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I have a one track mind

9/25/2014

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No one can be convinced by another. No amount of reasoning will make it so. It is only knowable to those whom seek for themselves. Others will always jeer and shout. They have no doubt, for they live without the desire to know things higher.

To those whom look within and spend time within themselves wanting to know, Spirit will show. For all is there wanting to share. The little mind of man cannot believe, for he has not seen. You are supposed to doubt, to question what is true. This is work for each soul to do. Take not another’s word. To each man’s soul must the Truth be heard.

Do you like what you hear? Are you happy now? Do you feel Love today, completely, in an eternal way? If not, you have not found the Whole Truth of who you are. You are not but a grain of sand; you are indeed a rising star.

It’s okay not to believe, for believing is not the same as knowing. Knowing is faith. Believing is putting trust in another’s knowing and saying that is good enough for you. Is it good enough for you to just hear of another’s life in a wonderful land? Would you not care or desire to know for yourself of what He speaks? If He can live there so can you as well. If one can, any can, as all have the same ability. None is so special that He is the only. His words are an invitation to you to come follow Him to His home and to make it yours as well.

Joy to the world! There are no rules with God, Love rules. Man cannot make man know God. God cannot make man know God. Man has to seek God to find God. God is good. Look for good, there God is found. God is not lost, man is. Find your way. To each his own. There is not one way, for the Love of God, Divine Speaking.

Sure there are challenges in life, but don’t make them problems. Problems are hard, life need not be. Lighten up. Live a little more. Trust life’s goodness is yours.

It’s not what you think. You don’t have to convince a soul. It’s not a matter of words. Love speaks softly and yet so
clearly understood. Just love, be My love for all. I know you want to share what you have and you do with your life, from your being, your just being you. The Truest You, your Highest Self, all there is within you, that is Love. Let them know this Love. Love is patient. Love is kind.

I have a one track mind, the mind of God. Living life to the fullest is my goal. Joy is my destiny.

Do what feels right. You can be, what you want. Do not look to anyone else for approval. You and only you know, what is true for you. It is your path you are on. See the light in others. As their beacon shines it draws you toward the better, the higher, in love.

This is the way you grow, you show My love being who you are, My shining star. Give your gift. Give others a lift. Let them see how love can be. Yours forever, these gifts you’ve claimed in My name, yours to use, yours to hold for eons, for lives untold.


Excerpt from: Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story by Debra Clemente
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Yearn With All Your Heart

2/9/2014

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The Divine flow
The great flow of Life
By Life Itself
Flowing forth
Freely
Abundantly
From the everlasting
Fount of Life within
Know Me
Know Life
God says
Become Wholly Conscious
Let My Love
Flow through you
This is the work
You are to do
Be the pipeline
Allow My Lifeline
To reach the world
At large.


Excerpted from the book
Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story
by Debra Clemente
Christ is Divine Love in action, God’s love in being and truth. Jesus found and recognized this love through the Father whom He knew and spoke to in the silence. Through the power of this love He became the Christ. Jesus Christ told us that all He could do, so could we if we followed His way, as His way, His life, was the way to the Truth, the Truth of God.

Jesus found and claimed this saving and transforming Love of God. The love of Christ is Divine Love which God is ready to give each repentant heart.  A repentant heart is an open heart, willing heart. A heart willing to forgo the will of the body’s ego mind and to be so in filled with God’s Love that one’s very will is transformed by this Love into the will of God.

Before Christ left his physical form on this earth, He assured us he would send “the Comforter” to care for us and lead us on the path to righteousness. For this, we have to ask believing. The words, the exact words, are not of such a matter as the intention, the intention of the heart. Your heart has to yearn for this knowing. Yearn with all your heart. Some may ask to know Jesus. Some may ask for Divine Love. Some may ask to know God. Some may ask to be shown the Light. All who ask, ask in faith, shall find. Find the Father’s Love in Christ within themselves.

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Plagiarism

6/23/2013

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Plagiarism, that’s the only explanation the minds of men can come up with when another man expresses an idea as his own inspiration and the idea has been previously, documented somewhere else by another. It is thus assumed that one copied from another. Even the radical ideas and teachings of Jesus are attributed to other factions that some assume he must have studied with. These small minds are not yet aware of the “One Great Mind” to which all have access to. Ideas of Truth are always present and available here. This is “The Source,” the fountain of inspiration of all inspired thought. Inspired thought is that which rises in one’s own mind from seemingly “nowhere” as man cannot physically or mentally know this source.

