This began as a comment upon an article which appeared on rumormillnews. Firstly let me state that this is in no way a criticism of Scribe's research, which so far I have the utmost respect for. I felt however, I needed to take issue with certain'givens' that many people adhere to.
Firstly a comment on the article God never said "Thou shalt not kill." From rumormillnews
(Note: I would have posted this comment on rumormilnews but I'm banned for saying a naughty word -as far as I can make out. Look out, I'm going to say it again soon.Don't look if the word Anus- oops sorry- offends you. The owner of rumormillnews chopped my article 'Anus Horribilis' off the forum quick smart without reading it. When I explained that it wasn't what she thought she said that I was ignorant of 'foreign languages' poor mite! When I studied Latin it was always called a Classical Language, ah well. However I am sure that Rayelan would really want you to have the opportunity of reading the nasty titled article. So if you haven't, here it is in all its glory, and as it was presented to her forum:
And on with the comment:
Yet another piece of evidence that the bible is poisoned with the agendas of men; I'm pretty sure, though I could be wrong of course, that The Creator doesn't limit his vocabulary to Aramaic, Greek or Hebrew. What is more, I hereby give notice that any God who wants me to be any part of killing anyone, allowing others to kill anyone, or beseeching anyone to kill another can sod off. My God is a God of Love.
(As is so often the way this piece has inspired a much larger article.)
The following are my personal perceptions. If you want to read them, thank you. If some or all of it fits for you, then that's great, I hope it helps. If it disturbs you then ponder on it, if you want to. It is not compulsory for anyone to accept this information. If you have any questions then please contact the following address:
Myself (your name)
My inner knowing (your intuition)
Thanks, Ellis
Earth - A planet of contradiction and confusion
Take the wild ride
Ellis C Taylor
15th April 2003
I am well aware that there cannot be creation without prior destruction. But we already know how to destroy things; we as a race are experts at it. Even our best creations are initially employed to advance the machines of menace. This is not the way, not our purpose for being here as a species and we are continually shown this in big and small ways.
But anyway, Abramic doctrine has got it all tits up. Spirit is immortal; it manifests in form for specific purposes, and then leaves according to its time. It is so hard for us to comprehend because we have been fed so much smelly stuff over the years. 'There are many mansions in my father's house.' -many dimensions, parallel lives - everything is possible. Our human lives, a blink in the progression of the soul, temporarily isolated from the Great Oceanic Domaine of which we are a part, though apart, cannot even begin to comprehend the wonderful nature of God (All that is). Why? Because we are told we can't. But God (All that is) patiently awaits the return of His prodigal son.
Everything, and I mean every thing that ever occurs is a chance to experience and understand. And all of the participants, no matter how good or evil we perceive them to be, are players, actors, souls who are charged with presenting trials and tribulations, opportunities to glimpse the other side.
Love is not the answer to world problems.
Human beings have many challenges. Tough ones they are. As a species infused with compassion we are easily diverted, distracted, deceived and dominated. We are persuaded to uphold every kind of boundary, beguiled into exclusivity, and continually pressed into seeing separateness as beneficial. As humans, on the physical level, this is right, necessary. But we are not here learning to be humans. We are souls attuning to a physical experience using a human form. We are learning to understand how the invisible once made manifest orchestrates its own environment. Love is not the answer to human, or world problems because there is no answer, there isn't meant to be. If there were no difficulties here, then classroom Earth would be superfluous so disappear or become inhospitable.
The very purpose of our incarnations on Earth is to encounter difficulties. They will always be here, so long as this planet endures. No one is here to make the world a better or worse place; but there are people here to encourage and discourage understanding. Earth is a place of contradiction and confusion; both delight and trauma are vital and unavoidable states of Earthly existence.
A necessary constituent of human life is togetherness. Of course it is because we are compassionate beings. Humans flock together in families, tribes, nations, societies, clubs, religions, political parties, beliefs etc. We all feel obliged to be part of something. Individuality is a fantasy for a human being. Some people like to think of themselves as independent Cool! But they're not. We are all on this human stage, part of the same play. We all interact on many, many levels. Our differences align with our personal and universal goals. We are all on our own pathways to providence even though our courses meet for both short and long times.
