Finding the Divine Within

In this heavy and dense 3-dimensional existence, we often feel alone, separate from everyone and everything in the world around us. It is this sense of separation that leads us to feelings of fear and depression. We don't feel we have the power to cope with the obstacles we face every day. Indeed, we are taught to look outside ourselves for something bigger and better that can to save us. We see this scenario played out in our fairy tales, our television programs and even our religions.

The fact of the matter is, each one of us contains a spark of the Divine. Each one of us has the ability to tap into a place deep within that connects us to Source energy and all that is. This is the place of all wisdom and understanding. This is where we know we are part of the grand whole that is life itself. We are never alone once we understand and live this connection.

Separation is an illusion. Learn to connect to that place inside that connects you to all that is Divine. Your life will never be the same!

I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic! How have you felt this connection to the Divine and what was your experience? Your understanding might be key for someone else to experience their own connection! Please share below!

~CSE

The Source Of Our Anger

It's funny. I am forever talking about how important it is for us to stop fighting among ourselves, especially on social media. A lot of people will agree with me. Then I hear them talking and/or read their posts and I know they truly just don't get it.

They fight over guns. They fight over politics, religion, and the role of religion in politics. They fight over women in church hierarchy. They fight over the issues of homosexuality and changing genders. They fight over racism. They fight over culture. They fight over socioeconomic status. And the list goes on...and on...and on...

Once and for all, I would like people to sit back and really think about it instead of just paying the idea of peace lip service. Do they REALLY think guns are bad (or good)? Do they REALLY think only Democrats or Republicans have a monopoly on morals/values? Do they REALLY think homosexuality is a choice in all circumstances?

In my experience, absolutes are limitations. The vast majority of people don't fit in neat little boxes that are easily defined. We are all a mix of good and bad, right and wrong. Sometimes we do things well and sometimes we make terrible mistakes. It's what makes us human.

If people really took the time to look at things, they might just discover that they have a lot more in common with those folks they consider "different". They might understand that beyond the differences, we are all connected through our humanness. We are all connected through our hearts, through love.

Maybe if they stopped and thought about it, they would understand that the source of their anger was not based on that internal connection but on some external force trying to separate where no real separation exists. This force is the nature of duality and what we all came here to experience.

It is time to see the source of our anger for what it is and understand that we have spent enough time in separation. We may not look alike. We may not act alike. We may not think alike. Regardless, we are all connected through our hearts. We are all One.


~CSE

Stock Market: Real Or Not Real?

As I write this, I'm watching reports about the falling stock markets all over the world. After a bad week last week, the markets are going down even worse. Everyone is wondering if they will miraculously stabilize or will we see another big bubble? At this point, it's pretty much anyone's guess, although I believe the powers that be still control what happens to a very large degree.

I want to play a little game: Real or Not Real, but first I need to give you a little background. What is the stock market? If you go back in history, wealthy men put their money into manufacturing businesses that could use common workers to mass produce goods more cheaply than ever before. Somewhere along the way, these rich men came up with the idea they could attract more money for investments by opening their businesses up to other people with money and selling "shares". They would then pay the shareholders dividends based on profits created by the business.

The idea began to take off. This was because there was a middle class with dreams of making their hard earned cash pay in ways they didn't have to work for. They too could make money off the backs of others like rich men did. Some of these middle class people did very well with their investments and became much more wealthy as a result.

The Great Depression changed many people's fortunes overnight. Suicides were common as people literally lost everything they thought they had "earned" with their investments. Ironically, most of the ultra wealthy people had managed to sell off their investments before the fall came (NOT coincidence). After the fall, they were able to buy huge businesses for pennies on the dollar and made even more money!!!

There have been many more recessions since then. The 2008 "recession" I have always called a depression because the effect was in many ways similar to the 1929 collapse. Huge numbers of people lost good paying jobs. Many lost their life savings. The ultra rich banks were given more investment money they could gamble with and lose. Today, we once again seem to be flirting with financial disaster as the markets once again take dangerous tumbles.

Now to the game!

Real or Not Real? 

1. Are the manufacturing plants real? Yes! They produce real goods to be used by real people!
2. Is the stock market real? Quite simply, no. Stocks are a bet that those in charge are going to make decisions that will make the company more profitable. There are no guarantees. While these bets are believed to be based on tangible goods, they are really based on money only. 
3. Is money real? That depends on how it is created. If it is created because you have some physical good that it represents (like gold or lumber or oil) it is somewhat real. It is still just a representation of the goods designed to make trading the actual goods easier. If it is created from thin air (like most of our currencies in recent years) it is not real. Fake money is called fiat money.

Now that we've played the Real Or Not Real Game, what do we need to understand about our lives as we know them?

The stock market is a tool of rich people to siphon money off of poorer people. While people are made to believe they are investing in real goods and services, these "investments" come with inherent risks. Investors don't get physical pieces of the company. They don't even get whatever product or service the company produces unless they buy it. Their "shares" have a monetary value that is pretty much always based on fiat money. Winning or losing often comes down to convincing other people you have something of real value to sell.

What We Need To Remember

All around the world, real goods and services are produced every day by people just like us. These can be traded and used by everyone so that we all have food, clothing, shelter, etc. The supply chains are already in place. We do not need company chairs and CEO's to provide ourselves with what we need to live on. The structure is there.

When our world economy collapses (and there is no doubt in my mind it will), understand the solutions require new ways of looking at the world. We do not need rich men to live. We need cooperation. We need each other. We are real!!! We are what matters!!!

Allow the illusions of the world to fall aside so we can create a new, real world together!!!

~CSE