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NATURE designed a forest as an experiment in unpredictability. We are trying to design a regulated forest. Nature designed a forest of long-term trends. We are trying to design a forest with short-term absolutes. Nature designed a forest with diversity. We are designing a forest with simplistic uniformity. Nature designed a forest of interrelated processes. We are trying to design a forest based on isolated products. Nature designed a forest in which all elements are neutral. We are designing a forest in which we perceive some elements to be good, others bad. Nature designed a forest to be a flexible, timeless continuum of species. We are designing a forest to be a rigid, time- constrained monoculture. Nature designed a forest over a landscape. We are trying to design a forest on each acre. Nature designed a forest to be self-sustaining and self- repairing. We are designing a forest to require increasing external subsidies—fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Nature designed forests of the Pacific Northwest to live 500 to 1,200 years. We are designing a forest that may seldom live 100 years. Nature designed forests of the Pacific Northwest to be unique in the world, with twenty-five species of conifers, the longest lived and the largest of their genera anywhere. We are designing a forest based largely on a single-species, short rotation. Our dream—a sustainable forest—must be bold enough to allow change not only in the forest but also in our thinking because the land is not to be conquered but is to be nurtured. We must also understand, accept, and remember that the world is always in a state of becoming, in a state of change, so nothing is ever ‘finished.’ Thus, if we try to hold things constant, like yesterday’s timber values projected into tomorrow’s forests, then it is like driving through life looking in the rearview mirror. Today’s decisions will design and sustain or destroy the forests of tomorrow. Now, more than ever, we must recognize that we are part of the human family and trust and respect each other as if human dignity truly were the philosophical cornerstone of society. We must also recognize and accept that we have one ecosystem that simultaneously produces a multitude of products. And we, as individuals and generations, as societies and nations, are both inseparable products of and tenants of that system, custodians for those who follow. Chris Maser, words from the classic book, The Redesigned Forest   Other “Chris Maser” Offerings: • One Small Nudge affects the Whole World • Saint Worm • Earth Day 2012 • The Paradox of Grief (an excerpt from “The World is in my Garden: A      Journey of Consciousness”) • In Emptiness Is Spiritual Fulfillment (from the above Garden book) • Self-Emptying Meditation (from the above Garden book) • Eternity And The Banishment Of Fear (an excerpt from “Conversations      with Fear”) © Quoted material from “The Redesigned Forest” and middle forest photo © by Chris Maser, 2017. The other two pictures of forests are gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. First photo is attributed to Kelvin Kay at English Wikipedia. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my joyful husband.

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It’s nothing contrived. It’s not an imitation to seek, race after. The entire Network is already functioning from the beginning. Our personal switch, accessed in meditation. Splendid Light that lights! Light in each atom. Light shining out in service. Radiant Spirit!     When you are in a spiritual place, you really feel you are in the light. You close your eyes and meditate on spiritual sun-light; you wander in your meditation in gardens of indescribable beauty; then you come back to what you call reality. But it is the vision you enjoyed when meditating that was real; for that is your true life, the life of spirit. What you come back to is illusion. Do you realize that your physical world is illusory? That in reality, it is built of light and that your physical body is composed of light? White Eagle, Further Steps on a Spiritual Path     Other Spiritual Offerings: • Self-Emptying Meditation • The Lily-Work • Manifested Splendour • Poem of Light • United Light • Spiritual Lighting at the Solstice © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photos gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my joyful husband.

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Words on a book page. Words spoken express outward. Words in the mind cling.   These words are merely words.   Words taken within are seeds planted in dark soil. Consciousness sprouts Truths.   These words are Words of real substance.   Words grow in silence. Words from Spirit feed, nourish. Awareness deepens.   These Words are wisdom, the pearls unto our Heart.   Within your consciousness are the Words direct from Divine Source that reawaken and unite you to your true Self—the one who lives in this world but who is not of it. Only in the quiet and stillness of transparency do you receive the infinity of your OWN words. Herein is the mystical Union. A spiritual adventure to embrace!     We must let imagery and poetry have their way with us, and not try to confine ourselves to the literal meaning of words. Let us be free from the limitations of made-up words and made-up prayers and accept the poetry and the imagery of the Soul, accept our freedom in God—not lose it by trying to analyze and dissect every word. Joel S. Goldsmith, beloved teacher and author on the Path of Consciousness     Other “Word-y” Offerings: • Words Matter • Words That Uplift • Meditate On The Word “IN” • Free Association: Peace •Why is “S” Sacred? • The Thunder Of Silence”—A Free E-Book © Haiku poem and Chinese calligraphy photo © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photo of old text gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. It is a work that has been released into the public domain. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my joyful husband.

