tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81083078575744279922024-03-12T17:40:16.642-07:00The Way I AmThe Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-21708045911662494712022-07-13T22:47:00.007-07:002022-07-13T22:49:45.677-07:00Haiku #2: Bad Taco Bell In Iowa <p>My Boobie Vomit</p><p>I Want to Smoochie Her Face</p><p>Instead I Write Poem</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-80484867254376792912022-07-09T23:21:00.001-07:002022-07-15T00:08:27.836-07:00Goal is to Live Life by Making Conscious Decisions<p>I turned 30 today. Walking with my twin brother last night before I turned 30, made me think of what I want to experience going forward. </p><p>I want to be able to live financially independent (trade for a living, maybe have supplemental income from per diem work and/or have enough money to generate enough income through capital)</p><p>I want to travel and explore the pacific northwest (Oregon and Washington) as I went once as a kid. I remember it being beautiful but spent very little time there. </p><p>I want to travel internationally as I have not done much international travelling.</p><p>I want to travel to these places with my Boobie who I love sharing experiences with. </p><p>I want to hike in these places, take spectacular photography, climb mountains, climb rocks in these beautiful places. </p><p>In my own vanity, I want to maintain, look, and be as young as possible for as long as I can. </p><p>I want to explore self-expression and authenticity. </p><p>I want to spend enough time with family and friends exploring new adventures. </p><p><br /></p><p>Aim to have a different experience that piques your interest. </p><p><br /></p>The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-37876109178372943902022-07-08T20:34:00.004-07:002022-07-08T20:36:20.115-07:00Love You<p>Glowing like the Sun</p><p>Boobie is like Hawaii</p><div>Paradise and Fun</div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTuT7Ssn-Tm-w8aPrmY6RPx9U11LgfuASX7KqHvVGZ31T1mhjr3qL3xBHbDgG16_RYvjTu0TSKznsBlVE4EWbU5A0V1yoGSkXG_TNi4b3FVz2ANHBXuCdOWSQbLKAnXiKLf7ikqducvBh1ML7OtXnNaNpYYK66iueycakrkqleSIoOPq0C9CJUMOK5g/s2048/IMG_0703.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTuT7Ssn-Tm-w8aPrmY6RPx9U11LgfuASX7KqHvVGZ31T1mhjr3qL3xBHbDgG16_RYvjTu0TSKznsBlVE4EWbU5A0V1yoGSkXG_TNi4b3FVz2ANHBXuCdOWSQbLKAnXiKLf7ikqducvBh1ML7OtXnNaNpYYK66iueycakrkqleSIoOPq0C9CJUMOK5g/w300-h400/IMG_0703.JPEG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTpiUrCOLMDW8RVmIyIoWp8bK7mGZpIYvx7v7-SmfMNDT-fNsMi2jYXnomgPjeC-iun9QgBmJP6UZIKKGeptZFtxS8-BB12kXc6dd08qiQAUQrhP213eNfb_fOVtwJMGYHDQW-Va3eAVCd-3An5veqLjN_M1_EKct5ihh-7eqhxadBUAWKohwirJ71Q/s1800/CDF0E3DD-10C2-4B9C-8DAB-3D01BA1C1366.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTpiUrCOLMDW8RVmIyIoWp8bK7mGZpIYvx7v7-SmfMNDT-fNsMi2jYXnomgPjeC-iun9QgBmJP6UZIKKGeptZFtxS8-BB12kXc6dd08qiQAUQrhP213eNfb_fOVtwJMGYHDQW-Va3eAVCd-3An5veqLjN_M1_EKct5ihh-7eqhxadBUAWKohwirJ71Q/w320-h400/CDF0E3DD-10C2-4B9C-8DAB-3D01BA1C1366.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijpa5vHvgOXYG2AlnkkPX2BpqcX2tw3-GGIDq7BshNXEsWmAFMNe_btm3jJ18tkfESMdGRJr8rUSeP798m_Iy_FY6S9gtcmIkFiMPw-f8TEd5ORjVYPOUBw6HWkN9vR-pa0nYm1eyTdwfKjm_-FHzHeWGN-f8aHUedlUTjSn6_qNOqh9B6rP7Oqq37Q/s2048/IMG_0406.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijpa5vHvgOXYG2AlnkkPX2BpqcX2tw3-GGIDq7BshNXEsWmAFMNe_btm3jJ18tkfESMdGRJr8rUSeP798m_Iy_FY6S9gtcmIkFiMPw-f8TEd5ORjVYPOUBw6HWkN9vR-pa0nYm1eyTdwfKjm_-FHzHeWGN-f8aHUedlUTjSn6_qNOqh9B6rP7Oqq37Q/w400-h300/IMG_0406.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-70262625535327169692016-06-12T12:47:00.001-07:002016-06-12T12:49:11.157-07:00Why Do I Feel Like I Am the Body?<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Are we really just
Awareness? How come I so strongly naturally gravitate towards the belief that I
am a form, a body? After all, I am not aware of the object in my visual field
unless I look at it. Perhaps it is because a large percentage of my perceptions
in my Awareness right now seems to be of the body right now. How I am sitting,
any aches or pains, the sensations of my hand touching the keyboard, thoughts
that are coming into my awareness, these all constitute as what I perceive of
as the NOW. Now I look up at an object, and I become aware of it as it enters
my Awareness as the perception enters my Awareness. Does this mean I am now the
object as it is in my Awareness? What is the difference between the object and
the body? All objects and forms are made of atoms and the same subatomic
particles. Is the body really different from that object? Perhaps we feel the
body is alive and is different becasue we experience more of the body. There
