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Water As Spiritual Teacher
By Sheree Rainbolt-Kren
© 2006



Water attaches to nothing. Water has no idol to worship.
Water has no personal desire and no money to purchase what
desire craves. Water has no mirror to adore itself and no
interest in winning or losing. Water knows no score and
prize.

Water flows over and through all things without worry it
will become unlike itself. Water is without deliberate
intention. Water is liquid, taken form, to show us how to
live. We often see only the vessel, and not what is within:
this liquid Love. Water is without judgment and resistance.
Therefore, Water is the perfect Teacher for the physical
realm, where judgment and resistance keeps us from going
with the flow.

Water has only one function: to Be only what it Is without
resistance. Not to cleanse, for Water does not judge
anything in need of cleansing. Water has no Master to teach
it more than what is already perfect allowing. Water has no
Certificate Of Achievement, so as to advance to bigger and
better.

Water willingly fits all containers. It has no preferences
for red, white and blue, or green, or deeper aqua. Water is
blind. It is only because Water is perfectly willing to be
what it Is, that it could change form without judgment and
resistance. Water waits unconsciously for your next thought.
Good or bad. There is no covenant to keep Water from hurting
itself.

Water makes sound only when meeting matter. Water makes
taste and smell only when meeting matter. Water makes sight
only when meeting matter. Water makes texture only when
meeting matter. It is matter defining water for matter.

Water never dams because it senses danger, or a need to dam.
It dams when physical matter has an idea. Water does not get
angry at ideas. It obeys, for it is water.

Water has no concern with what you will make of it. It
simply obeys the thought that molds it, for it is Water and
willingly allows for all ideas. It does so without fear that
your idea will make it unsavory or unsafe. It does so
without guilt that it appears in a form unpleasing to some.
It does so without anger that its living properties are
polluted. Water is always what matter wants it to be. Water
does not report you to the authorities for hurting it, for
Water knows what it Is.

Water is without consciousness, as we define it. But Water
is not Water by accident. Water is given to be a teaching
tool for those tired of physical measure. When the rich
bathe, water envelops the bather. When the poor bathe, water
envelops the bather. When the white bathe, the black bathe,
the gay bathe and the straight bathe, water does not discern
and then cause waves to move people away. Force causes
waves. Consciousness is Force. Yet, water is obedient and is
built to go with the flow.

Water does not praise or chastise. Water is the Supreme
teacher showing us what love looks and feels like. Water is
not the forgiver. Water sees no error to forgive. Water sees
no this and that, then decides for one or the other.

Water will find itself in a crevice and naturally fill it
without seeing it in need of filling. Water will find itself
at the edge of a mountain top and naturally spill over it,
without seeing it in need of spilling. Water rushes and
winds, and water will sometimes be still, without concern
that it is still too long. Water is without agenda and
expectation.

Water knows not time, nor space. Water has no map to dictate
its direction and boundary. Water has no conference table to
allot itself in bottles for him and her. These are human
yearnings. Water would not be water if it were to pound a
self righteous fist, or justify its allotment based on the
Principles of Deliberate Creation. Water does not anger at
the refreshed, nor does Water cry for the thirsty. Water is
not afraid of drought, or flood. Water has no preference for
anything more than what Is. What it IS is perfect.

If water were to identify with left or right of Center,
Water could not teach us peace. Only those strongly attached
to solid matter will resent Water's true purpose.
Water obeys, even if it appears that Water devastates. Water
absorbs energy we gift it, and acts accordingly as a mirror
of our creations. Force is the cause of motion. Force, at
its root, is consciousness. Water responds to consciousness.
This is meant to be good news. Or not.

Water follows the natural and the unnatural landscape, for
it knows not how to resist that which IS. Water fills man
made lakes and natural rivers without concern that it
invests wrongly, or rightly. Water embraces the rock and the
sand alike.

