Jewels of Truth Statements & Favorite Quotes of the Month

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I hope your finding yourselves warm and bundled up in this Winter 2014 season. Unless of course if your in Oz (Australia) where its Summer right now. This month of January has evaporated quickly for many of us due to a variety of factors. How many of you have made it a concentrated effort to stop every once in a while and just breathe in "Life"? For plenty of us it costs nothing, just a quick respite to rejuvenate the spirit within allowing vigor and gratitude to fill up our senses for being alive right now.

Today's trio of "Jewels of Truth" spiritual wisdom statements are on the topics of: Service, Conduct, and Courage. Written originally back in early to the middle of April 2010 in the series # 1027-1029.

If at all possible enjoy this Winter weather in safety and a humane spirit towards all. May you as always find my statements intriguing as an expressive means of conveying Life in so many words.

Enjoy.

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Service:

1027) We are all born of this life as the result of the many blessed encounters strung across time and space. Our hearts and minds may be fashioned by the world, but our spirits and our ultimate soul in God has been fashioned from the Divine. We as the plural results of God's ultimate expression of Being has not cast us aside from our heavenly realm. We are all at his arm's reach to pull us aside if we stray too far from his earnest reproach into our personal lives. No one can take away your power to live with dignity unless you allow it.

As we each represent the godly in our lives akin to the Angels in this Earth and the Heavens. We showcase all that is divine in each other in order to promote the goodwill in our combined souls. All acts of genuine compassion with neither thoughts of earthly reward or recognition. Will grant the giver a total recovery of their own inherent heavenly beauty. The instantaneous good pleasure of giving is received almost immediately through the "Holy Spirit". We thereby unleash what is holiest in us and release what is purest in our brothers and sisters in spirit.

Forget not this truth of how we may love in action and for it to surround us instantly with grace. We are truly alive when we love each other in service by often reinforcing our faith in the process with God. Compassion and humility by the avenues of understanding and patience have afforded more "Peace on Earth". Than what any signed peace accord between nations could ever accomplish in any lifetime. By the measure we give from our hearts balanced by our minds it shall be afforded to us in this life and the next for all to celebrate as heavenly witnesses. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.


Conduct:

1028)  The Love of God(dess) pours forth like a mighty waterfall upon all be they faithful or not. In wondrous measures that are often beyond mere common comprehension. Be still in your hearts and your minds allow for this hidden mystery to overwhelm you. Distill yourselves onto this one point in life where all grace follows in unceasing prosperity. Follow the bread crumb trail of your angels be they well intentioned people or purely in heavenly spirit. Whatever the turn of events in life so that it takes you to moments of reflection or steps to accomplish. Do so with conviction knowing full and well of your place situated within your proper self.

Flow forth from a place of zeal for living that God provides all to those who are earnest in accordance to his "Divine Will". Yet be mindful of the duo feminine aspect of God as Goddess which expresses life by all means nurturing, gentle, humble, and kind when it is warranted. Otherwise without proper inner balance our soulful desires to tame ourselves be they masculine or feminine in essential natures. Will clash with the world at large by being out of step with our intent and our following resolve to be whole in being. Keep to wisdom on what is proper in conduct and what is clearly not. For foolishness beyond playtime is a recipe for disuse and illness in how we express what is real to us alone. In how we decide to reach our most valued spaces in being content as spiritual beings alive in the flesh. Will determine a life well lived or one of confused suffering. Amen.
                                                                                                  ----Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.


Courage:

1029)  What is it to have courage? Is it to move mountains aside in spite of our fears?

Courage is a process that can define a soul in order to help crumble difficult circumstances surrounding them. For there to be fear in our minds there must also be Hope in our hearts. A strong counter balance must be achieved in spirit for courage to take hold down to the roots of our being. For difficult circumstances do not, nor should they not define us. Our reactions may be stern and they may be timid for to be fully human we stumble at times unceremoniously. Our Convictions is what helps us to define ourselves in life as a whole. Troubles will come in all sizes and solutions will appear in all places as well. The great practitioner of life knows how to create opportunity out of perils in order to surmount the ugly in life. The afflicted ones succumb to a gnashing of teeth as they are defeated even before they have fully commenced to tackle hardships. They have forsaken themselves without a chance to overcome. Hardly can the Angels in heaven assist with such a weak resolve to live.

