The Spiritual Journey

The INNER VOICE

2009-07-08T22:21:00.001-07:00

We all have it some of us in fact most of us have more than one. The confusion this causes us for we do not want to listen to the on much less the many.

The question for many people if not most people is how to quiet the many to listen to the one also which one do we listen to.

This is a good and valid question which took me many, many years to answer. At times I fall back into hearing all of the old voice, like Saturday night I was listening to Willie and the gang (very spiritual hummm) rocking out with most people in the Building out partying as it is a young building for the most part when all of no where here came the voices.

I had let my guard down allowing all of the voices of old entrance to my mind then as I did this a wall of depressing fell upon me. I plummeted to the lowest depths I have seen in many a year.

As I realized what was happening I immediately ask Spirit and my angels for assistance to pull me out of this.

As soon as I did this the voices became quiet and there it was the small quiet voice of Spirit telling me was well while there in the quiet I felt the arms of Spirit with the presence of my Angelic Guides and Teachers surrounding me allowing me to feel the peace o the Universe as it told me I was a loved child.

There in my living room of my one bedroom apartment surrounded by my hundreds of books I gave thanks and gratitude with appreciation for all I have and all that is happening to, with and around me at this time.

I recognize my many blessings gave thanks for my short comings (oh yes there are a few of those) and just generally acknowledge that power greater than me.

I have come to find out that power does not care what we call it Universe, Spirit, Higher Power, Jehovah, God.

All It asks is that we call. It does not wish to control us it only wants to walk with us and love us.

With that in mind I want to say I Love you and BELIEVE in YOU.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com

wisaac3rd@aol.com

http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

Independence

2009-07-06T09:46:00.001-07:00

Here it is the day after Independence Day the fireworks are over, the
picnics done. Now for the tums.

In writing about the Spiritual Journey I trust all realize I am writing
from my perspective, my view point or rather my perception. This whole
series is based upon how I see the world. My role in it along with the way I
live this role.

What does this have to do with Independence? Well. I believe it has a
lot to do with it. Again, this is what I believe as I am beginning to see
this in a whole new light.

I strive for independence or so I say, yet, do I?

I never wish to be independent of Spirit for with out the help and
assistance of Spirit what really could I do.

When I realized that I was not a human being have a spiritual experience
but rather a Spiritual being having a human experience it changed my entire
life.

No, my life experiences did not become different more they became easier
to handle and experience.

If anything the experiences became rather bigger and more difficult in
appearance while I became a more at peace individual. While at times with
authority and paper work I experience anxiety and frustration, it is not the
pull out the hair and scream at the world or God that I use to experience.

No, now I can acknowledge it to the one I am working with enabling them to
understand what is happening while I then am able to move through much
more peacefully.

Independence is something I am having to understand which sometimes have
to be the independence of mind keeping control of myself while allowing
others to assist me.

At this time even the smallest things exhaust me. Going to the restroom
and returning to my chair or the ten foot trip to the refrigerator. At this
time I find that I require the assistance of Spirit to do the smallest
things.

Now I am finding that my independence require me to ask the angels and
Spirit first for assistance instead of waiting until I have dug the hole to
deep to emerge from. Now like I am doing at this time I say "Angels and
Spirit I require your assistance just to move through my day."

We must remember that except in a life and death situation where it is not
our time can the angels and Spirit interfere or interrupt without us
asking.

Any other time we have to ask for assistance, yes even when all we have
time for is ANGELS HELP or sometimes just ANGELS.
If we start our day asking for the assistance of the Angels and Spirit we
find the going so much smoother and easier.

I find that when I give myself an attitude adjustment in the morning then
it works on all those I face during the day even when I find some that may
have not heard me that morning or forgot during the day.

I must always remember that Independence starts with us as all things do
in our life. It is never the other person it is always us.

Just as it is up to me to remember always that I love and Believe in you.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

INDEPENDENCE DAY

2009-07-04T12:40:00.000-07:00

Congratulations America on surviving one more year in the mist of all of
the negativity from abroad and yes here at home. On this day when we honor
and acknowledge our independence as a country I sit here in my chair as I
honor it for another reason.

That is to honor my own independence as those around me doctors, friends
and love ones seek with all good intentions to remove my independence from
me due to my health.

I have lost my vehicular mobility as my faithful dodge van gave up the
ghost last year and not having the finances at the time to have it fixed I
sold it.

Now after my forth TIA this year and the seventh or eighth overall since
1995 with each one appearing to leave me with more and more diminished
physical mobility I am in my own revolution to regain my independence.

This I intend to do now sooner rather than later.

This is a declaration of my intentions.

I intend to:
Regain my independence
Regain my physical mobility
Regain my financial independence
Regain a measure of immersion back into society
Regain a close personal relationship to a special lady or ladies
Regain and obtain again the desire for more knowledge
Regain all of this with much, much more by allowing more love to enter my
life then allowing it to fill me to overflowing to the point it flows out
from me to the entire world then our universe from which it flows to the
entire Cosmos

I am a survivor and an overcomer for I with Spirit can do anything.

On this 4th of July 2009 I say Look out World here comes Isaac one more
time for he LOVES and BELIEVES in YOU and HIMSELF.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

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Recuperating…Again

2009-07-02T14:44:00.001-07:00

Yes, here we are one more time back from the hospital from another TIA.
Forgive me if my spelling and typing are not up to par.

I am writing today for I feel it is important to let people know that we
must keep going. I have been told that I may not go back to my part time
job by my doctors they say that part of my life is over…REALLY.

Well, maybe so. If that is, and I know it is, true then there is
something bigger and better for me just ahead.

I heard a wonderful line the other day. I wish I could claim it for my
own for it fits into my philosophy so wonderfully.

It goes something like this "It is amazing what you can see when you open
your eyes"

That is truly a true statement. Try walking through your house in an area
you think you know fairly well. Don't be surprised if you hit your shins
or your head as you do it.

Even in an area we know it is difficult so just think of if you do not
know an area how hard it would be.

That is another reason folks find it hard when they get into the spiritual
arena. Most folks are attempting to see Spirit through the eyes of
religion for from what I have seen few if any 'religions' have any true Spirit
in them. Most all of them have spirit whether it is the spirit of 'give me
what you have' or 'if you do not do what I say you'll go to Hell'.

Yes, once we open our Spiritual eyes life appears so much more, so
beautiful that no matter what happens we can say Thank you Spirit.

When I woke up in the emergency room being cared for after collapsing in
the waiting room I said thank you for allowing me to awaken. At the time
there was little to no feeling or movement in my arms or legs.

I am blessed for I have now received the ability to move around on my own
with the aid of a walker or cane although I am very tire after just going
to the ice box or bath room.

I am home for although the doctor wanted me in an assisted living facility
for a while med i care would not approve it without a very high share of
cost.

Enough about the mundane things they will still be there or not so what I
do is focus on the fact that under all this brown stuff there has got to be
a beautiful pony.

