Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Lesson In The Grain

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Lesson In The Grain

What a lesson there is for us in the grain of wheat’s eventful journey toward becoming the bread that is the food of humankind! Placed in the dark, cold earth, it has to die to give birth to a new germ. When this germ comes up out of the soil, it finds air and light and becomes a beautiful ear of wheat. When harvest time comes, the ears are reaped, then beaten, for the grain must be separated from the straw. And its trials are not yet ended, for the grain is brought to the mill to be ground and turned into flour. One day, the baker mixes the flour with water and kneads it to a smooth dough, then shapes the dough into a loaf. And then comes the trial by fire, when the bread is placed in the oven. Once it is well cooked and golden, it is brought to the table, where it is delivered up to humans to be eaten. And then, the grain of wheat is happy. Why? Because it is serving as food.

What has the grain of wheat’s journey to do with us? Each stage of its transformation has its equivalent in our inner life. All the trials we endure serve to make us grow and mature – cook, so to speak – until we reach the Lord’s table, to be ‘eaten’ by him.

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov


 

Monday, January 21, 2013

I Am Abundance

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I Am Abundance

“If being spiritual means awareness of our connection to the creative source of the universe, we have the right to enjoy abundance in our lives.”
David Simon, M.D.

I Am Unlimited Abundance

I Am Blissful Happiness

I Am Exquisite Well-being

I Am Unconditional Love

I Am Complete Harmony

I Am Inner Radiant Peace

I Am One with Infinite Source


I have planted the Glorious Seeds of Abundance into the Womb of Creation where they blossom radiantly with effortless ease in Divine Purpose and Sacred Flow. I know without a shadow of doubt that at all times I Am Divinely Connected to Infinite Source the True Spiritual Essence and Eternal Sacred Guide. 

Eternally I exist in a Spiritual Radiant Abundant Way.


I Am That I Am All That I Am, and All That I Am Is Love!

Namasté 
Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala


This is an excerpt from Deepak Chopra’s 21 Day Meditation Challenge.
Paraphrased by Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala






Saturday, January 19, 2013

Living Love

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Living Love
An Indian sage once said to his followers. “Life is Love and Love is Life”. What keeps the body together but Love? What is desire but Love of self? What is knowledge but Love of truth? The means and forms may be wrong, but the motive behind them is always Love; Love of the me, and the mine. The me and the mine may be small or may explode and embrace the whole universe, but Love remains. Love is the most powerful force in the universe, it can heal inspire and bring us closer to the Higher Self. Love is an eternal never-ending gift to ourselves and others and when we truly experience Love we find ourselves. Like a tiny spark that ignites a blaze that can consume a vast forest, a spark of Love is all that it takes to experience Loves full force in all its aspects; earthly and divine.

The practice of living Love exemplifies the unlimited abundance of the universe, no matter how many people you Love, yourself, family, colleagues, the world, you can never run out because at the core of your being you are Pure Love. In ancient India, the ecstasy of Love was called ananda, or bliss consciousness, the ancient seers held that humans are meant to partake of this ananda at all times. Living our lives with Love for all beings helps us to realize our spirits true nature. Sat, Chit Ananda; Existence, Consciousness, Bliss. Living from Love attracts more goodness to you, therefore to experience true abundance in your life, live the Love that you were created to be, the Love that you are, and watch your life flourish in all ways. Practice living Love today by simply offering a kind word or thought to everyone and everything you meet, recognizing that the greatest gift you can give to anyone is Love. Today I remember to Love everything and everyone I come in contact with.

Saying “I love you,” is one of the most emotional expressions in any language; however, “I live love,” is seldom used. Yet, living from love is who and what we really are. At the core of your being, you are pure awareness, creativity, spirit, and love. And, when you experience love, you experience yourself as spirit, one who feels—and is—love.
~ Deepak Chopra

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
~ Rumi

This has touched on that which is of the most importance to me in life, the All-Consuming Life-giving Power known as Love. I have been consciously aware of the Sacred Energy of Love since I was at least five years old. I know that I Am Love, and to Love is to Live, and to Live is to Love. Love is my only motivating force in life. Love is everything to me. Love not only conquers all, Love also heals all, and is all; without Love there is absolutely nothing.

