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Each week we will provide a new question and answer for you, from one of our spiritual guides. These messages may contain information to help us face a current local, national, or global situation, or they may provide timeless wisdom to help us to go within, to find the comfort and the answers that we need. Asmuth, Shamani, Euclisites, Euphrena, and Running Bear offer a voice of truth during our constantly evolving, and often challenging, times.

By providing messages based on current events as they unfold, our angelic guides can help us to understand, as well as cope, with recent happenings. Although we are unable to address all of the concerns of our modern world, our guides will try to shed light on many important topics. Our hope is that by sharing our angels’ messages of peace, love, and faith, we will all embrace the vision that the world will be, and already is, a safer, more positive, and loving place than we often perceive.

Annually, we will add the previous weekly messages to our More Questions and Answers subject sections, as well as archive them below for those who wish to read them in sequence. While we have hundreds of questions from the past two decades, we have only begun the archiving process in April, 2010. All of the previous information is available on the site, but many former weekly messages have now been incorporated into our Subject Index sections.

Please join us each week as we receive guidance from the celestial world, where all questions have answers. Our guides welcome you as we do, with open, loving arms.

October 12, 2012: How can we repay Native Americans for our ancestors’ actions?
October 5, 2012: Can humans ever hope or expect violence to cease?
September 28, 2012: Why did the South and much of the United States suffer such a hot spring and summer this year?
September 21, 2012: Why have peaceful groups like the Sikhs and Amish been victims of violence in America?
September 14, 2012: What would you say to the children and young adults who have grown up in the post-9/11 world?
August 31, 2012: Why do some people have stomach problems and how can they cure them for good?
August 24, 2012: Will America’s new health care program be successful? What will insure its success?
August 17, 2012: Will the planet continue to heat up at its present rate?
August 10, 2012: Can we prevent the extinction of the polar bears?
August 3, 2012: How can we prevent any more tragedies like the shootings in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado?
July 27, 2012: Why are people so resistant to gun control in America?
July 20, 2012: How can we best fulfill the “American Dream”?
July 13, 2012: What will the late Rodney King’s legacy be, and why did he die so young?
July 6, 2012: Is America “the greatest country on earth,” as so many proclaim?
June 29, 2012: Does Iran present a real threat to the world?
June 22, 2012: How can we feasibly develop a better power source than fossil fuels?
June 15, 2012: How can we help the people (citizens) who are suffering in Syria?
June 8, 2012: Why are dictators still in power throughout the world?
June 1, 2012: Why were the dinosaurs destroyed?
May 25, 2012: How can we best honor the civilians, journalists, health care professionals, police, diplomats, and soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan?
May 18, 2012: Do wars keep us free?
May 11, 2012: What can people do to help Trayvon Martin’s mother with her grief? And all mothers who have lost children to violence?
May 4, 2012: Why do organizations like the Ku Klux Klan still exist?
April 27, 2012: Why was Trayvon Martin killed?
April 20, 2012: Will San Francisco ever have an earthquake as devastating as the 1906 one?
April 13, 2012: Why did students and teachers at Virginia Tech get attacked on April 16, 2007 and how could it have been prevented?
April 6, 2012: Should federal income taxes be abolished in the United States?
March 30, 2012: How many planets are there?
March 23, 2012: How can we prevent age-related dementia?
March 16, 2012: Why are some people so against marriages for gay and lesbian couples?
March 9, 2012: When will nuclear weapons be abandoned by all countries?
March 2, 2012: Do elections really matter?
February 24, 2012: Did Steve Jobs change the world?
February 17, 2012: Will the Occupy Wall Street movement make a difference? 
February 10, 2012: Will social media help people to find love more efficiently? 
February 3, 2012: What will we learn from the newly discovered yeti crabs and white octopus near Antarctica?  
January 27, 2012: Why are so many honeybees dying in the United States? How can we help the bees? (Colony Collapse Disorder)
January 20, 2012: Are energy particle accelerators detrimental to or helpful for the earth?  
January 13, 2012: How can we best honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s life?  
January 6, 2012: Can a change of presidents make a difference in our future?

October 12, 2012: How can we repay Native Americans for our ancestors’ actions?

By respecting and honoring the Earth, the land, the resources, the water, and the air that has been given to all of us by the creator. Respect others and treat them as you would like to be treated.

Treat the Native Americans with dignity and respect. It was their ancestors who gave their lives and land, so that your ancestors could live upon the land known as America.

Think of the sacrifices that were made for the land you inhabit, the roads you travel, the mountains and trails you traverse, and the rivers, lakes, and streams you boat, swim, and fish in.

And finally, imagine if white European people were rounded up like cattle and herded into pens (known as reservations), and told to feed, clothe, and water themselves. Do you think the Europeans would have been as survival-oriented and resilient as the Native Americans? Give credit to and honor those who sacrificed all they owned and tended, so that you could have the good life you enjoy as Americans. Be thankful and always remember this. (Running Bear)  (Top)
 

October 5, 2012: Can humans ever hope or expect violence to cease?

Violence is a product of human emotions presented in a negative way. I would trust and hope that violence would cease over time.

Can you expect that violence will cease? Not unless you, as an individual, are prepared to live a peaceful coexistence with everyone.

