buddha letters

giving and taking

2006-11-15T06:35:00.000-08:00

the esoterics of ladytao
giving because it makes us feel good is it called "CHARITY",
charity does it derive from the giving freely from our hearts and soul
or does it derive from carrying someone on our shoulders, giving them a free ride into life
is it meant to make us feel better about ourselves or to help others when they have nothing.

so i ask, did we not all make the trip here without nothing, and those who have been smart enough to make the best out of bad situation ;
whether it was gaining their wealth from the kindness of others for the simple pleasures of our GOD given talents (like singing for your dinner, or creating something useful, or even something beautiful to look at)
or gaining our wealth from generations of raping and pillaging from others that are weaker than us.

to give;
is to be given freely from conditions set by those giving-this is called "UN-conditional"
which means we receive nothing from that individual and expect nothing in return.

that is when the Universe and the Gods take notice and gift us with so much,
the more freely something is given the more is given in return.

faith is a journey

2006-11-04T18:59:00.000-08:00

just thought i'd share...

Faith is a journey, not a guilt trip.

That's the little saying on my new bumper sticker. I think it's the truest thing that I have ever read. A few months ago I wouldn't have been able to tell you that this, is a fact of life. I would have made mention that faith is just that, faith, not a trip of any kind, because I (sadly) was narrow minded to think that only my religion was best, and crazy enough to believe that there wasn't anything out there other than that. Now, on the other hand, I have to say that, I was wrong, there are so many many more things out there that faith is what you believe in, yes, but a journey nontheless because you learn and grow in faith by every situation that presents itsself to you, and anyone who disagrees with you shouldn't be giving you a hard time, but instead respect the decision you have made to follow whatever that is that you have chosen, and not guilt you into something that isn't you, that you don't want to do. I've come a long way from who i was, and every step has made me stronger, more determined than ever, and glad. Glad for those people who helped open my eyes to the possiblities that there can be more out there than you were taught, that just because you flow the opposite way of everyone else, you don't have to be ashamed. That sometimes being different is a good thing, that differences make us who we are and who we will become, help us fullfill our destiny. And even though i'm not sure what mine is yet, I know that I will beleive what I will, and no one, will make me feel bad for honoring and believing in everything good in life.

Did You Learn Anything?

2006-10-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

I had originally posted this on my blog, but I felt the need to post it here as well, maybe someone else needs reminded of these things.

Did I? Yes I did, I have learned that I lost my fire. I haven't realized it til tonight. People come into our lives for a reason. Tonight just happened to be my lucky night. A man I met tonight was talking to me, and we ended up talking about how our lives were going horribly wrong or right as the case may be. I realized that what I wanted and what I have settled for, and yes, I said it, settled, for "almost" an education, for "almost" the perfect job, for "almost" the perfect roomate, and "almost" the perfect life. I have settled for the "almosts" in my life. I told my teacher that I lived life every day and that I wanted to remember every one. Well, I was wrong, yes, I have been "living life to the fullest" but you know what, am I really living it to the fullest when I'm not doing what I want? what my heart desires? So I'm retracting that statement and saying this. Live life doing what you want, when you want without regret, without fear, and without looking back on what "might have been" and what if. So, always keep your fire, always keep the desire, and when you lose sight of what that is, take time to sit and reflect, and remember, if plan A doesn't work try plan B, and if that doesn't work keep going through the alphabet til you find one that does. Because nobody is going to hand life to you on a silver platter.

speaking out loud

2006-10-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

the esoterics of ladytao
just being able to confirm your thoughts out loud is like clearing the air;
being able to confirm your thoughts out loud is;
like dusting off the cobwebs that have been there so long you've forgotten to think an abstract concept.
speaking out loud to your self or someone else is like clearing off the air because until you remove that thought from your head,
it's just going to keep playing over and over again like a broken record.
so it's good to clear the cob webs from our thoughts by writing them down, sharing them with friends, family or lovers.
Or just speaking out loud to someone who isn't there. Most times no answer is the best answer to our own inner cleansing.

meditation

2006-09-23T00:28:00.000-07:00

meditation is the voice of GOD
since we ususally have so much going on in our heads
sometimes just giving silence is the best we can do for our selfs.

GOD'S voice is oh so powerful that we need to find silence in order to feel the message.

giving thanks

2006-09-16T13:26:00.000-07:00

giving thanks
is like giving grace
for things we are thankful for
for the people we are blessed to have in our lives
for the experiences we are lucky enough to experience
thank you once again.

