Paradise Now

Your planet is a paradise. It is a living, breathing being.

You are one with her.

With the effect of karma, what you do to the Earth Mother, affects you.

You have given to her, your pain, your physical and emotional garbage.

You have harmed her children, the creatures and humans who live on this plane.

In our realm, we feel it also.

You have been told, that this damage is irreversible. Nothing is irreversible, that is judgment talking.

There are physical things that you can do to help. 

Appreciate Her gifts of food, water and material things. Do not waste them.

Do not kill off entire forests or species, for that karma will return to you.

That is the assignment for your entire species, do not be intimidated by it. Simply do your part. 

Send her love and healing energy. Notice the flowers and the beauty of the sky, the waters and the trees. Be kind to the animals you encounter.

Your intention is more important that you can imagine. By “intention” we do not mean, “think about doing it”, but rather, “do it with feeling.” 

You are here, and right now, you have within you the power to do what needs to be done.

Take small actions daily, the results will astonish you, and don’t forget to regularly, “call in” to Mother Earth in your meditations. She misses you.

Send her love, send her healing, you are connected. When you heal Mother Earth, you, yourself, will feel healing. 

You both need this very much. ~Silas

Self-Inflicted Nonsense

There are many among you who like to hear of the concepts of guilt and sin. It is not a bad idea, to make sure that you are doing no harm and not creating karma that will harm or distress you. But you do make sins of th littlest things.

Having a cookie or an extra piece of cake is only a sin against the pretty dress you want to wear. Sitting in your home and drinking too much may result in a type of Hell the following morning, but will not physically send you here. Dressing seductively is about your own feelings of confidence or insecurity. Spirit does not care where your neckline falls.

The only guilt-creating sin you can committ is to harm your fellow humans. To eat cake is not a sin. To poison a cake and deliberately give it to another would put it into that category. To drink s not a sin, but to drink and hit another person during an argument, might give you some uncomfortable karma to face. To love another and leave the relationship when you are unhappy, is nothing to feel guilty about. To seduce a person and open their heart, with no intention of loving them, or using love for financial gain or power, will usually result in the pain or loss that means the most to you.

But none of these are truly sins. They are energy that comes back to you in a more intense manner than when you sent it out. The Universe must balance itself. It isn't personal.

Jinnzania's side notes: I grew up with the idea that at our very best, we are all unworthy sinners. To even think a bad thought, is a punishable offense. I assume that the original intent was to discourage inappropriate or harmful behavior. I did okay with some things. With others, I just gave up. I mean, why bother if there is no hope.

Then, I gave up the idea.

I was always kind to others and tried to do no harm. I made friends despite my social challenges, I realized it felt good to help and show love to those around me. I no longer needed the "training wheels" of religion to make me do it for fear of punishment. So I took off on two wheels and have been there ever since. It seems I can move much faster that way.

Crazy Little Thing Called Karma

Ah, karma! The cosmic version of Santa Claus. It knows what you did last night. It never forgets a name or address. It sees you when you're sleeping, and knows who you are sleeping with. karma is your best friend, and your worst enemy's worst nightmare. Karma is a bitch, and she takes no prisoners.

Humans love to make things personal. 

Perhaps it would help to think of karma as a machine. Just like those cameras at stoplights, it doesn't care that you're running late for your daughter's piano recital or that it was just a momentary lapse and you've never had a ticket in your life. The camera keeps clicking, no matter who you are. 

Karma is actually more like a computer program. 

It is programmed to do a task and will continue to do that unless something changes the program, slows it down or stops it. Sounds a bit like a scary movie, yes? Yet, you have nothing more to fear from karma than you do your toaster, it will not harm you if you use it correctly. You would not toast your bread on the rim of your bathtub as you sit in the water. 

Working with the karmic computer correctly means that every action you take must be run in the operating system, "LOVE". Otherwise, you will damage the program you are running, so that every action you take will fail, or work against you. This is not punishment or revenge, it is just the program doing its job. 

Another way humans interfere with the program, is to plot revenge on those who have harmed them, or, simply, refuse to forgive them. When you clog the operating system with either of these programs, the karmic computer grinds to a halt. Ironically, by seeking revenge or refusing forgiveness, you actually, save them from the karma they have created. How sweet of you! They probably don't even appreciate it.

When you forgive, you untether yourself from that person. You don't excuse their actions, you move away, and move on. Their karma is their business and yours is yours. 

You don't forgive for them, you forgive for yourself. If the situation can be resolved, so be it. If not, then you don't want to be in the fallout zone.

Jinnzania's side notes: I've been struggling with the issue of forgiveness for more than a year. I've gone through the traditional series of, pain, sadness, anger, resentment, anger, fear, anger, depression, anger and, finally, anger. Hmmmm.......I think I see where I might have been stuck. I was not only angry with the person, but furious with karma for allowing them to get away, unpunished. My elemental friends often speak to me in visions. One day, I saw myself tethered to a burning building, a house I'd once lived in. I realized I was attaching myself to an impending disaster that was no longer part of my life. I focused on forgiving, for myself, and felt much lighter and more free. During the last full moon, I asked for help to release the rest of it. I felt different, and was finally able to focus on my own life. Afterward, and very quickly, I might add, karma did its thing. As always, just to prove a point, it gave me a front row seat. 

Yes, karma works if we step away and let it do it's job. Forgive, release.....don't micromanage.