Fulfillment ~ "2023, a Year of Goodbyes"

Friday, August 30, 2019

Good Intentions!

A New Moon is When The Sun and Moon are aligned, with the Sun and Earth on Opposite Sides of the Moon

There's a lot of good energy streaming into the planet right now, kinda like something that's been clogged for a long time is now unclogged. 

You could even call it a purge but a good purge in that we're getting rid of the bad stuff and bringing in the good stuff.).  

Tonight, welcome the New Moon August 30, 2019.  It's a time for New Beginnings, Getting Rid of Things that Don't Work for You Anymore, and Manifesting What You Want.

Ready, Set, Go!

Take a chance!  Pick out some lottery numbers, call that girlfriend or boyfriend you're interested in.  Take that job you've been offered.  Sign up for a college course. 

And, in all things, Give thanks. 

Blessings,
     ~Nightshade

~ ~ ~

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/new-moon.html

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Overlords

Overlord
Man was created with intellect, muscle, cognition and the will to survive.

Today, technology is fast advancing due to man's input and is far beyond where it started.  We are now able to:

1.  communicate with others globally 2.  increase crop yields.  3.  create artificial intelligence (AI) and powerful robots.  4.  change our sex at will.

The way technology is used is either a boon to mankind or devastation.       

Examples: 

Monsanto ignoring the affects of herbicides on humans because of greed and people have developed cancer. 

The flagrant use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to increase crop yields while scientists admit they really don't know what the long term affects are not only on crops but on the human body.

Sex changes in which males are injected with female hormones and females with male hormones yet no one in the medical community has voiced concern or even conducted studies on what the future affects will be on those who participate in this.       

The Google, Twitter and Facebook Overlords have already shown the scourge they are by suppressing opposing views but allowing totalitarian regimes and other dangerous groups free access to their platforms while harassing, suspending and/or shutting others out they don't agree with.      

This planet is in desperate need of those who have the wisdom, the will and the grace to partner with technology, not twist it into a degenerate source of unlimited power and wealth or wielding it like a club over the rest of us.   

This then is the great failure of those who chose to shove mankind aside in favor of their own arrogant self interests. 

Great and worthwhile things that come about to help mankind do not originate from individuals or organizations who covet the need to use and/or throttle others in order to amass power and money for themselves.

They who court disaster ultimately bring about disaster.  











Friday, August 23, 2019

Release Me

Deliverance
There's a side of you you've never known because you've been taught it doesn't exist.   

In fact, you've been denying your good side your whole life.         

Maybe it was your parents who constantly pointed out your faults but none of your good points.  Maybe it was a teacher or a bully.

In either case you learned you were worthless and in order to protect yourself from anymore injury, you closed yourself off, leaving a vulnerable void.

Then, you opted to fill that void with drugs alcohol and crime.   

For the longest time you've denied your good side but it's still hoping it has a chance.     

When will that chance come?
 
Will chance wait until you're finally able to gain control of your life or will it appear whether your life is in order or not?

Something prompts you to do something you know you shouldn't do and you do it.  No problem. 

Then, the next time around, instead of giving in to your urges you get this unmistakable message that you're just not willing to be an accomplice to hurting yourself anymore.     

Chance has occurred.  Something's changed.   

Then comes the good part you're in touch with a feeling in which you are able to finally love yourself for the first time.   

What prompted the change?

To tell you truthfully, I don't know.  Maybe you've known for years that something's wrong and are praying for change. 

Maybe you haven't been praying at all but someone else sees something valuable in you and because of their kind intervention, they unlock that portion of you that you've kept under lock and key,  allowing you to finally morph into the real person you were destined to be. 

From chance to change.

It doesn't matter how it happens but if it happens.

So, "Make it happen".

~ Blessings,
         ~ Nightshade 






















Sunday, August 18, 2019

The Old Man in the Tree



Around 8:30 p.m. on August 16 I was out in the back pasture taking Max out for a run.  I was on my 4-wheeler and we make a long jaunt around the field and then head back to the house.  Nothing out of the ordinary as I turned the machine around and started back.   

There are many old oaks that dart the landscape and they're just that, nothing out of the ordinary but, this time I noticed something extraordinary. 

The setting sun's rays were glowing red as I started to make my turn.  They were shining on this big oak tree which is about eighty feet tall.  It's limbs are heavy and gnarly and sticking out every which way but what got me to come to a full stop was the face that appeared.

I've passed this old tree many, many times seeing nothing out of the ordinary but this time I was at the right place at the right time.

Half way up the tree I noticed a face staring back at me.  The sun's rays had caught the heavy bark at just the right angle and there appeared to be two eyes a nose, a mouth and shaggy bark that actually looked like long hair and a beard.   

