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Bigotry From the Vatican

2009-12-05T09:09:00.000-08:00

OH, MY GOD! I was appalled when I read an article about what a Vatican Cardinal announced pertaining to gay people and their "non-entrance" into a Heavenly Kingdom. This kind of arrogance, ignorance and self-righteousness is very dangerous --- especially when that someone has a power-position and uses that position to spread a horrible, hurtful deception.

Click below to read the article.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/12/03/vatican-cardinal-on-gays-and-transsexuals-no-heaven-for-you/?icid=mainhtmlws-main-ndl7link5http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F12%2F03%2Fvatican-cardinal-on-gays-and-transsexuals-no-heaven-for-you%2F

This situation, in my opinion, should be treated as you would any involving racism.

If the article I read is just this one man's view and he is not supported by the Vatican, (which I believe he is, but if they have to, they will apologize and then let him take the fall.) kick him out of the Vatican and then put a sign in his yard announcing "This type of person lives here" as you would a sex offender who lives in your neighborhood. If he is backed by the Vatican, this should WAKE UP EVERYONE and show how these are the kind of men that have extracted all the Divine Nectar out of Christianity about who we really are, throwing everyone else scraps and bones to gnaw on like dogs!

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE NOR SHOULD IT BE TOLERATED!!!

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, how can you say something so hurtful; actually believe this to be a part of the UNCONDTIONAL Creator’s way of thinking and being, reducing the Perfection of Divinity to your level? Please don't come at me and hit me with your Bible (Bible-thumping) because that hurts, too!

I'm crushed and at a loss for words.

How dare you pierce Children of God’s hearts with your hateful, fundamental, dogmatic dagger? Aren't you supposed to represent all that is good and higher?

If this blog comes across your ever comes across your desk, I want to you know that I CHALLENGE YOU to meet me on a live public TV to explain to me and everyone else what you have to back up your mean-spirited rhetoric — you spiritual bully, you!

If you show up, make sure to leave your Bible at the Vatican, that way you and I can speak about what you know from experience and not mimic your programming like a parrot.

People like you make an unreal devil appear!

You are a very dangerous man . . . SHAME ON YOU!!!

NOTE: If this article turns out to be false, I will make a public apology to you!

Confucius says: "It is not wise for a man to speak ill of gay people while he himself wears a dress!"

Keith Blanchard

Three days later a new article was posted stating that he didn't say anything, God did.

"This is what the Word of God says, it isn't what I said," Barragan said, referring again to Romans 1:26-27. "Now, I have never said that a particular homosexual cannot be saved, because he can be saved."

I so cannot believe this . . . this is an outrage!

You said something horrible, yes you did! It came out of YOUR mouth and then you literally blame God through the disciple, Paul?

I know, I know, your excuse is, "But this is the word of God - it's in the Bible." I have a Dr. Seuss book, you want to take that as truth, too. Well, come to think of it, it's a little kinder book than the one you seem to think you have mastered to have such a conviction and opinion about others!

I don't know what God you serve mister, but it's not the one I do! What you are doing is so un-God-like. Where is your heart . . . in your head? Look in the center of your chest --- don't you know that that is where God dwells? If you do know, as a "high spiritual leader," why would you vomit out words that come from such a low, vile place in your human mind and not celebrate life (all life) with the words that would spring out from the highest place in your loving, Divine heart?

I would normally not let a nobody like you affect me, but I couldn't sleep at night knowing you sit in such a comfortable seat while you hurt people and make them feel uncomfortable. Have you ever thought of loving and appreciating the diversity of humanity. Maybe that's the point entirely --- DIVERSITY!

You should be thrown out on your Cardinal ass! And if there are others, I say burn the Lucerians out and the place down and install new spiritual ambassadors!

Here's a thought: Why not redeem yourself by coming clean and tell people about the Council of Nicea that happened in the late 300's? You won't because that doesn't serve your selfish control agenda.