With true courage lived with hope and convictions comes an ingredient called faith. A faith not based on the appearance of insurmountable difficulties. But one of an inner stillness which is sensible in spirit that is filled with unspoken strength and self-worth to overcome all things. Milestones become a well paved roadway to intercede on ones own behalf to nearly subjugate all injustice. For to squish one evil out of your personal life another will come along in your brothers or sisters life. For they are needing instruction in how to overcome for themselves. These are the hallmarks of a true courage that is not to be lauded from the hilltops, but kept in a spirit of humility in order to care for all precious things in life. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

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More individuals become so anxious about their own troubles, and yet helping others is the best way to rid yourself of your own troubles. For what is the pattern? He gave up Heaven and entered physical being that ye might have access to the Father.
                                                                         ---Edgar C. Cayce. Reading 5081-1

May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony.
                                                                                                              ---Romans 15:5

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. ---Psalm 51:12

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
                                                                                               ---Eleanor Roosevelt.

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. ---E.B. White. "Charlotte's Web"

"Jewels of Truth" Reading From Volume 2, A Statement On "Compassion"

Compassion:

Humanity by its animal nature versus its spiritual nature is prone to gross inequalities of all sorts. Most evident is how we treat the less fortunate by they economically disadvantaged or physically / mentally impaired. We are often more so civilized in name only. To our disgrace we favor opulence over liberty and equality. Thus our human nature will fail us if we do not heed that if the least of us is not represented well in just treatment. It bodes badly for the whole because we are not ready for the mantle of greatness as a humane people much less a nation of civilized people.
                                                                               ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

"Jewels of Truth: The Wayfarer of the Soul", Volume 2 pg. 25

Automotive Industry Concept: "Smart Phones Inter-Connectivity With Smart Cars"

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As today's cars, trucks, and other associated automotive vehicles continue the trajectory of artificial intelligence of on board electronics. It may very well end up within this decade or there about our smart phones will be considered as an indispensable piece of computerized electronics in managing our own vehicles. Not to mention the advent of wearable gadgets that our smart phones may become rather worn on clothing (ala Star Trek communicators) than carried in a holster. Efficiencies are being squeezed nearly every year by the function and computing power of today's gadgets. Vehicles will no doubt continue to follow suit in a similar measure as the wizardry of technology allows for a near convenience experience. In helping us manage our productivity away from work and our own house holds. More like a mobile command and control hub will vehicles of tomorrow emerge in ease of functions for our daily modern needs and wants.

Today's concept is how our contemporary world with "Smart Phones" makes its own incremental debut into "Smart Cars" and vice a versa. Bluetooth wireless connectivity already exists for many years now as one of the very first forays between a smart phone and a personal vehicle computer console panel. What follows is my own vision of how this could emerge for our routine lives here in the Industrialized world.

Every automaker will have developed a software application as a downloadable software interface with their particular car model. For use in a car owners smart phone(s) only after purchasing a vehicle and not before. The car control app will synchronize via encryption processes to the owners smart phone(s). (In case of several alternate drivers each with their own authorized smart phones) In part the car control app will randomly generate an electronic key code that acts as a handshake to open and close one's vehicle. We already today have key less entry devices at a certain broadcast short range frequency like a combination lock. However tomorrows vehicles will have the singular unique smart phone Dial into opening or closing a Smart Car. Just like you were calling a colleague at work to prep something for you in function. In this case your calling your car to open or close and begin its own standard protocol checklist of functions for operation.

The smart phone(s) synchronized to the owners smart car will place an additional layer of theft protection of a vehicle. If a car thief attempts to spoof an owners smart phone to gain key less entry to the owners vehicle. There can be an additional layer of protection provided by the owner where a verbal key phrase must be uttered. Speech recognition software authorizes its the owners own voice and not someones that just knows the key phrase as the password. Or the vehicle can ask a random security question like many websites do today to log in to your account. Again looking for its owners own speech pattern to verify who it is. Also, ones Smart Phone will have a digital finger print scanner to open your vehicle. Do note the thumb is no longer the only required finger for scanning. It can be any number of digits of your choice as an acceptable scanning recipient.

Now vehicles of today may have a rear view camera so as to not bump into someone or another car or object. Smart Cars of tomorrow will be a multi-angle array of safety and security camera's. For instance like in Russia or parts of Eastern Europe its popular for car owners to have personal dash board camera's. For protection to prove something actually happened in a car accident not just for insurance purposes. But, dirty police have been known to be chronic lairs as to occurrences in traffic incidents. So the popularity of car dashboard camera's has soared in Russia and neighboring Eastern Europe. Even in America and in other parts of the world police were the first to issue dashboard camera's onto their patrol vehicles. Tomorrow's smart cars will have dashboard camera's, 360 degree interior roof light camera, exterior rear, exterior car doors, and exterior radiator grill front cameras at street level. As a package suit of safety and security camera's for car owners. Car manufacturers can sell from plain daylight only to sophisticated infrared red see in the dark camera's. Touting viewing distance, illumination, optical clarity, and so forth as sales features.