Peace starts with you and emanates from you. If you can be a living example of peace, others will see the way you live your life in peace. And one day all will live in peace, and violence will end. (Shamani)  (Top)

 

September 28, 2012: Why did the South and much of the United States suffer such a hot spring and summer this year?

Hot is a relative term to where you are at. But in most people’s minds, heat is necessary to cook meals, bake breads and desserts, and fry foods. But when the air heats up and makes you feel hot, then you start complaining about the heat.

So to answer your question simply, the widespread and long heat wave was the product of all the verbal and physical heat being generated on earth. Just listen to your news talk and commentary shows on radio and television. That’s a lot of hot air being belched out of a closed vacuum space.

Think about it, and think how you have contributed to the surface temperature of the Earth. If you react coolly to things, then maybe the springs and summers won’t be as hot. But that will likely take an ice age to cool off some news show commentators. You know who you are.

Now, take a deep breath and exhale beautiful positive thoughts (like seeing a sunset). Feel the cool breeze. (Euphrena)  (Top)
 

September 21, 2012: Why have peaceful groups like the Sikhs and Amish been victims of violence in America?

When peace tries to merge with violence and show it the more positive path, muddied waters are the result. I give you the example of a peaceful, serene river. Then along comes a violent storm and dumps mud, trees, and debris into the peaceful river. What is the result but a merged existence between the two.

And so the same is with the peaceful Sikhs and Amish, living in a frequently violent world.

Violence only comes in waves. As much as the media outlets would have you believe, violence is ever-present and widespread. But the truth is, peace is ever-present and widespread upon the whole Earth. Yes, there is widespread violence within individual cities, towns, blocks, and households, but it does not encompass the whole planet.

Peace is hard for many people to embrace outside of their domain, whether it be their house, place of work, city, town, or country.

And when one speaks of peace with an adversarial country or non-mainstream religion, it is even more difficult. Some would say under this circumstance that the Amish and Sikhs were victims of peace. They were only practicing what they felt in their hearts, while the gunman in both shooting incidents practiced violence in his mind.

So what can be done about these tragedies?

Learn the peaceful ways and practice them. Do not be afraid to speak your mind, as long as you speak of peace.

Peace is the way to a better world, and isn’t that what you want? (Asmuth)  (Top)
 

September 14, 2012: What would you say to the children and young adults who have grown up in the post-9/11 world?

To you I say, you have been very brave. The world is a good place, regardless of how it is portrayed on the news, and in television programs and movies. Do not be dissuaded from seeking, defining, and creating a better world. The choice is yours.

As children and young adults, you have a great responsibility to the world. Growing up in the post-9/11 world is a great challenge. But think of it as a blank artist’s canvas. You have to paint on the canvas, but you can use any color, design, personal or eclectic expression, brush, paint, and style. Just stay within the boundaries of the canvas.

And if you remember to stay within the boundaries set after 9/11, you will do just fine in this post-9/11 world. Be courageous, where courage is needed. Be thoughtful, where thought is needed. And remember to always be mindful of where you are at.

Expand your mind and be one with all that is. Remember where you have come from, where you are now, and where you are going. The world is in your hands. Make it better than it was before 9/11, with equality for all human beings. (Euclisites)  (Top)
 

August 31, 2012: Why do some people have stomach problems and how can they cure them for good?

Think of the stomach as collecting everything you ingest from the air, land, and water, as well as thoughts, emotions, and bits and pieces of conversations with people.

Some people have a very open heart and mind. And as such, they accumulate the good and the not so good thoughts and actions of others.

Think of the stomach as the digester of ideas, thoughts, and actions—both internally and externally ingested. Then when they are in the stomach, the process of digestion must begin. Some things are easily digestible, while others take years to digest. And some things get rejected for digestion.

Now, think of a compost pile, things that are hard like tree stems or celery bases take a lot longer to break down. In the meantime, the surrounding materials are decomposing quickly. The same is with your stomach.

So you ask, what is the remedy or cure? Learn to segregate your foods at mealtime into easy or hard digestible types. Eat the easily digestible foods first, in order to get the process of digestion going—like lubricating an engine. Then about two hours later, ingest the harder to digest foods, allowing the stomach acid to solely work on these foods.

Apply the same to the mental and physical ingestion of ideas. When these ideas, thoughts, and actions come in, segregate them. Ingest the easy palatable ones and leave the others for processing later on. If they are not palatable at all, throw them out. Why hurt your stomach with garbage thoughts? Do not worry what others will think of you. They were not thinking of you when they dumped their garbage on you. They didn’t want it, so why should you ingest it?

All the answers for a remedy/cure lie in the sentences above. Administer your own cure and you will feel better than ever. (Running Bear)  (Top)

August 24, 2012: Will America’s new health care program be successful? What will insure its success?

Americans must be willing to invest time in their own health care, eating, and lifestyle habits. Then this new program will be a success. One should not expect free health care without attempting to be healthy or promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Why are so many Americans sick and dependent on perpetual health care? It’s like taking out automobile insurance, only to drive recklessly and be insured for all conceivable injuries and property damage. If you eat what you want, drink what you want, smoke what you want, and ingest prescription drugs all day long, how can you expect a health care program to financially survive?

In order to ensure success of America’s new health care program, health education and preventative care must be embraced and practiced. Success comes from every American thinking about and practicing good health.

