Inspiration Arie lived by

On top of all, I can feel the pleasure of the life of a tree. Even though he is all his life at the same place, withstanding any weather ... strong, not to be broken by the wind. No complaints, no envy about anybody else, not even for the birds that are flying around. Happy that all the creatures are around him and sitting on him, building their nests on his branches or enjoying the shadow sitting underneath him.

A tree reaches long life more than any other creature. I am returning to my body and thinking to myself, "God has given us life with supernatural energy that lets us to be able to move from place to place as we wish." To enjoy all the miracles of nature he gave us the knowledge to produce everything - cars, airplanes, space shuttles - so that we will be able to be mobile and to be able to go places, to see things, to feel things, and to be part of nature with one limit. We are unable to produce life, and that is because we should know to preserve everything we have been given as a present. If we will not preserve it well and use the knowhow and will abuse it then we will then be able to destroy the world.

Our mission is to be part of nature and to live consciously and to learn from the trees to live full lives without complaints helping others love life and people and live in harmony with life of nature which we are an integral part of it.

DREAMS

Each family member expressed their dream for Arie Ringelstein during his chemotherapy treatment.

2009-05-09 RIVKA RINGELSTEIN (WIFE) - MY DREAM HUSBAND

I met my dream husband when I was 18 years old and he was 23 years old. We started dating and we knew just a short while later that we were soulmates and that our hearts had been connected with a special bond. We knew we would get married and have a wonderful family.

We got married one and a half years later in 1959, surrounded with love and affection. As of that moment, harmony started to take charge in our life. Our children were born ... First Zvika. This was a very exciting moment for us, to become a first time Mom and a first time Dad. 3 years later Lea was born, again joy came into our life. 5 years later Anat was born, another bundle of joy for our family.

My dream husband always makes sure that we are happy, no matter in what direction life took us. Of course, the main concern was lifestyle and the cost of living and to be able to give our children the best. It was very important for us that our kids would not have to encounter in their life any of the difficulties that we had been through.

My dream husband always makes sure that we look forward with the utmost positive attitude towards anything in life.

My dream husband is my best friend. We share our love to each other and a lifetime of experience, solving problems, keeping the family together, loving our children, sons-in-law and all the grandchildren that God blessed us with.

Every child and grandchild, and of course our two sons-in-law, is an integral part of our wonderful family.

I dream of celebrating our 50th anniversary and our milestone birthdays.

I dream of spending the rest of our lives together; doing things together, going places, enjoying nature with our children, sons-in-law and grandchildren. My dream husband always knows how to cheer me up, especially on a cloudy or rainy day. He always says, "Remember the sun always shines beyond the clouds."

Also I feel even when the rain is falling like it is today, that we are showered with blessings and love from a supernatural power above. Every drop of rain has love in it, and the more the drops fall down the more love they bring to us. It seems unstoppable.

It is just like an ocean of love, that every wave brings more and more blessings and love into our hearts. Every wave is a new wave that was not here before, and so is every drop of rain. Once the drop gets to the ground it gets absorbed into the earth, but then some new rain drops are following and they are new comers. They also are anxious to participate in that party of love showered over our whole family.

I know that my dream husband is strong and confident that he will be able to beat anything and to be with us for many more years of pleasure and joy. My dream husband has a history of survival, since he was a child. Unfortunately he did not have a childhood period in his life, losing his parents while being so young, having to spend his life in an orphanage, going through the Holocaust. Then joining the army in Israel and fighting on the front in 4 wars. Now you understand how strong he is, and how every test that life presented to him made him stronger.

The test that life presented to him now is his health condition. I am more than confident and so is he that he can pass that test as well, as he did before, because he knows he has still so many projects to complete. He has to finish his book that he started to write about his life. Also, he will enjoy the Bar Mitzvah of our grandchildren Ram and Matan and Bat Mitzvah of Maytal ... the trips to Disneyland with all of them and much more. I can see ourselves becoming Great Grandparents as well.

