The Feather of Truth

THE FEATHER OF TRUTH

Regardless of your chosen faith, when you die, there will be 42 judges standing between you and the one and only Creator of the heavens and universe. Call him what you will, but thousands of years BEFORE the 10 Commandments came to be, existed the divine cosmic laws of the universe -- which applied to all living beings with a heart, body, soul, and mind. If you follow these basic rules for a peaceful existence, then you will become a supreme divine citizen of the heavens and universe. Your heart must be free from all the following vices, and it will be weighed two ways. ONE, it will be based on the weight of your conscience, which must far outweigh the weight of a feather. TWO, any impurities in your heart must weigh no more than one feather. If you need a well-defined moral code to achieve the highest grade of spiritual excellence, then let this be it. This tops them all. -- Suzy Kassem

1. I have not polluted or harmed the earth.
2. I have not judged anyone hastily or harshly.
3. I have not stolen.
4. I have not killed man, child or woman
5. I will not speak unnecessarily or loudly.
6. I have not cheated anyone.
7. I have not stolen from GOD.
8. I have not shared gossip or the secrets of others.
9. I have not harmed animals.
10. I have not cursed.
11. I have not closed my ears to truth.
12. I have not committed adultery or rape.
13. I have not made anyone cry.
14. I have not caused misery.
15. I have not assaulted anyone or caused anyone pain.
16. I will not listen to lies or tell lies.
17. I will not disguise my heart's motives or be deceitful
18. I have not been an eavesdropper.
19. I have not falsely accused anyone.
20. I have not been angry without reason
21. I have not seduced anyone's wife or husband.
22. I have not polluted or harmed myself.
23. I have not terrorized or harmed anyone.
24. I have not spoken scornfully against others.
25. I have not been excessively angry.
26. I have not cursed GOD.
27. I have not behaved with violence.
28. I have not caused disruption of peace.
29. I have not acted hastily or without thought.
30. I have not overstepped my boundaries of concern.
31. I have not exaggerated my words when speaking.
32. I have not worked evil - words, thoughts, or deeds
33. I will not be controlled by sexual desire or action.
34. I have not polluted, wasted, or abused water.
35. I have not spoken angrily or arrogantly.
36. I have not cursed anyone in thought, word, or deed.
37. I have not placed myself on a pedestal.
38. I will not praise or support wrong doings
39. I have not stolen from or disrespected the deceased.
40. I have not stolen or wasted food.
41. I have not used words that curse or cause grief.
42. I have not destroyed property belonging to GOD.

Stretch Your Feathers

Don't ever SETTLE in life, keep moving and exploring. No artist, thinker, musician or writer should stay in the same place for more than three months. No famous writer, thinker, musician, or artist ever did. And if you are a businessman, keep moving to find new inspiration, ideas, and better products for your business. We were meant to keep turning, evolving, changing, expanding, and growing. The world is so vast and contains many worlds within worlds in it. To isolate yourself in one part of the world is not considered "LIVING", it is called "settling", living life way below its standard capacity. Lions and sheep must move around, birds and fish migrate, and so do penguins, wolves, and whales. Traveling allows GROWTH in many forms -- in depth and width (spiritually and mentally). And if we followed our true purpose in life, which is to seek truth, then we would all be like soaring eagles, constantly moving and studying life from all angles. We were never meant to stay grounded, yet our bureaucratic systems are designed to keep us that way -- locked away in prisons of measured time until we grow old and die. Flowers and plants are forced to stay grounded to die in cycles so their seeds can start growing again. However, we are NOT grounded, and this clearly proves that we were meant to be more like animals than plants. And those that follow the pattern of plants, can also call themselves vegetables. -- Suzy Kassem

Taking Care of Each Other

When gorillas smell danger, they run around and call out to the rest of the primates in the jungle to warn them something evil is coming. And when one of their own dies, they mourn for days while beating themselves up in sadness for failing to save that gorilla -- even if the cause of death was natural. And when one colony is mourning, their chilling echoes migrate to other colonies, and those neighbors -- even if they are territorial rivals -- will grieve with them. When faced with a common danger, rivals turn into allies. And when faced with death, the loss of just ONE gorilla becomes the loss of the entire jungle. -- Suzy Kassem

*On the other hand, this little gorilla...has been hanging out with humans for way too long.