Human lives are predetermined but only in as much as when they begin and when they end. The scope of our experiences are individual yet are subject to the actions and inactions of everyone else. Some people live a more formulated life than others and some souls deliberately embark upon a voyage of many human lifetimes to achieve one goal. To help us is All That Is, God; the part of us that is forever connected to Him, Her, It, Them whoever you understand The Creator to be. God is always accessible through choice, through quiet and meditation, or insistence through trauma or tragedy. The idea that to deny God is sinful has nothing to do with saying you don't believe in Him. It is an exhortation to go within, to connect with the channel of wisdom every one of us has. If we don't do that, we deny God, the essence of who we are. God loves us.
Love is the answer to our problems
Love is such a hard thing to describe because it is so personal, so individual. There is no such thing as a one size fits all Love.
Love is God's energy and purpose. That's us. We are Love, and we are God, all that is, and part of all there ever will be. Yet, on another level Love is personal, it describes the blessed channel to individual soul achievement and the harmony of coordination through interaction. God is forever evolving through our learning, which is His learning.
The word EVOLVE is a cycle of love. Love appears in the word evolve both forwards (LVE) and backwards (EVOL -mirrored). In accordance with mystical tradition, the God O must be inserted between the L and the V for this to continue. But also because there is no letter there, it is taken as read to be zero (0), so it is always there never the less. The letter L has a numerological value of 12/3, first and second, a process as in 1,2,3. Interestingly we could also substitute the letter I between L and V, to get LIVE. Both Love and Live are essentially the same. The letter I has long been associated with the granting of God's wisdom; numerologically it has a value of 9, which is the all, the circle which of course is O! And I is also the individual soul come down (l) from heaven (Top ),the realm of God to experience a physical existence (Base _ ). So to LIVE we must have both a soul and a permanent attachment to God.
To really LIVE is to really LOVE.
Numerologically LOVE translates as the free passage of the soul to experience and communicate through every sense and channel of mind, body and spirit all it intended, and when that is achieved to return wiser to reconnect with the realm of the unseen.
Notice that this does not say the free passage of the human being. Humans are here as vehicles, ways of experiencing through their senses the interplay of the physical world. Prison planet is about right, but it is an incarceration for an ultimate, and universally beneficial purpose. We are here to do a job until it's time to clock off.
Guilt
Guilt's a big deal with humans. It's related to our compassionate nature. If we always do what our soul drives us to do then where is the place for guilt? We're always being told from outside ourselves what is the correct way to be, to act - and we listen, and we cultivate guilt. If we were on better speaking terms with God, through our souls we would never generate the circumstances necessary for guilt to flourish. A favourite modern admonishment is that we must never look up to someone else. That's tosh! Human society is sometimes injected with people who come to inspire or enlighten as catalysts of change. Where do you think we would be if we ignored people like Ghandi, Mandella, Marley, King, Einstein, Tesla, Dickens, Shakespeare or the many hundreds of others? Many of who are themselves contradictions, wearing cloaks of both black and white. We are human beings, for God's sake; it's tough enough as it is without knocking ourselves around because someone else says what we do is wrong. We are the only one's who are privy to our soul's purpose, no one else; and to familiarise ourselves with what that is, we have to get to know our God-selves, our souls. Only we can do that. That of course is if we want to know; it could be that our chosen human journey is one of bewilderment. Who knows?
Yet it's ok. It is meant to be like this. This is a planet of contradiction and confusion. We as teachers are supposed to encourage through challenges. As pupils, our intention is to rise through adversity. Every action, every occasion is a gift of motivation, a call to scrutinise our reaction by looking deeply within. Earthly reward or punishment are just experiences too. One's that we contracted to. No ones soul gets rewarded or punished for Earthly actions. Life is not about doing good. It's about doing what your soul incarnated to do, and because what you do is inevitable why should you be rewarded or punished?
This testing planet is also one of unrivalled beauty and wondrous experiences. It is a privilege to be here. The joy as always is in the journey, the now, not the empty promises and fallacies of sometime when. Grasp the pain, take the pleasure, and laugh at the wild ride. Rejoice in who you are, and KNOW you are a child of God, immortal...and perfect for the moment. It will be over before you know.
Getting to know you
Any work you can do to understand and connect with your true self is worth your while. Travelling is always easier when the load is light. I would recommend any type of personal intuitive reading accompanied by a healthy scepticism. Numerology and Astrology are very accurate guidelines for your Earthly purpose, understanding and confirmation. Tarot, I-ching, Runes etc all help you to examine your inner-self. But always remember that ultimately you are, and must be, the captain of your own ship. Meditation, meditation and meditation, contemplation and anything, which helps you to get beyond your conscious mind, will with practice lead to amazing benefits.
