From Within

Eve didn't comprehend, nor did Adam, how vulnerable she was, having been taken out of his interior, to be created.

Human internals are protected by our exteriors for a reason.  Since woman was taken from within man, was she the target of the deception in Eden, perhaps, being more vulnerable?

AND YET - since the Kingdom of Yahuwah Elohim is WITHIN US, then she may also have a spiritual advantage, being taken FROM WITHIN. 

Y'shua said that the Kingdom is within us; in the epistles it is said, Messiah within, our hope of glory.

It is an interdependence, though, generally.  She needed man, to be taken out FROM.  He needed a worthy companion.

Why Is LOVE the GREATEST?

According to 1 Corinthians, of Faith, Hope and Love, LOVE is the GREATEST.  Why?

Faith is pretty great, indispensable, and without Hope you're hopeless - bland and despairing. 

But I realized, LOVE LEADS TO Hope and Faith.  If you don't care, why bother with hoping or believing for the best?

Love ignites hope ignites faith = you can SEE IT - IT just happens to be AHEAD OF TIME.

Which is because You DO Care about the someone or something.  Because you LOVE.

Conformity to Non-conformity?

I was brought up to be basically a non-conformist, though not in everything.  Some things are right to conform to.  But others - variables - are, well, variable.

But somehow I detected that in certain general "groups", in order to fit with those particular misfits, one must "obey" a whole new set of "rules".  Yuck.

Like, what you are "supposed" to approve or disapprove.  What you may or should not wear; what kind of hairstyle - it's "supposed" to say something about your inner being.  Ick.

Why should a person conform to non-conformity?  I like what I like, not what the "they" of my "group" say.  GOD!  What happened to genuine creativity?  Shade it however you like.  But the absolutes - they stand alone in the clear light of Day.

Atoms and Adams

It's all of You, Creator ~ every last atom.  The "last Adam" is You, too, Y'shua, Messiah, The Creator come down to "fix it" = our mess we* made of Your atoms!  You are Who You say You Are, NOT nameless and brainless.  You Are Who YOU SAY You are, YAHUWAH! NOT WHO WE may say.

*We: the "first Adam" and all of us afterwards

His Healing Pool - Shark-Free

There are no sharks in the pool of grace!

Jump in and float ~ heavenly.

Swirl, swim and dive deep down here;

No fear lurks beneath, in this healing place.

Finding the entrance... may call for ...         tell ya later :)

LATER:     ...the guts to take the plunge and trust

That the risk is worth the rush.

The cross-shaped crack

Opens into another entire race 

where the water is alive, breathing peace.

Your face becomes phosphorescence;

Press past the social lies, and this shall become the case.

More Parallels

IN the second book by Cassandra Boyson (see previous post), The Seeker's Quest, the heroine finds herself in an underwater city... very deep, yes.  Submergent, even!  I am now quite used to bumping into these parallels in her work:

I'd very deliberately put on Blue and Gray a day or two ago, and "heard" that it was very important.  In today's reading so far, p. 61, the Inventors' building interior is very deliberately Blue and Gray.  There will be more...

Her friendly Dragon took her there.   He is the uncorrupted version.  Whatever we can ask OR IMAGINE!  We can have...

YAHUWAH IS ABLE to make SO, the sanctified original.  Even our families are so.  Without even trying.  According to 1 Corinthians 7.  OK, getting ready for PASSOVER NOW!  YAY!!

Yes, I know no one is reading these at this time.  But I need to write anyway. Plus I will be writing for young people soon so I LOVE reading stuff for them too!  I did start once but came across, guess what, a parallel so I stopped.  But now I know better... it confirms and doesn't discourage.

Parallels in "Seeker's Call" by Cassandra Boyson

I am reading this fantasy for young people - AWESOME,  though I'd love to have been an editor/ proof-reader for it, I LOVE her characters and story!  One can easily overlook the few glitches.

