Life in the Flame

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations."       

 - George Bernard Shaw

"To serve, and make life enjoyable for others in any way I possibly can. To share my wonderful gifts with the world, and those with whom I interact. To let everyone who desires it, enter my flame, and share my burning desire and love of life, and to gracefully enter the door to the lives of those who wish to have me enter. When I die, I want to die spent, having used all of my energy to improve the love and happiness that flows in the energy and mana of Mother Earth. And with no regrets at all. That is my idea of a full, enriching life."   

- Cameron James Switzer

Perpetual Notes From The Universe

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I have been receiving Notes from The Universe in my inbox for a few years now. I am very glad I have.

I decided to take a more proactive stance and have the daily notes in my vision for a longer period of time than just quickly reading an email.

So...

I ordered the Perpetual Notes From The Universe Calendar.

This is a gorgeous 366 day desk (flip) calendar that can be used over and over and over, again and again and again.

If you have been wondering where my daily Note from The Universe has been coming from, it's from this Calendar.

I plan to share these notes with you on a daily basis so that I can reinforce the strength of the power within the words in me, and share them with you.

If you would like to see some sample dates please follow the link. Some of you out there (Abby?) might even be up to buying this calendar.

I'm glad I did.

Our Mind, Our Life

A lot of the "New Age MumboJumbo Wackhead" stuff I mention talks about Ego and how it controls us. If you can free yourself from your ego, you can free yourself. Period.

It is not an easy thing to do, but with much practice and meditation that suits your lifestyle you can get there. Be it sitting and going "ommm omm ommm" until your legs go numb, praising God while farting into the corner of a wooden pew in a church, lighting a smudge in the trunk of your car to rid it of the bad spirits and finding that the carpet caught on fire, tripping over a root that seemed to leap up and grab your foot when you least expect it as you lose yourself in the beauty of a natural forest, holding your child's forehead as they vomit in the toilet while you do your best not to vomit all over their head from the smell and sound of retching, lying on the mats at the gym after a hard workout, after a good stretch, breathing deeply and focusing only on your breath only to find that the clock has mysteriously jumped forward by 30 minutes, sliding into that really sexy pair of skinny jeans only to find that somebody seemed to have moved the button and hole further apart than the last time you put them on, or breathing in the essence of coffee while sitting in a Starbucks and watching all the women in really short skirts and really high heels walk by as you accidentally pour your latte over the front of your shirt, you too can do it.

Buddha said it very well (probably while he was sitting and meditating as his legs went numb),

“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.”

Your thoughts create your life. Your thoughts create your future. Do you want to have a good life? Think good thoughts. Do you want to have a fucking fantastic life? Yeah... you get the picture.

As The Universe always says in his little messages to us, "Thoughts become things; choose the good ones."

I love you!

Cam

Christmas Traditions

Tug and I went for a long walk tonight just before midnight, looking for a jinja (shrine) to celebrate our traditional Christmas Eve together, again. We found just the right one after midnight on Christmas, Dec 25th, 2009.

I set up my usual mikan (mandarin orange), osake, candle and I placed Tug's ashes next to it all. I then took time to silently pray thanks to The Universe, to God, to The Energy that gives us Life, to The Mother.

I shared the mikan and the sake with kami-sama (the god). I bowed again, I cleaned up, and I left.

On my way out I read a sign at the entrance explaining the history of this jinja. Apparently the original site was dedicated to the gods in 932. That is almost 1,100 years ago.

It was a beautiful, and peaceful location about 15 minutes walk directly down my street straight to the river.

Merry Christmas.

Spiritual Liberation

I purchased the book, "Spiritual Liberation" by Michael Beckwith, on Amazon recently, and have begun to settle into reading it. It is time, once again, to begin reading and expanding my understanding and knowledge, and FEELING of the NOW, and how I may attain more liberation, through spirituality.

The concepts in this book are all in harmony with everything we have discussed, ARE discussing and WILL discuss on spirituality, harmony, unconditional love. This falls perfectly in tune with our Globalized Love desire to share love, and grow with one another, sharing positive energy, reaching our highest goals in existence, through changing our thoughts, changing our beliefs, focusing on the positive energy in the world, and taking our mind off of all the negativeness that flows about us. What we create in our mind, we create in our life.

Here is a quote from Dr. Michael Beckwith that will show up at the end of the following six minute video showing a variety of his most excellent quotes for you to think about, believe, FEEL and enact in your life. I AM.

Enjoy the music....

I love you!

Cam

I believe that you are great; that there's something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young or how old you think you might be, the moment you begin to think properly, this something that is within you, this power that is greater than the world, it will begin to emerge; it will take over your life. It will feed you, it will clothe you, it will guide you, protect you, sustain your very existence... if you let it. Now that is what I know for sure.  - Michael Bernard Beckwith