A bit about me
I as a human being may rail against iniquity and inequitableness, and this may seem contradictory after all I have said. It is. In one sense anyway. I'm a soul living as a human being in an environment rife with confusion and contradiction. My actions and reactions are going to be human, but they are coloured by an inner self that intuitively knows right from wrong, which at the same time motivates my own personal soul mission. It has taken quite a few years to recognise my potential, now I assist others to recognise theirs.
I'm also here to expose iniquity. I've seen some of my past-lives where I was doing the same thing. I preached, wrote letters and got physically and magically involved in fighting injustice and evil. These days we have the web so I can write on my website. My fiery 'past' still kicks around, and no doubt some would recognise the old time preacher in my style. Mostly I prefer a gentle approach, other times it needs to be more abrasive. To be honest I don't get a lot of choice. Much of what I write is channelled, so the tone of delivery is frequently determined from outside my physical awareness. I go with it, and people react to it according to their state of being. I'm not here to pussyfoot around, although sometimes I do. I struggle with the material sometimes; always questioning whether I'm doing the right thing. I don't want to hurt anyone but that's not possible. As I'm constantly reminded, the purpose of this work is to inform the living.
To be continued
Questions
Below are answers to some of the questions I have been asked over the years.
Who are you?
I am one soul whose mission is to enhance understanding and through that improve conditions for all of God's children, all other life forms and the environment, which we all depend upon. And I am here to do it my way, viewed from my perspective.
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How much time do you put into the website?
I work at least 12 hours a day, usually 7 days a week. Sometimes I feel compelled to work much longer. I only write about cases and events that I am guided to work on. However I decided to publish a daily headlines page in order to keep people interested and also to attract new readers. Sometimes I wish I didn't have to do that because it dilutes the time I could put into my research, my articles and other things.
My website is an enormous drain on my finances, while at the same time it prevents me from earning anything like a living wage. I'm sure most people do not realise just how much time and effort, a website like 'Looking Into the Dark Places demands. I can assure you; you wouldn't want my bank balance or my romantic commitment.
Do you get frightened?
Yes I do. Everyone does. The test though, is do I let it control me? Or do I ride it and allow it to motivate me to overcome it? I always want to do what is right. Not right by my intellectual standards, but what my soul knows is the correct choice. Oftentimes this takes me deep into the dark nights, but I am never alone.
Being inherently sensitive, I am very psychic. I see, feel and hear other energies, other life forms, if you will; people who have passed over, beings from other worlds. I sense when people are unwell, and sometimes, when I allow it, I view far off events in space and time.
I feel other people's emotions, whether they are anger, dis-ease, resentment, love, happiness or encouragement. But I shield myself. Sometimes I get distracted and my defences have been breached. I can literally be overwhelmed, almost knocked senseless. It's a horrible feeling of intense exhaustion and disorientation, and it can occur in a mere fraction of a second. Ironically, although in one sense I construct defences, on another level I leave myself vulnerable. I've not yet learnt the best way to achieve a balance. By barricading myself from the maelstrom of energies that swirl around I have occasionally failed to recognise other people's feelings and intentions. This has lead to other people making untrue assumptions.
From birth I've been a sensitive. I've always sought natural surroundings forests, water, hills and mountains. I've never liked crowds, because I pick up everyone's thoughts and feelings. Sometimes other people's negative thoughts and feelings wound me. I'm especially vulnerable around people who have or have had psychiatric problems. Occasionally I ponder on what it would be like to be more impassive, to be unaware of emotional and psychic attacks. Many people exist in denial; they think that because they don't acknowledge the pain of criticism and the like that it won't harm them. It does though. They manifest it as dis-ease, health difficulties.
Do you get angry?
Yes, but rarely. I'm a very gentle soul, but when I do get roused, I've got a temper like you wouldn't believe. But it's fleeting. These days my predominant emotional reaction is sadness. Sometimes I can feel my heart crumbling, disintegrating with sorrow when a little kid is abused or harmed. It's like I am sharing their anguish, though thankfully not the physical pain. I don't feel distress so intensely when a child is murdered though; because I know the terror is over for them. I know that they are safe.
Sometimes I feel a great sadness for a child's parents, at other times I feel ambivalent. I don't know why that is. I am driven to do whatever I can to expose the sinister aspects of life, which exist unacknowledged. This is my contribution to brightening the prospects for human beings, and other life forms and energies everywhere.