The sorry part was I didn't have my cell phone with me.  I was so shocked I could only stare and watch and when I moved in my seat to get a better angle, the eyes seemed to actually follow me (even though the above representation does not appear to have its eyes open). 

By the time I had reached the house the sun was almost out of sight.  I went out a couple days later hoping to catch this phenomena again but it was just too cloudy.

I will continue to try and recreate this event and when I do will post a real photo of the tree and, hopefully, be able to recreate what I experienced.   (See below) 

I'm posting a picture (above) that is as close to what this old man's face looked like.

To say this was a spiritual moment is putting it mildly.

To me this is just one part of the mysterious faerie realm made up of trees, faeries and sprites, sylphs and gnomes and I was invited, for just an moment, to be a participant. 

~ Blessings,
           Nightshade

(See Update of September 5, 2019 entitled "Tree Spirit",





Thursday, August 15, 2019

Your Best Friend


Your journey here on earth is one of discovery-- discovering who you are.

All of us come to know our weaknesses and strengths through obstacles and challenges. 

We may have a drinking problem or a drug problem.  Maybe we're abusive. 

No matter how many times someone gives loving advice to someone who is in need of it, it usually falls on deaf ears.

We soon find that we are responsible for ourselves, our decisions, our choices and ultimately where we end up in life.

Some of us decide this is too much and don't fight anymore but succumb to the madness infecting our minds, our bodies.

Others, for reasons known only to them, fight to survive, fight to regain control and are successful in doing so.  In the process, unbeknownst to them, they come face to face with a new friend. 

Challenges provide an excellent opportunity to get to know what you're made of .  You open up and admit that you can't do everything by yourself and need help.

Prayer is the closest thing that comes to mind when we're in trouble but there is something else.

I like to call it an extension of prayer.   -- a conversation with G-d.

An actual conversation like you were talking to your best friend.

You could start by saying a simple thank you for your life.  Then extend it to your job, your family, maybe a neighbor.    Continue by showing appreciation for being here as you are learning valuable lessons about yourself.   Talk your problems and your successes with Him and ask His advice. 

You could even ask G-d, " how is Your day going?

Believe me if you try this you will be pleasantly surprised at the two way conversation that opens up.

You will soon learn that you have a new and wonderful counselor and it isn't costing you anything.

This new friendship is exactly what G-d wanted and you needed. 

You could even ask Him how His day is going?   

After awhile this will become a daily habit.

Try it and see what happens.  You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Isaiah 9:6
     ~ Blessings,
               Nightshade

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Peace on Planet Earth

Anything Worthwhile Takes Time

Philippians 4:7 ~ And the Peace of G-d, which surpasses all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus ~

For some days now I've been accompanied by a very comforting angelic presence assuring me that everything's going to be alright.

It's like a peace that surpasses all understanding.  You've been stressing and suffering for a long time.  But now, help has arrived.    

~ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto G-d ~

An angel even appeared in a dream I had this morning. 

This announcement is not just something I'm feeling personally but also extends to other things.

~ Peace is finally coming to this planet ~ 

You can definitely feel a change in the air even as those who are causing the trouble mount more desperate attacks on everything good. 

Know that real peace cannot be purchased, it is earned.  

And, we've earned it. 

It is time.

I think it fair to say that all of us are tired of seeing good people being slandered, child sex predators getting off the hook, drug overdoses, unspeakable acts of violence, disease, starvation and people in high places getting away with murder.

Look for small things happening on the planet as they are making way for the big things.

They are signs of bigger and more wonderful things to come for all of us.    

Peace I give unto you and Peace I leave with you.

~ Peace starts with yourself ~

     ~Love and Blessings,
          ~ Nightshade



















Friday, August 9, 2019

Field of Flowers

Innocence

Affirmation: 

I am putting on my humanity as malevolent beings, once restrained, are now loosed upon the earth.

Filled with hate and rage, nothing pleases them more than to do harm.    

I am putting on the mantle of prayer, awareness and discernment, girding myself in the light and knowing that courage will follow. 

I am letting my light shine so that others may follow, thus making our path clear.    

I am holding hands with others as this is our sacred bond to one another.          

I am making a difference in this world.

I may be called upon unexpectedly to intervene in a situation but I will know instinctively, what to do. 

I know that even in the midst of carnage we stay connected, even through pain, loss and grief. 

There is no separation.  

I am taking a stand against evil in whatever form it may choose.   

I am not looking behind me but looking ahead as this is where our future lies.

I am creating the future.

And I acknowledge that this future is in my hands.  

