.
Wake up the mind
Wake up the body
Work the mind
Work the body
Quiet the mind*(1)
Quiet the body(2)
1. Overview of day (trials, tribulations, successes, emotions), meditation. Plan for
tomorrow then let go of plans.
2. Stretching, relaxation exercises
* Do not "silence" the mind, purging the mind of thoughts. Quiet the mind through putting the mind at peace.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
There isn't just one home, and homes are not just made once.
Homes are being constantly made through loving communication,
- a message of "You are welcome here.".
Homes can be our houses; ourselves (loving communication to ourselves); our fruit stand where we are selling our fruit; our office room; our class room.
Homes are being constantly made through loving communication,
- a message of "You are welcome here.".
Homes can be our houses; ourselves (loving communication to ourselves); our fruit stand where we are selling our fruit; our office room; our class room.
For Children
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Give structure with adequate time for adjustment to changes, and give them honest encouragement.
Have children do extra* chores for extra "stuff".
*truly extra- Unnecessary, unplanned things that add value to the house / other physical thing(s) owned by the family.
Give structure with adequate time for adjustment to changes, and give them honest encouragement.
Have children do extra* chores for extra "stuff".
*truly extra- Unnecessary, unplanned things that add value to the house / other physical thing(s) owned by the family.
Business and Busyness
.
Power is not just taken from individuals by overworking (or too much busyness) in their lives, power is also taken from communities.
Families in isolation cells, and family members in cells, unable to create and nurture valuable relationships with those around them.
Power is taken from us and given to businesses; this is called employment. But if too much power is taken from us it is to our detriment.
(I believe) Too much power is being taken from us and given to businesses. We should be angry with this.
If employment were "forced" then the amount of work the populace, on average, works, would have us up in arms, because as individuals it takes from us our very souls. For families it takes (I believe) necessary time and energy from investment into the healthy growth of children, and the nurturing of relationships between spouses and between parents and children; in essence taking the soul from the family. For communities it isolates us in our family cells, making us unable to create and nurture valuable community relationships; in essence taking the soul from the community.
(Busyness has the same affect, though with the curious characteristic that we can be both with whomever it would be valuable to have important time/energy with (including ourselves) and yet still not be with them. The busyness prevents us from truly being with that person, or people. Busyness is more evident as being our own choice(s), which can make the negativity of it less clear, though the affect is the same.)
Yet we are not angry, because we have not been forced into our cells; we have, through seemingly reasonable choices in our lives, opened the door, shut the door, and locked it; Keeping ourselves from what is truly meaningful and valuable.
A society in cells created of Busyness and Business.
Power is not just taken from individuals by overworking (or too much busyness) in their lives, power is also taken from communities.
Families in isolation cells, and family members in cells, unable to create and nurture valuable relationships with those around them.
Power is taken from us and given to businesses; this is called employment. But if too much power is taken from us it is to our detriment.
(I believe) Too much power is being taken from us and given to businesses. We should be angry with this.
If employment were "forced" then the amount of work the populace, on average, works, would have us up in arms, because as individuals it takes from us our very souls. For families it takes (I believe) necessary time and energy from investment into the healthy growth of children, and the nurturing of relationships between spouses and between parents and children; in essence taking the soul from the family. For communities it isolates us in our family cells, making us unable to create and nurture valuable community relationships; in essence taking the soul from the community.
(Busyness has the same affect, though with the curious characteristic that we can be both with whomever it would be valuable to have important time/energy with (including ourselves) and yet still not be with them. The busyness prevents us from truly being with that person, or people. Busyness is more evident as being our own choice(s), which can make the negativity of it less clear, though the affect is the same.)
Yet we are not angry, because we have not been forced into our cells; we have, through seemingly reasonable choices in our lives, opened the door, shut the door, and locked it; Keeping ourselves from what is truly meaningful and valuable.
A society in cells created of Busyness and Business.
A Message for People in "Communities"
(A message for people in "communities" to actually form true communities)
You have to extend/expose yourselves!
There's too much value in doing so, and too much danger in not!
You have to extend/expose yourselves!
There's too much value in doing so, and too much danger in not!
Risk of the Devil
The Devil's true danger is not Damnation,
but keeping us from doing the Good Work.
Keeping us from actively fulfilling our purpose.
but keeping us from doing the Good Work.
Keeping us from actively fulfilling our purpose.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Migrating Animal vs The Intelligent Human (New Idea)
On face value I find it odd that...
