Sometimes I feel so small in this world.   I wake up every morning and I ask myself a couple of questions..  I ask myself, who do I want to become?  Why am I here?  How will I get to where I want to be?  I am the inquisitive type... not the one to blindly accept anything.  I believe that we all have a personal responsibility to actively seek truth.  Not to just believe in something because that was the belief of our ancestors.  I will not blindly believe anything, I question and search for the answers.  I don't care who or what is challenging me.  I will question so that I will know.  There is truth is out there..  I realize there are multiple possibilities but only one truth.  I do not claim to know what that is, I can only say that I am on a quest to find that within.  I will not stop until I find it,  I know its out there... within me.

In my short time on this planet Earth, I have been thru a lot in 26 years.  I feel like I have already lived 10 lifetimes.. I always live and love this quote by james dean, " Dream like you'll live forever, and live like you'll die tomorrow."  That quote, among others, inspired me deeply at my core.  I adopted certain principles in my life based on the fact that my time is borrowed.  I am not guaranteed a tomorrow... in fact, no one is.  So, the question I ask you, my beloved reader is, are you living life to the fullest?  What is your dream?  you'd better make it a big dream!! BCUZ a small dream isn't really a dream.  Dream BIG!  There is no limit to what is truly possible.  Think back 100 years..  People told Thomas Edison he was crazy.. that the light bulb would never work.  Thank GOD that man believed in the impossible.  He dared to go where no man has gone before.  What about the airplane?  I am sure people told the Wright Brothers that it was impossible.. that no one could fly above the clouds.  It is these men and women who believe in the impossible that achieve heights greater than anyone has ever known.  One person can change the world..  My only hope and dream is to inspire.  I want to inspire good..  I want to help people.  We all need help at times, especially myself.. But I believe we can all inspire!  I am inspired by you, my reader! by my fans, by my friends, all whom I consider my extended family.  You guys are my inspiration.. I write these words to you. 

Thank you for reading.

with love and light,

- jL

Trust is having faith, hope and a positive outlook.  Trust is believing is someone or something.  We have confidence that the right thing will come about without trying to control it or make it happen.  We trust others to do what they say they will do, and give them the space to be trustworthy.  Sometimes it is difficult to trust when life brings painful experiences.  Trust is being sure, in the depths of our being, that there is some gift or learning in everything that happens.  We move confidently with the flow of life, gathering strength from adversity.  We know we are never alone.

"Trust in the Lord and He will guide you aright.  One who has this trust need fear nothing.  He can be in perfect peace and happiness for he will be guided aright." Mahavagga 8:15:13. Hinduism

The Practice of Trust

I maintain my hope.
I do not nag others or try to control them.
I believe there is some good in everything that happens.
I allow trust to heal my fears.
I am confident in my capacity for lifelong learning.
I rely on Divine assistance.

I am thankful for the gift of Trust.
It renews my strength.

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved."

"You always have the choice to take all things evenly, to hold on to nothing, to receive each irritation as if you had only fifteen minutes to live."

"Love is patient; love is kind...it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians, 13:7

Is everything by chance?  Is it all just chaos and are we destined to ruin?

Is there some divine plan lurking behind every word and action?  Could it lead us exactly to where we need to be?  Breathe.  Surrender.  These words guide me to a deeper understanding.  What I do know, is that I know nothing.  What is a stone?  What is a tree?  What is a seed?  One can say that it is cellular structure and atoms  bouncing around at different vibratory speeds, but the truth is that we have no idea what a stone is..  Where a stone comes from... The essence of a stone is totally a mystery, like everything in this world.  We are born to a mystery.  Life is essentially what we make of it.  Ultimately, we can choose to believe in chaos or purpose.  The latter leads us to a sense of cause and effect, that our actions have a ripple effect, a consequence.  

We, as a species, have been ignorant to the possibilities that surround us.  The wars over religion, territory and power have encompassed the entire whole of the globe.  One can only reason that there is something greater than ourselves out there in the cosmos.  We are so small and seemingly insignificant..  Mother Teresa said something to the effect that life is an ocean and that she was just a drop, but that one drop has some sphere of influence.  A lot of people feel a vulnerability and a separation from the earth. There is no instructional booklet for the human, as one that comes with a computer..  We have to fail to find what works.  We have to feel pain sometimes in order to grow..  It has been said that pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth.  A touchstone is a stone that gold is rubbed upon to determine  the purity of the gold, in a sense we are put to the touchstone of life and it determines our level of understanding and compassion. We can never really know the mysterious ways of the order that surely surrounds us.  All we can know is that we are learning every day.  This is the school of life and we can start by humbling ourselves, to be deep enough to be shallow.  To say, I don't really know anything, but I will never stop searching for the answers.  I will strive to know myself, and therefore know others... Because at our core, we are all the same..  Atomic energies vibrating at different frequencies.  To even begin to know another, one must know thyself.  For by knowing oneself, we can be reborn again.  We all have opportunities to repair,  living organism that has the ability to repair itself at a cellular level.. What is the difference between a terminally ill patient that survives and one that does not?   Choice.  We all have a choice inside, to search the depths of our soul or to try and conquer the outside world.  My heart tells me that we are closer than we think to something magical and otherworldly.  Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not real.  