JUST manifesting

2006-08-13T09:35:00.000-07:00

buddha letters: manifesting by writing

I am just curious, if i can manifest anything by saying it three times, or beliving in it so much it happens, does that mean everytime I write a dreamdown or read over it it is closer to manifesting itsself?

now manifesting anything is a gift that GOD gave us which is in the first book of the Bible. "Ask and you shall receive".
now when he gave us this ablity to MANIFEST he kinda put a clause in there so we wouldn't create havoc upon ourselves, because you must remember that he created us in his LIKE-NESS. therefore we too have his ablity to MANIFEST out of the darkness of the ETHERS. a blank slate.
so his clause was;
that to speak something once would just bring about conversation, to speak of that something again would bring hope, as well as fate. to speak it a third time would bring it about as MANIFESTATION.
but understand it must be spoken exactly the same all three times and any interruption brings it back to being the first time. and in order to rid a mistake spoken, simply say CANCEL, CANCEL, CANCEL.
don't continue to speak the same thing over with changes, because it still brings about what you created, what you wanted, but didn't want and then that's when we get into trouble. because now we have dug ourselves into a hole we can't get out sometimes.
wishing for something is like MANIFESTATION, only it doesn't always come true because were so wishy-washy. by this i mean that we want it, but we don't want it, were not sure...

manifesting by writing

2006-08-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

I am just curious, if i can manifest anything by saying it three times, or
beliving in it so much it happens, does that mean everytime I write a dream
down or read over it it is closer to manifesting itsself?

i have to admit this one took me a while;
i would have to say the general answer to your question is NO, you cannot manifest by writing. let me explain why this is so; you can better understand the rest of the answer.
example: an author writes a story whether it is fiction or non-fiction, if every word he wrote and for every book, magazine, manuscript, journal, screen play etc.... came to be, we would be living in a world of so much chaos. granted it some what appears that for every written word there is some truth of reality happening at the moment.

so to answer the rest of the question the answer would be YES, everytime someone believes in the written word it does appear to manifest it's self.
i say this because look at our latest novels, such as the Bible, the Left Behind series, the Da Vinci Code. People are so gullible, because no one wants to deal with their own stuff so they look for escapism through reading material.
The Da Vinci Code, a piece of fiction written by someone with the only intentions of keeping his readers hooked.
The Left Behind series also a piece of fiction written with the intentions of bringing Christian brief to the forefront of religion. basically to give a better perspective of the STORIES in the book of Revelations from the Bible.
Another book of fiction.
Now i know your going to say, "Hey wait a minute, now your going to far".
but i want you to think about this for a moment, and i mean really think about this.
the Bible is written by man or should i say written by men of the past. most were not of the secular circle and if you notice the chapters are titled "the Book of ???".
Granted what i'm saying is the Bible was written with the sole purpose of capturing history as they knew it then. the Bible was also interpertated in many languages and many times over by hand.
my point is BELIEF, what one person chalks up as fiction another reads into it much truth. therefore anything written is brought about by BELIEF alone.

past lives -part 2

2006-08-13T07:31:00.000-07:00

i was reading in a book i have that it is possible to enter the cards to discover who we were in pastlives. is it a form of astral projection? and can you go into the future as well as the past?

the answer to the second part is YES. you can project yourself with astral projection into the future, as well as with dreaming. your better to use astral projection with future use than with self-hypnosis. the reason for this is self-hypnosis works better with the memories that are locked into our souls not just our minds.

now take into consideration, like i told you before that going into the past does no good unless you are guided to it by spirit. i say this because just as you can not change the past, you can change the future and if you happen upon knowledge that would make your life better for the moment it could change events in your life that may bring cause for you to re-experience what was changed either in this lifetime or the next.

UNDERSTANDING is the key word for both halves of your question.
KNOWING when to change the future with knowledge you discovered either going forward or backward into time is the lesson.

just always remember GOD gave us FREE WILL. this to plays an important role in our lives.

past lives

2006-08-13T06:40:00.000-07:00

i was reading in a book i have that it is possible to enter the cards to discover who we were in pastlives. is it a form of astral projection? and can you go into the future as well as the past?

no, it is not astral projection.
to enter any place or time you must project yourself there through self-hypnosis.
you must first understand that anytime you are dealing with the past, such as past lives it can be very painful. this is why when we are re-incarnated we come back with a fresh slate, no memory of our past lives.
the one reason for this is;
each life lesson is to teach us to be the best we can be, to understand not just master our skills. if we came back with memory than we would not learn anything.

