Zigzag Idiot

Let me know if my putting this here is a violation and I’ll take it down. It’s from The Oracle of the Cosmic Way and it’s quite relevant. 15. Modesty Kun Kên The Judgment: Modesty creates success. The superior man carries things through. Modesty, the Sage informs us, is one of the three fundamental Cosmic Virtues that all aspects of the Cosmic Whole are endowed with. The other two virtues are equality and uniqueness. Together, they give each aspect of the Cosmos its dignity. It is due to these basic virtues that a single force is able to rule the functioning of the Cosmos as a whole: the force of mutual attraction of complementary aspects. Another name for this force is love. When the virtue of modesty is seen in this context, it means that the modest person recognizes the equality and uniqueness of every other aspect of the Cosmic Whole. It is equivalent to seeing his true place in the whole. He has no need to put himself up or down, because any aggrandizement or abnegation of the self fails to take into account the fact that every aspect of the Cosmos is endowed with unique posses-sions. (See the previous hexagram.) Modesty also means that a person recognizes the uniqueness of his own possessions and the responsibilities toward the Cosmic Whole connected with them. Modesty is the virtue connected with a person's commonsense. Com-monsense is the consensus of all the senses a person is born with. When none of his senses is blocked, his commonsense gives him a sure feeling of what is true and untrue, because it is in harmony with Cosmic Truth. Commonsense is closely connected with a person's inner truth-his memory of what Cosmic Harmony feels like. Applied to a given situa-tion, we can picture the process as follows: All the senses respond to the situation in accordance with their unique functions. The inner senses respond to the inner components of the situation, which manifest as vibrations, feelings, smells, etc., whereas the senses of outer seeing and hearing respond only to the situation's outer appearances. When all these senses function cooperatively, the commonsense integrates the various perceptions into a discernment that needs no reasons to prove its validity. Validating one's feelings is the meaning of"modesty creates success." To "carry things through" means to then bring into full consciousness whatever feels discordant and say the inner No to it. The saying of the inner No would occur spontaneously, were it not for the conditioning that has disturbed the cooperation of the senses. Therefore, in bringing the true self to maturity, learning to say the inner No needs to be recognized as a responsibility that is consistent with one's inner dignity and self-respect. Until the conditioning is undone, saying the inner No needs to be consciously remembered and practiced. When a person is tuned into his feelings, the inner No arises spontaneously and is heard as a firm inner voice. Consciously saying the inner No to another's ego display engages another natural function of a person's commonsense: as the Helper of Transformation. It transforms what is disharmonious in the situation. The inner No also has the ability to transform harmful thoughts that attack a person's psyche, thereby protecting Tum from them. Failure to say the inner No to the ego other occurs because the ego in oneself has been aroused; then one falls back on the use of power, either through words or actions, to correct the other. Allowing the ego to intervene in this way causes a person to lose his modesty and his Cosmic Protection. True modesty also means to recognize that the Sage exists in every person's presence. The Sage in another's presence can be called upon to intervene when the ego in that person is active. True modesty is remembering to ask the Sage in others presence to intervene under such circumstances. The use of the term "the superior man" in The Judgment comes from the Confucian school and its view that modesty— the mark of the cultivated man—is a quality that comes from working on one's self-development. However, the idea of there being such a goal as "becoming superior" contradicts the very meaning of modesty. The person who seeks to be superior has already lost contact with the natural modesty he was born with. What is also overlooked is that being called "a superior man" is a spell that forces him into upholding all the abstract values the collective ego assigns to that appellation. By saying that virtues are not part of our nature and need to be cultivated, the collective ego appropriates a person's natural mod-esty. This doubt about the wholeness of his own natare is instilled in a child as the first step in his conditioning. Being a poison arrow, it demonizes his commonsense and his feeling connection with the Cosmos, preventing him from knowing (through his feelings) that he can depend on the Cosmos for everything he needs. Separated from his feelings and therefore from Cosmic help, the child is then taught to depend on the institutions of the collective ego for his needs. Since the collective ego can never replace Cosmic help, it encourages him to "be modest" in his needs and behavior. By implication it thus defines modesty ("the highest attainable virtue") as "a selfless acceptance of poverty and injustice." To achieve acceptance of such an idea, it encourages the person to think he will be rewarded by being recognized and accepted by others as virtuous. He may even be rewarded with medals, titles, and fame. Thus we see a paradoxical situation created: that the person who works hard to develop the self-image of modesty, must make sure that his modesty gets noticed! At the core of all virtuous self-images cultivated by the collective ego is actually "self-denial," for the "truly virtuous" person is the one who has not merely repressed, but totally routed out every aspect of his true self. The object of this cultivation of virtue, thus, is to have no self at all! All self-images tend to be expressed in their extreme through the fact that the object of cultivating them is to " perfect" them. Since the institutions of the collective ego are those which have taught him his virtues (his parents, teachers, and the society as a whole), the person with the self-image of being modest believes he owes "all that he is" to them; he thus carries with him strong feelings of indebtedness. This indebtedness is always connected with guilt, which becomes active whenever he makes any attempt to leave the prison of their total control. Of all the hexagrams, this one shows that the ancient Chinese were aware of a connection between true modesty and "good fortune." They noticed that the person who was not arrogant was helped along by what they called "heaven. *What they were observing was the Cosmic help and protection that are enjoyed by every person who lives by his natural modesty. But it seems to have occurred to only a few, such as Lao Izu, that modesty is a virtue every person possesses as part of his natural makeup. True modesty is the absence of any self-image. "Carrying things through to completion" also means stepping out of the collective ego's system of opposites, in particular the hero and anti-hero/rebel models. By setting up the ideal of the self-sacrificing hero, a person is led to sacrifice his true self to the collective ego's values; or, if he discovers that he cannot mold himself into the image of the hero, he may turn to admire the anti-hero/rebel who renounces the system. What he does not see is that the anti-hero is as essential to the dichotomous system of the collective ego as the dragon is to the dragon-slayer, for it is in the nature of the collective ego to embrace the opposing elements that are essential to its system. A person can step out of this system only by recognizing that all self-images, regardless of whether they are of the hero/rebel, good citizen/outlaw, self-righ-teous person/the irreverent person, have their origin in the idea that a person must "become" something, because "in and of himself he is notenough," or he was "born with original guilt/sin/fault? What we do not notice is that in all striving to become something we are actually striving to overcome a supposed fault that has been attributed to our nature. The false attributions are the original poison arrows a child has received from the collective ego, which must be removed, if he is to return himself to his original wholeness.