Jesus spoke of this saying that the Kingdom of God, “His Wisdom,” was hidden from the intellect of man. This is why no amount of reasoning will convince any one of the truth of these words. Some people insisted that Jesus prove himself. They wanted Him to argue His points and defend His Message. But as He knew this knowledge was hidden from mens minds and intellectual reasoning, He did not bother. In fact, He thanked and praised God for the fact that God had so hidden and thus kept safe this “glorious wisdom” from fools disguised as scholars.

If we want to know and understand “Spiritual Truth,” we have to be a seeker. We have to have an open mind and heart. We have to desire a higher understanding. We have to let go of all preconceived ideas. We have to quiet the noise of our minds. We have to make a continual practice of this. We have to listen, listen to our own heart. Within each of us “Spiritual Truth” lives. First one has to know thyself and their innate worthiness to know higher.

Excerpted from the book Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story by Debra Clemente


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Daily Word

6/20/2013

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“Daily Word,” I get a direct deposit of the daily word of God. I stilled the mindless chatter of my mind and the Small Still Voice speaks unto me continually. As the static of the world has been eliminated from my mind the volume of the Voice has risen and my reception of the message is so much clearer. It had to circumvent my mind! This is clear as a bell.

Why would you want to constantly reread the doom and gloom papers? The only way you can help the world is to hold your energy high with good thoughts. Think on Me. Think of My Love. Become My Love for the world.

Everyone works with a higher power whether they recognize it or not. Names are not important. Labels do no good. They get in the way and clutter the channel. Stories are written, further confusing the clear reception of this life channel. Do you think God only speaks to people when bushes burn? You think too much! You have to believe in more than you know, to know more than you think.

I believe in the magic of possibility. When it is given to me, I do it. When I have an idea, I act on it.

Pay attention. Have presence of mind. Uniting of desires, you have to allow Spirit to work through you. Your thinking mind has taken over. If you only believe and trust in what is in front of you, you will only know and believe in what is in front of you. Your experience will not change, just more of the same. This is called limiting belief.


Excerpted from the book Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story by Debra Clemente



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True Wisdom

4/9/2013

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A Listening Heart

2/13/2013

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There is much to know. Let Me show. Listen in. We shall now begin. Find balance, not too hot, not too cold, just right. Allow the process to unfold. Follow nature’s way.

Soul communication, it is difficult to hear the messages of the Divine with a lot of static. Static equals mindsets, attitudes, beliefs and attachments. The more you can release, the clearer the line of communication will be. It is beyond words, direct knowing, soul language and translation. Doing soul communication by asking and receiving responses is also a form of service because you will act upon the responses you receive.

When others want to know they will ask. They are beginning to respect your wisdom. Respect theirs as well and only tell what they ask, for which they seek. For they will in this way treasure the answer received. So be it true.


I am really trying to pay attention, to see and hear what is mine to do.

A listening heart is the key to finding and knowing Thee.

 ~ LISTEN HEAR

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Marching Order - oil painting by Debra Clemente
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What if you knew?

2/3/2013

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Some people say get out of your own way. There is more life to know and that we are hardly aware of the wonders life has to share. They say that each of us is in charge, of first ourselves then the world at large. That what we say and what we think makes our life happy or makes it stink. What if you knew this to be true? What then, I ask you, would you do? Would you say you didn’t care, once you were truly aware? Once you knew, would you, could you, live the same knowingly creating with only self to blame?

Excerpted from the book
Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story
by Debra Clemente
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ASPENS AND RED MAPLES by Debra Clemente
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I want to spend time with you

12/7/2012

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My Song of Joy

9/23/2012

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Excerpt from: Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story by Debra Clemente

Say, say my playmate
Come and complain with me
And bring your problems three
We’ll look for trouble to see.

We’ll climb a ladder
And look near and far
To see life a jar
Oh come with me.

No, no complainer
Your game I will not play
Not today
Not any way.

I don’t like the game
Of laying blame
I choose to see
Life without misery.

I see life now
Full of joy and hope
And will not talk
As if I cannot cope.

I will not play that sad game
With you
Of that old game
I am through.

I have a new game
Where it’s fun to see
Things that make me
Truly happy.

I smell the flowers
And count my blessings
And sing God praises
Forever more.

So playmate I invite you
To look with me
For joy infinitely
For eternity.

We’ll look for rainbows
And silver linings
Never searching
For things distressing.

No, no complainer
I will not complain with you
I see life anew
I know God’s love is true.

