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- Enlightenment -- "Let there be light" Genesis 1:3 - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2007 from Merry BattlesIn the light means living with love. Light is defined as that which makes things visible, that which affords illumination. All colors depend on light. Without light we would not have the sublime variations of color on our beautiful mother earth. In our world of duality, we are given both the ...
Views: 1044(1 vote) - In Honor Of The 50th Anniversary Of The Rolling Stones: I Was In A Closet With Mick Jagger - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from Merry BattlesIt was the sixties and I’m sure I was 12 years old. My friends and I were all caught up in the British invasion. My girlfriend Patty wrote me a twenty eight page Beatle letter that did nothing but ogle Paul. We were in Heaven. My sisters and I got to go to a press conference on the Beatles ...
Views: 1867(1 vote) - WAR IS OBSOLETE - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Merry BattlesWAR IS OBSOLETE by Merry C. Battles What kind of games are you playing You men with machines? Machines to blow up this Earth. How dare you toy with the existence of the human race. Once we lived with God. Now you speak of terror and destruction. Total destruction! How dare you play ...
Views: 1400(1 vote) - Do our bones hold the memory of Reincarnation? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2015 from Merry BattlesSpirit comes to me in my dreams. Every night we go to the center of the Cosmos right within our own self. We go back to our Source to be healed and receive guidance. Eighty per cent of our dreams are compensatory, they help to analyze and solve the problems of the day. Sometimes they show us ...
Views: 2014(1 vote) - Walking The Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2007 from Merry BattlesEvery day we have a choice, to be loving to all, and especially ourselves. It takes great fortitude to stay on the up and up – to stay on the Spiritual Path without faltering. It’s not actually that we fall off of the Path. It is going into the valleys of the road, instead of climbing to the ...
Views: 1820(1 vote) - 2010 - Everlasting Abundance - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2009 from Merry Battles2010 – Where are we headed? Just what are we marching to? Who are we associating with? With all the seeming chaos in our world there is always divine order. The world’s theme is “harmonizing chaos.” Boy, do we need it now! A conscious person will endeavor to create harmony wherever they are ...
Views: 1539(1 vote) - Libra - 7th Holy Day of Christmas - January 1 - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Merry BattlesLibra is the 7th holy day of the 12 holy days of Christmas. The 12 holy days start on December 26-January 6th. Each day is assigned to a Disciple, sign of the Zodiac, spiritual attainment, spiritual part of the physical body, and a thought meditation from the Bible. My book "Christmas ...
Views: 2686(4 votes) - My Meditation Journey with the 12 Holy Days of Christmas December 26-January 6 - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Merry BattlesThirty two years ago I officially stepped on "the path," the sacred path. It is a journey that one takes perhaps in many lifetimes. Within three months I started my work with massage, I began my weekly metaphysics classes, and my beautiful sister Donna was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I ...
Views: 2247(2 votes) - The Christ Consciousness and the Twelve Holy Days of Christmas - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Merry BattlesIt has been an honor for me to participate in the 12 Holy Days of Christmas, a very special time of year where the veil is lifted between the two worlds. These worlds are really one with angels, teachers, and the Christ all awaiting our desire to know the truth of their existence. The concept of ...
Views: 2774(2 votes) - The Sign of Cancer - 4th Holy Day of Christmas - December 29 - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesThe sign of Cancer - 4th Holy Day of the 12 Holy Days of Christmas is assigned to a Disciple, sign of the Zodiac, Spiritual attainment, Spiritual part of the physical body, and a passage from the Bible. My book "Christmas Meditations on the Twelve Holy Days December 26 - January 6" is a ...
Views: 2027(2 votes) - God's Love and The Chalice - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Merry BattlesWhen people are challenged with illness the best and worst comes out in them. They are tried and tested through the spiritual, emotional, and physical "fire." Sometimes they come out pure GOLD. GOD'S LOVE Knowing God loves me, I have no fear. His love never faileth. He wants only the ...
Views: 1352(2 votes) - Love Always Returns - A Halloween Ghost Story - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2017 from Merry BattlesIt was a month before All Hallows Eve. We were in a Jr. College in Boston. A group of friends were sitting around our dorm room. It happened to be in an old apartment building on Beacon Street. It was the late 60's. We started telling ghost stories one by one. All of a sudden we all ...