What this does for a Smart Phone is akin to a home security system often marketed today to home owners. However a wired up smart car with this ensemble of vehicle camera's mimics the very same safety conscious consumer of tomorrow. Using your smart phone via a encrypted connection you dial into your vehicle to watch whats happening around your car. So if an idiot dings your car door in the mall parking lot you'll have recorded footage in tracking down the hit and run away fool. I can hear the incidents of car insurance claims go up in the future for car detailing shop repairs. :o)

Automakers will also transmit to their vehicle fleets sold to car owners anti-virus and malware software protection via the Internet. Since in many ways Smart Cars of tomorrow are a mobile wireless Internet hub of their own, albeit encrypted for private use. Just like today's personal computers receive software anti-virus updates from an assortment of companies. This will be so car thieves don't infect a vehicle to gain entry via a malicious car hack of tomorrow.

Smart phone address books will be synced up with your own smart car's address book accessible via your touchscreen console. However speech recognition can be a primary means of interacting with your vehicles computerized console(s). (Back seat passengers will have one of their own as well.) Whenever your personal smart phone address book updates your car will prompt you requesting for the update from your phone. The same can occur via the car maker control app installed on your smart phone. Your smart phone will solicit you for the most current updates from your smart car with contact information. Of course all of this can be given prior permission to happen behind the scenes without having to authorize every secure request of an exchange of data. Business travelers renting a personal vehicle with a Smart Car can download the car rental company own car control app. The duration of the car rental ticks down like a timer until the car is returned. So the business person traveling via their smart phone can securely transmit their native address book to the smart car rental. For ease of travel to preloaded destinations required by the company during their stay or other personal interests.

Some Smart vehicles such as sport sedans or minivans with additional spacious leg room for back seat passengers. Will have the aforementioned secondary back seat computer console hub for passengers. In a way ever since minivans of today started to have flip down television panels to entertain the kids or what not. This form of on board entertainment will only evolve much further to include computer Internet surfing. And, of course gamers delighting playing their favorite MMO's or multiplayer FPS game match whilst in transit. Picture today's "Playstation Vita" portable game device offered by Sony. The passenger back seat console will have wireless controllers similar to today's "Playstation Vita". With an enlarged screen as a remote control wand or game controller for Internet entertainment purposes. Of course if a passenger has their own Smart Phone or Smart Tablet they can sync with the back seat console hub as a guest log in to utilize its functions as well.

Today GPS devices in cars already record your traveling points throughout the day. Stored indefinitely until the memory cache is overwritten with new data. A Smart Car of tomorrow will have its GPS like a Black Box similar to an airplane as a data recorder. Smart Cars, each will have their own Data Recorders for car insurance purposes and probably one day required by law like an airbag for safety by the Federal to State governments.  The Smart Car data recorders will certainly record in a memory buffer all camera footage whilst stationary and during transit. All of this can be streamed to ones smart phone for reference as needed, but stored on site with ones vehicle. The smart car in some ways will be like a traveling computer server cluster.

*Government vehicles be they Military or Civil Intelligence sectors may benefit from an additional layer of technology just for their own purposes. That is Virtual Augmented Reality destinations pre-programed into their Smart Car for Dead (Data) Drops or Retrieval of Sensitive Data Locations. That to the naked eye is meaningless. But, with an augmented reality sensor with a smart car or helm on the driver they can pin point destination points as needed. There can be tele-conferencing nodes with such augmented reality hotspots similar to every "Mission Impossible" mission briefing. Since the Smart Car is like a driving computer server cluster it can interface with virtual only secure Intelligence sanctioned locations. However any such augmented reality vehicle enabled with such virtual reality sensors can be a mobile transmission node to infect with a computer virus unsuspecting victims.

All government vehicles be they for civil servants in the Federal, State / Provincial, and Local municipalities. Will have their on board Smart Car camera's sync with Federal / Local police departments. So as to provide a public sector Mobile CCTV Platform for public safety surveillance purposes. So if a incident occurs in real time be it a traffic accident or an actual crime taking place. Police can be dispatched as needed. Also regional traffic authorities will also sync into these same government smart cars to data mine traffic flow patterns. To prevent traffic congestion for the populace at large as an additional deployed sensor array package. For motorists to access on a public as needed basis piped into all Smart Cars. Like today's free accessed Public Service Commission free television channels required by law for local county governments and public school districts.

