In those moments when your attention turns inward and you begin to say, “If only I had done this or that differently, things would have been better”, please remember this: none of the things you have ever done, from The Universe’s standpoint, was a mistake. Sure, there were choices and decisions that may not look good to you now, but those choices made you the expanding being you are today. When you release your ‘mistakes’ of the past, you release yourself into the flow of Everything and begin making a more productive future for yourself. Yes, my darling child, you are on the right path. ~ Creator 
http://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/releasing-the-past/

Written by Wes Annac, The Aquarius Paradigm

I wrote the following for the “Powers That Were” page of The Aquarius Paradigm blog.

There’s a force out there working actively to stop the spiritual development and progression of humanity, and this force has amassed the world’s wealth for themselves and built the security state much of the world (and especially the US) has become.

This force works to disrupt the progress we seekers are making in helping everyone remember the existence of spirit, and they’ve put themselves in positions of power and influence in an attempt at full-on world domination. This is the force you’ll hear so-called ‘conspiracy theorists’ talking about, and needless to say, they’re far realer than most of the world understands.

Not only are they real – they’re bent on the outright destruction of humanity. I’m talking about the cabal; the powers that were; the ‘elite’; the Illuminati. Plenty of names have been given to this group, but no matter what you call them, they’re very real and they work actively to subvert the progress the awakening humanity is beginning to make.

I could write all about the things these individuals have and continue to do, but instead, I’ll focus on the importance of exposing and, eventually, forgiving them after they’ve been brought to justice. I think exposing and uprooting the cabal is essential, and once we do, we’ll be tasked with coming together to build the world of our dreams.

The West has seen a recent surge of interest in meditation, and it's a wonderful tool for finding a little peace and calm in an otherwise hectic world. You can sit quietly somewhere, let go of all your worldly concerns, and just relax. This is something almost everyone could use more of, but it's also just the very beginning of real transformation.

It's easy to find peace in a peaceful environment, anybody can do that. This is why spiritual retreats are so popular, you get a nice peaceful environment to do your spiritual work in. However, the "normal" human world is usually everything but a peaceful environment. It's chaotic, full of emotions and distractions. It's very challenging to stay balanced in that sort of environment, though balanced people are what the human world needs the most.

Many people who consider themselves spiritual have a fake sort of peace. Their peace is dependent upon the external environment. It's not real Peace, just an imitation. This is why the monks flee to the mountain tops, why so many spiritual people attempt to disconnect from society as much as possible. They don't want their mind's illusion of peace disturbed. Dogs barking, children yelling, cars honking, all of these must be eliminated to create the illusion of internal peace. The world gets renounced and ignored, like it's the cause of their problems and not their own mind.

Imagine if you started recognizing your own worth; what would happen, what would that look like to you? The Universe has never created a mistake…….ever. When you indulge in self-depreciation, the only thing you are doing is telling your Inner Self that you are not worthy and deserving of The Universe’s faith in you…..and only for the comfort of others. 
There is always a reason to sing your own praises! This is not selfish or conceited, this is SELF LOVE! Appreciate yourself as I do; you are a perfect being created by The Universe to enhance your Earth plane existence. It has to start somewhere….why not with you? ~ Creator
http://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/singing-to-self/

Written by Wes Annac, The Aquarius Paradigm

I wrote the following for the Spiritual Evolution page of The Aquarius Paradigm blog.

Spiritual evolution is an ongoing process that’s based in the amount of spiritual awareness a seeker gains along their path of enlightenment. A lot of people believe humanity’s experiencing a collective evolution from the third dimension to the fifth, but for this article, we’ll focus more on our general and ongoing evolution.

In my opinion, it doesn’t matter if we believe we’re entering the fifth dimension or not, because spiritual evolution is ongoing and will never cease.

Understandably, a lot of people have fixed themselves on the idea of a collective evolution from the third to fifth dimensions and, as such, are doing everything they can to lighten their vibration in preparation for what’s been referred to as ‘ascension’.

A lot of ideas about ascension are tossed around the conscious community, but personally, I don’t put as much focus on it as I do the general evolution we’re experiencing. The idea that we’re collectively evolving resonates a lot with me, though, and the work I and plenty of others are doing is geared toward awakening as many people as possible so we can all kick start our respective evolutions.

It’s believed that as more people become aware of spirit and our collective evolution, they’ll feel motivated to awaken everyone else and the result will be an inspired humanity that’s ready and willing to build the new world we hear so much about.

The German government has blocked Edward Snowden from giving personal evidence in front of a parliamentary inquiry into NSA surveillance, it has emerged hours before Angela Merkel travels to Washington for a meeting with Barack Obama.

In a letter to members of a parliamentary committee obtained by Süddeutsche Zeitung, government officials say a personal invitation for the US whistleblower would "run counter to the political interests of the Federal Republic", and "put a grave and permanent strain" on US-German relations.

Opposition party members in the committee from the Left and Green party had for weeks insisted that the former NSA employee was a key witness and therefore would need to appear in person, not least because of concerns that Russia otherwise could influence his testimony.

Read more here... (theguardian.com)