SEPARATION FROM LIGHT AND FREEDOM

WALLOWING IN DARKNESS

During our disastrous separation from light, truth and freedom, wallowing in the shame, regrets, anger, lies and revenge, what did we learn besides not to trust anyone, not to believe what anyone says and all that jazz.....life is not actually a matter of trusting others....it is a journey of discovering our emotions in various different circumstances, developing them, to not only overcome these events, but also to conquer them, which is incredibly difficult, when we are immensely oppressed, our property stolen, broken and destroyed, we are manipulated, threatened, such deep resentment grows within us becoming hatred and anger, which are both very strong emotions of darkness and that is what swallows us into the pits of depression and helplessness. We have to seek deeper, much deeper to conquer the resentment, hatred and anger or it will destroy us......we must separate material from spiritual and opt for the spiritual which is everlasting ....

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31 August 2018

THE REAL DANGER THAT LURKS......

TRAPPED IN DARKNESS

Our real danger is the trap of darkness,

separation from the light into its starkness,

all playing out in the emotional level,

killing our love is the treat of the devil.

It blinds our eyes with anger and rage,

as we can't find a way to turn the page,

deeper and deeper into darkness we slide,

as resentment takes us for a nasty ride.

We must rise above the level of the ground,

there where divinity is safe and sound,

conquer the resentment with brand new plans,

or the hatred and anger will destroy our clans.

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31 August 2018

CAPTURED CONSCIENCE

SEPARATION GULF

We are always children of our Father, the massive gulf that separates us is a mental block......the accuser using our conscience, the shame, disgrace, disgust and anger we feel at the traps we were lured into. Not even death - which is the most final - can separate us...our Father even sent Jesus into death and darkness to inform those stuck in prisons of darkness, of this, so they are not ignorant......so......stop hiding, our past, our deeds, our thoughts....all of it ...God is omnipresent within each of us, a silent partner going through every experience with us, we have no explaining to do, nothing...it is all known....THERE ARE NO SECRETS, THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE, THERE IS NOTHING TO RUN FROM....NOTHING....HAVE NO FEAR.....AWAKE AND PUT IT ALL DOWN TO EXPERIENCE AND BRAVELY COME FORWARD WITH A NEW WAY OF THINKING.....WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES? WHAT HAVE WE GAINED? WHAT HAVE WE LOST? HOW DO WE RESTORE WHAT WE HAVE LOST? .......NOT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HIDE.....THERE IS NO HIDING PLACE....

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30 August 2018

MASSIVE GULF BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT

SHADOW OF DEATH

There's a massive gulf between dark and light,

an enormous separation called death and night,

living souls and spirits trapped in flesh that's dead,

through the power of the air it's controlled and fed.

But....not even death can break our Fathers cord,

he sent Jesus into darkness to bring us on board,

the accuser holds our conscience in a grip,

keeping us captive by the lies of his lip.

There are no secrets, God knows it all,

there is nothing hidden, so answer His call,

release your conscience and break yourself free,

there's a purpose for it all as we will see.

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30 August 2018

ALWAYS PART OF THE FAMILY

OUR TRUE FATHER

A child remains a child of a father or mother regardless of what they do or where they travel....it is simply a fact that can never change. ..even when one strays and the other disowns them...they are still parent and child by connection....FACT.... When we stray too far from home, these worldly master lure and snare us in their webs and traps leading us subtly into situations which are against our morals, bringing us shame and guilt which makes us want to hide from our parents as not to bring the shame upon them.....like carrying our own cross, trying to keep the dirt away. All this normally happens while we are young children, far too young to understand, discern or know what to do about it. This is a massive weapon hindering us to stand, a massive obstacle blocking the light of the truth. God holds no record of wrongs...only the accuser does....God holds nothing against us......it is all circumstantial and training in the work in progress. A child we are in the kingdom of God and will always be.....so....don't shy away, don't be used for evil, COME HOME.......COME....IN WHATEVER CONDITION YOU ARE IN....COME. Don't be prevented by accusations. Whatever we have done, or do, doesn't change the fact that we are a child of God...PERIOD....END OF STORY....AND NOTHING AND NOBODY CAN STAND IN THE WAY....OPEN THE PATHS.....AMEN

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29 August 2018

INVISIBLE CONNECTION

CHILDREN OF THE CREATOR

Children of the creator we will always be,

this is a fact and cannot change, you see,

attached we are to an invisible cord,

that can never be severed by a sword.

As children young we are taken away,

tricked and trapped and made to sway,

far too young to understand or know,

we're sucked very deeply into the worldly show.

But...children of the creator we will always be,

from any worldly forces we need never flee,

they know who we are and will try to use fear,

yet we know our paths are always in the clear.

