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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.

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For all of us who share a great and deep love for the Family Felidae—the Cat Family—the following story of little Leo, an F1 Bengal kitten, is an important, heart-lifting, and happily ending story of one whose fate may have turned out quite differently. Fortunately, Leo came into the care of a safe, devoted, loving home at the WildCat Ridge Sanctuary. It is my supreme joy to introduce you to the beautiful and spirited Leo: “Leo was born in Ohio at a breeder facility. He is an F1 Bengal kitten. That means his father is an Asian Leopard Cat, and his mother is a domestic cat. Hybrid kittens like Leo sell from $3000 to over $5000. They are touted as great pets for someone who wants something exotic looking with the temperament of a domestic cat. Sadly, this is not true. Breeding and selling hybrid cats is only good for the breeders, who make huge amounts of money with no regard to the animals they breed and sell. Leo’s new owner purchased him, and Leo was flown to Seattle. At nine weeks of age, he weighed less than 2 lbs, was completely unsocialized, didn’t use a cat box, and wouldn’t eat. She rushed him to her vet, and he was treated with fluids and force fed. Despite all of her efforts, she realized that this was not what she signed up for. When she contacted the breeder to take him back, that’s when communication stopped. Frantic, she started looking for options and that’s when she called WildCat Ridge Sanctuary. Click here to read what Leo’s owner had to say. Leo was 13 weeks old when he came to the Sanctuary. He was everything his owner said and more. Our first thought was to introduce him to Stella, one of our domestic kitties to see if that would help him relax. It worked wonders, and Leo started playing and eating! Soon it was clear that Stella missed being out with her friends, so what were we going to do? Leo needed a companion but we had run out of good options. [Here is a short YouTube video of Leo snuggling with Stella.] Then it came to us, Leo needed a kitten! So we contacted our dear friends at Salem Friends of Felines and adopted a 7-week old kitten who had just come into their rescue! He was perfect! Little Mouse is the same size as Leo and very friendly. Mouse and Leo have become fast friends, and while Mouse is teaching Leo that people aren’t so bad, Leo is teaching Mouse how to tussle! We are thrilled to be able to give them both a lifetime home, and it’s because of our supporters we are able to make miracles happen. It will be a very long time before Leo is big enough to go outside with the rest of the cats. We may even have to build him his very own area but no matter what, he and Mouse have a lifetime home at WildCat Ridge Sanctuary.”   Other Offerings for Animal Lovers: • Tigers Two—Katie & Nora • In Remembrance Of Katie Tiger • Catty Woman • Cat-Toons • Kitty Wisdom For Our Time • Frequency Aligners • For the Love of Animals • Animals in Wills and Trusts © Introductory text © by Zane Maser, 2017. The quoted story and photos of Leo, Stella, and Mouse are used by permission from the WildCat Ridge Sanctuary in Scott Mills, Oregon. 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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If you and I were having a conversation, would you ever expect that my thoughts might be racing along on my own internal, merry-go-round of topics and not be aware of what you are saying to me? You likely would not. Do you think I’d be talking over the top of you without regard to what you are conveying to me? You likely would not. I would, to the best of my ability, give you silent space and the undivided attention you deserve, the respect, my receptivity. So, the biggest question on the spiritual path is: Why, then, would we not give the still, small Voice the same attentive time, listening, regard, and a quiet enough mind to receive Its inner words and messages, Its peace and harmony beyond description? Indeed, why? The truth is that the Divinity within is continuously speaking to us as its means of providing our sufficiency—in all ways—by the Grace of our spiritual inheritance. True, meditative quiet is not an easy state to attain, especially for the conditioned, easily distracted, scattered, technological mind of today’s hectic world. Yet, this inward stillness is the single most vital attention you can give and eventually acquire as a spiritual asset beyond material value. There is simply no other way to commune with and re-unite with our spiritual Being-ness—the real and eternal identity of each one. What could be more important than to experience, know, and realize fully who you truly are— in moments of deep and silent expectancy?   Mankind is inclined to become so busy with physical activities performed in connection with his mode of worship that he is gradually wooed away from his quiet times of prayer and meditation. …Whenever physical endeavor is greater than the quiet endeavor within one, there is imbalance and suffering. Azrael, Third Book of Azrael   Other Spiritual Offerings: • First Things First • Slow Down! • Self-Emptying Meditation • The Divine Broadcast • Silence Is Power © Text and flower photos © 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.

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Beneath worldly thought, beneath earthly activeness is the great Presence. Coming out of the Infinite Invisible is Self-creation. All that you show forth, your life’s every detail is the inward shown. Once you awaken, have the “God Experience,” your presence calms, heals.   Other Spiritual Offerings: • Inner Climate • Inward Hearing • Meditate On The Word “IN” • The Temple Of Silence • Are You Able To Be Quiet? • Are You Getting Your Vitamin D? (the Divine Vitamin) • Healing Presence © Haiku poem © by Zane Maser, 2017. Buddha 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 stupendous husband.