are more perceptions coming into our Awareness that we believe are of the body,
so therefore we are "limited" to our bodies. Would we say that our
Awareness is limited to "inside" our heads? Perhaps that is because
we are experiencing mostly visual perceptions. Where would a blind person say
"they" are located at? Where would a deaf person? Would they say they
are the ears? Would a deaf and blind person they are the skin, as they feel their
dominant perceptions are tactile? Would a person in severe sensory deprivation
such as in solitary confinement say they don't exist anymore just because most
of their perceptions are not of the body anymore? They dream, they have intense
hallucinations, and are definitely aware of these "images", sounds,
and perceptions. Are those real then, or are they hallucinations? Perhaps
perceptions and sensations are lying and inaccurate all the time? What we
experience as life through oncoming and going perceptions is ever changing
although they may feel stagnant from time to time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Perhaps science can tell
us what is real? Leo Gura at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ActualizedOrg/featured" target="_blank">actualized.org</a> has an excellent
talk about the limits of Rationalism<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaV6S45AD1w" target="_blank">here</a>. In essence, Science is also a
framework, a model created by the human mind fueled by a human desire to make
sense of the world. Is it possible that the world and the universe is actually
not rational at all, or a-rational? We find one model of science which seems to
explain a lot of what we think explains what we perceive and the mechanical
laws of the universe. But we have holes and gaps in other areas. Maybe we just
need to give science more time and it will explain EVERYTHING in the universe
that can be measured objectively and what we experience subjectively from
perceptions? Science is great, it has given us insights into "making
sense" of the world we perceive. But it has limitations, and this is not
something a rationalist would easily accept. Hardcore rationalists can be as
dogmatic as very religious individuals. Both can be stubbornly in belief that
only their "method" can explain the universe and the world "out
there". Both are just one framework created by the human mind, forged from
human desire, to make sense of something that doesn't necessarily have to make
sense to the human mind at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 200%;">And science is only a
story we tell ourselves as well. We tell ourselves facts, and this is how the
universe works. And like stories, science is constantly changing and being
revised all the time. What was considered a fact hundreds of years ago changes
hundreds of years later. To be a scientist is to work from one framework or model,
through one perceptional ability/the thinking ability. Thinking is just one
perception that comes into our awareness. To be a scientist, especially a
theoretical physicist or quantum physicist, is to be working on the boundaries
of certainty and uncertainty all the time. Theories change all the time. And
the current science from quantum physics says atoms exist as probability wave,
and only when observed, does the probability wave collapse into one outcome
that is perceived. Science has also "proven" that objects in the
"real world" are made of atoms and that atoms are comprised 99.99999%
of empty space. So as the story of science tells us right now, objects and
things are not so real either. But again, science itself has its limitations,
as good as it is. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-35819249742284164972016-06-12T03:07:00.003-07:002016-06-12T03:41:43.462-07:00A Realization of Spiritual Enlightenment<span style="font-size: large;">What is Meant by these sections:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Just<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>stay relaxed, open and sincere</i>,
live from your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>natural
integrity</i>, and, as much as realistically possible,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>be a giver not a taker</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(i.e., be as generous as you can, yet
don't be a "doormat" for selfish people to walk all over you and
exploit you financially, emotionally, etc.). And eventually, naturally, the Sun
will dawn— i.e.,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>your True
Identity simply "re-cognizes" that this Self or Awareness is the
"wall-less container," the open, free Context for whatever happens</b>.