One Love, Unconditional and Everlasting!

Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala





Thursday, January 10, 2013

Sowing and Reaping

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Sowing and Reaping


Galatians 6:6-18
English Standard Version
Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.


Everything I do is done in love and in a harmonious way. I sow good seed in life because that is the thing we are supposed to do. The blessing in doing good things is good things always return to us in a multitude of ways. A good example is this, when an apples seed is planted it eventually produces an apple tree. That apple tree over the years will process thousands upon thousands of apples and apple seeds. That one small apple seed brought about a harvest of a multitude of blessings, it produces leaves that become a part of a home for different animals, and they fertilize the soil that brings forth many forms of life. The seed also produces shade from the leaf filled apple tree branches and they also offer birds a place to build their nest. From the seed also comes the delicious fruit from the tree that humans and animals alike share in its tasty harvest. Also that seed is responsible for production of a lot of our life giving oxygen. All of this is a small example of what sowing and reaping produces.

Just as sowing good seeds produces bountiful positive reaping, the sowing of negative seed likewise produces bountiful negative reaping. To reap one hundred fold is miniscule compared to most harvests. A one hundred fold harvest return is small because most seeds planted produce one harvest after another on a continual basis. The first harvest may be one hundred fold or better, but that is multiplied by many years. That is why it is of the utmost importance that we are very careful of the harvests we plant with or thoughts, words, and actions; Universal Law dictates that we will reap a harvest after that which we think, say and do. That is why doing everything that we do in love is of the utmost importance, and I am not talking about the outward appearances, you know, speaking in one way and actually being and doing something altogether different. You can paint a seed purple, or wrap it in paper to disguise what it is, no matter what, that seed will remain that which it is, a seed, and when all conditions are perfect that seed will do what it was created to do, produce a harvest after its own kind.

Sowing is work, nevertheless reaping is much more work. Harvesting a positive crop is pleasant and joyful work, because the fruits of a positive crop are sweet and totally fulfilling. Yet on the other hand, the fruits of a negative crop are bitter, draining and unsatisfying. The thing is this, once we plant the negative seeds of our thoughts, words and actions we always end up watering them with the same energy over and over again, causing the harvest to grow tall and strong. Sometimes we are so caught up that we do not even realize what we are doing, and we plant row after row of seeds. Sometimes we even get to the point where we fool ourselves in believing that we enjoy the bitter irritating nectar of the fruits from our negative harvest, and then we actually try to convince those around us that our fruits are good. Have you ever heard of this old saying? “Misery loves company”. Sometimes people are blind to what they are doing. However, blind or not, you will taste and/or feel the results of the negative bitter fruit of the harvest. 

It is of the utmost importance that we understand the Sacred Law of Sowing and Reaping, and understand that we do not live without sowing and reaping. That being our reality tells me that we must be conscious sowers, that way we control to some degree the flow of our blessings. Life has gotten so fast that we tend to do many if not most things on automatic pilot, in a semi-conscious state of mind. Think about it, we even drive sometime on auto pilot. Have you ever driven a block or more with something heavy on your mind and then suddenly realized that you do not remember driving from one point to another? We do that same thing with many things we do throughout the day. That is why many people get hurt doing jobs they have been doing for many years. We must live our lives totally conscious at all times, that is of course if we want to live life fully. Along with that there is another very important thing. We must fully understand that the entire human race and the whole of creation including Earth Mother are one. We are like our body, what affects one member of the body in some way affects the entire body. It is the same way with us when we sow negative seeds and reap a negative harvest, that affect the whole of creation in some way energy wise. If everyone did everything in a conscious way understanding this reality, the world would experience such harmony that Earth Mother would be transform back into the Paradise she was created to be for us. In reality Earth Mother is still Paradise, but humanity has been polluting and disrespecting her on many levels. Again, everything that is done affects the whole. It is time that we wake up and become conscious sowers of the good that reside within our very own spirits. 