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The more blue sky presides, the less clouds obscure the sun. The more snow and rain that falls, moistening the soil, the less arid conditions and drought that ensues. The more light fills a space, the less darkness exists at all. The more peace you feel, the less turbulence and anger you harbor. The more time spent at mountain heights, the less time you wander in the valley of ego shadows. The more Divinity is present in your life, the less disharmony manifests in your thoughts, body, and relationships. The more joy you spread, the less lonely and enclosed you feel. The more you communicate from the trueness of the heart, the less superficial is your experience of life. The more noise, haste, constant activity of the outer world, the less the still small voice guides, teaches, comforts. At some point in our soul growth, we begin to transcend the illusion of opposites. Then, The more your thoughts are centered on Spirit, the more your life is filled with serenity and Grace. The more you distribute, spend, and pass on, the greater is your share of spiritual treasures and unfoldment. The more you—the self—develop your own inner strength and capacity, the more you—the selfless—are the grain of sand on the beach, separate but absolutely essential to the whole ocean shore. Other Spiritual Offerings: • Trust and Step Up • What Value A Gold Nugget? • New Heart, Clean Slate • Self-Creation • Causation © Text © 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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Sometimes, there are things, situations, a job, or a person we must let go of, lay down, and walk away from, because to carry the ego burden any further is to choose the fork of the path called “Self-Suffering.” To lay this “weight” down is a momentous decision in rendering the tricks of the “ego” or “conditioned mind” ineffectual. Whatever the particular form of “attachment” was, when we release it, it no longer has any perceived power “over” us. In loving compassion for myself, I lay it down, move forward, let it be. Sometimes, there are moments when we have to choose between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. If we choose empathy and helpfulness over some rigid rule, is this not a choice of the heart, rather than blindly following a stricture of the mind? It’s a contrast between the mind of the matter and the heart of the matter. The mind would react with its usual resistance, “No, this gesture is against the rules and propriety.” The heart would respond with its characteristic, accepting attitude, “Yes, I gladly want to be of kindly service to this person in need.” There are always daily opportunities to look upon life from the perspective of Oneness—I am you, and you are me. Conversely, we can view life from what appears to be “twoness.” “I am me, and you are you. I fend for and am responsible for myself. You do the same. I pass you by and go my way. We are separate beings.” Yet another possible response is, “Here, let us cross the river as though we are one body, assisting one another as the need arises.” The following is a well-known Buddhist story of two monks that highlights the dilemmas, attitudes, and choices of each monk. There are no right choices or wrong choices. Depending on our choice, the result is “the” suffering, as the Buddha would call it, or the absence of “personal” suffering and its freedom. There is simply the outer effect that demonstrates the degree of the inward flowering of our consciousness or the current “bud stage” of our consciousness with its smaller glimmer of spiritual light. We all eventually walk this same path toward illumined Consciousness. Consider, which monk are you?       A senior monk and a junior monk are traveling together. At one point, they come to a river with a strong current. A pretty young woman is walking along the riverbank looking very upset.       “What is the matter?” asks the senior monk.       “I’m really worried,” replies the girl, “because my father is ill and I need to cross the river in order to get to him but the bridge has collapsed. Do you know where the next bridge is?”       “Oh, it is miles away,” responds the monk. “But don’t worry. I can carry you over the water.”       The girl gratefully accepts the offer of help and the senior monk carries her on his back to the other side of the river. He puts her down and says goodbye.       The junior monk is very troubled by what has happened. He knows that monks are not allowed to touch women and he is furious and upset that the senior monk has broken his vows. He continues to fume and agonize over this for some time. Finally, he can bear it no longer and confronts the senior monk.       When he hears what is upsetting the young student so much, he bursts out laughing. “Goodness,” he says, “I put that woman down when we reached the other side of the river. Are you still carrying her?”1 Other Spiritual Offerings: • Empty Boat Day • Let It All Rest… • Happy Buddha Day • The Wesak Festival of Lord Buddha • Choose Your Fork Of The Path • Merciful Opportunities • Ego Speak, Heart Speak Endnote: 1. Rose Elliot. 2015. I Met a Monk: 8 weeks to happiness, freedom and peace. Watkins. © Text © by Zane Maser, 2017. River photo from UK Geograph project, attributed to Derek Harper. All 2009-2017 rights of Zane Maser and SunnyCat Astrology reserved worldwide. My editorial master and technological wizard is Chris Maser, my stupendous husband.