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We want to say thankyou to all those who have contibuted to BoldGrace.com this year.  We fully realize that there are so many fellow humans out there who are facing great storms of life.  Let us say to you that WE at boldgrace care and are wishing for you the very best in 2008.  It is our constant desire to see the human race understand the love that holds us all together.  We will continue to celebrate our differences and look for ways to bring us closer. 

PEACE TO ALL IN 2008

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

 The following is an old video but it captures the great human spirit of oneness.

God Said:

Whither goest thou when you stay with Me? Where do you go but to the Center of Creation? There is no other place for you to be. You think you are here or there. Certainly, your body exists in one spot at a time on Earth, and your attention as well, yet you are the Heart of the Matter. You exist nowhere but in My heart, and My heart is the Center of Creation. I am from where all knowledge comes. I am the Source of your knowledge, and I am also the Goal that you seek. You seek that which you have. You seek that which you are. It is your own Presence you seek. Only for a moment in your thinking have you been absent from it, this illustrious Being which is your Self.

You have been in a quandary, beloveds, only because you believe you exist somewhere far flung in the world when, in Reality, there is no place to be but within My heart, the Heart of Hearts, the same one that beats in your chest.

This Oneness is not complicated. Oneness has to be simple. Only you think Oneness is complex. You would analyze the unanalyzable. You would create mystery where there is simplicity. It is too easy to absorb and overlook the Oneness that you are. It is right here, and you look out there, way out there, where you think the Vastness of Oneness ought to be. You overlook the Oneness that is already yours. You look far afield when you only have to stop a moment and let the Presence of Oneness, MySelf, arise within you. I am beyond your reckoning but not beyond your recognition. You can see but not describe. You can see, and yet I am not a Vision. You can feel Me, hear Me, touch Me, and yet you feel I am beyond your reach, when, beloveds, I am entirely the reach of you. You are the Seeker of Me. You are the Beholder of Me. And you are that Infinite which you seek.

You run around in circles chasing that which you already are. You seek the Adventure that lies within you. This is the heart of all your seeking, all you wanting, and all your wondering. And yet you are afraid to discover. You are afraid you do not merit. You fear you will go up in smoke if you touch even the tip of My hem. You fear the discovery which you seek. You might rather seek than discover. You like to cross the bounding main and not have to reach the shore of your Self.

Let’s face it. You enjoy being in the middle of the Ocean without your bearings. You would rather search for your bearings than to know them. You don’t remember that there is more and more.

You think more and more belongs only to the world of shopping or some such when, all the while, there is discovery after discovery in the realms of God, and, therefore, within the realms of you.

Don’t think you have to understand what I am saying to you. What We are talking about is not in the realm of understanding. It is in the realm of recognizing.

Deep within the cells of your Being lies the wealth of My words. You do not have to understand My words, for now you possess them. You do not have to remember My words, for now they stir within you. You don’t have to anything because now you have all the seeds planted within you. They will grow with or without your attention. Your awareness will blossom, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. You are going along for the ride, and there is nothing you can do about it. You can’t even hang on, beloveds. You have to let go.

From Our Friends @

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Peace

Geo

There are many Christmas carols that I love. i particularly love the last verse of this one.

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Said the night wind to the little lamb,
"Do you see what I see?
Way up in the sky, little lamb,
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star, dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a kite."

Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy,
"Do you hear what I hear?
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy,
Do you hear what I hear?
A song, a song high above the trees
With a voice as big as the the sea,
With a voice as big as the the sea."

Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king,
"Do you know what I know?
In your palace warm, mighty king,
Do you know what I know?
A Child, a Child shivers in the cold–
Let us bring him silver and gold,
Let us bring him silver and gold."

Said the king to the people everywhere,
"Listen to what I say!
Pray for peace, people, everywhere,
Listen to what I say!
The Child, the Child sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light,
He will bring us goodness and light."

He is no longer sleeping in the night. He has brought us into the day of His majesty. The darkness has passed away. It is a new day and the light is glorious. And He has brought us goodness….His goodness imparted freely to us all. May people see it everywhere and be at peace.