Strive for Excellence

Two good quotes to remember forever, and I have written what they really mean below each one:

"Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honor, if not with success." -- Akhenaten

-- When you have a hater or competitor on your back, do not try to battle them or beat them through negative words or actions, instead strive for EXCELLENCE in what you do to raise yourself above them. So in the end, you truly will be the more honorable one in the contest for superiority, whether or not you become more successful. Why? Because honor weighs more than success.

"The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance." -- Akhenaten

-- Ambitious people will always be ahead of the herd and stand away from the herd. They always press forward and never look behind them. Only those that see someone race ahead of them has a mind filled with anguish. While the ambitious person is filled with joy for racing ahead in the distance, or on his own path far away from the norm. So in other words, those that aren't ambitious or don't try to push themselves ahead, will always be envious of those who are. It is more joyful to strive to achieve dreams, than to be the bitter person watching others do what they are too weak or scared to do.

Make Time to Rest

Bats, rats, and bears hibernate during the winter. A farmer moves all his tractors and farm equipment back into his barn because he knows that he won't have to deal with crops sprouting during the winter. And the Creator designed SNOW so that every man can rest during the winter. This was intended for people to stay inside and relax with their families for several months in every year. And for those people living in hot climates with deserts, God designed a season of heavy rain cool air with harsh winds to keep people inside. WHY ALL THIS? So man can rest, just as God allows the trees to rejuvenate themselves and remain dormant during the cold seasons. Flowers hibernate. Fish hibernate. Butterflies hibernate. Mice, snakes, turtles, and even wasps HIBERNATE. Just as we were meant to do too.

Now, for those of you who truly believe that a 2-week vacation is a generous GIFT from your employers, you are all wrong. A 2-week vacation is only a slave driver's idea of a rest period, not God's. Why? Because in this capitalistic society, your employer is paying his slaves money to WORK and make him money, not for them to be happy and relaxed as God had intended them to be. Every man must work to make a living, yes, but working is not supposed to take up more than 50% of your living. And when your employers allow you to retire, you will already be too tired to start your living. Does that sound logical to you? NO IT DOES NOT! The idea that "TIME IS MONEY" is only a slave master's ideology. How so? In your last days, you will realize that one minute of time is worth more than all the money in the world. Yet, when you do finally realize this, no amount of money can bring you back all the time you had already wasted! TIME IS NOT MONEY. No amount of money is more valuable than time! -- Suzy Kassem

Intent and Consent

Even devils must abide by cosmic/spiritual/divine laws just as ALL other creations of God must adhere to the same. Just because they are deviant, does not mean that straight-forward laws that are above them will not be enforced on them. The first one is INTENT. Every creature in the universe must declare their INTENT before they cross into a neighbor's lawn, body, or personal space. And this is being achieved through many creative ways without the neighbor even really noticing. All healthcare organizations ask you to fill out forms before even touching you -- for the same reason. Many news organizations and controlled opposition groups you think are on your side -- are only working to declare INTENT -- either to you, your neighborhood, your children, your country, religion, race, or to the general population. In other words, news about what is happening in a region is actually a declaration of actions made vocally without being specific or direct. EVERYTHING must be declared and so it HAS and IS. You just haven't been paying attention. The second most important law is CONSENT. I have mentioned this one a thousand times now because it is the most IMPORTANT one. Intent is nothing without CONSENT. When a person declares their intent, and you do not object, they automatically got your CONSENT. By placing symbols or evil statues all over the place, they are gaining your consent for marking their areas of power without you even knowing about it.