I've just watched a video on lemmings, but it could fundamentally be most any vegetarian animal (sans humans).
The video illustrated how, when population density gets "too high" the individual animals will migrate until they find a new suitable area, with enough roots and shoots of plants to survive; they then munch on these.
"Here, I have found enough wild plants to munch on and survive on!...."
Our ability to cultivate edible plants and thus create an environment that can, at least in part, sustain us... is amazing!
Why we don't take full advantage of that ability, as much as we can, I find odd... very odd.*
(I think it's difficult to fully appreciate the point I'm making because the way most of us live, is just "how life is", and it's easy to accept things that are presently a part of us.)
Above is my main point. Below is my rambling thought.
*Is this a fundamental part of the modern human condition? Striving for more, quicker, faster?
What are our reasons for more, quicker, faster? To find a wife/husband? Wives/husbands are easy to find. To support our children? Children don't need much to survive and be truly happy- food, safety, and love (love includes acceptance).
Why are we running forward so hard? What are we striving for? It's not happiness. Happiness comes from within. In the West it's not survival- survival is easy in the West.
I do think that a home vegetable garden is a physical and unphysical supporter of peace. It gives us life at home and shows us that we can have life and peace at home; at the self.
I've just watched a video on lemmings, but it could fundamentally be most any vegetarian animal (sans humans).
The video illustrated how, when population density gets "too high" the individual animals will migrate until they find a new suitable area, with enough roots and shoots of plants to survive; they then munch on these.
"Here, I have found enough wild plants to munch on and survive on!...."
Our ability to cultivate edible plants and thus create an environment that can, at least in part, sustain us... is amazing!
Why we don't take full advantage of that ability, as much as we can, I find odd... very odd.*
(I think it's difficult to fully appreciate the point I'm making because the way most of us live, is just "how life is", and it's easy to accept things that are presently a part of us.)
Above is my main point. Below is my rambling thought.
*Is this a fundamental part of the modern human condition? Striving for more, quicker, faster?
What are our reasons for more, quicker, faster? To find a wife/husband? Wives/husbands are easy to find. To support our children? Children don't need much to survive and be truly happy- food, safety, and love (love includes acceptance).
Why are we running forward so hard? What are we striving for? It's not happiness. Happiness comes from within. In the West it's not survival- survival is easy in the West.
I do think that a home vegetable garden is a physical and unphysical supporter of peace. It gives us life at home and shows us that we can have life and peace at home; at the self.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Post from another blog
Post by OTRgirl
http://sojournering.blogspot.com/
March 29, 2011
Tribes and Violence
Two years ago I spent a day with an Afghani woman. During our time together, I asked about her perspective on the Taliban. Her tone was derisive as she said that they're all Pashtun. Her tribe is Uzbek. The whole conflict was a tribal war. The Pashtun have always been more conservative and less educated (in her opinion...) The Pashtun tribe extends from eastern Afghanistan into Pakistan (there's a reason the border is 'porous'. Tribe trumps a line drawn by some Brits).
I've thought alot about that ever since. Why does the news here rarely mention the tribal element? Instead we hear about Pakistan not having control of it's borders.
A couple weeks ago, I heard something in passing about the fact that Quaddafi is part of the Qudhadhfa tribe. Close to a third of the country (maybe less?) is from that tribe. So the reason there are so many 'Quaddafi loyalists' is tribal. He's taken good care of his tribe, so why would they turn on him. The defectors to the rebels are people who were in his government but who aren't part of the same tribe.
I don't have a huge conclusion, but I'm intrigued and saddened by the tribal lens on world events. It somehow makes the conflicts seem more difficult to fully resolve. The solution seems to be what happened in Sudan recently, let countries reshape around tribal lines rather than continue to carry the burden of colonial borders (that were DESIGNED to thwart tribes).
I've thought alot about that ever since. Why does the news here rarely mention the tribal element? Instead we hear about Pakistan not having control of it's borders.
A couple weeks ago, I heard something in passing about the fact that Quaddafi is part of the Qudhadhfa tribe. Close to a third of the country (maybe less?) is from that tribe. So the reason there are so many 'Quaddafi loyalists' is tribal. He's taken good care of his tribe, so why would they turn on him. The defectors to the rebels are people who were in his government but who aren't part of the same tribe.