It keeps paralleling my life - scarily.  I put water on for tea, next thing I know her character is boiling water for tea.  I am smelling sweet Lilac in the air outside; her character is enjoying the honey-fragrance of the air outside.  

She finds the source of a river in a very deep pool.  Well?  This blog is called Submergent Zone for a reason!  And I just read a bit yesterday in Jeanne Guyon's book on prayer about falling into the depths of God - fathomless!  I will be writing more on this topic SOON!

TIMING OF A RAINBOW

The water was slate gray with white-glistening ducks dotting the bay.  We often get the rainbow effect here and that was over-arching all, as the sun was descending to the west and sunk below the misting cloud-cover.  

This was around St. Patrick's Day, so we were looking for the pot of gold!  We could use it around here.  My primary need, though, is to try to make sense of my multiple doings.

Creating a workable schedule is as elusive as the pot of gold.  But I keep trying!  If I could just get the sections right!  However, as the original Creator pointed out to me - a year ago - the different COLORS of the RAINBOW DIFFUSE into one another!  They bleed together.

So there is no way to set a perfectly compartmentalized deal.  It never works, because daily life is not that hard-line in reality.  A parking lot is.  A river isn't.  Our bodily systems are, rather, and certain patterns in nature, but still, TIME ITSELF, not the clock, lends a more fluid perception.  Seasons run within certain parameters.  Sigh.  Why not me? 

Insecurity or Humility?

Insecurity can masquerade as humility, but perhaps it's a fake humility.  I know "they" call it "false" humility but to me, FAKE sounds even worse!  It's still self-focused, yet seems self-effacing.

YOU can't tell the difference so don't try to judge what someone else is exhibiting.  If it seems like pride to you, it may be simply confidence in them.  If the person seems humble to you it may be pride, like not wanting anyone to THINK they're proud!  For Pete's sake, why do we have to be so complicated?

Maybe it's only me, thinking about it too much because of my insecurity.  Former insecurity!

P.E.A.C.E.

B.I.N.G.O.!!  PEACE IS:

P-reparation, E-ncouragement, A-ctivation, C-omposure, E-nrichment

As I am preparing to go do a few tunes at an open mic, these are JUST WHAT I NEED!

Tonight!  Yikes!  I still have to FINISH WRITING one of the songs!

That would be in the "Preparation" category.  Which lends itself to the "Composure" category.  Without which it's just "gory".  All in the name of "Enrichment".  It is NOT NOT NOT in the entertainment category.  Though it's about you and not not not me - or else I'd just stay home and watch TV with my husband in peace!  Oh - a different KIND of Peace!
Gotta go address "Activation", so how 'bout a little "Encouragement"?  See you later.

Higher Level Believing Skills......does not mean:

Higher level believing skills as a phrase came to me recently as listening by the Spirit.

It does NOT mean getting better at fooling yourself about stuff, but getting better at seeing.

Seeing is imagining.  Not your fantasies, rather your best desires.  The beneficial ones for all.

Then, interacting with YAH - the mighty One - to see them actually happen.  So they DO.

This could be considered a counter-concept to mere "thinking", all by yourself-elf.

Relationship is key and Y'shua is key to relationship with YAH, His Baba.

The key to receiving the thing.  We're ALMOST THERE....!!!

I just LOVE my spiritual Baba SO MUCH!

Are We the Highest? Really? Who Is?

Sad if a person thinks that we humans in this dimension are the highest form of intelligence on the planet.  Then all that really counted ultimately would be Who's Who.  And presto - we have this culture of the celebrity.  Everything's a competition.  Plus, we can only "fix" ourselves. 

But how do we even know we need fixing?  What perception causes us to perceive that anything is amiss?  Wanting to stop pain?  What is the source of compassion for others' pain?

Sure these questions are always around in some intellectual forum.  Can you discover answers really in that way?  In seeking elsewhere a person may discover greater darkness.