Did you know that a filmmaker can easily get your CONSENT to film you and record your voice in any place just by placing a "declaration" on a wall before you enter a place they want to film? Most of the time, you don't even know it's there! And if you try suing the production company for broadcasting your image on TV or in a movie, you won't win because they declared their INTENT on a wall before you entered into a public or private space. You didn't see it? Tough luck. You walked by it and didn't say anything. Be very cautious and aware of INTENT and CONSENT and you all can take back your world. If you sit and say nothing, you are giving devils the power they need to control you, divide you, poison you, cheat you, and kill as they will. -- Suzy Kassem

Supplemental Reading:

• What is CONSENT?

Egypt's New Perspective of America

A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART


To understand the common Egyptian's current shift of attitude towards Americans, you have to know that DURING the Egyptian revolution, all the teargas used on the youth was made in Egypt. That teargas was SAFE and did not create much harm. This is because the military's super repressed effort to control civil dissent came from Obama, who had warned the Egyptian regime NOT to harm a single Egyptian. Now, after the revolution, many protests still continue on, but a more powerful and LETHAL teargas has hit the scene and has been the cause of severe suffocation, blindness, and death to many. The writing on each disposed can now reads: MADE IN USA.


Egypt's admirable view of Obama pre-revolution in 2009:



Egyptians were all for democracy until they saw through their satellite TV screens what the true face of American democracy really looked like. During the revolution, they watched Obama applaud their boldness, bravery, and actions as they fought to overthrow the Mubarak regime. Yet, when the Occupy movement surfaced, they saw Obama allow the beating and imprisonment of protesters in his own country. This hypocrisy did not score well with Egyptians, because it provided them with strong evidence that western democracy was just an illusion. The push for western democracy in Arab nations has always been used as the driving force behind numerous wars disguised as humanitarian missions where hundreds of thousands of innocent people were bombed and killed. So in a quick instant, Egyptians had a sudden change of heart, and now reject democracy and all American political ideologies from their view of their future. In the eyes of Egyptians, Obama turned out to be another Bush, loaded with unfulfilled promises, lies, and hypocrisy. He already had a tarnished image for failing to be the HOPE every youth and senior in the Middle East had hoped for. And instead of creating peace, he only brought about more blood and war.

Then, the deadly American teargas started surfacing on Egyptian streets. And then they realized that El Baradei was just another American-supported puppet who wanted to be their President. And now, even 5-year old children on the streets of Egypt will tell you that America and Israel are behind the chaos happening in their country -- to control the Sinai peninsula and the Suez Canal -- just as they have strategically robbed and destroyed every neighboring Arab country in the name of democracy. Word on the street is that they do not want to see Egypt turned into another Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya. And this explains why resentment towards Americans is at an all-time HIGH. The NGOs on trial in Egypt only validate the idea of western infiltration. Before the revolution, Egyptians had nothing but love and adoration for Americans, but now they see America as the wicked dragon that is constantly calculating how to steal their country.

A billboard in Cairo Airport reads:

Parking in Today's Egypt

With law enforcement on hiatus since the revolution, the freedom to do whatever and park wherever have turned into the norm on the streets, where safety and protection are now a mirage -- and all kinds of theft happen at all hours.

The red car is PARKED in moving traffic.

Organic solidarity at its finest. The people unite to face a common enemy. Here is an example of the public beating of a thief. Everyone and anybody passing by....jumps in.

Back to Alexandria

Supplemental Reading:

• Treasures in My Hood
• The Edge of Atlantis
• The First Underwater Museum in the World
• Underwater Alexandria, Egypt
• Photo Essay: Alexandria
• Photo Essay 2: Alexandria

The Story of Sekhmet

A long time ago, a loyal servant of the Creator, who was known to him as his "daughter" only because of her faithfulness to him, came down as a warrior from Sirius A and landed in a city called Bubastis. She came from a tribe of warriors that took on the shape of the feline form. The film AVATAR captures these beings in their close-to-true form, and they are REAL. These beings are the servants of the Creator of the Universe and they still exist and thrive today on the star known as Sirius...