What I am saying is there is something wonderful happening to me right now
as long as I keep my Spiritual eyes open to see it.

Again, I literally have no idea how I shall survive on so many levels,
financially is just one of them...the key is that I know I shall survive.
I see so many doors opening that I know all with be well. I know that
what ever I look for I shall find. I am now looking for a beautiful wonder
life with grace and ease.

I also know that I love, appreciate, and believe in YOU

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

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Understanding Inclusion to Transcendence

2009-06-27T07:36:00.001-07:00

Welcome to a Saturday Edition of the Journey. This is a treat for me for
I am usually at this time of the morning on Saturday I am getting ready to
go catch my bus for work. I do not start until 11:00 but because one of
the bus's I must take is only once an hour I must start early just in case
there is a no show on it.

That is really not here or there or important for what is important is my
son is giving me a ride this morning and we shall have breakfast on the
way.

So I have a little extra time and I felt like I should write this morning
so here it is.

Understanding Inclusion to Transcendence
What does this mean? I think that is why I am writing today for I awoke
with Inclusion to Transcendence on my mind and my lips.

Understanding is something I am really working on now. For years all I
wanted was to be understood now it seems what I want is not so much to be
understood as to understand.
Yes, understand myself first and foremost. Then once I have done that and
it seems even as I am doing it I am seeking to understand others.

The message I keep getting is not to worry about the understanding but to
love us all, myself included.

This then I think is where the Inclusion to Transcendence comes in. We
are to include all in our love as this brings us to Transcendence.

Transcendence, as I am choosing to understand it is rising above that
around us to a state of grace or forgiveness.

A state of consciousness if you will of intense spirituality of being one
with Spirit which is a natural state: although it is one which most people
either have no idea of having ever heard of it. Or they have never heard of
it, have forgotten it or just are too busy to attempt to find it or be in
it.

As I said earlier it is a natural state of consciousness for we are
Spiritual Beings having a human experience.

Most people think we are Human Beings having once in a while a spiritual
experience, while in reality we are Spiritual Beings that have chosen to
immerse ourselves into this thing called the human experience.

When we choose to acknowledge this state and realize we can and do live in
it then we can choose to rise above the ordinary human state and
experience our true state of
Spirituality Being. When we do this we rise into the state of
Transendence.

So how do we rise from our human state into a state of Spiritual
Transcendence.

First off we do it by doing it.

OK for some of us that just doesn't work for we if have to have a blue
print or someone to hold our hands.

Now don't be upset for that is what has happened to those that are 'stuck'
in their humanity for the reason that in the human experience there are
several ways to learn. We may learn by hearing about it, reading about it,
actually doing it.

Then we may also be one that may have to do any combination or even all
three in order to learn. Then as the son of one of my best friends we may
have to have someone take our hand and make the letters of the alphabet for
us or take us to the ball field and stand with us and hold the bat with us
so we can learn.

This is why so many great advances in education have taken place for we
are UNDERSTANDING more about our human state.

Einstein was thought to have learning disabilities or some thought he was
actually mentally challenged or in the vernacular of his day and time…
Retarded.

Yes Einstein, one of our greatest minds was MISunderstood.

Understanding comes with learning which may sometimes come as a flash of
lightening out of a storm.

Yes, out of the storm of life can come the flash of understanding.

Understanding that we can rise above this level of humanity, not because
we are special or anything out of the ordinary. For it is greater than that
we are not special for we all are Spiritual. That is the Thing coming to
the realization or understanding that in being Spiritual we can rise above
all things by Including all into our love thereby transcending us to a
state of Loving Transcendence.

I feel being lead and called into bringing this message to more and more
people. My humanity says due to my health, finances, etc. etc. I can't
while my Spirituality tells me I MUST.

Right now what I must do is tell you I LOVE and BELIEVE in YOU

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

GIFTING and GIFTS

2009-06-24T13:24:00.000-07:00

GIFTING and GIFTS

Gifting or giving is our main survival tool. As we do unto others so it
is done unto us or what goes around comes around.

Some times it appears that the Golden Rule is He that has the Gold makes
the rules and to a certain extent that is true but trust me what goes around
comes around.

As regular readers of this know I attempt to live by the harm none rule
and so as I will. Well it is amazing how difficult that may be at times, but
in the end it is always for the best.

I am learning how very powerful silence is. Not only is it golden but it
is powerful only to be used when getting a major point across for if it is
used too often it loses its power as people know what you are doing.

Also a closed mouth gathers no foot.

Trust me I know how hard it is to walk with one foot in may mouth and
impossible when both are in there. Been there, done that, got the T shirt,
wrote the book and the poem and sang the song.

The life I led would put the soap operas in a far second place with most
people thinking it would be a fantasy tale.

I have my own stories of overseas, Oz, Deadwood, Carnival.

Died on the operating table for much more than the accepted time of coming
back not a vegetable, of course my ex's might argue about that.

I have said all of this to say that the one constant through it all on my
part was my giving. I have given my favorite jacket (Pea Coat) to a man
with no coat. I have given more than once my last dollar to someone that
appeared to need it more.

I have had people flag me down and given me money when I was broke or so
close to it you could not tell the difference.

My gifting and giving has kept me going for as we do unto others so will
they do unto us as what goes around comes around.

There is a catch to gifting though for it has to come from the heart and
not because we expect something from it. The Exception is as we give it we
give thanks for it being with us and invite it to come back soon and bring
all of it's friends, relatives and neighbors with it.

Money is energy and goes to those that respect it and love it to the
extent they recognize it as tool such as a hammer, saw or computer,

Money goes to where it is respected and used.

How you use it is not moneys concern it is for you to use in a proper
manner. Waste and it will stop coming, Hoard it and it will stop coming.

Use it properly and it will always be there for you just when you
actually, really need it. Not necessarily when you desire it although treat it
properly and allow it to grow and work for you which is not hoarding.

It is using it respectfully and allowing it to go around and come back to
us.

That is the challenge today for people are operating out of fear and not
using their money properly. Many thought they were, however they didn't do
their due diligence relying on others without checking the individuals out
or even the companies by seeing their recent histories.

An honest person can not be cheated. This is the basis of all con games.
Con men play on our greed of getting something for nothing.

When we take responsibility for all of our life, including our money, Life
changes for us.

I now take responsibility for Loving you and Believing in You and that is
my continuing gift to you.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

The Inner Voice

2009-06-22T17:57:00.000-07:00

Last week I wrote about my depression and fear of going to a pizza party.
Well, I went the party had some great food and really enjoyed myself
although the evening ended way too early for me. I had arranged for some folks
to give me a ride home the only challenge was they didn't show up.

My son called to make sure I had a ride for he was headed to bed as he has
to get up at 5:00am to go to work and he could come get me but it had to
be now.

So I left actually just as the party was getting moving good. Ah but the
pizza was good.