Scary if that overtakes a person and the one avenue of light becomes unthinkable, even shut off.  Sigh.  If we make up our own Higher Being, is it really higher?  How do we imagine that?  I don't mean aliens, but there are some "higher" beings that are not good, pretenders, even.

Anyway, the culture is crazy.  It's all about US.  In a crowd but lonely for understanding.  For acceptance, without having to keep up with all this popularity and the latest crap.  Sigh again, and UGH.  Father!  We need more grace than I can possibly imagine.  Visit US again!  BIG-TIME!  (And I don't mean the Pope - sorry).

Using Free Will to Invest in Relationship

The more we use our free will to choose Him - our creator - the more deep pleasure we can experience in the interaction.  He gives His word, and it does happen accordingly.
Furthermore it's not primarily thinking that leads a person to this place but an instinct.  Thinking may lead you to a conclusion, but only experiencing can lead you to actual Truth.

So this is not a Science fiction show wherein a force takes over your will and mind and then you are "one" with it.  That is violation - loss of control.  But this oneness I mean, is what we are created FOR, this relationship of Trust and surrender that leaves you with even more free will - paradoxically.  Reinvest in this interior exchange and you have an eternity of His presence in which is extreme joy and love.  By choice.  You become more who you really are.

Come on, believers in Y'shua!  Transcend the crap and focus on Father.  It's hard - I know, believe me - extremely hard at times, circumstantially; but what else is for such high eternal value?  Plus phenomenal supernatural enjoyment here and now.  This is what "all this" is for.

Is Hair Intrinsically Good or...?

I think I am having a questionable hair day.  Is hair intrinsically GOOD, so then it's so abnormal to have a BAD HAIR DAY?  Today my hair is extremely non-committal.  

You don't hear about someone having a GOOD HAIR DAY.  So are we starting from that premise?  My hair is intrinsically strong-willed.   It is straight and fine so it really refuses to give me any love.  Unless I LIKE it flat.  Like - zero body and thin.  A thinner BODY, fine.

But for hair - no thanks.  But people with thick hair seem to want it straighter and flatter.  Maybe what's intrinsically BAD is that we develop unrealistic ideas of "Good".  Style-wise.

I like the Good Lion's hair.  It is soft but thick.  It doesn't have to be messed with to fix it up.  I think it changes color with His mood - Golden to white.  To what-have-you.  As for me, am I gray or silver?  (Bad lion shaggy, sparse, never mind).  The Good Lion IS intrinsically Good.  

Mind and Heart - together but...

With the human mind, we believe.  With the human heart, we receive.  Both are necessary to discovery.  A child can do this.  They are trusting, and believe you.  They then experience the realities presented.  Simple.  Words convert to deep wells.

I was just with my lively 3 year old granddaughter, painting together.  My mind is now JELLY but my heart is JOYFUL.  Which part do you think I enjoy most?  It's Valentines's Day.

Almost...at one point, I drew a heart and she filled it in --eradicating it in the process!  Heart stuff is ALWAYS MESSY!   But more fun!!

When Y'shua - Jesus - rejoiced greatly it was because Father has hidden the best things - of the heart - from the self-made wise, and revealed them to the very young.  Yay, YaHWeH!

What Multiplies for Us

Psalmist King David often poured out his heart to YAH.   Yahweh.  The Psalms finish with "HalleluJAH!"  in the end.  Psalm 150.  David often refocused on HIS comforting attributes.

He voices his complaint, yet then repeats the truths of the goodness of his Shepherd.  Sometimes he begins with those because he's overflowing with joy and security.  Or just needs to remind himself.

When one prays with anxiety and stays there - anxiety multiplies.  One is left with little help.

When you feast on faith - feeding yourself on His goodness - faith multiplies, with goodness.

This is why "He prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies." Ps 23:5.  So we can fill our "bellies" with warm, nourishing goods of our Shepherd, displacing acid stomach.

Firstfruits and then some...

We are eating frozen rhubarb from our garden, cooked with honey - with a few frozen blueberries thrown in.

