I
guess the best place to start is with the political landscape. Okay,
before you turn off your computer, I am not going to talk about "sides"
because I believe that is where we are really being manipulated and have
been since the beginning of civilization where we "thought" we were
choosing our leaders. With a historical perspective, the societal
relationship with God was all-important and communication with God
deemed appropriate only for the highest levels of society for reasons of
national security (secret societies i.e. Mystery Schools, CIA,
Freemasons). The motive for this is if we are made to believe that only
something more powerful than us i.e. King and Country, Church or
Government, Light versus Dark Hierarchies, are able to have
the solutions than it serves these institutions to tell us that their
way is the only way we can solve problems and prosper. The attitude of
both religion and politics are one and the same and have always made
excellent bedfellows because both thrive by forcing us into dualistic
principles, creating conflict with the very people they are
supposed to be serving - us. In other words their commonality is to
promote duality through fear, serving the institutions who are more about control than enlightened leadership which would take us into the next forward thinking step.
I
watch my lovely friends on Facebook feed a lot of not very useful
energy into who is going to win or has won an election. The fact is,
the people that spend the most money, win. Every single time. Both
parties have undisclosed contributors - many of these special interest
groups are opposed to the populations of the world living with a life of
quality. As far as I can tell, all sides are self-serving, arrogant,
mostly white men throughout the world who are making decisions that do
not benefit forward thinking. This is way past democrats and
republicans.
This is about a world system where "we the people" are putting the emphasis on money before everything else. We might want to consider working on becoming spiritually fit before we can make a collective decision about who our leaders are going to be. (When I say spiritual I don't mean religion which remember, promotes duality).
The
duality that is being served to us - democrats versus republicans,
Catholics versus Moslems, good versus evil, light versus dark - only
serves a fairly sinister system that has been in place before the
Babylonians.
The other piece of this bigger picture is to consider that all
people and things are purposeful on this planet. They are all here
through a manifestation of consciousness that we have created to learn
very specific lessons. When we change, everything around us changes. With this in mind, the
journey for me, has been to keep working on my own personal clarity and
keep an open loving heart. This action, seems to influence my family,
which influences our neighbors, which influences the community, which
influences local leaders - like ripples in the collective pond. I said
it before and I will say it again. When a Gandhi type energy runs for
government, that is when this system gets my vote.
However, when we are taking a potentially powerful loving energy and instead turn it an argumentative upsetting opposing force, this is only serving a very disrupted chaotic purpose, highly serving not
us but the powers that be, because the more we are in fear
consciousness, the more stupid we become and that can only lead to a
downward spiral. I don't know about you, but when I am in a fearful
place, I really don't have any clarity, which means I am not the
brightest bulb in the pack.
I'm not saying, don't do anything.......it's just a change of focused energy. I'm objecting to the illusion which creates a dualistic system so that we believe a group of people are against us. As long as we point accusing fingers at "those republicans" or "those democrats" instead of thinking of all people as deserving our open hearts, than they have us stuck in the system. Only with an open loving heart can we be removed from this limited grip and our own victimization and come up with a new system where maybe our collective consciousness doesn't continue to choose politics first.
Why
not begin to move into a direction of something meaningful and higher -
God is in charge, not any politician I'm aware of. I'm saying put the
focus there first, then see who shows up to be our leaders. Maybe
something wonderful, like 25 different people with no party affiliation
and no financial backing. We have the solutions for all of the problems here on earth....so who is keeping us from using them?
So what does this have to do with the peas? It means to stop and breathe and pull back to get a broader view. We, the people are the seed, the solution. Look through the vines of emotions with hearts, be a tendril that chooses it's climb wiselyso that it can support the weight of new ideas and
creative ways to serve old problems. Maybe with a clearer view we will
be able to see what we are truly looking at, which is the fruit of who
we really are. A living breathing organism that can only flourish in a
healthy soil, propagating new ways of growing.
Zucchini Chocolate Cookies
From my sister-in-law, Cory Downey Hart
Cory
has been looking into baking cookies and other treats with less sugar
in hopes of somehow making them a little "guilt free" and a little
healthier.
