Don’t take on other people’s battles.

Don’t let the battles of others, become your own battle.

Areas in the soul where we have a poor self-image are latent with internal battles. Unconscious to what is truly going on at the receptor level, we find ourselves with mixed emotions, unsure of what is occurring and uncertain with things in life. This is the result of the disconnect between the mind and body, where we’ve been largely taught for centuries from the head down. As a result, delayed development in the natural brain has less than sufficient capability in processing what’s happening in the environment, as well as to who we are, whereby we become yoked with a false identity, believing the ultimate parody that “we’re bad.”

Young children are growing up confused as to their gender, bullying goes on in school extenuating the poor self-image, all as the result of trying to teach the child from the brain down to the body. The body’s language of emotion, develops much faster than the brain’s language of thoughts and words, ultimately asking the question continually over and over for our entire earthly life, “Who are we?”

When our self-image is this destitute in areas of the soul, we end up having blurred lines with who we are, and who others are. As a result, we take on the unnecessary battles of the thoughts and opinions of others.

No wonder we have issues and are confused at times in this life. We’ve been taught backwards. Much emphasis is given to the mind than it is the body, whereby we overlook the fact that we are fearfully and wonderfully made by God. He knows how we operate; we are His invention.

We are at ground zero and the adventure begins for the entire globe to learn the conditioning of the body. As we commit ourselves to condition our body’s language, it supernaturally sucks the toxic waste dump out of our identity, which has been enmeshed within the fibers of our soul.

Bit by bit, we take back a little more of our soul than we did before, conditioning it for the national championship. We are committed. With this change comes.

Stay Tuned for More! Digestive thoughts from the new book Mindfulness, the Mind of Christ, by Robin Kirby-Gatto

Know who it is you’re worshipping

Your God interprets your reality. Whether you realize it or not, you are worshipping someone or something. Not making a decision of believing in a God, is a decision of who is your god; you make yourself god. I myself am a Christian, and am fully persuaded of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Father of Jesus Christ.

As I’ve been writing my new book, “Mindfulness, the Mind of Christ,” it has been brought to my understanding on a microscopic level within the cosmos of our body, all the daily activities we perform are based on the presumption of what we believe to be real, which ultimately points back to who we worship.

The easy way to examine or assess who it is you’re worshipping, is by looking at your “fruit.” I have over three chapters on the language of fruit in the new book, where the mind and body connect in the invisible realm of spirit, as their outcome is made known through our actions.

We go blindly through hours, days, weeks, months and even years in a numb-like state, very much as though we’re asleep, unconscious to the invisible language we generate to others in a scientific manner through frequencies, heard by others around us even when we are not speaking. This can be seen in Psalm 19.

1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork.

2 Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor spoken word [from the stars]; their voice is not heard.

4 Yet their voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end of the world. Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sun, Psalm 19:1-4 AMPC

Similar to stars that shine and pour forth speech, their voice is not heard by our ears, yet their voice goes throughout all of the earth. This is a riddle, an enigma, a mystery, which reveals that mankind’s intentions and motives are made known in the invisible realm of fruit, where the MINDBODY connect on a microscopic level within the cell.

Whether we realize it or not whoever we worship is made known on a cellular level within our body. It is the crux of all we do, guiding our emotions bit by bit down a trail of breadcrumbs. Consider every action you take and be conscious of who it is that you worship.

Robin Kirby-Gatto

Upload complete, Process will begin shortly.

“Upload Complete, Processing will Begin Shortly.”

The words I see each time that I upload a video on YouTube, is “Upload Complete, Processing will Begin Shortly.” How appropriate that is to our life. Whether we realize it or not, when knowledge of some sort is added to our person, the way in which it is measured out to us is through PROCESSING.

Processing comes from the word process, which means, “a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end; a systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce or manufacture something; to perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on something in order to preserve it or change it.” Process comes from the Latin word processus, which means “progression and course.”

Many people do not realize there is always a process to everything in our lives. We are a walking process.

No different from uploading my video to YouTube and waiting on it to process what was uploaded before it then does “checks” on the video, our mind and body has to process the knowledge to which we give our attention.

Our mind and body are in the work of reconciling all day long, every day, even when we are sleeping. It is necessary for them to land on the same page of explanation on a term or circumstance, so that there is congruency of expression of a thing. Processing is the expression of what has been acquired. Expression means “the PROCESS of making known one’s thoughts and feelings.” This comes from the Latin word exprimere which means, “to PRESS OUT, EXPRESS.”

Press means “to move or cause to move into position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force, TO APPLY PRESSURE IN ORDER TO SHAPE.” Does this not sound familiar? It is the forming of a diamond from coal.

It takes 1 billion to 3.3 billion years for coal to turn into a diamond. This transformation occurs through the act of pressure. Carbon life forms, largely from plants, brings about the act of coal through intense pressure. From coal, continued pressure then turns it into a diamond. Diamonds are the purest forms of carbo, which have been subjected to the most intense pressure.

Thus, process is the EXPERIMENT OF OUR SOUL’S REALITY, PRESSING OUT OF US!

Our soul processes our believed reality, which we have created as the inner sanctum of our self-image. This inner sanctum is exposed in our afflictions, our trials, our times of PRESSURE. As a result, we are able to take a microscopic view of what we have believed and determine whether or not it is still beneficial for our soul to continue to believe.

Whenever there is pressure within our life, you can rest assured, there is some download of Truth being pressed into your heart and mind, so that they reconcile to a reality that is beneficial for the progress of your soul.

Paul the apostle knew the process of his soul well.

7 However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.

8 We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair;

9 We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed; 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 AMPC

The treasure of truth and the greatness within come out through pressure. We are formed into the beauty of the purest form of who we are called to be, in the darkest of times. This brings out the expression of the authentic self, which endures the assaults of hell, but shines the Light of heaven!

God Bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

The self-image grounded

The Self-Image Grounded

Grounded is a word we hear often in different contexts. As a result, we see grounded has a multiplicity of use.

Grounded can mean, “well-balanced and sensible, a plane that is prohibited from flying, the teaching of a firm theoretical or practical basis, a batter hitting a ball, as well as connecting an electrical device to the ground.”

When the term grounded is employed, it gives one the analogy that some-thing is anchored upon another source. The source upon which a thing is anchored, is supplied the strength through this connection. It is no different for us, as it relates to our self-image. Whether we realize it or not, the self-image is drawing strength from either a good or negative source, as it relates to who we believe we are.

Whatever source we draw from, gives assertion to the narrative that is in line with it, feeding our soul with a specific mental program. Thus, if the source is negative, strength will be given to subconscious memories that have destructive emotions, belittling us, as we feel unvalued, unloved and deficient. On the other hand, if the source is positive, strength will be given to subconscious memories that are growth oriented, helpful, constructive, and life giving, where we will feel important, valued and loved.

You can only love others as you love yourself. This is why being grounded is so important.

Another newer avenue, as it relates to be grounded, is what is known as Earthing, where one is barefoot outside. For those who have not heard of this therapeutic phenomenon, it allows the electrons that are in the earth to enter your body via the skin, so that you are provided strength, and is one of the most aggressive ways in fighting free radicals. The testimonies I have seen online and from people I know personally are astounding.

An individual I coach has for years had kidney issues and ends up having several surgeries a year for her kidney stones. Her insurance lapsed during 2020 and she could not afford the surgery. After I shared grounding/earthing, she put it into action and in a short time, passed three large kidney stones, the ones for which she needed surgery. This blew my mind, as well as others I know, who have reported great health outcomes.

For those who know me, you are familiar with my teachings of scripture from the Word of God, with physics, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, mathematics and biology. I am absolutely intrigued on how things work, because as Romans 1:20 reveals, it makes the scripture of Who God is, come alive!

God introduced me to Keto in July of 2016, telling me the name of the lifestyle diet I had never heard. He then told me about plastics in 2018 and instructed me to take DIM and get rid of as many plastics as possible. I have been very good in guarding my health with keto and avoiding plastics. However, no matter how good I have been, a health issue showed up in my breasts in September of this year, which led to surgical removal of a suspicious lump. Thank God it was benign.

It was this surgery that made me all the more aware of my personal health. Right after the surgery, God brought grounding/being grounded into my life. I purchased earthing shoes for everyone in my family, my sons, daughter in grace, husband, and parents. I care about all of their health and quality of life, so therefore I am proactive in introducing them to life-saving habits that are preventive measures for one’s health.

Immediately after I first grounded, it was the same feeling I have after being at the beach all weekend. The crazy thing is, I just grounded 45 minutes! Then I realized, the reason you feel so good at the beach is because you are barefoot on the sand, you are grounded.

Rich and I go to a local park where I do my regular grounding, and he too noticed an immediate difference, which for him is short of a miracle; he never feels anything.

Continually throughout this short time that I have implemented grounding in my life, I was seeking to understand God on a greater scale, through scripture and my new preventive care method. Immediately last week, God brought the scripture from Ephesians 3:17 into my person. I love Ephesians 3:16-20 and have written and taught on it many times.

16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].

17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! MAY YOU BE ROOTED DEEP IN LOVE AND FOUNDED SECURELY ON LOVE,

18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];

19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, [e]through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]— Ephesians 3:16-20 AMPC

The word “founded” in Ephesians 3:17 is the Greek word themelióō pronounced them-el-ee-o'-o meaning, “to lay a basis, lay the foundation, GROUND, and settle.” The King James Version translation has the word “grounded” instead of founded. (Strong’s Concordance Greek Word # 2311)

When we look at Ephesians 3:16-20, we see the employment of the strength of God to the soul, reinforcing the inner man with mighty power. The way we are strengthened within is by being GROUNDED in love. This love causes us to have understanding of an EXPERIENCE, and not just mere knowledge. Knowledge without experience is information, but knowledge with experience is BELIEF, which is power! You move into your destiny based on what you believe.