All of these projects will be achieved and completed only with love, confidence, appreciation, affection and by living a conscious life all of us together.

Your loving wife,
Rivka

2009-04-30 STEVEN RINGELSTEIN (SON) - MY DREAM DAD

I would like to be able to say for the rest of my life that my dad was able to transform his life from being unconscious to living consciously. I would like to say that he is the father of my conscious family, a family that will continue to impact many souls on this planet with their awakening to divine life.

I would like to say that my dad is a hero, not for being a warrior all his life but for the courage to allow love to concourse all obstacles in the way of living life.

My dream dad is living connected, conscious, in constant communication with all life. He is always finding a way to allow love over fear, to choose consciously his way of expressing his soul through his actions. My dream dad will allow me to simply witness him from far and from within, from by his side to being an integral part of who he is with no separation any more.

My dream dad is not a dream, but a reality of how one spirit is more powerful than millions of unconscious lives. How one spirit with the freedom of choice can create miracles on Earth. How one spirit teaching can impact millions of others in sharing and expressing his journey with the world.

My dream dad will write a life changing book that will help transform millions of lives from ignorance to living consciously, creating families that are living in integrity with themselves, living for a the greatness of humanity rather for the self, living for the passion of experiencing and living love. My dream dad knows the difference between right and wrong, not in the human level but in the spirit one. My dream dad lives life as an explorer and a teacher rather than limited by old beliefs.

My dream dad is living from guidance from inner soul rather than from outside forces. Making every breath count, every step matter, and every word means something. My dream dad does not say much but what he says is what is important.

My dream dad is a living example for how love, self love, and allowing universal love to reverse his body condition to a healthy one. He is a living example to the power of individual conscious choice. He is a role model to his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren to come for mastering one's life in becoming ones leader who is responsible, choosing consciously, and living as a pure expression of love.

My dream dad is able to connect in the spiritual realm to prepare for the passing to the transition when he is ready so that it is smooth, loving, and pleasant. My dad is having this connection with the rest of us, so we can be loving witnesses for him and for each other in our journeys.

My dream is to take my dad and rest of family to Romania this summer to connect to the roots of our family, connect to our grandparents, his parents and other family members who have passed and share with them our gratitude for the sacrifices they have made in their life for us. To acknowledge their greatness, and help them get complete with their lives so they can also continue their journey to the light.

I dream of taking my dad and rest of family to Hawaii to witness the volcanoes as they erupt and witness the creation of earth from fire under water and experience that kind of evolution within our family. I dream of celebrating 50 years of life together for dad and mom and the birth of a new life that is available to them today - conscious life.

I dream that my dad will experience the infinite nature of love and will be able to create and chose many more moments of such love while living here with us, as they will forever remain with his soul and will help him continue on his eternal life with so much love that it will be able to move planets and create new worlds. That is the power of my dad.

I dream of simple but special moments of connection when I sit with my dad on the beach looking at the ocean together with no words. Just moments of love, connection, and appreciation when tears are filling our hearts, tears of joy and gratitude for us coming together this far.

I dream of dad experiencing this loving connection with mom, Anat, Lea and their families. I dream of dad experiencing this love from friends and strangers, from known and unknown spirits, from all life including the trees, the flowers, and the water.

When I dream of my dad, I do not see time as a factor. I see the quality of time as what matters. One can live 100 years unconsciously and that is as not living at all, while one moment of conscious life can mean a lot more than a 100.

May your life dad from this point and on be filled with as many conscious moments as you can possibly create. May we your family be your loving witness. We are with you. We love you. We cherish you. We admire you. We salute to you. We are grateful to you. We are the manifestation of your love in this world and for that no words can describe the experience for us.