So many freedoms and choices, yet so many are controlled by their own health problems. Is it that personal success is no longer a priority in America?

In order for America to lead the world in health care, the focus has to be on personal care. That will ensure that this health care program is a success. And that success will lead to all Americans feeling good, and that means more productivity. Isn’t that what defined the America of the past that so many wished for?

Success comes from within. Know it. Be it. (Running Bear)  (Top)

August 17, 2012: Will the planet continue to heat up at its present rate?

Heat is a relative term, based on the perception of where and what area the heat is concentrated in. In general terms, the Earth will continue to heat up at an ever-increasing rate. It’s like being in a glass dome and adding more people, vehicles, and heat-generating equipment. Some heat escapes as the doors and windows are opened, or as the weather changes. This is akin to the planet and its atmosphere. But on the whole, the planet cannot sustain billions of people and vehicles without heating up.

Think of your body and mind when it reaches its limits, you either break down or fall apart due to exhaustion.

You are a guest on planet Earth. Any time you think you can control the weather system, just look at what the collective whole has done to change it. And do you think you can change it back to a state of more equilibrium? Don’t try, unless you want to either burn or freeze to death. Either one could happen. (Shamani)   (Top)

August 10, 2012: Can we prevent the extinction of the polar bears?

You can prevent the extinction of polar bears, if you want them to survive. By you, I mean the collective world. But if you don’t have compassion for these animals, then all the efforts will be for nothing, except to lead to human extinction one day.

Polar bears in the arctic regions are a prime indicator of the future of the polar ice caps. Long before the ice caps melt, the polar bears (outside of zoos) will be extinct in the wild. Then the bears will serve as a memory of what you did to advance their extinction.

Extinction is forever in this life. Remember what you had at one time and how you wish you could get it back. Well, once things are lost forever, that means forever. There is no turning back. And that is extinction on a level you can understand. (Euphrena)  (Top)

August 3, 2012: How can we prevent any more tragedies like the shootings in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado?

Shooting someone or something is simply a need to draw attention to yourself and your negative actions. Beyond that, in order to understand someone’s motivation for shooting, one can choose to analyze all the events that led up to it.

Look at the world you live in. Do you choose to focus on the good things people do every day or the terrible and mean things a few people do every day? The attention of the masses is focused on the negative. So like attracts like. Negative promotes negative. Anger promotes anger.

Conversely, positive promotes positive. Love yields love. Peace makes more peace. This is how you can get out of the four walls of insecurity that seemingly bind you.

Prevention is an easy word to say, but it takes a concerted and concentrated effort to feel secure enough that you and others can actively prevent violence. Prevention and security must be practiced. So many people are looking for the magic cure to these horrific mass-murder-type shootings.

Life on Earth is a gift from above. If you choose to respect and honor the gift you have been given, then you will receive the gift of heaven and nirvana on earth. If you choose not to, then you will live in a self-imposed four walls of insecurity and life will be as you make it.

I encourage you to prevent your own life from becoming just a life lived on Earth. Instead, make it a life well-lived on earth, loving and helping your self and others. Like attracts like. Be the model for goodness and love. (Shamani)  (Top)

July 27, 2012: Why are people so resistant to gun control in America?

When fear emanates from every corner of the world through the mass media outlets, can you expect people to feel secure in their own homes, cars, in “safe” public places, stores, shopping malls, and thousands of other places of congregation?

Not a day passes on Earth that something “bad” does not happen. And how do the mass majority of people react in America? By watching the scenes of pain and destruction on a screen.

The resistance by many to gun control outweighs the security that the few feel. Guns are massive tools for power. And how people use them determines whether they really provide the security they desire.

The underlying theme is that few people in America feel secure, amidst the seemingly perpetual violence. Is it really that “bad” or have you just been conditioned to a daily dose on the television, radio, Internet, or in video games?

Security must come from within. You can have all the money and power in the world and you can’t ensure security. When you speak from your heart, and people listen to you, that’s security. You know who you are, and people know who you are.

Resistance and control cancel each other out. Ultimately, gun control can only be achieved when one no longer needs a gun to feel safe, whether you are the perpetrator, victim, or potential victim who owns one.

Think about your own security and insecurity. Are you willing to commit yourself to living within the four walls of fear? (Asmuth)  (Top)

July 20, 2012: How can we best fulfill the “American Dream”?

The “American Dream” is as individual as the people who make up Americans. Whether you or your ancestors came to America by choice or force (through slavery), you are all Americans. 

And the ones who are descendants are living the “American Dream.” Many can argue and debate all day long about what’s wrong with America, instead of focusing on what’s right.

The dream is not just an elusive fantasy-filled goal. It is real. Every person on Earth is living the dream of life on earth. And that dream is based on every individual’s aspirations, goals, dreams, and actions. Sure, some people are born into positions of power or wealth, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t responsible for their own dream. And are they truly happy in a set-up life that is dictated by their family?

Make your “American Dream” what you want it to be, without hurting or humiliating others. Dreams can be equal. All dreams can lead to happiness. Be one with your divine purpose and your dreams will become reality. (Asmuth)  (Top)

July 13, 2012: What will the late Rodney King’s legacy be, and why did he die so young?

Rodney King was a symbol of bravery in a world so against him. He rode through long stretches of poverty, racism, and prejudice, but always looked up with pride.

