Gaia: Planetary Enlightenment

Re: Music...

http://crystal-king.gaia.com — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:08:05 GMT

You are so right, Nishtha, everything that is consists of vibration. Even with great physical pain, the power of misic sooths. Some years ago I was in great pain and the only thing that could give me relief was music, I would sit down with my guitar, begin playing and singing, by the third song the pain was gone. I believe that this process works on every level if allowed, mental, physical, and spiritual

Re: alone we grow, together we empower

http://crystal-king.gaia.com — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:43:53 GMT

It seems to me that I can hear that small still voice within only when I am able to still the world around me. In the early hours fo the morning, when I am locked in meditation, and when all of the other minds around me are quiet, those are the times when that voice is heard the loudest within my being. From that voice the secrets of the universe reveal themselves as the song of all that is. May that song ring in your ears and bless your life!

Re: alone we grow, together we empower

http://imprintingspirit.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:56:20 GMT

I love what you've written Thomas! It's been ages since I've stepped into this pod and, after coming across your entry, I am thrilled to be back. Thank you for your reminder to listen to the "small still voice within"
Namaste.

Re: Vibrating at an optimum frequency

http://imprintingspirit.gaia.com — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:51:28 GMT

Dearest Ocean, I am months late in responding to your post and I apologize for my tardiness. However, I feel as if the cosmos has led me back to Gaia at such an opportune moment and that makes me believe that all is as it was meant to be.

Your voice here is so gentle and calm and it brings a smile to my face and to my heart. I wonder what is going on in your life now, vibrationally, and if you care to share what your journey has been. I am here, with open eyes and ears and openness in my heart...

: - )

alone we grow, together we empower

http://crystal-king.gaia.com — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:05:16 GMT

I claim little knowledge save that which comes from within. What is right? What is wrong? Who determines these? Are not all things subjective and based upon our environment, human influences, and cultural beliefs? Are we not all one, with our essences emanating the same source? You are the one who decides to be connected or separate, but that will not change what is. All knowledge, all wisdom, and all love can be found if you listen to what your ears can not hear and look at what your eyes can not see! The small still voice within tells of these stories, and looks upon these wonders.
In peace and love,
Thomas

Fascism

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:18:04 GMT

Just sitting here wondering - did those people who created the paranoid
liquid-rules on aeroplanes consider - that the only ones they prevent
from bringing on board the liquids they need - are the honest peaceful
traveller.

The terrorist will easily bring whatsoever needed liquid for making his
bomb. It only requires a bit of homework......

Did they also think about the fact that they actually by having all
these 'security' precautions/checks regard honest people for being
terrorists?? And that actually in quite some countries is against the
law?? ( innocent until proven guilty).

I remember a flight I had where I nearly missed the plane - because I
had a suspicious departure-stamp in my valid passport ( and I had a
valid ticket) - regardless all those 'security' checks ( mainly used as
a kind of abuse of peaceful travellers) the same flight carried a person
without passport and ticket.

Just wondering

love and light

thor

Re: Hi everyone, my name is Thomas, my poetry is my heart speakin

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:10:38 GMT

Hi Thomas
Welcome and thanks for sharing your beautiful poem.
love and light
thor

Hi everyone, my name is Thomas, my poetry is my heart speaking.

http://crystal-king.gaia.com — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:14:03 GMT

"For the Dream of Peace"

By: Thomas J. Segel

The sky so blue, the sea so green.

A more lovely sight is seldom seen.

The wind blows and carries my mind away.

To a distant land, and another day.

I see a village by the shore.

A thatch-roofed hut and an open door.

The nets are strung on a beam outside.

They are being sewn with strings of hide.

I can hear the pounding drum.

Calling in each and every one.

From their work and from their play.

For this was a special day.

The yield of the sea had been kind.

There was food for all to find.

And offered for a special feast.

To ride the wind, to tame the beast.

All who came did dance and eat.

Some sat down by the Master's feet.

To listen to the words he spoke.

Within their hearts the silence broke.

I am here to reveal to you.

The causes of the things you do.

To plant within your heart a seed.

To fill even your deepest need.

To share the mystery of love.