Water cannot be grasped with hands or feet. Water is stored
when a handful of water is insufficient. Water naturally
flows through loose fingers, but will not object to a shelf
full of security, if that is your wish.

How can we become like Water? By remembering what we are.
Water will teach us, if we release our human drama and
learn. Our only tasks here are, first, to know obstacle,
second, to know peace. Water will teach us both. It won't be
easy.

What if the truth of this human experience has everything to
do with clear liquid motion, without resistance, or fear?
Like Water. Water is unconditional Love, in form. The
largest form on planet earth.

If you could pick the substance of your experience, what
could be better than the very essence of free will? The
license to flow north, south, east and west, with no one
managing your choices, your journey or outcome.

If water shape shifts, or morphs, it is because water is a
gift of true love. You are allowed to have your way with it.
But, by the same token, your way will be your way. The
rivers, lakes, streams and oceans are learning from us right
now. This liquid canvass is always ready and willing to be
nothing more, and nothing less than our broadcast desire. It
is good.

The purpose in coming here is to Know Thyself. Experience
Thyself. Perhaps we were meant to simply pass through, like
a flowing river without the taxing investment in landscape
and form.

We were not truly created to judge, change, improve and fix,
but to observe and flow, with grace and ease, with what IS.
That is because What Is already IS. There is nothing to add
to What already IS. There is only unknowingness begging
experience on one level or another. Master one level, and
new substance will emerge to guide you.

Can you imagine a greater power than to realize such Self
Knowing that nothing taking place can keep you from being
what you are? What trust and faith is needed where there is
no fear?

A brilliant scientist, Fred Alan Wolfe, Author of Taking The
Quantum Leap, and featured speaker on What The Bleep Do We
Know, says this: "The Observer does not disturb. He merely
accepts what Is." If there were ever a perfect definition of
Water, this would be it. If there were ever a perfect
definition of God, this would be it.

Humans define consciousness from the human perspective.
Water is conscious, but we cannot define it. We have yet to
even conceive of its true purpose. Love is patient.

Water does not determine what is real and what is not, and
then makes plans based on pie charts. Water is not led to
distraction, for water Is; and what Is, has no doubt. What
Is - is so sure of itself, that it literally loses itself in
the All. The Center dissolves from definition and infinity
is born from Knowledge. From Knowledge comes Recognition,
comes Allowance, comes Love.

Become aware now. Look and feel around you. Soak in liquid
Love and witness to the movement of a warm bath that
embraces every bit of the external you. Let this be of
interest to you. Then, when you come to understand how water
truly lives outside your mind, you will be ready to
experience how love waits for you inside your mind. What
matters most is that you recognize the truth when it
envelops you.

It is not what water does that teaches. It is what water IS
that makes Water a Teacher.

© Sheree Rainbolt-Kren, 2006
First published in www.planetlightworker.com
Sheree Rainbolt-Kren is a Writer, Reiki Master, Dowser and owns
www.pendulumsandmore.com,. She hosts LEARN GROW BE radio
http://www.live365.com/stations/slivermoon22. For free pendulum
charts, please go to www.pendulumcharts.com . You are the Light Of
The World.

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"Those who seek to conquer other nations by force will only bring further violence."
(or words to that effect)
- rather prophetic words from John F Kennedy

"Intro": As I ponder the seemingly insoluble solution to endemic violence and stop the scourge of terrorism in today's world, the questions for me are endless. Number one:
Is there ANY solution to extremism for any cause - fanatic people, who are prepared to afflict the most inhumane cruelty imaginable for a desired end (religious* or political), the nature of "pure evil", etc.

* "God has no religion"
- Mahatma Gandhi

What can be done with the "quagmire" of Iraq, (like Vietnam!), Iran, Congo?

What can we "ordinary" people do about it?

*
Just sharing some initial thoughts and my past writings on world peace (dream on, "far-out, idealistic",* Craig!) in an ever-more chaotic and violent world ...
and if there are any possible solutions. YES, I believe, the ONLY way the CYCLE of terrorism and violence can one day perhaps be ended...as I contemplate this complex matter in my own mind.