Love
Steven

2009-05-08 ANAT MARKIZANO (DAUGHTER) - MY DREAM DADDY

I dream of jogging on the sand close to the sea with my daddy. This time I'm not sprinting ahead and leaving him behind, but just jogging next to him side by side. We can feel the warm sand under our feet and the little waves hugging us. The wind is blowing and helping us advance forward while the sun is patting our backs. The smell of salted water fills the air.

After we get tired we stop and continue to walk, looking over the horizon, admiring the endless ocean the birds in the sky and the trees. Such a spectacular view from every side.

Maytal comes along. She also wants to share the love and the beautiful connection. We are all collecting sea shells and use them to decorate the sand castle that we build. Matan also joins and builds a moat around the castle; he brings water to fill it up. Leeran also joins the team, offering a unique design idea.

We look up and see parasailing in the horizon. "Daddy, let's go flying," I say. We are on top of the world, like two birds flying side by side. So light, so free.

I dream of going hiking all of us: Moti, me, the kids, mom and dad, Zvika, and Lea, Shlomo and the kids. The way up is tough but we feel so powerful that together we can challenge every obstacle. We reach to the top and just sit there admiring the striking sights. The sky is so colorful and so are the mountains.

I dream of celebrating Matan's Bar Mitzvah, feeling the love just filling the air. There is music and laughter everywhere. Daddy is dancing with mom, showing off the great new steps that they just picked up.

I dream of Maytal's Bat Mitzvah. She is so beautiful and grown up. Daddy is reading his speech next to mom. He has tears of joy in his eyes, proud to be able to take part in this event and celebrate her life. She saves him a dance. All eyes are on them. Everyone can feel the special connection they have. I dream of enjoying juicy steaks in our backyard with all of the family together, listening to the birds chirping, watching the sunset and catching up on the events of the week.

Daddy, I dream of you continuing to be in our lives for many more years, where we join your new world of consciousness with no limits, just pure abundance.

2009-05-08 LIAT ALUS (DAUGHTER)

A love letter to you, my dear father!

First we would like to tell you that we are very happy to get this moving and tearful mail. Of course you are a dad, a grandfather and the most loved person in the whole wide world.

Always surrounded by friends and family, all of them around you are feeling just the light and happiness. You will always continue to be the entertainer with all your jokes. You always know to pick up what is the best in everything.

We all hope that you will be able to get through this difficult time and we will continue to be together and celebrate all the upcoming events. Maybe even you and I will go together for spinning. That would be my dream come true. The most perfect thing I might have.

Dad, you are very strong person. You always think positive and that's just so wonderful to be like that. That's why you will be able to go through everything and smile to the world and the world will continue to smile to you. The sun will always shine on your face with lots of light, love and happiness.

Here in Israel we sit and think so much about you, that only God in heaven will send you full recovery. It's Friday night and Shlomo and I are now doing the Shabbat candles, praying to God and hoping that he is listening to me, and that he will make my dream come true that my dad will be strong and healthy. Love you from the bottom of my heart,

Liat

2009-05-10 ALUS FAMILY

Dear Dad,

You and we have gone through not an easy time. We your children that not long ago didn't know what a worry in the world meant. We didn't understand the meaning of the word health.

We understand that life cannot be taken so easily for granted. It was very hard for us and we felt fear and deep horror. Here you are on your right path to celebrate your birthday and many other events - bar mitzvah, weddings, grandchildren, etc. because you shouldn't be in a hurry. God in heaven decided that you have to be here.

We cannot give you up. So we will wish for you from our hearts that the smile on your face will always be there, that you'll be able to go back to your sports and that your body will get stronger and go back to your daily routine. Because we believe that you are on the path to full recovery.