When the era arrives when cars can drive themselves in an automated fashion thanks to companies like Google or Federal government agencies like DARPA. Then consider the Smart Phone like a bell man's whistle calling for a remote-off site pick up for a friend or yourself. The proverbial soccer mom has gone robotic with your own personal vehicle. The same goes for Taxi's showcased in both sci-fi movie versions of "The Running Man" with an automated computerized robotic automobile. Chauffeurs around the world will cringe for their occupations being downsized in later vehicle automated generations. Only the very backwards part of the world will still use antiquated human drivers. Or the filthy rich to denote their opulence for the old ways of driving in antique cars and boats.

During emergencies if the main car driver is injured or unresponsive due to a car accident. If their Smart Car is outside the regional automated traffic network digital umbrella. Which is a centralized traffic authority that provides guidance to all local automated vehicles during transit. Until that time vehicles can do this on their own via satellite after the first few generations figure out such an technological obstacle. When the car driver is out cold at the scene of an accident any authorized back-up drivers that are conscious with their own Smart Phones. Can manually drive the car via their Smart phone if its in drivable condition, but are outside the scope of the regional automated traffic network. (ie Rural areas) Much like in the James Bond 1997 movie of "Tomorrow Never Dies".

If a car is ever stolen or broken into the Smart Car will alert the owners Smart Phone immediately. In tandem the Smart Car will also send out a distress alert call to the local police authorities computer network. Which will in turn alert the closest police patrol squad car to intercept in the vicinity. The alerted car owner with their smart phone can access the encrypted video camera stream of the car thief. Where the en route police squad car will be given temporary access to do likewise so as to build a case for criminal prosecution of stolen property. The car owner will be given the option to turn off the car engine block with or without an alert to the car thieves. Similar in many ways to today's "General Motors OnStar" service car theft protection features. Where all car windows will roll up and car locks secured including the glove department will lock to make the vehicle a secure vault in many ways until police show up. If a vehicle has a passenger folding back seat like in a sport or family hatchback. The folding seat control mechanism will also lock so as to prevent a car thief from escaping via the vehicles trunk space in accessing the manual release lever.

These are some of the manners I can envision a Smart Car of tomorrow will function for owners. Smart Phones will cross the threshold of an optional mobile communications gadget into a very necessary component in owning a personal vehicle. Everyone will have a Smart Phone of various technological features and quality levels of affordability. By extension Smart Cars will piggy back onto this modern society need in many ways to aid us in living more productive lives. Although the price of productivity may be more burdensome due to loss of privacy and other sociological inconveniences for having technology available at all times. This is the future perhaps within the decade if not a few years after that but well within our generations time frame. No longer the domain of science fiction but hurling towards us as a real fact.

Ivan "Atrayo" Pozo-Illas, has devoted 21 years of his life to the pursuit of clairvoyant automatic writing channeling the Angelic host. Ivan, is the author to the spiritual wisdom series of "Jewels of Truth" consisting of 3 volumes published to date. He also channels conceptual designs that are multi-faceted for the next society to come that are solutions based as a form of dharmic service. Numerous examples of his work is available at "Atrayo's Oracle" blog site of 11 years plus online. Your welcome to visit his website "Jewelsoftruth.us" for further information or to contact Atrayo directly. 

Psychic Journey Magazine "Winter/Spring 2014" Issue, Has Published My Introductory Article

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Psychic Journey Magazine, has recently published my own Introductory Article on pages 28-29 on their most recent Winter/Spring 2014 issue. A Free online version of the magazine can be seen at this "Link". Enjoy.

"Jewels of Truth" Reading From Volume 2, A Statement On "Love"

Love:

Love is bound to no one, it is only bound to itself. The truest form of Love is all sustaining and absolute in its generous nature. Humanity often confuses conditional love and lust as forms of destructive entrapment's. By suspecting that selfish needs through the ego is the culprit. Lust is self explanatory yearning to obtain which it believes it lacks. It is an empty sense of greed from within the deep recesses of the mind and heart. Conditional love is a diluted form of unconditional love. By expressing love with demands plays the petty game of favoritism, where in the end there is no winners.

Unconditional Love plays no favorites, makes no demands, is accepting, embraces all that is good in nature, is inclusive in its purest sense not just in principle, but action and as a force of life. Pure, absolute, total, unconditional, infinite, and eternal love are but a few of the ways to express our relationship with each other and especially with God our maker. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

"Jewels of Truth: The Wayfarer of the Soul", Volume 2 pg. 98-99

Jewels of Truth Statement: "God's One True Face"

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Here we are together already on the half-way point of this first month of the year. Kudos, to my readers in both "Poland and Malaysia" that have spiked my readership numbers for the last couple of months. I appreciate the attention and your readership, truly I do.