I Sow and Reap For The Benefit of the Whole of Creation!


Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
01.10.13





Sunday, January 6, 2013

The Seeds of Success

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The Seeds of Success
Everything I desire Is Within Me
Deepak Chopra


Sanskrit Mantra and its English essence are:
Ram . . . Ram . . . Ram — Everything I desire is within me

“As human beings, our greatness lays not so much in being able to remake the world . . . as in being able to remake ourselves.”
Mahatma Gandhi

We are born with everything we need for a life of fulfillment and success, but often we measure our love, vitality and other positive qualities by comparing ourselves to someone or something else. Perhaps thinking something like, I have a loving relationship, but not as nice as my friends, or I live in a nice house but not as big as my brothers. Such comparisons stem from object comparisons, looking outside of ones self for validation; but an abundant life is not about external comparisons, instead a life of fulfillment comes from within; through the knowledge that you were created with everything that you need, and you can access those seeds of abundance at any time. Currently all over the world many people are experiencing difficult times, when we experience such setbacks, we sometimes feel like we will never experience success. Yet in every perceived failure or setback is the seed of success. In every situation we have new opportunities to find creative solutions for our problems, redefine our priorities and explore other options. We begin to view our challenges more positively once we realize that we possess the power to focus our attention on new possibilities; and possibilities for abundance are endless, there are no limits to what we can have. Take the time to look at each situation that challenges you, and find those seeds of success that will attract greater abundance into your life.

Consider what success is and where it is found. It’s common to sometimes measure our success or fulfillment by comparing ourselves to others. This is called object-referral, looking outside for validation. It’s also common to overlook the opportunities for success that exist in our setbacks or failures. Through meditation, we learn that everything we want, need, and desire is already within us and that the seeds of success are within every perceived setback. Self-referral, looking within, is where true fulfillment resides.

In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

Mindful moment, discover the seeds. Take a moment today to consider a situation that feels like a failure or a setback. From that perspective, try to identify opportunities that could put you on the path to success. Write down the steps you can take to make your vision a reality. You can apply this exercise to all areas of your life. Take the time to look at each situation that challenges you and find those seeds of success that will attract greater abundance into your life.