The daughter was known as SEK-EE-MET and she descended only to destroy and eliminate all those who cursed and rebelled against her father. Yet she did not take her father's permission to intervene with earth's creatures, and so when the Creator found out she had slipped onto earth, he sent down other feline warriors to bring her back. Well Sekhmet was already at war with many tribes simultaneously, and she was using her unearthly powers to bring death onto all the corrupt Dracos who had changed the hearts of men and the once divine pharaohs. The good people loved her and stood with her to fight the evil forces, but her tribe of feline warriors could not pull her away from destroying all the deviant men. So a truce was made between Sekhmet and her tribe, that if they helped her eliminate the most lethal Dracos, she would return back with them to Sirius and let all of earth's creatures be. But it got to the point where the aggressive Sekhmet couldn't stop fighting -- even after she had eliminated the highest caste of Dracos, She wanted to also eliminate all the lower castes as well. So the Creator spoke to her one day through the Sun and told her that the tail of evil had no end, and if she was determined to eliminate all evil., then she would be stuck on earth fighting for all of eternity. But Sekhmet, no matter how faithful she was to the Creator, refused to listen to his words, and kept fighting. So the Creator decided to teach Sekhmet a lesson for going against his words. He had her tribe threw her a party one night in her honor, where she was given red mercury in her drink. And with the vengeful blessing of the Creator, she was punished to stay on earth for all eternity -- or until she felt in her heart that she had rid the world of all evil. So, only if evil completely vanishes entirely off the face of the earth, then Sekhmet (who exists amongst us today) can return back to Sirius. Until then, she will continue to rise and set like the sun with each new age. --- Suzy Kassem

The Dance of Angels

THE DANCE OF ANGELS

He spins and spins and spins
To remove all three layers of him
And with devout discipline
He spirals to ignite the light within
He becomes a part of the solar system
And swirls to its cosmic hymn
His soul transcends through
The mouth of God
To join the source
Of everything.

He turns and turns and turns
To open up windows in the universe
And with each circle of love he twirls
The electric currents in his heart radiate then burst
His thirst for a meeting with the divine
Has been his only quest since birth,
And while rotating like the hand of time
He sings the "AH" of an angel's verse.

As he turns and turns and turns
A million emotions and vibrations submerge
A luminous spectacle worth a million candles,
The Sufi dancer is poetry without
Words.

--Suzy Kassem

The Dance of Angels" is taken from RISE UP AND SALUTE THE SUN - The Writings of Suzy Kassem, Awakened Press 2010-2011. All rights reserved.

Don't Forget to Water the Flower

I find it pretty sad how people only remember others, or recall how valuable others were only after they die. I never heard many people mention Whitney, Heavy D, Gary Coleman, or Michael Jackson in the last 10 years, but as soon as they died....people suddenly remembered them and mourned their death as if they were old classmates. Shame on humanity. You only remember the flower after it died. But when it was around, you forgot to water it and tell it it how beautiful it was while it was still alive and beautiful. -- Suzy Kassem

The Golden Law of Building Anything

The same brick used to build the foundation of a building, when removed, is the same brick that can bring down the entire building.

Often times, when people are sought out and seduced to take part in a business venture or creative project to help it grow, they typically become so consumed by the vision that they give it their all. Then the first owner of the venture will see how magnificent the building is as it comes together, then becomes so consumed by ego and greed that he will forget that other hands and minds were vital in the success and growth of that building. He will then forget all the teamwork involved, including all the initial promises he made to seduce his partners, and instead of saying "WE", he will say "I". And instead of saying "OURS", he will say "MINE".

