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Confessions Of A Spelling Nazi
Taking a break from the seriousness of my previous “daily notes” on grief, I decided to tackle a subject that makes my stomach and butt cheeks tense up: misspelled words. I’m old school. I grew up during a time in which my English teachers were absolute sticklers for properly formed sentences, which included properly spelled words. Being a natural-born rebel meant I would usually scoff at anything a person in authority would attempt to instill in me – just because I felt like it. However, something in me agreed with these English teachers: A paper with misspelled words was incomplete and downright awful. Continue reading “Confessions Of A Spelling Nazi”
This Is Why Finland Has The Best Schools
The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does just about the opposite of what we are doing in the United States.”
Following his recommendation, I enrolled my seven-year-old son in a primary school in Joensuu. Finland, which is about as far east as you can go in the European Union before you hit the guard towers of the Russian border.
OK, I wasn’t just blindly following Gardner – I had a position as a lecturer at the University of Eastern Finland for a semester. But the point is that, for five months, my wife, my son and I experienced a stunningly stress-free, and stunningly good, school system. Finland has a history of producing the highest global test scores in the Western world, as well as a trophy case full of other recent No. 1 global rankings, including most literate nation.
In Finland, children don’t receive formal academic training until the age of seven. Until then, many are in day care and learn through play, songs, games and conversation. Most children walk or bike to school, even the youngest. School hours are short and homework is generally light.
Unlike in the United States, where many schools are slashing recess, schoolchildren in Finland have a mandatory 15-minute outdoor free-play break every hour of every day. Fresh air, nature and regular physical activity breaks are considered engines of learning. According to one Finnish maxim, “There is no bad weather. Only inadequate clothing.”
One evening, I asked my son what he did for gym that day. “They sent us into the woods with a map and compass and we had to find our way out,” he said.
Finland doesn’t waste time or money on low-quality mass standardized testing. Instead, children are assessed every day, through direct observation, check-ins and quizzes by the highest-quality “personalized learning device” ever created – flesh-and-blood teachers.
In class, children are allowed to have fun, giggle and daydream from time to time. Finns put into practice the cultural mantras I heard over and over: “Let children be children,” “The work of a child is to play,” and “Children learn best through play.”
The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, respectful and highly supportive. There are no scripted lessons and no quasi-martial requirements to walk in straight lines or sit up straight. As one Chinese student-teacher studying in Finland marveled to me, “In Chinese schools, you feel like you’re in the military. Here, you feel like you’re part of a really nice family.” She is trying to figure out how she can stay in Finland permanently.
In Finland teachers are the most trusted and admired professionals next to doctors, in part because they are required to have a master’s degree in education with specialization in research and classroom practice.
“Our mission as adults is to protect our children from politicians,” one Finnish childhood education professor told me. “We also have an ethical and moral responsibility to tell business people to stay out of our building.” In fact, any Finnish citizen is free to visit any school whenever they like, but her message was clear: Educators are the ultimate authorities on education, not bureaucrats, and not technology vendors.
Finland delivers on a national public scale highly qualified, highly respected and highly professionalized teachers who conduct personalized one-on-one instruction; manageable class sizes; a rich, developmentally correct curriculum; regular physical activity; little or no low-quality standardized tests and the toxic stress and wasted time and energy that accompanies them; daily assessments by teachers; and a classroom atmosphere of safety, collaboration, warmth and respect for children as cherished individuals.
One day last November, when the first snow came to my part of Finland, I heard a commotion outside my university faculty office window, which is close to the teacher training school’s outdoor play area. I walked over to investigate.
The field was filled with children savoring the first taste of winter amid the pine trees.
“Do you hear that?” asked the recess monitor, a special education teacher wearing a yellow safety smock.
“That,” she said proudly, “is the voice of happiness.”
William Doyle is a 2015-2016 Fulbright scholar and a lecturer on media and education at the University of Eastern Finland.
Los Angeles Times
Preparing For The Third Energy Wave of September 2016
Editor’s note: As I have mentioned before, I am not one to post channeled messages, but I will if the message resonates with me. I have seen a variety of messages speaking of the 3rd energy wave coming in next month (September) with the same dates mentioned: 9-11th (when the wave first begins to hit) and the 26th (when it arrives fully). The people who speak of this have a variety of backgrounds from writers to intuitives to phd’s in the sciences. Before I read this article, I awoke in the morning only to to hear my Higher Self tell me “it is time to prepare yourself for this next wave of energy”. I asked myself what I needed to do and was guided to get extra rest, meditate, gentle exercise, drink a lot of water and eat good food (high vibrational foods can also be as simple as blessing your food – something I do). Upon reading this piece, I knew it was Truth for me and thus, am sharing with you.