With this realization comes a profound sense of release and relief,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>the re-discovery that you have
never been in the world, the world is in YOU, the Self of all</i>. Here is true
freedom, true peace, true bliss. Your Real Nature."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> "<b>And when these persons do
meet, at "the appointed time," what will happen? Phenomena will
interact (bodies hugging, voices sounding, eyes gazing into eyes, heart feeling
into heart), yet, as medieval Hindu sage Jnaneshvar declared, "it will be
like taste tasting itself to savor its own Sweetness"! For there will be
what has always only been the case: Absolute Awareness, ever the Self-same Self
of all, abiding in/as bodiless, mindless, wordless Glory and Splendor, enjoying
the play of vibrating forms made of the formless."</b></span><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4e387e;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: 16.9333px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #4e387e;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> "</span></span><b style="line-height: 12.7pt;"><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">If your devotional heart wishes to love,
honor and worship the formless I-Self as the Divine Beloved, then look and feel
all around you: EVERYONE and EVERYTHING you meet in this life-DREAM is the
adorable Self in disguise</span></b><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 12.7pt;">. And this includes the bodymind known as
"Alycia." She, too, is the literal embodiment of God/Goddess. (Look
in the mirror and you're seeing the manifest embodiment of God.) So, too,
everyone in your life, including all the characters on the world stage
(including brother W. Bush, an amazing Guru—indeed, a Divine Avatar—challenging
all of us progressives to authentically live love, compassion, and kindness!)...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">You are
the Great Spaciousness, wide open for a world to happen in</span></b><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Credit of the following thoughts that occurred is largely attributed to the bodily entity Named Timothy Conway at </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. <a href="http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/questions_and_answers_on_nondual_spiritual_awakening.html" target="_blank">http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/questions_and_answers_on_nondual_spiritual_awakening.html</a> and</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. <a href="http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Relationship_Spirituality.html" target="_blank">http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Relationship_Spirituality.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Realization:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4e387e;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26.6667px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">World = perceptual phenomena occurring NOW on "top" of the real
YOU, AWARENESS. That tissue box and sprouted pumpkin seed bag “I” see (visual
perception) on my desk, is no different from the body you see right now. They are all
objects/forms occurring as perceptions and phenomena experienced by the
underlying changeless AWARENESS, the real you. In a sense, to identify with the
body as who you are means you might as well identify with that sprouted pumpkin
seed bag that is being perceived by AWARENESS/ME. They are both forms - think form vs formless/awareness - being
perceived by awareness/me via perceptions, concepts, thoughts, and beliefs that
come together as a package when the perception of the body and the pumpkin seed
bag is throughout AWARENESS/ME. Thoughts while seemingly not a form, are still just perceptions that come and pass. Do the tissue box and pumpkin seed bag
exist? For Awareness to know if something exists, it must be perceived as a
perception. Can Awareness experience some "thing" if the perceptions that makes
up the experience are not in Awareness? There is no way to experience the “existence”
of some "thing" without the perceptions being present via Awareness. I surmise it
is a pointless question. Therefore, the world is not out there, but is in YOU,
AWARENESS. You are a limitless, no boundary Awareness, experiencing a myriad of
different perceptions in the forms of thoughts, feelings, desires, visual perceptions,
auditory, perceptions, tactile perceptions, and so on, but ultimately, just
perceptions. All of these perceptions occurring in what the human body/brain
can only conceive of as, as the NOW, to which you are none of these. These
perceptions over countless NOWS, form the illusion, the deception i.e. the ego.
The ego has never existed. To rid of the illusion of a YOU beyond Awareness is
by perceiving the truth that the perceptions over countless NOWS never was, is,
over ever will be YOU, as the NOWS are experienced. The perceptions are
ever changing, even though they may feel similar at times, but note that the feeling is
a perception itself nonetheless. What is experienced as life is ultimately a dream in
the sense that perceptions come into Awareness and change in Awareness. Perceptions
are not solid or ever-lasting. And that is the dream. Dream is defined as some “thing”
that is ultimately at it’s core, different from NOW … to … NOW. Perceptions comes into
Awareness and changes in Awareness. Awareness is the REAL YOU because it never
changes and is always consistent. Life = perceptions occurring over countless
NOWS via Awareness. Perceptions = dream because it is ever changing/not
consistent. Only REALITY – defined as what is real/consistent throughout the
ever-changing perceptions experienced – is Awareness. The world is not out “there”.
The world/perceptions is ultimately in Awareness, YOU. This is what is meant as
the Divine, Infinite Awareness expressing itself in different “forms”/bodily
entities. At the core, it is the Same, One Awareness perceiving myriads of “individual” perceptions
over countless NOWS giving rise to the illusion of separateness.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“</span><b><span style="color: #7d1b7e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">Hence, our
partner's true reality as Awareness is not "out there," but RIGHT
HERE, closer to us than our own mind or body or ego-sense.”<o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: #7d1b7e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #7d1b7e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Relationship_Spirituality.html" target="_blank">http://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Relationship_Spirituality.html</a></span></b></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">In other words, </span><br />
<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Other "individuals/people/beings/bodily entities” are actually closer to
us that our own thoughts, concepts and visual perceptions of “our bodies”, as
we are and have always been, the same, one Awareness. </span><b><span style="color: #7d1b7e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Love thy neighbor as thy self” - Jesus</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sunday, June 12th, 2016, </span><span style="color: #4e387e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26.6667px; text-indent: -0.25in;">3:11 AM PST</span></div>
