BITS AND PlECES
 By; Sylvia Foy

SIGNS OF THE TIME

Somewhere between midnight and 6 a.m. on January 2, L990, it seemed to me that we underwent some sort of energy shift. Many of the people with whom I have contact seemed to notice something different as wel1, so I thought that I would share this will all who read this issue. I find often that 1 feel or think that I am undergoing something alone until someone shares with me what they are experiencing. Then both of us realize, once again, how much we have in common, how connected we are. Anyway, this particular energy shift seemed to bring heaviness, helplessness, stress with it. It has changed some in the past weeks, but if anyone else has been experiencing feelings and sensations of being tired, overwhelmed, wanting to just hide or run away, know that it was the energy shift. Know that now is the when to focus on the love and light and forgiving that we have been learning about -- for that is what changes the heaviness into lightness, the darkness into light, the pain into joy. Know that we will probably be experiencing more of this this year, rather than less, for I suspect, that we are now (call it science fiction, if you wish) bringing the news of love and light (in addition to the rest of our world) to our various paralell selfs in different realities and dimensions. So my advice for anyone interested in my advise, is to "roll with the punches" and focus on light and love.

                                                                           THE TITHING OF MONEY AND OTHER THINGS....

 "As soon as I have more, I will give." "I tithe so that I will have more."
Tithing is the giving of 10% of what I have or receive to various sources. For some, it is the giving of l0% of their income to their church. For others, it is the giving of l0% of their income to the source of their spiritual food. For some, it is a 1aw. For some, it is a method of having more come back to them. For some, it is a thank you for what they have received. For some it is a way of expressing joy and 1ove. One of the most interesting thoughts about tithing that I have heard was in a speech by Rev. Edwena Gaines. She said something to the effect that if I justify my NOT tithing because I have so 1ittle {"I only have a dollar--how can I give away 10% when a $1.00 in no way covers my own needs?") how can I possibly think that I would be about to tithe when I have more ("1 only have a $1,000.00 -- how can I give away $100.00 when $1,000.00 in no way covers my needs?") I have tried tithing in different ways
and for different reasons over the years. I have found that the joy of my receiving is becoming based on the fact that I can now give more. To be so rich as to be able to give is now based on my sense of richness rather than on the amount of money in my pocket (or bank account). Something else about money (and other things) that I have come to understand through the years is that having too 1ittle, never having enough, being poor, always having more than enough, being rich really are a matter of consciousness rather than a matter of money.
Those who always have enough always have enough regardless of how much comes in, how much is in their bank account, and what they own. Sometimes I see clearly how Jesus did the miracle of the fish and bread. He blessed five fish and loaves of bread, said they were more than enough to feed five thousand, and there were left overs. I suspect that we all do a version of this miracle whenever we bless or curse what we have and pronounce it to be too 1itle or more than enough.

                                                                               TALKING ABOUT ILLUSIONS

There are days when I forget that time is an illusion. But how much fun I have when 1 remember. I find that I get locked into my belief structures and begin believing that they are real rather than the way I have accepted and believe things to be. Then I remember. Wow! Some of the fun I have with time is first remembering that time is my friend and actually very helpfu1. It will do anything that I want it to do. If I ask it to speed up when I am having a miserable time, it will and the clock will join in the game. If I ask it to slow down because I am having a wonderful time, it will and the clock will join in the game. If I ask it to stretch so that I can get more done in what appears to be a shorter period of time, it will and everyone will say "How did you get all of that done in sucir a short time?" If I ask it to shrink so that 1 accomplish very little while being busy, it cooperates and I seem to run out of time. Another illusion that's a great friend is the weather. It will always do what we ask it to (here comes Sylvia again on the subject of denials) or what we ask it NOT to do! One of my favorite topics is that talking or thinking about something (example, apples) and NOT talking or thinking about something (examp1e, apples) are both talking or thinking about (and putting energy into) something (examle, apples).

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MIRROR, MIRROR, IN MY WORLD....

thank you. for showing me, myself. Thank you for reflecting back to me my love and my understanding, thoughtfulness, beauty. Thank you for also reflecting back to me the parts of myself of which I am ashamed, which I have judged unworthy of love, which I try so hard to seal behind the doors in my mind and consciousness, out of my heart, and out of my physical experiences. . . Interestingly, what I see in others is myself! (And I always thought it was "them".) This news can be so devestating to me that I argue that it is wrong. That it is "them NOT me." My actions, words, thoughts are justified, "theirs" are out of evil, selfish motives. I need understandings "they" deserve punishment. I made a mistake "they" new better and intentionally did what was wrong. However, once I stop defending myself against the possibility that what 1 see in this world really is a reflection of my own inner thoughts, desires, potential, I begin to realize what a wonderful gift this reflection is giving me.   Physically, it is difficult to see all parts of my body without a mirror. The same! true on the mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. I can either use the mirror to condemn or I can use the mirror to forgive and love myself--all the parts that make up what 1 consider to be "me". When I understand that the world really is a mirror of myself and use the reflections to pinpoint what I want to forgive and Love within myself, a mirac1e begins to lappen. The world changes and reflects a different me!

                                                                                                     (Cont'd Next Issue)  
 

 As some of you may know, Sylvia Foy's newsletter, The Sharing, has been distontinued:. But we will be continuins to share her thoughts with'our rehders as long as she continues to supply us with materiaI.

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