For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site _______________________________________________ SEARCHING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG WAYSIS What is Rumi saying? It might require some thought since I’m not sure how much the world understands its meaning. It seems implicitly true, yet more importantly, appears to call us to examine what resistances we erect that don’t serve our quest to be loved for who we are. So, what are these barriers? Only we can answer ...

This post is intended to assist readers interested in Elysium's Passage blogs to rapidly find and access over 100 posts on this site. The first section lists the majority of topics without regard to subject or posted dates. The second section lists the first four chapters of Elysium's Passage: The Ascent and the Series Prologue.  The third section relates to personal profiles. The fourth section has a number of my photos, including pictures of my mountain climbing adventures and my cabin retreat in ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site  _______________________________ GUARD YOU HEART  Identifying with negative emotions can be lethal to all facets of our mental, spiritual and physical well- being. Manifestations of negativity are always rooted in fear because fear is the opposite of love. It is the ego. So why do we continue to indulge in the insanity of its toxicity, when we know it will make us unhappy. Why do watch the Mainstream media, read ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site   On my social media and blog posts, I have included many quotes that encourage us not to fear, while warning us of the dangers of fear. If you frequent my work you may have seen some of these, so I wanted to pull some of my favourites together should you wish to copy and paste them into social media pages such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. You ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site October 17 REMOVING BARRIERS TO LOVE .   What does Rumi mean by this? It might deserve some thought since I’m not sure how aware most of the world is about this. It seems implicitly true, yet more importantly, appears to call us to examine what resistances we erect that don’t serve our quest to be loved for who we are. So, what are these barriers? Only we can answer this ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site This post addresses the 'mask' controversy regarding to prevailing Corona fears. Read more on this link Corona Virus Controversy: Herd Immunity vs Lockdownhttps://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/corona-virus-shut-down-or-herd-immunity      An interview with Chris Schaefer, Occupational Health and Safety consultant regarding masks. Copy and paste into Google to watch. If you’re not informed with the truth about masks, you may be surprised to find they are not just useless but possibly dangerous to your health. ...

For more Elysium's Passage Blog Posts go to www.elysiumspassage.com or directly to links https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts       RAISE YOUR VIBE What gets you high… other than a buckin’ bronc? Perhaps, more importantly; what keeps you high? Where do you set your vibe; low or high?  Or, do you just let it happen? Or do you allowing others to set it for you? How do you feel most of the time; are you up or down or just blah mediocre. Let me talk in terms of ‘we’ rather ...

To read more on this amazing young artist, go to the link belowhttps://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/Easter-message-painted  For more Elysium's Passage Blog Posts go directly to the links https://digitalbloggers.com/artsand-entertainment/ep-blog-posts    Does Jesus still speak to us today? If you don't believe in his existence, past or present, then obviously the answer is no. But if you do, you might be open to this possibility, although it's surprising how many religious people don't allow for the possibility of his communicating to the world today through channels.  Ironically, it's often ...

For more Elysium's Passage blog posts go directly to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts  or to www.elysiumspasage.com for the host site. September 23 2020 On my social media and blog posts, I have included many quotes that encourage us not to fear, while warning us of the dangers of fear. If you frequent my work you may have seen some of these, so I wanted to pull some of my favourites together should you wish to copy and paste them into social media pages such as Facebook, ...

For Elysium's Passage Blog Posts,Go to www.elysiumspassage.com or for post links https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts    GREAT EXPECTATIONS It's interesting what Alice was thinking about as she reflected on her time down the Rabbit Hole. For one thing, it reminds us how important it is to raise our expectations if we hope to attract more exciting things, people and events into our lives... maybe even a few White Rabbits. When life becomes "dull and stupid," it might be necessary to get out of our comfort zone before ...

For Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, Go to www.elysiumspassage.com  or for post links https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts   THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG . It is one of the best-loved songs of all time. Simon & Garfunkel's hit The Sound Of Silence topped the US charts and went platinum in the UK. It was named among the 20 most performed songs of the 20th century, included in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and provided the unforgettable soundtrack to 1967 film classic The Graduate. But to one man The ...

For Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to www.elysiumspassage.com For URL list go to https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage Tacitus, the famous Roman historian (56 to 120 AD) and respected politician made this astute observation. It’s so obvious! This makes me wonder why so few seem to realize the consequences of authoritarian government. We realize the rule of laws depends on the authority of the state to enact regulations to uphold order in society. As it should be. History, however, shows us that the more powerful the elite ...

For Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to www.elysiumspassage.com or https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage    FEAR OF DEATH . I agree with Maya that for many the fear of living results from the fear of dying. This is no way to go through life. To do so is to become through life timid and, as she says, spineless.    But underlying the fear of dying, which seems to have recently gripped the world, is the fear of being annihilated. This is a result of believing that we are ...

To access more Elysium's Passage blog postings: https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts or https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage   RELIGION AND SCIENCE The implicate order implies a reality immensely beyond what we call matter. Matter itself is merely a ripple in this background. Physicist David Bohm,1917-1992, Fellow of the Royal Society This excerpt below is taken from the pending novel ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: QUANTUM LEAPS (Book Four). The following discussion is a debate among the characters, James (the protagonist), Mo and Eli on the compatibility of religion and science. Obviously, this is only a thumbnail ...

For Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to www.elysiumspassage.com   For a list of URL links, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts  DIMASH'S GOOD VIBES What gets you high with life? Perhaps, more importantly; what keeps you high? Where do you set your vibe; high or low?  Or, do you just let it happen by allowing others to set the dial for you?  Are we good with how we feel, or do we wish for something better, more exciting and joyful? Yet that can be challenging when life keeps ...

For Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to www.elysiumspassage.com  For URL list go to https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage  POWER VS FORCE Clint Eastwood speaks of power coming from self-respect, which seems to be very different than what respect Dirty Harry’s Magnum 44 might suggest when pointed in our general direction. (See the below clip.)     Chairman Mao the leader of the Chinese Communist party once said (political) power comes out the barrel of a gun. Though he was responsible for the deaths of up to fifty million of his ...

For more Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts to access post links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host blogsite. . Auguste Rodin, the French sculpturer, is quoted in this very profound statement describing art is contemplation. This seems true in the sense that it is not possible to appreciate art without contemplation. This is especially obvious, as he suggests when we contemplate nature and divine “the spirit of which nature herself is animated.” It may also be said that true contemplation is an art. On ...

For over 100 URL posts on the ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE blog site, go tohttps://digitalbloggers.com/preview/content-and-links-to-ep-blog-posts  to the host blog site at www.elysiumspassage.com July 25, 2020                     THE THINKER A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes                                           Mahatma Gandhi The Thinker, Auguste Rodin 1844 - 1917 French Sculpturer Do we think too ...

For more Elysium's Passage posts links, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts or https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host blogsite. Sowing Seeds of Gratitude and Appreciation for a Harvest of Happiness  As Rhonda Byre states above: "Your thoughts are seeds, and the harvest you reap will depend on the seeds you plant." So then, how do we reap the abundant harvest we wish to have in our lives? One word: Gratitude! Well, maybe two: Appreciation. Thoughts of gratitude and appreciation are the seeds of happiness.  This post's featured painting reminds ...