He always knew where he wanted to go, but society’s roadblocks prevented him from advancing further. But he never gave up and would always study the solutions to a problem. It came from his stern and disciplined upbringing.

The legacy Rodney King leaves is to never lose sight of who you are. It doesn’t matter what color your skin is, everyone deserves to be treated like a human being across an equal playing field. And just because you feel you were dealt a rotten hand of cards doesn’t mean you can’t rise up, hold your head up high, and make a difference.

Rodney King brought to light the differences, but also the similarities, of who we are.

So why did he die so young? When one’s mission on earth is complete, it is time to return home. If I told you Rodney King was an angel in an earthly body, would you have treated him differently? You never know when you might be in the presence of an angel on earth. And what if you beat an angel, how do you think your life after death review will go? In other words, treat all humans with respect and dignity, lest you be in their shoes the next time. Then, how would you want to be treated? (Euclisites)  (Top)

July 6, 2012: Is America “the greatest country on earth,” as so many proclaim?

America, just like any other country, is only as great as its people proclaim. And if they say it is so, then it is so. But any other country can proclaim the same. Has the world voted America the greatest country?

But it needs to be said that America, by its own right, is the greatest country in the world by having the most diverse population of any country.

What has made America good and sometimes great is what each person—native, American-born, and immigrant—has given. It is the cumulative efforts of millions who have made America what it is. And that’s worth proclaiming.

No one person can make a country great. It takes everyone working together. Be one with others, and one you shall become. And that is the Essence of One. Proclaim it! Independence is one and one for all! (Shamani)  (Top)

June 29, 2012: Does Iran present a real threat to the world?

Iran is a country that wants to execute its own sovereignty and independence on the world stage. Few countries really listen to what Iran has to say, except when it talks about war in the Middle East.

As you have seen, one dictatorship after the other has fallen in the past two years. Iran is next, but by its own resistance to change. The youth of Iran want change just like all young adult people in the world. They have seen what is possible in other “free” countries.

Those living in the so-called “free” countries may think their freedom is limited, but it’s not when compared to those in other not-so-free countries.

So, is Iran a real threat to the world? They are more of a threat to themselves by remaining isolated and being viewed as a rogue nation. This will be their own undoing.

All countries of the world must work together as a community to provide the best for all the inhabitants of the world. For if we do not work together to feed, clothe, and shelter one another, then the real threat will be what we are doing to threaten our own survival. (Euclisites) (Top)

June 22, 2012: How can we feasibly develop a better power source than fossil fuels?

It is up to the people to develop a better power source, the individuals who use all the power that is needed to drive the combustible engines, power the electric and hybrid vehicles, the homes, businesses, power plants, schools, colleges, universities, traffic lights, and billions of devices and hand-held devices on Earth.

Think of how dependent you all are on fossil fuels. Even if you are living off the grid, you are still dependent on so many of the outside world devices, businesses, and farmers.

So how can the earth’s inhabitants as a whole develop a better power source? The answer is careful planning, organization, and execution of a truly better power source. And once the billions of people agree, then there must be a transitional period for the power conversion to be effective and take hold.

One must present all of the positive benefits for a better power source. This must include how it will be good for everyone, not just a select few. A co-op-type system, where every person owns a share in the world community power source. Millions of jobs are created in the process.

Again, proper planning is the key to success. Positive communication is the key to developing the power source and keeping it running. It can be a reality, but a vast majority of the people must share the vision. (Asmuth)  (Top)

June 15, 2012: How can we help the people (citizens) who are suffering in Syria?

Envision them cloaked in a veil of white light of protection, love, and peace.

No being should have to suffer by the horrors of internal war within a country. Is not a country supposed to be a safe haven for all who live there?

In the case of Syria, the old ways and leadership is being challenged in a very vocal way. Those in charge at the highest levels of government are afraid of losing a decades-long hold on the people.

The people of Syria want freedom, and many are willing to die for the cause. But in the end, will the people be free? Only if they create a government where all can participate in free elections.

For now, the Syrian people must focus on doing only positive and good things for Syria. The fighting and killing must cease. I implore all parties to sit down and discuss how to move Syria ahead in a positive way. (Euphrena)  (Top)

June 8, 2012: Why are dictators still in power throughout the world?

Dictators need people to serve them—the more, the better. And even if they get bored with dictating, they will still dictate their needs to a country or several countries.

Dictators always have an army of loyalists and those who are willing to defend them, even when logic dictates otherwise. Much of this seemingly mindless allegiance stems from the need to be led or told what to do.

If a dictatorship rules a country, then suddenly gets ousted, what happens? The country goes into turmoil, while various “leaders” try to invoke order and provide a new direction. Sometimes, the result is worse. Think of it as a power vacuum. Who will lead the people? Not the people themselves.

In your own life, you need to be told what to do and how to do it from the moment you exit your mother’s womb. Some might view this as a dictatorial relationship. But it’s termed a parent teaching the child. But it can be a positive or negative relationship.

If the parent is dictatorial, the child can act out in a rebellious way and be labeled a rebel.

Dictators and rebels—would one exist without the other? (Shamani)  (Top)

June 1, 2012: Why were the dinosaurs destroyed?

It was not an act of destruction. The extinction of the dinosaurs was a matter of the planet Earth being in the same place at the same time as an asteroid flying through space.