You arrogant, deceptive, manipulative, hateful, hurtful, little man.

I will make a lot of noise and become a thorn in your side!

YOU SHOULD RESIGN!!!

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How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 7

2009-11-13T08:05:00.000-08:00

I've been blog posting for the last seven days with excitement, getting closer to my goal and my passion - to travel and teach as an author.

I appreciate everyones support with my promotions . . . Godspeed to you!

In love and service,
Keith Blanchard .

Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven on Earth. We’ve chosen Friday the 13th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to see what’s happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: http://www.divineprinciplebook.com/

How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 6

2009-11-12T08:44:00.000-08:00

I left Robin’s house still not certain about what I was going to do other than begin to write down all the words that the Voice was speaking into my mind. Over the next few years, questioning the whole time why I was doing this, something kept happening that helped me to accept my fate. “What was that?” you ask. “What helped you finally and wholly surrender to your path?”

Well, after hearing the Voice for a while, I began to have strong premonitions—visions—that would fade in and out as I diligently transcribed on the computer all that was coming to me. It was as if God was handing me a complete plan that told me what I needed to do in order to help myself and others.

Those visions have continued to reinforce my trust throughout this entire process. And the more I’ve let myself trust, the easier it’s been for me to hear and feel the Love that could only be emanating from that wondrous Being.

Now I humbly and gratefully share with you, my readers, all the incredible things He told me—the splendor, joy and wisdom of all I’ve received. And I wish for you, too, a life full of the love, peace, prosperity and bliss I’ve come to accept.

Check back tomorrow for part 7

Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven on Earth. We’ve chosen Friday the 13^th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to see what’s happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: www.DivinePrincipleBook.com

How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 5

2009-11-11T07:35:00.001-08:00

Later that afternoon when I shared what had happened with my then brother-in-law Kevin, he suggested, “Keith, maybe you should go meet with Robin.” Robin was an acquaintance of his with the gift of sight—a psychic. Kevin assured me that Robin was genuine and very good at what he did and that he could most likely tell me much more about the phenomena that had begun to appear in my life. Though I’d never met this person before, I determined to let what he said help me decide what to do next.

I made an appointment to see Robin as soon as I could. When I got to his home the next afternoon, he answered the door, greeted me warmly and invited me upstairs to the sanctuary he’d created where our reading would take place. As we got settled, Robin asked me to tell him my zodiac sign and then asked to look at my left palm. To this day I remember the first thing he said, “You are being told to write a book, aren’t you?” “What! Oh my God, then it’s real!” I was so blown away that I had a hard time concentrating on the rest of the reading. In fact, I don’t remember any of it except what he said about writing that book.

Check back tomorrow for part 6

Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven on Earth. We’ve chosen Friday the 13th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to see what’s happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: http://www.divineprinciplebook.com/

How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 4

2009-11-10T07:28:00.000-08:00

Early on in this time of transition, I began to meditate every day in an effort to find some sense of stillness. To help myself stay in that peaceful space and to make myself available for any God-manifestation that might come along, I soon intensified my practice. Whatever I was doing must have worked because one day God actually spoke to me —and I could actually hear His Voice!

“Good morning, Keith!” was what I heard when I was abruptly awakened on that cloudy June morning in 1996. In my dazed state, I thought that my wife at the time or a friend was nudging me to get up so they could tease me for being so lazy. But when I sat up in bed I could see no one there.

Then the Voice spoke again, “I am inside of you. Yes, it is true that I am here with you and you are here with Me!”

At that moment, I fell back on the bed, my eyes closed, and I found myself standing in the Presence and Light of the Divine. As I tried to collect myself, my first thought was, “What do I do with this?” The Voice responded, “I shall tell you. Sit on the sofa, press RECORD on your tape player, close your eyes and let your mouth move.” I did what the Voice instructed and to my astonishment, out poured volumes of the most far-out material I’d ever heard. When I opened my eyes after that first God-session, all I could think was, “Oh s**t!”