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29 August 2018

HOW TO CHOOSE A NEW MASTER

COMING HOME

We come to the new master and ask to join....to come home really.   We ask what we need to do? What is the cost? Turn away from the other masters by rejecting their offerings and deals. Now....our past will most assuredly come into play as an obstacle in our way, so what shall we do? We ask for help, when choosing Jesus, this is the way.....Jesus already took our past and our today and nailed it to the cross, with Him we have no past....we listen ONLY TO HIM AND NOT TO THE ACCUSER. There is no cost.....it has been paid in full with His body nailed to the cross... ONLY BELIEVE, so we don't doubt....it is like the prodigal coming home....it is not about what we did or did not do, it's about being a son and daughter, returning home after living in the shadow of a horrendous war, and our Father has paid all debts and dues and cleared our name.... AS ALL OF US WERE TRAPPED IN CHILDHOOD....AND TAKEN PRISONER IN CHILDHOOD.....SO.... COME HOME PRODIGALS....JUST COME HOME....

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28 August 2018

IGNORE THE ACCUSER

PRODIGAL RETURNING HOME

Now we know the lay of the land,

that various masters grip us in their hand,

holding deeds against our heads,

making us toss and turn in our beds.

We don't need to stay and remain in their grip,

we can turn away and give it the slip,

return to our father as a prodigal one,

who paid all our dues by the blood of the Son.

No accuser has the right of way,

it is only Jesus that has a say,

we have no need to answer at all,

we only heed to Jesus call.

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28 August 2018

CHANGING MASTERS

LOSING CONTROL

When we wake up and realize our life is not going where we want it, we are continually side tracked, we think we're in control but then discover we're not. This leads to enormous confusion and fear, because we don't know what to do, or where we stand. We don't know who or what is regulating and directing our lives so we don't know where to go, we don't go out looking for trouble, but it comes to us anyway. We find no help and are like sitting ducks.....who can see it all? Who do we contact that can see the full picture? What can give us protection? Who are the masters and how do we reach to the top to find them? As we gave our lives, or rather landed in the hands of earthly masters  through our choices, we can now give ourselves to another master. Most masters are chained in darkness, only one I know of escaped the grip of death and that was Jesus Christ, the first to return from the grave, from the judgement of darkness and from the captivity of separation from God, which is death.....so choose Jesus....

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27 August 2018

UNPLANNED TROUBLE

WHO KNOWS ALL

We may plan all we want,

and still find that we can't,

we may do as we're told,

yet our life is still sold.

We don't look for trouble,

yet it finds us on the double,

things we never prepared for,

comes knocking on our door.

Who sees it all and can gave us protection,

where can we run without finding rejection,

which master will save us from deaths grip,

who will hold us so we don't fall and slip.

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27 August 2018

THE MATRIARCHY RANKS

WORLDLY PYRAMID

The world is in the hands of matriarchs and patriarchs, with a system in place to keep law and order, where masters and leaders are given charge over the nations. There are many, many activities to become involved in and according to our choices we automatically fall under these masters and leaders enlarging their power and area of operations, but none of us even know this, realize this and I wonder if we even care about it!!!! These masters must live and we provide their living through the things we partake in so will obviously lure and tempt us to enjoy more of what they offer by using advertising to convince our minds how much we need what they have to give, hahaha. We forget our morals, virtues and values when lusts and desires speak louder, after all, no one is watching, who will know, hahahaha....... there are always eyes......always......
WHO IS YOUR MASTER? WHO IS DIRECTING YOUR LIFE?
AND AT WHAT COST.......

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26 August 2018

TIPPING SCALES

OUR MASTERS

The table is laid with delectable treats,

awakening desires that love their feasts,

behind every temptation a master lurks,

drawing us closer with tricks and perks.

Blindly we follow as we lick our lips,

totally ignorant of the scale that tips,

before we know it we're caught in a web,

we don't even know the master to dread.

Through our choices we hand ourselves over,

then cry when we land in crimson and clover,

but nobody told us, we really didn't know,

but that doesn't change the ebb and flow.

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26 August 2018

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL

WHO WILL STAND

Who is the strongest, who is the greatest, what is REAL POWER. TOTAL FREEDOM is REAL POWER....What is total freedom? Freedom is a clean life, a clear conscience, a pure heart, harmless hands with no blood, theft, violence or bribery and corruption on them. The richest man on earth cannot pay his way out of guilt. Guilt is generated when we cause intentional harm....to our fellow man, the earth, nature, animals....any intentional premeditated harm, of any kind, emotional, mental, spiritual, physical.....in any way. Causing harm leaves an unpaid debt behind us...to make right....whether we feel guilt or not is irrelevant, we have caused harm and therefore stand guilty and that will be our fall....what we have done, not what others have done to us. So....the strongest is not the richest, or the biggest, but the cleanest....we can stand when under scrutiny....we are open and transparent...have nothing to hide......

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25 August 2018

THE GREATEST OF ALL

REAL POWER

To stand before the judge of life,

without any fear of sword or knife,

to know we're fine and in the clear,

without the need to fret or fear.

We've done no harm, our hands are clean,

we need not hide behind a screen,

with a conscience clear, a soul at peace,

surrendered to Jesus for our release.

Who is the greatest, who has the power,

not the rich man in his ivory tower,

money can't wash away guilt and harm,

the mercy of God is what brings the calm.