Again, the same brick used to build the foundation of a building can be the same brick to bring down the entire building. Always keep your word in all your business dealings and always be kind, good, and grateful to every builder who helped you build a pyramid. All relationships and businesses flourish when communication chains are good and fluid, but everything will slowly fall apart when communications become static or monopolized.

The Great Pyramid of Giza wasn't build right the first time, and this is the REAL reason why there are three. The first time, the grand architect wanted to cut corners to build it fast and cheap, and he treated his workers like slaves. The second time, the grand architect's ego got bigger and bigger with each new layer of the pyramid, so many workers conspired against him -- to loosen a few bricks at the top and at the heart of the pyramid. The third time, the grand architect finally got it right. When each layer of the new pyramid was complete, he told each builder he couldn't have done it without them. And when the capstone was added to the monument to mark its completion, the grand architect looked down from the top of the Great Pyramid and humbly said, "I cannot reward myself alone as the creator of this majestic work of art. My idea was simply an idea without the hands and minds that turned it into a reality. I am grateful to the man who tested the soil and found its location. I am grateful to the man who went over the measurements to make sure the pyramid would not fall apart. I am grateful to the man who found the right bricks and building materials, and to the man who found and managed the builders, and made sure they were fed well. And I am also grateful to the man who provided the resources to keep the operation moving. But most of all, I am grateful to the patient wives and children of all these passionate builders for allowing their husbands and fathers to give me all their time to be partners of this accomplished grand vision."

Until this day, the Great Pyramid has withstood the test of time for several thousands of years. And until this day, the real name of the grand architect who initiated the building of the Great Pyramid is still not known. -- Suzy Kassem (c) (2/16/2012)

The Three Sisters

THE THREE SISTERS

There was once a very strict Egyptian family with three daughters, who were like the Nile split three ways. The oldest sister was an intelligent system buster and anarchist. The second sister was a very sensitive artist. And the third sister loved fashion, money, and luxury though she concealed this well.

The eldest sister fell in love with an older man who was powerful and wanted to be a leader of a nation, but after awhile, he abandoned their love because he was only in love with attaining power -- and more power. He was so hell-bent on controlling her, that their marriage only turned more sour by the hour.

The second sister never cared to pursue relationships, for the only relationship she obsessively sought out -- was one with Truth. For years, she traveled all over the world trying to find Truth, and during her pursuit, she unleashed many creative projects just to tame her heightened sensitivities.

The youngest sister married a very wealthy man for prestige and money, but after awhile, he abandoned their love because he was only in love with making money -- and more money. Women, in his eyes, could easily be bought and tossed away, just like any piece of property that he bought and sold every day.

After many years, the second sister began to feel a lot of pressure from her family, because she refused to get married until she had found Truth. She met a man who looked very beautiful, but his heart was very ugly. She met a man who was big and powerful, but his mind was as small as his heart. She met a man who was insanely wealthy, but his heart was not rich at all. The people in her community started talking about her, and rumors were spreading with lies on why she couldn't get married. But the second sister didn't care at all. Deep down she knew what she was really looking for was the man with the most beautiful heart of all. And though she was never actively looking for him, she knew that during her pursuit for Truth, he would come to her when she was ready for love.

Little did the sensitive sister know, that while she was busy looking for Truth, the Creator had placed the man with the most beautiful heart already close to her. Yet she was so obsessed with finding Truth that she had never noticed him before. After fifteen years of pursuing Truth, the girl was exhausted and collapsed in her best friend's arms. And it was then the man asked the second sister to marry him, and as she stared into his eyes to see if he was serious, she noticed spinning chandeliers of light twirling from his pupils. When she put her hand on his heart, the light in his eyes turned off. And when she removed her hand from his heart, the lights in his eyes turned back on. It was then the girl realized that the most beautiful heart was the one that always next to her the whole time. So she immediately agreed to his proposal, without even seeking acceptance from her parents.