Check back tommorrow for part 5

How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 3

2009-11-09T10:34:00.000-08:00

It was around then that God got my attention big time, but He didn’t come to me as you might imagine. There was no burning bush. I didn’t have a talk with George Burns. And Jesus didn’t appear above my bed. No, God came to me through someone that I’d been involved with for ten years. Towards the end of our relationship, things were not at all good between this woman I claimed to love and myself. In fact they were terrible! All we did was fight. Our relationship had become one of no communication, patience or tolerance. It was just awful because, through all our troubles, I still loved her. And through it all, I prayed to God that we could find some peace.

I should have been clear about what I asked for because, to my amazement, one day my longtime love told me that she wanted to end our relationship. That began a landmark period for me, even though, through my pain, I couldn’t see it at the time. Now I know that that’s when I truly recognized God as a presence in my life for the first time.

Check back tommorrow for part 4

Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven on Earth. We’ve chosen Friday the 13th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to see what’s happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: http://www.DivinePrincipleBook.com/

How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 2

2009-11-08T06:28:00.000-08:00

As the years passed with their many ups and downs, I came to regard the few good things that happened to me as my life’s highlights, and I despised the bad ones because I
thought they only proved that things always got worse. And I was perpetually worried about how, or if, this kid was ever going to find his way.

In my late twenties I finally had to admit that I was living with way too much chaos inside and all around me. Since nothing else I’d done had ever worked to help me get things in order, I decided to at least try to surrender the rest of my life to God’s Will. After I’d made my decision to get more faith in my life, I went about living it, even though I didn’t know for sure if anything was ever going to change for the better.

Check back tommorrow for part 3

.Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven on Earth. We’ve chosen Friday the 13th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to see what’s happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: http://www.DivinePrincipleBook.com/

How "The Divine Principle" Came To Be - Part 1

2009-11-06T14:47:00.001-08:00

I’m so excited to announce that next Friday, November 13, I’m launching a bestseller campaign for my book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven On Earth.

I’ve worked passionately and diligently on this book for thirteen years, and would now, I would like to share with you how this book came to be.

As I reflect back on my life from my present vantage point, I can see that a deliberate hand has affected it always, but because I was unaware of its influence, I lived in an ongoing state of turmoil and fear. At various times in my childhood I did actually manage to slow down enough to sense these promptings, especially when I served as an altar boy every Sunday in church. Then, when I was a teenager, I even attended seminary school and thought seriously of becoming a Catholic priest. But that isn’t what I really wanted it seems, because I soon reverted to my unconscious ways.

Check back tommorrow for part 2

Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven on Earth. We’ve chosen Friday the 13th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to see what’s happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: www.DivinePrincipleBook.com

Realizing God

2009-11-06T09:56:00.001-08:00

All who seek divinity must live a life free from wanting, for that is the source and cause of spiritual bondage. As long as one is constantly wanting, one will only fall farther away from the selflessness of Grace into the selfishness of ego.

The ego mind is the cloth that veils Consciousness — your wants are its threads. But when you give up your constant wanting, the ego-threads will fall away and the cloth will disappear, revealing your True Nature, the pure, genuine Self that is the Soul.God-realization will happen when you finally free yourself from the brain, the senses, the mind — the wanter.

Once you break out of your finite little prison of individuality,you will become conscious, enlightened — one with the Cosmic Power. Thus, will you reach God!

Exciting news! Keith has a fantastic special offer to introduce you to his book, The Divine Principle: Anchoring Heaven On Earth. We've chosen Friday the 13th to launch because of the spiritual power of 13 and we encourage you to check it out right away, because it is a limited time offer. Go here to what's happening and enjoy the free gifts on November 13: www.DivinePrincipleBook.com

One of the Most Amazing Stories I've Ever Heard

2009-10-15T18:25:00.000-07:00

One Sunday afternoon about a year ago a friend called and asked me if I had time to talk and was I sitting down? Then she just kept on talking without even giving me a chance to answer her.