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25 August 2018

GODS' CREATION

WHY NEED RECOGNITION

What makes us reach for possessions as recognition, what makes us strive for the house, the car, the suite, the shoes, the watch? What happens in our minds when we neglect our time with our families placing work and money above family time? What has happened to us humans? Why do we need this "recognition", why do we need recognition at all? Why do we care about what people think of us - why is it important? Don't we know who we are and that we are all we need? We are Gods' creation and a work in progress developing our skills as we go along making many mistakes from which we learn - we don't need to impress anyone, or answer anyone, because we answer to God - to be sure we will. We must live in such a way as not to harm others - we help where we can even with a little, but we don't bring harm to them....

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24 August 2018

FACE TO FACE WITH GOD

DIVINE INTUITION

We're Gods' creation to live and grow,

enjoy His earth as together we flow,

we don't need flashy possessions as recognition,

we find our values with divine intuition.

We have no reason to impress another,

spend our lives working as with debts we smother,

it's not our possessions that will save face,

but honour and truth with amazing grace.

We live not to hurt or cause any harm,

we help where we want and add a little charm,

we don't need to answer to any being,

it's face to face with God we'll be seeing.

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24 August 2018

ARE WE PROGRAMMED PUPPETS

SHEEP GONE ASTRAY

Like sheep gone astray without a shepherd to guide us, we are so involved and distracted by paying continuous debts, we have all but forgotten how to live or even just to live. We have become so programmed in debt....house bonds, vehicle loans, insurances on house, car, possessions, jobs, life, death, then comes medical insurance, pension funds, retirement benefits, the world eats us alive....so many fingers in our pie, all wanting their cut, their piece of our life and earnings.... accounts for electricity, water, rates and taxes, refuse removal, toilet facilities, then comes school fees, sport fees, club fees, clothing accounts, shoes, utensils, electronics, television and networks, computers and websites, services on vehicles, appliances , lawnmowers.......it carries on and on....... I owe, I owe, I owe......it's off to work I go..... it is quite incredible in how much debt we live.....or rather just exist.....I don't think we ever really sit down and have a look at this....we work and pay.....work and pay..... that's all we do all day.....slaves of material possessions......how sad!!!! All because we have no one to trust.....with our safety, our health, our life.....how sad......

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23 August 2018

WHAT TO ADHERE TO

BLOCKAGES

How can we hear with all the noise,

how do we see past all the toys,

what do we adhere to and what do we leave,

where is the truth we need to retrieve.

The entire world is trapped in captivity,
working like slaves for a material reality,
money we must have to pave our way,
working and labouring every day.

We don't know how to heed freedoms call,
regrets and guilt take us to a fall,
a shroud of darkness blocks our view,
confusion and fear hides what is true.

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23 August

GETTING AHEAD. OPENING DOORS

TREADING WATER

Why do we have life, why are we born, what are we actually doing here, why were WE selected out of all the thousands of sperm and egg cells, or is this DNA body not us at all, but merely a vessel that carries us...that all of us is carried within the spirit that awakens at conception and starts life growing?????? What is our journey???? We arrive into a family, hopefully, learn the things they teach us in school, study for a career or find a job so we can earn an income to pay for a home, a car,  and that which we yearn for. Yet, this is merely the physical and material journey, but it takes up almost all our waking time...it is as if the world is purposely programmed to keep us so busy that we can't get to the actual journey. Out of the 24 hours in a day, we spend 8-9 at work, another 3-4 preparing and getting dressed and driving to work and back and then we sleep for 7-8, leaving us with a mere 4 hours a day for play and developing the rest of us....soul, heart, mind and spirit....this is not possible and that is why we have to learn from young to balance all this and the material world while we work and play......so we take the virtues and values, morals and ethics with us to work and play, developing these skills and abilities while we earn for what we yearn in the material world, so in the material world we tread water by remaining in the same place, but spiritually we develop our morals, virtues and values daily to grow from them and fulfill our experiences with wisdom...and from this stems true happiness.....

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22 August 2018

STUCK IN A FINANCIAL RUT WITH EXPENSES

TREADING WATER

In the material world we're stuck in a rut,

treading water and running in circles like a nut,

we have expenses that must be paid,

so we follow certain paths that are laid.

Yet the journey of life is really discovery,

reuniting all parts of us into complete recovery,

balancing mind, soul, spirit, flesh and heart,

into one common goal moving to a new start.

To reach the stage where we can open and close doors,

we develop skills and abilities that lift us off the floors,

the rewards of experience and wisdom take us ahead,

with new opportunities making our beds.

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22 August 2018

ENTERING NEW DIMENSIONS..... E.N.D.

ON THE RIGHT TRACK...

When we've gone too far and the balance is gone, the earth is so soiled and polluted with no hope to turn it around. Sewerage is spilling into waters of rivers and the oceans poisoning them and everything living and surviving from them. The land is so damaged and so is man, there is no more turning around....when we reach the E.N.D......Entering New Dimensions and the old dissolves with all material and visible things and to be replaced, where will we be....when we need to go through a spiritual stage, not to dissolve with the material.....dust returns to dust, ashes to ashes and spirit to spirit.....where are we???? Have we committed our spirits into the spiritual realm by joining with God's spirit of love....or where are we???

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21 August 2018

BELONGING TO WHICH WORLD ?????

MATERIAL OR SPIRITUAL???

Where are we in the bigger picture,

what is the path that is laid for our future,

when all that is material dissolves,

which is the realm in which our life revolves.