Subaru Outback I got one new in 2015. Still have it and appreciate it. 25mpg with a turbo 4 cylinder and all wheel drive. Subaru's have a tighter turning radius than most other similar vehicles. When it's time for a u turn, It will impress you. The OUTBACK is heavier built than the Crosstrek and Forester and will hold together longer IMO.

As most always, I head for the Ridhwan School glossary and take a look there. I picked this one book excerpt from around 20 listed under the category of Ultimate Truth. Hope you enjoy it. Whatever We Say About Ultimate Truth Will Not Exhaust It Our view is not that we cannot say anything about the ultimate truth, but rather that whatever we say, regardless of how accurate it may be, will not exhaust it. It cannot be described, not because no description can be found, but because whatever description we find will fail to give it justice. In fact, mystical poets are always describing it, but all the poetry possible is a paltry limitation of what it is. In other words, the absolute truth is indeterminable because of its inexhaustibility. This does not contradict the view of prasangika madhyamaka; rather, it complements it. It does not contradict it because the inexhaustibility of the absolute truth is a consequence of its utter simplicity, which is the essence of Nagarjuna’s view. Simplicity and inexhaustibility are the two paradoxical poles of this ultimate truth, just like emptiness and fullness. The Point of Existence, pg. 564

I took a couple of IQ tests.