“You won’t believe what I’m about to tell you, Keith! I didn’t know who to call except you.”

Since she’d convinced me that what she was about to say was something really juicy, I let her keep on keeping on.

”Are you sitting down?” she asked again, barely able to contain herself with the magnitude of what she was about to lay on me.

“Yeah, I’m sitting down – what is it?”

“Last night I went to a rock concert with a friend of mine and, after the show, we decided to go back to his house and hang out for a while. I thought I was into it but just a few minutes after I got there, my headspace shifted from wanting to party to wanting to leave — right away!

“Sorry, bud, but I have to go,” I told my friend as I headed for the door.

”What? — Why? It’s raining cats and dogs out there!”

”I don’t know why. I just know I have to right now!“

That didn’t give him much choice but to stand there waving at me as I backed out of his driveway.

As I turned on to the main street, I somehow ended up in a lane that wouldn’t allow me to make the right I’d made so many times before at that first stop light. So I decided to just keep going forward, make a few extra turns and get home that way.

But at the very next intersection, I got in the wrong lane again, so I decided to move along to the next light and then make my turn.

When I got there, I was aware of what I was doing but as I started to steer right, something inside of me said, ‘Don’t turn now. Go to the next light to take your right!’ The feeling (voice) was so strong and sure that, even though I didn’t know why I was doing it and I thought this whole thing was really, really strange, I decided to follow what voice was telling me to do.

Well, the minute did it, I realized that I’d put myself in a place where no one with any common sense or knowledge of the area would want to be. But that didn’t seem to matter because I still felt compelled to drive just a little further and take the next right, at which point the voice inside said, ’Go slow and turn on your brights.’ That’s when I heard myself scream, ’What in the world am I looking for?’

I swear to God, Keith, what happened next totally blew my mind. Out of nowhere, a little child wearing only a diaper ran out in front of my car. I immediately slammed on my brakes, shouted “Oh, my God,” then threw the car into park, jumped out and grabbed that precious child close to me, both of us crying and frightened. “Don’t you worry,” I told the little boy, “I’m here now and I won’t let you go!”

The police showed up just a couple of minutes after I called and one of them immediately took the boy out of my arms. While they were checking him out to make sure he wasn’t injured in any way, one of them asked me what had happened. As soon as I finished telling him what I’m telling you, he told me I could leave. “I’m afraid not, my friend, that just ain’t gonna happen!”

“What do you mean, ma’am?“

“Didn’t you pay any attention to what I just told you?“

“Yes, ma’am, I did. Why’re you asking me that?“

“Well, I believe I’m supposed to be with this child and I ain’t leavin’ ‘til his parents come for him — so you might as well give him back to me!“

“Okay, but that could be a while depending on when the report comes in that he’s missing.“

“Doesn’t matter…I’ll wait as long as I can. So please….” And I opened my arms to take him in.

“As soon as the boy was settled against me, the officer walked us over to his squad car and guided us into the back seat. The child was soon fast asleep, but not me and, after two hours of waiting, I was starting to nod out every few minutes. Besides, I knew I had to be at work in just a few hours, so, even though I didn’t want to let him out of my arms nor my sight, I knew I had to go. So I kissed his precious face and told him I loved him and I even felt that he said it back to me through the appreciation he held in his big blue eyes. As I was handing him back to one of the officers, he told me to be sure to give them my number so he could call me when he knew something.

“I was really relieved when I got the call the next day. What the officer told me is that it turns out that the boy’s family had come to Memphis from New Hampshire to visit relatives and that, on the night I found him, he had awakened around 2:30 and managed to let himself out of the house. For the next hour or so, this little 3-year-old managed to trudge a mile and half through the woods in the pouring rain with no shoes or clothes on until our paths met. The cop couldn’t tell me emphatically enough how thrilled his parents are to have their boy back and how grateful they are to me for what I did.”