Views: 2142(1 vote) - 2019-It's Always Good To Change The Numbers - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2019 from Merry BattlesNumbers have a vibration, as all living things do. Numbers also have a frequency. As the Bible says every hair on your head is counted, every breath you receive determines a life. Life is growth or stagnation. We all have choice. As my latest fortune cookie fortune said, "The secret of getting ...
Views: 1408 - December 21, 2012 – Is it the end or the beginning? plus MerryThoughtsⓒ For Halloween - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2012 from Merry BattlesMerryThoughts for Halloween "There is no monster. The monster is ignorance." December 21, 2012 – Is it the end or the beginning? By Merry C. Battles The ancients speak of this time as the Shift of the Ages. All time past, present, and future has the opportunity to speed up or slow ...
Views: 1422 - "Ye Are The Light Of The World." (Matthew 5:14) - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesThe opposing forces would have us believe in doom. I say, believe in LIGHT! Dream the seeming impossible dream into manifestation. There is a divided camp on earth: those who speak of evil, gloom, and inevitable destruction of this planet. I say, dream of love and peace and work toward it ...
Views: 1297 - 2008 - A Perfect 10! - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2007 from Merry BattlesI always love when the New Year comes, it means changes. New numbers, new life. We can begin again and look forward to a new energy. 2007 added up to a 9. Number 9 is the "End of a cycle, the beginning of a new cycle." According to Jin Shin Jyutsu (JSJ), (an ancient form of Japanese ...
Views: 963 - 2009 - Wisdom and Justice will Prevail! - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2008 from Merry Battles2009 – what will the new year bring? It has been said that the new year and new numbers bring a different vibration. We need all the help we can get! These are trying times and the possibility of fear overtaking our lives. We must remember there is Divine Order in every action of this ...
Views: 1171 - 2011 - Everlasting Justice Countdown to 2012 and the "Rapture" of 144,000 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from Merry Battles2011 - Everlasting Justice Countdown to 2012 and the 144.000 Rapture by Merry C. Battles Here we are at the start of another year. Time is just speeding along. We are all marching and I want to know where to? There is a divided camp on earth. Are we headed for a 1,000 years of peace or ...
Views: 2092 - 2012 - Star Wars meets Star Trek meets Twilight Zone meets Spy Novel - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2011 from Merry Battles2012- Is it the end or the beginning? Our whole world is becoming a mirror. What you wish on someone else will be reflected back to you. Because our so-called “time” is speeding up in frequency your karma will come back faster. The evil you do will be facing you much sooner. There are people ...
Views: 1549 - Abundance - The Gifts Of The Magi - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 from Merry BattlesAbundance comes in trust. It is the way we look at the world. Do we see plenty or lack? It is the way we treat life...with joy or sorrow. Each has its special place. Abundance is of the mind. Do we expect the gifts of the Magi? Do we expect the joys of life and all its richness? Do we see love ...
Views: 962 - Aquarian Woman - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2017 from Merry BattlesWoman will finally take her place, With equal stance to man. Standing together. Each a necessary part of the whole. God is Father Mother. We have forgotten the Mother. But Aquarius on wings of equality Knows the truth. And woman will stand with man An equal, not of like ...
Views: 1476 - Are You Really There, God? - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from Merry BattlesAre you really there, God? Are you deep inside of me and all around me? Have you not created everything I see and all of the unseen? Are your miracles of life everywhere present? Is your hope of eternal life possible for me? Do you love me like your child? Is it time for me to grow up? ...
Views: 1273 - Aries and the Spring Equinox - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Merry BattlesWith Spring comes the beginning of Aries. The earth is resurrected by the powers of our Creator. The ancients believed that when God created the elements the sun was in Aries. The universal focus for this time is "Behold, I make all things new." (Rev.21:5) Each one of us is the "center of the ...
Views: 1573 - Bethlehem - The City Of Light - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2008 from Merry BattlesWe arrived in the Holy Land after a ten hour bus ride and two weeks in Egypt. We left most of our Astara tour of 100 people. Twenty two of us stayed on to visit Jerusalem. I really didn't understand the politics of the region until I got there. We had a Palestinian tour guide and so we were to ...