The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-29374667681971585462016-01-01T00:45:00.003-08:002016-01-01T00:45:28.241-08:002016 This is the YearThe Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-64230108467834353462015-12-16T01:16:00.001-08:002015-12-16T01:18:51.864-08:00Where Will I Be in My Life in 10 Years? Here's to 10 years from 2015, when I will be 33, looking back on this post.<br />
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Michael<br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-65079943522899547272015-12-14T02:58:00.004-08:002015-12-14T03:00:22.295-08:00Gregg Braden on How You Create Your RealityIn October I wrote a post about <a href="http://ml-thewayiam.blogspot.com/2015/10/create-future-you-want-by.html" target="_blank">Creating the Future that You Want</a>. I just want to add now that Gregg Braden's books, <i>The Divine Matrix </i>and <i>Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer</i>, are saying the same thing.<br />
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Gregg Braden on the Divine Matrix Presentation in Italy<br />
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The FEELING, is the prayer! Not the words. The words are just a catalyst to induce the feeling of that which you desire, has already come to pass!<br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-56337454944202343562015-11-16T02:43:00.001-08:002015-11-16T18:52:26.588-08:00After the Paris Attacks...<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="line-height: 200%;">Hurt people, hurt others. We have all heard of this saying. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 200%;">"Anger is simply a manifestation of hurt, fear, or frustration." - Dr. Phil</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">A
couple days after the Paris attacks by ISIS, I wonder how humanity
can create heaven on earth. To answer this question, I turn to
Bashar, an individual whom I consider to be a life teacher. I am
curious to know his wisdom on evil, darkness, and negative energies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">When
we hurt others, we are attempting to reconnect with others in the
only way we know how to - at the moment. If we felt connected with
others, we would naturally want to love them back. We would not want
to hurt or kill others. Even if what you believed on core issues are
different from another, i.e., religion, you will still respect them
and you will care for them. So in essence, when we are hurting, we
are trying to reconnect with others with a really poor tool - anger,
lashing out. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">There
is wisdom in this quote:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world. then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation"</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Lao Tzu</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">If
we can love and respect ourselves, we can love and respect
others. When we show unconditional love and respect to others, we
teach and enforce unconditional love in them, and in turn, they will
do the same for those they encounter. When we love ourselves, we will
not feel the need to control, or dominate others. Those who try and
gain power, who try to control or dominate others, are ironically
saying to others, I have NO POWER, so I need to force myself upon you
or the situation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Well
how do we love others in the first place? Can we really choose who we
connect with? We act accordingly not to what we know is true, but
what we feel to be true. Our feelings are directly linked to our
beliefs and viewpoints. How can we shift our beliefs? By having new
experiences that overtake that old belief. When enough people are
convinced of a belief, we reach a critical mass. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">"Nothing
is more powerful than an idea whose time has finally come." -
Victor Hugo</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">We
don't think about it every time we communicate directly or indirectly
with someone else, but we influence them, and they influence us. That
affects their beliefs on some level. This is why Lao Tzu's wisdom is
truth. When we radiate unconditional love, naturally, without trying
to be consciously aware of it every interaction, we will naturally
affect those we pass by in a powerful and positive way. And when that
individual experiences enough of that, their old beliefs stooped in
negativity will be replaced. And when they radiate with compassion
and caring, we will reach heaven on earth. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Despite
the negativity of the some of the things around the world, I have an
intuitive sense that humanity's collective energy is more positive
than negative as of now, and will grow in the times to come. I can't
prove it, but...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">call
me psychic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”</span></h1>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19968.John_Lennon" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">John Lennon</a></span></span></div>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-26902376542850579052015-10-22T02:19:00.001-07:002015-12-14T02:49:01.104-08:00Create the Future You Want By I once read from Erin Pavlina's blog that you can't have what you can't <a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2014/08/you-cant-have-what-you-cant-hold/" target="_blank">hold</a>. Prayer that focuses on wanting something we currently perceive as a lack, only emphasizes to the universe and our higher selves, that we lack what we want. According to Erin and other spiritual teachers such as Bashar, the quickest way to get from point A to point B, is to know that we are powerful beings in the sense that we select which parallel reality we exist in in every moment. Every moment! Every moment, we are shifting into reality after reality, and we choose every second of our lives, what reality we select into our consciousness. Once we select ourselves into another reality, we may not perceive it as shifting into a different reality because the differences are so minute and we do not notice. Bashar states that we can select which realtiy we want to be in! We can choose to shift into the reality that we want, or not! Both exist! We are shifting into realities every second countless times, and we CAN CHOOSE! You do not need to learn how to shift, as we shift ALL THE TIME, every second, according to Bashar. Those familiar with the work of Dolores Cannon understand this concept as well. The concept that we create a new reality/parallel reality every time we make a decision, no matter how small or insignificant of a decision we perceive it to be!<br />
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So to get from where we are now, to where we want to be, is not to focus on the idea that we do not have it. We focus on emotions, visualizations, and live in the imagination and day dream of what if FEELS like to already be there! When we do this, not only do we use the law of attraction, but we are guaranteed to get to point B the fastest and surest path possible! Bashar says to never make detailed plans for the future beyond a general plan or sketch, for our conscious minds are not capable to lead us efficiently, but when we feel that what we want is already here, ie through day dreams, visualizations, and feeling those desires, we are shifting into that reality at that moment! The concept of all of time existing simultaneously is not something new to not only metaphysical and spiritual teachers, but also to many scientists, including Einstein who is in fact the originator of the idea of time being an Illusion.<br />
