As Bill Sees It
Giving Up Defects, p. 136

Looking at those defects we are unwilling to give up, we ought to erase the hard and fast lines that we have drawn. Perhaps in some cases we shall say, "This I cannot give up yet. . ." But we should not say to ourselves, "This I will never give up!"
The moment we say, "No , never!" our minds close against the grace of God. Such rebellion may be fatal. Instead, we should abandon limited objectives and begin to move toward God’s will for us.
12 & 12, pp. 68-69
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ABRAHAM

1. tune yourself to SOURCE
The interesting thing about reaching to your Source for appreciation is you gotta be in the [vibrational] vicinity to feel it.Because your Source is OFFERING it all the time. That’s the appreciation we want you to be reaching for, not from the peanut gallery.But hear how this plays out. "Ok, Abraham, I want to feel your appreciation, so I’m going to tune myself to feeling your appreciation."Guess what happens? When you tune yourself for feeling the appreciation of your Source, your lover appreciates you, too, because it was you all along![Later in the same interaction they come back to this point]
When you reach for the love that Source will ALWAYS give you, in order to find it, you’ve got to tune yourself to it. And when you tune yourself to
it, then only that part of others can show itself to you.That’s why we say, line up with who you are and then Everything else takes care of itself.
Law of Attraction sees to it.

San Diego 1/9/10
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE

"When you see someone crying, run away fast. The guiltier you feel, the faster you should run."
  A Treasury of Trueness, # 1075
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No matter how much attention this
woman receives, it will never be enough.
Betty Carter is a true master vocalist, a
true artist and one of the greatest gifts Jazz
has ever received.
It is time to celebrate Betty!
http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/betty-carter/happy-birthday-betty-carter.html

SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

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Please check  out  the   attached   Three Italian Tenors singing  O Sole Mia exquisite  voicesfor sure and under 20 yrs of age.
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Doubt fueled by compassion
resembles faith without pretense.

Oaks Near Town
Black and green
under sunlight
stand these aged oaks,
seasoned wisdom in wood.
"Believe, believe!"
preaches the chapel bell
from a spire in town
to the congregated trees
which, distanced from doctrine,
stand firmly unnoticing
with their branches spread wider
and trunks planted deeper
and roots drinking more serenely
of a living water holier
than even believing can ever
believe belief capable of believing.
Clanging soon ends
and relinquishes
to the forest its
sacred silence.
Alan Harris
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Robin Williams - Bush & Obama -
we are most amused, london
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMz1Q3E000&feature=related

HUMOR

bran muffins
The couple were 85 years old, and had been married for sixty years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they watched their pennies.
Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to the wife’s insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade.
One day, their good health didn’t help when they went on a rare vacation and their plane crashed, sending them off to Heaven.
They reached the pearly gates, and St. Peter escorted them inside. He took them to a beautiful mansion, furnished in gold and fine silks, with a fully stocked kitchen and a waterfall in the master bath. A maid could be seen hanging their favorite clothes in the closet.
They gasped in astonishment when he said, ‘Welcome to Heaven. This will be your home now.’
The old man asked Peter how much all this was going to cost.
‘Why, nothing,’ Peter replied, ‘remember, this is your reward in Heaven.’
The old man looked out the window and right there he saw a championship golf course, finer and more beautiful than any ever built on Earth.
‘What are the greens fees?’ grumbled the old man.
‘This is heaven ,’ St. Peter replied. ‘You can play for free every day.’
Next they went to the clubhouse and saw the lavish buffet lunch, with every imaginable cuisine laid out before them, from seafood to steaks to exotic desserts and free flowing beverages.
‘Don’t even ask,’ said St. Peter to the man, ‘this is Heaven, it is all free for you to enjoy.’
The old man looked around and glanced nervously at his wife.
‘Well, where are the low fat and low cholesterol foods, and the decaffeinated tea?,’ he asked.
‘That’s the best part,’ St. Peter replied, ‘you can eat and drink as much as you like of whatever you like, and you will never get fat or sick. This is Heaven!’
The old man pushed, ‘No gym to work out at?’
‘Not unless you want to,’ was the answer.
‘No testing my sugar or blood pressure or…’
‘Never again. All you do here is enjoy yourself.’
The old man glared at his wife and said,
‘You and your damn bran muffins.
We could have been here ten years ago!’

"SHEEP IN THE PASTURE
Two sheep were discussing human beings. ‘People are peculiar,’commented one sheep, ‘including our owners.”Why do you say that?’ inquired the other.’Well, look. They spend lots of money getting this fine pasture into shape, then spent several weeks putting a fence around it.
Then what do they do? They go and live in a house.’A man’s viewpoint is the only one he thinks is logical."
Inspire Yourself, p. 161
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Diana Krall performs live in 2004
with Peter Erskine on drums,
Anthony Wilson on guitar,
and Robert Hurst on bass.
Her latest, of 12 albums,
is called "Quiet Nights."
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/428.html

SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

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TANYA TUCKER - LIZZIE AND THE RAINMAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35008WbY-nY&feature=related

A SCATTERING OF SEEDS

So much depends on love that
you’d think more people would use it.

