A National Health Care Prescription

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At the moment, there is a lot of debate regarding the delivery of healthcare to the American people. The problem is that it focuses on money, doctors, drugs, hospitals, and insurance companies. Many people make their living providing these services and many make a very good living On the other hand, many patients go bankrupt because they cannot afford it. On the third hand, many are fine with "the system" as it is and are OK with it.

That is fine and good, as far as it goes. The problem is that the most important parts are missing. We have failed to take into consideration that we human beings have free will and create our own reality. When we chose to leave "the garden" and eat of the fruit of "good and evil" we brought sickness, injury, and death into existence at a level far from God. We all do, if we are human, so no one has a corner on blame. The bottom line is that sickness, injury, and death are the result of choices we have made and is a result of our refusal to Love our Source... or Ourself.

Our current program doesn't work as well as it might because it has gotten away from the basics of who we are. We are not bodies - we are the Child of the Universe who created the appearance of bodies in order to try to be separate from the Inseparable. Sickness, injury, birth and death should not be taken too seriously - they do not affect who we are at all. We shall wake up and realize that even many lifetimes were only a dalliance with a crazy idea.

However, it seems that we are in the midst of the illusion and it seems real. The Course in Miracles reminds us that our experiences can be divided into two categories: Expressions of Love... or Calls for Love. The Beatles remind us of what we have forgotten, which is the only prescription that means anything: all we need is love!

"All you need is love,
All you need is love,
All you need is love, love,
Love is all you need.

Love, love,
Love, love, love,
Love, love, love.

All you need is love,
All you need is love,
All you need is love, love,
Love is all you need."

Agreements come much easier when we tell others what we need to say with with Love in our hearts and our voices.

One problem is that on this level of illusion we are looking for answer outside of ourselves and not from inside where we fee our Love connection to the Universe. We seldom do the best we can. It's as if the Universe is talking to us directly through this Moody Blues song, "Say What You Mean".

"Say what you mean.
Mean what you say.
Think about the words
That you're using.
Speak for yourself,
Say what's on your mind,
And think about the life
That you're choosing.

I knowthat you need somebody.
I know that you're looking
For someone who know
When trouble won't leave you alone.

Say what you mean.
Mean what you say.
Look into the world of tomorrow.
Say what you want.
Want what is true.
Check out of that room
Full of sorrow.

I'm ready to take you with me,
I'm ready to be the one
Who's there by your side,
When you've just got
Nowhere to hide.

And oh,
The angels will walk with you and
Whenever you need them, yeah.
The glory that comes of love.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And oh,
The treasure that waits for us
Whenever we need it, now
I just can't hold it back.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

The work and the pain,
The thunder and the rain,
The word of the earth has been spoken.
The bird on the wing,
Free as the wind,
Knowing that the spell
Has been broken.

Now you can laugh with meaning.
Now you can throw away
The cloak of disguise
As you turn your face
To the skies.

The blue of the night,
The secrets of the light,
The touch of the hand
That can lead you.
I know you recognize
The shiver of surprise
When you realize
That He's seen you."

We know we need love... we know we need somebody... but we are already a part of Somebody who can never leave us. It is us who are ignoring the Almighty.

Sickness and death are ways we ignore our heritage and try something that we cannot be. Even right now, we can tell that treating our neighbors and friends in any way other that with Love doesn't work very well. After all, the sickness, death, anger, and hatred are merely calls for Love. When love is re-established, all that other stuff disappears to the nothingness that it was in the first place. Why waste time with trivialities and do as the Moody Blues suggest, and whenever we discuss anything, including health care, we "Say It With Love".

"I've been thinking the way people do
'Bout the things that matter
To me and you.
I've decided to do what I can
And to find the kind of man
I really am.

I can see the world from here
And it sometimes makes me
Want to disappear.
Back to nature, that's where we belong
And with just one truth I've found
You can't go wrong.

Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
Whatever you say,
Say, say, say,
Say it with Love."

If we would do just this one thing, whatever we say, we say it with love, most our problems would cease to be important. If we can follow the simple prescription of honestly loving others and Ourself right now, no matter what governments do, we will find that spiritual health is of far more importance than bodily health. Love is truly the one lesson that we need to learn. Soon we will 'laugh with meaning' at all the crazy stuff we thought was really important and know the perfect Joy that is our birthright!

Download these beautiful songs to help you remember that Love is who you really are. Those songs are some of the reasons that the Beatles and Moody Blues are so highly thought of.

"Finding Bliss In The World"

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I am a former journalist and I used to love the news. Murder, rape, war, car accidents, fires, hatred, lies, all in good fun. Today, when I look at the news, it is like the same jokes, over and over. The outside world still seems sad, scary, and filled with anger; if it is taken seriously. It’s hard to remember that the world is an illusion and remember that we’re being called back home where there is truly peace, love, and joy.

That’s what this podcast is all about – finding music that reminds us of what is true and what is false. I’d like to share with you a wonderful bit of music that is clearly from the Voice For God..

(From “a hundred thousand Angels”)

“Do you hear me calling you
The voice of a mother
And a father and a child.
Would you recognize the truth,
Do you feel the love that's falling from your eyes?

Take just a minute, come and rest you by my side,
Let me tell you your own story.
Let me walk you through your lives.
Only a second, that's all it takes to realize
There's a hundred thousand angels by your side.

Do you hear me talk to you?
I whisper through the doorways
And pathways of your mind.
Clear like the morning dew and
Fresh from my journeys cross an ocean of blue...”

This is the music of Lucinda Drayton and Bliss. I highly recommend that you write their name down and go to iTunes or wherever and download this spiritual classic.

A Hundred Thousand Angels. It means there is unlimited spiritual help available to me, no matter if I have lost my job, am sick, or don’t have much money. To those who like all the changes in the political world, remember that all the changes in the world will not bring us closer to waking up: it’s of the world. To those who are scared by what is happening in politics and the world, remember it’s an illusion geared to keep distracting you from what is real:

(from “Om Shanti”)

“I am the light,
I am the peace of the world.”

As the course reminds us, “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.” The music of Bliss and many others contain little reminders from the Voice that this physical world is not home. It cannot be “Heaven on Earth” unless we become aware again and live the truth that we are all of the One and the only truth in life: that’s total Love, Peace, and Joy. Thank you for the love and peace you share.

The next time the news gets you down, shut it off and listen to the music that reminds you of who you really are.

You can find Bliss on iTunes and at www.blissfulrecords.com... and in the life of the One!