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"<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #cccccc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.96px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17px;">BRIAN GREENE:</span><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12.96px; line-height: 17px;"> And this fusion of space and time would lead Einstein to perhaps the most mind-bending realization of all: the sharp difference we see between past, present and future may only be an illusion."</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-time" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/fabric-of-cosmos.html#fabric-time</a><br />
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If time is all existing right NOW, then it wouldn't be unreasonable to believe that we can tune into time in the "future", as it is not really in the future, but it is all happening in the present moment.<br />
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We can now see why so many self-improvement gurus and spiritual teachers, especially Bashar, teaches us to follow our passion - whatever we are inspired by to do moment to moment <-- <a href="http://www.projectglobalawakening.com/2013/12/11/let-inspiration-guide-you/" target="_blank">http://www.projectglobalawakening.com/2013/12/11/let-inspiration-guide-you/</a><br />
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Passion translates to motivation and desire, burning desire. You naturally day dream about what you love to do. You naturally visualize what you want to succeed at, thus "attracting what you want" and shifting into that reality at that moment. Most often times, it seems like our conscious minds get in the way of where we want to get to. Because we believe we have to figure out all the steps we need to take to get there, something the conscious mind does. But as Bashar states, when you let go of the need to know everything of how you will get there, you will focus on the emotions of what it is like to already hold what you want, and that will inspire you to take the step led from inspiration, that the universe in all it's perfect synchroncity and alignment is leading you to take, and you will get there, because the universe is showing the way...<br />
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<a href="http://www.erinpavlina.com/blog/2012/10/manifesting-that-which-you-desire/" target="_blank">Also check out this link from Erin Pavlina on "Manifesting That Which You Desire"</a><br />
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<span style="line-height: 200%;">"The very first
experience I had, in my first near-death experience, when I left the
automobile, was exactly the, -what I call almost a human desire to
reach those that I loved and who loved me and let them know that yes,
I had just left the body, but I was in such peace and grace and light
and love that they should have no anxiety about where I am. They can
have human sadness that i've left that form, and they should have no
sadness about where I am. That was the very first thing I wished I
could communicate to them."</span></div>
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"I now know, or
believe based on my own experience, that there is much that we cannot
see but we can feel. So when I hear things like the string theory and
others and quantum physics, all of it are examples of science
beginning to understand and to explain what until now has never been
able to be explained."</div>
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"And physics says we
have 7 levels in string theory and 1 more level in M-theory for a
total of 11 dimensions. Those 8 extra dimensions which we have not
discerned are the dark energy, the 96% of the universe that we cannot
yet even detect but we know mathematically that it's there from our
astronomy. We know that the dark energy and the dark matter exist and
make up 96% of the universe, which we don't yet see. There's a lot of
room for a lot of afterlife and a lot of different levels out there.
But the materialist scientists, who only want 3D, they won't look at
it. They won't even – “No, it's a bunch of baloney.” They don't
even look. They just say, “No good. Impossible. I'm not even going
to look at it.” Well how do they know it's impossible? They see 4%
of the universe, and the rest of it's impossible. That's ridiculous.
We have to remember that it's not in our 4%. We can't know it all
yet, but we're now at a point where we are making beachheads on a new
territory, those other dimensions... They still have their careers.
They're still worried about everyone else thinking they're crazy. So
they are careful about saying things, and I understand that, but more
of them should have a little more courage and say, 'I don't know
everything. I'm going to look instead of saying it's impossible.' They should look."</div>
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"Most scientists tend
to be pretty smart, and the smarter you are, the easier it is to fall
in love with a theory, and theories are explanations. They make us
feel comfortable in the world, so if you spend your entire adult life
learning about a certain description of the way that the world works,
you begin to be comfortable with that, and after a while, you begin
to see the world in those terms. I happen to have a lot of friends
who are theorists who can only see the world through their theory. So
it is that combined also with a certain social taboo about what
you're allowed to talk about in science and what you are not."</div>
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"I think when you are
a scientist working on the edge of the known, if you really require
certainty to feel comfortable, you're in the wrong business, because
most of the time, you begin to recognize, when you're studying over
the edge of what is know, nobody knows what's going on."</div>
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"My experience in the
light enabled me to feel a deeper sense of spirituality less defined
by any one religion or another. So all religions, in my opinion and
experience, have true spirituality at the core, and all religions, to
different degrees and in different ways, are guilty of a form of
righteousness that has the details of their description be perceived
of as the correct ones and the others the wrong ones. So the more we
come together as one and realize the common goals that we have and
listen to each others' spirituality and whatever we believe,
actually, we will start to learn that, at the core, we are all
feeling and believing mostly the same things, and the details that
are different aren't actually so important that they deserve killing
one another over them."</div>
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"There's a huge
change in human consciousness now compared to the past, and continues
to change. And now that we are beginning to talk more openly about
it, then we are better able to hear and understand and believe other
people's experiences and talk more ourselves about it. And that
change is happening very quickly."</div>
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"I tell my clients
that I can predict, but I cant make it happen. So when you come to me
for a reading I give you a snapshot of what I see as a possibility.
