Lance Kurland

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Actually the present is all we have and the past is the foundation of your becoming. We still have endless possibilities for change every moment, and create our future by the seeds we are planting now!

I was always perplexed when reading the predictions of Edgar Cayce the “Sleeping Prophet”. Many of his predictions manifested, others did not. Yet he spoke about this period of time as being when the “poles reversed”. What could that have meant? If the Earth shifted on it’s axis and the North Pole became the South Pole there would not be a living creature on Earth which would survive. Still I know that we are in process of a “Shift” of historic dimension. We will be a different world in the next 3-5 years. By 2020 the planet will be a drastically altered reality.

There is a phenomena called the “100TH Monkey”effect which has been described by anthropologists. It was observed that after a small percentage of the population learned a particular skill it became common knowledge without the monkey’s needing to be taught. What we have to look forward to is a transformation of our population and the raising of conciousness planetwise. What would the world be like if we suddenly all realized that war was a devise in which bankers and profiteers became rich on the lives of our children. If Truth became transperent. We don’t need to be able to read minds if our knowingness increases, though it is appearent healing and other now obscure potentials will manifest. When freed from the drudgery of making a living, and have the ability to live our dreams, we will have many oppertunities to transform our lives in miraculus ways. We can manifest the longings of our Soul’s purpose and desires will manifest before our eyes.

The birth could be a simple act of becoming, yet those in power are entrenched and not willing to relinquish wealth and power. It is far more likely that the next few years will see the financial infrastructure crumble taking the markets crash a few more times. Our basic conception of wealth and prosperity must transform from the purely physical, to more emotional and Spiritual dimensions. Our planet cannot support the pollution and damage of a society of consumption of finite resources.

The Shift is taking place NOW, and we have choices how we can each participate. When we accept that we are not human beings having a Spiritual experience and realize we are Spiritual beings having a human experience we will never reach our full potential. All is energy, we have scientifically recognized all form is made of packets of energy manifesting. Much of which is influenced by concious alignment. What we see and how we see it influences the reality we live in. If we become the beings of light and allow the love within us to illuminate our lives. Fear always seperates us, Love connects and unites us in amazing ways. When we live  our understanding and choose to make the present and present to the world, all the world will change.

Be  in Joy,

Lance Kurland

Reflections

Lyrics: Lance Kurland

One small grain of sand, is shifting with the tide,

Changing all of history dancing side to side,

It could inspire a poet touching the heart of kings,

Or slide away unnoticed affecting everything.

We can silently pass through life, or in the limelight shine,

In our brief moment of time.

A child born one chilly morn cries music in the air,

The breath of life comes into light unique to reappear,

Their destiny uncharted, guided by the stars,

To make their way through changing days, travelling near and far.

In the light of all eternity, we’re seen as cruel or kind,

In our brief moment of time.

Pain and pleasure, beyond measure, cycle like the moon,

Passing far too soon,

Into another day.

Dreams and drama, chance and karma, born deep in the night,

Growing in the light,

Beneath ancient cosmic signs,

In our brief moment of time.

We watch our choices steer our course, familiar path back to the source,

On journeys as each Soul evolves, as planets and the stars revolve.

Embrace material desires, or a Spiritual design,

In our brief moment of time.

Princes and paupers, Seers and streetwalkers, rise to living dreams,

It matters not their means,

Subject to nature’s rhymes.

Parents and children, bear their burdens, watch as wrinkles grow,

In deepened wisdom know,

The answers we can find,

In our brief moment of time.

What will you do? Who will you be?

Live in the past, or be forever free?

A word we say may make its way to change a heart or mind,

In our brief moment of time.

As the Shift continues it is easy to look outside yourself for answers, especially in trying times. We all have ways of dealing with stress and disappointments. Some are more effective than others. Meditation and centering yourself draws you back into yourself. Breathing exercises can calm the mind and help connect you to other aspects of your being. It is valuable to see sides of yourself which enhance your own talents and abilities. We are always only expressing a part of what we are. Maybe at work you are a salesperson, in relationship you are a mother or sister, you may also be an artist or sports person. These are all aspects of what you are and the Shift will press you to change and enhance certain parts of what you are while others fall to the side. Constantly you will find  time is channeling you into some avenues and you find you just don’t have time to pursue other interests or businesses you may begin. Welcome to the new changed life you are being presented with.