Views: 1392 - Calling On God And Surrender - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Merry BattlesCALLING ON GOD We cry out in pain, in fear. We are alone. We feel helpless. We tremble with fear. We are lost. Our hearts are paralyzed. Our bodies are sick. We feel in disbelief, That such a moment has come. Will it last forever? Fear explodes; It cripples; It makes us hopeless, ...
Views: 1397 - Christmas - The Birth of the Christ Consciousness Within - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2008 from Merry BattlesThe Christ is not just one person. The Christ is an "office" or "position" we ALL attain to. The word Christ means, "the anointed one." Jesus came to show us the way to be a vessel for the Love of God to manifest. When the Christ Spirit entered Jesus he had perfected His soul in many lifetimes ...
Views: 2688 - Cosmic Law: The great computer in the sky - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2015 from Merry BattlesThere IS Divine Order on our planet. Remember, not to “judge by appearances.” We are ALL exactly where we need to be. We are ALL in the right place at the right time. Karma does work in EVERY moment of our lives. Every thought, word, and deed is recorded in the ethers. Some people like ...
Views: 1975 - Dating and The Phone Call - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2017 from Merry BattlesDATING Dating. Who ever invented such a morbid institution? When one meets, all hopes open. Will this be the big #1? First date goes well. A kiss, a sweet kiss. Sometimes a passionate one. Then the lady waits. She waits by that phone. How many years does one wait For that ...
Views: 1278 - Do We All Create The Light Of The Sun? - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 from Merry Battles"What you are no longer dancing for we stop using for light from above." I woke up with these words in my mind from a dream. Light comes from our higher self, the God part of us. It is transported from our desires and passions and used to light the world. As we dream our dreams and hope to ...
Views: 786 - Does the Sun and the “Son” bathe the earth with love and light at Christmas time? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2012 from Merry BattlesAccording to the book "Mystery of the Christos" by Corinne Heline the Christ Spirit has four aspects: cosmic, planetary, historical and mystical. This Christ Spirit makes four major contacts with the earth during the solstices and equinoxes. Heline states that the events in the life of Jesus ...
Views: 1317 - Emotions Are For Feeling - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Merry BattlesEmotions are for feeling, feeling in and out: Tears of sadness; cries of joy; words of anger; fear as toys. Round and round we go. Sometimes laughing out. Sometimes tears inward - make for sick bones. Emotions are for feeling. Just what is it all about? They say our feelings create for ...
Views: 1345 - Facing Your Soul's Dark Night - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2007 from Merry BattlesOur foundations are shaking up, are moving to upheaval, as old patterns must die. Emotions buried in our body temples are being brought to the surface for cleansing. As we observe our thoughts and feelings, clarity will be sharpened as everyone must face the divine Spirit within. Some ...
Views: 1295 - Fear And Divine Order - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2008 from Merry BattlesThere is a wave of fear gripping the planet. Terrorists, earthquakes, tsunamis, bird flu pandemic, and your very own nasty neighbor. This “culture” of fear leads us to our own personal destruction. In the media and out on the Internet, one man’s medicine is another man’s poison. We hear dietary ...
Views: 1389 - God Is In Your Tears - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 from Merry BattlesI was in such a dilemma. My only daughter is grown and a mother with two small children. She had decided to do something that I would never do. It felt as if she was a stranger. Where had she been all those years when I was preaching about natural health and healing? I was devastated. Why would ...
Views: 900 - Humanity Is Growing Closer To Heaven - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2007 from Merry BattlesCould heaven and hell be right here where we are? As the old axiom says, "As above so below." On earth it as been contrived that man must suffer. It was right for its time and now the time is over. We as humanity are stepping up in evolution. We are becoming closer to the angels, closer to the ...
Views: 872 - Irradiation of Food : A Solution for the Nuclear Waste Problem? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Merry BattlesYou can't find a place for your nuclear waste. So you want to put it in my body. Well, I won't eat it! For almost 70 years we have been told that radiation is deadly poison, to avoid it at any cost, that it causes cancer and other horrible diseases and NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS ...
Views: 1196 - Is Free Will Our Freedom To React To What's Happening? - by Submitted on May 02, 2009 from Merry BattlesIs God's Will What's Happening? I believe in a higher Divine Order. I had a Metaphysics teacher years ago. He was a counterpart of Ernest Holmes, the founder of the Church of Religious Science. I remember one thought that he repeated, "There is only One Will." I always pondered over that idea, ...