As I thought about the roots of a tree, which I have written about in detail with oak trees, in my last book, Rev 22:2, I could not help but think of how many times in scripture we are compared to trees. Moreover, God used the dirt of the earth to create and form man, as He breathed life into Adam.

The Electrons of the Sun are in the Dirt!

My thoughts kept wondering back to grounding in the natural, and how the electrons in the earth bring homeostasis, decreasing inflammation, fighting free radicals, and causing me to feel as though I have bathed in an ocean. It is pure relaxation and surreal; tranquil.

I have an EXPERIENCE from the electrons, not just coursing through my feet, into my body, but also into my brain. My entire person is being affected! This is what we see with Ephesians 3:16-20. That when you are affected by love in your inner man, through Christ Jesus, and He is your foundation, you are grounded and founded upon Him. As a result, you have the availability of that source, which then strengthens your SELF-IMAGE! Because you are plugged into, grounded, into that source, you are supplied with a strength beyond yourself, which then causes you to see the fruit of it in your life, as it reaches beyond what you can imagine and think!

This life merely reflects who you believe you are.

As an oak tree is grounded in the dirt, receiving nourishment, it is similar to us being grounded to the earth receiving the electrons given to it from the SUN! As I have taught on electrons since 2013 with scripture, I did a wordplay with it meaning THE ELECT RUN! Strength comes to us when we know we are loved; we are enabled to do what we were designed to do in this life, to reflect God’s love.

Therefore, ask yourself, in what source you are grounded? Where do you get your strength?

If you are having issues with displaying unlovely behaviors, and living a life of negativity, it is like you are swimming in a pool of acid or sitting in a dump of toxicity. Change your mind set on where you draw your strength and watch God!

God Bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

Email me at robin@Godsfirewall.com to join in on group coaching, and I will send info!

Here is link to the Earthing Movie. I am a strong Christian and realize there is some sprinkling of new age in here from other people’s beliefs, but I am presenting this for THE SCIENCE ONLY of how this works.

The small things that become something

Sitting here on the velvety hunter green sleigh couch, I am swallowed up by the cushions, pondering as Christmas draws near. My thoughts are carried away by the amazing things God has done for my family.

Mentally, I thumb through the index of blessings that I am grateful for. The oddness though, is that simultaneously I examine where I am in the present moment, and where I want to be in the coming year, discovering a hodgepodge of emotions cascade within my being. I collect my thoughts and organize them into different files within my mind.

When then, I suddenly realize the plethora of change, which has occurred throughout the year. I think to myself, “wait a minute, we have gone through A LOT this year, which we have not been through before.”

This momentary revisitation of what transpired is much like an old friend who returns home and meets for coffee. You strike up a conversation about past times, and recognize, thoughts will end, goodbyes will be said, and the meeting over.

Our soul, on our journey, sees the trifling details of transition from one year to the next, more ritualistic than we realize. These trifles provide us a bridge on which to cross over.

We know we will not come back to the place we have been before. We will leave this past year and make the incoming year a reconnaissance for our personal growth, as we dare to dream about things that may come, potential realities that have not yet arrived. However, we are certain that they are planted within the fibers of our self-image; we feel and expect, we hope.

Yes! This is the time!

The self-image takes on its environment. Therefore, the bridge we cross over from 2020 to 2021 provides us a journey in changing environments, both emotionally and mentally. Simply dismissing all that has happened during this year, hinders our ability to grow, whereby we might pitch up a tent, unwittingly to find ourselves in an old season, longer than we should.

As for me, I assess that which has been a blessing to me and my family, catapulting our personal growth. No matter what good or what bad has happened; it is all a blessing. All things have worked to our good. Moreover, GOD IS GOOD!

When we forget these two components that 1) God is good and 2) God works all things to our good, we stumble and fall. We regress into old patterns, because our self-image stays in yesteryear in an unhealthy way. This mindset keeps us from crossing over. As a result, we need to have revelation of where we have not moved on into better spiritual, mental and emotional growth.

Assessments are not a bad thing; when you work for a company, the annual assessment shows you where you sit in relation to your work outcome, as well as leads to promotion.

It is no different as we leave one year and get ready for the next. All the things that have happened have in some form, shaped an invisible environment, which has benefited us sometimes and on occasion held us back. The way to overcome the negative effects of what has held us back, we have to perceive that God is good, and works all things to our good.

We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. Romans 8:28 AMPC

The goodness of God brings the trifles of all the details of 2020 into perspective, so that no matter what, we will hope all the more, chose to be better in our character, and honor others, while respecting and loving ourselves. The word trifles here, is a thing of little value or importance. The things we do not realize that are important, are the small things we do day to day that add up to someTHING big.

Therefore, go into this new year of 2021, allowing your soul to be blessed in the goodness of God, searching to see through that lens, as you enter a time of expectancy and hope.

God Bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

A mutt doesn’t know it’s a mutt

A Mutt doesn’t know it’s a Mutt.

As I walked today, something astonishing happened. This can only be God! I am not brilliant enough to figure this out on my own, much less compile such an impressive blog that will blow your mind. Only God can do that.

As I was walking this afternoon on a melodic fall day, where leaves wafted down twirling like dancers in the air, a most unusual aspect of revelation occurred. First, I passed by a group of young adults who were bearing behaviors I am familiar with from my past work in mental health, disabling them from a normal life, where it appeared, they lived in a boarding home, or at the least were in an adult daycare. I have worked in the past in adult daycare for the seriously mentally ill, which at times included the diagnosis of severe mental retardation.

As I viewed their elated enjoyment of the beautiful day, at a historic district park, I relished with them from a distance, in the laughter and smiles, as they too saw the same dancing leaves falling in the wind.

Sun out, beautiful weather, each of us somehow connected on a level of gratitude, where the fondness of my walk was all the more poetic.

What would Wordsworth or Keats write in a moment of artistic inspiration on a day like this? Just a thought, what a neat name as Words-worth; he knew what words were worth.

Back to my day. I did my usual afternoon walk, lapping around the three parks in our historic district, greeting others with smiles and hellos. Then upon my second lap, God said, “Robin, a mutt doesn’t know it’s a mutt.” My response was “heh” ... which is like “huh,” but with an enthusiastic agreement, knowing that there would be an unfolding of revelation.

God then proceeded to tell me that people see what they want to see, which I agreed, knowing this truth He revealed to me 15 years ago. He went further to explain that a mutt doesn’t know that it has no pedigree, and that although others might look at it as though its value is less, it has no clue what others see and don’t see. The mutt doesn’t see itself different than any other dog. A mixed canine doesn’t look at a pedigree dog, worth ten thousand dollars and say, “that dog is better than me.”

I was blown away at the revelation and was like, “Wow God, you are right!”

Savoring the thought like a morsel of fine steak, I continued to ponder on it.

Coming back on the leg of my last lap, an older couple in front of me stepped aside and went another direction, when it saw the group of mentally challenged young adults loading onto a bus. I however, felt quite in my element, loving the joy and gentleness displayed on their faces, which made me feel like I was 22 again and at my old job.

With a huge smile on my face, I walked right up to them as they lined up to get on the bus, and greeted them with a smile, “It’s a beautiful day.” They smiled back, along with the adult case worker who aided them, “Yes a beautiful day.”

All of us beamed, sharing the gratitude we had towards God for such a day.

I came home, preparing for work and God said, “Robin write a note, ‘A Mutt doesn’t know it’s a Mutt.’”

Then I looked to see what “mutt” means and was blown away!

Mutt means, a dog, especially a mongrel that is not of a pedigree. However, the word mutt came from “muttonhead, which means a dull or stupid person.” This is sad, because many look at disabled people and think they are stupid, and they absolutely are not. I know this well having worked with them in my profession of social work. They have value and are smarter than people think.

What blew me away is that God said, this is how people have looked at you, as though you are a mutt. However, a mutt doesn’t know it’s a mutt!

God said “Robin it is all in the eye of the beholder”

Those that see me as less than, don’t see as God does, and only see me as a mutt. However, I don’t know that because GOD sees me as beautiful!

God went on, to show me how other people might feel like that mutt dog, except knowing that others see it as less than and of no pedigree. That is what shame on the self-image does; it makes you feel like a mutt. However, when you do not care what others think about, you don’t own their labels, no different as someone who has mental challenges. Those beautiful young adults, who many would write off, simply delighted in the day as I did, laughing, smiling, and running around at the park. They clapped their hands and cheered for each other in their enjoyment and it was pure BEAUTY! IT WAS A DEGREE OF LOVE UNTOUCHED by those who were not blessed to observe it.

12 Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. 13 For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Psalm 139:12-17 AMPC

10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. Ephesians 2:10 AMPC

For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 AMPC

This is the question for you? Do you view yourself as a mutt? If you do, know that God doesn’t see you that way and moreover, if a mutt doesn’t know it’s a mutt why should we feel any different.

God bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

Everything is not a crisis

As this saying kept rolling over and over in my heart and mind, “Everything is not a crisis,” God prompted me to write this note.

We are born into a fallen world, where everything around us is in crisis, because of the ongoing clash between Light and darkness/ good and evil. This battle has ensued since the seed of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil was made known to mankind in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve’s self-image reconfigured unto the bondage of darkness, where death took its toll, on the body, soul and spirit. Since that time, mankind would be caught in the confrontation between God and satan, disabled in the self-image, contagious to the uncleanness of hell.

Uncleanness is the radio wave in receiving satan’s messages, which overtakes us if we aren’t prepared. Drop by drop, he leaves breadcrumbs to the chambers of the delusions of demonic strongholds; the hypnotic state of a false reality of fear, anticipating that we will pick them up and enter into his lair of lies. This hypnosis is the crisis of mankind.

Crisis is “an intense time of difficulty, trouble or danger.” It is a tipping point of a person’s soul, where they have to make a decision. Indecisiveness is irrelevant, because it is still a decision not to decide, to leave the task to fate; it is doubt and unbelief. Crisis comes from the Greek word krinein, meaning “decide.” However, this is the thing. This decision is not your normal run of the mill decision, “what clothes to wear; what shoes to put on; who to call first; do you want coffee and if so, what do you want in it.”

