Hark! I hear a refrain. I hear My child say:

"My God, My lovely God Who loves everyone as He loves Himself, what more is there for me to say than that You love all, are connected to all, and all are One with You? I don’t quite get it, yet I love it, the commonality, I, who always wants to be unique and special, am excited about being One with You, God, and therefore One with everyone. Thank You for being God of All and including me. Thank You for all You give, without which I would be empty of You and bereft of all You have shown me. It is greater than a life time since I began this adventure of becoming One with You. I kiss Your feet, God, that I am part of You and getting closer to You, yes, I am."

Well, dear Ones, of course, this is My Will. Only a little more journey until you know the All of It. You are going to have a big rush or swoop and know the Ultimate and truly have Me embedded in you and you in Me so there is no doubt but that you are Mine, and We are One. Now, now, have no thought that you will be losing yourself. As nice as you are, you have been keeping Me at hand’s length. Yes, you have. You haven’t quite wanted to be all of Me, dear one. No offense, you have done some loitering around the fringes, just that tiniest of hesitation, just holding out on a fraction of yourself. Very very soon, you, My child, will be saying:

“Yes, God, now I give all of my supposed self to You. May I be like a chalice that You drink from.”

I ask you:

HJ: Since the moment you were born, society has been both intentionally and unintentionally programming you to think, act and behave in certain ways that are not necessarily for your highest good.  Part of the journey of becoming fully conscious is recognizing this and beginning the process of reverting back to your true, unconditioned self.  This article can be a big step in that direction for many people.  It lays out some fundamental principles of what we all must essentially do in order to get back to who we really are — vessels for unconditional love and authentic self-expression.  Enjoy.

- Truth

8 Ways to Free Your Mind and Take Back Control of Your Life

By Marc Chernoff | Marc and Angel

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Journalist Glenn Greenwald said Dick Cheney is able to brag about the success of torture on weekend news shows because the Obama administration has decided to shield torturers rather than prosecute them.

In a wide ranging interview about the CIA torture report, prospects for the 2016 presidential race, US-Cuba relations and the Sony hack, Greenwald told HuffPost Live that the discussion about the torture report is distorted since we are not hearing from the victims of torture themselves.

In an interview on ‘Meet the Press,’ former Vice President Dick Cheney claimed that torture "worked" and announced he would "do it again in a minute" if given the opportunity.

The Santa Clause: Lying is OK, so long as everyone else is doing it.

The Santa Claus Syndrome is the effect of societal complicity in, and/or complacency to, lies and the belief that’s ok.

Take a moment to imagine yourself an outsider and visitor to a new culture. Imagine if you will an annual global celebration so fantastic that people excitedly await it all year long. Imagine the celebration correlates the winter solstice. Imagine the celebration is so spectacular and grandiose that it spurs the sales of products worldwide and some businesses exist solely because of it. Imagine that nearly all businesses profit from it and promote it. Imagine that the main part of the celebration, for most people, aside from sparkling decorations and elaborate gift giving, is openly lying to young children!

Most everyone celebrates the holiday, but those who do not celebrate it are expected to go along with the tradition of broadly lying to children and accepting the excessive materialism out of consideration for cultural tradition.