You are entering the change, yet it may require stretching and a new perspective. I can only offer a a few options I have found helpful in the paths on your journey. Here in the School of Life, we are involved in, and your degree will be  measured by progress you evaluate in your growth. There is no outside gauge of your progress except by non-tangible transformation. Although your change may require you going back to further your education in a school to get a diploma to pursue your inner prompting. I would like you to be aware of another side of learning which appears when you are ready to grow into it. More than that it may even be that life itself molds and changes to bring elements into your life, bringing people and experiences, which enhance aspects of your life.

We are mysterious and magnificent beings. Capable of miracles and a depth of being needed by many in our lives. We each have gifts to share with others. Sometimes this has little to do with the job we are doing, but who we are doing it. It may even more have to do with what we are than who are, doing what we do. I just finished doing a festival with friends and the connections going on around me were magic. I could not possibly have created the talent and the events of the day, yet as it unfolded I created the space for peoples lives to be enhanced. I did not even create the festival, but merely set my intent that this day would be special in many lives to uplift those around me. I decided this particular class in the school of life reflect my inner growth, being also a space for my learning. We each have talents, we each are connected to each other, and our thoughts as well as our actions are connected to the whole of Life. The Shift only intensifies these tendencies and brings people and events into our lives for Life’s unfoldment and being in the flow can enhance the lives of ourselves and others. It is time for us to become all that we are, and bring that into the world. Each of us brings our own unique melody and wisdom which others need, and bring the greatest joy into our lives.

Take the tools you use, allow other learning to come into your life becoming the person you can be through your intentions to make life the greatest expression of your desires and hopes. You are worthy and needed as the Shift proceeds. Welcome to the Great School, you will find you are as much a teacher as a student.

Slow Down

Music & Lyrics: Lance Kurland

Slow down and give yourself space, and a quiet space. There’s plenty of time for your lessons in growing,

Slow down your rushing around, what have you found, and where are you going?

Think of your dreams your hope and your schemes, they brighten your day, and keeps you alive,

Does your life make you whole, does it lighten your soul? Are you going to Heaven, or have you arrived?

Slow down your missing a chance, In the now… to share in the dance, and be in the sun,

Slow down, there’s kindness in time, in the seasonal rhyme, in the unfoldment of the One.

Slow down there’s no need to hide, from what’s deep inside, allow each person, their own unique play,

Slow down the journey is all, heed the inner call, Celebrate every special day.

Don’t push the waves, there’s no one to save, There’s only the joy we can give,

A moment’s a gift, a feeling that lifts, as all of life drifts in a love to be lived.

Dreme’s Journey

Music & Lyrics: Lance Kurland

I’ve searched around inside myself for a path to lead me home,

A feeling carried in the night wherever I roam,

Like a whisper carried on a cloud or the wind upon my face,

A texture so familiar, and yet some how unknown.

With Love, love, love…

Like a drop of dew in the morning light or a child’s smiling face,

The shimmering sun upon a lake,my heart seeks out the place,

In the shadow of simplicity my movements carry strength,

My mind cannot conceive the thoughts, that my actions take.

With Love, love, love…

A vision arises in silvery silence it ceases me,

carried by song, I travel along my way,

Like soft supple ripples I ride waves and dips till I know it’s Source,

A mystical, magical light, I know the part I play.

In a dream or a drama we dance to the rhythm of beating hearts,

In a minuet moment reflect… and seem to forget the pace.

If we open our eyes and learn how eagles’ fly we can reach for the clouds,

and be carried by currents of Mind each soul finding it’s place.

With Love, love, love…

In difficult times we tend to always seek the easiest path and either cling to outer sources of comfort or our inner light and hope. The Shift is occurring on many levels, emotional, physical, social, and Spiritual. It challenges our perceptions and facilitates change. It is therefore not surprising that the winner of the last presidential campaign was promoting “change”. This was a direct reflection of the dynamics we recognize on a conscious or unconscious level. How we respond to this new awakening defines us as individuals and changes the world as a result.

I have a personal Spiritual philosophy I call “Z’ism”. It is based on information I have received and basic truths. As opposed to many religious traditions, I ask no beliefs of any kind. You can believe in Jesus, Mohammed, or the Buddah with only one basic tennent. One must recognize ” that everything is connected”. If you don’t know this than nothing else works and this blog has no value to you. If this is acceptable or even appearent then everything else falls into place and as that realization deepens we are transformed and therefore the world is changed.