I don't have a huge conclusion, but I'm intrigued and saddened by the tribal lens on world events. It somehow makes the conflicts seem more difficult to fully resolve. The solution seems to be what happened in Sudan recently, let countries reshape around tribal lines rather than continue to carry the burden of colonial borders (that were DESIGNED to thwart tribes).
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Success Is
Making the greatest use of your potential in a positive way,
to the benefit of humanity
/
Being in Allignment with your purpose
to the benefit of humanity
/
Being in Allignment with your purpose
Pity Attractive Girls
Meaningful relationships being compromised,
Constantly Assaulted
Constantly Harassed
Constantly Assaulted
Constantly Harassed
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
3 Steps To Success
1. Do It.
-If you complete this step you are ahead of the vast majority of humanity, including almost all of the people that make noise when you don't...(Step 2)
2. a. Do It Well.
b. Improve.
-This is vastly easier than step 1., but usually not "easy"; and here's the catch: This step is never finished.
Finally the step that many miss...
3. Help others reach step 1 and 2.
-One word - Mentor*. This is not about altruism, this is about success. To help bring forth success in others; to have your success, your realized potential, rebirthed in others- This is the keystone to true success.
*To mentor is different from supporting financially
Interpretation (present) vs Final Knowledge (end)
Terms I use, and what they mean in this post:
Knowledge: Our accepted conclusions about the world.
Understanding: Our absorption of knowledge- making it part of ourselves.
Interpretation: How we label the world given what we experience.
Specific (S): Micro- concerning an individual, building-block type of thing
General (G): Macro- concerning the mass of things, concerning the building (vs the
building block)
Our road of the growing (Knowledge -> Understanding -> Interpretation -> Knowledge -> etc) of our existence is something natural and necessary. It is a path we must go down. It can not be "rushed". We will know what we know when we know it, and we proceed from that point.
If we as a civilization were given the final truths of our universe, at the worse we would go mad (as a civilization), at the very least it would sabotage our development.
So what is important?
That we continue to strive for the best Interpretation of the nature of our existence, given our Knowledge.
It's a path. What we shouldn't do is tarry from Interpretation because of a thought that we don't have "the most accurate truth". We should keep striving forward with continual Interpretation, building Knowledge, and building Understanding.
We need a fair amount of acceptance of where we are, per Knowledge and Specific Understanding, and to move to General Interpretation.
Interpretation is Key.
Our current Knowledge and Specific Understanding base should be seen as a place. From this place we should quest for the best Interpretation(s).
Hyper Interpretation messes up (i.e., corrupts and destroys) Understanding.
Hypo Interpretation hinders the progress of understanding, and even the quest for knowledge.
What is important is not what the end solution is, but our Interpretation* from where we are right now, given our Specific Understanding and Knowledge.
*of our given situation
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Potential of Humanity
The wonderful potential of this world lies in that though we may disagree strongly over .5% of things, we agree on 99.5% of things
Excerpt from David Copperfield - by Charles Dickens
...I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.
Opinions vs. Facts
Opinions are personal reality
Facts are universal reality
The difference is the personal realities fluctuate
from person to person,
And from time to time.
Facts are constant
Personal realities are part of universal realities
(addition: Beliefs are opinions that rarely fluctuate)
Facts are universal reality
The difference is the personal realities fluctuate
from person to person,
And from time to time.
Facts are constant
Personal realities are part of universal realities
(addition: Beliefs are opinions that rarely fluctuate)
Criminals
Criminals have the hardest path
Because they have broken the invisible barrier
They can now move much more easily to the side of crime
So their act of NOT committing crimes, and their act to be constructive members of society
Is great indeed
It is a great choice and act, that should be appreciated and lauded by society
-This is an exciting area, because it shows what humanity is capable of.
Because they have broken the invisible barrier
They can now move much more easily to the side of crime
So their act of NOT committing crimes, and their act to be constructive members of society
Is great indeed
It is a great choice and act, that should be appreciated and lauded by society
-This is an exciting area, because it shows what humanity is capable of.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
AT&T IPHONE internet video Ad
The one that is currently up involving a husband being reminded that his marriage anniversary is "today".
The acting of the actor playing the husband is so Good! Great acting!
See it at: http://www.last.fm/listen/
before the music content starts playing.
I want to shout it from the Rooftops!
I couldn't find a good place to give feedback, so I'm putting it on this blog.
The acting of the actor playing the husband is so Good! Great acting!
See it at: http://www.last.fm/listen/
before the music content starts playing.