Rather decision here in a crisis, is one that will forever affect a person’s life that, whichever decision they make will leave a lasting impression. This is what the Jews experienced right before the Holocaust. Many were offered departure from Germany before things escalated, but instead they did not see the CRISIS, and tip toed around the decision, deciding not to decide. After that one moment, when the line was drawn in the sand, they discovered their decision would forever altar not only their life but their lineage, as future generations were cut off.

The anomalous thing with crisis, is that it can work for your good as well as against you. If you are awake to the decision that needs to be made, then you see the door of opportunity, the decision you have made, which has opened up another plethora of possibilities you never saw coming. Roads are rerouted, newness springs forth, your eyes are open to perceive it, and the crisis becomes a thesis!

A thesis is research one has undertaken to substantiate a specific view, a concept which has become their truth. Where the heart is no longer uncertain or caught up in a mind game, but rather given over to the study of that which will feed the soul, yielding growth and maturity in a person’s state of mind, to find favor with a belief, a thought which has an emotional experience, compelling them to shout from the roof tops, what is inside of their belly.

Step by step, those who saw the door of departure from the coming crisis, saw the opportunity of a new viewpoint, and exited out of the fallen state of mankind caught up in the greatest darkness, while the thesis within their soul took them to flight in the rhapsody of the Light!

This beautiful display of the glory of God revealed in mankind, that we have been created to create, we have been given vision to see, not in our reality, but in our giftedness, where we realize we are a thesis given to this earth, to bring goodness and light, resisting that which is unclean.

This is where we learn everything is not a crisis. Our minds have been continually prepared and set in crisis mode, where we jump at everything, use demonstrative behavior, hand motions, flailing our arms all around, as if our body was a bugle to let everyone know SOMETHING IS WRONG.

The only thing about the second route in seeing everything as a crisis is that, we never get out of the mind games of satan and become his pawn to make other people focus only on the crisis at hand. Traumatizing them on every end, where they retreat only to accept the self-image’s defeat. They are disabled under the delusion to be tethered to the next supposed crisis that is to creep up, which we will come to find out will be one continuous crisis after another. This is the life in which we have been born, with stressed out parents who are raising children in a stressed-out world, trying to earn a dollar. This is the program of darkness, to keep us in crisis!

But there is an exit!

Oh, where could this awesome exit be you might ask? According to the prophet Hosea, it was in the valley of crisis, of trouble, that a door of opportunity, a thesis of hope opened up to God’s people.

14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her [Israel] and bring her into the wilderness, and I will speak tenderly and to her heart. 15 There I will give her, her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor [troubling] to be for her a door of hope and expectation. And she shall sing there and respond as in the days of her youth and as at the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.” Hosea 2:14-15 AMPC

The wilderness here is a moment of crisis. Wilderness in Hebrew comes from the root word dabar which means “to speak.” In the time of crisis, we can DECIDE on the voice we listen to. We can choose to listen to the voice that causes our self-image to soar out of bondage and into freedom, hope! Achor means trouble in Hebrew. In the valley of trouble there is a door of hope, expectation! There is a THESIS, waiting to blossom.

The enemy wants you to live a lifestyle of crisis. You have to resist and enter God’s rest, not giving into the temptation to emotionally be caught into the hype of this false flag that is occurring now, keeping you in state of chronic stress and chronic crisis. Resist the puppet strings that have been attached to you and watch them fall off, as you enter into a Thesis of a New Season of Promise, knowing God will bring you into your greatest hour! The persecution is real, but so is God’s glory!

God bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

The new normal

During this hour of complexity and perplexity to say the least, our mind and body are finding it difficult to reconcile on a landing spot, most times. This is what we call the “new normal.”

Normal means, “conforming to a standard; and the usual, typical state or condition.” This comes from the Latin word norma, which is a carpenter’s square, as well as means precept and rule.  A carpenter’s square is a right-angled type ruler used for the many building elements in a house from framing, putting on a roof, and building stairs. It is used to TEST all right angles. A saying you will hear similar to “she must be losing her mind,” is “the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square.”

The carpenter square brings a standard to a house, in order to reveal its state, its condition. This is what is considered NORMAL. Likewise, within our mind and body there is an invisible carpenter’s square, constantly bringing us “normal.” 24-7 our mind and body are trying to hit the same landing spot, where they agree on what normal is. Unfortunately, when we are experiencing things we have not before, that muddles what we believe to be normal.

As a result, if we are not vigilant, we can become panicky or anxious in the midst of this transition into a new normal. Understand this, once you have been to a new normal, it is difficult to return back to the old. Our minds have gone a place we have not been before, due to the emotional language of dis-ease (disturbance) within the body, requiring us to pull on a greater grace to bring us to the landing place of God’s peace.

Looking at the mind and body separate; we know that they speak two different languages. The language of the mind is our condition and the language of our body is emotions. We begin to see a shaft of light come into the dark places of our soul, bringing wisdom, so that we realize; WE UNDERSTAND, that the body does not speak the language of the mind and vice-versa. At least this brings solace of some sort, still giving us hope to know that there is SOMETHING that brings a connection to the two.

Here in the state of finding a new landing space, peace brings that connection. It is God’s perfect peace that rules our heart, and His all surpassing peace, which surpasses our understanding. (Philippians 4:7; Colossians 3:15)

7 And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 AMPC

15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always]. Colossians 3:15 AMPC

Transcend in Philippians 4:7 is the Greek word hyperéchō pronounced hoop-er-ekh'-o meaning, “to hold oneself above, to excel, superior, better, excellency, higher, pass and supreme.” This comes from two Greek words hyper pronounced hoop-er' meaning, “over and above,” and échō pronounced ekh'-o meaning, “to hold, keep, recover, rest, etc.” Therefore, transcend is a HYPER-ECHO, a sound that you are holding onto in your heart and mind that brings you rest, letting you know that you will be held together by that which is more excellent, He Who is higher! Transcend is meditating on the Truth of the Word, and the peace of God meeting you in that meditation to bring you to a HIGHER PLACE, to WISDOM!

The peace of God connects the mind and body. It brings a calm to the emotions that can easily give us over to the stress response, bringing a quietness to the sound of our mind, where we find ourselves being mindful of the moment. Our eyes opened to grace. We comprehend that we are blessed with those whom we love. We find ourselves no longer tossed easily by circumstances that would try and build another reality (frame) around our self-image. We resist, discovering that there is something greater in this place of mindfulness, by having the Mind of Christ, where we TRANSCEND. We go beyond what society would try to define as our normal, reaching beyond the natural and being led by the Spirit.

Those that are led by the Spirit are the sons and daughters of God. They are given over to the Mind of Christ Jesus, which is always consistent, because He is the TRUE CARPENTER. He brings His carpenter square, a measurement to build us up in the Word and the most holy faith, as we yield ourselves to His workmanship!

For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. Ephesians 2:10 AMPC

The word carpenter originated from the Latin word carpentarius which means “carriage maker.”  Carriage came from the Old French word cariage, which means TO CARRY! Carry means TO SUPPORT AND MOVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. Do you see this? The workmanship of Christ in this place of uncertainty in our life is that HE WILL CARRY US; He is our carriage, and we are the handiwork of being carried into HIS NORMAL; God does not change. Our seasons might change like the four seasons in the natural, but GOD DOES NOT CHANGE.

The enemy brings chaos against your mind, to bring you a new normal in relation to the issues of fear and trauma in your soul, which keeps one tied to a false reality, such as a socialist experiment that he wants us to believe is real. This you have to resist; you have to allow your heart and mind to TRANSCEND that which you have always known as normal, to receive the RIGHT-ANGLE, RIGHT-MESSAGE. If you change angle to angel, then instead of a corner you have a messenger! As you are kept in the framework of Christ, He makes us ready for every circumstance and every season! You receive the MESSENGER OF COVENANT, bringing His message, the RIGHT-MESSAGE!

Moving

Be still in the fullness and contentment of God’s joy, to where the place which you realize that you have lived in and want to leave has TURNED INTO PALACE! This happened to me recently! Do you see this? I have been wanting to move for a year now into another location five blocks away, and the door never opened. This was partly due to having new tenants in our apartment building that believed this was a frat house.

Consistently I have told the Lord that I am so grateful for this place but that I would be most appreciative if He could move me. I was looking for normal. The new tenants in the building tried to bring a “new norm” of partying to this location, which I have lived in for over three years. To say the least, I did not like it. However, something supernaturally occurred. I shifted in my heart and mind the other night, to a place of CONTENTMENT! I TRANSCENDED INTO A NEW NORM, by the CARPENTER! HE CARRIED ME THERE!

8 For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].

9 Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and model your way of living on it, and the God of peace (of untroubled, undisturbed well-being) will be with you.

10 I was made very happy in the Lord that now you have revived your interest in my welfare after so long a time; you were indeed thinking of me, but you had no opportunity to show it.

11 Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be CONTENT (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. Philippians 4:8-11 AMPC

In the mindfulness of God’s thoughts, I shifted from a place TO A PALACE!!!! JUST WOW!!! Do you see this? All it takes to change your place into a palace is an A! Alpha! The Beginning, Jesus Christ, the Carpenter, Who brings a contentment to your present circumstance to lift you up to a NEW NORM!

Content here in Philippians 4:11 is the Greek word autárkēs pronounced ow-tar'-kace meaning, “contented and content.” This comes from two Greek words, autos pronounced ow-tos' meaning “self,” and arkéō pronounced ar-keh'-o meaning, “BE CONTENT, BE ENOUGH, and BE SUFFICIENT.” Thus, the two words mean that WE ARE CONTENT WITH SELF! That is peace! That is transcendence!

In this hour as we transcend, realize the self-image is moving to a higher place, where your spiritual stability is established in Christ!

God Bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

Experiment!

Experiment!