Now what does that have to do with the inner voice that we all have. If
we are fortunate we only have the one voice of Spirit talking to us. If we
aren't then we have Spirit and those imitators that would like us to think
they are Spirit and they are spirit just not the Spirit.

How to tell what to listen to amid all of that clamor is too just take a
moment and listen for that still quiet voice telling all is well and is
giving you those quiet comforting words of peace.

Spirit is never loud or negative even when advising away from a potential
challenging event. Even in those time rather than tell not to do something
Spirit will always point out an alternate positive route to take to keep
to the High Road.

It is always interesting for even when I know what Spirit is telling me I
at times take the other road and it is always 'interesting' to say the
least.

I always know the right way and even when that small inner voice read
Spirit in there tells me I still at times allow ego to get the best and most of
the times it would have been best to go the other way.

You know the ancient Chinese had a toast or saying which in effect was
actually a curse and it went "may you have an interesting life".

That is what I have had and it has been interesting a lost of boredom
mixed with moments of outright death defying excitement.

The inner voice will always guide us right once we learn to listen to the
right one and not go our own way.

Life is learning to listen and not just to our own inner voice but to
listen to others and actually really hear them.

Most of the time folks just want us to listen to them not try to fix them
but just to listen.

Two things I have learned over the years one is remember that there is no
past it is gone and can not be found anywhere in except in memory and ask
ten different people about any event they all witnessed you will get ten
different versions which and a trained investigator or researcher will search
for the common threads in all of the statements.

The other thing is that I have never made a mistake. I have had a lot of
lessons in my life and some of them had to be repeated before I learned the
lesson but there has never been a mistake for where ever my life lead me
that is where I was meant to be.

There have been many, many lessons and non of them were mistakes of if
there is no past how could have been mistakes?

Anyway a lesson is not a mistake it is a lesson and that is what I am here
for is to learn my lessons.

The main thing I have learned is that love and believe in YOU

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

Depression

2009-06-18T11:46:00.001-07:00

For years now I have not only known that depression is real I have
experienced the darkest pits of it. Being diagnosed as bi-polar or
manic-depressive I tend to know the extreme highs as well as the extreme lows.

I have chosen to deal with it without medication for I dislike the slight
line feeling. The lows are difficult but the highest are awesome.

I have come to recognize when I am in either state as now I feel myself
enter the depressive state and know that only I can bring myself out of it.
At times like this I usually dig out my Garfield comics or put on some dvd
comedy.

I believe I know what has triggered this state today. I believe it may be
an invitation to a pizza party tonight from some old friends for ever
since I received it started to sink down into this state.

Why, you may ask have I allowed this to occur for most people say they
have no control over them as I did at one time until a friend showed me I
usually controlled it to the point where no one had any idea and I would just
go off on my own and allow it to be.

For almost three years now I have been healing from a major life changing
incident in where my lack of control cost me every thing I had at the time
except for my children who have always stood by me as well as a few close
friends.

The invitation triggered it because it enters me back into the circle of
friends that I had at the time. This being Southern California there will
of course be others that I haven't met however having been a virtual hermit
for three years I have chosen to not be around people in a conversational
way.

I have always been a man of a few words unless there was a glass of wine
or something handy. I usually have a glass of diet coke but tonight who
knows.

There is also the off chance that one that was very special to me may
present also however even that will not keep me from attending.

I shall take the bus or have my son give me a ride and one of the hosts or
their friends will give me a ride home.

I am sharing all of this with you so that if any of you out there are
going through anything like this know it too shall pass and we will survive.

It is a matter of control, personal control of ourselves and facing our
fears. Not only facing them but going into and through them no matter what
they may be.

Now don't be stupid if you are afraid to cross the freeway during rush
hour that isn't fear that is wisdom.
Again learn to change the things we can, accept the things we can't and be
wise enough to know the difference.

As a young man I did so many things and experienced so many lovely ladies
and never really thought twice about just about the moment and how to enjoy
it and now in my wisdom I find that is the key.

Be in the moment and just enjoy being there where ever there may be. In
every situation enjoy it and see what the good is there in it for there is
good in every single situation if we but look for it.

Sometimes we have to dig very deep to find it but it is always there IF we
are open to finding it.

All of life is perception. That is all life is perception.

How we perceive it to be and yes we can look and find all that is wrong in
the world and the more we look the more we will find.

However the opposite is true also for the more we look for the good around
us and within us the more we will find.

There is good in all and I search for it in people. I may have to start
with the fact they have good taste in clothes or I may even go to the
extreme that like my self they may not have good taste in clothes.

It is up to me see some in what ever light I choose to see it in. My
life, my choice for I am building my world.

The only valid view in our world is our own and anyone we CHOOSE to allow
in to it.

When an if someone does anything to me I have to remember that on some
level of consciousness I allow them into my world.

We are all in as much control of our world as we choose to be and
sometimes it is just great to realize that as much as I believe I am in control I
can hear the Universe laughing in my ear.
Anyway I choose to love you and Believe in YOU.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

Survivors and Surviving

2009-06-17T15:58:00.000-07:00

I am a survivor and more than that I am an overcomer. My spell check
tells me that overcomer is not a word… well from this point on it is in my
dictionary of life

I live by several basic rules or laws the first being…harm none and do as
you will.
The next is …this to shall pass.

No matter what, the growing up with guardians as a ward of the court,
theViet Nam fiasco, jail and prison , marriages and divorces…break ups…
starting over and over and over.

I have literally walked away from storage rooms of possessions and houses
of stuff.
I have had an ex empty the accounts and cancel all of my cards and leave
me with two teenagers, ( my children) no funds but at the time I was on
staff at a fundamentalist
organization as a volunteer counselor and minister.

I have had my vehicle break down in the middle of no where several times
with and without anyone with me, usually with little or no money.

I have literally been broke with no money when I have found twenty dollars
and no one around that it might belong to and was able to feed my family.

I have lived on faith when I didn't even know that was a principle. I
just knew there was something better just around the corner.

I have had my heart broken and been shot in the chest with a 38 and trust
the broken heart hurt a thousand times more although the gunshot was the
worst possible physical pain at the time it happened that I have ever known.

I have always believed the Universe would take care of me so I lived life
and did what I wanted when I wanted.

My two basic rules or laws which I quoted above have evolved from the life
I have survived.

I have found that life truly gives us that which we expect it to. If I
look for good positive things I find them. I remember once being so mad
about stepping into a pile of doggy do. However, when I cleaned off my shoe I
found a folded twenty dollar bill under the mess.

Every single break up was followed eventually usually about two years in
between by another wonderful person as I healed and allowed someone to enter.

It is like having a glass with old and dirty liquid in it until it is
cleaned nothing can go in without being tainted.

So it is with us we must heal and be cleaned before a healthy relationship
can flower.