After telling this most amazing story, my friend asked me if I thought that she had been prompted by some unseen force to rescue this child. I thought about her question and then I gave her some things to consider.

“What do you think?” I asked first. “Maybe you were rescuing yourself! But for sure the force guiding that experience was not unseen! Everything in it revealed itself, wouldn’t you say? It could be that your love and caring is so great that you summoned him to you and he was feeling his own calling to find you again so that you could be together at that moment in time.

When I first heard this story, and even now as I write it, it puts me in such a state of GRACE that my being explodes with a JOY that makes me cry a river. And that river seems to take me all the way to the Source that I’ve been searching for my whole life! I will forever be grateful to my friend for choosing me to share it with.

The Zone

2009-09-28T16:01:00.000-07:00

Zone
Definition

An area or region
set apart from its surroundings
by some characteristic

It seems that, no matter how that word’s used, everyone’s looking for a way to get into the zone and stay there.

Even Rod Serling recognized the magic of it and created some of his most amazing stories around it. But what is it really?

Here’s my question: What makes this place – THE ZONE -- so special?

It’s no coincidence that the uprights on a football field are called the goal and that they are located in the end zone (in zone)! Football players lift weights, eat right and do whatever it takes to reach that place because that’s where the magic happens.

And if you watch someone who’s serious about their billiard playing, you’ll notice they’re very quiet when they’re “playing” the game. They are so involved with the process that they don’t gloat when they make a brilliant shot, for doing that would only take them out of the zone and they know it!

Race car drivers know they must shift into the zone where they’re able to hear their own intuition tell them how to weave in, out and around their competitors so they can cross the finish line (goal) before anyone else. And the best do it with such precision that they become one with the car they are driving.

All musicians who’ve ever played live know that the zone’s where the creative spirit spontaneously and simultaneously brings a musical idea through without rehearsal. As a musician, I can tell you that’s why we try to get “there” — so we can play from that space all night long. Even though everyone’s playing their own instrument, we somehow become the collective instrument of a higher idea. No one’s trying to make things fit but when we fall into it, our audience notices a tightness and feels a power in the performance. That’s where the magic happens!

If you look closely at dancers who are in the zone, either on stage or in a club, they seem to be like children at play — swirling and twirling with their eyes closed, “lost” in a world where nothing affects them.

Someone taking a test in school or college isn’t necessarily trying to remember what they’ve studied; they are looking for the zone where information comes to them effortlessly.

Those who are considered stars in the world of pornography pride themselves on being able to plunge into a sexual zone on cue. Matter of fact, most people, whether pros or amateurs, use the tool of “dirty talk” to throw themselves into an even deeper state of arousal — because that’s where the magic happens!

Every religion references the zone, whether they call it Nirvana, Higher Self or by one of God’s many names. I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t matter what you call it, it’s all the same Zone. Let me assure you that mystics, monks and others who’ve dedicated their lives to a spiritual discipline don’t have a monopoly on the zone. They just know what to do and how to do it.

And now, so will you! All you need is intention, focus, concentration and commitment — the desire to be something “Greater” than what you may think is you — and you’re ready to go.

Think that you don’t know how to get into it? Well, that’s why I’ve written The Divine Principle – Anchoring Heaven On Earth — to let you know that everyone, even you, can find the zone where your own magic happens!

Down the Rabbit Hole

2009-08-17T19:35:00.000-07:00

From the time I was a little boy, I’ve had an unquenchable curiosity about God, the universe and my role in the grand scheme of things. But my thirst for answers only seemed to leave more questions floating around in my head than answers – so many, in fact, that after a while my head began to hurt!

In my late twenties/early thirties (after I became somewhat more aware of what I thought I might be), I felt I was ready to take all my big questions deeper by using a variety of meditation techniques. This I did, but to no avail; no satisfactory answers came to me.