I have been following my friend JP and his blog for quite some time and I find him to be very interesting.  He has followed many paths in search for truth and I think he is very genuine in keeping an open mind.  That brings me to the subject of this post: 

Just because you arrive at a certain place of faith, does that mean you have closed your mind? 

In answering that question I think one has to examine just how certain they are about their position on faith?  If one is absolutely certain without any doubts then I would call that a closed mind.  In fact I would say they owe it to their conviction to try and convert as many as possible to their faith.  This is often the stand that organized religion takes with their followers even to the point of making them feel unfaithful if they doubt. 

On the other hand I have come to a place in my faith where I have never felt more comfortable.  It is a place where I fully recognize that trying to prove my faith to absolute certainty is not only foolish but destructive.  Our creator gave each and every one of us a brain with a heart of emotions.  He did not give us certainty.  In fact, I don’t think he ever intended for us to even agree on faith.  If that was his plan then all would have to admit that he failed terribly.  I also think the atheist can not show with any certainty that my faith in a living God is not true, and if he thinks he can he also has a closed mind.

The bottom line for me is that an open mind is one that has learned to be OK with not having the answers and recognizes that even the answers they have could be wrong.  Living with an open mind does not mean you won’t have conviction or faith, it simply means you won’t count out your brother down the street who does not have the same conviction or faith. 

Where do I think most religious people fall?  Unfortunately most I have known have closed minds.  Where do I think most atheists fall?  Unfortunately the same is true for them. 

For our world to heal the greatest need is for the human race to wake up from closed minds and open themselves up to each other.  We all have so much to offer one another.  I refuse to join any group that excludes even one of my fellow travellers on this earth.  Oneness is our reality and division is our delusion.  The medicine that will heal us of our delusions is an OPEN MIND. 

I welcome others thoughts on this and even solutions to how we can overcome a divided world and live as ONE human race.  

Please watch the following video.  It’s time we strive to see our ONENESS.

There is no greater power than that of love.  Regardless of the circumstances of life Love can change them.  And the good news is that we all have access to that power in every single moment of our existence.  Granted, we don’t use this power nearly as often as we should and often it takes a great tradgedy in life before we will call upon it. 

But why do we wait for the tradgedy?  Why don’t we develop this awesome power we have in our every day lives?  Why can’t we wake up each new day knowing that LOVE is the energy that is behind every part of what we are? 

I think the answer to these questions lies in not being aware of how weak our flesh is.  Jesus said: "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."  He was not passing judgement but rather reminding us of a fact of this travel that we are on.  This suit we wear (our bodies) is full of limitations, but within this suit is a spirit that is perfect in every single one of us.  In this spirit is the energy of LOVE that has the power to see us through every difficult step that we must take on this earth. 

As I realize the limitations of my flesh I then can also realize the limitness of my beautiful spirit.  My spirit is always willing to take the right path and I am learning every day to listen to it more and more.  Paul says it this way:

To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.  Rom 8:6

I think we humans spend a great deal of our life here on earth with our minds set on the flesh, listening to it’s needs and wants.  It’s not that it is wrong to do so, because certainly the flesh does have legitimate needs that have to be tended to.  The problem is: The more we tend to it the weaker we become and the emptier we feel.  Over and over again we have seen our fellow travellers who have had every thing the flesh could desire and yet they still were not happy.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.Eccl 5:10

Setting the mind on the flesh leads to slow death within.  Not a death that leads to HELL but rather a death that leads us to a place where we can face our emptiness.  God has allowed all of us to set our minds on this flesh so that WE CAN LEARN.  Some learn early on and you can see it by their lives.  These are the ones who are easily recognized by their LOVE.  Their minds are set on the SPIRIT.  Not some of the time, or just when they feel like it, but rather ALL of the time, and they have an aura around them that draws us to them. 