so when searching to learn about ourselves through past lives we must always remember not to view it as a place to pick up where we left off, but to view as a movie for better understanding and nothing more. because what most people forget is that the past can not be changed.
can u see why coming back with a clean slate is important.

yes, past lives can put a better persective on things that may be troubling us. yet it has it's down side as well. by this i mean if we focus on a past event how can we not expect to repeat the same event again from happening the same way when that was not the reason for repeating another life.
let me bring more clarity to this by saying that each life brings different life lessons, not just for those around us but for ourselves as well, thus the reason for a clean slate.

now the reason for being able to delve into our past lives is to be able to fix an event that needed to be rectified. that is when we get glimps of the past or deja ~vu, this is spirits way of telling us we must delve into the past to fix the problem at hand.

so in other words the GODS gave us limited abilities to see the past.

external limits of love

2006-08-07T21:58:00.000-07:00

am i ever gonna feel wanted if i stay out here?

I didn't answer you because that was a very interesting question that you posed.
I have watched the people around me experience some interesting things as of lately.
Yet what you all have in common is the need to be loved.
I mean after all who could blame anyone, but I believe that the seekers are all looking externally for love and acceptance instead of looking within for love and acceptance of oneself.
So I have to pose that same question to myself as to understand those around me and the actions of the world and since we all view the world thru different eyes because of our personal experiences that have been granted to us by the Universe.
I believe that the fear for acceptance by ones peers is very important right now, with the world at war with itself.
which makes it very hard to see the tree for the forest.
the forest scares us because it becomes the unknown,
the tree is what we are looking for which is ourself.
as the tree stands alone among all the other trees how does it find or for that matter accept it's own inner beauty.
when the tree looks around and sees all the other trees that are very similar to itself, but what the tree doesn't feel is the pain that each of those other trees are experiencing in order to be the tree that sticks out not realizing that each tree is individual in every single strand of fiber that it was made of.
so i pose this question to you;
how can you be wanted anywhere if you are not wanting to be with yourself to grow and experience what the Universe has laid out for us. i guess what i'm saying is that when you accept the fact that we can not change the way the path is laid out for us and accept that we are exactly where we are suppose to be at any given time or place that is when life begins to open the doors for us and things just begin to happen to us that are good.
the bad luck that we bring upon ourselves, yes i said brought on by ourselves is the insecurities of not trusting the Universe and it's path that the GODS have choosen for us.

dying in dreams

2006-07-18T23:12:00.000-07:00

I have been told this before, I think it's an old wives tale, that if you die in your dreams then you die in real life. Is it accurate?

when we dream it is a manifestation of our unconscious self struggling to reach the surface and survive.
and not allow what we don't want to release, such as the many changes that we're experiencing when growing as a human.
yet we can find solace thou, thru being honest with ourselves and ask a simple question.
What is it that we are trying to keep alive and why?
is this what is causing us to self sabotage our own beliefs?
the answer is yes.
our biggest fear is fear of ourselves becoming the best that we can be.
dreams help us discover our true selves if we pay attention to the messages given in the dream.
dying in a dream is a way of changing and so to speak; be reborn.
some have past while dreaming because they have settled for what their dream was telling them.
but most have not, because they want to live and that is your instinct kicking in.
struggling to survive, is what we know best how to do.
what we bring back from the dream world to reality gets twisted because things work differently in the dream world.
that is where things are created,
whether they are good or bad,
it is usually a reflection of the type of experiences we are experiencing in reality.

traveling between worlds

2006-07-18T07:44:00.000-07:00

In my book, it also talks about self hypnosis. I was wondering if it really
helps when you are traveling between worlds as in astral projection, or even
when you meditate, i'm just thinking what if you can't bring yourself back,
what then? I guess what the real question is does it actually works. Can
you provide any insight?

lets start with self hypnosis; it is a great way to teach yourself to think differently especially when your trying to teach yourself to be more positive or stop a bad habit, like smoking, or lose weight. (personally i've never known anyone to teach themself to lose weight using self hypnosis).
basically what you do is create a space in your mind where you find the void.
if you remember the void is where you create what ever you want to happen to you.
but what most authors forget to mention is what ever you create always has consequences. so even if it is for your own goodness it may not be for someone elses goodness.
let me explain why a little better, because when we create, we manifest things to happen in our life even though we were given the gift of FREEWILL we still have the opportunity to change what we know to be.