When the girl announced her engagement to her mother and father, they both frowned with disapproval. The man was not wealthy like them, or of the same faith as them. He had no power like her father, and he did not love prestige like her mother. And they warned her that if she married this poor man, they would not help her if she came to their door with blood on her hands -- or a huge hole in her pocket. But the girl followed her heart and married her bestfriend without a single blessing from anyone in her family. She did not enjoy a huge luxurious wedding like any of her siblings, nor did she receive a gift or card from a single friend. Yet, even though the girl had lost everything and everyone she loved, she she still felt super wealthy with the most beautiful heart in the world.

Then exactly seven months later, the girl was shaken awake with good news from her beaming husband. He told her he had just signed a multi-million dollar contract for the hidden wealth buried deep in his mind. That same day, he became more powerful and prestigious than her entire family combined, but not more powerful or wealthier than both their hearts combined. - Suzy Kassem

Copyright 2012, Suzy Kassem. All rights reserved.

More Short Stories by Suzy Kassem:

• A World of Black and White
• The Creator, the Imitator, and the Traitor
• A Man Named Milo
  
• The Little Girl and the Sphinx
• The Last Garden of Knowledge
• Maha and Noha

The Bulls of Blind Faith

There is a man I know....who prays five times a day, goes to the Mosque/Church every weekend, always sits and reads religious scriptures, and says 'THANK GOD' about a thousand times a day...

But this same man....loves the dollar bill more than the health and happiness of his wife and children. He has never presented his wife or children with a birthday or holiday gift, and squirms at the mention of donating money or gifts to the Mosque/Church. He helps his own friends, who he sees nothing from, with favors instead of helping his own family. And instead of bringing light into his home, he brings home the darkness. This man will tell his wife she must endure her chest or knee pain, instead of taking her to see a doctor -- just to save a buck. Yet, he will run to the doctor whenever he feels a single ache in his body, and will pay whatever the bill to save him from pain. And though this man considers himself to be very religious and in good standing with the Creator, all he really is, is just a victim of blind faith. Will a man like this -- who does not understand any of the words he reads -- see any of the 7 heavens?

No. Just a very cheap coffin.

The world is flooded by many just like him. Many of them go as far as being religious fanatics. But do these people who pray all the time and who recite lines from their holy books, but do not show the understanding of their faith in their every word and action, truly belong in a favored class by God? NO. If a heart is void of truth and light, then there is no truth in them. Only those with truth in them, will recognize truth. And only those with truth in their hearts, will understand any language of LIGHT. If you have no light in you, then your heart is not truly activated. You can pray until eternity, but what is the point, if you do not understand anything? -- Suzy Kassem

Following Your Heart and Dreams

When we follow our hearts, we follow the path of lessons we were meant to take and gain knowledge from. Sometimes the heart conquers over reason, and this may lead us to making serious mistakes, but these are mistakes written for us to grow. This is the real reason you hear, FOLLOW YOUR HEART. And the real reason you hear, FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, is because our dreams expose us to our true multidimensional realities outside of this delusional realm we call reality. Our TRUE reality can be found in our dreams, where we are our true multidimensional selves. -- Suzy Kassem

The Cost of Freedom

The youth of Egypt have successfully managed to oust their president and his cabinet. And now that the revolution is suffering a very ugly counter-revolution, people are complaining that the revolution should have never happened. Prices have gone up 200%, tourist spots are empty, many stores are closing down every day, there is no safety on the streets anymore, many youth have died...and the cost keeps going up and up. Freedom is every man's right, but nobody said it was free. Now that people see the cost of the bill, they are cursing the youth and saying they have ruined the country. Freedom has always come at a HIGH cost, and those same people today who are complaining that the revolution is expensive, are the same people tomorrow who will jump up in it's successful glory when they see what the new-found liberation will offer their children, and then they will proudly say: "My children fought in the revolution!" -- Suzy Kassem