So Mote It Be,




Thursday, August 8, 2019

Morality Drought

Waiting for the drought to pass. 

Human evil is something humanity has dealt with since we arrived on this planet.  Why is it that some are prone to doing evil while others are not?

We are the only species that willingly goes out and murders others.  

No amount of lectures or scientific data or psychiatric tests or learned men giving their take on this  issue has produced results or answers.

Maybe because there isn't just one answer, but many? 

I believe the capacity for evil is something we all have within us, more or less, but it doesn't rise to the surface and consume the majority of us, just some.  Why? 

Would you agree that we all are responsible (or irresponsible) for our actions. 

When you get right down to statistics, how many people actually go out and commit evil?  - - very few if compared to the billions of people on this planet.

Yet, the taking of just one life is too much.   

Can you test for evil?  Well, yes and or no depending on how cunning the person's response to the questions are.  So, if evil isn't readily recognizable, what can we do as compassionate human beings in order to thwart it?    

There is talk about if you "see something say something."  This has merit but, if not watched closely, can end up with innocent people going to jail.

At one point in our learning process, the taking of human life was severely frowned upon.  The accused were tried and severely punished.  Sending a message to others...

Nowadays what do we hear most about?  - - abortion, the killing of babies.  To Planned Parenthood and millions of mothers who support the taking of an infant's life, there is nothing wrong (or evil) here.

In big cities across the country, gangs thrive on violence in which the novice "would be" gang member is instructed to go out and kill someone in order to be approved and accepted.  

We have road rage in which somebody seems to think it's okay to take out their frustrations on another person by mowing them down with their vehicle. 

Have parents abandoned their role as parents?  Are schools teaching kids that bullying is unacceptable and can lead to more harmful acts?

Where are the churches and synagogues and pastors and rabbis and priests on this issue?

Collectively, we all live on this planet.  We're supposed to be one big happy family but are far from it.

Since when did it become the norm to take a baby's life?  Since when did it become acceptable that a gang member can just go out and shoot an innocent person?  Since when did it become the norm that we can take our automobile and use it as a weapon?  Since when did it become fashionable (to many it is) that we now have terrorist groups in this country who openly support and encourage their members to go out and maim or kill others?

Since when?  - - Since now.  

Maybe we should be looking at our politicians, our schools, the news media and Hollywood for some of the answers.  But, more importantly, maybe we should be looking at ourselves. 

We have a morality drought in this country and it's killing us.  

From this day forward commit to yourself that you are going to watch what you say and what you do.   Try and be more respectful in your dealings with others, refraining from hitting the rage button but, instead,  if there's a disagreement or a problem, try working things out. 

You and me... ("We") are all responsible for the safety of our children, families, homes, communities, schools and our nation.  

"We" are all one.  When are we gonna start acting like it?




Sunday, August 4, 2019

Rabid

By Invitation Only

We're all aware of evil among us.

Most of us go about our daily lives, not hurting anyone and minding our own business.

Then, on national t.v. we again are subjected to something so vile, so evil, so unexpected in which one human being goes out and butchers other human beings. 

The killer may claim mental illness, a grudge, political bias, or betrayed by a co-worker but the fact is, they couldn't control their evil urge and it played out in innocent lives lost.        

Evil is a rabid disease like cancer.  It remains hidden but only needs encouragement to start growing and eating away at you.  If you don't catch it in time, you will be consumed by it.

The deranged rhetoric emanating from Washington, D.C. along with the news media fanning the flames of dissension is not helping the situation.  In fact, it is contributing to it. 

It is dangerous because what they are doing is sending a message to those (on purpose?) among us who are thinking of taking their grievances out in the form of violence against others. 

All of us should be hanging our heads in shame but alas, there are those people and organizations who know nothing better than pointing fingers at others when they should be taking the blame.  

Is there going to be a day on this planet when evil does not exist anymore?  That's what many of us here are striving for but to answer the question right now, I'd have to say no.

This is not being pessimistic but just looking at how out of control everything is.

The majority of people on this planet are peace loving but that doesn't stop others who only want to foment violence against others. 

Before we can get a handle on a problem we must first identify the problem.  So what is the problem?  Well, I believe it has to do with child rearing (lack of); morals which are in decay; social media which is obviously biased toward one group over another and a rabid news media who believe that if they don't get their way, resorting to violence is the answer.

We have hate laws on the books but that isn't stopping people from going out and gunning other people down.

And, no, guns are not the problem.   People are.

All of us, no matter our political affiliation, color or religion need to be doing some serious soul searching.

If we can't come up with some way to stop what's happening then we're no better than Baltimore or Chicago or LA.

Rats don't show up for a feeding frenzy unless they're invited.