We have recently pondered what accomplishments we experienced through the past year. We offer our gratitude and move our thoughts ahead to what heights we desire to attain through the upcoming year. We create, in our mind, a

Design

Design brings fantasy
Seeing the image
Dreaming the ideal

Is it a home
Or a car
Or maybe attire

We image a castle
Fantasize a Corvette
Dress at the top of fashion

Is it being amiable
Or sharing with others
Or maybe just Being

Or maybe offering Love
Seeing the goodness
Dreaming the Oneness

Design our lives
See the image
Dream the ideal.

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Accepting the Gift

Through the ages, as if written on the wind, it is recorded that a visionary receives acceptance by humanity as one who recognizes a special sense. Does everyone have this special sense?

Physical bodies and mental processes are similar. There is scientific discussion about a sixth sense. Just as scientists have made a discovery of an expanding universe, so there are still undiscovered sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth senses in humanity. Most are beyond our comprehension at this time.

This knowing is my truth. It may be skepticism or unbelievable for some. They smile and say, "You have a vivid imagination."

What is imagination? Thomas Jefferson and other inventors had imagination. They became aware of undiscovered truths that were awaiting implementation.

A possible new definition for imagination is that it is one of our senses. It has been curtailed as non-reality. It has lost its significance in the necessity of a balanced and fulfilled life. What is reality?

Other senses within all humanity are awaiting implementation. It is not just learning about our senses; it is putting them into action by using them.

Isn't it possible each of us has a particle of visionary wisdom? What good is the ninety percent of the brain that does not receive exercise. By allowing it to surface, this visionary wisdom has opportunity to emerge into a healthy accepted allocation of our being.

What gain would it bring to exercise this gift? Would it provide humanity with a deeper sense of Love? Would there still be war if everyone used it? Would there be an intimacy with nature not previously experienced?

Are not relationships the essential force of creation? Would it make a difference in our world if everyone exercised this gift?

We do not order all people to discover and become visionaries. Still, we can exercise and bring this gift to surface within us and see a difference in attitudes, personality, our self-esteem, our effect upon society.

To discover your imagination working, write, "Love is..." and give one hundred answers. After that, seek five hundred answers and then one thousand.

Images are the root of imagination. We see life, the colors of nature, other living creatures, written words, all of creation as images. They give our mind a certain signal. Imagination gives the images the freedom to express complete wholeness and reality. This is beyond what today's social consciousness allows as acceptable. We are dissolving those barriers by discovering new nuggets of wholeness and wisdom.

We can each take the journey, discover the message of the wind, of our breath. We can reach new understanding and change our world.

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Now that the new year is stepping into a full swing, as I contemplated possible improvements in my life, I put pen to paper and the following is what appeared.

Live and Learn

To be more than a concept
To become a part of my life
A thought sinks deeply
To be used again and again.

To know a belief is real
By becoming a part of my life
The truth sinks deeply
To be used with life's wisdom

To make use of creativity
To make it a part of my life
Through unique experiences
To be used in quality

To make use of communication
And let it fill my life
Through sharing with others
To be used in quantity.

To share my life with others
And discover my true self
Through listening to others
I use it frequently.

>From this thoughts sink deeply
To be used again and again
To share my life with others
In my own unique array.

To allow it to happen
And with prayer and meditation
Through listening for the answer
In a space of live and learn.

To turn my thinking over
To find some creativity
Productive and worthwhile
Joy bubbles through discovery.

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A segment from one of my books, "Seek and Find," gives thoughts to ponder:

Have we lost this necessary steadiness? Our culture assumes that action is better than rest, that doing anything is better than doing nothing. Because of our desire to succeed, to meet these ever-growing expectations, we do not rest. Because we do not rest, we lose our vision of what we desire. We miss the signs that would show us the way; we bypass the nutrition that would give us sustenance. We miss the silence that would give us insight. We miss love and joy. We are hypnotized into the belief that good things come only through determination and effort, so we never find rest. And for need of rest, we simply exist.

In our hunger for success, we are charmed by the promises of what we can accomplish with more money, more recognition, more satisfaction, more love, more information, more influence, more possessions, more security. Even when we dedicate our lives to the service of others, the consumption of activity can cause distress.

Our harried performance neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our inner potential for peace. It destroys the efficiency of our work because it obliterates the inner wisdom that makes our lifestyle effective.

A successful life as defined by society can become a fierce endeavor. We push our bodies beyond their limits. We cannot find enough time to be with children when they are hurting. We are too preoccupied to listen to the quiet voices within that seek to nourish and refresh us. We no longer have communities because we are anxious about protecting our belongings. We do not feel safe enough to be kind and generous. We do not take the time to place our focus on the earth and allow it to feed us, to taste its blessings and to give thanks.

This is not the kind of world we dreamed about in our youth. Life was full of potential. How did we get so lost in a world deprived of joy and delight?

If busyness becomes too intense, we only have to stretch our perception enough to see that effortless, nourishing rest can invite a healing of this disorder. When we dedicate time to listen to the still, small voice within, we discover the wisdom that makes work fruitful. We find where we are most deeply nourished, and find insight to people and things around us. - copyright Dusty Reed, 2003

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Some sites I recommend:

OASIS TV with metaphysical programming

Have you visited EJ's site recently? Let There Be Light

My Pathways

Worldwide Online Meditation Center

KySpirit

Inner Self

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And, for anyone who enjoys playing at ebay, I continue to have a few items (which change daily) available for sale -
Dusty's eBay

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