Having a background in social work, bachelors and master’s degrees, made me familiar with the work of Margaret Mead, who was the spearhead of much research that is applied in social work. Although Margaret Mead was a cultural anthropologist, receiving her bachelor’s degree in 1923, her master’s in 1925 and her PhD in 1929, she focused her research efforts on cultural anthropology, studying the aspects of people within past and present societies. She mentored many anthropologists and sociologists, contributing her research for the betterment of understanding different cultures, as well as addressing societal issues.

She is known for many incredible quotes, one of which is:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

The whole world was her microscope as the different chasms of cultures and societal issues became her laboratory. She was able to capture the essence of psychology being applied to groups on a social level, when different restraints, discriminations, or persuasions were put in place. One thing she noticed was that a group of committed people could change the issues of society. Circumstances didn’t change things, people did. She recognized the influence and power of the human soul to make things better.

Having studied social statistics in my master’s degree at the University of Alabama, I was able to see the interplay of different social experiments that had taken place, affecting society at large to have a different outcome than would be expected. We see this largely in our own history here in the United States, when different nationalities immigrated and some were made slaves, which is the worst of social evils.

All it took was creating a “social norm” into a society initially as a social experiment to see if it would be accepted. Women were considered less than men, so it became a social norm over in Europe, spilling into our nation. Slavery was a social norm in Europe and accepted in the colonies as normal. Social norms “are informal understandings that govern a society.”

Making eye contact when you meet someone and shaking their hand are social norms. Not invading someone’s space is a social norm, etc. Social norms are things that make us a cultural society of influence one upon the other.

Lately with all that is going on, my humble opinion is that we are in the midst of a HUGE EXPERIMENT, where evil influencers are intent on making us bow down to new social norms, such as distancing ourselves 6 feet away, wearing masks, and communicating largely through social media. What used to be a social norm such as shaking hands and looking each other in the eyes is now fading away during all these subversive ordinances and regulations, where those who are brainwashed are easily influenced in the experiment and the social norm now becomes dehumanizing people.

This is only the beginning and leads to further alienation in our society, as in the time of the Holocaust, when the Jews were dehumanized by having society accept new social norms. Now a person who doesn’t wear a mask in a store is considered evil and thrown out, stares of chastisement delivered by those who are brainwashed.

With my law degree and knowing my constitutional rights, I refuse to be part of this socialist experiment during the days of the propaganda where new social norms are being created for us to accept. What is interesting is that I looked up the word experiment and realized it comes from the same Latin word that composes “experience!”

In an experiment there is a controlled variable, which here in my opinion, is whether or not people will accept new social norms that are driven by a state of fear. Those who are given over to fear are accepting these new social norms. Moreover, they are now a part of implementing them, calling the police or carrying out the chastisement, by aggressively dealing with others who do not comply with these new norms.

An Experiment is the TRYING OUT OF NEW CONCEPTS, to test the concept and see how it works. This comes from the Latin word experiri, which means try. Thus, an experiment in sociology is the trying of a new social norm, seeing if it will be accepted, and if so by who. Then it hit me as I looked at the word experience, which I wrote on in my book “Mindfulness, the Mind of Christ, Living a Meditated Life.” (see excerpt below). I saw the word EXPERIENCE in experiment! The experiment is MEANT TO BRING YOU A NEW EXPERIENCE! EXPERIENCE-MEANT!

This is what happens when we accept things as normal with fear being the control variable to make us afraid. If we accept it then we digress from a free society, into one of socialism. Socialism is the chasm, bridging us to communism from a capitalist society. It is the nail in the coffin to free thinking. Thus, as Margaret Mead made note. The only thing that changes a society are people who are committed.

What is our commitment? The Truth! You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. (See John 8:32)

When we are committed to the truth, we will not tolerate the experience of evil to bring in new social norms. Inch by Inch is all the devil needs to get a mile.

Excerpt from “Mindfulness, the Mind of Christ, Living a Meditated Life” by Robin Kirby-Gatto

“Experience is, “an event or occurrence that leaves an impression, and to feel an emotion.” It comes from the Latin word experiri which means “try.”[i] Try means to make the attempt to achieve something, and comes from the French word trier, which means “to sift.” Sifting is where a loose substance is sieved in order to remove lumps or other particles. Thus, our experience is the place in which we have been sieved in our emotions, where indifferent lumps and particles are removed, to bring about a rational and cohesive momentum to our self-image so that we change. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE!”

7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 AMPC

Robin Kirby-Gatto

[i] “Experience”

Leaving the old and going into the new!

Mars

Like grains of dust on mars, our old seasons are planetary residue, a threat to anything in our lives that might be new. Terrestrial debris turns into shards of steel from our old mentality, a weapon used against our dreams. The critical nature of our soul is an alarm to our transition, louder than the sirens of a fire truck. It is here that we find our momentary discomfort is the result of tightly clinching onto old beliefs, thorns imbedding into our head, where the old mindsets begin to criticize the new mindset that is forming, scolding us for making the wrong decision.

Aridness covers the terrains of our emotions in the “old” as it swiftly becomes a wilderness, compelling us to exit.  The elements of the seemingly interstellar place have become a detriment to the self-image, leading us to pioneer to the undiscovered landscape. The critic of our self-image, the old mindset, is uncovered; it’s a thorn. We have a clearer view of our departure from the old, rapidly approaching a new emotional and mental space that leads us unexpectedly to make a decisive decision over our state, and we say goodbye to the critic.

A door tightly shut and locked, where we dismiss the thoughts of old emotions, the detractor's voice. We choose to live in calm. This is anxiety and panic overruled, where past unmade decisions are no different than unmade beds during the day while at work. The thought of the unmade bed in the midst of our productivity no longer stifles us or has an effect to detract or distract us from our day. That is how easy through God’s grace, we can overcome the thorns of the enemy against our soul.

I have to believe!

Detract means, “to diminish the worth or value of, cause someone or something to be distracted, diverted.” This comes from two Latin words de meaning “away from,” and trahere meaning “draw,” joining into one word with the implication of “drawing away.” Our old mindsets draw us away from that which is new, it detracts us from the voice of the pioneer that would take us out of the alien terrain that is more of a detriment to the self-image than an exploration.

Therefore, you know it is time to move into the new season when your old season has become so foreign to you, like an alien planet, that it begins to attack. Your emotional and mental states are compromised, where you have to be vigilant to thwart off the thoughts that you need to be checked into a psychiatric ward. This is how real the battle in the mind is with your self-image when you are in the midst of the transition into a new season.

Your mind in this process, is being transformed into the substance of what you believe. Believe means, “to accept as true,” and substance means, “the quality of being important, valid and significant.” Substance comes from the Latin word substant meaning, “standing firm,” evolving into the Latin word substantia, which means “BEING ESSENCE!” Therefore, your belief is in the essence of what you hold weight in to be true.

Although, you speak with your mouth “I’m unafraid, I’m fearless, and I can do anything,” your subconscious tells on you and criticizes the new mindset that sets out to create a newfound freedom. Not realizing it, you are still standing in manure from what others have spoken or said over you, and even yourself.

Staying in an old mindset proves that you are willing to stand in the stench of dung, while you ignore the fact that everything around you stinks.

You have to let go of the old mindset to enter into the NEW!

Something so simple as life changes can expose these mindsets. Getting a new job, having a baby, moving, marriage, divorce, starting school, etc., can expose the critic in our mind who would hinder us from moving into the new mindset.

If there are negative thoughts criticizing who you are, that is the evidence, you’re in an interstellar environment that has now turned on you. Changes are good for us and especially our self-image, removing criticizing mindsets that have limited us from experiencing the EXTRAORDINARY!

Life continues to give us extraordinary events, where we see the value of others and ourselves. We can only love others as we love ourselves. Each moment we live in this earth is a benchmark within our mind and heart to bring about a TRANSFORMED MIND, where we see beyond our imagination into a realm of the beauty of grace. God reaches down to our lowest point and picks us up out of the critical battle of our thoughts, removing them from our mind, and brings us the exquisiteness of what is true, so that our reality is changed, our beliefs surrender to His thoughts and plans, and we find ourselves hoping against hope, knowing that our reality comes from within like a seed being crushed by the pressure of the dirt, in order to blossom into a flower!

The fragrance of the life of Christ in you, transforms your self-image into the glory of God, in the beauty of grace. Truth is transformative and the truth sets your soul free from the terrestrial space of the wilderness, in order to carry you into the NEW MIND, THE MIND OF CHRIST!

The thorns of our past battles from the voice of the critic is dismantled in our mind, and we are kept in the power of grace as a delicate rose.

[She said] I am only a little rose or autumn crocus of the plain of Sharon, or a [humble] lily of the valleys [that grows in deep and difficult places].  But Solomon replied, Like the lily among thorns, so are you, my love, among the daughters. Song of Solomon 2:1-2 AMPC

The thorns around your mind are the criticisms of the old mindsets that have exposed the alien terrain in which you have traveled. Now it is time to go into the new mindset, where grace has given you blessings, favor, and power to see through the eyes of love as you RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD!

Overcoming negative patterns in your life, means you are willing to receive the truth and be set free as you see the thorns that have tormented you dissolve. This is the passage of leaving the old and coming into the new. Our difficult places have been the growth opportunities in our belief to leave the old and welcome the new. What had been surrounding us before of the critical thoughts not dissipate and are turned into a flower garden!

I am my beloved’s [garden] and my beloved is mine! He feeds among the lilies [which grow there]. Song of Solomon 6:3 AMPC

The critic’s voice of the negative has left as our mind has transformed into the voice of TRUTH, which now surrounds us, we live in the calm. This is the power of leaving the old and going into the new.

And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. John 8:32 AMPC

For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. 1 Corinthians 2:16 AMPC

God bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

Quarantine

Things have slowed down to nearly a snail’s pace as of recent with the “safe in place” or more appropriate term, quarantine. Although I walk outside and see more people than ever, soaking up the sun and seemingly enjoying a needed rest, it has brought all of us to a point of being more introspective. It is in these times that it is necessary more than ever to guard the mind, knowing that our self-image is made of the language of what the mind believes our condition to be.