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There’s no cosmic pearls to quest for around the globe. They reside within.       This is the period in history when the Father’s grace is being revealed on earth as it is in heaven. This is the period which is the foundation for all spiritual ages to come. This is the period in which the nature of spiritual power is being revealed to the world. This is the most thrilling period of spiritual discovery ever recorded in history. Those who are part of this revelation of the spiritual age are blessed beyond measure and degree. Joel S. Goldsmith, The Contemplative Life, page 192   Other Spiritual Offerings: • Solitude’s Gift • Meditate On The Word “IN” • Into The Silence • Spiritual Eyes • Infinite Spiritual Wealth • Aquarian Gateway © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photo gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my joyful husband.

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Gusts are normal events. High-speed winds surprise at times. Where did that come from? Gusts come in money. They arrive as health issues. Gusts can tear apart. Sudden bursts bring joy, like the birth of a baby. Bright, fresh heights are reached. Resist not and bend. Swift winds blow out old for new. React with welcome.       For most people, their spiritual teacher is their suffering, because eventually the suffering brings about awakening. Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time. both quotes by Eckhart Tolle, author of “The New Earth”   Other Spiritual Offerings: • In Remembrance Of Our Beautiful Zoe Cat • Fallowness • Shrouded in “A Dark Night” • Ego Benders • Pain Body Attack! • Resilience • Trust and Step Up © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017, was inspired by my husband, Chris. Photos gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my joyful husband.

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Birds sing their love songs. Grasses wave in air’s caress. Flowers spread gladness. Seek not for a thing. Wholeness is a given state. Rest in clouds’ greetings. What can be added when rainbows speak of promised, Divine watchfulness. Keep your true focus neither to the right nor left. Always Spirit-Ward!     There is a One-ness with all being and with nature, and one is of the very substance and nature of all creation. This is not being a part of nature or even a part of God but rather being the very fabric of Life. One feels their self of the essence of the sea, the actual rise and fall of the waves, the ebb and flow of the tides. Joel S. Goldsmith, masterful teacher and author   Concentrate on matter and you see everything in terms of matter. But as soon as you lift up your consciousness to the state of divine awareness, you see the oceanic current of God’s light flowing behind all matter. You see everything in terms of Spirit. Paramahansa Yogananda, Master of Life   Other Spiritual Offerings: • Choose Your Fork Of The Path • Nothing Needs Adding • It’s Already Present • Colors of the Divine • Divine Seeds • A God-Filled Life: Julian of Norwich © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photos gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my joy-filled husband.

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Fire, Earth, Air, Water— all part of the complete Plan. Rest… in their guidance. Earthly perceptions dictate outer sense of life. Let the deeper call. The elements are one in spiritual sense. One grand Element. The Light finds the Light. There are no detached pieces. You are the whole Life. Now, now this present eternity is all…     Outside the great Temple of the Sun at Heliopolis, where Moses was a priest, there stood four great obelisks representing the four great elements: fire, earth, air and water. The priests would see them every time they passed in and out, and the location of the obelisks at the entry implied that this knowledge was the portal to the understanding of God. From the book “Emmet Fox: The Modern Mystic”   There are four divisions into which human life is classed… those coming under the earth signs, under air, under fire, and under water. These influences play upon the individual in the earth life in order to bring forth the radiant powers of the spirit. The symbol of the cross within the circle symbolizes the clear-cut divisions of earth, air, fire and water under which people are born during their various incarnations. Although seemingly separated, the four elements interpenetrate and blend. There must be this interpenetration of the influences. Owing to these influences and those of the planets under which you were born, your soul learns wisdom, love, and power, the lessons of brotherhood, service, peace, and love. …all these elements are introduced into life at different steps on the spiral of evolution, on which spiral the soul commences at the bottom and travels in a circular direction onwards and upwards. White Eagle, from an Inner Teaching     Other Offerings on the Astrological Elements: • For the Love of Dad • Memory Garden • Perambulating The Astrological Houses • The Astrological Element of Earth • The Precision Workers • The Beastly & Blessed Moments of Mars • Year Of The Wooden Horse • Year Of The Black Water Snake • The “Quiet” of Introversion © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photos gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my stupendous husband.