To show you dreams from up above.

To lift your heart and make you whole.

To begin the stirring of your soul.

Be still and know the silence now.

A small still voice will tell you how.

To kindle the fire that dwells within.

Which is the place you must begin.

In silence your soul will speak.

Of the things that men do seek.

Softly spoken and seldom heard.

Comes the most enchanting word.

I am who you are.

Together we are a rising star.

To shine above for all to see.

To find who they must really be.

The journey of your soul must start.

In the essence of your heart.

For it is that precious seed.

That overpowers hate and greed.

To build anew compassion's fire.

To make love your heart's desire.

Let your heart direct your course.

Yielding to its tender force.

Standing naked at love's door.

Cross the threshold with nothing more.

For only love may enter in.

Then from the heart flow out again.

Filled with joy and filled with pain.

The journey of your soul remains.

A mystery in your conscious mind.

Bound by space, locked in time.

In love is found the key.

To open up eternity.

For love cannot be bound.

Within it is the freedom found.

To lift your heart and make you high.

The answer to the question why.

And to love what would you give.

For it allows your soul to live.

Asking nothing in return.

Hoping every heart will learn.

Love needs nothing but itself to grow.

Once the heart is full, it overflows.

To spill out across the skies.

To open up the blinded eyes.

To remind the heart of man.

So that you may take a stand.

And do all that must be done.

For you are the only one.

Who can make the change today.

Within your heart you'll find the way.

Again he lifted high his voice.

And said that peace must be the choice.

Too long has war been on the land.

Too long has man been killing man.

What causes the killing need.

That comes from fear and comes from greed.

You have forgotten where you come from.

The journey back is hard for some.

To hear the calling of your soul.

To remember the things you know.

That have always been a part of you.

It is part of the job at hand.

To raise the consciousness of man.

To stop the war that wages within.

The only place you can begin.

When peace is found one heart at a time.

The nations will follow down the line.

For when you realize you are your brother.

You can no longer hurt one another.

Peace will come from the inside out.

Then no longer will you shout.

Filled with hurt and filled with pain.

For only peace will then remain.

In passing time, all wounds will heal.

And you will know then what is real.

Peace may shape the destiny of man.

Then once again rule the land.

But it is you who must choose.

Will humanity win or lose.

The changes must start today.

Within your heart you'll find the way.

The words I speak draw you near.

It is the truth you long to hear.

Truth is a gem among the coal.

It is the food that feeds the soul.

Forged again in passion's fire.

And becomes the soul's desire.

It is in truth that love can grow.

It is in truth that peace we know.

It is life and love you give.

When within the truth you live.

In truth awakening begins.

In truth the light may enter in.

May the light fill your soul.

May the higher calling be your goal.

By now many people had come.

Brought by the pounding of the drum.

To the Master they pressed near.

He climbed a hill so all could hear.

As he lifted up his hand.

A stillness fell upon the land.

You have all become my heart.

More words to you will I impart.

The deepness of the truth you feel.

Bears witness to what is real.

And what you know within your soul.

Shows forth in the brightness of your being.

When enlightened is the path you walk.

Joy is found in the way you talk.

What causes this enlightening.

From what does this joy now spring.

Again the trail will lead within.

To the place you must begin.

For only in silent thought.

Is the power of creation caught.

From there it is the light does flow.

And in your heart you will know.

The light is meant to share with all.

And any who will hear the call.

Knowing when the call is heard.

That you will receive the word.

The word is love, peace, truth, and joy.

Found in the heart of girl and boy.

As my gaze falls upon the sea.

I know this joy is meant to be.

Now others pay while I go free.

For the doors are open to me.

I behold the wonder of it all.

And listen to my spirit call.

In recent dreams and ancient time.

Live eternal thoughts sublime.

In the shadowed light I seek.

The meaning of the words I speak.

Found in the heart of all.

Indwelling in the trees so tall.

Heard in the muted breath.

Intertwined in life and death.

Reaching for the faded thing.

Listening to freedom ring

And sound aloud for all mankind.

Marking well for all who find.

That simple peace within your heart.

Again the place that you must start.

So, beloved, take the chance.

Join me in the sacred dance.