The Science of Idiotism is about the hindrances to becoming a Self Realized Being, plus other stuff. The term Idiot here is drawing an the old Greek usage of it as: being oneself,,unpretentious ,,,, But it is used also simultaneously as the standard modern usage of fool because until we 'have our Being', life is experienced on the emotional pendulum connected with dualistic thinking and we are pretty much just a torture to the world, of some kind or other. I used to be an a epic complainer in addition to Alcoholic and coward. After that, I went around depressed and with a long sad face because I couldn't drink alcohol and party it up forever. Some people can but I realized I couldn't. The Science of Idiotism is a little known teaching from the mystic George Gurdjieff. Bruno Martins - The Realized Idiot - is about the only book written solely about The Science of Idiotism. It's very good. I recommend it. You can find a little here and there with a google search. Zigzag idiot is #9 on the Ladder of Reason. Of all the Idiots, I thought this one made the best screen name. I've been working on my self for a few years doing self inquiry. Keeping this Journal out here in front of God and everybody meshes well with the Gurdjieff work of Self Observation and Self Remembering. The whole lot of us are just bad full of bullshit, says Gurdjieff. Justifying,,, self deception,,, Kundabuffer he called it in his book Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson. I really like AH Almaas's The Diamond Approach. It's Gurdjieff,,, modernized plus psychological explanation of things like our defenses against inadequacy. Is it a schizoid splitting off and sticking ones head in the sand? or do we employ a Grandiose self to shield against inadequacy. This work which includes, very much processing our shadow material can be very painful and destabilizing. Being light hearted can amount to good strategy if it can be sincere and natural. This Work teaches we project any repressed guilt we may have out onto others. I've observed this in myself over time. Also, we don't have to be negative. The practice of not expressing negative emotions has shown me the existence of my own spiritual sleep. We wake up and although might never sleep as deeply again, spiritually, we take naps as E.J. Gold put it. It's very difficult sometimes to just simply feel , without repressing negative emotions and not give expression to them. It pays out big dividends in 'spiritual coin' though. Remind me of this, if, in later post, I go off on a angry emotional rant.

The idea that stupidity is its own punishment. Today I was pushing this idea further. Are all passions, so to speak, their own punishment and therefore all virtues are their own reward? Possibly,,,,, as I think,,, lust, sloth, anger, pride, envy, deceit, fear/doubt, avarice Another consideration,,, Does degree of consciousness or conscience play into this scenario? Sooo let me see. Stupidity is not a passion. Innocence could be interpreted as stupidity at times. Yet innocence is a virtue. I can also see where innocence can invite a distressful or harmful experience. The premise I started with just got turned upside down.

It doesn’t have to but I guess it could.

Something in the direction of a complete and final answer.

Two very short clips which speak volumes,,,, The bond between people and dogs they know and love. There is heart relationship. Dogs are so innately devotional. I'm more of a cat person. Cat's don't really care. They just walk away

Interesting thread. Throwing in my 2 cents for whatever it's worth Understanding is huge,, eh? Is that really possible? A judgement reaches more of a conclusion . Doesn't it? It seems more final. With discernment being whatever it is,, below a caption may read "partial perspective". Some quotes from Almaas glossary I considered pertinent- Causes of Hatred We can say that our problem is the ego, the self, but there is no ego or self except what manifests in our consciousness. To understand how hatred functions, it helps to know how it got there. Generally speaking, the causes of hatred originate on two levels. The first level, which I call the psychodynamic, relates to our personal history. From the time of our childhood, we have not been sufficiently loved. Maybe we have been hated, disregarded, humiliated, or treated as though we didn’t exist; maybe we’ve felt guilty or bad, or hated ourselves for things that were done to us or that we have done. The frustration that develops in us through interacting with our environment plus many of the things we learn from others generate a lot of hatred. The specifics vary depending on the circumstances of one’s life, but it almost never happens that someone escapes the effects of hatred. The second level is our lack of understanding, our ignorance about how consciousness works. We can recognize that there are obstacles to our freedom, barriers to our inner peace that make it seem impossible to just be ourselves without struggling all the time. But, as we have seen, because we don’t understand how things function, we end up believing that the way to deal with these impediments is to get rid of them—to remove or annihilate the obstacles, just as we tend to do in the physical world. This is the only way we think we can have peace and quiet and release from suffering. We don’t know that by doing this, we are perpetuating the same suffering, the same frustration. We are dividing ourselves and acting inside ourselves in a destructive way. Our actions dissociate us from ourselves and prevent our True Nature from revealing itself in its purity and richness. So we get stuck in a misinformed, misguided attempt at realization, at freedom, at achieving nirvana. The Unfolding Now, pg. 108 The Attempt to Eliminate Frustration by Annihilating It Hatred is fake power; it is black, but a dull, thick blackness. Hatred arises when we haven't actualized the true power of the Black Essence. It is due to frustration in the face of difficulties. Hatred arises when you feel powerless, for it is an attempt to eliminate the frustration by annihilating it. You want to annihilate whatever problem you have, whatever is in your way, whether it is an inner or outer frustration. You want to make it disappear. True Black power does that, but through understanding instead of through aggression. Aggression only creates more frustration. But if you inquire into hatred itself, it transforms into power. Just as you would inquire into anything else, you want to feel hatred, be open to it, welcome it, see what it is about. Where did it come from? What is it trying to do? Feel it fully -- without resistance, without judgment, and without acting it out. That by itself unfolds it to reveal the truth lying within it, which is true power. Spacecruiser Inquiry, pg. 328 The Energy of Hatred Limits Awareness History has demonstrated what we have also discovered internally to be true: Hatred is a particular energy that can destroy because it doesn't have heart, it doesn't have love, it doesn't have the sensitivity and the attunement of kindness and gentleness. It is a very effective instrument of destruction. But it is effective at the expense of our sensitivity, at the expense of our attunement, at the expense of our awareness and consciousness. It obliterates by removing sensitivity. So it tends to diminish and limit our awareness, to flatten it. The Unfolding Now, pg. 104 I liked the way you phrased that. hmmm,,, It is referred to as a soft science. For good reason it seems.