* at least, that is what dear Marie calls me!

PEACE

"Peace is, by all agreement,
what everybody wants, at this moment.
But violence - the weakest power
Still rules the world to each small corner.
Don't sit around -
Go out and do!
The world wants peace, For me and you."

by South African, James Van Minnen

"I watched it creep over the mountains, its warmth
spreading, its light growing stronger each minute.
Soon it will be up and another day will dawn on
South Africa. This day will be no ordinary day, for it
will be the day of peace. Tranquility had won another
war for mankind, utterly destroying pain and violence.
For this is the day we have been waiting for. This day
bringing new hope for all. The day stretches on and
finally it has to end. The sun will sink back behind
the mountains bringing another day."
- anon

and so peace came to South Africa out of a troubled, divided and bloody past...

so why not the WORLD?

- Craig Lock

"When you can see no light at the end of the tunnel, light your own candle and let your light illuminate the world, like the radiance from a window at midnight."

"Let the light of your BEING shine brightly; so revealing Who You Really Are, your "Authentic Self".
Be a Bringer of the Light, which emanates from our soul, God, our Creator, the Source (and Ground of our very Being). Therefore, it can do more than
illuminate your own path.YOUR spirit will help makes the lives of others easier by illuminating others paths. For this light is our humanity, the spirit of God, truth, beauty and especially love...and this "spark of God" lies within each one of us.

Through your actions and your being, let your light, YOUR spirit truly shine brightly on the world, like the radiance emitted by a candle at midnight."
- Craig Lock

"Let us build bridges rather than barriers, openness rather than walls. Let us look at distant horizons together in a spirit of acceptance, helpfulness, co-operation and peace."
- Craig Lock

"Become the person you are CAPABLE of being ... and ALL the person God, Our Creator intended us to become."
- Craig Lock

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light...
and where there is sadness, joy.
I shall pass through this world but once.
Any good therefore that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show to any human being,
let me do it now.
Let me not defer nor neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again."
- anon

"Love is the only force that can erase the difference between people or bridge the chasms of bitterness. In a changing world, it is a constant. It is the security of the home. It is a beacon of hope in a world of distress." *
- Wayne R. Bills, MA

Love WITH STRENGTH and resolve is a power in us more powerful than bullets.
It then has Unlimited Power.

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
- Martin Luther King, Jr

"Through violence you may murder a murderer, but you can't murder
murder. Through violence you may murder a liar, but you can't establish
truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder
hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that...

Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with
an audacious faith in the future. When our days become dreary with
low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a
thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in
this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a
power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark
yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral
universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr

"I believe often we greatly underestimate our potential and resources. We have it all within to do anything; but when we feel weak and don't think we have anything left to give, then all we need to do is ask in prayer. You will receive wisdom , strength, imagination and creativity you never knew you possessed from without, from a Higher Power, your Creator...

and then nothing is impossible to you and God."

The task ahead of you can always be overcome by the power within
you...and the often seemingly difficult or even "impassible") path
ahead of you is never as steep with the great spirit that lies
within you.
- Craig Lock

"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires."
- Nelson Mandela

"But what can a 'mere I' do, God?

..and the good Lord replied...

"I made you!"

So...

"To build a better world...
just build a better YOU."

Craig Lock
Craig Lock
http://www.craiglockbooks.com

P.S: LOVE is the greatest and most powerful force in the world;
so shine your own unique bright light on an often darkened world ...in a spirit of living at the highest level of humanity.

"When the world is filled with love, people's hearts are overflowing with hope."
- craig

"Blessed are the peace-makers...
because they'll accumulate plenty of Frequent Flyer points

Uplifting, encouraging and empowering people through the power of words and thought energy. Change YOUR world and you change THE world."

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