Deepak Chopra






Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Sacred: People and Places

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Sacred: People and Places
I have visited and lived in many different places, yet the places I have experienced and lived in are far fewer than that of many. However, I experienced enough places, people and situations to awaken to the reality and learn that all people and places of the world are in essence the same.  No matter where people are, who they profess to be, or what has or hasn’t taken place with them or where they reside, all is the same. Each of us are the physical creator of our reality. Because of that, the outside appearance reflects that which we believe, feel we are worthy of, what we like, and what we comprehend as our reality. No matter what, the core true essence and substance of who we are is eternal; that is due to the fact that the substance we are working with which is pure energy, is the same divine energy substance that is Infinite Source; the same sacred energy that resides within the whole of creation throughout the entire universe. The major issue here is how we choose to see and relate to everything. How we see things dictates how we act and react to things. However, that does not mean that how we see things, and how we act towards people and things are always correct. How we act is simply how we have decided to be, hopefully, the majority of the time that will be in perfect alignment with our actual spiritual reality. No matter how we interpret and comprehend things, All-Is-One. There is no difference or separation based on location or person; everything is eternally one, everything comes from the same spiritual substance.
If everything originates from within Infinite Source or God as some say, and it does, how can that which originates from such a divine place of origin be different from its originating sacred source? Only illusion can cause us to think that we are less than our sacred source. No matter what we think or believe, we are one with, and the divine essence and sacred substance that we all are created from. Not only are we made from the same sacred substance, this planet and the entire universe is created from that same sacred substance, that alone sets up the divine oneness that you and I or nothing else can alter; not even by the way we choose to believe, how we think or how we act. We are all divine in nature at the very core of our being, and absolutely nothing can change that from being our eternal reality. Most of us are completely ignorant to this eternal reality. In that case or any case for that matter, ignorance most certainly is not bliss. Nonetheless, human ignorance can and will be transformed.
To some degree, all of us are afflicted with the “Grass Is Greener On The Other Side” syndrome. The key understanding of this comes from something that most of us have heard at least once in life; that which we focus on is that which we create and draw more of to us. Earth Mother is and always has been sacred and divine in nature; Earth Mother also has been and still is our Sacred Paradise. No matter how we treat Earth Mother her sacred essence and nature never changes. People like to say this or that place is more sacred than other places, that is not so. Let me give you a personal example of my experience with the “Grass Is Greener on the Other Side” syndrome. I have said numerous times that my birthplace and hometown of Washington DC never felt like home to me. Well, that statement is true, why is it true? That statement is true because early in life I experienced very negative actions acted out towards me that colored my opinion of my home. Because of that I started feeling that other places were more spiritual, and the energy in those places were more conducive to the spiritual path I was on. Nevertheless, each time I relocated I eventually found the same energy present that was in my hometown. My biggest mis-take was this; I only focused on a few early experiences I had in DC, and allowed those dark emotions to paint my entire picture of DC. No single energy dominates the Washington DC area, or any other area for that matter. What was dominant was my focus, also my beliefs. That reality was brought home to me once again here in Santa Fe New Mexico when I suddenly got sick. I must be totally honest with myself. Over the four months I have lived here, I have come to see and experienced the same deception and arrogance that I had seen and experience in DC, as well as all of the other places I have visited and lived. In no way did I believe that Santa Fe was perfect, however I had been told and expected that Santa Fe was much more a sacred place than most. Actually, the energy is the same everywhere, because the Sacred Energy of Love that gives life to and is in Earth Mother and the whole of creation is exactly the same everywhere. Just as it is with our bodies, all of the members of our body hold and maintain the same energy and vibration, even though their location on the body and their duties to the body are different.
In essence, what I am communicating here is this; we will create that which is reflected within our own consciousness wherever we go. The changing of our environment will not alter the reality we have adopted and embraced. That is why the same experiences always turn up everywhere we go. Back in the late 1970’s I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to get away from my problems, one of which was drug addiction. Low and behold, shortly after arriving there I ended up doing the same thing I was running from. I did not stay in Charlotte long and eventually ended up moving back to DC. That is when I made the decision to change how I see myself and what I was doing. Because of that decision I was able to drop a drug addition of 10 years without a detox program, and I can proudly say that I have been drug free since September 2, 1979. This past September I celebrated thirty-three years of sobriety. You see, it is all about us changing ourselves from the inside out; it is also about us changing our surrounding world. Our surrounding world is fashioned after our beliefs, actions, commitments, material possessions, and the people we draw into and allow to be a part of our reality. So, when we relocate for change, and we have not done what is necessary to change ourselves inwardly, we are simply deceiving ourselves. Change must always take place within our being. Now the change that we allow to take place within us will open our eyes in such a way that we will start to see the world around us as it truly is. Now that the blessing of blessings, the blessing which will eliminate the need to continually chase rainbows for their pots of goal. Essentially, the pot of goal is within us, it always has been within us and it always will be within us. The reality is this; I am what I have been searching for, I am the rainbow and the gold is within my spirit.
Another life altering reality is something that I recently wrote about; it is the seasons of our lives. I entitled it, “The Circle Is Unbroken”. Here is an excerpt from those scripted words.

“. . . we have been on the pre-school level of spiritual comprehension and reality for such a long time. I believe that is one of the main reasons why we must have the cycle that we have, why we must travel the circle of existence that we do. Take a tree for example; as the seasons move on into many years, that tree gets bigger and stronger with each passing year. It springs forth with beautiful foliage and fruit in due time, then all of the fruit and foliage drop off and the tree goes into a state that seems like there is no life left in the tree unless you look at it closely. Then all of a sudden one day you see something happening with that seemed to be lifeless piece of wood. You see little green buds starting to protrude from the branches of the tree, then leaves and flowers start to form from the buds, and before you know it the tree is full of fruit and bigger than it was a year ago. We are like that tree in our consciousness, and spiritual awareness. With each passing season we grow more aware of whom we truly are”.