It's up to the client to create it. We project our own energy. Have
you ever had a day that just started out to be the absolute worst day
and mood and it just progressed throughout the entire day? That's
because your energy is progressing negativity... you state what you
want your day to be."</div>
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"There are only two
ways, fear and love, nothing else. The rest doesn't exist, and fear is
false. We use it, 'False Evidence Appearing Real.' That's what
fear is. It's not real."</div>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-82224734487030441092015-09-26T00:02:00.001-07:002016-02-17T01:48:41.051-08:00What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?<div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 35.2px; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">"What would I do if I knew I could not fail? The answer is several folds. One, I would live a life full of adventure. I would be climbing mountains, and challenging myself in nature through adventure sports and activities. But that can't be it. There is something even more to my life than just that. I really want to be a person who will be remembered for making positive, memorable differences in the lives of others. For one, I want to be a travel nurse. I want to travel nation-wide and internationally and see where that takes me. Then the idea of being a flight nurse has always intrigued me since the inception of that idea was implanted in my mind during my Junior year of nursing school. In addition, I want to learn all about spirituality, as I believe it is the essence of all life and matter in the universe. I want to learn and teach others about how science and spirituality are merging together. I want to learn about the powers that our ancient, indigenous world cultures have always said. I want to learn the different powerful healing techniques, abilities, and modalities to help better the lives of others. I want to teach others these healing modalities, and the different, powerful possibilities that can exist with embracing the true nature of spirituality. I want to be a role model for others of practicing compassion, unconditional love, and show others how great we can all be. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">I want to explore in my mind and the world out there. I want to explore possibilities that expand our understanding of who we are, who we can be, what we can do, and where we have come from. I want to understand the nature of reality. I want to be enlightened and know it all. I want to feel the awe and amazement that comes with realizing how amazing all of life and reality is. I want to be fascinated, amazed and awe-inspired. I want to explore, play, grow, transform, love, and be loved. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">That's what I really want to do with my life. I think that would be a life well-lived for me. However that description of the dream for me is huge. It's like asking oneself, if I want to climb Mount Everest within the next year, how would I do it? I guess the answer is to take the dream one step at a time."</span></span></div>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-92204614945301497282015-09-22T01:15:00.000-07:002015-09-22T01:22:49.258-07:00"What's The Most Important Thing In Your Life?" ResponseI've been thinking about the question of "what's most important thing to you in your life?". This question is percolating in my consciousness after watching a documentary on Navy Seals, and trying to understand to the best of my assumptions of why the job description of a special forces operator is so enticing to them while the job requires impossible to fathom effort, persistence, and desire to even achieve.<br />
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To answer the question, I think there is no one right answer. Often times we fall into the trap of wanting the perfect answer that would fit for all situations and for everyone. I do think it is highly important to understand our values and to listen to our emotions as an internal compass to guide us. For some people, at some areas of their life, they will value freedom, spontaneity, independence over stability and routine. And when you know what you value, in combination with knowing what you desire, your path regarding life, meaning, purpose, becomes pretty clear. When people want to know regarding the question of life purpose, I think we are again falling into the trap of wanting the perfect answer. We think, "No, there has to be one perfect mission as to why I am here on earth!" Well, for some, maybe. For others, there will be more than one, and ranging to multiple. For a person like me who is spiritual, and believes in life plans, karma, I believe that we all incarnate with intentions when coming here and we have free will to make decisions along the way, mixed with certain life events we agreed upon before incarnating to happen, occur, and manifest, no matter if we see it as good or bad from our limited perspective. Some people will have a clear mission/purpose that they will find themselves strongly influenced into, while others will have several. Some people are here to play, while others are here to work, and others are here to work and play. How can we know what we are each here to do? I think Heather Shea's Becoming Your Higher Self is a great step towards listening to our inner voice/ higher self to guide us properly. We have free will to make decisions and run the maze of life, trying to find our happiness, but why not be guided to the path that will make us find our bliss and happiness in the most direct and fastest way possible?<br />
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I think knowing our values, and listening to our internal compass are the two most important things towards finding a great path, one that we intended on being on, and that will bring us forms of happiness in our lives, regardless if that feeling of happiness comes from meaning, purpose, personal growth, relationships, contribution,..<br />
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It is important to keep in check certain types of desires, when I say, listen to our internal compasses (emotions). Emotions like ecstasy from sex, power, and desires that are more likely to result in some form of negative consequence if not controlled properly, do have there values in them. Often times these types of desires are great motivators short term, whereas, for example, wanting to be in good health, is something we all want, but does not help too much in terms of motivation in the short term perspective. So these desires that need to be properly controlled do have there time, place, worth, and value, but do need to be kept in check. Desires and human needs such as personal growth, contribution, and having strong relationships are desires and needs that are less likely to result in negative consequences and are more of what is called/labeled as "spiritual emotions", for good reason.<br />
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At the end of the day, it pays to know your values, and to listen to your emotions and know that they serve to guide you, whether you believe in a higher power, or not.<br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-90077753239500953302015-09-16T14:14:00.002-07:002015-09-16T16:33:44.108-07:00A Fire in My Heart<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 1;">
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haven't posted anything on here for a while, even though life has not
been without its challenges. Since around February or so of this
year, I've been slowly adjusting to the idea of going off on my own,
and having my own life. Between me and my brother I mean. I wish the
best for him, AND I need to start having my own life. A life where I
am not concerned about what he is doing. I need a life where I am so
enveloped in what I am doing and what is going on around me, that I
naturally focus on what's going on around me. I need that. I guess
this year, so far, for me has been about leaving behind the world of
schooling, and into the work force and real world. It has been
challenging, feeling like people are going their own ways. Partly
wishing the people around me would stay the same, and only I change,
for the better. But life doesn't work that way. It just doesn't.
