Saturday, September 25, 2010

THE Veil

THROUGH THE VEILS OF TIME
I FLOAT AND DRIFT
SOUNDLESS, FORMLESS
CONNECTED BUT NOT
I SEARCH
I REACH OUT FOR THE ANSWER
THAT IS FOREVER JUST BEYOND
TIMELESS, DRIFTING, SHIFTING
SEEKING THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT WILL SET ME FREE!

Friday, September 24, 2010

CELEBRATING FREEDOM

FREEDOM IS SOMETHING THAT ON A DAY TO DAY BASES IN WESTERNISED NATIONS WE
FOR THE MOST PART TAKE COMPLETELY FOR GRANTED. I KNOW THAT WITHIN MY LIFE TIME I HAVE NEVER WOKEN UP THINKING ABOUT THE FREEDOM I HAVE, I ACTUALLY NEVER THINK ABOUT IT AT ALL! DO YOU? I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TOO MUCH ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMAN OF HISTORY WHO GAVE MUCH AND SOME THERE LIFES FOR THE FREEDOM I TAKE FOR GRANTED, AND EVEN THOUGH I FEEL DEEPLY FOR THE SOLDIERS DYING CURRENTLY, IT DID NOT FOR SOME REASON CROSS OVER TO BECOME A BELIEF THAT THIS IS ABOUT MY RIGHT TO BE FREE.
I HAVE THIS WEEK WATCHED TWO INTERVIEWS WITH WOMAN WHO HAVE HAD ALL THEIR RIGHTS STRIPPED FROM THEM, WHO DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE FREEDOM TO GO TO THE BATHROOM WITHOUT PERMISSION. AFTER FEELING ANGER AT THEIR CAPTIVES AND ADMIRATION FOR THEIR BRAVERY; I WONDER HOW I WOULD FARE IF MY FREEDOM WAS TAKEN FROM ME IN A HEARTBEAT. I WOULD HOPE I WOULD RISE TO THE OCCASSION, BUT MY FIRST FEELINGS WOULD BE OF FEAR AND DISPAIR. I KNOW I WOULD GET ANGER AND WOULD LASH OUT, COULD I TAKE THE PUNISHMENT? THAT I DON'T KNOW, AS I HAVE NEVER WALKED THAT PATH. I LIKE TO BELIEVE I WOULD REMAIN STRONG, BUT AGAIN I COULD SEE HOW EASY IT WOULD BE TO DRIFT INTO APATHY.
ALL I KNOW IS I AM TODAY SO THANKFUL TO LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY WHERE I CAN
CELEBRATE MY BELIEFS, MY RIGHTS, MY WOMANHOOD....SO I AM GOING TO SIT IN SILENCE AND SEND THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER ME, ALL OF THOSE BRAVE SOULS WHO ALLOW ME MY FREEDOM!

BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

MY THOUGTH FOR TODAY

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE IN A UNUSUAL PERIOD IN OUR EVOLUTIONARY PROJECTION.
FOR GENERATIONS NOW MOST OF US ON THE PLANET HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A UPWARD
EVER MOVING PATH, AND WE JUMPED ON IT AND ENJOYED THE RIDE, WE WHERE LIKE LITTLE KIDS IN THE MAGICAL CASTLE ANY THING AND EVERY THING WAS POSSIBLE!
NOW WE STAND LOOKING AT OBSTACLES AND WATCHING OLD DREAMS FADE THROUGH A CLOUD OF DISILLUSIONMENT AND ANGER...HOW DID THIS HAPPEN...WHY DID THIS HAPPEN. I HEAR THIS AND AT TIMES I HAVE BEEN APART OF THAT GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, THE ENDLESS WHY'S!
MY THOUGHT, WHY NOT US, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THIS TIME IN OUR LIVES IS ONE THAT WE MIGHT LOOK BACK ON WITH JOY. THAT THE CHOICES WE ARE MAKING NOW IN A TIME OF UPHEAVEL AND STRESS,ARE NOT ONES THAT WILL STRENGHTHEN US AS A WHOLE AND HELP US ACHIEVE A GREATNESS THAT WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE TOUCHED ON IN OUR ENDLESS BID FOR CONSUMERISM. THIS CURRENT JOURNEY WE ARE ON, SHOULD STRENGTHEN OUR COMPASSION AND GIVE US A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS REAL TO US AND WHAT WE NEED TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE.
WE ARE ALOT MORE SIMPLE IN OUR NEEDS THAN WE BELIEVE OR ARE LEAD TO BELIEVE.
I LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS JOURNEY WE ARE ON NOW WILL RECONNECT US BACK TO OUR
SOURCE, OUR PLANET, OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, TOO THE THINGS THAT MATTER.
I LIKE TO THINK AND BELIEVE THAT THIS IS STILL A WONDERFUL WORLD FULL OF OPEN HEARTS AND MINDS, THAT WE ARE BLESSED TO BE HERE REGARDLESS OF THE CURCUMSTANCE. THAT IF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE STRONG THEN SO WILL OUR PLANET BE AND THAT THE GENERATIONS THAT COME AFTER US WILL BENEFIT FROM OUR NOW.
FAIRY DUST MAYBE, BUT THEN I BELIEVE!
JUST A THOUGHT

BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

FREEDOM

THE OLD SAYING THAT THE YOUNG CAN NOT APPRECIATE THEIR YOUTH IS SO TRUE; ESPECIALLY NOW DAYS! AS A SOCIETY WE SEEM TO BE PUSHING GROWTH AND MATURITY DOWN OUR CHILDRENS THROATS. WE ARE ASKING OUR YOUNG TO GROW UP AND CONFORM BEFORE THEY EVEN UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCEPTS. ISN'T PART OF GROWTH BEING ALLOWED TO MAKE MISTAKES SO THAT WE CAN THEN LEARN FROM THEM! IN OUR CURRENT SCHOOL SYSTEM CONFORMITY REIGNS, THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN BEING LABELED WITH ADD AND ADHD AND A HOST OF OTHER EMOTIONAL DISORDERS IS MIND BOGGLING; AND FOR ALOT OF THESE BEAUTFUL BEINGS THIS LABEL IS FALSE, GIVING AS A CONTROL MECHANISM BY TEACHERS WHO EITHER DO NOT KNOW HOW OR CAN'T BE BOTHERED LEARNING TO COPE WITH A VARIETY OF PERSONALITIES...MEDICATION IS GIVEN TO NUMB AND DUMB DOWN SO THAT WE ARE LEFT WITH CHILDREN WHO CONFORM....YEARS AGO ON A STAR TREK SERIES THEY TALKED ABOUT A RACE CALLED THE BORG, THE BORG WHERE HALF HUMAN HALF ROBOT AND ALL CONNECTED THROUGH A GROUP CONFORMITY; NOW AS I LOOK AROUND I SEE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT IN SOME WAY IS EMBRACING THAT. INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING TO FIND THEIR IDENTITIES ARE BEING MEDICATED OR TOLD THEY HAVE PROBLEMS....WHEN I LOOK BACK AT ALL THE PEOPLE I KNEW AS A CHILD AND YOUNG ADULT THAT WHERE DIFFERENT INCLUDING MYSELF I THANK THE UNIVERSE THAT I WAS ALLOW TO DEVELOP AT MY OWN PACE AND FIND MY 'TRUTH' AND THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO CONFORM IF I DID NOT WANT TO.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH US AS A SOCIETY THAT ON ONE HAND WE EMBRACE THE WACKY AND IDIOTIC ON TV AS GREAT AND FABULOUS BUT IF OUR CHILDREN DISPLAY ANY SUCH PERSONALITIES WE RUSH TO JUDGEMENT AND EITHER MEDICATE OR EMOTIONALLY SUBJUDGCATING THEM....WHAT IS THERE TO FEAR I WANT TO KNOW IN BEING FREE TO JUST BE OURSELVES! WE SEARCH OUR WHOLE LIVES FOR THAT PART OF OURSELVES THAT SHOUTS 'THIS IS ME' THIS IS WHAT SETS ME APART! WHY THEN DO WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY IN SHUTTING THIS DOWN AND CONFORMING TO THE RULES OF A EVER CHANGING SOCIETY....IS IT MIND CONTROL ON A MASSIVE LEVEL...DAMNED IF I KNOW THE ANSWER I JUST DON'T LIKE THE CURRENT RESULTS...FOR HEAVEN SAKES LET YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN BE THEMSELVES! SURELY THAT IS NOT A BAD THING, SURELY THE WORLD WILL NOT STOP TURNING AND GOVERNMENTS WILL CONTINUE THERE PETTY WAYS. ALOT OF OUR FREEDOM IS BEING SLOWLY ERRODED, MUCH WITH OUT OUR AWARENESS, OWNING OURSELVES AND OUR QUIRKS SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE LIBERTIES TAKEN FROM US.
BLESSINGS BE
DEBRA RAE