Ingredients:
Stevia - the real powdered herb, not just the extracts or things like Truvia - has also caught my attention as a sweetener. Since I have a number of friends that are avoiding gluten for one reason or another I have also been experimenting with the gluten free flours.
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies seem like the perfect solution!
Not being able to find exactly what I was looking for in recipes, I once again ventured into making one up. This is a habit of mine. The results are normally good, so of course that does reinforce the habit.
If any one tries baking them, would love to hear your feedback!
~~Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies~~
2 to 3 Cups Shredded Zucchini
2 TB Powdered Stevia
1 Cup Coconut Oil (or butter)
2 eggs
Milk to make 1 cup liquid (with Eggs)
½ cup Honey
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups Flour (Gluten free works well, I used the one that Costco sells)
2 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp salt
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
Toss Zucchini with Stevia and let set.
*(This can be done an hour or more before making the cookies.Next batch I am tempted to try letting it set overnight.The sweetness of the Stevia seems to permeate the Zucchini making the shreds really tasty in the cookies.)Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Crack eggs into a measuring cup and add enough milk to make 1 cup of liquid. Beat eggs, milk, Coconut Oil, vanilla and honey in a mixing bowl till smooth. *(Butter could be used instead of Coconut oil quite easily as both are solid when cool, and I believe have close to the same melting point. Other oils would change the texture, but would work I would guess). Add the dry ingredients (Flour, Baking Powder and Salt).
*(Spices can also be added - I meant to add Cinnamon but forgot. Nutmeg might also be good.)Mix well, add Chocolate Chips.
Drop by spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes - until the cookies are solid. Bottoms will be golden brown - pieces of zucchini sticking out will start to brown but tops don't seem to.
Additional Notes: The Stevia and zucchini do give the cookies a slightly green color, and these cookies are very sweet. More cake like than regular chocolate chip cookies. My next batch I will add cinnamon. Adding cocoa powder would solve the color issue and make them even more chocolatey....not a bad thing. So I may try that as well. Nuts could also be added.
Ingredients:
Stevia - the real powdered herb, not just the extracts or things like Truvia - has also caught my attention as a sweetener. Since I have a number of friends that are avoiding gluten for one reason or another I have also been experimenting with the gluten free flours.
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies seem like the perfect solution!
Not being able to find exactly what I was looking for in recipes, I once again ventured into making one up. This is a habit of mine. The results are normally good, so of course that does reinforce the habit.
If any one tries baking them, would love to hear your feedback!
~~Zucchini Chocolate Chip Cookies~~
2 to 3 Cups Shredded Zucchini
2 TB Powdered Stevia
1 Cup Coconut Oil (or butter)
2 eggs
Milk to make 1 cup liquid (with Eggs)
½ cup Honey
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups Flour (Gluten free works well, I used the one that Costco sells)
2 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp salt
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
Toss Zucchini with Stevia and let set.
*(This can be done an hour or more before making the cookies.Next batch I am tempted to try letting it set overnight.The sweetness of the Stevia seems to permeate the Zucchini making the shreds really tasty in the cookies.)Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Crack eggs into a measuring cup and add enough milk to make 1 cup of liquid. Beat eggs, milk, Coconut Oil, vanilla and honey in a mixing bowl till smooth. *(Butter could be used instead of Coconut oil quite easily as both are solid when cool, and I believe have close to the same melting point. Other oils would change the texture, but would work I would guess). Add the dry ingredients (Flour, Baking Powder and Salt).
*(Spices can also be added - I meant to add Cinnamon but forgot. Nutmeg might also be good.)Mix well, add Chocolate Chips.
Drop by spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes - until the cookies are solid. Bottoms will be golden brown - pieces of zucchini sticking out will start to brown but tops don't seem to.
Additional Notes: The Stevia and zucchini do give the cookies a slightly green color, and these cookies are very sweet. More cake like than regular chocolate chip cookies. My next batch I will add cinnamon. Adding cocoa powder would solve the color issue and make them even more chocolatey....not a bad thing. So I may try that as well. Nuts could also be added.
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