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Shall we join near the tranquil place of the Lotus? Waters so still, calm. Circling this center of beauty, peace, harmony are like-hearted ones. All here work for the Age when earth returns to its full, golden Heaven.   You are on earth to extricate yourselves from the bondage of the earth. …You are needed; your service, true and pure, is so vital at the present time. wise words from White Eagle   Thy love shall chant its own beatitude after its own like working. A child’s kiss set on thy singing lips shall make thee glad. A poor man served by thee will make thee rich. A sick man helped by thee will make thee strong. Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense of service which thou rendereth. Elizabeth Browning   The Christ Festival—one of the annual, spiritual Festivals— occurs today, when there is a great outpouring of Divine Light and Love from the inner, higher level of life. This Festival occurs every year on the day when the Full Moon is in Sagittarius and the Sun is in Gemini. It is a sacred time of uniting with others who walk and live the Spiritual Path and who work continuously for the progress, evolution, and upliftment of humanity. A New World is surely being birthed.   Other Spiritual Offerings: • The Christ Festival • Aquarian Gateway • “One Body” • The Global Heart • The Temple Of Silence • The Holy Atmosphere of Shangri-La • Self-Emptying Meditation © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photos gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. Photo of the four lotus is attributed to “giggel.” All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my stupendous husband.

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Whichever name of “God” expression resonates with your own heart “sense”… Let it be for you the sacred Truth of Life, Love. present with you now. Inner Companion accompanies all your steps. Trust your Companion. In the end, this Guide is the Divine Consciousness as the One Maker.   All of human experience is a looking to each other for something. All of spiritual experience is a looking to God for everything. Joel S. Goldsmith, messenger for “The Infinite Way” path   You may think what is one life in countless lives? What is one individual in countless numbers? And yet, not a sparrow falls to the ground but God knows it, and every hair of your head is numbered. …two sayings of the wise Jesus, the Christed one. …We are all in one vast life, one consciousness, one divine mind, and everything is known to God, because God is It; God is That. Thou art That. White Eagle, spiritually illumined teacher   One Life and one Love surges through all as One Infinite Divine Being. One Soul unites all creation in Its embrace and is the Life of all creation. Joel S. Goldsmith, beloved exemplar of Divine Consciousness   Other Spiritual Offerings: • Your Own Christmas Day: Awaken! • Divinity Remembered • A God-Filled Life: Julian of Norwich • Constant Care • Divinity Remembered • Happy Buddha Day • The Christ Festival © Haiku poem and flower photo © by Zane Maser, 2017. Photo of the Christ statue gratefully used from Wikimedia Commons. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my stupendous husband.

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When I am angry, stressed, sad, selfish, critical, I’m miserable. When I am peaceful, joyful, helpful, accepting, I’m relaxed, loving. No one outwardly controls my inner climate. It is self-produced. I alone send out, setting effects in motion. self-biography. One day, in our growth the Invisible flows through. Self-biography.   You see the mystery lies in this. Nothing can happen to you, except it happens through your consciousness. There’s nothing taking place outside your consciousness, and if New York is a good city, it’s because your consciousness has opened itself to that. And if New York is a bad city, your consciousness has opened itself to that. … Everything that takes place or happens in your life has to happen in and through your consciousness. Joel S. Goldsmith, from his tape “Preparing the Soil for the Spiritual Seed”   Today, May 22, 2017, my dad would have been 99 years old, so it is to him—with greatest love—that I dedicate this haiku poem. “For the Love of Dad” was written to honor his life and light. Other Spiritual Offerings: • Inner Climate • Self-Creation • Ad Infinitum Ourselves • Self-Governance • Beware The Stinger Woman! • Change the Script • Choose Your Fork Of The Path • It’s All Your Choice • Ego Speak, Heart Speak © Haiku poem and photos of iris © by Zane Maser, 2017. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my stupendous husband.