THIRD WAVE OF ENERGY COMING IN SEPTEMBER…- THE PLEIADIAN-SIRIAN- ARCTURIAN COUNCIL OF LIGHT through ASARA
“We are here now.
We love you.
We are you, from your future to assist you on your path.
You have experienced the first and second Wave of intense energy in the last 12 months.
Now you are getting ready for the third wave of energy that will give you profound support for your Ascension journey.
Each of these waves are clearing old vibrational patterns in your cellular structure, DNA, emotional body and spiritual body.
Then, new light codes are being disbursed on your planet to lift you up into a higher dimensional reality.
At the same time, these powerful energies and shifts might cause some of you to get thrown off balance emotionally, spiritually and physically.
As you are preparing for this upcoming wave, it is of utmost importance that you tend to your vibrational frequencies, emotional and physical state on a daily bases.
Most importantly, the amount of light codes you will receive, depends on your permission and choice to receive the highest, yet appropriate amount for your individual journey.
Are you ready to accelerate your ascension and with it a higher dimensional experience?
We recommend that, each morning, you take time to meditate, to set your intent for what you wish to experience and create, that you nurture your physical body with high vibrational foods and clean water, plenty of rest as well as exercise.
You can imagine this time period like a training ground, before the initial wave comes to your planet. (September 9th – 11th)
During the initial wave you will already experience the energies and the more you can tend to your physical, emotional and spiritual body, the better.
Starting on September 26th, the third wave will arrive at your planet and will continue for several weeks.
The duration of this wave depends on the level of integration of the collective mass-consciousness of humanity.
Remain in your emotional, spiritual and physical center as much as you can.
Together with Adama of Telos and Archangel Michael we will keep you updated during this profound and important time.
We are with you… always.
We love you.
We are you.
Namaste.”
Thank you, Galactic Council of Light!
On Grief – Part 4 – Hello Anger
I did some art therapy outside today under our big poplar tree. I got into this technique last fall and found it to be effective. I began by drawing sad, crying eyes, writing all sorts of words that came to mind. Tears. Loss. My friend. And then – Why?
Why her?
Why so young?
Then I thought of the Billy Joel song, “Only The Good Die Young.”
And paused.
Then, I picked up the black colored pencil. Held it for a moment. Black. That’s a good color for anger. Then wrote it out. ANGER.
I AM ANGRY.
Black lines followed, all over the page. I need more than just black, I thought. I paused.
Then I picked up the red pencil. Good color, I thought, drawing a rose with jagged petals and thorns. Lots of thorns.
“Only the good die young,” I hummed softly.
Why is that?
Seriously, I want to know. WHY? Continue reading “On Grief – Part 4 – Hello Anger”
On Grief – Part 3
Oh grief, you chaotic, pain-in-my-ass friend.
Friend?
Yes, friend.
How can you call grief “friend”?
I do and can because you, grief, are making me softer and gentler. You are making me feel at deeper levels how precious life is. How to share my heart, to share my love, to share me, NOW. Not later. For really there is no later. There is only NOW. Only NOW is promised.
Awareness Of Increasing Dimensional Slippage
Editor’s note: As I have mentioned, I normally stay clear of channelings, especially posting them on this site. However, when something resonates with me as this piece does, I will share. I focus most on the message, less on the messenger. Months ago, I began saying “not in my reality” then visualizing how I want my reality to appear when I see things like the chemtrails in the skies or hear of the latest political drama or talk of more war, etc. At times I will literally place up my hand, like Neo in the Matrix does in the end when finally realizing his Power and the truth of the illusion he had been living. “No,” I will say, hand up. “Not in my reality.” Give it a try. It is effective and enough of us doing this continues the shift to Love.
AUGUST 22, 2016
ARE YOU SENSING THAT SOMETHING HAS CHANGED ON A GRAND LEVEL AND THE CURRENT REALITY IS A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT ONE?
FROM THIS AUTHOR’S PERSPECTIVE, I CAN SAY THAT WHILE NO THING HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN MY OUTWARD LIFE IN ANY WAY, I HAVE BEEN AND AM RIGHT-NOW SUPER-AWARE OF A SERIOUS DIMENSIONAL SHIFT THAT HAS HAPPENED AND IS HAPPENING WHICH IS INCREASING MORE AND MORE AS WE INCREASE IN INTERNAL VIBRATION.
ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN THIS INNER SENSING OF BEING WAY, WAY, WAY, NOT IN THE SAME REALITY THAT I WAS A WEEK AGO , A MONTH AGO A YEAR AGO? THERE IS ALSO THIS FEELING OF STRANGENESS IN THE AIR, AND THE SOUND OF A LOUD QUIETNESS LIKE A SUPER CALM BEFORE A BREWING STORM!
WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT THE PHYSICAL WORLD I SEE A CLEAR INCREASING OF CHAOTIC PATTERNS IN EVERY AREA OF THE 3D MATRIX! IT IS PHYSICALLY OBSERVED (A 3-D SENSE) IN THE SKIES, IN THE WEATHER, IN SOCIAL UNREST, POLITICS, LARGE GOVERNMENTAL MANEUVERS AND CAN BE DETECTED BY SIMPLY WALKING OUTDOORS AND INTAKING THE ATMOSPHERE OF EVERY-DAY LIFE.
THERE IS AN EXTERNAL OBVIOUSNESS THAT 3D IS GETTING CRAZIER BY THE HOUR AND THAT EXTREME UPHEAVAL AND CHANGE IN ALL SYSTEMS IS UNDERWAY AND INCREASING ON A GLOBAL BASIS.
I REMIND MYSELF THAT THE EXTERNAL VIEW IS ONE THING NOT TO BE SO CONCERNED WITH AND THAT THE INNER IS WHAT IS SPEAKING MORE CLEAR AND TRUE.
IN THIS SEEING THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, ONE ATTEMPTS TO SEE WHAT’S UP AND TRIES TO COME TO SOME RATIONAL CONCLUSION OF TRUE-NESS AND GET TO THE ACTUALITY OF IT ALL!
HERE IS MY VERSION OF WHAT IS AT THE MOMENT:
IMAGINE THE NEW 5D MATRIX AS ONE LARGE TECTONIC PLATE AND THE 3D AS ANOTHER SMALLER PLATE UNDER BUT LEANING AGAINST THE HEAVIER AND LARGER 5D ONE.
A HUGE SLIPPAGE HAS HAPPENED AND IS STILL HAPPENING, CREATING A FRACTURE AND EVER-WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE TWO PLATES (DIMENSIONS). THE FORCE AND SHAKING FROM AS THE LARGE PLATE AS ITS INTENSE WEIGHT PUSHES DOWNWARD ON THE 3D PLATE. THIS INCREASING SLIPPAGE REPRESENTS THE OUTWARD CHAOS AND CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE EARTH.
NOW VISUALIZE THIS SLIPPAGE AS AN INTER-DIMENSIONAL SLIPPAGE! HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW MANY EARTHLINGS ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THESE STRANGE TIME-LINE JUMPS, PARALLEL REALITIES, MANDELA EFFECTS, ETC?
UNITY IS ULTIMATELY WHERE WE ARE HEADED, BUT UNITY WITH WHO? ACCORDING TO UNIVERSAL LAW, TWO DIMENSIONS (OUT OF SYNC FREQUENCIES) HAVE NO THING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER AND THE TWO SHALL NEVER TWAIN. IS THIS CHAOS MANIFESTING BECAUSE THE TWO DIMENSIONS ARE COMBINING, OR IS IT HAPPENING BECAUSE THESE TWO REALITIES ARE BEING FORCED FURTHER AND FURTHER APART FOR GOOD? WE SAY THE LATTER!
THE GAP BETWEEN THESE TWO SEPARATE WORLDS WE EXIST IN IS NOT UNIFYING INTO ONE TIME-LINE, BUT FORCING APART WITH TREMENDOUS PRESSURE.
THERE ARE MANY SPIRITUAL WRITINGS THAT SAY THINGS LIKE, “THE WHEAT IS SEPARATED FROM THE CHAFF, AND THE LAMBS AND GOATS ARE PUT ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES, AND ONE IS LEFT BEHIND AND ONE IS TAKEN,” AND SO ON!
IN SUMMARY , WE ARE SAYING THAT THE GAP BETWEEN THE LOW VIBRATION AND THE EXTREMELY HIGH VIBRATION IS GROWING TOO WIDE TO SUSTAIN FURTHER AND ONE DIMENSIONSIONAL REALITY HAS LITERALLY BROKEN AWAY FROM THE OTHER AS THE OLD FALLS AWAY AND GIVES WAY TO THE NEW!
IF WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS SO IT MEANS YOU MUST QUICKLY CHOOSE A SIDE! ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP HANGING ONTO THE OLD THING AS YOU CONTINUE TO ASCEND HAVING YOUR BEING STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT BY THE INCREDIBLE PULL OF THIS DIMENSIONAL SEPARATION, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO COMPLETELY RE-ALIGN YOURSELF WITH ONLY THE HIGHER VIBRATIONS IN SHORT ORDER?