Loving you very much,
Liat, Shlomo, Itay, Dikla, Karin and Ram

2009-05-09 ITAY ALUS (GRANDSON) - TO MY DEAR AND LOVING GRANDPA

To my dear Grandpa,

I am Itay, your first born grandson. I wish you lots of health, happiness and that you will always be the funny grandpa, the swimmer and the sports guy. I remember you taking me to my bar mitzvah trip. We had such a special quality time. We were talking, eating together, going to all the rides. We had such a wonderful time and it is a pity that time is flying so fast and it has been 6.5 years since. Now I'm about to join the army. I was dreaming and hoping to see you before joining the army. But I guess my dream will not come true this year. In any case I wish you to get healthy and that you will win the war of that disease and not that the disease will win you. You have this year a lot to look forward to and to celebrate, your 50th anniversary, my dearest grandma's 70th birthday, your 75th birthday. You have to go through all the treatments with great success and with all your power that God will send you, amen, so that you will have all the time in the world to celebrate all the events.

You should not even think that you are weak or that it's too difficult for you. You have a long path that you have to finish and I wish you get healthy soon, lots of health and love, even though we are here in Israel and far from you, you are in our hearts all the time. In our dreams at night and during the day, we keep thinking of you. How our grandpa will be healthy and whole.

Endless kisses, hugs, love you from the bottom of my heart,
Itay Alus

2009-05-09 DIKLA ALUS (GRANDDAUGHTER)

I would like to express my love to you and my feelings to you as a granddaughter, to my dear grandpa. You are the best grandpa in the world. I will never forget our trip to Disneyland. We had so much fun and we went totally wild as if you were 18 years old, but in your spirit you really didn't behave like a grandpa. You behaved like a friend for life and that is such a great, the best feeling in the world. My heart is pounding when I'm thinking about all of that.

I'm so emotional and thinking maybe there will come a day and it will happen again. You are healthy. Who said that you are sick? You have to remove all your bad thoughts from your body. Think positive and then for sure everything will be fine. God in heaven will listen to every prayer and will help you to get well and to continue to dance with grandma and with the rest of the family in every family event.

And of course how is it possible to forget dear Grandma who is always taking care of you, not to forget to take your medications. She's treating you like a son and not like a husband. She's always at your side, helping you, supporting you, worrying, not sleeping at night and during the day her head is full of thoughts that everything will be fine and that the whole family will celebrate only happy events.

So to summarize I would like to wish you, Grandpa and Grandma, who are the most dearest in the whole world to me, that I love you both and would like to get only good messages because you are very dear to me.

With all my love,
Dikla Alus

2009-05-06 LEERAN MARKIZANO (GRANDSON) - "I DREAM"

I dream that I will finally beat Saba at Chess. Saba isn't just my grandfather. He is my adviser, my lawyer and my escape from the world. Saba is a person with so much experience of life and advice, and he's just a phone call away. Also when I talk to him he doesn't treat me like a child but treats me like an old friend or an adult. In the end I know I have to face my challenges but for a short period of time I can think and feel without being judged or annoyed. I can tell Saba anything and everything and sometimes I do before I even tell my parents. We have discussions about my hopes and dreams that I would have to work for to succeed, and his hopes and dreams that he already achieved.

Saba in my life is just that more enjoyable. He takes me to the movies and plays Backgammon, which we started just recently to play. By the way we are in a tie in that game. The series is 2-2. Also in a harsh winter where it's really cold and icy, I call him to come pick me up and in a snap he, without even thinking, just jumps into the car and picks me up. Just think of it I could have frozen to death if Saba wouldn't have come.

I have a loving grandfather that will always play with me from when I was little, all the way to a teenager and I hope until I'm 40. I support him and love him and pray to God that he gets well (which he will). Now Saba, let's talk a little about you. A smart, loving grandfather that words cannot even express how much love and respect I have for you. I have read your meditations and I am both proud and surprised that you have accomplished so much. I one day want to be like you - strong, healthy, with a loving family and wife. You have inspired me to go after my goals and advised me what to do in certain situations. I dream that one day we can play soccer again like we used to in Newmarket. All that running and playing ... it was always fun to play with you even though you would let me win. I know you are strong, so I know you will get through this bump on the road of life, because we have so much to do still. You are going to be that someone that helps me out when I will climb the Grand Canyon, or when we have a race in swimming just to have fun and to practice. Let's face it Saba, I see you there in a nice tuxedo standing by my side, and then looking at my wife and congratulating me. You also will be there when our hearts are trying to grasp love from you. Your love is so strong that everyone feels it and feels a little warmer inside.