Rise and let your spirit fly.

Racing through the windswept sky.

That you may touch the silver strand.

Tied to us by God's own hand.

As the sun sets upon the shore.

The knowledge of your heart will soar.

Awake again in mystic dreams.

The knowledge of eternal things.

Found at the point of peace within.

Again the place you must begin.

And the truth that you do find.

Must be shared with human kind.

We stand in the temple of the sun.

With no place for us to run.

We must be at peace in our home.

We will never be alone.

All creation reaches out.

It shows us without a doubt.

That we will never cease to be.

It is the same for you and me.

Eternal dreams are now.

In your heart you know how.

Though we stand on the line.

The wind blows the sand of time.

From here and now to evermore.

So together let's step through the door.

To make the world a better place.

At this point in time and space.

When you realize that we are one.

The people, the planet, and the setting sun.

Be then mindful of what you do.

For what touches one touches all of you.

To the Earth you must be kind.

Learning well from what you find.

In each treasure you behold.

Is a sacred story told.

Of awesome wonder, bold delight.

The precious gift, the clearest sight.

Is there for any who will see.

And in the knowing you will be.

Darkness settled on the land.

In the torch light he did stand.

The people hungered for his words.

And cherished the treasures heard.

Old and young, big and small.

Silence was upon them all.

The Master called a young one near.

Then said to all that would hear.

If you could look through this one's eyes.

You would see the truth and hear the cries.

Of all of those yet to come.

You would do what must be done.

Your thoughts are of yesterday.

But tomorrow's child will lead the way.

And follow him you must.

If in love and peace you trust.

We stand upon common ground.

Together our lives are bound.

By the one within us all.

Hoping we will hear the call.

Whispered from that timeless place.

Found upon the child's face.

In the touch of a stranger's hand.

Compassion in a foreign land.

The song that causes the heart to sing.

The tenderness that love does bring.

Helping the helpless child.

The gentle spirit, meek and mild.

Let this moment fill your soul.

Listen to the things you know.

Take another by the hand.

Help someone to understand.

What has been given, give away.

Let us start a brand new day.

It is you I treasure in my heart.

What draws you here marks the start.

Of changes in your world today.

Within your heart you'll find the way.

The moon had risen in the sky.

The people stood with a watchful eye.

One said Master, tell us more.

How may we pass through the door?

With his words he firmly said.

From the darkness you were led.

Now for you the time has come.

To share the light with everyone.

Let your highest thought be love.

The kind that flows from up above.

Let your clearest word be spoken.

Healing hearts that have been broken.

Let every heart beat as one.

Under the temple of the sun.

Let everyone become his brother.

In the heart of God there is no other.

Let compassion fill your soul.

Teaching well from what you know.

Let peace be the path you walk.

Showing forth in how you talk.

Let your truth light the way.

Breaking darkness of the day.

Let everyone do his part.

To heal our planet from the heart.

Let everyone hear the voice within.

Which will direct you home again.

It was now the second day of the feast.

Of riding the wind, of taming the beast.

The people watched for the Master to come.

While they danced to the sound of the drum.

He was the treasure of their land.

For he helped them to understand.

Though alone, he was never apart.

For he was held dearly in each one's heart.

He arrived on the fourth hour of the day.

All of the people made clear his way.

For him was made a special seat.

Built with love to the flow of the beat.

In their midst he sat above them all.

With outstretched arms, let his spirit call.

To any there that would hear.

So he could once again draw them near.

As silence fell upon that place.

He began to speak with heavenly grace.

My eyes have seen the love you hold.

From my heart another story told.

In dreams of this boundless sea.

Timeless visions come to me.

We are but a vapor in the wind.

But our soul continues without end.

So that when a life falls away.

It is to begin a brand new day.

The sorrow belongs to those left behind.

The departed enters a joy hard to find.

So let your sorrow be brief.

May you feel joy and not grief.

The love that has passed between is forever.

Deep within your heart you will never.

Have to say good-bye, but farewell.

In another place, another time.

Locked inside an ancient rhyme.

You shall see each other again.

It is only the soul that knows when.

I feel the Earth breathe with the surge of the sea.