Astral projection is yet another way of self hypnosis. only when we astral project we are calling upon the Soul instead of the Mind to help us travel between worlds as you call it or thru time like i call it.

either way you are being asked to create your future.
so be creative and create from memory what kind of world you want to live in.

while practicing self hypnosis for time travel it is best to be able to remember to awaken yourself by setting some type of alarm that is not going to shock you back into reality (the now time- the moment). this i would practice with another person who can direct you back or even ask questions to you while you are in that state of mind.

i personally recommend Astral projection because it is believed that our soul is connected to our body and cannot be severed. we are held together by a single Golden thread of life force that God insured would keep us grounded, that is our Soul grounded to our bodies which is a shell. it can only be severed if we choose to die. once again we have FREEWILL.
being our true bodies is our Soul.

home sickness

2006-07-16T10:39:00.000-07:00

homesickness
feels like were going to die
feels as if some part of our life is missing
we usually feel homesickness when things are not going good in our life and all we really need is a hug from someone we trust and makes everything okay by just giving us a hug so we can let go of our burdens.

but going home doesn't always solve the problems at hand, instead sometimes it makes things worse. but yet we know were seeking something and don't know what it is or how to get it.

homesickness
is an innate feeling that was given to us by the GODS
so we know when to ask for their help, but because were human and think like humans we confuse this with our parents, friends and home that we grew up in when we were children.
when Jesus prayed to go home, he didn't ask for his parents he asked the heavens above to bring him back home.
bow down our heads and ask for guidance so we may choose the right path back home, we must remember that home is where the heart lives and when our hearts and minds are aligned then things look differently and see with such a vision that we could not imagine.

beach of time

2006-07-13T21:34:00.000-07:00

buddha letters
the beach of time is a metaphor,
it is indeed a place where you can go in your mind.
most people find the source of water very comforting when looking for peace of mind in any form.
so the BEACH OF TIME
is a place of comfort,
therefore it is very easy to get to once you have learned how to quiet the mind of all distractions.
because once you arrive to this place of silence it becomes very scary for those who have never allowed their minds to be at peace.
your mind is a dark place once the distractions have disappeared.

darkness is scarey
let me bring comfort to you by saying:
remember that we too were made out of void,
void being darkness;
from which we were all created by our creator
he took the void and created form,
which then became the universe we know to be today,
he gave us life
out of darkness we came from our mothers womb.
so at what point did we learn to be afraid of the dark,
who made it scarey for us?

remember that when you get to that darkness,
remember that is where it all begins,
use the darkness to create beauty around you,
use the darkness to create the future exactly the way you want it.

back to the BEACH OF TIME
the water and the darkness is what we were created from
the mother earth, we find shape in the water of our mother's womb
the beach is the sand of time,
the ocean is the liquor of life
the blue skies and clouds are also of water
as we were created out of water, so are we water
without water and darkness we would not exist

these are the tools he gave us to use to create what we needed to survive
we need darkness, dampness from the ground in order to create food
we need water to keep moist,
so you ask where does the light come into this picture?
silly ole bear!!!
you are the light
therefore you have the BEACH OF TIME

response to: let me put it another way

2006-07-12T08:44:00.000-07:00

buddha letters: let me put it another way
it's a fine line we walk when it's our friends
it's another story when it is among strangers.

and the reason i say that is because:
at what point do we pursue what we want for the sake of being happy?
or
at what point do we follow our heart so it may lead us to contentment?

here we go again with Karma:
either way we didn't finish the lesson brought about by the experience.
but the experience which leads to Karma is the choices we make while experiencing the lesson.
therefore if you choice to go after another's heart because they touched yours in a way the you never have experienced before and in the process someone else is hurt, the severity of the hurt is what brings on the Karma, because with the severity of the hurt comes choices of either jealousy or revenge to take what is in your mind yours and not what really is.