Alan Harris
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Ali G FBI interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m-vDgz0A0o&feature=related

HUMOR X
An Alabama preacher said to his congregation,
    "Someone in this congregation has spread a rumor that I belong to the Ku Klux Klan. 
" This is a horrible lie and one which a Christian community cannot tolerate. 
I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this.
Now, I want the party who did this to stand and ask forgiveness from God."
Again all was quiet.
Then  slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with a body that would stop traffic rose from the third pew.  Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she  spoke,"Reverend there has been a terrible misunderstanding.
  I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
I simply told a couple of my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets."
The preacher fell to his knees, his wife fainted, and the congregation roared.

   We believe that there isn’t a fellowship
on earth which devotes more care to its
individual members; surely there is none
which more jealously guards the individual’s
right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
No A.A. can compel another to do anything;
nobody can be punished or expelled.
  Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions;
the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.’s
unity contain not a single "Don’t."
They repeatedly say, "We ought . . ."
but never "You must!"
<< << << >> >> >>
   "Though it is traditional that our Fellowship
may not coerce anyone, let us not suppose
even for an instant that we are not under
constraint. Indeed, we are under enormous
coercion–the kind that comes in bottle.
Our former tyrant, King Alcohol,
always stands ready again to clutch us to him.
  "Therefore, freedom from alcohol is the great

‘must’ that has to be achieved,
else we go mad or die."
1. 12 & 12, p. 129  2. Letter, 1966
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ABRAHAM

1.two predominant things
  The two predominant things that we want to
express to you today in a way you
will hear them is:
  You want to be in the vortex as much as
you can. And you don’t want to be mad
at yourself if you are not.
  Because if you can make peace with not
being in there, if you can make peace
with what is, it’s a lot easier to move in.
1/9/10 San Diego, CA
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE

"The world does not need your money or charitable activities or your generosity with your human-level talents. It needs your spiritual maturity, for only that has real power to transform anything for the better."
Pathways to Perfect Living, p. 161
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Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass - Cry me a river (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAoABuJS1MA&feature=related

SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

Believe you are a creator
"Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful.Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you."
Shakti Gawain

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Norah Jones - Cold Cold Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g35zS1tVO3o&feature=related

A SCATTERING OF SEEDS

Alan Harris
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Jizz In My Pants XXXXX FUNNNNNNEEEEEeeeeee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4&feature=fvw

HUMOR
As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became Aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to Come up to the height of the first step of the bus..
Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus
Driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little,
Thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn’t.So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached Behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the Second time attempted the step.
Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind To unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step.About this time, a large Texan who was standing Behind her picked her up easily by the waist And placed her gently on the step of the bus.
She went ballistic and turned to the Would-be Samaritan And yelled,
‘How dare you touch my body!
I don’t even know who you are!’
The Texan smiled and drawled,
‘Well, ma’am, normally I would agree with you,
But after you unzipped my fly three times,
I kinda figured we was friends.’

"Self-work arouses a refreshing sense of inner liberty."
Esoteric Mind Power, p. 115
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He is a beatboxing flutist originally from Seattle, Washington but now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Greg Pattillo is recognized throughout the world for his redefinition of the flute sound. He was lauded by The New York Times as "the best person in the world at what he does."His videos have been viewed on by over 20 million people worldwide.
http://www.jazzonthetube.com/page/439.html

SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

Self talk is revealing
"If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words."
Chinese Proverb

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Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0&feature=related

A SCATTERING OF SEEDS

Alan Harris
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FRIENDS OF IRONY
http://friendsofirony.com/2010/05/08/ironic-photos-would-have-thought-prepared/

HUMOR
How do you recognise a Kerryman on an oil rig?
He’s the one throwing crusts of bread to the helicopters…
A Kerryman attended a concert where a ventriloquist who fancied himself as a comedian told about twenty Kerryman jokes in a row.
"Look," shouted the Kerryman, standing up in the audience, "I’m fed up being insulted by all these jokes.
We’re not as stupid as you make out."
"Please sit down sir & be calm," said the ventriloquist, "after all it’s only a joke, and don’t tell me that Kerrymen haven’t got a sense of humor."
"I’m not talking to you," said the Kerryman,
"I’m talking to the little fellow on your knee…"

It was only to be expected that Kerrymen wouldn’t take all of our jokes lying down. Scarcely had the echoes of the last Kerryman joke died away when the counter-attack began.
Nobody was spared and the Kerryman as usual had the last laugh…
What do you call an intelligent Mayoman?
Lucky
What is red and white and floats upside down on the River Liffey?
A Dubliner caught telling Kerryman jokes.