Winston Churchill's take on human history. - "It's just one damn thing after another."

There are many negative aspects concerning porn. Suppressing porn from a moral basis will only aggravate and possibly increase the compulsivity by highlighting whatever practice or taboo falls under some kind of regulation. Many taboo practices fall into the category of 'not illegal'. Blatantly violent or malignant sexual practices which result in being illegal under the scope of what constitutes a crime in today's terms,,,,,, What am I tryng to say,,,? There are gray areas that need more definition within the judicial branch it seems but when "community standards" are brought into the argument. It becomes clear there are vast differences between worldviews. An increasingly sophisticated and educated population will resolve these issues in time. One which is more 2nd tier center of gravity. As a species we are over-sexed. Blame evolution if you like. Is there anything wrong with blatantly seeking pleasure? Especially if you pay your bills and taxes and don't impose your will upon others in a way in which they don't like,,,, In the video that was shared [thank you @LordFall}, it seems many of the panel were pinned down by their own lack of individuation. Specifically concerning the area of the Freudian super-ego in which their consciences are pinned down under the regulation of their childhood conditioning and the overly acquired values of their subcultures instead of a more natural organic perception that has not been subject to ridiculous amounts of shame,,,, Yet, they did good. It's not an easy subject to debate in public. The more conservative panel members seemed to imitate the authority that is present in moralistic adult contemporaries while the more liberal panel members spent most of their time in justification or being halfway apologetic. The panel did seem equal in terms of their ability to argue their own view. Unfortunately, the use of shame and guilt are necessary in regulating immature and uneducated, barbaric attitudes and as far as "red energy" or sex energy goes. I'm also reminded of Ken Wilber saying in regard to the male of our species in connection to when red energy is prevalent.- "Fuck it and kill it run close together".

Tami Simon interviews Robert Anton Wilson. As a rogue student of the Diamond Approach and other Teachings, that I Am,,,,,Anton’s commentary goes all over the place. Activating the higher centers/chakras and referencing them in different ways made listening quite enjoyable.

Rodeo Clowns / Bull fighters Having been around cattle all my life. I appreciate the skill, athleticism and self sacrificing that rodeo clowns embody. Many other attributes as well. The roll they play at rodeos are crucial. Distracting the bull after the ride. Sometimes running along side and untwisting the rope when a rider has become entangled. That takes a lot of nerve/confidence! They’re adrenaline junkies in a category all their own! I’ve been watching sports that contain high levels of violence in the last year or so. Professional kick boxers and such,,, I like Mona Kimura’s independent minded approach to kick boxing. I observe myself and see if I identify with some of the negativity that’s inherent at times anyway. In sports like this. It makes for some interesting self observation. Mixed in with it I catch my self deception at times,,, when certain aspects of myself start to feed on the passion of the violence.