While doing a Facebook Live, on the day of Passover on the Jewish Calendar, I was surprised upon discovering that the word quarantine came from the Italian word quaranta, which surprisingly means “40.” That’s right you heard me correctly, quarantine comes from the Italian word that means 40. Quarantine means, “a state, period or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.” It is a dedicated time and space of separation.

Needless to say, I was beside myself upon discovering this, exclaiming “What!!!” loudly on the video while doing my live teaching. This concept of quaranta brought a whole new perspective to the word quarantine. The quarantine we are in during this present state of uncertainty is nothing like the quarantine Israel was in when they left Egypt and stayed in the wilderness for 40 years! If that sounds bad, think about Moses who was really in quarantine for 80 years, lest you forget that he stayed on the backside of the desert 40 years before he was able to lead God’s people out of Egypt, staying another 40 years in the wilderness with them. Moses lived a quarantine life!

Pondering on a 40-year quarantine compared to our short term safe in place confinement, I realized that we have no clue what quarantine really looks like. However, with that being said, we are undergoing a dilemma within our self-image, as our mind and body reconcile a new identity of our present state.

The language of the mind is our condition, what or who we believe we are, whereas the language of the body is our emotions. Our mind and body are continually getting updates physiologically all day long between the heart and brain, and psychologically through our condition and emotions. Miscomputations occur between the languages of the mind and body during this time, until we are established firmly within our new state, when the mind and body connect forming a new association of our reality.

Without being aware, your mind is continually giving meaning all day long to all that you do, based on your past associations. Your past associations are memories, which are dissected to be images attached to thoughts and words, funneled through the vehicle of expressed emotions. Therefore, the language of both the mind and body operate to bring clarity to our associations. The associations are our lens, causing us to see what we must.

How can we integrate this present “safe in place,” with the new time in which most of us have no personal association? It’s as though we are grasping at straws considering historical events like “the Great Depression,” and for others who are fearful of all the conspiracies behind it all, “the Holocaust.” I know this might sound crazy, however, if the historical events take precedent in the mind, then somehow it is evident that the historical facts have impacted us enough to create fear in our present. If while grappling the brain concedes to our emotionally heightened historical facts in the most difficult of times, then they will feel true.

With that said, our mind and body are reconciling with the language of our brain asking what our condition is, such as “am I safe,” as well as our emotions at times going up and down because of having not been this way before. The body doesn’t know how to feel about all of this because the brain has not given it the necessary associations to satisfy it. This is what happens when we start any new job, go off to college, get into a new relationship, have children for the first time, etc. Our brain is creating a new path in which we have not walked, providing answers to the questions, which initially are about our survival.

Thus, quarantine and the meaning of 40 represents our time of coming into a new mindset. It is our trying in the wilderness, where we are parched in need of a cool drink to bring solace to our soul, letting us know all is well. A mental and emotional dehydration takes place, in which the detrimental things to our self-image are exposed to the light.

Dry wind on our face with an unending view of a desert plane gives us a wakeup call to the incoherencies of our imagined reality, compared to that which is true. Awake from the slumber of hypnosis we realize the influence past associations have had on our life, no matter how small, making us afraid of the future! This is what our mind and body connection undergo in every moment of our life, trying to make sense of what we believe to be real.

This is why quarantines work to our good; they remove the old mental and emotional dis-ease from our subconscious, letting us know that it is time to take out the trash! We see this poignantly in Israel who had been in Egypt and became so captivated by a lifestyle they thought they wanted while they were yet still slaves. Even when the people of Israel left Egypt with all the gold and silver, entering into the wilderness, that which they could not have as a slave had already owned their heart. This is the nature of coveting.

Covet means to yearn in the emotional passion of possessing something. What is crazy is the Latin word from which it comes is cupiditas, which made me think of Cupid-itis, cupid representing the arrows of an imagined angel of love, landing in your heart. It is the disease of loving something to the point it becomes all you focus on. Although Israel had been slaves, their hearts were caught up in the greed of life, and the wilderness was their quarantine to bring to light their emotional and mental disconnect.

They had not been in the wilderness before and the only associations that were resident within them were EGYPT. Those who truly sought freedom as a reward were delivered from the oppression of past associations that would try and blind the soul. Instead, they hungered for the truth of who they were, looking to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to provide and deliver.

The quarantine was to expose the self-image!

We see this beautifully displayed when Christ Jesus was in the wilderness 40 days and 40 nights, being tempted by the devil and was found to be WITHOUT SIN. Christ could not sin because HIS SELF IMAGE WAS GOD!!!!!

GLORY TO GOD!!!

Although He had been in the world (Egypt) He was not of the world!

Likewise, this quarantine is the revelation of the strength given to answer the question: WHO ARE YOU? Who are you really? It is in the quarantine that you find out who you truly are. Moses thought he was a prince of Egypt, until he was banished and lived on the backside of the desert 40 years. It was then that he found out he would be a deliverer to lead others where only he had gone, QUARANTINE, THE WILDERNESS! JUST WOW!

Do you see this? When you overcome your quarantine, you can help others in their wilderness. Quranta in Italian evolved into the Italian word quarantina meaning “40 days.” Jesus overcame His 40 days in the wilderness and because of the work of the Cross and His resurrection, YOU CAN TOO!

It was in the wilderness that Moses came to know who he was that he boldly proclaimed, “GOD SHOW ME YOUR GLORY!” His mind and body reconciliation developed because Moses knew that the greatness of his creator was inside of him. The quarantine he had lived in had forged the path to his identity, his self-image.

17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have asked, for you have found favor, loving-kindness, and mercy in My sight and I know you personally and by name. 18 And Moses said, I beseech You, show me Your glory. 19 And God said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim My name, The Lord, before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy and loving-kindness on whom I will show mercy and loving-kindness. Exodus 33:17-19 AMPC

 15 I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), [just] as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. 18 Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. John 17:15-18 AMPC

God Bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

A tale of two cities

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” Charles Dickens a Tale of Two Cities.

Presently we are in a great shaking of all that we know to be real, because we have never been this way before. There is always a mind and body connection, where the language of our mind is our present condition, and the language of our body is our emotions. These two are continually trying to get updates, as is revealed between the brain and heart connection. 

When there is a disturbance in the mind and body connection, where our mind has not been a direction before, and our body feels anxiety with the new experience, we have conflict. This inner grappling for reconciliation between the two is most uncomfortable like a bull-ride that will never end, feeling yourself jostled about, tossed and turned, except for one fact that you are STILL HOLDING ON.

This is what the brain and mind need in times of uncertainty, which is a strength provided within our inner man by Holy Spirit from the Father, so that we can PREVAIL during times of crisis. Prevail means to “prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious.” This comes from two Latin words prae meaning “before,” and valere meaning “have power.”

Therefore, the word prevail is the prophetic declaration of your inner man shouting, I WILL HAVE POWER BEFORE THE EVENT IS OVER, and furthermore BEFORE IT IS EVEN HERE! It is the soul’s fighting spirit, that is a dance of two armies, providing it a glimmer of hope, where the glass is no longer half-empty but rather half-full. What appears as though it is the darkest of times, now becomes the most amazing time to be alive! Wisdom rises up within the vessel who is in need of strength and then the course of the rocky road turns into an epoch journey, where the torch has been placed in their hand to bring hope to others. This is the power of hope!

 Hope is a powerful weapon, bringing peace in the midst of battle, a song of joy in the midst of the darkness. This hope is the strength and provision for the human soul to PREVAIL!

In this hour, when hope springs forth into the darkness, there is Wisdom that springs forth with an epoch belief, an epoch faith! God told me the other day, Esther was always queen on the inside, it just took a Haman to bring it about. David was always king on the inside; it merely took a Saul to bring it about. Those callings were the prevailing power given to them by God, which arose in darkness to be the Light!

 City comes from the root word in Hebrew that means AWAKE! Which city are you? The one with hope or despair?

“And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].” John 1:5 AMPC

Love conquers fear

Sitting here in the stillness of my cozy 1,000 square foot 1928 apartment, with the most beautiful porch overlooking the historic garden district, I smell smells I have not noticed for a long time.

Was it that I was ignorant of the fact that the smells were there? Or could it possibly be that the humdrum daily routine I have had with thoughts flooding my mind, had veiled me to the reality of the smell’s abiding presence? The scent of our sweet dog, Lulu, a beautiful blonde canine that was half chow and half lab, lingers on the pillow beside me.

She has been gone nearly three years now, but somehow the scent of her smell lingers. She would irritatingly stretch me at times, when we left the house, thinking she would stay on the floor in our absence. However instead, we would return home quite frequently to find her sitting in my spot on the couch.

No matter how many times I would get onto Lulu it would fall on deaf ears. Then I finally comprehended I had to succumb to this comportment of hers for my own peace of mind. You have to choose your battles and in the scheme of things this one was unimportant.

It never occurred to me until this moment, of the waves of her smell under my nostrils, which welcome me like a friend bidding me to return to a certain place I had forgotten. The memories of her sweetness and the joy she brought to our family, are more precious than all the money in the world. Somehow her scent still dances in our apartment nearly three years after her passing. What is amazing is that I was unaware of these memories still present within my mind until I smelled her scent at this time coinciding to the crisis which has heightened in our nation.

Whether or not I realized it, Lulu found comfort in my presence, curling up for the 14 years we had her, on the red Asian rug, eyes continually stationed within my line of sight, where she could peep to get the titillations needed wrapping her in comfort. Moreover, the lack of my presence did not hinder this intrinsic need of meeting her comfort when upon my leaving, she would leap up onto our cherry stained sleigh couch with tuft pillows covered in a corduroy green. Somehow the scent of my presence would run up her nose, covering her with an invisible cloak of my presence.