If you are hurting right now and it doesn't matter from what. No matter
what happened we can come back as long as we do not give up and the journey
back may be long or short but it can never start we decide to do it and
BELIEVE we can do and then go do it. Only we can do it for us and no one else
and no one can do it for us. Until we do it our selves it isn't ours.

I know you can do what ever you choose to do for I love you and I BELIEVE
in YOU.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

A Double Portion / My Rational

2009-06-16T10:34:00.001-07:00

I haven't eaten breakfast yet and here I am writing a second post for the
day and the third one for the week and they say miracles don't happen any
more.

Every once in a while I like to go back and just kind of explain my
rational for the way I do this blog.

As we all know it is called "the Spiritual Journey" yet from some folks
view I seldom get religious and they are quiet right for to me. Spiritual
has nothing to do with religion.

You see I believe we are Spiritual Beings having a human experience rather
than human beings having a spiritual experience.

To me being Spiritual is not a Sunday morning experience or a once or
twice a week or even day experience. It is a full time all the time experience
in my life. I attempt to live
Spiritually by being Spiritual.

To me the only law is Harm none and do as you will.

If we all lived by this one simple rule what a wonderful world we would
live in.

To harm none includes ourselves as well as others.

This goes to our thoughts as well as our actions. Our subconscious has no
concept between the two. To it if we think it we have done it. But
that certainly does enlivens ones love life if they so chose.

Yes to think it is to do it and that is actually Scriptural if anyone
wants I can dig up the exact book, chapter and verse.

This is one of those Sunday school things that was brought out in our
study as a child. Now as an adult I shall go back and find it and let you know
at a later date when I DO.

It all begins with the thought that is one of the reasons the scriptures
also instruct us to stand guardian at the threshold of our mind so we may
guard against those harmful and damaging thoughts that tend to come our way.

Little do most of us know of the damage that voice in our heads can do to
us. As long as we keep it kind and gentle then we are not injured. It is
when we are so hard and critical of ourselves that we are.

It is up to us to treat ourselves gently if we want others to do so for
truly harm none means ourselves and what goes around comes around.

Being kind to ourselves does not mean to be dishonest with ourselves it is
merely being gentle and not being ourselves up because we took a step
wrong or even two or three but to gently bring us back into our life mission of
harming none, including ourselves.

I love you and Believe in You

Blessings and happy holidays
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of
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The Wonderful Email

2009-06-16T09:35:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I told you of the email I received giving me more info on AA /
NA as I had referred to it in my keys series part seven. She felt quiet
rightly that I didn't have the correct impression of it so she wrote me to
bring me up to speed which I appreciate.

Below you will find her complete email as last night I received her
written permission to use it in its entirety as long as I included her signature
line with blog and web site so here it is…..Ms Lauren Kennedy
Dr. Reverend Issac,

I embrace your statement on self forgiveness. I lived for many years in a
self created hell on earth. Seventeen years ago, I began my journey back to
my true self. The transformations in my life and in myself would have been
impossible had I not chosen to forgive myself. Although I must say, there
was quite a lot more effort involved than just making a choice. That was
just the first step.

I have overcome an eating disorder, a 20 year drug addiction, rape,
abusive relationships, prison and the suicide of my only sibling. And while God
didn't do it for me, I could never have done it without reconnecting to
Divine guidance and the Divine within.

However, I must take exception to your understanding of AA. While I
attended NA (Narcotics Anonymous) for years when I first began my journey, both
AA and NA are based on similar concepts. Sometimes people in the meetings
do say that they could not have done it without their Higher Power. But the
message of the 12 Steps, which are the program, stress personal
responsibility and accountability, and yes, connecting with a spiritual source.

A line in the readings before each meaning emphasizes personal
responsibility: "Through our inability to accept personal responsibility we were
actually creating our own problems."

And: "We are responsible for our own recovery."

Even the first step is often misinterpreted: "We admitted that we are
powerless over our addiction, and that our lives had become unmanageable."

Many people think that we are claiming that we are powerless. That is
incorrect. It means that our active addiction renders us powerless to make
responsible choices and to adhere to our principles. It means that we can no
longer guarantee that we will have just one drink or one smoke, one hit,
spend only $20 gambling, etc. But once we stop using the addiction of choice,
we can regain our sense of empowerment.

But NA is about recovery from the effects and causes of our addiction, not
simply abstinence. There are some people who just attend meetings and do
not apply the concepts of the 12 steps. Some are there only because they are
court ordered. Others believe that their addiction was their only problem.
So as long as they can remain abstinent, they fell no need to take a look
at their behavior, deal with their feelings or change their attitude.
However, they are frequently unhappy or living in quiet desperation. They have
not resolved the issues behind their addiction. And they have no experience
in applying the 12 steps in their lives.

The 12 steps are concepts that guide us to self forgiveness,
responsibility, conscious connection to one's Higher Power, self honesty, courage, and
healthy choices. But the basis concept of NA can be summed up in four lines
of the Serenity Prayer.

God, grant us the serenity to accept the things we can not change,
The courage to change the things we can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

We are responsible for our own choices, intentions and actions. But we do
ask our Higher Power for strength, courage, wisdom and guidance. And that
is a significant difference.

I rarely attend meetings anymore. My life is busy and I also have health
issues. But applying the 12 steps in my life was the foundation and the
starting point of not only my recovery, but my on going pursuit to reach my
highest potential, to assist and guide others to improve their lives and self
worth, and to express to the best of my ability, my authentic self and
the Divine within.

Since more and more frequently, I am reading similar misperception about
NA, I appreciate the opportunity to explain the true concepts of the NA
program. Unfortunately, even some NA meetings get off track. Some groups are
healthier than others, as with any large organization.

Thank you again for providing me this opportunity to share my experience.

Lauren Kennedy

http://www.InsitetoExcellence.com
http://laurenpkennedy.wordpress.com

Thank you Lauren for your from the heart message and I encourage others to
visit her site and read her articles as she is an awesome communicator.

And it reminds me of why I do this for I do love you all and Believe in
YOU

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com
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A Wonderful Email

2009-06-15T11:18:00.001-07:00

.
Good morning, It is a beautiful day here in Southern CA. After days of
awakening to the overcast skies of what we call June Gloom it is wonderful
to look out and see the sun and even as I say it there it goes behind a
cloud.

The wonderful thing is we know it is there and it is always there even
when we can not see it.

Like most of us the first thing I do after turning on my computer is check
my email which also like many of us I find that most of it is spam that
slipped through my filters; so, when I open my mail and find one that is
actually for me and to me my heart just kind of jumps.

I received this wonderful email from one of the many that read my blog
world wide. I have no idea where this person is from and it doesn't matter.

What matters is that they took the time to write me in a very kind and
gentle manner letting me know that perhaps my understanding of AA / NA was not
by any means complete.

Which is something that I acknowledge and am grateful for the added
understanding that the main focus of these groups are in deed personal
responsibility.