Things are going on around me that I can't control. And I have to
leave them in God's hands. People moving away. Relationships
changing. Being on my own for lots of the time. Trying to get into a
hobby that isn't easy to learn: rock climbing, while knowing and
praying that my near future of what I have dreamed and day dreamed
about in some capacity or another, comes true. My dream of traveling
to far flung places around the world, to help people in a meaningful
way, and to leave my imprint on them, seems like a strong day dream
right now. In the right moments, when I day dream/dream about it,
right before I nod off into a slumber, if feels like I'm living it,
and it's close, but then after basking in the satisfaction it would
provide for my soul, I realize that it was just in my mind and in my
heart. Just burning in my heart, waiting to manifest into a reality. When I
day dream about it, it's a feeling that feels so right. It's a feeling
that not only nourishes my soul, but completes the essence of who I
am. In the midst of my dream, it feels so RIGHT. It feels so
invigorating. It feels so SATISFYING without the feeling of lack or
scarcity. It feeds my desires of adventure, travel, spontaneity,
purpose, meaning, ego, and demonstrates my character and values. It's
once in a lifetime. It's like nothing I could ever imagine. I'm still
waiting for it. Burning for it. And until that day...I can't wait.</span></span>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-65892889409774575762015-06-29T12:18:00.002-07:002015-06-29T12:21:21.399-07:00Lucky, I miss you. I'm sorry for hte times I was not with you. I'm alone. I'm teary eyed, imagining you are with me this moment. Please be with me in spirit Lucky. Please be with me GodThe Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-72882714993875799522015-05-25T13:06:00.000-07:002015-05-25T13:10:21.566-07:00What I Hope the Rest of My 20's and Early 30's Will be LikeIt hit me that I'm going to be 23 soon. In the drudgery of a life I'm not terribly enjoying right now, I'm dreaming of a life so different.<br />
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I want to travel to far flung, exotic places of the world filled with beauty for my own exploration and curiosity.<br />
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I want to travel to beautiful areas of the world to challenge myself and improve on a craft while immersing myself in the wonder around me.<br />
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I want to travel to places to learn about esoteric knowledge that most other people don't know about, but have been pondering about since the dawn of humanity.<br />
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I want to travel to places that need help, so I can make a positive difference in their lives.<br />
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That's why I want to travel, that's why I want adventure. Adventure for me cannot all be about myself. There has to be a greater goal that is for the good of our world. A trip here and there to enjoy and challenge myself, of course. But a journey is not a true adventure to me unless there is a greater good I'm striving for.<br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-76922153562400552342015-04-23T21:38:00.003-07:002015-04-23T21:38:40.465-07:00Science and the Anecdotal Evidence of a Prediction of Coming Disasters and Chaotic TimesThe emerging story from ancient sites around the world such as Gobekli Tepe; the Great Sphinx of Giza; Caral, Peru; and the Gulf of Khambhat, India, is that our progression as human civilizations was not linear from a primitive society directly to the civilization we have today. In fact all these ancient sites around the world have evidence suggesting that its inhabitants were highly advanced, more advanced than we are today in certain respects, but are all much older than the traditionally excepted timeline of the advent of human civilizations.<br />
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It is traditionally accepted that the oldest ancient civilization started about 5,500 years ago in Ancient Mesopotamia, now modern day Iraq, by the Sumerians. Using reliable and accurate methodologies, Gobekli Tepe is estimated to be between 11,000 - 13,000 years old. To put it into perspective, how old Ancient Sumer is to us is how old Gobekli Tepe is to Ancient Sumer!<br />
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When we look and study into the evidence of these much more archaic civilizations that existed, it's reasonable to believe that the traditional timeline that many historians and archaeologists accept, is quite incomplete.<br />
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What happened to many of these civilizations is unclear. Many civilizations seemed to just vanish suddenly with no trace of evidence pointing to one or more culprits for their disappearances. Others seemed to be purposefully covered up. Gobekli Tepe is a site of unique intrigue in addition because it appears that it was intentionally covered up around 8,000 B.C.E., or about 10,000 years ago. When it comes to anceint civilizations seemingly vanishing, the Maya, is one that comes to mind. And when it comes to the mystery of why civilizations come and go, the Mayan Calender may offer some significant clues.<br />
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The Mayan Calender tracks vast cycles of time and the celestial events that occur in them. And from the Maya to the America's, to the indigenous cultures of Ancient India, we learn that ancient civilizations looked to the stars, constellations, and the heavens for knowledge of what would occur. As Gregg Braden put it in his book, <i>Fractal Time, </i><br />
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<i>"The position of the earth within our galaxy creates powerful changes that signal the end of one world age and the beginning of the next. The knowledge of these cyclic changes is known as the doctrine of World Ages" (47).</i><br />
