Ivan Pozo-Illas a.k.a. Atrayo
Sep 15, 2015 | 1st pages, Self Help
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Affection:
A gift that is given and shared in an instant, one that is so sublime it refreshes our spirit in terms of its intensity. This gift is none other than a hug.
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Have you noticed how all of life has a form of embracing each other to share love and companionship? In humans it is a hug, in horses they go side by side and cross necks. With other mammals yet still the young huddle with their biological or adopted mother. We have a symbol for this that came from the Far East. It is the “Yin & Yang”, go ahead and be generous with it. Its supply never runs out.
Angels:
Many throughout the ages have wondered the true appearance of an angel of light. It is assumed that they have a regality of grandeur, and stunning features that would overwhelm a mere mortal. During biblical accounts many a mortal would kneel before them in awe. As Christ once said in the New Testament and by summarizing, “You must be like children to enter the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:14- 16).
So with that I would imagine if an angel would ever take on a human guise to interact with us. An approximation of their glorious appearance would be truly handsome and beautiful features in a joyous childlike manner minus the cherub baby fat, having a physique of an adult. This is what their aura may possibly express in the wonderment of constant bathing in the rays of God for eternity forever young.
Art:
Wherever there is art in any form there is soul with its infinite expression of the splendor of life.
Ivan Pozo-Illas a.k.a. Atrayo
Sep 8, 2015 | 1st pages, Self Help
Awakening:
Adversity is the greatest resistance known to us all where pain can spring forth. Much as how the Buddha spoke that pain is inevitable and suffering is optional. The paradox of pain is that it will make a person stronger for those who are able to endure. Making them hopefully wiser and astute as a soul in such a lifetime. The paradox of pleasure is if too much is experienced it will warp the senses corrupting the heart and mind. If either extreme of pain or pleasure falls upon the head of a person it will spoil their will and ruin their noble heart.
The truest path in order to experience this life is the middle way by means of moderation. Whereby walking the narrow path between both polar opposites one can achieve a wholesome resolve to live well. Such a narrow path of moderation is never straight or linear it will spiral one back and forth. Until a patience is developed that will allow one to walk by confidence in such a duty to self-realization. Be calm, do not force such a process for it must be experienced within the mind, heart, and spirit. In order to fully understand the scope of one's unfoldment by means of service to oneself and especially of the world at large.
Be gentle, but act with a firm hand and the way of compassion will be revealed to you. Speak the truth, but do so that allows all others to speak their truth as well. Observe the beauty all around you and the beauty within life will acknowledge you with many wonders. Let go of your troubles and your troubles will dissolve into the Holy Light of your good soul. Most of all Love deeply and unconditionally, but not as a zealot, but gently and firmly through the narrow path of moderation. There you will find your oasis awaiting for you in all its splendor. Amen.
The reign of Love across eternity echoes a life of wonder. Only those who are its true stewards shall achieve the internal majesty from within that unleashes the totality of God’s being. By doing so one embarks on an odyssey that only the humble and brave could Imagine in a dream of dreams. Dreams are not the means to such an awakening, but only a medium to the catalyst of such a path into an unfolding in your personal life. There are many paths to God(dess) as their are leaves on an olive tree, and yet still more.
True Love is the guiding light from within the soul and the basis to be guided onto redemption from your personal miseries. That is only a stage of an unfolding story that spans the breadth of eternity. Let the rule of Love by unconditional terms guide you to your own personal paradise. Where life is one with you as in the Alpha and Omega creating beautiful opportunities where memories of grace shall be cherished in this one life and in the next. Amen.
Ivan Pozo-Illas a.k.a. Atrayo
Aug 18, 2015 | 1st pages, Self Help
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Absolute:
We are all the religions, philosophies, and ideologies presented before us as a collection of every Infinite soul existing in Creation right now. We are the meta-mirror of life reflected back to us as a living and dynamic Creator known as God. What we came to be matters less than whom we came from to become alive once more from the dream of celestial heaven. We awake as mortals and our screams are a shock to the ancient spirits bemused by our forgetfulness just an instant ago.
Every mortal spirit filled with limited senses bemoans their own rightful existence. It is likened to being drawn to a spell partially of their design just before birth. This is however ignorant once more within a lifetime. Through an inclusive dynamic of reincarnation of the Highest Self come alive into mortal flesh. Not every lifetime is a punishment no matter the circumstances to be experienced at every turn. Step away for a moment to acknowledge the comedy of errors you’ve committed in seeking absolution for a nonexistent crime to the world. Take pause in knowing even a lifetime filled with crimes has a reason next to the one filled with saintly actions.
All life plural being inclusive in purpose for not one iota is lost to the all-seeing presence of God. All of it may be a stage, but the stage has meaning in order to perturb the being to grow into something from a realm of absolute nothingness. For a ghost to belong to a dimension out of time and space signifies a transition to one full of such restrictive consequences. The pivot isn’t lost on the ancient ones as our constant siblings whom we share eternity and infinity within the one instant known as God(dess). Amen.
Susan Vaughan
May 26, 2015 | 1st pages, Romance
Chapter 1
Infamous jewel thief dies in prison
By Rona Laughton
WASHINGTON DAILY NEWS
An international jewel thief who eluded law enforcement for five decades and stole a small nation’s crown jewels from a national U.S. museum has died. Leon Jones, known as the Jeweler, died on April 16 at the age of 68 of complications from cancer, in the Devens, Massachusetts, Federal Medical Center.