Jealousy is a result of lack of self love, when we feel jealous we are in-secure about ourselves not so much the person that we are jealous about. we then take these feelings and apply them to love;"afterall it must be love if i feel jealous about this person."

let me put it another way

2006-07-11T23:19:00.000-07:00

let's say you now find yourself looking for your true love.
because your on the lookout for true love, do you become aggressive towards someone you happen to be attracted to instead of letting things happen naturally?
now the situation happens to get a little more complicated because now a friend is involved with this same individual only you both don't know about the other person.

you meet this person for the first time,
start to chat, flirt a little to let him know your interested
only he is being extremely nice to you.
he likes you because your easy to talk to or perhaps you can make each other laugh.
so you can feel sometime beginning to happen but he is not moving along the same lines as you are, so you either begin to wonder if he is even interested in you in the same way you are in him or you figure that by trying to show him your interested in him you begin to become more seductive.
mean while;
you begin to talk to your friend and she's been in a pretty good mood and you know it's because she told you that she met someone and he's flirting with her, so your glad to know that she is feeling good about herself again and happy for her that she is interested in pursuing this relationship.
so you begin to tell her of this person you met and how he makes you feel and hope something happens soon because your not sure if he likes you the way you like him, and she's just as happy for you as you were for her.

(now you and your friend run in two different circles of experiences)

so one night you and your friend decide to go out because you've only talked to each in email's, or by telephone and you both haven't seen each other in awhile. you both figure this will be a nice time because you both have possible love interest and getting together would be fun.

only in reality: only one of you is further along in the relationship than the other.

so your both having a good time catching up and comparing stories about your love interest.
you tell your friend how frustrated you are because even though you both have a good time together he still hasn't made a move.
your friend begins telling you about this person when they show up at the same place and all three of you are a little surprised that you all seem to know each other.
now this individual hasn't expressed his feelings to either one of you.

what happens next determines whether or not you move on or begin to build karma.

you begin to notice how this individual is interested more in your friend and what you were feeling was mis-intepurtated but then you begin to get feelings of jealousy. you wonder what he see's in her, and how dare he chose her over you afterall your better looking than her.

so now your friend is in your mind becoming a threat to your heart.
but in your's friends mind she would rather keep the peace between you and her but in the same breathe she's not about to give up a good thing if it's meant to be.
and to both of you you blame each other for getting in the way.

what happens next will determine whether you move on, or begin to build karma.

response: regarding SOUL MATES

2006-07-09T21:47:00.000-07:00

buddha letters: regarding SOUL MATES

yes.
sometimes that is a good thing depending on the severity of the relationship.
now if your talking about the TWINSOULS then no, especially if you past before them or visa versa. You continue to live your life and they theirs just in different life times. Unless of course they wait to be reborn, that is why sometimes a person will fall maddly in love with a person who is either way older them or younger for that matter and it is out of the ordinary for them to date that type of person but they can't seem to help themselves. Yet they fit together and can live happily after, despite the age difference and everyone around them can truly see the love they have for each other. Once a life time is lived out completely together and they have both come to complete their journey together they will either continue to find each other much more easier than the last life they shared together. It's actually quite beautiful. Then their lesson becomes being an example for those around them. They then become the teachers, because they share an UNEQUITED, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE and that's what life is all about isn't.

regarding SOUL MATES

2006-07-08T23:06:00.000-07:00

as written for the Humble student
Soul Mates
come in many forms
They are the people we have served many lifetimes with and automatically feel comfortable with.
Then their are the people who are Soul Mates who as soon as we look into there eyes, we recognize as someone special, I'm not talking about the true connection of true love those are the ones we call our TwinSouls, that when we meet we can't stop thinking about, they are the ones we say; "I knew as soon as I met them I was going to marry them, or couldn't live without." Those are far and few between lifetimes - sometimes.
Basically the more people you have sex with the more people your soul becomes marked, with a pattern on your soul (those are usually the ones we return to complete something Karmic with.)
Then you have the SoulMates that as soon as they look into your eyes they recognize a love that was usually forbidden and therefore understand the need to be together and that's when it becomes complicated because if it was a love the Universe did not fate, then those are usually the ones that are the shortest but most memorable.
But then if it was fated but not allowed at that moment, but happened anyway (those are usually the affairs-like the other woman thing) are replayed to fix the wrong by usually everyone involved gets hurt until everyone has gotten to repay the pain. These cycles are usually broken if the 3rd party puts a stop to it the minute they find out the interested party is married, engaged, betrothed and goes no farther than possibly a kiss. But the minute they make love again, the pattern begins.
Now if the love was fated and didn't get the chance to live out the experience then this love will always be with you each life time until it is given the chance to be fulfilled to its potential.
For every person we meet, they are our soul mate, for every person plays an important part in our lessons of growth. Down to the homeless person you felt sorry for and gave money to.

I was taught by a very wise woman: "Always treat everyone as if they were God, because you never know who you'll meet."