One morning (by this time I was in my late thirties), I was doing what I’d done many, many times before – something I called my rabbit hole meditation. That’s where I’d go deeper and deeper into the what seemed like a labyrinth, and continually check to see if there was an undiscovered treasure behind any of the closed doors I came across.

Lo and behold, on that day – the day I finally got the answer I was looking for – my meditation went something like this:
“Hmmm…I wonder if any of those answers I’m looking for lie behind this door?” But when I opened it, nothing.

On to the next one I went. “Hmmm…I wonder if I’ll find it behind this door?” Nothing there.
On to the next one I went, over and over again. Still, I found nothing.

Then, just as I extended my hand towards the next door, something dawned on me.

“All this time, I haven’t changed my routine one bit. Maybe I should do something different, but what? Hey, I know!”

So, instead of reaching for the doorknob, I decided to knock on the door itself. But just before I did, doubt crept in, “How am I going to get an answer that way? Oh well, I might as well try it.”

And then, at my touch, the door turned to gold and opened on its own! I started to freak out and jump up and down like a kid in a candy store. But what I saw inside was – nothing!

“I was so hoping that this door would be the one! After all these years of searching, how can this be? I give up!” The very next moment, “it” happened.

A small, but infinitely wise Voice said to me, “Keith, every door you’ve ever opened has held your answer.”

“How is that? They all had nothing for me.” I moaned.

“Yes, you are correct, My Friend! Nothing.”

“But how can “nothing” be the answer?”

“Because it is!”

“Then tell me,” I asked sarcastically, “what do I do with nothing and how can no answer help me in my life?”

“Keith, ask me that question again.”

“How can no answer help me with my life?”

“Ask again.” said the Voice.

“Do you want me to beg?”

“No, just ask once more.”

“Maybe you’re just not capable of providing me with an answer!” I said in utter frustration.

“I am very capable,” said the patient Wisdom.

”But you still haven’t given me anything!”

“Yes, I have, Keith.”

“No, you’ve given me no answer at all.”

“Now you’ve got it!”

“Got what? The answer? How can no answer be the answer? Oh, my God, that’s it! There are no answers!”

“Keith, there are no answers. Questions are designed to create a search, which really just puts you in a position to receive the truth of who you are, and who you are is Infinite Potential. If you need an answer to feel complete, then I will provide you with one – your life is what you make of it. Now go and live your best life!”

After this story, you must be wondering what kind of questions had I been asking myself all those years. Here are the four questions that helped my life unfold:

“Where did I come from?”
You came from God and one day you shall consciously return. Even though you appear to be “here,” a part of you (your Higher Self) is still “there,” co-orchestrating your life. But for you to create your best life, you have to go within and figure what you need to do to be “in the spirit” all the time.

“Why am I here?”
When I was told in my meditation that there were no answers to anything, I understood that the only reason I’m “here” is to live the best life possible and, to do that, I must continue to live my passion. There can be no other reason. If God is Love, then it makes sense to me that when I do what I love, I’m walking the path. I was fortunate to come to this realization early on in my adult life.

“Who am I?”
This question, which is probably the biggest one in the batch, took me a while to “get” and accept. Let’s examine it closely.

If you come from God and will one day consciously return, who are you now? If God is the beginning and the end and you’re in the middle of all that, who are you? If God is omnipresent (present in all places at all times), who are you? Point to yourself. Point to God. At your essence, that is (the truth of) Who you are.

I know this kind of talk may cause some people to back away in fear. That’s because they don’t understand the Laws of the Spirit and the Laws of Physics. It can be tough sometimes for people to see their own Greatness. One has to come to that realization on his or her own. What helped me was to see that all God really is, is the Collective Love that created everything and I am not separate from that. If I were, I could not exist.

“Where am I going?”
Wherever you want! The choices are infinite. But if you ever want to “get” where you are wanting to go, you must first understand where you come from, why are you here and who you are. Only then will you be prepared to get where you are going!