Today's entry is on the topic of "God's Face" as the very majestic "Holy Spirit", and the one he shares through his own creations. Which we all have an aspect of him in the very core of our spiritual identity. This "Jewels of Truth" statement is numbered #1633 in the series and was written in late December of last year.

As always do enjoy the content and may it very well stretch your perception of what it means to be a very much alive spiritual entity in God. Amen.

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God:

1633) Our God the one true god will only have "One Face"! Not unlike any other living creature that has only one face in composition. However such a magnificent face has an infinite variety of expressions. That portray life in its most various forms. Not all expressions will be recognizable to even the most devout pilgrim as a supplicant to God. This is why you will know the most earnest being by their actions rather than their speech alone. Many will be convinced otherwise and thus become easily fooled by the charisma of a pretender. For every deceived person there are ten more innocent persons awaiting God into their own personal lives. The harvest of souls is ever growing in evangelism that is filled with compassion and humility.

If one religion or philosophy does not speak to your soul. Then move onward looking for benevolence wherever it may be found. Allow the spirits of the ancestors to guide you and not the tricksters amongst humanity. You will know you have found a slice of paradise in faith and understanding. When your humanity is not smothered nor are you treated like cattle. A well traveled soul is more respectable than one whom has denied their own divinity. Albeit all are worthy vessels for the divine to inhabit in sincere measure. Having mindfulness not to harm your brothers or sisters by proclaiming ego based superiority in any form. Be it in your duties or rank by means of service in whatever aspect it may take in practice.

God(dess), is always found in all things simple in nature. All gentle and diminutive forms of life is God at his most sublime akin to a child. Be in awe wherever you find the splendor of mother nature for Father God is wed to her for an eternity. You will find the beloved with his spouse always in the "Holy Spirit" of matrimony. Treat all creatures with reverence as you should be treated with dignity and not with fear. Respect the nature of each entity for all have boundaries as mortals. As souls however we are all boundless through our united "Spirit of God".

God, the one true god of all deities assumes them all as his progeny in Spirit. Watch him smile with love in gladness at his creations forever more. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

"Jewels of Truth" Reading From Volume 1, A Statement On "Eternity"

Eternity:

The present moment is eternity renewing itself constantly as a rebirth of all life. Whether this life is aware or not of its heritage in this eternal destiny we call Creation. The "Now" as it is referred to is actually God acknowledging his Creation moment by moment as the expression of his Majestic Divinity. Regardless if the children of his creations remember this truth or not. It is as it is for time is truly non-linear in the scope of the spiritual reality. This is how in one manner why eternity exists as it always has been for now and forever more. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

"Jewels of Truth: A Soul Odyssey Within", Volume 1 pg. 20

Jewels of Truth Statement: "The Wonders Beyond Prayer That Are Unto God Himself"

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I hope your New Year celebrations were festive and delightful enjoyed with friends, family, and strangers alike. As we enter this new year don't persecute yourselves with your "New Year's Resolution". Especially if it was very unrealistic for you to accomplish in all sincerity. Saying this does not denote abandoning those resolutions that you promised to yourselves that have merit as well. My New Years Resolution is always the same year in and year out so as to keep it simple. It is "To do the best I can and be very well for it", no fuss no muss. It's self-explanatory with no pressure to strive for my best and to execute it well with residual rewards along the way.

Today's "Jewels of Truth" spiritual wisdom statement is on the topic of "Metaphysics". Numbered in the series at #1630 for those keeping count written this past mid-December. This statement seems to skim across several topics such as: prayer, our divinity, heaven, and God as a whole. So I chose the general category of Metaphysics instead since it covers this gamut very well.

Please enjoy the material even though you may disagree with aspects of it. Nonetheless it will stretch the horizons of your minds in asking "What If"? As always these spiritual wisdom statements I write with Inspiration using Automatic Writing as a technique.

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Metaphysics:

1630)  All prayer is an intimate act between oneself and the Creator God. No matter if one prays in a group or by oneself alone. The intent is to utilize the Divine system or "Holy Laws" for the abiding good to prevail in all things.

When we pray for another person and when we pray to our ancestors be they a particular loved one or strangers to us in this one life. We are utilizing an Ancient timeless system that maintains no borders. For it is everywhere simultaneously as we deem such a presence as the "Holy Spirit" of God. God's, own persona made into a manifest essence beyond that of any physical limitations. So when we pray we assume a union with such a holy presence that is eternal and Infinite in nature. We consciously flip a switch of our own divinity to come first as to subordinate our mortal self.