I know it’s my choice
To see life abundantly
I cast away my fears
And dried my tears.

I hope you’ll join me
In looking for the good
It’s all around
To be found.

Come, come playmate
Come out and play with me
Bring your blessings three
And we’ll give thanks to thee

Forever more.
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Tapping the Door of My Mind

9/19/2012

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The Sky is No Limit 5' x 4' oil on canvas Debra Clemente
Excerpt from: Listen Hear, A Divine Love Story by Debra Clemente

October 10, 2011 - Journal Entry



Then of course there are the writings, the writings upon writings that fill journal upon journal. To date I average filling two journals a month with amazing wisdom, thoughts and teachings that pour forth so generously and easily from the fount of my most inner and highest being-ness. At least that is my current comprehension of this source. I think of it as my God connection. I call it The Wisdom Channel when my family questions from where I get my facts when I answer a posed question with the confidence of one who speaks with authority. I do speak and write with confidence that I am speaking and writing the truth, for I have full faith in this source, which I believe is “The Source,” the one and only true source of all.

I didn’t always know so, no, not at all. It’s almost like I was tricked into this writing. Not in any deceitful way but if someone had clearly told me from the beginning that I was to listen to and record the promptings of an inner voice, well I would have been so much more that skeptical. I would have been so freaked out with every random thought that I would have probably admitted my own self to the “funny farm.” But thank God, Yes, thank you God, for not handling it that way, for my trust was gained by a much softer and gentler approach. I signed myself up for what I felt was almost a game.

Words and phrases started coming to me as inspirations that I thought sounded like wonderful names for paintings. In the few years before, the names of my paintings had evolved from a statement of referencing time, place and subject to more esoteric concepts. Like Enlightenment and Look at the Bright Side and The Sky is No Limit. Now, I also see that the works themselves had emerged from within my own being, not specifically referencing a particular time, place or subject. When it came time to name a painting, I would just stand in front of it and wait for one of these ideas to pop in my head. I never second-guessed the idea, for I was always humored and delighted by each original idea presented. Besides, as I was such a prolific painter, I was always so thankful to have a painting title come to me, so it was never a chore.

One day, I was inspired to write down words and phrases that were coming to me which sounded like excellent painting titles. So I began writing each phrase down like a list as it came to me. Then I would click my pen closed, lay it down and turn my attention back to whatever I had been doing. But it seemed that just the moment I set the pen down that another great idea would pop into my head. I thought it was fun and a game. I remember saying to my husband David how I had a lot of painting to do as I already had the names of over 800 paintings. I thought it was funny and pondered the idea of reversing my creative process and beginning with a title and allow the image to flow forth from that inspiration instead of the process of creating as image and having a title inspired by such.

I never read back through them. I never saw the importance but I do remember wondering if I was repeating phrases and if I should edit the thoughts by not writing down “a title” I had written before. But I soon decided not to edit the words and just let them flow. I didn’t at that time have any idea how or really why these ideas were coming to me. I got my brain involved for a while in the beginning and started looking for great words and phrases. I would underline them in magazines articles and advertising. But that didn’t last too long for I found I didn’t have to work at this, the task at hand was to write down whatever came to me on whatever I could find to write it on.

It was a lot like how my art ideas have come to me. An idea forms in my mind begging to be expressed and until it is my mind cannot rest. So to appease my mind, I had to empty it of each idea as it came. And the more I did it the more that came. I couldn’t think about it. I had to remove my mind from the process. I never sat with pen in hand and stared at the paper wondering what to write next. I just wrote what I was given as it was given. I learned to always have within reach a notebook and kept several handy. Not ever considering that it was important when or where I jotted down each idea. It was just a game I played with myself.

Gradually, I was inspired to write out more flowing essay type ideas. The thoughts expressed and wisdom offered amazed me. I treasured the wisdom which was so apropos to everything I questioned about life and never doubted the authority behind it. It is now my understanding that the words of wisdom that flow through and to me, are for sure Divine Inspirations. But, I wondered, just how did I ever manage to be such a channel for such Divine Wisdom? And then I thought back to the multitude of “painting titles,” words which I had never assumed told any story or were any form of communication. When this idea came to me just a few months ago I literally ran to the cabinet where I have stuffed my old painting title journals. As I read I was stunned. There was an amazing continuity to the words and phrases, a conversation, communication, messages, wisdom, love, all there, all the time. It was if was if Spirit was tapping the door of my mind. “Hello, we are here, are you listening? All is well. Keep it up. Each day is better. Look up, love is all around you.”



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