Dust returns to dust and ashes to ashes,

how do we deal with the crumbling masses,

when we reach the door of new intentions,

will we be ready to enter new dimensions (E.N.D.)

Dust to dust and ashes to ashes,

where do we stand in spiritual essence,

the spirit must be tuned into the right connection,

so it can travel in the right direction.

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21 August 2018

CONSERVATION OF EARTH

SPEAKING TO NATURE.....

How do we communicate with the earth on which we live? What language do we use with that which has no visible ears?  How do we convey our respect, our gratitude to an earth that provides for us every second of every day, without asking anything, without complaining......well, until recently. We as "humans" have been ignoring the subtle signs and signals the earth has been showing us for years now ...........and now she is shouting out against our abuse against her land, her water, her air, her oceans and rivers......she is shouting with flames and fire, with volcano's and earthquakes, with floods, with droughts, and still we don't know how to speak with her!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still we ignore the urgency of the situation....we are fighting over ridiculous things like land, which belongs to the earth.....we should be fighting pollution, dirt, refuse, but no....our greed and stupidity stands in the way. What now???? Human extinction........

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20 August 2018

HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE

LANGUAGE OF LIFE

So many languages aren't spoken by words,

often our actions stir up the curds,

how do we speak where there aren't any ears,

how do we silence the earths roars and gears.

There's a language of life spoken through care,

cherishing and protecting what's fragile and fair,

respecting and honouring the rules of existence,

in a manner that leaves no place for coincidence.

The earth has been silent for many a year,

sending signs and signals for us to adhere,

now she is shouting very loud and clear,

with labour pains from far and near.

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20 August 2018

CREATED FOR A REASON

WORK WITH THE EARTH

The earlier in life we find our purpose and reason for being, the sooner we will find direction and complete fulfillment  in life. Most of us have no idea what we are doing here and therefore are sucked into the empty worldly existence being thrown from situation to situation. We don't receive life to hold onto material things, things that belong to the earth, that come from the earth and return to the earth like houses, cars, furniture, money, etc....it all comes from and out of the earth and is there for our use and comfort but eventually returns to the earth....it is not a possession, it is a commodity. Our purpose of existence is to gain experiences as we move through and past the material things. When we work to buy....merely for the money, we completely miss the purpose of life. We should be working to excel, to be the best we can be, to perfect our skills and abilities, regardless of financial reward. We have a mission in life to dig out and perfect as many talents as are hidden within us....trying and testing all things, becoming masters of every trade we can lay our hands on....and so we become equipped, qualified, wise and knowledgeable....eternity no longer seems so long, does it.....

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19 August 2018

BEING ONE WITH MOTHER EARTH

FULL CIRCLE

Finding fulfillment in the journey of life,

becoming one without fighting and strife,

knowing our place and where we belong,

learning to listen to natures song.

We haven't receive life to lust after money,

but rather to study the bees making honey,

we work to excel and be the best we can,

perfect our skills and abilities like an honourable man.

We have a mission to seek out our talents,

hidden deep within us like an artist palette,

every day a new skill will present itself,

an ability implanted that we need to undelve.

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19 August 2018

GODS WILL IN OUR LIVES

TREASURES OF THE SOUL

Life is given for a purpose. We are not born to die, we are born to become complete - to develop all parts of us. The material world is merely for our temporary comfort - it is not an investment - it is material and therefore ages, rusts, erodes, perishes, cracks.....it is not a worthwhile investment, but a usable commodity. None of it can come with us from journey to journey, so don't ever become attached to material objects. To reach completion we invest in our virtues and values as these travel with us for eternity. Therefore every temptation that comes across our path we weigh up against our virtues and whenever it is going to cost or defile any of our virtues or values, we pass and do not indulge in it. This enlarges our virtues and they grow and become stronger through all our tests and experiences becoming deeper and opening doors into more and more values and appreciation, investing in the treasures of the soul with are eternal....

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18 August 2018

FIND THE RIGHT JOURNEY

CHAIN OF SUCCESS

Life is given for a purpose,

needing to seek deeper than the surface,

we are born to develop every skill we own,

through tests and trials experience is sown.

Material possessions are things we use,

not investments that bind and fuse,

a little comfort to help us on our way,

it's the spiritual things that brighten our day.

When we invest it is for eternity,

in virtues and values that bring us divinity,

death can never hold us in captivity,

freedom will always be our speciality.

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18 August 2018

ADAPTING TO BROKENNESS

MOVING ON

Losing innocence and purity is a life altering experience, because once gone, forever gone and we are forced to adapt to be able to move forward.  We are never the same again, however trust is not an easy quality to destroy, it is very difficult not to trust so we adapt to giving others the benefit of the doubt and simply accept the outcome. Not being able to trust parents, siblings, friends, teachers and the likes, brings deep isolation into our lives, it becomes a very lonely journey until we realize we don't need to trust man. It is too big a burden for them to carry, so we drop our expectations from others as too many obstacles are thrown into the mix bringing disappointment. We learn to accept what we can and reject what we can't and leave it at that. We stop basing our future upon others, but find what we need to get through this journey by our own endeavours and abilities. Then there is trust in Gods will for our lives which opens the most amazing journey any human could ever ask for.....