Random events, as they are termed, happen every day. Catastrophic events turn the world upside down, whether that is your world or planet Earth. And how you handle the catastrophe and move forward determines what is born out of it.

Had the dinosaurs survived, would humans be on Earth today? And in what numbers? Could you coexist with dinosaurs or would you destroy them also? (Asmuth)  (Top)

May 25, 2012: How can we best honor the civilians, journalists, health care professionals, police, diplomats, and soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Honor all of these individuals separately and as a whole. Every person, alive and dead, has a story to tell. That story is told by how they lived their life. That is where you can find the truth of who that person was/is.

Death is simply a mask for life. When a person dies on earth, he or she is remembered by many. It is always advisable to focus on the good and noble deeds that person did. Life is a series of choices, turns, detours, stops, green lights, yellow lights, and red lights. How you approach these determines much of your fate. One can see honor in any of these choices. There is no right or wrong way to live your life. But in the end, you must review your own life and atone for your choices, whether viewed as positive or negative.

Honor thy self. Honor thy spouse, partner, or friend. Honor thy mother and father. Honor thy child. And finally, honor each other. Honor thy God. It’s as simple as that. (Running Bear)  (Top)

May 18, 2012: Do wars keep us free?

Freedom is in the eyes of the one who holds it. Freedom can be very elusive, much like a moment in time. Freedom can be given or taken away. Nothing is free, and everything has a price based on the demand for it.

Freedom can often be had for the price of a thousand pounds of gold, a year’s supply of oil, or simply by handing over what the freedom provider wants. So the same can be said for wars. Give us what we want and we will keep you free.

Wars actually keep people and the world in bondage. The more wars you have, whether in your house or on a land far, far away, the less freedom you have. Why? Because your “free time” is consumed, and that is freedom and free time you can never get back.

So why not free yourself from violence and war at home and abroad. Then you will have the freedom you desire. Freedom must come from within. For only when you feel free, will you experience freedom. Are you ready to be free? Then stop all wars and you will be. (Shamani) (Top)

May 11, 2012: What can people do to help Trayvon Martin’s mother with her grief? And all mothers who have lost children to violence?

Send all the love you can from the center of your heart. Visualize a tube of light going from your heart to Trayvon Martin’s mother and all mothers who have lost children to violence.

There is a way to ease the pain in the hearts of many. Visualize a world in which peace, working together to solve problems and issues, and unconditional love are everyday words followed up with actions.

There is no guarantee of how long a soul will be on earth. That’s why all of you must be thankful for every moment you have. Make the most of your life and be a friend to others. Spend time with those you love and those that love you.

Reach out to the community, when times are hard. You will surely find a friend to listen to your woes.

Be a friend to your community, and help others when they need lifting of their spirits.

The earth is a temporary place for your soul. Make it a memorable loving experience. (Shamani)   (Top)

May 4, 2012: Why do organizations like the Ku Klux Klan still exist?

These organizations continue to exist, based on the fear and hatred of a specific group of people. Fear and hatred are very powerful negative emotions. No one can make you do anything you don’t want to do.

You may be afraid to stand up for what is right, but you still make the choice. And choices have life-long consequences both here on earth and in the afterlife.

If you choose to hurt and kill others, then you will feel the same after you die. Conversely, if you choose to love everyone and be peaceful, then you will feel all that is good when you die. Now that’s an organization worth living for and being in. (Asmuth)  (Top)
 

April 27, 2012: Why was Trayvon Martin killed?

April 20, 2012: Will San Francisco ever have an earthquake as devastating as the 1906 one?

Not as devastating, but more widespread. You see, since 1906, San Francisco has taken numerous steps for ensuring structural stability of all human-made structures. Devastation in 1906 terms can never measure up to 2012 terms. People are more prepared and somewhat more accepting of an unknown time or place for the next major earthquake.

When and if the next 9.0 earthquake hits San Francisco in your lifetime, then and only then will you personally know devastation in your own time and mind. Are you prepared or will you just ride out the wave? It’s your choice. (Asmuth)  (Top)

April 13, 2012: Why did students and teachers at Virginia Tech get attacked on April 16, 2007 and how could it have been prevented?

Spirits of darkness can manifest on earth during the most horrific destructive moments in history. Does that mean they are more powerful than angels and spirits of light? No. It’s just that the majority of the people, through the media outlets, give the spirits of darkness more publicity and notoriety.

So why did the students and teachers get attacked on that day? One lone gunman was out to take revenge on the innocent people of society, in order to prove how confused and contorted the world was in his mind.

Free will can be good will and intentions or bad will and intentions. One can argue that giving humans free will and freedom results in a few abusing the privilege.

What is abuse but a refusal to admit what’s wrong with you—the abuser. When a gun, knife, or other instrument is used to kill or maim another, this is a form of abhorrent abuse. Does society glorify or denounce this abuse-type behavior? If you look at what you eat, what you watch on television, listen to on the radio, read in the newspapers, and generally look around the world at all the wars and battles going on, abuse seems to be glorified.

So if you really want to try to prevent future incidents like the Virginia Tech shootings, then look at people and incidents like these and ask, Am I glorifying or denouncing this behavior?