1. the gold card!
Now, here is a good place to start. When you were a little child, did your mother ever say to you, "Sweetheart, there’s not going to be enough Energy Flow?" Didn’t come up, did it? In other words, you haven’t learned negative thoughts relative to Energy Flow. You have learned negative vibrational offerings relative to money. But you have not learned them relative to Energy flow.So what you’re wanting to do is take money out of the equation. Because it’s in such a lackful place that putting it in the equation just sort of
messes everything up. So take money out of the equation and instead, acknowledge that you have access to a bank account of INFINITE ENERGY FLOW.Now this Energy Flow will buy you things money won’t. It will buy you wellness. It will buy you exhilaration. It will bring you good
experiences. It will bring you relationships. It will bring you fulfillment. It will bring you money, too. It is a Source through which all things and from which all things come. Pure positive Energy and it
streams forth in abundance. And you’ve got a Gold Card to this account.The only thing you have to do to access this account with an endless balance
is 2 things. You have to identify an object of attention to which you will flow it. In other words, if you don’t use it, it won’t come to you. So you
have to continually open avenues to which you will flow it by identifying, "I want this, I want this, I want this, I want this".
And you have to FEEL GOOD when you identify the outlet. As you open that avenue, as you identify that object of attention and you FEEL the positive
Energy flowing toward it - now the Energy is flowing. And we promise you, doors will open that will bring you that. Sometimes the door will be a
monetary door, sometimes it will not be. But that does not matter. Once you’ve identified it and found the feeling place, it must come to you. It
defies the Law of Attraction for it not to come.
San Francisco, CA - 2/26/94
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Vernon Howard’s SECRETS OF LIFE

"You can be free of the fear of others getting angry with you."
Cosmic Command, # 963
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Lena Horne passed away on Sunday
May  9, 2010 at the age of 92.
Lena was an incredibly strong and
beautiful woman, a warrior for civil rights,
and an amazing vocalist and entertainer.
We are honored to be able to pay tribute
to Ms. Horne.
http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/lena-horne/in-memory-of-lena-horne.html

SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR MIND

RESPONSIBILITY
"Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will, his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals."
Albert Schweitzer

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Chris Rock on The Late Show with David Letterman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs5NDO62bIs&feature=channel

A SCATTERING OF SEEDS

Silent Exchange
Settling down to meditate
in my book-lined alcove,
I gaze at Buddha on the shelf,
sitting palms up, cross-legged, calm.
What is he? Where is his mind?
Deep oceans roll between us,
the Buddha and me,
even though his cast iron likeness
is solidly planted before my eyes
among amethysts and books.
His sloping shoulders and benign face
reveal a radiant humility
surely possible to humanity,
yet seldom found in bodily beings.
Where is your mind, Lord Buddha?
Your focus seems a thousand miles within
as you meditate here
in silent serenity.
May I somehow join your journey?
What must I do to walk your path?
A sunbeam shines now
through the nearby window
and rests on Buddha’s heart.
"Look within," he whispers innerly.
"Look within for a pattern of being
that will respond to your aspirations.
Consciousness is supple and supportive
if you discover and respect its laws.
"Bliss abides in every inch of space,
and will be found hidden in the obvious.
"Master nature by obeying her perfectly.
Examine her ways, ask her secrets,
and use her for the benefit of all.
Blessings accrue to the workman
who skillfully unfolds a subtle pattern,
then shapes from it a living temple to truth.
"You live in the pattern
and the pattern lives in you,
as the flower hides a seed
and the seed hides a flower.
"Proceed now into your peace,
into your meditation.
Leave my sunlit statue here
and turn to your inner light.
"Slip softly into the shining sea
of possibilities,
releasing love into life
as life releases you into love.
"I will be here when you return."
Alan Harris
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A NEW (?) TAKE ON RELIGION
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=-LIpAxjPt9U

HUMOR

THE JOB
A guy goes to the Post Office to apply for a job.

Interviewer:  "Are you disabled in any way?" 
Applicant:  "Yes. A bomb exploded near me and I lost both my testicles."  
The interviewer grimaces and then says, "Okay.  You’ve got enough points for me to hire you right now.  Our normal hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.  You can start tomorrow at 10:00 am and plan on starting at 10:00 am every day." 
The guy is puzzled and asks, "If the work hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, why don’t you want me here until 10:00 am?"
"This is a government job," the interviewer says. "For the first two hours, we just stand around drinking coffee and scratching our balls.  No point in you coming in for that."