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17 August 2018

WE DON'T HEAL - WE CHANGE

LOSE WHO WE ARE

Most of our brokenness never ever heals,

it breaks away the piece of us it steals,

leaves behind an empty hole that echoes through our days,

forcing us onto different paths finding all new ways.

Innocence taken is innocence lost never to return,

as is purity into a fire that will always burn, 

we start seeing people in a different light,

adapting our ways to stop fearing the night.

We shut the doors to our tender hearts,

harden our feelings before the day starts,

we take all we hear with a pinch of salt,

flick back our hair at every crack and fault.

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17 August 2018

FIRST THINGS FIRST......

WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.....

When evil befalls a child and they are tricked and trapped into secrets and lies by an adult or older person, all trust in humanity is crushed and destroyed, shame and fear prevent them exposing these adults and so the loyalty between a child and parent  is also shattered. In most instances a child never recovers and can never give their heart, love and trust to another ever again and because of this hurt, pain and destruction within them, they feel dark and dirty inside and can't reach it to change it, so they try and build beauty around them in the form of material possessions to try and take away or cover the darkness inside them, making money and possessions their first and only love because they can see it and feel it. Others will take the other route and live lives of self destruction because they hate themselves and the world for the evil that befell them. Others again will drift aimlessly, not care about anything and just go with the flow, being knocked from pillar to post living an empty life of hell, just going and accepting whatever comes their way....who cares....

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16 August 2018

FALSE PRIORITIES

GREAT PRETENDERS

Broken children become great pretenders,

when adults forget to be their defenders,

tricked into evil and trapped by lies,

forcing the tears away from their eyes.

All trust in humanity is completely broken,

secrets and shame that cannot be spoken,

loyalty between parent and child is crushed,

intimidation and threats are silently hushed.

Mostly children never recover,

this darkness forever remains undercover,

aimlessly drifting through this life,

fighting for possessions with anger and strife.

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16 August 2018

ENERGY DETERMINES DIRECTION IN LIFE

INSPIRATION

All these worlds weave the pattern of our life...spirit into emotion into physical into material....each playing their own important role but it is the energy within that guides our direction. The energy that moves the physical world, which is our spiritual condition which brings about our perception, comprehension and understanding, insight into life influencing our decisions and choices which follow through into our actions is that which determines the direction our lives will take. As children we are under the influence of parents, caretakers, teachers, etc and have little or no choice but to obey, which very unfortunately sets the basic foundation of our life. However once we are released into adulthood we can choose.....we are no longer forced into others beliefs and patterns and seriously need to start thinking for ourselves even though we have been conditioned and trained in the wrong way. We know what is right and wrong and as young adults it is up to us to choose the wise paths and break away from the dark energies by gauging our actions on what is right and fair to all parties involved.....without any partiality.....

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15 August 2018

ENERGIES OF LIGHT OR DARKNESS

ENERGY/EMOTION/MOOD

The energy within determines life's direction,

it's the driving force in a universal connection,

when satisfied and happy we have complete balance,

adding beauty and joy into all our existence.

As children we follow the elders ways,

parents and schooling that fill our days,

we have no say and must follow the play,

even when we're dragged through decay.

Thus brings depression and darkness of night,

blocking our view from the beauty of light,

it blinds our eyes and dims our sight,

destroying the things in which we delight.

These energies of darkness suck us dry,

with fears and tears we continually cry,

when live enters in and breaks us free,

we see with clarity the way to be.

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15 August 2018

TRUE COST OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS

PERSONAL VALUE

We all live in the material world and need material things like shelter, clothes, food and the other necessities of life. The imbalance comes where we lose perspective of values.....personal value vs material value.... A chair can cost $1 or $1000......it still remains a chair to sit on and we should never sell our honour and virtues to a $1000 chair where a $1 chair serves exactly the same purpose because of false pretences. This happens when we are spiritually empty, do not know our worth as human beings and try and fill that emptiness with material prosperity pretending it makes us something we are not. Thus if course doesn't work because material cannot satisfy spirit....only spiritual essence can fill that emptiness..... worth, values, virtues, honour, dignity, ethics, self respect, etc. The size if a house or car doesn't bring man personal value..... that which remains with a man whether he has or does not have is where the true value lays.....when man stands equally tall with or without all the material accessories.....

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14 August 2018 

MATERIAL WORLD

COMFORT OF EXISTENCE

Every living being has material needs,

necessities of life and food that feeds,

our physical body needs shelter from the cold,

but not to the extent that our life is sold.

There are things we need and wants we desire,

the needs are a must the rest burns like fire,

when with humble comforts we can be content,

our lives remain intact and cannot be rent.

When spiritually empty we don't value our worth,

sell our virtues for a crumb of the earth,

we will do what is wrong for material gain,

not knowing it will cause captivity and pain.

Best to be content with what we can afford,

not be lured into luxury by a dame or a lord,

man's greatest value is to stand in truth,

hold on to his honour from his days of youth.