THIS SOUND A BIT LIKE SEPARATION THEOLOGY, BUT WE SAY IT IS MORE ABOUT HOW UNIVERSAL LAW SEPARATES AND GROUPS THINGS ACCORDING TO MATCHING FREQUENCIES.
WE CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IN THE END OF IT ALL, THERE IS UNITY BECAUSE THOUGH A BEING CAN GO BACKWARDS OR NOT PROGRESS FORWARD FOR A TIME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT THE EXTREME LIGHT PRESSURE THAT WILL CONTINUE BEARING DOWN ON THEM WILL LITERALLY OBLITERATE THEM BACK INTO THE LIGHT, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!
SO MANY ARE COMING IN FEAR ASKING WHERE IS IT ALL GOING? WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WE SAY ,THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU BY WHAT STATE OF BEING YOU CHOOSE AS YOUR NOW-HERE REALITY!
AS EXTREME FORCES OF LIGHT OVERTAKE THE OLD DARK MATRIX ONE MUST MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK REMINDER THAT YOU ARE VIBRATING MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN YOU WERE MONTHS AGO, SO STOP FORGETTING THIS AND BE EXTRA, EXTRA CAREFUL WITH YOUR VIBRATIONAL FOCUS! YES, NOW MORE THAN EVER, LOCK IN YOUR NEW EARTH NOW REALITY AND STAY HERE! THE CHANGE AND CHAOS CAN BE EXTREMELY DISTRACTING AND CAN DRAW YOU BACK INTO A STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS IF ONE IS NOT CAREFUL AND HOPEFULLY YOU ARE ABLE TO BE AWARE ENOUGH TO STOP LOOKING AT THE EXTERNAL AND BRING YOUR FOCUS BACK ONTO THE BEAUTIFUL DIVINE WORLD YOU HAVE ALMOST MANIFESTED INTO THE PHYSICAL REALM!
YOU ARE CLOSE DEAR ONES, SO KEEP YOUR EYES FORWARD AND FOCUSED ON THE FINISH LINE.
DO NOT BE DRAWN BACK DOWN INTO THE LOWER WORLD BECAUSE YOU ARE TRULY LIFTING OFF THE GROUND NOW AWAY FROM THE OLD EARTH AND YOU ARE HEADED INTO THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF A NEW WORLD WHERE THE OLD ENERGIES LITERALLY DO NOT AND CANNOT EXIST.
NOW WE ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR FOCUS COMPLETELY OFF OF WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR 3D EYES BECAUSE THIS INCREASING CHAOS IS A NATURAL BY-PRODUCT OF INCREASING LIGHT ENTERING INTO THE DARK FADING 3D MATRIX. SEE IT AS THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION AS PART OF THIS WHOLE DIVINE PROCESS.
YOUR LIGHT IS DISSOLVING THE OLD HARMFUL ENERGIES THAT NO LONGER SERVE YOU AND THAT CANNOT PASS WITH YOU INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH!
THE CONTROLLERS ARE USING THIS NATURAL CHANGE-RELATED CHAOS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU TO TRY AND KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON IT. THEY WILL SHOW IT AND SHOW IT BUT JUST REMEMBER THE EXTERNAL IS 100% ILLUSION AND WILL NOT AFFECT YOU IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO OBSERVE IT!REMEMBER AS AN ANGELIC BEING IN A HUMAN BODY, HERE TO ASSIST HUMANITY, YOU MUST WAKE UP FULLY, MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND START BEING WHO AND WHAT YOU TRULY ARE QUICKLY! YOU KEEP THINKING YOU ARE A PRIMITIVE, POWERLESS, UNCONCIOUS HUMAN, YOU ARENT, YOU ARE AND ADVANCED STAR BEING WHO CAME HERE WITH INTENTION AND ON A MISSION TO HELP THEM!KNOW THAT THE INCREASING CHAOS COMING TO THIS WORLD AND THAT IS ALREADY HERE IS FOR THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED TO BELIEVE THIS REALITY AND WAY OF BEING IS ALL THAT EXISTS, WITH SOME HOPE OF HEAVEN AFTER DEATH, BUT NONE OF THIS IS SO! THERE IS NO DEATH FOR YOU TO EXPERIENCE AND THERE ARE INFINITE REALITIES THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE RIGHT NOW AS YOURS AND IT SHALL BE! THE CHAOTIC UPHEAVAL INCREASING ON THE EARTH IS NOT AIMED AT YOU AT ALL AND YOU HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AND ABILITY TO TRANSCEND THE HARMFUL INSANITY OF THE 3-D MATRIX WHILE STILL IN YOUR BODY.WE CAME FOR THE PURPOSE OF GUIDING YOU THROUGH THIS GREAT TIME OF CHANGE, WHERE THE LOWER CHAOS HAS NO EFFECT ON YOU WHATSOEVER.CONTACT US AT MICAHGUARDIAN@GMAIL.COM AND WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE GRAND EARTH CHANGES IN AN EASY AND EFFECTIVE WAY AND WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO CROSS THE DIVINE TIMELINE COMPLETELY IN A SHORT TIME IF YOU ARE READY AND WILLING!