What this reveals is all sorts of wonders deemed as prior impossible or fictitious to humanity itself. This becomes a voided after thought by means of an atonement that neutralizes such restrictions of any physical world. Miracles, Blessings, Omens, and so forth are native and become common occurrences for the "Holy Spirit" to accomplish. Under the guise of our divine selves as living spiritual entities. We are not bound to petty whims of the humanistic frail ego. An awakening no matter how brief binds us all into a sublime "Oneness".

All things are always happening within the eternal "Now". This "Now Moment" is a constant Eternal dimension transfixed as a solitary point unto itself. Many call such a place Heaven, but heaven is also known to the Angels as God(dess) the Creator. There is one truth and the countless Infinite illusions that follow as a continual window dressing over the hidden truth. God, is a constant reality unto himself. Everything else is an illusion guided by his "Holy Will" so as to live through his creations. And, for his creations to live through God in a symbiotic fashion.

We utilize the essence of God when we pray, meditate, or contemplate to transcend our mortal limitations. To cross through the illusionary veil freely and with total liberty as divine beings having a very finite physical existence. In our own holy spirits we become like god, but we are not God himself. We are the Image and Likeness of God as divine beings made from Heaven as the embodiment of True Love. Anything short of this is a shadow that passes from the truth and into oblivion. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

Civil Rights Concept: "Indigenous Cultures Sports Team Negiotated Settlement"

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With this season of gift giving practically behind us now as we're enjoying the vestiges of our abundance. The role of my blog site "Atrayo's Oracle" is to utilize my internal calling to alleviate suffering, be of practical service, and to bring joy to all. The role of my calling is that of an "Oracle Imagineer" combining my intuitive spiritual gifts with futuristic imaginative innovations as potential solutions to society. That has been the case since 2005 when this blog site launched followed by two self-published books in the spiritual wisdom tradition.

The reason why I make such a declaration is two-fold. One, we are all obligated to attempt to pursue our dreams by means of our internal calling from all we hold of a pure heart. Two, to admire the good in the world no matter how quaint to how sublime it may appear. Gratitude works both ways for the giver and the receiver and I am truly humbled by my soulful gifts.

Today's concept is about the recent dilemma Native American's as indigenous cultures in our great land. Are troubled by the alleged racism of collegiate to professional sports leagues using their likeness at their expense. My personal opinion is I see nothing offensive since whatever the sport in America. Depictions of Native Americans be it in Football for instance as the Washington "Red Skins". Is a display of the nobility and fighting spirit of a very proud people. You can call me naive and up to a point you may be right. However the "National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)" (Link) considers this plain racial mistreatment of Indigenous cultures. By sports teams be they football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, soccer, etc.. Their request if not veiled demand is that such sports franchises change their team names to appease a greater sensibility. Although to do so wipes out in many ways the rich cultural heritage of these sports teams to a degree.

Back in June of 2012 the "University of North Dakota" changed their athletic program name. From "North Dakota Fighting Sioux" to the "University of North Dakota Athletic Program" due to the offense American Indians took to heart.

My concept comes down the middle giving merit to America's Indigenous Tribes and for the Sports Leagues themselves to a limited degree. For I do not have a dog in this race at all so I attempt to be impartial. Below is what follows as my concept to benefit both the Native Americans in economic investments to their future generations in education. Including infrastructure investments and cultural enrichment overall for the Indians and the ordinary American. The sports leagues would be best suited to attend a negotiated settlement out of self-interest in the least. For the Native Americans could easily go for a Legal Class Action Lawsuit Status as a consequence of not negotiating for a Grand Bargain.

Now to understand all sports leagues be they University to full Professional sports franchises have profited using Native American names, likeness, logos, and mascots. Consider the decades of such ill tolerated perceptions by Native Americans or in Canada's case "First Nations Culture". Where these sports leagues benefited in: stadium construction; athlete / coach, misc staff salaries; merchandising licensing deals; sponsorships; stadium ticket sales; etc... For those leagues using Native American Influences in promoting their sport teams overall for decades in many instances. Such profits goes northward beyond the millions of dollars historically to potentially billions of U.S. dollars.

My abstract concept would break down those sports teams in the past and present with Native Cultural namesakes. In the past sports teams like the "North Dakota University" that bite the bullet and changed their athletic department name. They won't necessarily get off the hook as a retrospective consequence. Besides those sports teams to date continuing their long standing traditions with Indigenous cultural namesakes and representations. So those of the Past would be lumped into one camp and those of the Present into another consolidated camp at the negotiating table.