This awareness of her scent was made known when I became super aware of the present. In this time of crisis around the globe, the big issue that is rising up is fear in some uncertain way, which is truly resident within the belief of who we are. We can try and justify that we are worried about the future, but in reality, it is still anchored in the construct of our own self-image.

A crisis is an opportunity for a wakeup call, for us to know who we are. Otherwise the business of our normal routine numbs us to the false reality we have comfortably accepted, believing that truth is the way WE see it, not comprehending the deficiencies of our own hindering beliefs.

Here is where we address mindfulness and the ability for us to be presently aware of our need to move out of survival mode and into living an adventure. In order to get to this transformative understanding, we have to study the panic attack.

The panic attack is a result of an intense stress response, which at many times begins in our hypothalamus, our processing center that then sends the messaging signaling throughout our bodies to the pituitary and then the adrenals. The adrenals release glucocorticoids. (I get into this in detail in my book, God’s Fire Wall School of the Prophets Session 4 the Spirit of Knowledge in the chapter on Stress.)

Once the adrenals release their hormones, one of which is cortisol, our brain is flooded in the hippocampus, which is the biggest repository of cortisol receptors, causing us to shut down. We are overwhelmed and knocked out of commission; we are trying to survive. This is not how we were meant to live. The stress response was given to us from God during times of life-threatening situations to provide us extraordinary strength to meet the demand for our need.    

Two senses that bypass the hypothalamus’ decision-making skills in regard to whether or not our body goes into a stress response are smell and touch. Smell and touch go straight to our amygdala if it is a threatening situation, for which we have some corresponding memory to associate with it. The amygdala then sends the signaling for the stress response, where we are in a full-blown panic attack from our subconscious thoughts. The amygdala is analogous to SUPER SURVIVAL MODE, because it has files of intense memories, largely that of fear conditioning. What is also unique is that it is the place of reward reinforcement. Two ends of the spectrum, the amygdala functions to bring us into hyper awareness of our present, whether it be a false reality, or a true threat.

Thus, your amygdala can be a house of horror or a house of rest. This is the place of extraordinary caution, mindful of our emotions and thoughts, as well as our senses. It is for this reason that we cannot afford to get into fear. If there are unresolved memories lying dormant in our amygdala, a plethora of emotions will come spilling out and flood both our body and mind, bringing confusion as to what is really happening.

Our beliefs can be distorted because of these subconscious memories and the thing which stirs these hidden thoughts and images up most is FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. You heard me right! I write about this and teach on this issue in my book regarding dealing with someone who is suicidal, which I have 9 years of experience with. God led me to these intense studies so I could help my loved one.

As we finish here, it is in the Word of God where He tells Jeremiah and Ezekiel (Jeremiah 1; Ezekiel 3:9) that He will make their faces strong so as to keep them from being overwhelmed and confounded by the stares of others. Therefore, in this time know the LOVE OF CHRIST, and that it is that LOVE that is your reward! Be at peace knowing that God has you in His hands, and you are hidden in the cleft of the Rock, in order that you behold His glory, you know the beauty of His Holy Face, the WORD OF TRUTH, which drives out fear!

God’s Love, like a fragrance, dances up our nose to wrap us in His comfort and know that all is well!

God bless!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection]. 1 John 4:18 AMPC

14 [So I went with him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me] O my dove, [while you are here] in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face, ]let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. Song of Solomon 2:14 AMPC

Iron Press

So many times, our old mindsets establish themselves through what we believe we are experiencing in our lives. A pattern of past memories, set to images much like a child standing in the park, holding words and thoughts as if they were balloons. This relationship of thoughts and words, dancing within the images of our mind, stir up past emotions which we experienced in those instances. This the voice of our subconscious calibrating every move, interaction, and circumstance we encounter in our day.

As a result, we can have a faulty reality in our soul, feeding our self-image these beliefs, giving us a fixed mindset. This is what we wrestle.

The Iron Press

Rich and I eat bacon every morning during the week and on most weekends. It is a part of our ketogenic lifestyle, which will be four years this July. A ritual of sort, we get out the Caphalon stir fry pan, a reasonable size of about 10 inches diameter. Then I place pieces of bacon on the pan, meticulously prepping for what promises to give us a good return for the wait and the process, while Rich turns the kitchen faucet on so I can wash my hands after he puts soap on them.

Some of you might laugh, but for those who know, cooking bacon is no laughing matter and at times can even frustrate the most sophisticated of cooks.

It all begins in the grocery store, and no matter how many hours you have put into buying bacon, each and every time you buy a package, you feel as though you’re taking a risk. Any one who puts enough thought into the bacon package, puts at least 15-30 seconds of time in, investigating the cuts and the packing. Only during the cooking process do you truly get to see if your efforts of selection paid off.

The perfunctory cardinal rule of a real bacon chef, is whether or not there is the dreaded ….. (drum roll)……. CURL! The curl makes the all the difference.

So many times it has happened to me, where you think that you are getting the best cut of bacon, having invested the time beforehand in the selection, only to find out that you might have missed it. You consider letting your spouse or your children select the bacon package from now on, and wonder if all your years of selection have taught you anything. Then at that moment you realize bacon is bacon.

Initially, when you’re in the store selecting the package, you see visions in your head like a kid at Christmas. You imagine the bacon cooking perfectly. Instead when it begins to curl, you slowly feel disappointment knocking on your door, when subconsciously the word, “curl,” echoes in your mind of which you are convinced is a four letter word.

Maybe you have not experienced this but I have.

This dear friend is where you are grateful for the God given talent of whoever created the BACON PRESS!

Once the bacon starts curling, one of two things will happen. You will either have to get a knife and fork to skillfully cut the pieces into the perfect form until they lay flat or you will stand there playing the game of push the curl down while the bacon cooks. Either option is not fun. The first option promises to cut someone’s portion smaller, leaving the chef uncertain of exactly which bacon is a part of that particular slice, since out of 6 pieces of bacon you now have 30 pieces on the pan. The second option affords you the possibility of getting frustrated, realizing you are spending all of your morning over the stovetop, instead of doing multitasking and finishing your Facebook posts. (lol)

With all of this said, the bacon press resolves all the issues you might have with either one of these frustrations.

You might be wondering by now how does a bacon press relate to our mindset? Moreover, you might be asking yourself, “Did Robin go off on a rabbit trail to talk about bacon and forget she was talking about mindsets or is she normally tangential?”

I have not digressed although it might appear that way, but rather am using the analogy of the curl, with our mindset. Whether we realize it our not, we can have fixed patterns in our mind, which are erroneous, much like an error on a computer.

We have subconscious errors.

Therefore, in the times of our trials, those faulty errors pop up much like the curl in the bacon. However, again there is a resolution for these errors, which is the Iron Press. The iron press holds down the curl while you are cooking bacon, promising EACH TIME that you will get the perfect form when you cook.

Your trial is the IRON PRESS. Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed out, unable to function at times? Aside from considering the physical issues that might be adding to your stress, the mental and emotional issue always point back to what you think, and you think through your self-image.

Therefore, the circumstances that are causing the discomfort, are actually the iron press, exposing what would try to surface within the conscious mind, as it relates to our self-image. People are so quick to want to get out of the trial, when they do not realize that it is in the trial, you are perfected in a greater grace in the image of God’s glory! It is then that you know you need a physician to remove the imperfections of your thoughts, bringing you a sufficient love, which makes you feel whole.

Faulty mindsets decrease and fade away, as you are aware of your need for the transformed mind, where grace is sufficient and truth rings within the inner being of your soul to remind you, “ALL IS WELL!”

Three words that change a circumstance in less than a second, “ALL IS WELL,” is sufficient for any soul that is in the midst of the iron press. We calm down in an instant, realizing God is sufficient and our position in Christ is what we cling to, knowing that as we keep our eyes fixed on Him, our faulty error will disappear and before you know it, we will know the FORM we were meant to be! We know who we are! GLORY TO GOD! We know that we are fearfully and wonderfully made!

I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. Psalm 139:14 AMPC

We are made wonderful! The Hebrew word referring to our makeup being wonderful is pâlâh pronounced paw-law' meaning, “show marvelous, set apart, and make wonderfully.” (SCH # 6395) The three Hebrew letters, Pey, Lamed and Hey, in this word, come from ancient Hebrew symbols and form a beautiful word picture. Pey is the symbol of a mouth and means, “word, speak and open.” Lamed is the ancient symbol of a cattle goad, which looks like a shepherd staff with a prick in the curvature meaning, “tongue, control and authority.” Finally, Hey is the ancient symbol of a stickman holding its arms up and means, “to reveal.” Therefore, the word picture for wonderful is “To open your mouth and speak with your tongue that which has been revealed to you!”

All the revelation of your true reality is inside of you, and is brought to you by God! You were not meant to be fragmented and cut into all these pieces in your soul, walking in a faulty self-image; you were created to know you are wonderfully made and loved by Christ, believing that ALL IS WELL!

Outlier

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The mind, an inquisitive faculty, is constantly guiding us down a trail like Hansel and Gretel, looking for breadcrumbs to a space that we perceive as a landing spot for our emotions with the initial perception of being safe. However, without realizing it, we can be deceived by an event and get into a tailspin of discombobulation, handicapping us in our present ability to move forward, which in time works to our good.

Emotions can be misleading and keep us from perceiving truth debilitating us to move forward into our destiny. In my new book, Mindfulness, the Mind of Christ, Living a Meditated Life, I go into great detail about this issue.

We have a backwards mindset in the western world, seeing that change comes from the mind down to the emotions, when instead it is vice-versa.

People are continually trying to make some transformative process in their self-image, becoming a better version of themselves. Nevertheless, if we don’t get control over our emotions first, the mental change will not stick, and instead we will be like Hansel and Gretel going to a house of sweets believing its a safe place, a space for our soul’s expression, when instead it is a trap.

If we do not get out of our emotional trap of rejection we can never live a limitless life or be who we want.