Seasons, we all go through seasons of abundant life and flow, as well as seasons that have less abundance and flow. The seasons of less abundance and flow are about our time of rest, yet we tend to relate to such times as negative, bad, and less than desirable experiences. Basically it is all about how we choose to see how things truly are.
There has been a lot of talk about the Mayan Prophecy recently since it is December 2012. The 21st of December has come and gone and the world is still here; it was not supposed to be the end of the world as many believed and were saying it would be. The Mayans were blamed for being false prophets, which was purely due to the ignorance of men not the Mayans. However, that goes back to how we choose to see things. The Mayans were not saying that the end of the world was coming on the 21st of December; they were merely saying that the end of an age was to take place simultaneously with the end of their calendar.  Even though many people were trying to correct the misconception, it was not heard by most. People choose to accept that which fits with their beliefs; and since many people see this world as being a wicked bad place, everything coming to an end seemed inevitable, so why not the end of the wicked world coming on the 21st of December. Mankind’s ego (Edging God Out) has gotten so big that it believes it knows when, and has the power to destroy this divine creation of Infinite Source, how arrogant and foolish man has become. We did not create Paradise/Earth Mother, and we will not destroy it. Neither did we create humankind, and neither will we completely destroy ourselves. We are one with Infinite Source, yet we deceive ourselves in believing that we are omnipotent (all-powerful) like Infinite Source.
We must go within and tap into the ultimate power of Infinite Source, which is the Universal Power of Unconditional Love. The Universal Power of Unconditional Love resides eternally within our spirits, and it provides us with everything we need, as well as promoting the furtherance of the energy of love and prosperity in our surrounding world. I must repeat to myself from time to time that everything I need is found in me, found within my spirit. The energy of love can always be found in all of our spirits as well as in every inch of Earth Mother. There is no need to look for and go to a so-called Sacred Sight, to tap into the Sacred Spiritual Energy of Peace, Love, Light and Life Abundant; that awesome energy dwells within our very own spirit as well as within Earth Mother; that is the major reason why we must treat ourselves and Earth Mother with more reverence than most people do. Not reverencing the divinity within ourselves is very serious dis-connect that must be remedied; doing so is the saving grace for many of us. When we are not totally honoring ourselves as the bountiful spiritual beings that we are, we are not only selling ourselves short, we are also selling Infinite Source short. That is the equivalent of being a millionaire and living the life of a penniless homeless person, who sleeps under bridges and begs for food and clothing.
Everything is Sacred, and full of the most awesome unparalleled Universal Power of Infinite Source, that is due to the reality that everything is created out of the Divine Energy Substance of Infinite Source, and we play a role in the creation of this physical realm and the outward manifestation of it. There is no way we can overemphasize this, we are co-creators of our reality. This has even been scientifically witnessed. The writer Alberto Villoldo addresses this in his book “The Four Insights”.

 Physicists are discovering that at the subatomic level, matter is far less solid and tangible than we once thought it was. In other words, a solid table isn’t solid at all, but a buzzing collection of particles and waves. Werner Heisenberg was the first to befuddle physicists with this notion, postulating in his “uncertainty principle” that when we observe an electron to measure its speed, this changes its position. So if we expect an electron to behave as a particle, it obliges; if we design an experiment where it must behave as a wave and strike two side-by-side targets simultaneously, it cooperates. This discovery was deeply disturbing to many scientists, including Einstein, who exclaimed that “God does not play dice” with the universe. And yet the Earthkeepers have always known that our perception of the world determines its very nature. In other words, quantum physicists and Earthkeepers both suggest that the world is dreaming itself into being
The Four Insights Alberto Villoldo

