against British occupation? Watch the video called Gandhi. They conquered their enemy by clearly showing the British that they were brutal people attacking innocent non violent people. They put their own lives in peril, without fighting, but just by being there they won peace.

I will tell you from my own personal experiences in life, that you can overcome any emotion by simply changing your mind and focusing your attention somewhere else. Pain occurs; dwelling on it only amplifies and extends it.

If you let these ideas sink in, if you read my other blogs on this topic of how forgiveness helps yourself and how judgment and hatred poisons the one who is doing the hating, if you take my advice just some of time and observe how it changes things for you and for others, then you will know this is some advanced and profound wisdom. This is the only approach that will work.

I know I have many people reading my blogs with advanced life skills. Please let’s have a show of support, and echo of the truth…how has letting go of judgment, hatred, anger and fear changed your life? And for those who have not yet given it a try…be brave, be a hero, give it a try; what do you have to lose?

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

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Of what value is belief? This conversation began with a simple question about the form life takes throughout the universe. An interesting question…a curiosity to satisfy…but we must first come to know who we are, from experience, NOT from belief or from the teachings of others. Only then we can really know the answers to such questions. You should not believe me or anyone else. You must discover the knowledge that lives inside of you…

Tryphania

I was just curious…and wanted to know what your thoughts are on the possibility of life existing in other parts of our universe? Do you think we are alone?

There is NOWHERE that Life is Not. For God is Everywhere and Everything.

However, the Human experience is the highest experience that God has of Himself in existence. Perhaps that is duplicated in other places; on other planets…some say it is not, others say it is…I am not certain. But human consciousnesses can experience themselves as one with All which is one with God, and can create with the Almighty many things beyond the grasp of the ordinary human.

So, humans are the highest experience that god has of himself… and if you look at reincarnation… then, were we ever in existence of a different form other than human? I’ve always wondered how that works…

Perhaps, I have read in some places that some have been angels who decided to go human. I have read that some go through the experience of being rock, plant, and/or animal then go through the experience of being human.

In other words, what level are animals? I’ve had it explained to me before that animals and humans don’t go together in reincarnation… rather that animals evolve to a higher existence, but they do not ever reincarnate into a human form. I have not yet put my views on reincarnation into a complete belief pattern… simply because just when I think I understand it, I suddenly learn something new… and so my views are always evolving and changing and growing.

I explain much of this in my blog Evolution of a Soul. However, we are getting into pretty abstract territory here. The first problem is there are no words to fully describe an experience that is outside of the physical experience. Our words can only accurately describe that which we can experience in the physical world. Yes there are some words to describe those things beyond the physical, but how is it any person can really understand them if they don’t remember an experience that is beyond the physical?

Belief is Not Knowing

The second problem is with beliefs. Belief is NOT KNOWING. So of what value is a belief? It could be of value in the sense of it taking you to the state of knowing by giving you a guiding point to follow. But beyond that, belief is a limitation where most people get stuck. People decided to believe some philosophy and then search no further for truth, knowledge nor experience. This is the trap that too many religious people find themselves in. They get angry if you challenge their beliefs; their anger exposes the level which they are stuck within their beliefs. So one must be careful with beliefs and always remember that they really don’t know. If a person gets angry when you challenge their beliefs, they don’t know, they don’t want to know, they just want to be peaceful within their beliefs.

I have read that there are times that a human will incarnate as an animal to fulfill a desire that can more easily be fulfilled as an animal. One example was given of someone who was so in love with eating that they came back as a pig since a pig has a far greater capacity to eat than a human; after fulfilling such a desire that one then continues incarnations as a human.

I have also read that once a spark of God passes through the “Idea of Man”, once they become human for the first time then that soul must pass all the way through the many experiences and incarnations necessary to come to full and total realization of themselves once again as the spark of God they are.

I’ve also heard before that as far as reincarnation goes, humans evolve here on earth as far as they can, lifetime after lifetime, but then, once they have moved beyond what they can experience here, then they move onto other planets…where there are other life forms that live in a higher dimensional existence. Or, they stay here, and choose to help other humans on earth with their life experiences. There are whole groups of individuals who have formed religion-like congregations, based from these beliefs.

There is so much out there as far as information goes… and it’s as if the possibilities are endless! It’s also easy to become confused.

I too have read many different accounts of how things are beyond our physical incarnations. There are many versions and ideas, they are a lot of fun to explore since they cause us to expand our thinking and our view of this very small experience of life we call physical reality.

I must say in these regards I do NOT KNOW. What I do KNOW is that we exist, that we are eternal beings, that there is much more than this physical existence or single incarnation. I have had enough experience outside of my body and merged with God that I remember and know this is true, but I have not had enough experience and remembrances to validate these other fascinating things I have read.

I do trust the many sources I have read, their wisdom is so very profound and their achievements are way beyond my own, and they brought me to advance as far as I have advanced thus far and this is why I trust them and follow their lead…so for me it is a belief, a not knowing, it is something I am seeking to verify for myself.

I haven’t yet decided on what I believe, simply because there is so much out there that cannot be proven…and so then it comes down to picking and choosing what I believe…and how much faith I have.

I want to know as much as I could possibly know…and understand as much as I could possibly understand before I let myself start having too much faith in one idea.

Maybe it’s not about what is the truth…maybe it’s simply what kind of truth I want to choose?

I believe truth can be known, but there again you see I too am using the word believe. It has been my experience that I continue to discover more truths about life through experience. I also believe that to know ultimate truths, one will not be in body when one comes to know them. This physical body is too limited of a structure to hold the total truth of the unlimited within it.

For now it is enough to know that the people who go around telling us our life is limited to a single incarnation and we had better follow the one and only son of God, or the one and only master who ever existed, or the one and only true religion…it is enough to know these people do not know what they are talking about and are simply involved in a fantasy.

Go with the practical. Improve your life and your awareness each and every day. Look for evidence and proof that it is improving. Improve upon your personality. Learn how to gather energy and what it is that depletes you of energy. Learn to have your own experience of the Unlimited within yourself. These are the kinds of things I teach in my blogs and in my book. These things will hold you in good standing within yourself and enable you to be strong under any circumstance life presents to you. This will give you the greatest chance of KNOWING the truth of these things you are asking me about.

Love and Blessings,
Michael Skowronski
Author of Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story

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