This lady has been on her personal road of recovery for seventeen years
and as she so wonderfully put it has not been easy.

The beautiful thing of it all is that it is a very simple process. The
thing is that simple is not always easy.

Last night my Lakers won the NBA Finals and the only reason for bringing
that up is that I remember many times over the years when Coach Jackson was
in Chicago and then coming here how I have heard him say time after time
that when things aren't working right go back to basics.

I live by that to the point that when I feel the energy in my life to be
unbalanced I sit now and see if I can figure out where I stepped not off the
path for we can never do that. But rather at what point did I begin to
feel something not right.

The Lady was quiet right in her email when she says it takes more than a
choice which it does, however all of it starts with a choice.

The really great thing is there is always a choice even when we think
there are no choices. This is usually just us saying to ourselves that the
only choices are those we do not wish to face.

Every thing in life is about facing those things we do not wish to face
which are usually our own fears.
One of my favorite things that keep me going is the saying that there is
nothing to fear but fear itself. Also that FEAR is False Evidence Appearing
Real.

If we can remember that while the world may appear to not care the
Universe or Spirit always cares.

Once I realized this along with the fact that I am never alone and Spirit
is always there with me no matter what it has made things so much more
easier for me to just live.

Spirit and I can conquer anything and yes this too shall pass.

Thanks again for all of your wonderful emails and I do what I can to
answer them when you write to the email below in my signature line which is
wisaac3rd@aol.com.

Remember I love you and Believe In YOU

Blessings and happy holidays
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of
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Intentions, Choices and Decisions

2009-06-08T08:10:00.001-07:00

This is what living live is made of, Intentions, Choices and Decisions.

We must first intend to do something, choose to do it and then make the
decision to do it.

That is life in a nutshell.

Live is really all about this and nothing else. You want to do anything
then this is the way we do it.

First of all there is intention or intent.

in·tent (n-tnt)
n.
1. Something that is intended; an aim or purpose. See Synonyms at
intention.
2. Law The state of one's mind at the time one carries out an action.
3. Meaning; purport.
adj.
1. Firmly fixed; concentrated: an intent gaze.
2. Having the attention applied; engrossed: The students, intent upon
their books, did not hear me enter the room.
3. Having the mind and will focused on a specific purpose: was intent on
leaving within the hour; are intent upon being recognized.

Then there are choices:
choice (chois)
n.
1. The act of choosing; selection.
2. The power, right, or liberty to choose; option.
3. One that is chosen.
4. A number or variety from which to choose: a wide choice of styles and
colors.
5. The best or most preferable part.
6. Care in choosing.
7. An alternative.
adj. choic·er, choic·est
1.
a. Of very fine quality.
b. Appealing to refined taste.
2. Selected with care.
3. Of the U.S. Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than
prime.
Idiom:
of choice
Preferred above others of the same kind or set: "the much used leveraged
buyout as the weapon of choice" Alison Leigh Cowan.

[Middle English chois, from Old French, from choisir, to choose, from
Vulgar Latin *causre, of Germanic origin; see geus- in Indo-European roots.]

Which brings us to Decision:

de·ci·sion (d-szhn)
n.
1. The passing of judgment on an issue under consideration.
2. The act of reaching a conclusion or making up one's mind.
3. A conclusion or judgment reached or pronounced; a verdict.
4. Firmness of character or action; determination.
5. Sports A victory won on points in boxing when no knockout has occurred
or in wrestling when no fall has occurred.
6. Baseball A win or loss accorded to a pitcher: has four wins in six
decisions.
tr.v. de·ci·sioned, de·ci·sion·ing, de·ci·sions Sports
To defeat by a decision, as in boxing: decisioned his opponent in the
third round.

[Middle English decisioun, from Old French decision, from Latin dcsi,
dcsin-, curtailment, settlement, from dcsus, past participle of dcdere, to cut
off, decide; see decide.]

Put these all together and you get a human act or if you will LIFE.

My intention, choice and decision is very simple for it is to Love you and
Believe in you and I do.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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wisaac3rd@aol.com
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Now What

2009-06-03T13:08:00.000-07:00

Well here I am now what?

I haven't posted for a while now, mainly because I had nothing to say.
Guess what I do not have any idea where this is headed.

Will likes for us to post on a regular basis as he also wants us to have
something constructive to say.

I am sitting here now with now radio cranked up to the outlaws and
renegades xm radio station of direct tv.

When I say I have it cranked up trust me I do and that is kind of the mood
I am in right now cranked up outlaw and renegade.

I have always been a maverick now really following anyone else always
searching my own path which is probably what is the challenge at this time.

Mainly the challenge at this time is finding a challenge.

I was so desperate for a change that Sunday morning I had the stylist cut
off nine inches of my hair and now I am just like all of the other white
hair guys my age.

The only purpose it served was to make the washing of it much easier.

My challenge and I do have one as I realize is to allow a means of income
producing to present itself to me.

My parameters for producing this income are fairly simple .
Limited time on my feet.
Mentally challenging.
Opportunity to use my writing abilities.
Ability to stretch my creative imagination.
The most income per word possible.
Within the Spiritual World.
Deadlines and subjects of my choosing.
Independent status.

If you are familiar with creative manifestation what I have just done is
to set out a direct objective.
The above is what I intend to manifest for my self.

I hope that this today will help someone else out there that may be in a
similar situation to figure out where to go from here.

The secret is to know where and what we want.

Most people have no idea where they are much less where they desire to go.
One thing I do know is that I love you and believe in YOU.
I also love and believe in ME.

Blessings and happy holidays
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of
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Key Thoughts on my Kingdom

2009-05-21T13:13:00.001-07:00

This afternoon as I sit here awaiting game number two of the NBA Western
Conference playoffs between the Los Angeles Lakers (my team) and the Denver
Nuggets I decided a few moments ago to watch an episode of Scrubs as I have
5 of them on TIVO for a few Laughs.

When it occurs to me that instead of a few laughs I usually have a good
old fashioned cry.
But then it doesn't matter if it is Scrubs or whatever as I if the Lakers
lose or if they win. I cry at funerals and at weddings. I cry a
commercials or just with a good book.

It isn't necessarily tears of sadness but could very well be tears of Joy.
Tears are tears and they are healing and I realize that at this stage of
my life there is much healing to be accomplished.

I will not however pray for a perfect healing as I used to do and watched
all of the people I prayed for die until one day a mentor of mine explained
that a perfect healing was what my prayers had brought for to have
perfection in ones life is to be reunited with our Higher Power.

Today I pray not for a perfect healing but a healing of understanding and
forgiveness from my self. Only I can give that gift to my self. Within
my life I am co creator with my Higher Power. It can only accomplish for me
that which I believe is possible.

As in all things it begins and ends with me. As I strive to get people to
understand it is never the other person it is always us. Remember even
thought it is always us it is always them also for we all have things to work
on that is why we are here.