That shows that we are co-creators of this physical realm. Since we are the creators of our reality we must be ever conscious of that divine truth at all times, if we are not, we will haphazardly create many things that do not align with the reality we are supposed to be creating; and we will see things in ways that they actually aren’t. That is exactly what has been happening in the world that we have created all around us for multiple millennia.
It is truly a blessing that we have reach the end of the age where we have haphazardly been creating our surroundings, and have erroneously been teaching and preaching creation and reality. The so-called authorities in the fields of religion and education have done more harm than good, because their teaching and preaching has done more to disempower humanity than anything else. That is due to the fact that it has directed us to look outside of ourselves to others and to places for the answers and power that has all along dwelt within the very core of our eternal being. They have placed imperfection and guilt on us, where there is perfection and honor, because we are one with Infinite Source. All along you and I have been the savior we have been so desperately been in search of; we have also all along had the sacred power we have been looking for and desiring to tap into. The Age of Aquarius is the Age of Truth, it is the age where the truth is revealed for all to see and accept. For those who have eyes to see, let them see. It is a new day, and we Spiritual Beings who are temporarily sojourning through this dense physical plane must remove the veils from our eyes and see things as they truly are. The time has finally come, where we can no longer walk about embracing the illusion and deception that was created by the blind covetous users of wicked intentions. The light of the world in which we are, can no longer be covered up, causing us to believe that we are in the middle of a dark and dreary realm in which we need to be delivered from.
I rejoice in the sacred reality that we are no longer going about our glorious existence with our eyes wide shut. We have consciously entered the New Age and state of restoration, where we are able to once again see all things through our sacred spiritual vision, through our First Eye, what a magnificent reconciliation. It is truly the end of our ongoing conflict, and the renewal of our sacred relationship with Infinite Source and ourselves; it is no longer necessary for us to experience the bewilderment and disharmony we have been wading through our entire lifetime. We have truly entered into our fabulous new dawn, and we are starting to awaken to our divine nature. We must stay focused on this reality and be very patient with ourselves. We have been off course for such a long time, and used to living in a state of unconsciousness, and doing just about everything on automatic pilot. Because of how we have seen ourselves, and lived the illusion for such a long time, we are subject to slip a little every now and then. Not to worry, if we are totally committed to our spiritual reconciliation we will master this major change in our existence. Actually, we have no choice, and no say so in this matter at all. We can go willingly and make the changes in a timely manner, or we can kick and buck and draw out the process until we are willing to accept our sacred reality. We can do it now or later, it is totally up to us when we want to receive the blessings that are rightfully ours, and being handed to us on a Sacred Silver Platter.
There is no longer the need to follow the imperfect religions that were created by men, and no need to follow their rigid qualifications and their narrow limited paths. Love is the only religion, Love Is My Religion. Love conquers all, Love heals all, Love restores all, and Love is all there is. As my favorite affirmation clearly states; “I Am that I Am all that I Am, and all that I Am is Love”.  Nothing parallels Love, it stands alone and Love Is All-Powerful. Even in the christian religion Love is recognized as being omnipotent, as possessing complete unlimited universal power and authority over everything and everyone. There is absolutely nothing greater, and nothing that has more or equal power; Love is Infinite Source. The Age of Aquarius is designed to bring that home to us; it is designed to make it perfectly clear within our human psyche. That is when the spiritual will blend with the physical in perfect harmony, and when we will without a shadow of doubt fully comprehend the awesome reality that we are Spiritual Beings of Divine Perfection.
Every Sacred Spirit that is housed within a temporal physical vehicle embodies the Sacred Energy we are in searching of; there is no need to search for and visit what we think to be Sacred Sights, because every inch of Earth Mother in her divine fullness is Sacred. Wherever we stand is a Sacred Sight. Even if that were not the case, us being the Sacred Eternal Being that we are would make any place we stand sacred.
The “Grass Is Greener On The Other Side” syndrome has been completely neutralized.
Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
01.01.13
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I Am Sacred In Every Way, I Am One with Infinite Source.
So It Eternally Is!
Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala
(SpiritWalker)
01.02.13