Next this is what I propose understanding Institutions in America of highest learning. Such as Universities are constantly attempting to stretch their overall capital dollars as a means of internal growth. That those of the Past University campuses that changed their Native American namesake. Provide partial scholarships and in campus employment opportunities to Indigenous students within their region of the country. Those University campuses such as the "Florida State University Seminoles" that continue to use Tribal names and representations. To provide prospective Indigenous students full paid scholarships and on campus employment opportunities.

For the Professional Sports Leagues the picture is slightly different instead of paying out directly in a settlement worth whatever amount. That they provide Block Grants directly to the tribal partners by the stipulated regions such as those 12 sectors used by the "Bureau of Indian Affairs" (Link). Which is the Federal government department of the Interior of the country since 1824. Using such a national grid map of sorts for those past or present sport league teams utilized or are utilizing a Tribal namesake and representation. These block grants are to be used by each of the 12 regions to develop and maintain reservation infrastructure. Such as housing stock, water / sewer, electrical power grid, roadways, tribal governmental buildings, schools, etc.... Also the block grants can promote cultural enrichment programs of learning within the reservations.

Now you must be thinking why don't the affected sports teams just drop their Indigenous cultural identities and be done with it. Well they could, but I hope the National tribes holds their feet to the fire for their past usage of such cultural likeness. Which obligates them nonetheless at the negotiating table to come at a truce. So those sport teams instead of ripping out their own sports legacy in terms of history by changing their identity. Can enter into the Present camp and for as long as they use the namesake and representation of Native Americans. They get the blessing of their regional tribes to continue as they were whilst providing an economic investment boon to the tribes in perpetuity.

Also, those University campuses and Professional Sports Teams that are given the blessing to continue such a Native likeness. Will offer additional benefits versus those of the Past camp of a negotiated settlement. For instance before the start of every game after the National Anthem is sung. A tribal elder or shaman is invited to give a blessing to the game for all to hear. Be it in English or in their own Indigenous language so as to bless the home team and the fans in general. At the team owners expense offer free standard stadium seating with beverage (non-alcoholic) / meal vouchers to the local regional tribes to attend. Including providing a free shuttle service from tribal lands to and from the stadium. Discounted prices can be offered for higher value seating as well in the stadium for those Indians willing to purchase them. That during half-time Native American's of a particular regional tribe are invited to perform native dances and ceremonies for the stadium fans. As an employment opportunity for tribal members not unlike those utilized in the tourist hospitality industry. This can be included in International exhibition games held abroad as well. What this does is shows how very much alive are our combined native cultures in America. Where before they have been often neglected as out of sight and out of mind in predominant standing in America.

However this concept goes one step further which is to give an Up or Down Vote to each of the 12 Tribal Regional areas in America. All the officially recognized and those Indigenous unrecognized tribal people within a region that have been vouched for by their officially recognized brethren. Will be asked to assemble together under a conference to conduct a straight simple majority "Up or Down Vote". For those collegiate campuses and professional sports leagues to whether keep or remove their team franchise namesake, logos, likeness, and mascots. If the tribes within the region asked for it to become removed than the settlement falls under the Past category. If they're allowed with the full blessing of the regional tribes to keep their Native namesake and likeness. Then the sports leagues and their affected sports team owners enter into the Present category or class of agreed to settlement.

If the Native Americans and "First Nations Culture" in Canada feel unjustly treated by particular sports teams. Then please exercise your grievances in a responsible manner that supports your combined people. Since the practice of Black Minstrels in America was put to an end a long time ago. If each of the localized regional Tribal cultures feels so strongly than choose which direction you should go as a negotiated settlement. Don't let easily off the hook those sports teams that obliged your request to change their team names and likeness. Since they did profit from it for decades and your tribes should see a benefit from it as well economically speaking.

Now I wonder what the "Fighting Irish" of "Notre Dame University" would have to think of Ireland and Irish Americans. If such an Indigenous Cultures settlement like the one I describe above did occur?

*List of Indigenous People Sports Team Mascots (Link)

* NY Times Blog Article Washington Redskins Dispute (Link) Dated Oct. 8th, 2013.

Jewels of Truth Statement: "On Joy"

Joy:

Each smile you display with true joy and love helps us express remembrance of our true nature. This is Angelic in epic proportions, so each smile awakens God who is within us always. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

"Jewels of Truth: A Soul Odyssey Within", Volume 1 pg. 38

A very special "Happy Holidays" to my dear readers. Thank you for your patronage of enjoying this blog site with your ardent attention. 

Merry Christmas & Feliz Navidad!

Jewels of Truth Statement: "On The Philosophy of Reality"

Philosophy:

The physics of any given reality, be it the reality all around us or the reality of our souls substance can be viewed as contrary poles of existence. However it is and has always been one reality, albeit layered into several dimensions of creation.

