I shall pet you now - from Cute Overload.com

Cat and parrot

I live in Orange County and my world has been turned upside down.

In 10 days, I will have yet another major back surgery that will leave me as one fused piece of bone from the pelvis to T1. I will be able to move my arms, shoulders, legs, and turn my head from side to side and extend my neck in every direction. Those are the only motions I will enjoy. No twisting, bending, in any direction.

I anticipate that I will be terminated from my job. No love lost there. I have a discrimination lawsuit pending, among other things. I'll have EDD for a year, and I have a pending claim for permanent disability with Social Security. I resigned myself to the fact that after that, if I do not find other sources of income, that my standard of living will decrease immeasurably. I harbor no delusions about obtaining what I need from the systems currently in place, for they are designed to *not* provide for our needs. We can observe these dysfunctional systems collapsing right before our eyes.

Love is All There Is.

I've said it before. I'll say it again. Love is All There Is.

Anything else is the pain of illusion born of separation.

There is no "other."

We are merely fractals of consciousness, looking at itself.

Unconditional love for self and others is the path out.

No hierarchy. No attachment to form.

Our judgment of emotions, separating them into a "good" pile and a "bad" pile, is a deception. All feelings are equal. They are merely fractal facets of All That Is.

And Love is All There Is.

Nothing is real, except Love. Everything is merely perfect Love and Support in disguise.

We came here to remember this and to bust the systems of illusion, separation, and lack.

Our relentless pursuit of Love outside ourselves is a distraction from what Is.

Love is All There Is.

I remember.

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas full of Love and Laughter and Joy! I have all these things and more; friends who love me and make me feel that I belong, a wonderful home full of warmth, a lover who is a mirror of my soul. These are the things I cherish, for there was a time when I had none of them. Such precious gifts! GRAB SOMEONE NEAR AND HUG THEM TIGHT!!!

I just have to know if others score as highly on the perv scale as I did. I'm 100% perv - I admit it!

http://www.gotoquiz.com/are_you_a_pervert_2

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=582&take_again=yes

http://www.quiztron.com/tests/much_of_a_pervert_an_quiz_79658.htm

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/365191/pervert_test/

The connection between forgiving ourselves and being present in the Eternal Now Moment

Even if you are not particularly sensitive to your own experience of the Human Condition, you can probably still identify things in your every life that you beat yourself up over, regret, or otherwise berate yourself for doing/thinking/feeling. We are all stuck in behavior patterns that were formed early on in an attempt to get our needs met when they were not. We even participate in elaborate stories or games with others in an attempt to seek external validation, or "strokes." We substitute the sustenance obtained by the "strokes" for actual physical contact, which is essential for survival, and which we are ultimately deprived of by our parents somewhere along the way. Whether or not we are ever able to consciously observe ourselves in these mini-dramas, or whether we are never able to separate ourselves from the viewpoint of the participant in the drama, guess what? We are all taking part in the dramas.

It would seem, therefore, that the age-old conventional wisdom about our need to forgive ourselves for our shortcomings is necessary. None of us are free from the limitations that being human entails, and none of us need suffer the agony of refusing to forgive ourselves for simply existing and for trying to get our needs met.

By doing so, we are then able to step back into the Now Moment, and are free to enjoy the stimulation, excitement, and comfort that are available to us and to our loved ones during each moment that we are able to share together, and during each moment that we are only sharing with ourselves.

So go ahead - forgive yourself for something that's been eating you. Then give yourself a hug, and be sure to give your loved ones a hug next time you spend a moment with them. It is much easier to give others permission to be human when we have given ourselves permission to be human, faults and all.

LOVE TO ALL, JUDGMENT FOR NONE, FOR WE ARE ONE

Gimme some-a-DAT

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1100584/Commander-briefs-Obama-shows-war-chest-holiday-Hawaii.html

Well he's head and shoulders prettier than Bush