“I AM ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, THE DEFENDER OF MY PEOPLE AND I AM WITH YOU EVEN TO THE END OF THE OLD WORLD. BEHOLD I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, AND I SAW YOU AND I PLAYING THERE!”
GOD-SPEED, ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
The Biggest Shift Is Happening Now
The Biggest Shift Ever On The Planet Is Happening NOW: Be In The Mission
I believe everyone has a MISSION. And when you feel that Mission, in every cell of your body and DNA. Your heart & soul: Nothing can stop you!!! It is not like going to ‘work’.
A mission can be lived and breath, day and night… It gives energy and protection. It does not TAKE energy. You need to wake up from a long sleep, we ALL have slept over the last 16.000 years as a humanity. WAKE UP. This is the time every human needs to see and hear, the real thing. So YOU make all your friends & everyone you meet aware. We are in this together, the whole humanity! I want you to feel and stand in self-love. Be love, be part of the change. You ALL are here for the change. Even if you do not know what you are here for today.
We were born as Free souls in a Free cosmos, as a Free human race- With Power from within, and all bounded in the same love and the same source. We got trapped, in fear, money, contracts, systems and leaders or books telling us what and who we are, and how we should live. This is the Old. Old masks, old leaders, old stories and old rules.
Only We, as in Today, in this moment, can remind yourself that You were a God. We all were.
Feel the energy now coming from these words in your body and feel the activating. Wake up, You are here with us, To make Gaia- The Earth- Humanity Shift to who we originally were. You do not need to remember, you feel it Now. We were born to lead ourselves. We were born to listen to our hearts. We were born to live in peace, unity, hamony and Love for us all. Most of all: To remember and told the truth. About our origin, about our DNA, about True healing and True wisdom teached from the Source.
We have been mislead, trapped, and far away from ‘ our soul’ for a long time. The change is to stand up, to believe in yourself, in our whole humanity! 99% Of the people pray for love & change. Know this! Everyone has lived in fear and dis-information. Choose NOW to stop living in a mass-fear. You are clear, powerfull, and connected with your essence. NOW. We all are connected in heart, and we all want a SHIFT now. This is a wake up call, to reach for your light. Your potential. YES, feel this rush in your body NOW. It all starts with YOU.
ASK YOUR GUIDES NOW:
‘Show me my mission, I want to be in full control, and lead the mission I was born for’. Ask for it, give yourself permission. Also tell your higher self: ‘ I do not want to be a sheep anymore, I will be unique and in my own energy, I will not let politicians, the media, commercials, and negative people tell me WHAT TO THINK, WHAT TO BUY, WHAT TO EAT, WHAT TO SAY. I stop with following others- I will lead My way. I will be in full strength, protection, love, and get all the tools I need for my mission. I stop with all the habits that leak energy, that cause me damage. I believe in myself NOW.’
TO ALL MEDIA, SPEAKERS, INSPIRATORS, MUSICIANS, POLITICIANS, LIGHTWORKERS, HEALERS AND EVERYONE WITH A FANBASE
Please share, we all need to connect and share. Do not be afraid. You are GREAT!!!!! And so loved!!!
~ New energy waking up CALL by enlighteningmedia.com
Author: Leda de Zwaan
Sourced from: http://gostica.com/spiritual-lifestile/biggest-shift-ever-planet-happening-now-mission/
The Seven Pillars Of The Matrix
Editor’s note: This is a very well-stated summary of what the system does to us from birth, in particular the public school system and system of religions. Wake up. Break free. Question everything. And weigh these words within the Truth of your Heart Intelligence.
Has The System Collapsed?
Seems there have been hints for years of the big one to come: the collapse of the system. Sometimes a little bit of practical advice in the form of a simple graph can clear that up. Here’s a simple little site that does just this: http://didthesystemcollapse.com/