Will you always do this work?
I want to say no. It would be lovely if I didn't have to, but as I understand it, that will always be a pipe dream. But I am seriously considering some changes of direction. I've had some inkling about another project in line for me. I could really do with a break from all this anyway; you know, back to the mountains, forests and streams.
Ellis C Taylor
15th April 2003
And a message sent from Bali that has such striking similarity to my article above. Even though I don't necessarily agree with some of it. They might be right. Again, please make up your own mind.
Now We Move Forward!
Sekarang Kita Maju!
25th October 2002
As ana Viebeke L
We Balinese have an essential concept of balance. Its the Tri Hita Karana; a concept of harmonious balance. The balance between God and humanity; Humanity with itself and Humanity with the environment. This places us all in a universe of common understanding.
Kami di Bali mempunyai konsep penting mengenai keseimbangan,yaitu Tri Hita Karana, konsep keseimbangan yang selaras. Keseimbangan antara Tuhan dan umat manusia; umat manusia dengan sesama umat manusia, dan umat manusiaan dengan lingkungan. Ini meletakkan kita semua dalam alam pengertian yang universil.
It is not only nuclear bombs which have fallout. ;It is our job to minimize this fallout for our people and our guests from around the world. Who did this? Its not such an important question for us to discuss. Why this happened maybe this is more worthy of thought. What can we do to create beauty from this tragedy and come to an understanding where nobody feels the need to make such a statement again? This is important. This is the basis from which we can embrace everyone as a brother; everyone as a sister.
Bukan hanya bom nuklir yang dapat berjatuhan. Adalah tugas kita untuk meminimalisir kejatuhan ini bagi rakyat kita dan bagi tamu-tamu kita dari mancanegara. Siapa yang melakukannya? Pertanyaan ini tidak terlalu penting untuk kita bicarakan. Kenapa ini terjadi mungkin ini lebih pantas dipikirkan. Apa yang dapat kita lakukan untuk menciptakan kei ndahan dari tragedi ini, agar dapat mengerti bahwa tidak ada seorang pun merasa perlu untuk membuat pernyataan seperti itu lagi? Ini penting. Ini adalah dasar di mana kita dapat saling merangkul sebagai saudara!
It is a period of uncertainty. It is a period of change. It is also an opportunity for us to move together into a better future. A future where we embrace all of humanity in the knowledge that we all look and smell the same when we are burnt. Victims of this tragedy are from all over the world.
Ini adalah masa ketidakpastian. Ini adalah masa perubahan. Ini juga merupakan kesempatan bagi kita untuk bergerak bersama untuk menyambut masa depan yang lebih baik. Masa depan di mana kita merangkul umat manusia dalam pengetahuan bahwa kita semua t ampak dan mempunyai bau serupa dalam keadaan terbakar. Korban tragedi ini berasal dari seluruh dunia.
The past is not significant. It is the future which is important. This is the time to bring our values, our empathy, to society and the world at large. To care. To Love.
Masa lalu tidak penting. Masa depanlah yang penting! Ini adalah saat untuk memperlihatkan nilai-nilai dan empati kita kepada masyarakat dan seluruh dunia. Untuk peduli, untuk mencintai.
The modern world brings to many of us the ability to rise above the core need for survival. Most people in the developed world no longer need to struggle to simply stay alive. It is our duty to strive to improve our quality of life.
Banyak dari kita telah mampu menggunakan kehidupan modern untuk berkembang melebihi kebutuhan untuk sekadar bertahan hidup. Kebanyakan orang di dunia yang telah berkembang tidak lagi perlu berjuang untuk sekadar hidup. Tugas kita adalah untuk berusaha memperbaiki kualitas hidup kita!
We want to return to our lives. Please help us realize this wish.
Kami ingin kembali ke kehidupan kami! Bantulah kami untuk mencapai keinginan kami ini.
Why seek retribution from people who are acting as they see fit? These people are misguided from our point of view. Obviously, from theirs, they feel justified and angry enough to make such a brutal statement.
Kenapa cari ganti rugi dari orang-orang yang bert indak semaunya? Menurut pandangan kami, orang-orang ini telah sesat! Tentu, dari sudut pandang mereka, mereka merasa mempunyai hak dan rasa amarah yang cukup untuk membuat pernyataan yang sedemikian brutalnya.