I am filled with the power it gives to me.

I once again dwell in that timeless place.

I feel the love of the gentle race.

That lives within every heart.

Again the place that you must start.

The message I give is clear.

He who has ears, let him hear.

He who has eyes, let him see.

The wondrous glory meant to be.

Thus were the words he spoke at the feast.

It was he who rode the wind and tamed the beast.

For all who heard let their spirits fly.

On mystic winds of eternal sky.

Within each heart the beast was tamed.

So no one would ever be the blame.

And so it is that this story is told.

To any who will hear and take hold.

Of the truth contained within.

Again the place you must begin.

Thomas James Segel

My trip to Europe - photos

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:33:24 GMT

Dear friends
last month ( and more??) I travelled to Denmark and Rhodes, Greece (
didn't we hear that before??) I uploaded a few pictures from my trip on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thornokami/sets/
http://community.webshots.com/user/thornokami?vhost=community
I any of you should be interested.
Cd's are of course also available on request ( you're welcome) - but
please notice that I will leave Thailand first of October and that it
may take a while before I can come online again after settling in Japan.
love and light
thor

Re: Vibrating at an optimum frequency

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:19:18 GMT

Hi, Nishtha~
I stand accused and I now understand what you were so painstakingly and patiently attempting to enlighten me to months ago.
Lots of cosmic instruction later, I really get it, I think!
I like the simplicity of the way the vibes are mentioned here and this resonates easily with my understanding of what you were telling me.
Also, sweetness does work better than pointing out defects in others, duh!
Proving a case only appeals on one level and is likely to cause a bad reaction.
Charm and sympathy work wonders and create an inviting example.
And "do as I say to do and not as I do", is not an ideal way to be, and even "do as I do", even if it's completely compassionate food-wise, is less than loving communication-wise.
Being peaceful with all beings is the point and getting it across must be in a peaceful, loving, fashion to be accepted.
Pointing fingers, making arguments, and even winning wars is not part of healing or being peaceful.
Loving is.
is this getting close, Nishtha?

Thanks for your enlightenment!

Re: Vibrating at an optimum frequency

http://Oceann.gaia.com — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:14:33 GMT

My first thought on reading your name was that it was from William Holden, the great film actor.
Rent "Picnic", if you're not familiar with him! ( From the brilliant William Inge play)

A much cooler Holden to hail from, people-wise, but I adore your names-in-the-sand story even better!

World Free Speech Setups - Volunteers wanted!

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:28:06 GMT

I'm Arhata creator of the World's Largest Display of Free Speech out of Los Angeles(Arhata.zaadz.com).
I am looking to create similar free speech setups in cummunities around the country and need volunteers to participate. Free Speech is mostly controlled and this will be the largest uncensored free speech coast to coast. Please inquire here or at Arhataosho@yahoo.com
Blessings, Arhata

CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!

http://jaimechangestheworld.gaia.com — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:58:58 GMT

hello everyone!! my name is jaime thompson. within the past couple months i have grown very much intuned with who i am as a person and why i was put here on earth. my sole purpose is to change the world. bring perfection back. i know that the only way i can do this is by just starting with myself. from myself i have created an awesome universe for myself and love my life. i am so grateful to have found this community and finally be apart of a group that feels exactly the way i do!! i am the most open honest person you will ever meet. i have been known to give my life history to individuals who i've only known for a couple of hours :-) but hey thats me! so anything youd like to know feel free to ask! i am so grateful to be here!

Possession

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:01:20 GMT

dear Friends

Presently I am reading a book, Zen the path of Paradox by Osho. I came across this little narrative, which reminds me of the many times I got angry with my ex-wife, when she picked flowers in the garden.

He talks about love - God, whether we can possess it or not.

"You see a beautiful flower - a rose on a bush - and you immediately take it away from the bush. You want to possess it. You have killed it! Now you put it in your buttonhole - it is a dead flower, it is a corpse; It is just a memory and it is fading. It was so alive on the bush. It was so beautiful on the bush. It was so young and so happy and there was dance in it and there was a song around it. You killed all of it. Now you are carrying a dead flower in your buttonhole.