I want to shout it from the Rooftops!
I couldn't find a good place to give feedback, so I'm putting it on this blog.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Untitled
Because time is a lifeless boundary
A deep endless chasm
We are constantly falling
So please gift me one day of devoted suspension
I promise you
Come tomorrow
I will sadly turn aside
And let gravity take its rightful place
A deep endless chasm
We are constantly falling
So please gift me one day of devoted suspension
I promise you
Come tomorrow
I will sadly turn aside
And let gravity take its rightful place
Untitled
Can't you see,
We are
All
Falling from the clouds
without looking around
Ignorant to those below us
Envious of those above us
Reaching,
then holding others to ourselves
Growing with love
Numbed by comfort
Never ending
We fall
Hitting the ground
Everything we are shatters
No - love scatters
and carries on
We are
All
Falling from the clouds
without looking around
Ignorant to those below us
Envious of those above us
Reaching,
then holding others to ourselves
Growing with love
Numbed by comfort
Never ending
We fall
Hitting the ground
Everything we are shatters
No - love scatters
and carries on
Listening with Sight - Finding myself
Tonight I talked to the water.
As I flew by
I reached out with my foot,
and listened to it's calling.
"Everything has a voice" were it's words
"As you move through life,
As future is found disappearing
reappearing as past
Reach out your foot,
and listen
Hold out your hand,
and hear
Open you heart,
and feel the voices..."
At that point I fully understood the water
It became me
I became it
Love on Love
And as I rode home
The rain whispered on my shoulder.
*the voices are constantly calling
As I flew by
I reached out with my foot,
and listened to it's calling.
"Everything has a voice" were it's words
"As you move through life,
As future is found disappearing
reappearing as past
Reach out your foot,
and listen
Hold out your hand,
and hear
Open you heart,
and feel the voices..."
At that point I fully understood the water
It became me
I became it
Love on Love
And as I rode home
The rain whispered on my shoulder.
*the voices are constantly calling
This is regarding being in love with someone who doesn't love you back
The sword is being thrust into my heart,
And yet... at the same time
My hands clutch the blade,
and pull it closer
And yet... at the same time
My hands clutch the blade,
and pull it closer
Untitled
You solid surreal sparkle
you must be connected to something
Something to make you rational, explanable
I search, examine, disect
Until a reason is found; your existence made reasonable
And your beauty lost.
you must be connected to something
Something to make you rational, explanable
I search, examine, disect
Until a reason is found; your existence made reasonable
And your beauty lost.
No title
The sweet, sweet feeling of
rhythm flowing through my body.
Love, happiness, ecstasy filling my
mind, enveloping my soul.
Now is the time to dance.
Now is the time to groove.
rhythm flowing through my body.
Love, happiness, ecstasy filling my
mind, enveloping my soul.
Now is the time to dance.
Now is the time to groove.
Compassion
I saw a frog tonight. It was laying on the road, it wasn't dead.
When misty (family dog) sniffed at it, the frog pushed one leg and moved sideways, it wasn't dead.
When I looked closer a vein-like thing was coming out from underneath it and its intestines were coming out of its mouth.
It wasn't dead, it doesn't have a voice, and it soon won't have a life. No one cares.
When misty (family dog) sniffed at it, the frog pushed one leg and moved sideways, it wasn't dead.
When I looked closer a vein-like thing was coming out from underneath it and its intestines were coming out of its mouth.
It wasn't dead, it doesn't have a voice, and it soon won't have a life. No one cares.
Escaping Times
Time passes by so fast
I could cup my hands and
try to keep it from leaving
but it would just slip between my fingers
Maybe if you held your hands under mine
We could slow it down together
I could cup my hands and
try to keep it from leaving
but it would just slip between my fingers
Maybe if you held your hands under mine
We could slow it down together
The Wind of Life
The days back then
Childhood memories
Our Glorious memories
Golden, so sweet
Yet unreachable
Lost in the past
The bond so tight
Who'd think it would break
It doesn't break
But they still drift
Two leaves on a branch
The wind blows them away
What of the bond?
What of the wind?
Who wouldn't give to live it again.
Childhood memories
Our Glorious memories
Golden, so sweet
Yet unreachable
Lost in the past
The bond so tight
Who'd think it would break
It doesn't break
But they still drift
Two leaves on a branch
The wind blows them away
What of the bond?
What of the wind?
Who wouldn't give to live it again.
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