Views: 1437 - Love Is The Life Force! - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2008 from Merry Battles"My dwelling place is love. It's home is the heart. It reaches to all corners of the Universe and comes right back to live in you. It deems the impossible. It sanctifies the improbable. It performs the miraculous. It feeds all souls. My love encompasses every atom of space - it soars in between ...
Views: 1089 - Lovers Promises Fulfilled in Reincarnation - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2015 from Merry BattlesIn 6th grade I knew I was reincarnated from ancient Greece. I knew I had lived in or near the Parthenon and lived the current myths about the Gods and Goddesses. Many years later I joined my first Metaphysical group and met with them once a week for two years. People receive messages ...
Views: 1554 - Menopause - Pauses For Nothing - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2007 from Merry BattlesYou might ask, "What happens to all those eggs in a woman's ovaries when she goes through menopause?" Those creative eggs are transformed into creative ideas. This time of life is like going on the Triple EEE ride of a lifetime, 24 hours a day. Ok, I felt like I was gripping the steering wheel ...
Views: 825 - Our Lives Are Interwoven with Those Who Need Our Words and Deeds - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesOur lives are interwoven with those who need our words and deeds. We are placed exactly where our highest learning is, right where it is needed. The truth is that God’s law of love is always working through us, no matter the appearance. Our egos take on “power plays” that are needed for our ...
Views: 1343 - Rejuvenation Can Happen At Any Age - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 from Merry BattlesIt's hard to see people you love get old. It could be a stranger on the street. I have been fortunate to see people of ALL ages be young. They defy the odds. They break the mold of what they see happening to those around them. They remain youthful and "young" way into their years on Earth. I ...
Views: 898 - Running From Those Bottom Lines - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Merry BattlesWe spend our lives running from one event to the next. We have become so busy, we have forgotten to be still. Just what rat race are we on? I like to say that as busy as we are, we need to get to the opposite peace and quiet. This race includes running from those bottom lines! RUNNING By Merry ...
Views: 1241 - Service is a Way to Lift Up Humanity to its Next Evolution - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from Merry BattlesService is a way to lift up humanity to its next evolution. We have been there before in our journey to Earth. The cosmic fire was lit when Jesus took embodiment and became the Christ. He came as the way - shower for all people. His mission in life was to show us what all men and women can ...
Views: 1161 - The "Still Small Voice" - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2007 from Merry BattlesWhat do we have inside of us that becomes the greatest gift? It is the love of our Creator, the Divine Presence that lives within our heart. This World offers many temptations that others judge us for. These inner feelings, these moments of love and compassion can change our planet. What ...
Views: 1071 - The Chills of Truth - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2017 from Merry BattlesIt started with me thinking about the Trinity: Father, son or daughter, and Holy Spirit Mother. The Father is like the sun. He gives us life and helps us to grow. In the book, "The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ"by Levi, the ideas of the Trinity are revealed. The Father is the will of God. ...
Views: 1884 - The Christmas Manger - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2007 from Merry BattlesThe Christ child is born in Bethlehem, in a sparse stable in the straw. The three wise men come to honor Him – following a star prophesizing the coming of a great teacher. As one bows down to enter the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the invisible choir still sings the praises of that ...
Views: 939 - The Energy Body - The Life Force Body - Chi, Ki,Prana - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2008 from Merry BattlesThe life force body is fed by the universal energy called chi, ki, and prana. We receive chi in several ways. There is pre-natal chi which we receive from our mother and father before birth. There is post-natal chi that we receive mainly through our food, water, and breath after we are born. ...
Views: 3492 - The Functions Of The Heart - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2008 from Merry BattlesThe seat of love is the heart. How did man figure out that love is centered there? How do we know that love is generated from there and created from the strongest muscle in the body? We are told that the size of our fist is the size of our heart. Does size matter? Our hands are extensions of ...
Views: 1227 - The Many Faces Of God With The Human Family - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Merry BattlesI look upon the many faces of God, And in each one is the Holy Breath. Within each one shines the spark of divinity. His hands lie invisibly Resting upon each shoulder. He has written us upon the palms of His hands. Within each form is the perfect seed of perfection, Waiting to blossom ...
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