YOUNG AND FOOLISH

A person who seeks relationships only to gratify his or her own needs, such as his or her own emotional or sexual needs, will find that each relationship is essentially identical, that the people in his or her life are replaceable, that experiences with the first and experiences with the second are essentially the same.         Gary Zukav  "Thoughts from the Seat of the Soul"

People continue to write to me asking advice about their relationships.  As I have said repeatedly in response to their inquiries, I CANNOT DO THAT.  But, I do believe that the answers we all seek can be obtained during our OBEs.
When I think back to my youth, I remember a song, YOUNG AND FOOLISH.  It was from a Broadway musical, and the song spoke of the times when we were all so young and foolish.  "The carefree days of our youth...."  It tells of how they go by so very quickly.  These are the years we definitely make the most mistakes and primarily become misguided by our careless thoughts.  The biggest tragedy is if we permit them to carry over into our adult years of our life.  This is where our mistakes cause us all the greatest harm.
For various reasons, those of us who do not advance in our awareness of where we are or have to go during our journeys, we take disastrous turns on the roads ahead.  I have discovered during my meditations and OBEs, that my biggest mishaps were due to the fact that we must always, first go within ourselves in order to find what we are in reality searching for during these times.  We will not find these things outside of our own spiritualities.  We must go within........ we must also realize the dependency of relying on so called relationships with other human beings will hinder us from achieving our goals.  Why?  Because every one has their own agenda!  Being young and foolish is the most opportune time for us to be caught up in another's agenda without even realizing it. These are our most carefree (careless) moments in time.  This is usually due to the fact that we believe without enough thought within our own souls that we can do a better job and find more strength in believing that we must follow the so called, "rules of the game".  What are the "rules of the game?"  Doing whatever we witness taking place around us.  Many of us are doomed for continuous failure in that these situations always come to an unpleasant end......and then we move on without missing a beat, to the next one, never realizing that each time we do this, we take double the steps backwards, that we had taken forward.
Am I saying, do not even attempt this move?  Nope.  BUT, I have found out that if we do not find content in our own souls, we will only prolong the journey by attaching ourselves to another's agenda.  It is imperative that we be very, very clear on our paths or otherwise, we will continue to stay within the same stagnant place, floundering like a fish trying to swim up stream in a down stream flow of water!  I have been given the information that when we are young and foolish, we have so very little to offer.  Why?  Because we have not always yet come to the realization or development of "who and what we primarily have to offer!"  Therefore, so many offer without realization, their physically.  We cannot and will not in return receive LOVE for that gift.  As we become more aware of our higher self, we discover that LOVE is not something that one can hand over in one's hand.  Therefore, as I said earlier, THOSE WHO HAVE THE MOST "TOYS" IN PHYSICAL REALITY  WILL APPEAR TO HAVE THE MOST POWER! 
I discovered so many times during my OBEs, all the most awesome gifts were "untouchable".  They were feelings that were either from within or were projected to me in some non-physical method of transportation.
One of the things we humans do the most when we are young and foolish is LIE!:)  Yes, being young we are also foolish enough to believe that if we lie and "believe" the lie ourselves, we will be even more convincing when we present the lies to another human being.  In the astral world we are able to "see" more clearly.  Therefore, we are able to see the darkness that is created with lies.  What we actually do is "step onto a rather dark and fearful side of existence."  What actually happens is that the more lies we tell, the further away from The LIGHT we find ourselves.  Usually, we begin to physically acquire this feeling of nervousness and semi-isolation.  These feelings come upon us, not by the physical that we believe we experience at the time, BUT, by OUR HIGHER SELF!  We are being "judged" at that very moment by OUR SELF!  We are being informed of that which is RIGHT OR WRONG.  We suddenly become uneasy and move close into the DARKNESS.  This is also why in the astral world, we congregate amongst those "of our own kind!"  There a true thing about the spirit world that we can be assured of when we arrive..........WE WILL PRIMARILY GRAVITATE TO THOSE EQUAL TO OUR OWN THOUGHTS.  Just as in physicality, we surround ourselves with our own kind without effort.
I still remember the very supportive thoughts given to me by my friend Greg, years ago.  I was to travel to a person and family who was far away from the country in which I resided at the time.  I had much anxiousness.  I mentioned to Greg that I would be surrounded by associates, etc. of this person and was already concerned about being rejected or uncomfortable around people I was not familiar with at this time.  Greg very casually presented his thoughts about the situation to me.  He said, the person that I would be traveling to was a very, very good human being.  (He had previously met this person in question).  He said to me, that due to this fact, that I should be aware of the old saying, BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.  In all probability, I would be surrounded by those that were similar to the person I would be visiting.  His thoughts proved to be more than correct during my stay.    
They were words of wisdom, because the truth in those thoughts has followed me to this day in time when it comes to discerning various individuals and groups associated with them........  (These were also thoughts of HUMAN LOGIC).
During The Out of Body Experience, our Higher Self really steps in to give our more clarity.  We are able to discern quickly that which will put us into or closer to THE LIGHT!
Finding ourselves in THE DARKNESS gives us the feeling of shamefulness.  But, as we move closer into THE LIGHT we find these negative feelings begin to dissipate rapidly.  Why?  Because this is the point where we begin to "step into" the presence of what is called, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.    More later.............

Love and Light!
Marshall