The ultimate prevention can only come through an acceptance and practice of unconditional love and peace amongst all people of the world. Which way will you choose? (Euphrena)  (Top)
 

April 6, 2012: Should federal income taxes be abolished in the United States?

A tax is a tax is a tax. Taxes have been around for thousands of years in one form or another.

If the United States government abolished federal income taxes, another tax would immediately replace it.

This government is so dependent on these taxes for income that abolishing them would cause it to default as a country.

Federal income taxes are weaved into every business in the United States. It would take years to shut down the taxing entity in the United States government.

So in a nutshell, it is well advised to keep the system that you have, even though it’s heavy-handed toward the individual working-class and middle-class individuals. A taxing system so huge invites disparity and sooner or later one group of people will bear the brunt of paying the bills for everyone else.

So unless you are very rich or live below the poverty line index, you will have to live according to the tax code of the United States. You cannot abolish that which has taken years to create. It’s simply not possible in the present debt-ridden state. (Running Bear) (Top)
 

March 30, 2012: How many planets are there?

A hundred million would be a start for a universe that is expanding. And these are just what are in your mind as the realm of possibility.

The universe is endless. What do you think about that? A world without end is like a pencil that never runs out of lead, so that a perpetual history can be created and written.

Each planet, like each person on Earth, is unique and individual. Think of the exponential history and information that could be obtained if everything was known about every planet in the Universe. Knowledge is as endless as the Universe itself.

If you can grab one tenth of one percent of the information available to you, then you will be a genius. But so will many others.

But instead of worrying about that, simply absorb all the knowledge that you can, and use it for positive growth and teaching. In other words, be a planet of positive growth, and a planet unto yourself. (Asmuth)  (Top)
 

March 23, 2012: How can we prevent age-related dementia?

Age-related dementia is basically a fear of getting older and not wanting to remember the not-so-good memories of the past.

So how do you prevent age-related dementia from happening in the first place? Firstly, society as a whole must celebrate the positive aspects and benefits of all ages and age groups. Every person of every age group is part of what makes a community, town, city, state, region, country, and world great. Every person has a contribution to make.

If the elderly (with the most wisdom) are left to wither away in their own home or in assisted-living or nursing home facilities, then dementia will continue at a rapid pace.

Think about the elderly this way. They were once like a new car and took you wherever you wanted to go. They traveled hundreds of thousands of miles and experienced the world, and gained great wisdom. Then one day, the car needed to be parked in the garage. If you took the time to document where that car had been, you would learn a great deal.

You would understand that there were many bumps and potholes along the way, detours, bridges out, and long stretches of freedom along the highway.

The elderly do not want to be forgotten. And that is why most people don’t want to get old, lest they be forgotten.

Make good memories as you travel through life. Accept age as an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past, and to understand that your life is a great compilation of a series of books across many subjects (romance, mystery, religion, spirituality, health, fiction, non-fiction, comedy, theatre, dance, science, history, and many others).

So as you get older, remember all that is good about it as well as where you have traveled. And if you are okay with all that is, then dementia will never be a part of your reality. (Euphrena)  (Top)
 

March 16, 2012: Why are some people so against marriages for gay and lesbian couples?

If a person or group of people cannot understand something, they are usually against it.

Think of how long the traditional institution of marriage has been around. It has stood the test of time between a man and a woman. Many marriages have ended in separation and/or divorce. What was once declared sacred, and the unity of two coming together as one, was torn asunder. There are a-thousand-and-one reasons why separations and divorces happen. Oftentimes, the human emotions take hold and make one do unthinkable and illogical things, way before the reality of the relationship kicks in. That’s called life.

So when you have two men or two women that love each other, the same thing can happen. People are people. To be against people is to be against your self as an individual. Just because you can’t understand why or how two men or two women would want to be together does not make it any less real.

Oftentimes, men and women are more at one with their own gender’s feelings. Think about it this way: If you think of love as a lump of moldable clay, and you basically have the ability to mold love into what works for you, then what you create is yours. Just because it doesn’t fit the traditional molded clay symbol (of marriage) doesn’t mean it’s not valid.

Love is as real as the person or persons creating a mental, physical, and/or spiritual bond.

Marriage in the United States of America and elsewhere in the world is an institution created to maintain and boost the economies of all countries and religions. Children are the by-product of most marriages and serve biologically and religiously to perpetuate the species and the churches.

Gay and lesbian marriages cut across this biological, economic, and religious current. That’s the primary reason why many are so opposed to these “non-traditional” unions.

Live and let live, and all will live in harmony. (Asmuth)  (Top)

March 9, 2012: When will nuclear weapons be abandoned by all countries?

When all countries work together for the good of all, and not themselves. Nuclear weapons were created by humans, not God. Do you think God would create such a horrible instrument of destruction? But he/she did give you free will and the brain to determine what was right and what was wrong.

Nuclear weapons can and should be abandoned by all countries. But first, trust must be at the forefront of all negotiations and treaties. What good is a promise, a contractual piece of paper, or a full-fledged mandate, without the true backing of all parties?

Who are you, what are you, and when are you going to learn? It’s your choice, your nation’s choice, and your world’s choice. Work together for global peace and one day it will happen. And you will have been a part of it, unless you were the one lone holdout, destroyed by your own free will. (Shamani)  (Top)
 

March 2, 2012: Do elections really matter?