My name is Justin Lanning.  

I AM a multi-faceted artist from Los Angeles.

I FEEL extremely fortunate to be able to create art and music for a living.

I SEE the world in my own way, and that's what inspires me to keep going.

I KNOW that if I want something done right, I have to do it myself.

I BELIEVE that through music, people will come together and remain one.

I HOPE that my philosophy on life inspires you in some way. 

I have enough imagination to believe that we are not alone in this never ending, ever expanding Universe. What I am saying is I believe in something more…

Most people care about MONEY & POWER.  The time is now to bring about change!!  REVOLUTION. 

It is my choice to perceive darkness, for it is in the eye of the beholder.  I very well could look at that same instance and say to myself, " Hey! Spirit is teaching me something.  what is the hidden meaning here? " To love.

There is so much beauty in this world… To most, it can be masked by chaos and darkness.  But no matter how dark it gets… there is a light that still shines.  The funny thing is, the more darkness… the brighter the light.  Scientifically speaking, of course.

I am a living, breathing example that anything and everything is possible.  I have been to the extremes in my young life…  I have been saved from certain death many times, asking myself, how is this possible?  There must be something here that I have yet to complete.  I know as I look into the starlight and the moon shimmers its beautiful crescent glow that there is something behind the curtain.  How deep does this rabbit hole go??

Thanks for sharing your love, and support for what I do.

Love and light until the end,

JL

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Politicians talk about war all the time.. but they never talk about saving lives.  if its not about money or personal benefit, it seems the governments of the world dont care.  i am really having a hard time with the world leaders these days.  Our planet has become ill and we are not listening to her.  Did our forefathers know that they were leaving mother earth in such a mess?  Or was it the select few, 'the elite' who didn't care about the environment, the people, or much about anything unless there is $$$ to be made?  its now reality, our planet needs help.  We need to change our ways or something catastrophic could happen.  I believe in people.  I believe in the goodness of the human spirit.  Am I the only one who thinks this way?  When in numbers, good people can make a difference, even in such a troubled world.  I feel there is massive opportunity to UNITE, become ONE, be in  LOVE and make  PEACE.   or is it just about POWER, SEX, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST?  its not about love your neighbor or do unto others anymore.  we, as a whole, have forgotten these spiritual values.  the world as we know it cannot sustain itself.  we have done more damage to the earth than we actually knew of due to "DIMMING OF THE SUN"  google it..  In california, the summer has been unusually cold.  Where are the leaders of the world?  How do they propose we are going to change the way we treat our beloved mother earth? Do they speak of how we can we give back to her?   Take notice at the fruits she bears to us, shelters us, clothes us and gives us the beauty of Divine creation; Each and everyday.  Have we have lost touch with her spirit?  she is alive 

I believe that the sun is proof of something otherworldly and incredibly spiritual.. when I quickly gaze into the sun, i feel like i see a glimpse of heaven.  its overwhelmingly bright and strong.  i can feel the light on my face.  it warms my spirit.  I feel like im looking into a wormhole and it represents something so much greater and bigger.  Imagine if we all evolved into a planet?  How would you want your inhabitants to treat you??? Maybe that's something most can't comprehend..  I'd feel great comfort knowing I was to evolve into something more spectacular than this HUMAN being, evolving out of this barbarian den, where people just dont care.  

I pray all the time for peace, happiness, good fortune, love.  I send it to You to pass on to others.  Have you seen google earth?  It's amazing to see how small and seemingly insignificant we really are.  we are all so tiny and pale in comparison to the cosmic size of the universe.  we are merely specs of dust.  floating in outer space.  we are all we really have..  we have each other.  i feel like we are all so much more connected than it seems.  we are all part of something greater than ourselves.  no one is unimportant or left behind in the great plan.  the key is moving forward together with a unified vision as a whole.  my dream is that one day we can live in harmony with mother earth and regardless of someone's stature, race, creed, nationality, etc..  we all can co habit-ate.