When this concept is embodied than there is no other, no them, there is just “us“. We can also begin to recognize our definition of other is more often a reflection or projection of ourselves into the outer world. To the degree we accept our part in the unfolding life around us and take responsibility for our actions and conditions, we can grow as individuals. As we become more knowledgeable of our natures and we can share that light in the world and “enlighten”it. We bring our unique perspective and can more easily share our gifts colored by the our dreams and experiences. It is amazing how life changes when we understand that all our actions are seeds which we daily plant even if we never see the result that these seeds produce. If the flap of the wings of a butterfly can create a storm in China later, what can an act of kindness create in the world when it is free of expectation or anticipation. When it is given freely and offered with love it liberate all in that field of influence.

Besides writing songs I have also worked for 25 years doing natural healing modalities. I have seen some very miraculous experiences take place when the timing is correct and people are open. I have thus learned that we are creatures of energy, which is being realized by science. Our thoughts create fields of energy around us, like magnetism which attracts situations into our lives, and creates conditions in our bodies for our learning and to create balance, the very description of health. We are the accumulation of these patterns we create and our desires. Hatred and fear are inharmonious creating a world which continues as a loop to come back to us causing unhappiness on many levels eventually fixing in the body as well as being expressed in the physical world. Angry people can always justify their anger because their world is truly unfair to them. It is always “their” fault. Sometimes it seems that these people really do have material success. Yet many of these people do not find happiness in their wealth and find their lives empty and lonely. Full of fear of loss. The result of the Shift will be the true second coming because the energy is shifting and their fear and desire are coming back to them. This is not a judgment, simply the result of the “rendering”, and the energies which are now flooding the planet and apparent to those sensitive to it.

Why is it happening now? It has to! The planet, like our bodies are seeking balance and cleansing. It is a time of greater transparency. When financial markets and political events are seen in their nakedness it will cause great pain and challenge. We will all become the recipients of the change inherent in this unveiling. There are many who will not be able to accept this new truth and through their anger and fear will choose ( consciously or unconsciously) leave the planet. There is a greater reality than we see physically and those that can’t be helped here will be helped elsewhere.

This leaves the choices we have before us now. We can give into the fear and anger, or transform the energy into caring and desiring to transform the world into balance. This is rarely a single transformative event, but a process of change. Like an alcoholic we take one day at a time, one step at a time. There is just more help available now in transforming. The choice is always yours, and your change effects all of us because indeed we are all connected . There is the hundred monkey phenomena where when a critical mass is reached it is like a wave and is easier for others to reach the same conclusion. All roads do lead to Rome… you just want to go to Rome! I just want to tell you that Rome, or enhanced awareness truly exists and as we reach it it changes everyone and everything.

This is the beginnig of my personal blog to keep friends updated on what is going on in my life and how it effects the world. Remember we are all connected.

In getting started be aware I have several project on going and many changes in my life and the world. We are all entering the deepest recession in our nation’s history which is part of a much larger transition on the planet. This is truly a time to reevaluate our values and approach to what life should be, and what priorities we should embody.

Are our values related to what we buy, or who we are? What is the foundation of our happiness and how does it effect the society around us, and the world in general? Why are we here and who are we as inhabitants of a truly wonderous and beautiful planet?

My answers are found within and radiate outward to those who I touch daily. I know we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I take responsibility for my life and recognize my actions have consequences on others. I am here to both heal myself and the world around me. The foundation of this transformation has to be rooted in Love or it is bound to return in dramatic and unproductive ways. My world is not based on profit but production. My thoughts and actions are seeds which bear fruit. I have always been a healer and an activist. I helped create a labor union, ran for state wide office and participate in creating the Organicfest each year here in Western North Carolina. I am a musician and songwriter sharing insights and uplifting the spirits of those who cross my path and share my journey. I am also a business person, insurance agent, home security adviser,  entrepreneur, network marketer, and Spiritual Dreamer working to enrich the lives of others. Careful of the integrity of the companies I deal with and the services I offer.

I hope you will follow my journey, add constructive comments, share ideas and wisdom you have lived, and participate in this great adventure we jointly create