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14 August 2018

PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF SPIRITUAL ESSENCE

PHYSICAL BODY FOR THE SPIRIT

The flesh body through which the spirit operates and lives has its own physical needs and desires...impulses and cravings. The spirit feels emotional pain in the form of misunderstandings, insults, being belittled, etc while the flesh feels physical pain to the body, muscle pain, discomfort of heat and cold, hunger, pain from germs and illnesses, sexual urges and all things pertaining to the body. It is also the vessel in which the spirit resides enabling it to perform its functions. So the physical world serves a dual purpose entertaining the spiritual needs as well as the physical needs which at times war with each other. The DNA flesh is merely an organism which needs to be kept in check by the spiritual conscience to bring about humaneness, otherwise we would simply devour one another. DNA has no emotion or conscience of right or wrong, consideration, compassion, empathy, understanding, loyalty, decency, etc or any of the qualities and virtues which make us humane towards each other. Maybe this is why the world has gone out of control. Our spirits are chained in ignorance being neglected and under nourished leading to the flesh being in control and hence the cruelty, wickedness, violence and war. Our conscience has been killed leading to an unbalanced material world........

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

13 August 2018

PHYSICAL WORLD

BODY OF FLESH

A body of flesh made from DNA,

the vessel of the spirit through which it can play,

it has its own needs which must be met,

but has no conscience and feels no regret.

The physical world serves a dual purpose,

some we can see the rest is under the surface,

the flesh feels pain with hot and cold,

but it's the spirit within that makes it bold.

A body without a spirit has no humaneness,

just a living organism that knows no sacredness,

it tramples over the earth with no care,

serving only itself with no ability to share.

The earth is losing its battle to survive,

mans conscience is dead just the flesh is alive,

our spirits are chained in torment and pain,

while the flesh runs after material gain.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

13 August 2018

EMOTIONAL WORLD

ENERGY OF EXISTENCE

Our emotions is our spirit in action, the ability to feel, to relate to others with compassion, mercy, emotion, our conscience....the ability to feel bad when we do wrong or harm to others....our compass in life relating to humaneness, through emotions the spirit lives...gifts of the spirit is goodness, love, kindness, empathy, compassion, fairness, justice, consideration, respect, etc..... As the spiritual world is the foundation of existence, the emotional world is the energy of existence and when this energy is good energy based on love, purity, virtues and vision, it propels our lives onto paths of divinity.   However when hatred, anger, revenge, etc darkens our emotions, we spiral down into the dungeons if evil and wickedness bringing great torment and turmoil to our lives deadening our conscience and killing our souls until we are no more than an empty vessel. ...

Monica Maartens ©Copyright....

AWAKENED CONSCIENCE

SPIRITUAL ENERGY

The foundation of existence sends forth its spirit,

into the energy of existence without emotional limit,

it's the motion of life through the core of the soul,

our humaneness coming alive and making us whole.

The conscience awakens and reaches forth,

with feeling and heart the things of worth,

through emotions our spirits strive,

the gifts that direct the flow of our lives.

When the energy is good and filled with love,

it lifts us high on the wings of a dove,

when the energy is dark and filled with hate,

we slide into dungeons behind evil gates.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

12 August 2018

SPIRITUAL WORLD -OUR ESSENCE

LIFE'S SOUL AND COMPREHENSION

Includes our way of thinking, our view of the world, our insight into matters, our depth, traditions and cultures..... the things which influence and determine our outlook in life, where we belong, the core of our existence, the essence of life, the understanding and comprehension of the complexities of life reaching into the very core and reason of life and existence, which is the need to and all of us, every part of our being and fitting the puzzle together to become complete as a living being. Pretty much the very foundation of all life and existence. Creation is the physical manifestation of the spiritual essence of life.....

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

11 August 2018

SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION OF LIFE

THE BEGINNING

The physical manifestation of spiritual essence,

the foundation of life and all existence,

the soul and inner core of any being,

the very beginning of life to be seeing.

The foundation of thought from which life springs,

the very beginning which all life brings,

the platform into worlds upon worlds,

the basis and view to things of worth.

Without a connection to the core of life,

we become very lost in darkness and strife,

we miss the reason and purpose we're here,

drowning in captivity and fear.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

11 August 2018

WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS

We live in different worlds on different levels and they all interlink like a four leaf clover. We are spiritual beings, emotion within a physical form, requiring certain material comforts for our journey which all need to be carefully balanced to keep it in the proper perspective. When one part is neglected another becomes overactive and overstressed....when we are spiritually depraved we physically over compensate and overindulge with outer beauty, make up, clothes, body building, muscles, etc....when emotionally depraved we overindulge and over compensate materially....trying to fill our lives with things....gadgets, electronics, cars, houses, jewels, material possessions, which never fill the void and is never enough for the emptiness we feel. It us hard enough finding the perfect balance as individuals and when children arrive we have to balance their lives as well and A CHILD ALWAYS GETS PREFERENCE.....YOU WANT A CHILD....YOU SEE TO THEIR SAFETY, THEIR BALANCE, THEIR RIGHTFUL AND PROPER GUIDANCE....YOU MAKE THE TIME....LEAVE THE MAKEUP AND HAIR AND NAILS AND SEE TO YOUR CHILD...... OR DON'T BRING THEM INTO THIS WORLD.......WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN.... WHERE IS YOUR CHILD ???????? JUST PASSED ON !????