I dream that my Saba is right there beside me when I turn around to him.

I love you so much Saba that I almost cried when I was writing this (which you know is a big thing for me).

To show the love I have for you, I took some of Safta's talent and wrote you a poem.

A person I can look to
When my world is turned around and I'm in a zoo
A quiet island that can play a game
The game of life that got your name
Movies, sports and popcorn too
Having fun with you is not new
When I came from school and was singing the blues
You patched me up just like a bruise
I can go on and on with so much to write
You're as strong as a medieval white knight

I end this poem with a high note

Maybe we can go fishing on a big white boat

I love you so much Saba. Please, please, please get better.
Leeran Markizano
A loving grandson

2009-05-17 KARIN ALUS (GRANDDAUGHTER)

To the dearest grandpa and most loved in the world,

I'd like to tell you that I love you very, very much. You have done for me things that I have to thank you, like going on trips with all of your grandchildren while visiting in Israel and trips to Disneyland, Seaworld and Universal Studios. I had a wonderful time all my life with you and love you forever.

I am crying every day and miss you. But at least we had the chance to go on the trip that I just mentioned with you and Grandma and Steven. This was the perfect trip that I will never forget, your idea to take every grandchild to a trip to Disney when they are bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. You had so many friends that love you, even in California every morning you would walk with Steven on the beach and the birds would follow.

You are a very special person and good hearted and I hope that you reading this letter will understand how much I love you. We the family and friends will make your dream come true by being a connected family. I wanted so much to see you for the last time. You will always stay in my heart and I will never leave you. I will never forget you.

Love you, hug you, miss you,
Your granddaughter Karin and the rest of the Alus family (Liat, Shlomo, Itay, Dikla, Ram and me)

2009-05-16 RAM ALUS (GRANDSON)

I wish you health, happiness and lots of love, dreaming that you will be going through all the treatments and God will send you a full recovery. Now is your time to be happy. To look forward and to believe that there is a ray of light in the darkness, to understand that there are lots of people that love you here, and that are at your side every moment.

Remember we are always there for you. We will always be there for you. So take your time to get stronger and to recover, so that we will be able to see you showering us with a sea of smiles because you have a lot of goals in your life.

You have to celebrate your 70th birthday. You have to celebrate your 50th anniversary with Grandma. May God send her lots of health, amen. You have to take me to my bar mitzvah trip to Disney, to enjoy with me the rides, the restaurants and to get wild like an 18 year old and not really like a grandpa. Like a friend for life. You still have to take Matan for his bar mitzvah trip and you have to take the beautiful and wonderful cousin of mine Maytal to her bat mitzvah trip.

You still have a long way and you have to know that you will get your treatments and you will be getting strong for all your kids and grandkids who love you.

Love you from the heart and the soul, from the bottom of my heart,
Ram Alus, your grandson

2009-05-08 MATAN MARKIZANO (GRANDSON) - "MY SABA"

I dream of Saba and me in Disneyland trying out all the rides. I can hear him telling me new stories and lots of jokes. I feel him holding my hand when we watch a movie with everyone on Friday night. I see him eating grapefruit after he wakes up. When I see Saba my heart pumps so fast because it's happy to meet his grandpa's heart and I'm happy too to see my Saba.

Thank you Saba for all the stuff that you did for me, like taking me to the movies and letting me have lots of treats. I know that the cancer will go away, just keep believing in yourself.

I dream of my Saba getting all the help and treatments and the doctors kicking the cancer out of Saba. Saba will not be weak because I will give him all my love.

Love,
Matan

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