We are eating dried plums from the Fall before last.  It was a bumper crop.  The grapes were a bumper crop this year - I dried BUNCHES of them into raisins.  And there are still some I froze out of desperation in dealing with so many... and this is not California!  We just had a great, hot summer; we're eating it's sunshine!

We're still buying fresh fruit on a weekly basis.  It is a container for all kinds of great nutrients - and flavors!

I am thinking about the Kingdom of YAH - because that is what I always think of!  He talks a lot about fruit.  There are so many different kinds.  And ways of preparation and preservation.  All good.  We are as the fruit of His labor.  Each of us holds flavors and color and unique things to offer to the others.  Get Ripened!

Then being invested with the Life of His Spirit within through Y'shua His "Firstfruits" - discover your offering!

Delicious Reflections / An Easy Password

One very early dawn, I witnessed such Beauty at first light, reflected in the smooth water, and stars were bright, with a half moon shining -  what Joy!

Yet there is a greater - the Beauty of unseen hosts of upper spiritual places, accessed by permission of Most High, where total immersion in beauty and Glory can alter your consciousness to become more of that realm than this.

Which is handy, since that is our ultimate destination - just need a password!  I hear that groaning - another password!?!?!  But it's easy to remember:     


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *YES.YESHUA*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After that initial access you can become even more creative, like He is.  For instance, what a sensation is taste!  What ingenious concepts of various flavors in our necessary food!  ENJOY, ENJOY!  TASTE BEAUTY, EVEN!

Probably it's slightly sweet and nutty, like they say manna is: angel food!  Delicious AND ENTIRELY Nutritious!  How perfect is that!?  YUM!

*Yeshua is Jesus' Hebrew name, His nickname anyway, plus:  The Messiah.*
OF COURSE YOU CAN USE HIS ENGLISH NAME JESUS CHRIST if you'd rather!!
As a blessing, of course, and not as a curse because I think you don't want a curse.  I just use Yeshua because it incorporates the YES!  Just for fun.  It's all about your intention and heart.  I am assuming WHOLE-HEARTED-NESS!

From old-young to young-old is the Ticket

We went to see Star Wars/Force Awakens, finally.  We were the only ones in the theater for a long time.  Because we are old enough to know better than to go at peak times.  Yeah, it was reminiscent of long ago in a galaxy far, far away.  When our first son was quite young.  

They did a pretty good job of not replicating everything but making it familiar in a good way.  The casting is superb.  Seeing the "oldsters" had it's effect.  This is OUR LIFESPAN TOO!  they are portraying.  

So I had this "AWAKENING" thought - not that I don't know my REAL age - but once upon a time = last year, I was old-young.  Still young but getting "up there". 
 Now I'm YOUNG-OLD!  Older but with Lotsa Life Left! (not as old as Leia:)

That is how Star Wars was a trip BACK IN TIME that was a TICKET TO MY NOW.

The Unseen Is More Valuable

The unseen is better than the see-able so I prefer it.  As some do, maybe 
many.  
Love, Joy, Air, Gravity; the most amazing stuff is not visible to the naked eye.  
The effects are seen, felt, experienced, so in that way we do see unseen things already.  

But just like the visible, there are good and bad both unseen and seen:  
hate, injustice, disease-causing "germs".  Exposure to the Good unseen is best, of course - non-detrimental.

To know Goodness and Truth, internal exposure to them is the way to secure them: God IS Goodness.  He says to view Him in the Unseen place of the heart, our spirit.  Foundational to that is What He says about Himself.  

Biblical concepts taken as stated are the elemental beginnings to a deeper relationship with YAH.  Yahweh, or Yahuwah.  He is Much Larger than His HUGE Universe.  Then it becomes more personal - and very, very fun!

His firstborn Son is the catalyst of it all and is very valuable to gaze upon as well.  Best to start there, in fact, because He is the exact representation of Yahuwah: the radiance of His Glory.  What's not to Love?!     Hebrews 1:3