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

10 August 2018

HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS OF WORLD'S UPON WORLD'S

DIFFERENT LEVELS

We're all travelling in worlds within worlds,

all on different levels reaching forth,

all interlinked like a four leaf clover,

trying to find a workable balance.

Our spirit or will needs the right direction,

emotions that propel us need inspiration,

our physical bodies need proper treatment,

a little material help brings some contentment.

When one is deprived we go off balance,

tilting our lives and throwing us under,

we overindulge to fill the gap,

and that is when we start to snap.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

10 August 2018

#HELLHOLE.OF.SHAME.AND.REGRET

KEEP IN THE LIGHT

We need to learn from young there are no places to hide and secrets are chains that tightly bind. What we do today will reappear over and over again when we least want it to. From an early age we MUST KNOW NOT TO DO SHAMEFUL THINGS....THINGS WE WANT AND NEED TO COVER UP AND HIDE....normally we are tricked into shameful situations, innocently through being naïve. When this happens WE MUST NEVER HIDE IT BUT EXPOSE IT, TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY.....OTHERWISE IT BECOMES A WEAPON WHICH IS HELD AGAINST US FORCING US INTO EVEN MORE SHAMEFUL THINGS AND INTO A LIFE OF DARKNESS THAT SPIRALS DOWN FAST AND FROM WHICH WE RARELY RECOVER. DON'T HIDE OR COVERUP EVEN THE SMALLEST SUGGESTION OF SHAMEFUL CONDUCT FROM OTHERS....EXPOSE IT LOUD AND CLEAR AND BRIGHT.....DON'T BE SUCKED INTO THIS HELLHOLE..... A LITTLE FLIRTING, BRIBERY, AND PLAYING AROUND BECOMES A HELLHOLE OF TURMOIL, REGRETS AND TORMENT..... STAY AWAY AND LIVE OPEN LIVES...

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

09 August 2018

#SHAME SWALLOWS #INNOCENCE

#HELLHOLE OF DARKNESS

Innocently and sweetly we are tricked in shame,

for trappers we're just numbers in the game,

they don't give a hoot how bad we feel,

as long as they can trap us in a dirty deal.

From very young we must stay in the light,

open up and expose all the things of the night,

unless we expose it it becomes a weapon,

which darkness uses with which to threaten.

A little flirting, bribe or game,

quickly turns our name to shame,

forcing us into a spiral of hell,

where all become too afraid to tell.

Don't be sucked into this hellhole,

it kills our heart and dries our soul,
into turmoil, torment and regret we fall,
running in circles with only an echo on call.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright
09 August 2018

POPULAR CHOICES VS RIGHT CHOICES

TRICKY CHOICES

Choices in life can be very hard and tricky at times. How do we know how to choose, for who to choose and why to choose. When we're young we so want to fit in and be part of something important and big and often base our choices upon popularity.......what others would say and like us to do which may not be the right choice. As we move further along with life and become involved or married, a family comes along and our choices veer towards family first.....right or wrong. When darkness knocks to collect us, we realize we are completely and utterly alone with no one to help us or stand by us and only then realize the only choice is really the right one, the one that doesn't cause harm to others....this we compare to loving our neighbour as yourself...so we ask ....is this choice going to hurt me or any.....in any way.....THEN DON'T DO IT....PASS AND MOVE ON.....

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

08 August 2018

SO MANY CHOICES

DARKNESS COLLECTS ITS DUE

Life is filled with so many choices,

scattered and confused by so many voices,

we don't always know how to choose,

what, why and who is going to loose.

When young we follow what the crowd would like,

along comes the family which turns the spike,

when darkness comes to collect its due,

we realize we should have chosen what was true.

The choices we make shouldn't harm another,

it should always consider a sister or brother,

when what we choose will cause hurt and pain,

we turn the other way to find our gain.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

08 August 2018

DECIDING FACTORS

CONQUERING INTIMIDATION

Leverage in life is something that can be used to forcefully motivate us into situations where we don't want to be. The greatest of these are secrets , deeds we are ashamed of and do not want exposed. Another is the protection of our family and lived one's, jobs, etc, very powerful leverage, also with children and their pets. Once our soft spot is discovered it will be used continually, unless we put a stop to it. Many 'things' and situations in life are bigger than us, much bigger, and when a 'choice' is unfair or unjust, we hand it over to God through Jesus Christ.....the ultimate court and judgement......WE REFUSE TO BE DRAWN INTO TWO WRONG CHOICES... THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. . ... It is wickedness that throws us into these choices and we don't play the game of wickedness, we take it off the table and hand it to Jesus.... Place it at Jesus feet, removing the threat and taking the power out of man's hand.

Monica Maartens©Copyright

07 August 2018

TIPPING THE SCALES

HIGHER AUTHORITY

Whenever forced into impossible choices,

having to listen to everyone's voices,

when family is used as a leverage tool,

we don't get taken as the fool.

Hidden secrets are also a threat,

bringing us much dread and regret,

we must decide not to play this game,

hand it over to God in Jesus name.