Understanding is another thing I am seeking most of all understanding of
myself for by understanding me I can understand you.

The challenge is most of us are seeking that silver magical bullet that
will come in and do all of the work for us.

I am in the process of eliminating several negative people from my life.
The main one is that negative side of me that here lately has popped up. I
am in the mist of giving myself an attitude adjustment before the Universe
does it for me.

I enjoy being a Teacher. What I do not enjoy is seeing intelligent people
do stupid things and when it is brought out to them they say I know.

Well if you know why in the world do you do it any way. Does it feel good
to see your world crash down around you?

It breaks my heart to sometimes have to be so cruel when I terminate with
a client when I feel them becoming co dependent but they have to learn to
live their own life. I have all I can do with my own and all I am is a
guide through the forest I AM NOT the machete to cut down the undergrowth and
make it easier.

I am a light bearer to show the way and if they decide not to follow then
my the Universe bless them and may they prosper and live well.

As may you for I LOVE YOU and believe in you.

Keys to the Kingdom part seven

2009-05-21T10:50:00.000-07:00

To those of you that think or were wondering what happened to part seven
well here it is.

I could sit here and beat up on my self and be ultra critical for
forgetting where I was in my sequence but really what does it matter and what good
does it do to beat up on ourselves.

I just had a good laugh when I double checked the sequence AFTER
submitting number eight.

Which now gives me a perfect lead in to Forgiveness which is the FIRST
step in any program of growth and renewal. I believe it comes before
acknowledgment that we are helpless for I do not believe we are ever helpless. We
may have CHOSEN to be helpless and act in a way less than but it was always
our own choice.

No that statement will not endear me to AA for they instead of taking
responsibility for their actions wish to lay it on a Higher Power for their
errors and that it takes a Higher Power to redeem ourselves.

No Higher Power can redeem us and yes I do believe there is a Higher Power
but I also believe that Higher Power gave me life and breath and then said
take what I have given you and live well and prosper.

I believe as I have said that the first step is forgiveness and then
first forgiveness is to ourselves and then to all others for until we forgive
ourselves there can be no forgiveness of others.

We can not face our Higher Power much less ourselves until we have
forgiveness for ourselves.
The thing to remember is that Our Higher Power always forgives us. The
challenge is for us to find it within ourselves to be forgiving.

Be gentle with yourself for there is a long journey ahead of you and
harmony is the rule so gentle it is.

Forgiveness, thankfulness and gratitude will take us past all challenges
and to where ever we choose to to.

I Love you and believe in you now and always

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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wisaac3rd@aol.com
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Keys to the Kingdom part eight

2009-05-21T10:28:00.001-07:00

I do most of my writing in my head while I am walking to and from my
morning sandwich at Subway which is about seven eights of a mile one way.

This morning as I was walking I was thinking of harmony in our lives and
how to achieve that harmony. Very clearly it is achieved by the choices we
make. How do we make our choices.

When in doubt go back to basics. Basics and the rule there is to harm
none, including ourselves.

As a basketball fan I remember my childhood coach saying the very things
my favorite coach of my favorite professional team the LA Lakers Phil
Jackson which is the same when in doubt or trouble go back to basics.

The most basic thing in life that we desire is harmony so what and how do
we achieve harmony by our choices.

There are three things most everyone wants out of life and I call them the
awesome A's.

The first is Acceptance being accepted by those around us

The second is Appreciation from those we know.

Then last but by no means least is Approval of our peers.

The only thing is the more I thought of these the more I realized it is
impossible to receive these from others until you first give them to yourself
and on to others.

This is the part so many people find hard to give ourselves any one of the
three, much less all three of them.

There can be no harmony in our lives from any stand point until we achieve
these three in our lives.

Acceptance of who we are and where we are is so important for we can make
no move until we accept who and where we are at this moment. This is like
attempting to go to new York City from Los Angeles and believing we are in
Florida.

Until we know who are and where we are we can not move forward and upward
in our life. We shall continue in our downward spiral and believe it or
not there is no bottom just as there is no top.

The next being appreciation of ourselves and all that is around us.

Only when we have accepted ourselves to the point we can appreciate who
and what we there then and only then can we or will we approve of ourselves.

There is no limit to how far we can fall or to how high we can rise.

The only limit is our own belief. My question to you today is what is
your belief and what are you willing to do to move upward and onward/

The thing I do know is that I believe in you and I LOVE YOU.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
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wisaac3rd@aol.com
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Keys to the Kingdom part six

2009-05-13T08:48:00.001-07:00

There are really many "Keys to the Kingdom". The challenge is one must
not only 'want' them they must use them once they have them.

In my many years of dealing with Spirit and with clients I have found a
magical formula for manifesting what ever I want.

Yes a magic formula or silver bullet if you will that when used works
every time.

The thing is this formula is always working and if we do not use it
consciously it will still work many times bringing us exactly what we do not want.

This starts off with our Thoughts. Yes every thought is brought to us IF
brought together with the rest of the formula. It however begins with our
thoughts. St Paul told us to pray without ceasing.

What he was attempting to get us to see was that every word, every
thought, every action was and is a prayer. If we do it positively we receive
positive results if we don't then we don't.

The second step or phase of our formula is feelings or emotions. The
reason why most of our thoughts, words and actions do not bring results is
because we put little or no emotion or feeling into them. Anything we do with
emotion is creative.

This brings us to the last part of our formula which is action.

Once we have thought it out and have a clear picture of what we desire
then add in a large helping of emotions then finally put it into action it can
not help but be successful and trust me if we follow through on all of
these and keep going until we reach our desired results it will manifest every
time.

This is called TFAR which is Thoughts + Feelings + Action = Results.

We are always manifesting isn't it time we manifest what it is we want and
not what we do not want.

It is where our mind is at the majority of the time is what comes into our
world.

We may not have wanted that auto accident or broken leg or arm and never
ever had a thought of them. What we did have a thought of was our anger,
our negativity our own inabilities or what we imagine to be inabilities.

I love when someone accomplishes something wonderful and someone asks them
how they did the impossible and they answer they never knew or thought it
to be impossible so they did it.
Isn't it time we did the impossible and let it begin because I Love me and
I Love you and more important than all of that I believe in both of us.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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wisaac3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-spiritual

Keys to the Kingdom – part five

2009-05-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

The last time I visited you here we talked about suicide. What has
brought me past this stage of my life were two things, hope and faith.

Hope there were better things ahead and the faith to believe they were
mine.

Hope gives us faith for without hope there can be no faith. I love it for
I never know what will happen next but I do know that if I am here and
give it the opportunity something good will come my way.

Since starting this blog last year I now have over two hundred essays that
can be use in all manners of ways.

They could be published all together as the A to Z of living. They could
be archived for others to go back and review. There are many ways they can
be used.

Hope and faith are two things we can build our life on. The hope of a
better life and the faith that it will happen are major keys to the Kingdom.
These are the two things that enable me to open my eyes, throw off the
covers and put my feet on the floor every morning.