Everything is/has vibration. What is not spiritual? Are 'so called' 'spiritual' perspectives/attitudes a necessary element in the life of an actualizer? I don't think it has to be. But often is and more often than not, becomes a stumbling block that some never get past or integrated. Spiritual materialism, Zen devil characteristics, false humility, self-righteous narrow mindedness. Every one of these descriptions triggers an associated realization labeling me as guilty. I view everyone else as being my equal, if not worse, in regard to various kinds of self-deception. Being identified with whatever it might be. Worldview, gender views, loyalty to family, the results of childhood cultural conditioning, etc. Actualizing human potentials that are connected more with survival and materialistic aims do not require one to move into the more abstract, philosophical, psycho-spiritual areas. Or however you want to name it. In my view, the psychological aspects such as integration and individuation are really at the heart of reaching an area beyond the built-in flaws that are a part of all human beings born today which also vary in aspects and degrees depending on race, subculture, that kind of thing,,,. I've avoided joining more advanced work groups like those of the Almaas Ridwhan school or Ken Wilbers' Integral community. Being on the fringe of some Gurdjieff groups or at times being a student of some of the different lineages seems to satisfy me for the time being. It was taught to me by one Fourth Way Teacher. "One has to make the Work your own" once it has moved into one's inner world in certain way. Maurice Nicoll- INNER TALKING III “In this Work you cannot go far with pleasing self-made pictures of your own nobility or value. When you begin to observe yourself deeply enough, these pictures, these fantasies, begin to change. You know that you yourself are just as bad or worse than the other person. Then I am quite sure from my own experience that a great deal of your inner talking will stop. You do not seek to justify yourself.” V. 2, p. 776 RESPONSIBILITY FOR NEGATIVE STATES “If you are in a negative state, it is always your own fault, from the Work point of view. No matter what happened, what someone said, what someone did, we have to become responsible for our negative states—ourselves. . .When you feel the presence of negative emotions in you, as a foreign substance, as acutely as a stomach-ache, then youwill seek, for your own reasons, to work on yourself and transform your inner state for your own inner health...But this takes many years and requires a certain inner courage, an inner bravery, an inner determination, until something new is born distinct from life.” V. 2, p. 695 ON ‘NOT FIXING’ “As long as you externally consider another person with a view to trying to change him or her—that is, as long as you think the other person should be different—you are not externally considering, but internally considering. The basis of internal considering is that others should be different, and from this comes ‘making accounts’ against others...One thing is quite certain, and that is that the more sincerely we observe ourselves and what is in us, the less smug we shall be. And from this it follows that we shall be less satisfied to think that we know what the other person should be like.” V. 1, pp. 268-9 THE FEELING OF NOTHINGNESS “When the Work says that a man must come to realize his own nothingness before he can be re-born, it does not mean that he must humble himself and so on, but that he must by long self-observation actually begin to realize that he is nothing and that there is no such person as himself. The object of this is to get into a position, psychologically speaking, between the opposites...Why is it so important to get somewhere into the centre of the pendulum and not swing to and fro? Because here, between the opposites, lie all the possibilities of growth. Here influences from higher levels can reach us. Here, in this place where one can feel one’s own nothingness (and where one is therefore free from contradictions), influences and meanings coming from higher centres, which have no contradictions, can be felt. Not regarding yourself as good or bad, not priding yourself on being just or otherwise, not thinking you are well-treated or badly-treated, not being caught by either movement through identifying, you come into this mid-position. This is not easy! With personality active, it is impossible.” V. 1, p. 329

There's no fault in not knowing if you're willing to investigate further. The reading and study can be tedious. It can be extremely boring unless you're truly curious and willing to investigate. Investigating the term ego. A bifurcation is immediately encountered making a distinction between the ego of spiritual literature and the ego as defined in psychoanalytic theory or developmental psychology. I enjoy the glossary found in A.H. Almaas' Diamond Approach. The Ridhwan School,,,, https://www.diamondapproach.org/glossary/alphabetical?alphabet=5 Confusion About the Term "Ego" Here we digress to point out a source of confusion about the term “ego.” Readers who know both the spiritual and psychological literatures will find the term freely used in both, but with no general agreement on what the term refers to. This ambiguity often leads to confusion. The literature on spiritual development, on essential or inner development, on all matters of religious concern, generally uses the term “ego” to mean something which is seen as the barrier to spiritual realization. The literature on depth psychology, however, uses the term with a very different meaning. The ego referred to by Freud, and which ego psychology studies, is not the ego which is the barrier to spiritual development. They are two different concepts. The psychoanalytic term “ego” refers, rather, to the functional self, which is the site, organizer, and coordinator of the functions of perception, memory, mobility, and so on. There is, however, a concept in depth psychology and ego psychology that coincides with the ego of spiritual literature: it is called the “ego-identity,” and is sometimes referred to as the sense of self, or the sense of identity. This sense of self or separate identity is the main concern of ego developmental theory. This identity is, in fact, the acme, the most important outcome of ego development. It is ultimately the organizing center of the psychic apparatus. This psychic apparatus includes as one of its units the Freudian ego. In other words, the Freudian ego is part of the mind, is a structure or a structured process in it, while the self is a sense of identity and a center of action. The exact sense in which the ego identity is a barrier to spiritual development will become clear in later chapters. The Void, pg. 9 Interdependence Between Ego and Being To know that one is Being, which is not within the realm of images, is such a subtle understanding that it seems impossible for a child to have this knowledge. Enlightenment must wait for the maturity of perception, discrimination and understanding, since it depends on self knowledge. These capacities depend upon concepts. We can say then that ego is needed for enlightenment, since the beginning of conceptualization in childhood is inextricably linked with the development of the ego. So first the ego, which is needed for knowledge and functioning, develops; then the capacity for discriminating knowledge, among other things, leads to the dissolution of the ego. The final result is the life of Being, including the development of functioning within the realm of Being. This interdependence between ego and Being can also be seen in the process of inner metabolism. Ego on its own cannot complete the metabolism of experience and hence cannot bring about complete human development; Being is needed for this process to take place. On the other hand, Being cannot accomplish on its own the whole process of metabolism; it cannot dislodge ego when ego is defensive. From the perspective of the mind, Being can be resisted easily with a slight movement of ego; thus ego must first cooperate by relinquishing its defensive posture. Pearl Beyond Price, pg. 167 Have a nice day and stuff Enjoy yourself and all Being too serious is slow suicide The bumper sticker - Mean people suck,,, - Seems like a paradox to me.