And this is what we are doing in everything. Whether it is beauty, love, or God, we want to possess."

We humans have a tendency to want to own everything - when do we learn the lesson?

love and light
thor

Old Timers

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:33:04 GMT

dear friends
I got this story today.

A farmer went out one day and bought a brand new stud rooster for
his chicken coop. The new rooster struts over to the old rooster and says, 'OK old timer, time for you to retire.'

The old rooster replies, 'Come on, surely you cannot handle ALL of
these hens. Look what it has done to me. Can't you just let me have the two old hens over in the corner?' The young rooster says, 'Beat it! You are washed up and I am taking over..'

The old rooster says, 'I tell you what, young stud. I will race you around the farmhouse. Whoever wins gets exclusive domain over the entire
chicken coop.'

The young rooster laughs. 'You know you don't stand a chance, old
man. So, just to be fair, I will give you a head start.'

The old rooster takes off running. About 15 seconds later the young
rooster takes off running after him. They round the front porch of the farmhouse and the young rooster has closed the gap. He is only about 5 feet behind the old rooster and gaining fast.

The farmer, meanwhile, is sitting in his usual spot on the front porch when he sees the roosters go running by. He grabs his shotgun and - BOOM - he blows the young rooster to bits.

The farmer sadly shakes his head and says, 'Damn.....third gay rooster I
bought this month.'

Moral of this story? .

1) You don't get old being a fool!

2) Age, skill, and treachery will always overcome youth and arrogance!

3) Don't mess with us OLD TIMERS!
love and light
thor

Raising our children

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:54:04 GMT

Dear Friends

I have just read a book -The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts.

It is a very enlightening book for those going-to-be or already parents. He tells us some of the traps that we - if we follow the usual way of raising our children - easily fall into.

In order to make good citizens out of our children (as he calls it: ‘Genuine Fakes') we teach them to follow some rules - some of which are impossible to follow.

An example:

"...The social double-bind game can be phrased in several ways:

The first rule of this game is that it is not a game.

Everyone must play.

You must love us.

You must go on living.

Be yourself, but play a consistent and acceptable role.

Control yourself and be natural.

Try to be sincere."

He shows us how we actually DEMAND our children to be spontaneous ....How to be spontaneous on command?

To me, who, ever since my birth, has been rejecting that double-bind-game my parents and my society tried to force me into, reading this book is extremely fun.

He also states one of my hobbyhorses - which people usually refuse to accept:

"The alternative to a community based on mutual trust is a totalitarian police-state, a community in which spontaneity is virtually forbidden."

No one seems to be able to see that this ‘police-state' is exactly where we're heading.

Alan Watts also leads us through the discovery of ‘who we really are' and how this world is build up and why it works the way it does.

And here he states this:

" In the words of a Chinese Zen Master, ‘ Nothing is left to you at this moment but to have a good laugh!'"

love and light
thor

Re: Introduce Your Self!

http://mattmann162000.gaia.com — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:19:17 GMT

wow, what a story! I'm beginning a similar journey myself. After 11 years in a dead end "soul-sucking" retail job, and 11 years with my wife who does not share my spiritual beliefs, I'm leaving both. My wife and I will remain friends. Once the divorce is final, I will travel to Europe. from there, who knows!

Re: Where do I belong?

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:55:37 GMT

Dear thor, I'm intrigued to know what spiritual teachings you are getting from the fairy tales. I know they are there, but never have looked at them that way.

Peace and joy,

Nicole

Re: Where do I belong?

Wed, 30 May 2007 07:58:26 GMT

Dear Nicole.
Comparing the Koran with H.C.Andersen's fairy-tales is quite interesting.
The 'spiritual' book,the Koran, is a' book of threats'. - far from what I can use for spiritual training.
and the fairy-tales?? Full of spiritual teachings.

interesting is - certainly.

love and light
thor

Re: Where do I belong?

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:48:00 GMT

i often wonder why i live in Quebec during the winter... but life is good this time of year, everything seems to be bursting into life at once, desperate to get it all in before the cold comes back all too soon...

i've never thought of interspersing the Koran with fairy tales, interesting, it must make for fascinating comparisons and contrasts...