Without them I could do nothing and I do mean nothing.

hope (hp)
v. hoped, hop·ing, hopes
v.intr.
1. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
2. Archaic To have confidence; trust.
v.tr.
1. To look forward to with confidence or expectation: We hope that our
children will be successful.
2. To expect and desire. See Synonyms at expect.
n.
1. A wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its
fulfillment.
2. Something that is hoped for or desired: Success is our hope.
3. One that is a source of or reason for hope: the team's only hope for
victory.
4. often Hope Christianity The theological virtue defined as the desire
and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with
God's help.
5. Archaic Trust; confidence.

I love the Biblical definition of faith:
The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen.

Hope is to wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.

Now if that doesn't just make you want to stand up and shout I do not know
what will.

Subway is calling and it is time for my morning sandwich. See you soon
and know that I love you and believe in you.

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
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(no subject)

2009-04-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

Keys to the Kingdom part four
1-800-SUICIDE
1-800-784-24331-800-273-TALK
1-800-273-8255

TTY: 1-800-799-4TTY (4889)

I am including this today for the simple reason there are more potential
suicides out there at this moment than at any time in history even more than
the Crash of 1929. For the very simple reason there is far more people
today than then.

Also the people of today all of us my self included do not have the
strength of character of those that came before us.

You may ask what gives me the right to write about this subject. The '
right' comes from twenty two years of living with depression of twenty two
years of sitting with every bit of medication I have in .front of me.

The right comes from taking a 500 bottle of midol, yes Midol in my younger
days after being rejected by a 'lover', from attempting to slice my
wrist and not having the courage or guts if you will to go through with it.

Now what keeps me going is several things the most important being that it
would be my son that would find me and I can not do that to him. Another
thing that keeps me going is knowing that we never know what the next
moment may bring.

The one thing I do know suicide is not the answer it is a last resort to
end the pain and suffering. I have discovered that through using the 'Keys
to the Kingdom' that I have discover and that have been given to me that I
can make 5 more minutes, one more step and one more day.

What do I do when the pull to my drawer of medication takes me? I go to
that drawer and the first thing I see is my son's picture which reminds why
I can not do that to him.

Then I either go for a walk, meditate or pull out a novel and escape into
them or better yet I sit down and write something for someone else to
possibly assist them.

Yes these are all venues of escape, yet I have found that by escaping from
the moment it leaves me alive to live the next moment and have the
opportunity for something wonderful to happen to me or for me.

The numbers above I have used more than once and at one time I even
allowed myself to be admitted to a private psych ward in Anaheim, CA. Nine o'
clock every night we could go out in the rec yard and watch the fireworks from
Disney land a couple of miles away.

Never have I felt so safe and respected. This program was part of the New
Life system and to my sorrow I have no idea if it is still operating. I
hope so for it gave me a start and the ability to know that there is
something better out there.
Somehow I instinctively knew it for the children's mother and I when
something would happen we would take whatever we had and go out and have the
best meal we could afford even if it was only White Castles.

I suppose that what I am saying is that we have to find a reason to keep
living even if it is only to see the next sunrise for by doing that we give
ourselves the opportunity to allow something good into our lives.

Also I have learned that there is good in any situation if we will only
look for it and ask Spirit to revel it to us. Perception is every thing
which I have learned and have to constantly allow Spirit to remind me of it.

Yes, depression is real and is a killer if we allow it. No one can fix us
however we can fix ourselves. If we do not like what we see in the mirror
then it is time for us to change what we see.

We didn't get this messed up over night and it will not be totally fixed
overnight although it is possible if we believe it is. The Change can come
at the moment of realization that there is something better for us and we
can do it. You can do it.

You see I love you and believe in you and until the next time I see you
Peace Isaac OUT.

Blessings
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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Keys to the Kingdom Part Delayed Introduction

2009-04-23T14:18:00.000-07:00

I realized after writing three parts of this series that I didn't do an
intro to the series. Many people may wonder what the "Kingdom" is are be
like the Teachers Disciples and think there was to be Kingdom in this
dimension or this earthly world of ours.

There again is the paradox of the scriptures for what he was referring to
was the inner "Kingdom" that would be manifested into our outer world as
we understood and use the principles he was teaching.

The only thing the Teacher ever taught was love. That was it. Love for
ourselves, our neighbors and love for our God.

The challenge came for God mad us in his image and then we attempted to
remake God in what we thought was our image.

He never intended for a group of men to set up a worldly Church for time
after time we are told that the Kingdom of Heaven or the Temple was within.
In fact he went into the Tabernacle and cleaned it out of the money
lenders, pharoses and all that were misusing the house of God.

The Kingdom has always been within us and as we begin to get in touch with
that Kingdom with in then our outer world begins to reflect it also in the
harmonious lives we begin to live.

As we clean our minds and as the word says to stand guard at the threshold
of our minds and the receive the mind of Christ we begin to see our outer
world begin to be cleaned up, our health to improve as well as our
finances.

The thing is when we first get into this program we find our lives
seemingly to fall apart and they do actually fall apart and are destroyed so that
we may rebuild on a new stronger foundation.

It is like years ago when I was a cosmetologist and I would recommend a
new facial product to someone at times it I forgot to warn them they would
come back in tears for their face had erupted with blackheads and all types
of stuff.

This was just all of the bad things being brought to the surface to be
expunged. So it is with our lives as we begin making the changes to our life
it may fall apart completely with spouses, friends, family and jobs all
disappearing only to be replaced if we are faithful to our program by a new
way of life and living. The one we had been looking for all along.

It was only by our staying faithful to our program which meant staying
faithful to ourselves did we receive that which we really desired.

Life is so beautiful if only we stay true to ourselves and by staying true
to our selves we stay true to all of that around us.

It is only when we want something that we find ourselves in trouble. As
the ancients say learn to do by not doing.

I love you and believe in you

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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3rd@aol.com
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/Spititual

Keys to the Kingdom part three

2009-04-22T13:46:00.000-07:00

Today we enter into part three of this series the length of which I have no idea at this point as to how many or how long.

There is beginning to stir within me to make this into a book, well, we'll see. Anyway for part three here we go.

Living in Spirit is not really hard although it is far from easy.

As in all things it begins with a thought then a decision to do it and then doing it.

Gee, talk about simplifying something to its bare essentials.

Anyway living in Spirit is actually learning to live in your mind while still living in the world or as scripture says being in the world but not of the world.

It is a mental exercise which only happens with a disciplined mind. So we must learn to have a disciplined mind which begins with a decision to do it.

Then the next step is meditation or learning how to meditate.

Personally I do not believe there are any wrong ways to do it there is only our way or your way.

First get comfortable anyway you can your favorite recliner or whatever although it is a good idea if possible to have one area of your home that is your meditation area where you will not be disturbed. This is so that when you enter this area your mind becomes trained to enter a state of relaxation automatically when your intention is meditation.

