Monumental ruins provide solid evidence of centuries of Roman rule at Syria's Palmyra.
Photograph by Annie Griffiths, National Geographic
Today it's a mirage-like expanse of monumental ruins. But under the Roman Empire, Palmyra was a trading metropolis, according to historical and archaeological evidence.
Despite nearly a century of research, though, a key question remains unanswered: How did this city of 200,000 thrive in the middle of an infertile Syriandesert?
On Ascension ~ Part 2/6 ~ What is Ascension? (Repost)
2012 July 22
by Steve Beckow
Given how many people are new to Ascension, we repost this series from 2011 to introduce new readers to aspects of Ascension.
On the Divine Plan
Before looking at what Ascension is, I’d like to look at its derivation in the Divine Plan for life.
SaLuSa tells us that “spiritual matters are highly organised.” While “you are all acting out your roles for the benefit of the whole, and a game it may be,” it is “one that is deadly serious.” The object of the game is “that as many souls as possible move into the Light.” The efforts of our galactic and spirit teachers are aimed at “getting you to awaken to your true selves.” (1)
NOTE BY NANCY: Many Earth humans enjoy singing songs like “How Great Thou Art.” We thrill to the thoughts of a God great enough to create our Mother Earth and all the beauty that exists on it. We gaze into a dazzling starlit sky and marvel “How Great Thou Art!”
But, our knowledge, our comprehension of just “How Great Thou Art” is miniscule. We are now in the transition period when all things hidden will be revealed. It is time to put aside all of our infantile concepts of life … of the magnitude of the cosmos in which we live … of Earth humans being the only intelligent living beings in the cosmos … of a God so small that we have created the Source of all life in our own image.
♒ It is my wish this day to speak with you about the physical Human form and it’s changability, as Gaia moves farther along in her evolutionary cycle. I must tell you, I mean to generalize here. As well you know, the billions upon billions of individual souls inhabiting the Earth are a diverse lot. More diverse now, in fact, than at any other juncture in her long and colorful history. While all may appear uniform on the outside-allowing for insignificant variations in color, shape and size-what lies within is anything but uniform at all.
Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from the boards of several companies behind British newspapers The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, according to The Telegraph. Katherine Rushton reports:
Companies House filings show that Mr Murdoch stepped down from the boards of the NI Group, Times Newspaper Holdings and News Corp Investments in the UK last week. He also quit a number of News Corp’s US boards, the details of which have yet to be disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
News Corporation played down the significance of the resignations as “nothing more than a corporate housecleaning exercise prior to the company split”.
12/12/12: The date by which all of humanity is transformed in an instant into a crystalline-based (instead of carbon-based) reality? Sounds like those Atlantian crystals are getting revved up.
The dark and evil veil (veil anagram is evil) that has been in control of our planet and humanity for billions of years now, since the fall from grace from Lemuria to Atlantis and to present times is in the process of being lifted. This hidden veil, this unknown truth, collective amnesia and “control” of silence (silence anagram is listen) is beginning to melt away in 2012 as our consciousness begins to raise, as all the man-made and manipulation-driven old systems of religion, politics, financial, education, health and resources are collapsing and falling apart as the common public begin to awaken and seek the truth around the systems that have kept them asleep and under control for many years.
The darkness has kept us in a deep slumber, of spiritual amnesia and under the control of many of the evil Illuminati, Cabal or New World Order (the 13 families that rule the world), however, this darkness is being overcome by the divine light that has been becoming more pervasive in peoples’ consciousness as they seek to make the world a better place, more liveable, with equality and unity being two underlying themes that make the world go around and thrive.
You are rapidly approaching the time known as The Lion’s Gate. Once again the energy flowing to and through you is about to be raised to another level. By now, those who follow these messages know that we will advise you to open yourselves fully to whatever this brings to each of you.
Because you are becoming accustomed to these stair step-like increases, you are assimilating them with more ease. This will be a large change, but it should not cause you undue discomfort. The increases are necessary in order to prepare you for what lies ahead. We can say, however, that you who have chosen to make this journey awake and aware are handling it very well indeed. Were we to advise anything further at this time, it would be for you to focus more on your own transformation of self and less on the mayhem surrounding you.