To whom do they matter is really the question. There are many people in electoral politics whose lives depend on the upward and downward cycles of politics. Many careers have been made or destroyed by one comment, whether it was viewed as positive or negative.

If elections were pure and unadulterated, then the outcomes would truly matter. But with all the campaign contributors and special interest groups pushing and pulling their candidates into and out of elections, what can you expect the outcome will be?

You can run a pure candidate with no special interest history or political connections, but you will lose by a landslide. Why? Because the people want to know where their tax contributions are going and that they will be well spent. And if you truly think about it, who isn’t thinking about themselves? You, as a voter, want your special interests catered to, whether it’s maintaining your roads better or getting a new school for your children, on the local level.

So, do elections really matter? Of course they do. They matter to you. For without them, dictators and despots would rule the world and destroy it over and over again.

Exercise your right to vote, if you are lucky enough to have it. If you don’t have it, ask why. It’s your right. And if you don’t use it, one day you may lose it. Then elections will really matter to you! (Shamani)  (Top)
 

February 24, 2012: Did Steve Jobs change the world?

Yes, he and everyone else changed the world. It took world opinion and action to embrace the Apple technology. You can invent the greatest machine, write the greatest book, or paint the greatest masterpiece and never be noticed.

Notoriety is not handed out to those who do the work, only those who can market or sell it well. You can have the greatest product and never sell one. Yet a sales force or marketing agency can sell a million of them. And who remembers who invented the phone when they are using a name-brand cell phone? People remember the brand name or the celebrity who “told” them to buy the phone on an impulse-buying commercial.

The success of one man can be attributed to the buying habits of millions.

Can most people remember who invented penicillin, the drug that led to countless antibiotics today?

The same will go for Steve Jobs, as generations pass. Someone else will have invented something ten times better and be known for a while, then forgotten by most.

So the lesson is to do things, not for celebrity status or glory, but for the good of humanity. If you spend your life always trying to stay at the top, you will never truly be happy and you will die alone. Many people will remember you for what you did for their personal gain, but only a handful might truly know who you were or even care.

So Steve Jobs did change the world, electronically and technologically, but do you really truly care about what he sacrificed in his own life? I didn’t think so. (Euclisites)  (Top)
 

February 17, 2012: Will the Occupy Wall Street movement make a difference?

When a cowboy came riding into town in the old Wild West, did it make a difference? Of course. Everyone would stop what they were doing, stop talking, and figure out why he was in town. Either he was there for good or to start trouble.

So the same is with the Occupy Wall Street movement. People are talking about it and figure it’s something good, but they are not sure if it can stand up to the bullies in the big city of Wall Street (Manhattan). Wall Street occupies Manhattan and much of the world, not the other way around.

Trying to occupy Wall Street is like trying to take down an Elephant with your bare hands. You will get trampled and tossed to the side, if you get in its way.

That’s why a movement is composed of more than one person. But in this case, Wall Street is composed of millions of people’s fortunes, jobs, livelihoods, and obsessions with greed. So how can you occupy, surround, and change something as big as this?

The mutual fund companies are based largely on millions of individual investors placed together in a collective fund. The collective fund is diversified across hundreds of companies, corporations, government bond agencies, and foreign stock exchanges. Has anyone thought of how big Wall Street really is?

Sure, the Occupy Wall Street movement will make a difference, but it alone won’t take down the Big Bear or Bull Market. The movement will be a stepping-stone for other movements to move in.

The only way Wall Street will change is when people change, and put less value on how to take money and things from your neighbor instead of helping them. A true change in consciousness is needed. If it doesn’t come, then every person on Earth will be occupied and no one will be able to move. Then what will those who have amassed great wealth do with their money?

Occupy or be occupied? It’s your choice. Don’t wait too long to make your decision, your choice. (Asmuth)  (Top)
 

February 10, 2012: Will social media help people to find love more efficiently?

Since when has the trial and error of finding love become an exercise in doing it the most efficient way? Efficiency versus effectiveness versus expectations—these three E’s go together in finding the perfect mate on a social media or dating website.

Boys and girls, men and women, are attracted to each other based on outward appearance, sincerity, kindness, feelings, and countless other traits. What’s important to you is not important to someone else. Social media and dating websites take all the personal data entered (which may be true or false), and come up with the best match for you.

The popularity of social media has caused people to inflate their own egos and achievements. It is no different than the days of personal ads—it’s just a different generation using a different media.

What truly matters is what’s inside the person. You can’t see that on a social networking page. You have to see and talk to that person, heart to heart, if love is what you are truly seeking.

Through social media, you have more opportunities to make more friends. But how many friends are true friends?

Listen, think, and learn. Love is a trial and error process, and it always needs to be refined, nurtured, and fed or else it will dwindle to a low flame. Only you know what love is, for it comes from your heart. (Running Bear)  (Top)
 

February 3, 2012: What will we learn from the newly discovered yeti crabs and white octopus near Antarctica?

The discoveries may be new to you, but these creatures have been there for a long time. There is a grave misconception that just because you didn’t know about it before now means it must be new.

When you start thinking outside the standard box which is your mind, you can see things you never thought possible. It does not take a scientist or engineer to figure these things out. Most of these people are not aware of anything outside of three-dimensional time and space. So you, the “common person,” I invite you to think outside the box and make your own discoveries of what’s already there. Do not be afraid.