Jones pulled off his last and biggest theft twelve years ago at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He made off with the crown jewels of the principality of Gramornia, including a scepter, the royal crown, swords, and rings. Mistakes during the break-in led to the Jeweler’s arrest and conviction.
His son, Cortez Jones, was also convicted of the theft and served a short sentence. The Gramornian crown jewels have never been recovered, according to the FBI and Global Insurance. For five decades, the Jeweler’s heists from museums and mansions confounded law enforcement agencies from the Riviera to San Francisco and…
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Two weeks later
Cortez Jones waited behind a pillar where he had a clear view of the parking garage’s level-two elevator. The Marton woman wouldn’t answer his phone calls, so here he was.
His father’s attorney had given him her license plate number and work address in Crystal City, Virginia. Less intrusive and a whole lot less threatening than approaching her at her apartment. Cort had made an effort to look respectable. Even wore a long-sleeved polo to cover the prison tats. No luck.
The guard at the security desk took one look and showed him the damn door. On impulse, he ducked into the garage as somebody drove out. Once inside, spotting her car was a cinch. No missing that bright red Nissan Versa. He needed to be careful. Diplomatic, low-key, so she didn’t freak and call security.
Scaring her was the last thing he wanted. He needed her help. If she would listen to the ex-con son of the Jeweler. But if Leon’s deathbed story panned out, he had a way to get the FBI off his back. Once and for all. If Leon had conned him—wouldn’t be the first time—he’d go on with his backwoods life. Shit. A half life. No life.
Now that an ember of hope ignited, the possibility flamed into a need that burned in his soul. He wanted more. He wanted out from under FBI and Gramornia pressure. He wanted to hold up his head. He wanted a life. News dating from the Gramornia crown jewels theft investigation, said that Quincy Marton’s widow was Korean.
Cort had figured spotting the daughter would be easy. But he didn’t count on the building’s employees being the United Nations. Several women about the right age with dark hair and vaguely Asian features exited the elevator while he waited. None of them went to the Nissan Versa.
The elevator bell dinged and the doors opened. Another young woman stepped out into a halo of light. About his age. Black hair to her shoulders, high cheekbones, eyes with an exotic slant, but that could be makeup. If she was Mara Marton, she’d inherited her father’s height—five-eight or so.
Dark pants. Bright blue sweater with glittery stuff swirling across breasts that begged for male attention. Cort shook his head, banished the inconvenient sexual awareness. Had to keep focused on business and not on a hot female. For luck, he fingered the ring in his pocket. Leon hadn’t lied about that much. As for the rest, he would see.
Dec 9, 2020 | Interviews
This week, we’re talking with NK Yahushua about the book, Faces Behind These Systems: 3 Felonies without Committing A Single Crime, How the Government Stole My Identity
Tell us something unexpected about yourself!
What is unexpected about me is that life's circumstances have placed me in the position to learn how to be patient with EVERYTHING! And I mean everything. I am an introvert who people think is an extrovert because, when I finally come out, my light shines too bright.
Why do you write?
I write because there are too many revelations God allows me to see. Therefore, you carry these treasured jewels meant for the world only; you have to keep them for an appointed time. So you carry too much inside, and you can only share enough with those around you who are equally given these things and can understand without them thinking you are strange or crazy.
Where did you get the inspiration for your current book?
Life, the desire for justice, and the gratitude that no matter how long we believe we have escaped, we all pay for our crimes. This is why it is better to get it right now; therefore, God honors your intentions than one to do anything without a care in the world only to have regrets. Also, the gift of forgiveness. I recently was affirmed what I had known all along, that forgiveness has steps to it. In my faith, we are asked to forgive, only we were not taught that forgiveness is a process, so take it, so bitterness does not sit in you while you are doing the right wrong process.
What do you enjoy the most about your genre?
I enjoy how empowered people are to hear the truth and hopefully be the change they so desire from others. These Faces behind these systems are not only those of us who abuse and misuse power because one way or another, no matter how small, we all have at some point misused our authority, but some abuse is too high a price.
How would you describe your writing process?
You have heard of the phrase, a mad-scientist?! I write whatever comes to mind; write it all down, then come back and flush it out. I am not a great writer, so thank God for editors who see what I had it in mind but thought it was on the paper. I am a creator and a messenger who seeks to uncover the hidden things of God.
What do you think authors have to gain from participating in social media?
Authors can gain direct access to those they might have in mind while they write. And the power of interactions and feedback is priceless. However, it can be a double-edged sword as well. So one has to both manage what they hear and see from social media interactions.
What advice would you have for other writers?
I will say, be truthful and honest in your writing but continue to see what your writing can add to your reader and to be functional.
How do you select your books’ titles and covers?
My book title speaks to the content of the book. I wanted it to show all the many faces and hands that touched the protagonist's life, positively or otherwise. I thought of Michael Jackson's ‘Black n White,' but I have a great artist who could bring my vision to life. This whole writing process, my team honestly was God-given, and I pray the readers to feel the energy when they read this book.
What's your next step?
My next step is to make sure that billions of people hear this story because it is a life-changing story, which affects or can affect every single person on earth.
What book do you wish you had written?
The Bible.
How do you react to seeing a new review for your book?
When I see a new review, I am delighted to see they are part of the villager who honors and appreciates the lovechild that is my book.
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