Turn off all cell phones, land lines or what ever and if you wish some very relaxing soothing music. Turn off the lights and if you have one put on a sleep mask which is not required I just find it helps beginners to focus on why they are there.

Then take a deep breath through your nostrils ( nose for us rednecks) hold it for about ten seconds then release it through your mouth audibly for about twice as long as it took to take it in.

Then repeat several times as you allow yourself to gently close your eyes and begin to drift into a sweet gently space of silence and just begin to watch you thoughts and then to gently begin to release them into the silence and just drift as we allow ourselves to be taken into the realm of the silence.

After several times (varies person to person depending on your level of belief, only a small child or mentally challenged individuals will have difficulty as the higher your intelligence the easier it is) of doing this one day will come when your inner being will make itself known to you.

This world within goes by may names which do not matter the only thing to realize is that what ever we accomplish here will eventually manifest on the outside in our 'real world'.

What I have manifested today is that I love you and Believe in YOU

Blessings and happy holidays
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com

Keys to the Kingdom part two

2009-04-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

One thing I am learning as I get older than unlike Ronald Regan I am not
the great Communicator.

This brings me to part two of my Keys to the Kingdom series which is about
understanding. Understanding is so very important in all parts of life.

There is understanding our jobs and how to do them.

There is understanding our lovers and or partners or just plain others.
Then there is understanding ourselves.

I have come to realize that when I know something I tend to think others
do also especially younger people. What is amazing is that many times they
know things that have taken me years and years and years to either figure
out or to learn.

You see I have just realized that what is so amazing is how many
epiphanies have been coming my way of late.

It isn't because I have gotten so much wiser all of a sudden it is because
I have a new understanding of working with Spirit.

In stead of tearing it apart and attempting to figure it out I am
beginning to do the same thing as when I want an electric light on I turn on the
switch.

I do this by just doing it and allowing Spirit to work.

I start by having a talk with Spirit about what it is I would like to do
just like talking to y best friend. Which I am.

Then after getting clear or as clear as I can at the time I proceed to
think more about what I would like to do and accomplish.

Then I begin doing what I know to do for as I do this then Spirit begins
to show me the next step or to bring the next person into my life to assist
me in my mission.

In this way I accomplish what ever it is I need or would like to do.

If it sounds simple it is that is why so many people do not believe it and
then make everything ten times harder that is actually is.

There are times I forget and find myself doing things the same old hard
way and Spirit will gently and sometimes not so gently will rap me on the
head kind of like Gibbs on NCIS to remind me to lighten up.

That is a wonderful lesson for all of us just lighten up and do what ever
it is we choose to do.

Sometimes I can only do something for a few minutes at a time but that is
that much done and a trip of a thousand miles begins with one step and is
finished one step at a time.

I am learning that I can always do one step and then another and even
possibly another and then there I am where I wanted to go in the first place.

Where I want to go right now is to say I love you and Believe in YOU

Blessings
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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wisaac3rd@aol.com

Keys to the Kingdom part one

2009-04-20T10:13:00.001-07:00

For those of us that have read the Christian Bible starting from a child
memorizing scripture verses we have come to realize over the years that the
bible is a series of paradox's that appear to contradict with other parts.

We have also come to realize that as we grow in wisdom and knowledge the
Bible takes on many different points of view depending on who is reading it
and for what purposes.

I know Wiccans that think the Bible is a great book of spells,
Philosophers that see it merely as a book of philosophy while the "True Believers"
take every word literally as written.

While others see it as a great book of knowledge to be studied and see
something deeper and higher every time it is read.

There are many keys to the kingdom but the first and far most was when
john the Baptist was standing in the stream baptizing new followers when he
looked up and said Behold the Kingdom of Heaven approaches.

I believe that could be said at any time about anyone for the Teacher also
said the things I do ye shall do and even greater than these shall ye do.

I believe the Kingdom of Heaven is within each and every one of us as is
the Christ Consciousness. It is the acknowledgement that constitutes a
rebirth, awakening or enlightenment if you will.

The key that has been hidden for so long that is being given freely now
days to the point it scares the Church, Government and all those in Higher
places. The fact is that we CAN think for ourselves and need no one to
intercede for us with a Higher Power.

The fact is that the key to life is cause and effect. If I hit my thumb
with a hammer It will hurt me.

If I do not do my part at work I will not have a job and then how do I pay
my bills. The fact that if I spend more than I make I will eventually
lose everything is a truth.

I lived in Reno, Nevada for three months as a much younger man before
figuring out who pays the light bill on all of those huge casinos.

It always amazed me no one would go bowling without knowing the rules of
the game or at least a basic understanding of it while those same people
will go to Vegas or their favorite casino where ever and lay now their hard
earned money with little or no idea of how the game is played.

The same goes with life very few people know the very basics of life and
are not taught until they learn it through trial and error in the laboratory
or classroom of life.

We are the magic and there is no magic without us. We are the Spirit and
the Spirit is us.

A very magical phrase I use to move though my life as a daily affirmation
and have it placed where I can see it almost constantly when I am home is:

Each and every day in everyway I am healthier, wealthier and wiser.

The original phrase came from A French philosopher in the eighteenth
century I believe and it went:

Each day I am better and better.

This phrase when repeated daily at least three times a day has been known
to work miracles especially when combined with gratitude and appreciation.

If one had nothing but this article and used it faithfully they would see
miracle after miracle appear in their life.

We get so technical and caught up in how something works that we forget to
just use it or to just DO IT.

I have no idea how my TV or computer works but I have hours of enjoyment
from them.

Friends, one thing I do know and this goes double for my friend in Houston
is I love you and Believe in you now and always no matter what.

Blessings
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
http://www.wisaac3rd.com
wisaac3rd@aol.com

What is ... IS!

2009-04-16T16:31:00.001-07:00

For years this was a favorite saying of mine until I wake up one day to find out that what is, is not always what is.

I always knew I could influence a room just by walking into it. If in a good mood and smiling as I walked in so were all the others, however, if my mood was not good then I brought now those around me.

I still find that bringing a smile with me where ever I go is my key to most any where I wish to go.

That old saying of laugh and the world laughs with you but cry and you cry alone is also true for few choose to be around sadness if there is a choice.

Those would be around a dismal sad person are usually dismal sad people. In any group most people surround those with the smiles on their face and in their eyes.

It took me many years to enjoy being who I am for it took me many years to discover who I am. The main reason for this is I never went looking for myself. Those times I did I spent it out in the clubs and everywhere but looking where I really was and that was in side of me.

What is, is. No, not really what is, is what we THINK it is not necessarily what it is. Although it can be argued that if we think it is, it is which is a true statement for as the scriptures says as one thinks within their heart so it is.

Blessings
Rev. Isaac
of
the Angelic Messenger Circle
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wisaac3rd@aol.com