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel, published in 1812, was written by the Brothers Grimm originating as a German folklore. They children live in medieval Germany at a time when a famine comes across the land. Their stepmother wants them to fend for themselves out in the woods, fearing she and their father (a woodcutter) would starve. Although Hansel and Gretel’s father resisted his wife at first, they overhear him give into their stepmother’s plan. At this time, Hansel runs out of the house gathering white pebbles and returns assuring his sister that God will not forsake them. The father takes them out into the woods and Hansel lays the pebbles intricately on the ground, where the two children later return back to their father who is overjoyed initially upon their return.

Famine hits a second time and this time the stepmother insists they take the kids out to the deep part of the woods again, locking Hansel and Gretel out for good so they cannot get pebbles. However, Hansel takes the small piece of bread, sprinkling crumbs along the path thinking that will lead them back home. Birds come along and eat the breadcrumbs and the children are unable to find their way home. Instead, they end up at a house in the woods constructed with all kinds of sweets.

After they eat the sweets on the structure of the house, a witch comes out pretending to be a sweet old lady, inviting them in to a meal. Upon entry they become her prisoners and she makes them her slaves. She feeds them and fattens them up, planning on a time in which she might eat them. Long story short, the witch falls in her own trap when outwitted by Gretel, who then frees her brother from the cage he had been locked, where the two escape to back home, and find the evil stepmother has passed, and live happily ever after with their Father.

What might you say is this in relation to our emotions?

The two of these children were caught in a deleterious situation, where the stepmother’s influence over the father, could have made them feel rejected. The famine represents the lack of a WORD of truth; as well as good thoughts towards the future (hope). When our emotions are in a famine of hope and caught up in rejection we are unable to perceive our true identity.

Every word and thought in our mind is attached to an image (memory). Disapproval and disappointment will always try and chase you down somewhere in life to sit you in a false reality, symbolized by the witch’s cottage made of sweets. You will tolerate unsafe circumstances and people in order to get what you perceive your self-image needs, which is a WORD OF WHO YOU ARE!

Subconsciously we are hungry for the truth of our identity. That is what Hansel and Gretel represent.

What seems attractive at first, can become the den of our denial, and in its trap we believe that nothing good will happen to or for us. Our self-image stays in the current of rejection’s voice unable to find its way home. Circumstances we thought were to benefit us, instead show us that we have to be careful of who or what word we trust. The children couldn’t trust anyone except one another; their father was under the strong influence of fear through his wife, based on what he perceived in his own self-image, which was lack. He lacked the reality of his own value.

This dangerous turn of events worked to the children’s good because on each turn they were presented with opportunity, and when they matured in their emotions, not led by the appetites of this world (their stomach) they were guided by an instinct untainted by rejection, and were able to return to a place of safety with their father, at which time they saw his freedom from the cage of fear’s voice.

They were now outside of their circumstances, as an outlier to all that they knew.

Outliers

Outlier is defined as “a person or thing situated or detached from the main body or system.” Hansel and Gretel had become detached from the land, which was experiencing a famine of hope. Had they stayed in their circumstance, perceiving it as safe, while the stepmother was still there, they would have become like their father, full of fear, unable to perceive the reality of goodness they were called too.

Moreover, it revealed the hypnotic state through the witchcraft of the sweets of the world, which lured them to sleep in a false reality, keeping them prisoner. This is the case with many people; they are asleep to the greatness of who they were destined to be, because their emotions subconsciously scream to them, they are rejected.

Hansel knew that God would not forsake them, and did not find his identity through man’s opinion but the Truth of the WORD, the internal BREAD, LIFE! Although the bread was eaten by the birds, the breadcrumbs he had were life, which became the trail of hope home, where he knew something greater existed for he and his sister.

The witch’s sweets represented the false bread, the false word, which would entice you into a prison, words of which devour those whom it inhabits.

It took the trial to show him the opportunity (wake up call) regarding the system of fear and the sweets of life that put others to sleep. He and his sister could enter the place of greatness with a Wisdom from above that opened the prison doors to lead them to a space where their soul could be expressed! They were meant for greatness! THEIR WIT AND THE OPPORTUNITY to seize their freedom occurred, when they comprehended WHO THEY WERE!

Gretel’s wit in tricking the witch to get into the pot instead, was the door of opportunity. Hansel and Gretel’s return to their father’s house, who was now set free of fear was the door of opportunity. IT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE AWARENESS OF WHO THEY WERE, their self-image!!!!

In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell writes this:

“Outliers are those who have been given opportunities and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.” Malcolm Gladwell

Its here where, Hansel and Gretel became an outlier to the rejection and fear of the present system, leaving the place of hopelessness, where they woke up to the emotions of their true-self, and seized their opportunity in life. They had the strength of their emotions and the presence of mind to seize their future!

Hansel means “gift of God,” and Gretel means “pearl.” When you find the meaning of who you were really created to be, YOU FIND THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, WHICH IS, YOU ARE A GIFT OF GOD! We are Out of the Lie of the old system and into the truth of God’s Word!

45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and precious pearls, 46 Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it. Matthew 13:45-46 AMPC

God bless you!

Robin Kirby-Gatto

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KETO!

Many people who know me, are well aware of my journey on the Ketogenic diet. The reason I am so passionate and persuaded about this diet is because I did not hear about this from any person, but rather God!

Now you might be asking, what? You heard this from God?

Yes!

Prior to my knowledge of this diet, I had visited an iridologist back in 2016 since we had no health insurance at the time and I wanted to use our finances wisely in treating my health care issues. An iridologist is a specialist who looks into your eyes and can tell you the different dis-eases you are struggling with or other health challenges. The one I went to read my mail and knew the tiniest detail. Afterwards, he recommended supplements, one of which was labeled “Keto.”

After a week or so of being on the supplements, I was standing in my kitchen and I heard the still small voice of God. He said, “Robin do you see that bottle on the table that has on it Keto.”

I responded “yes, Lord.”

He then said, “There is a diet called the Keto diet, I want you to get on it.”

He asked me, “Robin what does My Word say that I want on the Altar in Leviticus?” I replied, “You want the fat!”

(See Leviticus 4:19,26)

I had NEVER heard of this diet and up to this point felt so miserable physically that I did not want to exist. Hurting all over, dealing with acid reflux, low thyroid, hypoglycemia, as well as my lymph nodes being swollen 24/7 for 2 years nonstop really alarmed me about what might be the condition of my health.

After only 3 weeks of being on the diet, after a difficult bout of dealing with keto-flu, which was the result of my detoxing of carbs and not having enough knowledge at the time of my electrolytes, I began to see healings in my body!

God told me that what He had for me to do in this earth could not be done unless I went on the Ketogenic diet. I will have resources below for you to look at, giving you insight into this awesome lifestyle that has forever changed my health!

It switches your body to a fat based fuel source, from a glucose based fuel source. Your body breaks down your own triglycerides and converts them in your liver to ketones, providing fuel to your organs, muscles and brain. Since then I have used a ketone/glucose blood meter to get the readings, being experimental with my body, to see what best works for me. I do have contact with a doctor as needed in dealing with any issues or questions I might have.

I have studied hundreds of hours on the ketogenic diet from seminars, to books and videos. Below I am going to post some of my pics on the keto meals, as well as one of our carb up meals. After being on the diet for almost 4 years, I now carb up one day, every other week.

Make sure you seek professional medical care in answering questions and monitoring you should you start the diet.

All I know is since being on the diet, God told me to preach Jesus first and keto second. Many people perish for a lack of knowledge and do not realize that their diet is killing them.

Robin Kirby-Gatto

Look below for recipe for FLAX SEED WRAPS! My new best friend! I do them with tacos, breakfast burrito, wraps and more! NOTE: I add 1/2 tsp of xanthum gum to my recipe.

Keto Pizza!

Keto Zoodles with butter cream sauce, parm and shrimp!

Salmon with butter cream sauce and sauté spinach

Stuffed mushrooms

Steak Keto Pizza

Keto Chili!

Tuna with salsa on top of butter cream sauce and green beans!

Keto Eggplant parm!

Keto Asian Shrimp Rockefellar

Carb Up Day Lobster Ravioli made with Spelt Pasta!

Me stuffing the Lobster Ravioli!

Cutting the lobster ravioli!

Keto Breakfast Burrito!

HERE IS WRAP VIDEO! REMEMBER I ADD 1/2 TSP OF XANTHUM GUM TO THIS

If you've missed having wraps on your Keto diet and want to change up your sandwich routine, then this is the wrap for you! It's low in carbs, delicious and ...

Reproach

Excerpt from Mindfulness, the Mind of Christ, Living a Meditated Life

By Robin Kirby-Gatto

“A reproach on our soul causes us to see circumstances and people based on the disapproval we have about ourselves, projecting the idea we are rejected, into our relationships and circumstances, whereby we interpret information through a dingy lens strengthening the structures that hold together a false reality at its very inception. It is here in Table It, we will encounter the surgical operation removing the reproach, disapproval.”

Respect and relationships

Relationships are a huge part of our lives. It gives us spiritual, physical, mental and emotional growth through the exchange of thoughts and emotions with those whom we are willing to risk some form of engagement. Engagement is the action of being engaged, which means “to participate and be involved in.”

Most of our hangups mentally and emotionally are due to the insecurities in our self-image, causing us to feel we are lacking or not whole. These issues restrain us from moving forward in taking risks of whether or not others will see the value in what we have, hoping that somehow we are validated in their eyes with the opportunity to have a connection of some kind, which will cause us to grow into a better version of ourselves.

The word engage originally started as the Middle English word ingage, meaning “to pawn or pledge something.” Later this word changed to mean “to pledge oneself to do something, enter into a contract, and in time to involve oneself in an activity.”

To pawn something is a way of saying, someone is putting collateral into some form of exchange with another person. Therefore, when we see engage there is an exchange on both parties to put something into the relationship, to bring something to the table. The table is our self-image. Therefore, each person is bringing something into a relationship to better the other person’s and their own self-image.