We are ALL moving toward this NEW TYPE OF BEING.  It is the second Adam, the Christ that will fill all.  Jesus said : "If I be lifted up I will draw ALL men unto myself."  The word "draw" in that verse is more correctly translated "DRAG".  You see, he knew that most of us would never come on our own because of the weakness of our flesh, so he’s letting us know that He will get us to where we need to go even if it means dragging us there.

Again, as we approach this new year, let us all be reminded that THE MIND SET ON THE FLESH MEANS DEATH, BUT THE MIND SET ON THE SPIRIT MEANS LIFE AND PEACE.

We have such a short time on this earth to learn all the lessons we are suppose to learn.  Let’s not waste even a single moment we have left.  Set your mind on the Spirit that is fueled totally by the power of LOVE.  Let the Christ within you have his way now.  He’s going to have his way regardless, so why not let him fully live in this very moment. 

We are ALL redeemed, but we are not all saved.  That simply means there are many of us who still have our minds set on the flesh, and need saved from a way of thinking that will rob us of life and peace in the here and now.  The mind set on the Spirit is simply a mind that has fully embraced the power of God’s perfect love.  The mind set on the Spirit needs no law or spiritual guidance to know how to live.  It is a power that is freely given to all.  Preachers and religious leaders are very much afraid of this power because those who tap into it will no longer need their services and they will be out of a job. 

Christ came to reveal this great LIGHT to all mankind.  We ALL have the POWER OF LOVE within us and regardless of our choices this power will never leave us.  I believe there will be a moment in time that this power will be revealed to every human being, but the message of Christ is "WHY WAIT?" 

RISE UP IN THE MORNING AND SET YOUR MIND ON THE SPIRIT.  LOOK WITHIN AND BE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU WILL FIND. 

THE POWER OF LOVE AWAITS YOUR CALL. 

We have been taught for so long that our main human problem is sin, but is that really so?  If the Garden scene is true then man’s biggest problem arrived before sin ever came into the picture.  Listen to the account:

Gen 2:18-20

God said, "It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion." So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion.

As you read the above it becomes clear that man’s first problem was one of loneliness.  Even if man had never sinned he was also never going to be happy alone.  Paradise in the garden would mean nothing without someone to share it with.  We were created to make a connection with each other in order to find happiness on this earth.  You can have the very best this life has to offer but without the ability to share it with each other it becomes meaningless. 

I have come to believe that every single human being who walks this earth will walk in loneliness until he/she realizes the connection we have with each other.   As Geo has pointed out we our 100% human and regardless of all the things that divide us we must come back to this all encompassing connection that we have if we are to ever find happiness on this earth. 

I also think that we have no right to choose who we will connect with.  Every person that passes my way is an eternal connection and it behooves me to see their value and treat them accordingly. 

The bottom line for me is that when we understand what our biggest problem is then everything else will fall into place.  Our biggest problem is loneliness which comes from not seeing the value in all the human race.  God considers each of us to be of inestimable value and when we begin to see each other that way we will never again feel lonely. 

The year is about to close and 2008 is upon us.  Wouldn’t it be great if our New Year’s resolution would be to try our hardest to see the value in every single human being that we meet?   

www.100percenthuman.org/one.html

Peace

Geo

Happy Holidays to One and ALL!

This one is for ALL of my Grace Buddies!

I hope you all got what you did NOT deserve! And that you did NOT get what you DID deserve!

Because I DID!

Peace

Geo

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THANKFUL by Josh Groban

From us and ours here at BoldGrace.com… to you and yours all across the land… our sincerest wishes for a very happy Christmastime! May you find yourselves overflowing with incredible peace and joy, and may others show you deep warmth and kindness!

In this season of giving, we hope you have an opportunity to reach out to someone, and show them that true love has no limits. Someone, somewhere, is hoping to hear from you, and maybe receive a glimpse of your beautiful smile, hear the sweet sound of your comforting words, or read an encouragement from your hand.

Most of all, be quick to accept, forgive, and include.

Merry Christmas, everyone!