We as humanity can be in denial to the prowess of our souls environment, and still adhere to the macro dynamics of the physics of our world and the stars beyond. This is still a short sighted approach where science creates an artificial conflict with Spirit. There is no separation, it is all one family of understanding. Only in our ego's and immature sense of justice can we say otherwise, and declare it as the ultimate truth to our own disservice. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

"Jewels of Truth: The Wayfarer of the Soul", Volume 2 pg. 130-131

Jewels of Truth Statements & Favorite Quotes of the Month

Season Greetings,

I hope now things are getting close to finally settling down for many of you celebrating Christmas, and other associated religious Holidays. Technically there is also only 2 weeks left until the close of this year 2013 as well. About the only holiday after New Year's for Christians is that of Epiphany on January 6th. Which commercial retailer gift giving took hold fiercely of how the three Magi's paid homage to the baby newborn Christ. With gifts and offerings to the babe born within Bethlehem some 2 thousand plus years ago. By the way I hear two days ago the city of Bethlehem in Israel experienced a rare snow storm dropping up to a foot of snow. (cities of Jerusalem and Ramallah too)

Bloomberg: Mideast Storm Dumps Snow on Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah (Link)

Today I'll be sharing my usual trio of "Jewels of Truth" spiritual wisdom statements in the series #1024-1026. On the topics of: God(dess) times x2 and on Heaven. Written originally in mid March to early April 2010.

As always may you enjoy them as this year comes to a close. Where inner reflection of the topics at hand may give you each a moment of poise in order to expand your spiritual horizons. Independent if you agree or disagree with any of the present to past topics.

Namaste. :o)

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God(dess):

1024)  Across Creation in many spoken tongues and cultural to intellectual concepts of God exist or have existed in another point in time. With so many sincere names of God(dess) having come into fruition no matter how confusing they may be to comprehend. The simplest to understand and yet the most powerful to enlist of them all is "Love".

When "Love" is uttered as a sincere and well intentioned word of power. It can conjure up many sacred acts of benevolence into form and being. A deeper layer than most to such a true name of God(dess) is the very consecrated act of "Loving" as itself. As the "Holy of Holies" is stated in deed be it in common or up to extraordinary actions. Than the "Spirit of God(dess)" has been invoked in kind from the mundane to the majestic. No matter the scale of the intent as it has been materialized upon the world. It is good and just by the impact offered which will be made in absolute according to the "Will of God". All things good whether spoken or performed as acts of "Love" by its purest invocation are of God. As such it has been made flesh through humanity and all other creatures both small to large as children of God throughout the cosmos. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.


God(dess):

1025)  The highest power in Creation is also the highest Love we call God(dess). Such a supreme and all encompassing power is the source to all life in the universal cosmos and beyond into the realms of Spirit itself. We as humble onlookers of this great majesty can only be in awe with the sheer fortitude to all the diversity mirrored back at us. Be it by fellow living beings or up to environmental landscapes that confront us all by our limited lifetimes on this Earth of ours. Yet as if tourists for a season we pass through these earthly halls with often more sincere questions than having answers for them.

Know this, that the Highest Love in God(dess) will not surrender us to inequity or calamity without our expressed permission. We who are the righteous children of God before birth chose our lives down to the smallest detail. With the aid of our brethren as Angels we shall walk this Earth and the Stars as mortals with faith. Our lives are shining beacons across the skies of the spiritual heavens themselves. We are not forsaken, but truly blessed in the presence of God in our constant midst. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.


Heaven:

1026)  As souls we do not age since we are of God in the eternal form and substance of his almighty being. We do continue to grow and learn from the combined lifetimes we are exposed to as a form of grace. Those souls seeking to sojourn back to their source can not travel there alone, but only grow back into heaven.

How does one grow back into heaven you ask?

It is by our intentions and our sacred deeds combined by how deeply we love in moderation through the creative forces of life itself. Without "Love" in our hearts for each other and for all other entities as environmental beings within Creation. We forestall our good from being received on an appropriate basis of grace. Where we succumb to a consciousness that is contrary to all that is wholesome and divine in our lives. Our strength lies in our unity with God and his "Holy Will" for the highest good to be always accomplished.

The glory of God(dess) within us would not require anything less than obedience to what we hold most sacred or of greatest benevolent importance. Otherwise we delay the inevitable bounty of the "Kingdom of God", but delay does not ever mean denied. Cultivate your souls before the eyes of God in order to maintain the steady stream of blessings in your lives. That is how one grows to heaven right now and not after we have departed from this world. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

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Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgment. ---William Penn.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ---Matthew 6:21

For it is not you who speaks, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ---Matthew 10:20