We would like to send a message to the world - Embrace this misunderstanding between our brothers and lets seek a peaceful answer to the problems which bring us to such tragedy.
Kami ingin menyampaikan pesan kepada dunia rangkullah kesalahpahaman antara saudara-saudara kami, dan mari kita cari jawaban damai untuk masalah-masalah yang telah mengakibatkan tragedi.
We embrace all the beliefs, hopes and dreams of all the people in the world with Love.
Kami merangkul semua kepercayaan, h arapan dan mimpi dari orang-orang di seluruh dunia dengan rasa cinta.
Do not bring malice to our world. What has happened has happened. Stop talking about the theories of who did this and why. It does not serve the spirit of our people. Words of hate will not rebuild our shops and houses. They will not heal damaged skin. They will not bring back our dead.
Janganlah membawa dendam ke dalam dunia kami! Yang terjadi biarlah terjadi. Berhentilah berteori mengenai siapa yang melakukannya dan mengapa dilakukannya. Hal itu tidak akan bermanfaat bagi jiwa kami. Kata-kata kebencian tidak akan membangun kembali toko dan rumah-rumah kami. Kata-kata kebencian tidak akan menyembuhkan kulit yang telah rusak. Kata-kata kebencian tidak akan mengembalikan mereka yang telah meninggal.
Help us to create beauty out of this tragedy.
Bantulah kami menciptakan keindahan dari tragedi ini
Our community is bruised and hurting. Our spirit can never be broken.
Komunitas kita memar dan sedang sakit; namun jiwa kami tidak akan pernah rusak.
Everybody in the world is of one principle: brotherhood.
Setiap orang di dunia berprinsip satu: persaudaraan.
Paras Paros Sarpanaye Sabayantaka
Tat Wam Asi You are me and I am you.
Anda adalah saya dan saya adalah anda.
We have a concept in Bali, Ruwa Bhineda, a balance between good and bad. Without bad there can be no good. The Bad is the sibling of the Good. Embrace this concept and we can move forward into a better world.
Kami mempunyai konsep di Bali: Ruwa Bhineda, keseimbangan antara yang baik dan yang jahat. Tanpa kejahatan tidak mungkin ada kebaikan. Yang Jahat adalah saudara kandung yang Baik. Rangkullah konsep ini dan kita akan maju menuju dunia yang lebih baik.
You love your husband and wife but sometimes you fight. Fear arises and shows its opposition to love. This is normal. This is a natural , essential part of life.
Anda mencintai pasangan anda, tapi kadang-kadang ada perselisihan faham. Ketakutan timbul dan memperlihatkan pertentangan akan cinta. Ini normal. Ini alamiah, dan merupakan bagian penting dari kehidupan.
There is Sekala / Nisikala - the underworld forever in darkness merging with our world in the light.
Ada sekala/Nisikala dunia penjahat selamanya dalam kegelapan menyatu dengan dunia kita dalam terang
These are the concepts by which we, as Balinese, live our lives. Please, we beg you, talk only of the good which can come of this. Talk of how we can reconcile our apparent differences. Talk of how we can bring empathy and love into everybodys lives.
Ini merupakan konsep yang merupakan gaya hidup kami orang Bali. Kami mohon, bicaralah hanya mengenai hal-hal yang baik, yang dapat timbul dari kejadian ini. Bicaralah bagaimana kita dapat mendamaikan ketidaksesuaian kita yang nyata. Bicaralah mengenai bagaimana kita dapat menimbulkan empati dan cinta dalam kehidupan setiap insan.
The overwhelming scenes of love and compassion at Sanglah Hospital show us the way forward into the future. If we hate our brothers and sisters we are lost in Kali Yuga.
Pemandangan cinta kasih yang meluap-luap di Rumah Sakit Sanglah menunjuk kami ke masa depan. Bila kita membenci saudara-saudara kami, maka kami akan hilang di Kali Yuga.
If we can Love all of our brothers and sisters, we have already begun to move into Kertha Yuga (Golden Age). We have already won The War Against Terrorism.
Bila kita dapat mencintai saudara-saudara kita, kita telah mulai menuju ke Kertha Yuga. Kita telah menang Perang melawan Terorisme.
Thank you for all your compassion and love
Terima kasih untuk kasih sayang yang telah anda berikan.
Asana Viebeke L
Kuta Desa Adat
Parum Samigita