What will you learn from the newly discovered yeti crabs and white octopus near Antarctica? Simply this—no matter how hard you try to avoid being found, some human will find you, dissect you, and/or eat you. Is this the life you would have envisioned for a rare species? It is sad but true, because new discoveries become yesterday’s news. That is unless you protect what is yours. (Shamani) (Top)
 

January 27, 2012:  Why are so many honeybees dying in the United States? How can we help the bees? (Colony Collapse Disorder)

When human beings try to control nature and the natural process of pollination, the result is species elimination and decline. It is not enough to simply leave the process of pollination alone, a process that has worked for thousands of years. The human need to constantly meddle in the natural process of life is an attempt to control life.

As you see, the results of meddling have led to honeybees dying at an alarming rate. What happens if plants are not pollinated naturally? You won’t have enough food to feed the world’s population. And no amount of genetic engineering, cross-breeding, growth hormone spraying, and pesticide use will give you the amount of food you need to survive.

The honeybees’ decline is simply an indication of what’s not working. When it was predicted many years ago that the farms could not produce enough food to sustain an ever-increasing world population, choices were made to mutate genes in vegetables and fruits and genetic engineering became the norm. Instead of modifying diets and consumption, and eating lower on the food chain (as in a plant-based diet), the solution for increasing food production was to make more at any cost.

Now the costs have spread into nature and you are faced with the same problem of feeding the masses. Once again, there is no mention of modifying diets and lifestyle choices. The talk among scientists is how to artificially pollinate plants, not about saving the honeybees.

At last, there is another solution—helping the honeybees. How can you help the honeybees? Simply by planting flowers that attract honeybees. Minimize pesticide use and let nature take its course. There are times when honeybees are seemingly a nuisance because many people are afraid of being stung. Do not be afraid of bees. They are simply living, eating, and working just like you. They want to be left alone too.

Respect and honor the honeybees, and they will be a friend who continues to help feed you day in and day out. Just befriend a bee. (Euclisites)  (Top)

January 20, 2012: Are energy particle accelerators detrimental to or helpful for the earth?

Can you see energy? No, but you know or theorize it’s there, based on a science developed around the theory. Remember, human language has developed over millennia, and during the process words have been created to describe every facet of life.

If you look at the facet of energy, it is as elusive as the world that describes it. Then if you attempt to accelerate the word, energy, it becomes unmanageable. So what happens when you are able to accelerate energy particles past the created words, speed of light? The answer is, you get what you expect—simply a particle or particles of energy exceeding the speed of light. Is that detrimental or helpful to the earth? The answer lies in how you use the energy.

If you use the energy to destroy matter and life, then this would be detrimental. Conversely, if you use the energy to improve the earth and save the natural resources of the earth, then it would be helpful.

Those who experiment with particle acceleration see the powerful energy that resides within a tube. Unleashed, it could destroy the Earth.

All that can be said in an advisory way is, take care of what you have and be careful how you apply the science. Do things that will help the Earth and its inhabitants. Life is too short to accelerate past the end point. If you do accelerate, you may never return. (Euphrena)  (Top)
 

January 13, 2012: How can we best honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s life?

Take a moment of silence and remember the man (and all those who came before him and with him) to champion freedom and equality for all human beings. It was not just a dream that Martin Luther King Jr. had, it was a vision of what was possible.

How many among you could have stood in front of a large crowd and professed your soul’s beliefs, believing in something a million times larger than yourself, and asking people—all people—to listen to what you had to say. For centuries, people of color were discriminated against and put to work on ships, in labor camps, in factories, and on farms. The same continues today in many parts of the world. But the difference is that many people are now aware that it’s happening.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a person with a mission, no different than you. He took his message to the masses and was the catalyst for change. If it weren’t for him, would anyone else have stood up and led the masses to the promised land of justice and equality for all?

So take a moment and remember and honor Martin Luther King Jr. He wasn’t just a man. He was a great leader who changed the face of America. If America is truly the melting pot of all nations together, then let us honor each other for our individual contributions to the world and the Universe. (Asmuth) (Top)
 

January 6, 2012: Can a change of presidents make a difference in our future?

Every president of every country throughout history has made a difference. If you glue a label on one person, and expect that person to do exactly what you want him or her to do, you are only setting yourself up for unmet expectations.

Every person on Earth is different. That is what makes the world go round. How you perceive those differences is what makes it right or wrong in your mind. If you agree with a president, then all is good. If you don’t, then all is bad. It seems there is no publicized middle ground, where you can agree with the president on some points and disagree on other points. It’s either you are for or against him, as in the present time in the United States.

If you look at what a president must do, most would throw in the towel after one hour in his shoes. He is constantly being advised of every situation in the country and the world.

Whether the media paints him as the good guy or the bad guy makes no difference. He has a job to do and must make split-second decisions.

What I ask you to do is respect and honor anyone who holds that office, regardless of what party they belong to. A person is a person, once you see them as they are. Sure, a title connotes grand respect, but remember, a person is a person.

Whatever the decision this coming fall presidential election in the United States, please remember change must come from within you. No president can single-handedly change the nation’s course. It’s up to you to be heard and do your part. Be the change and you will have the future you envision. (Shamani) (Top)
 

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