This takes it out of all men's hands,

removes the threat that covers the lands,

no more choices need to be made,

as Gods will is the only rule that is laid.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

07 August 2018

DIGGING OUR OWN GRAVE

TROUBLEMAKERS

There are more ways than one to solve our problems. Most problems are reactions to far deeper situations, it's a surface manifestation of underlaying currents resulting in rioting and strikes leading to violence and destruction leaving permanent marks on our life story. In a way it is a sign of our character, how we deal with troubles, but it's pretty pointless digging our own grave by using rebellion and uprising which takes everybody further down and away from growth and development. Instead of moving forward, we move backwards, at the cost of all involved and like a little tail this follows us for the rest of our lives .....the die is cast..... and we are held back within a circle of destructive behaviour causing enormous harm to ourselves, while others move forward we are left behind, never catching up because the chains of destruction are extremely heavy. We don't sabotage or boycott, digging holes for ourselves to fall into,  we find constructive solutions to build ladders to growth and improvement.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

03 August 2018

REBELLION AND UPRISING

BUILD A LADDER

Life is not a job and money,

not what we do but how we do,

when problems arise we find solutions,

seek the knowledge to solid conclusions.

It's pointless digging a grave for our feet,

rebellion and uprising bringing defeat,

destructive behaviour destroys our soul,

taking us down a very dark hole.

Dealing with problems in the wrong way,

brings destruction to our lives each day,

we don't dig holes in which to fall,

we build a ladder that grows high and tall.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

03 August 2018

UNPAID DEBTS ARE LINKS IN OUR CHAINS....

NO GUILT BAGGAGE

From journey to journey and birth to birth, we start pure and innocent every time, without a mark.....then we travel the life journey and have to wrap it up and return to innocence and purity to enable us to move through to the next journey and the next birth...the end is E.N.D. = ENTERING NEW DIMENSIONS...... so each end is a new beginning and we don't need the last journeys baggage to spoil our next journey. When we don't know this we become trapped and eventually our chains become so heavy we can't drag them along any more and this is when it all goes black and we give up, we stop fighting for what is right, then just slip into oblivion ....we're just swallowed into the realm of darkness, wondering what the heck it's all about....... It's all about innocence and purity being the doorway from journey to journey....."no baggage" - that is "guilt baggage" holding us captive in any one journey and we go round and round and round without escape. Love is our door, forgiveness the key that unlocks the door and innocence and purity the passageway or ticket to ride onto the next journey....quite simple really......when innocent and pure there is no sword hanging over our heads and we have freedom to move around.....

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

02 August 2018

PASSAGE OF RIGHT

A TICKET TO RIDE

From journey to journey and birth to birth,

are many doors and passages of evil or worth,

we wrap up each journey to move to the next,

place all things in the proper context.

Innocent and pure we received deliverance,

to move to the next journey we need our clearance,

we wrap up our journey and return to innocence,

restoring our purity through confession and repentance.

Love is our door and forgiveness the key,

innocence and purity the passage to see,

the pathway of "no guilt baggage" is where to be,

the ticket to ride on a journey that's free.

Unless this is clear trapped we become,

shackled and chained in guilt the final sum,

it sucks us into a darkness so deep,

and that's where we find our bed to sleep.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

02 August 2018

BYPASS LAW INTO SLAVERY

STEAL AND RETURN BECOMES A LOAN

Many people go through stages of desperation, where hunger forces us to find a way to survive. This may lead to stealing and theft, taking what we neither worked for, exchanged or purchased...... being a crime. The police or law may not catch or punish and correct us, so it becomes our way getting worse and worse until we are so indebted we have no hope of escape. The policeman or lawyer that frees the guilty man, hates that man because he didn't correct him and help him on the right track....and theft is a crime and it leads to slavery....to death... Still it is up to each individual to pay back out of a sense of respect and decency, moral virtues because it is the right thing to do and not because a law, judge or court order tells us to....we KNOW IT IS WRONG TO TAKE WHAT IS NOT PAID FOR, EXCHANGED IN AN HONEST WAY, THAT WHICH IS NOT OURS. It is best not to steal at all, but when need forces us, it is theft only until we turn it into a loan by repaying it, once paid for it is no longer the outstanding debt of theft. The cost if repaying is always higher than what we received for the stolen goods we sold or exchanged for food. What we steal is normally second hand and when replaced new....it is best to do humble work than to steal...there is weeding, lawn mowing, gutters to clean and paint, windows to watch, pavements to sweep, wherever there is a house there is always work and when we approach with our identity document in hand showing our honest intentions, we invariably get a job...there is no reason to steal.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

01 August 2018

EASY WAY BECOMES THE NIGHTMARE

HARD TIMES

In times of hunger and desperation,

coveting others goods is a strong attraction,

but the righteous mans son will never beg,

he'll always find a way to move the peg.

To rob and steal is not a wise choice,

it will follow you around with a very loud voice,

you may bypass the court and the law,

but will definitely fall into slavery's jaw.

The only way out is the pay it back,

then the theft becomes a loan that won't attack,

a costly affair as we pay back with new,

the old stuff we stole becomes our brew.

Monica Maartens ©Copyright

01 August 2018