Meaning You will come to your senses and discover yourself, when you finally and forever abandon self-pity and self-criticism. by Arnold Keyserling Truth Only that truth which is recognized by all can become a fellow-being. You should grow up around your grievous mistakes like a tree, and let them be, until one day they become a part of your strength, and they no longer hinder your ascent. Thinking is a force, feeling leads to new motivations. Remain receptive to both and truth will become attainable. Truth is that knowledge which becomes one with being. You will become one with being when all of your burdens and loves, objects and fears, sorrows and joys have found their place in the whole. by Arnold Keyserling An article by Ralph Losey regarding Integration and Individuation. A favorite of mine. I recommend to anyone who is interested in Actualizing their potential. https://schoolofwisdomcom.wordpress.com/laws-of-wisdom/the-problem-of-the-subtle-sybil-effect/

Dualistic thinking is an intrinsic part of being a human being/doing/being. What is knowing? The value of its result is self-evident. As most always, I awoke this morning as a walking dead person. In an ascending octave. "I" as "it" leapt out of my grave. The Automaton became a crow in peacock feathers. A persona to examine the world with. Accumulating incoming impressions consciously. This coats the Astral body. This is solar coating. Intentionality is required. The ability to direct one's attention consciously. Represented as the Kings in playing cards. The speed of this function is slower than Queens and Jacks; feeling and mechanical centers. blah, blah blah. Lunar coating is unconscious living as an unguided projectile or perhaps as an unguided Golum (Lord of the Rings character). We all have this pendulum on which we ride and awake and fall asleep to different degrees. 24/7 365 in our annual trip around Sol. The practical side of Zen manifests the idea and execution of a controlled accident. Growing up in a challenging environment produces something similar. Others self-deception seems to be more readily visible than one's own. It's an invisible something that can be used as a mirror to self observe one's own nature Through subjective analysis, good and bad bifurcates quickly and often reverses course, of course.

In the category of Synthetic Telepathy, Gang Stalking, Targeted Individuals or abuses in programs of Intelligence Agencies such as MK Ultra. The first videos give a good introduction. The last video is just 23 minutes. Attn. Moderators- This could/ should also go in the forum category concerning mental health issues because its effects are psychological and phenomena-logical hypothetically producing artificial schizophrenia essentially. I’m interested in the responses this might get. Private message me if you feel the need to communicate about this.

D I’m going to post these on the forum to see if there is much interest. Will probably have opinions and comments on this topic at some point.

Chocolate chip cookies and chicken for breakfast this morning. Utilizing what’s conveniently accessible as foodstuffs. Open-mindedness, flexibility, persistence and determination are qualities that I combine to utilize when ordinary discipline has been abandoned. Add to this a good dose of light heartedness and I’m prepared to face the world. Reminder to myself,,,,, Discern sensing from feeling. Put the mind in the heart so there’s a possibility of understanding others point of view. Throughout the day sense the physicality of the feet and lower legs to stay grounded in the body and away from being trapped in the mind with too much neurotic thinking. People will challenge you for different reasons. A part of them needs you to be patient for the benefit of everyone. This is alchemy. It’s often hot in the kitchen,,,, Have a nice day.

It doesn't matter what genre. It doesn't have to be inspirational. It doesn't need to be explained. Everything is welcome. Sad, goofy, angry, happy, inspirational, weird, profound, profane, etc.,,,,