What is interesting is when I saw the Middle English word “ingage,” I could not help but think “ng” was changed to an “m” it would “image.” Our relationships with others is an engagement of the voice of our own self- image, which we bring to serve and help others.

In the present age, you see such a quagmire with relationships; they are treated like flavors of ice-cream, where people find it easy to dismiss one flavor for another one. As a result an entire generation is left in a chasm of inept coaching, unchallenged with their lack of self-esteem due largely to the fact that they have anemic relationships.

We have made it easy to provide excuses of cutting people off if they displease us, and moving to the next person that can satisfy us by making us feel qualified. This leaves a false sense of identity, whereby the self-image creates a facade, there is no true life flow in the blood of our relationships with others.

We lack respect for others because we do not respect ourselves.

Respect is “a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something, elicited by their abilities, qualities or achievements.” The word respect comes from two Latin words re meaning, “back,” and specere meaning, “to look at.” Thus, respect is being able to see another person’s reflection, the reflection of their value.

This is the thing though, you can only value others as you value yourself. It all begins with who we see in the mirror. When we come to know our value. we appreciate and feel secure in our different relationships, realizing that each person brings something different to the table. We appreciate these differences, not feeling threatened in any way, and enjoy the delight of a unique grace given to us, to be a part of another’s life, adding value to w better version of someone else’s self image.

Respect comes into our relationships as evidence of our own self-image, where there is security in who we are, and the value of others. This is the place of RE-SPECT.

Re-Spect stands for the Latin word “re” back, and spect being short for “spectacles.” Get this!!!! Spectacles is derived from the same Latin word for “look,” SPECERE! Spectacle means, “a visually striking performance or display; an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact.”

Therefore, respect is seeing with a new vision, as you get the lenses of a new set of spectacles that causes you to see everyone and everything differently, where you impact the lives of others because you impact yourself, allowing the exchange of the value within.

29 Jesus answered, The first and principal one of all commands is: Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord;

30 And you shall love the Lord your God out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your life) and out of and with all your mind (with your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. This is the first and principal commandment.

31 The second is like it and is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:29-31 AMPC

This month clean out your bedroom, as a metaphor of the cleaning out of your minds of wrongful thoughts that have disempowered you in your relationships.

Excerpt

Excerpt from Mindfulness, The Mind of Christ, Living a Meditated Life
By Robin Kirby Gatto

"The reason the devil has dominated this largest trending topic of discussion, is because he knows there is power in the human MIND. My journey started in June 2019, where God broadened my studies in science, having me learn more physics and dive deeper into the subject of neuroscience. In most of the 75 plus workbooks that I have written, I have studied and written about anatomy, physics, mathematics, astronomy, and physiology Therefore, studying neuroscience was a welcome joy, making me feel like a kid at Christmas, anxiously waiting for the day that I could open my present.

It was then that I came across a specific scientist who taught on the subject, making the claim that he was seeing “miracles of Biblical proportions” in many of his meetings, which were focused on the topic of Mindfulness. However, I knew those meetings were not Christ centered, and did not deal with the premise of the Word of God.

So, my question was this, “How can those, who are not Christian, experience these healings within their body? Moreover, how is it that the Body of Christ Jesus, at large, did not experience these healings?” Then it dawned like the rising of the sun within my thoughts, the mind is more powerful than we can comprehend. Mind you, this is coming from someone who has given much attention, writing books on scripture with the anatomy of the brain and the physiology of the body. However, with all of that said, the understanding of the power of the brain was larger than I could have ever realized.

This is why satan wants to keep this knowledge only for those who are under his influence, where healings are not ‘supernatural,’ but rather a natural result in knowing the mind and body connection, and how it brings about healing.

How much more should it be for us as a Christ filled believer? When we recognize that WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF HOLY SPIRIT and walk in the divine nature of the Mind of Christ Jesus, we live a life of wholeness, satisfaction.

As a result, I apprehended the reality of 1 Corinthians 2 in a greater measure, like a bamboo tree on its fifth year, beaming 90 feet high out of the ground within a few days. This chapter in the Word of God, is one which I have taught in most of my teaching and preaching engagements, as well as written about thoroughly, in many of my books.

The 1 Corinthians 2 Mind, the Mind of Christ, is a mind-set that disrupts the powers of darkness. It enables us to overcome. As long as Christians stay bound up in mindsets that are like an emotional roller coaster, why would an atheist want a life influenced by those whom he has known stumbling and crawling through what seems hellish?

I couldn’t comprehend why many in the Church experienced mountain top victories for a brief moment, and then spent what seemed to be 90 percent of their time in valleys, moaning and groaning, much like Israel in the wilderness. Then it hit me as God began to unfold the MIND-BODY connection and the importance on mindfulness."

VALIDITY

I am just in AWE, as I reflect back on the goodness of God during this fast we have been on, of John 17! For 14 days I did water only and felt completely weak, depleted of electrolytes, close to dehydration. I lost 16 pounds within that time, and although I continued to drink electrolyte water and daily supplements (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and zinc), I was still weak. I did immediately gain all the water weight I was desperately in need of gaining, which was about 8-9 pounds after the first week re-feed.

I must say that starting out, it was a bit rough; I felt like the gates of hell were coming against me. However, in the midst of it I realized, that the GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THE CHURCH! Church comes from the Latin word ecclesia, which is made from two words meaning, “out of, “ and “to call.” Thus, the two words form the meaning “TO CALL OUT!”

Therefore, if we look at the deeper truth of this as it relates to our self-image, we can see this from two perspectives: 1) To call us out of a place of familiarity and ordinary, into a life of extraordinary, and 2) To call things out of us that are bad influencers, bring us negativity.

In my fast, I had to see that which was unlovely in my heart, where I was not being the Church, Christ oriented and seeing where I was meant to live in the extraordinary. I needed the negative influence that whispered to me, in my most vulnerable moments, to be called out. When we see what we are called to where we wake up each day with the anticipation of opportunity and not dread.

In my weakest moments physically, I found myself inept to deal with the smallest things, seeing the irritations of my own negative emotions being exposed, as I realized I HAVE NO VOICE IN MYSELF, BUT ONLY THE VOICE OF GOD! When I choose to let go of my desire to be right, and instead yield to the spiritual voice of God in my life, I become limitless and extraordinary.

As I share on my page of “What we do,” which is in the link, you will see where God gave me the four aspects of the legs of table, which are physical, spiritual, emotional/mental and relationships. The table is our self-image. The revelation God gave me over the course of several months, has been shared on videos as well.

If we take care of the physical wellness but do not take care of our spiritual wellness, then we are unstable, and try to seek a voice in and of ourselves, which is not the purest form of our self-image.

This can be seen through merino wool. If you are going on a trip or going about your day, with the knowledge you will not be able to wash your clothes for a while, and possibly have opportunity to sweat in your clothes, the best clothing is merino wool. Why? Because IT DOES NOT SMELL.

Most clothing begins to stink due to the microbes which grow in the fibers of their clothing. However, it is not that way with merino wool. It does not absorb moisture or to put it bluntly, it does not take own your sweat. Therefore, microbial bacteria cannot grow (stinky stuff) in your clothing. That is why merino wool t-shirts are great for workouts. Merino wool sweaters are great for the winter. It is funny that sweaters has the word “SWEAT” in it.

Our sweat can be likened to the negative influence of our imperfect self-image, the pattern that needs to be broken, our negative voice. The sweat is that voice. It causes. stench in our soul as it is absorbed.

Merino wool does not absorb sweat and is obtained from sheep. Today you will see on the tag of a good sweater from Ireland, “New Pure Merino Wool.” This resemblance of purity can be likened to the spiritual voice of God, which we give our self-image over to, allowing ourselves to be limitless, knowing each day is a new opportunity of greatness.

When I make God’s voice, my voice, then the sound of this world and its passions upon my soul of wanting to be validated, fade away, and His Love moves to the forefront! The Spiritual wellness aspect of our lives, is when we are ONE WITH GOD, in the purest form of our self-image.

The only validation I need, is His!

Validity means, “the quality of being factually or logically sound.” This is what is so amazing; logic comes from the Greek word LOGOS, which means WORD! In the beginning was the Word! (John 1:1) Thus, our Logic or soundness of mind, our self-image, is BASED ON WORDS!

What words to do we speak? What are we saying about ourselves all day long? This determines our soundness or can I say, shows where we get our validity. Are we getting it from our chaotic feelings that at times rule us in our weakness, where we are stretched to find our footing and gain self-control. This can only be done through Christ.

With the reflection of truth that came into my heart this morning, I heard the still small voice of God in my heart ask, "Robin, what did you ask for in this fast?" I had certain things going into the John 17 fast, which I wanted as answered prayer.

As I stood still this morning, it began to dawn on me, in returning an answer to the Lord, “YOU ANSWERED ALL OF MY PRAYERS!!!!!!!!! EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!

I realized my focus of wanting the answered prayers had faded about half-way through the fast, and all I wanted was to be PURE!!!!!!!!

I abhor the appearance of my flesh that I caught eye of in this 40 day time, moving me to a place of wanting to be completely HIDDEN IN CHRIST!!!! I WANTED THE LIGHT!!!!!! TRUTH!!!!!!! No matter how much it hurt me, in knowing how weak I still am, needing to be completely dependent on God, regardless of what I see.

This burning fire of Holy Spirit exposing the chaff, swelled within my heart with such delight that I rejoiced in the consecration of my body, being submitted to God!!!!!!!!! I rejoiced at the removal of any fabric in my self-image that was not PURE.

GLORY TO GOD!!!!!!

Not submitted to my emotions but to God, as HOLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The still small voice of God brought me comfort, assurance and confidence in knowing GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS!!!!!!! Even when we feel like failures, He hears us!!!! In the midst of our failing, He heals us from that which has been ailing our soul, the microbes of this life which bring an infection to the self-image are removed!

I am transparent as water, where I am seen as I see!