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Every 5,125 years, there are changes in Earth's position in space that create a celestial alignment which mark the end of one cycle/world age and the beginning of the next cycle/world age. This is also known as Galactic Alignment. <a href="http://www.ancient-world-mysteries.com/2012.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is a good website to try and understand it. Ancient cultures have termed this time period between alignments, world ages, due to the vast and significant changes that come with the heralding of a new world age. Changes in climate change, sea level, civilizations, and life have accompanied the past ushering of world ages that when world ages arrive, the existing world is said to end. To get an easy understanding of the world changes that occur with new world ages, we can recount the story of the four worlds of the past of the Hopi people in the North American Southwest. It describes the three previous worlds that existed before the fourth world we live in today. In all three worlds, the ushering of a new world age, about 5,000 years in between each, all ended in disasters and cataclysms. The first met its end with earthquakes and the sinking of continents. The second with the earth frozen over in ice, and in the third, with the earth and life being struck by a great deluge. Now it's just a story right? Perhaps it is just a story for those who prefer to think of it as a metaphor rather than history. Although it is described in nonscientific terms, the description of the cataclysmic events that ended each era is eerily similar to the geological records of the earth. To demonstrate, scientists know from data from the ocean sediments and polar ice cores that Earth has gone through a period of earthquakes and volcanic activity around 20,000 years ago. We know there was an ice age about 17,000-12,000 years ago, and we know that for the next 4,000 years approximately, there was a period of melting of glaciers and ice with tremendous rains, and this period is often associated with the time of the biblical flood.<br />
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And according to the Hopi, our world, the fourth world, ended in December of 2012, and with some controversy, 2017 (*3) , and that we will very soon/are already in the zone of the the fifth world. And as the same cycles of time and nature that brought upon the changes in all the past world ages, are now heralding the present world to and end, and the next in the process as we speak. What makes the Hopi's prophecy eerie is the accuracy of the story. The Hopi knew of the cycles before our modern culture can even understand them scientifically. Then the question is, is their understanding of past world ages and cycles of time have been precise, what of the prediction for the future as we enter the fifth world age?<br />
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Then this explains is somewhat scientific terms and anecdotal evidence, of Erin Pavlina's prediction my spirit guides wanted to impart to me back in September of 2014.<br />
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This here was what my spirit guides wanted to pass on to me via Erin:<br />
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"Hi Michael,<br />Okay here we go….<br />First, your guides are saying you're actually on a really good path to become what you want to become.<br />Nursing and especially travel nursing are going to be fantastic for you. Here's what they're showing me…<br />Take a job in whatever state or city you can find work, because you're not going to be there terribly long. Get some experience, get in the door, do the work for a while. You're going to see that you are excellent at it, and all the things you feared aren't going to happen. You're going to gain some confidence and you're going to feel solid.<br />While you've got the steady and stable job, start figuring out how you can segue into travel nursing. Research it, find companies, talk to other nurses who travel, etc. Start to see how you can jump into travel nursing. Your guides are showing me you potentially connected to a tv show or documentary crew and being one of the medical experts on the team that travels with the crew and provides emergency medical services, and that's why being an ER nurse is going to be critical.<br />They're also saying to keep yourself in really good shape physically. Don't let that slide. It's going to be a really big factor later.<br />they're also saying not to get too attached to anyone since for the next several years you're going to need to be mobile at a moment's notice.<br />So you're on the right path. This is all going to turn into something you can't even fathom right now.<br />Get a job as an ER nurse that is stable and steady<br />Then get into travel nursing, potentially with a film crew but however you can get it done, get it done<br />You're going to be really happy and you're going to get some amazing opportunities. Just hold those desires in your mind and keep day dreaming about them. Don't let your fears get teh best of you. You're going to do great."</blockquote>
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It is coming, and I will be ready, to make the difference of a lifetime. I cannot deny that there is definitely a shift in consciousness. A realization going on in the world, behind the scenes of what the mainstream media knows or reports about. It is the realization and shift in consciousness of who we really are, our spiritual nature, and the merging of science and the spirituality taught by ancient teachers, gurus including Jesus, the Buddha, and other enlightened individuals here to make the difference in the world.<br />
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Collectively, we are in the process of leaving the Age of Pisces, and entering the Age of Aquarius. The transition will not necessarily be a fast one defined by one event. It will likely be a process. There are no clear indicators between the end of one era and the beginning of the next.<br />
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Perhaps this website, summarizes it well.<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20.1599998474121px; word-spacing: 2px;">More and more people are awakening each day as the veil that cover us, which is a part of this planetary school, can no longer hold and are lifted as the light from heaven shine down on us and awaken us from our slumber, making us remember the spiritual aspect of ourselves, that we are in fact a part of God. We are supreme beings with unlimited power and that we originally live the life of universal truth, which is love and compassion...</span></blockquote>
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There are people who chuck this information aside, do not think out of the box, do not want to know about their spirituality and continue to be attached to materialism. They are those who are not ready to ascend. It is not seen as good or bad here, which normally will be the case in a dualism perspective, but that these souls simply require more experience in the physical world to mold and to learn before they are ready to ascend.<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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In the perspective of Christianity, the ascension process is akin to the Second Coming of Christ. Where the return of the Messiah is not a return of a single entity, but in which humanity at long last is given the opportunity to easily embrace and experience the Christ Consciousness just like Jesus experienced.</blockquote>
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Sources:<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.new-age-of-aquarius.com/age-of-aquarius.html" target="_blank">http://www.new-age-of-aquarius.com/age-of-aquarius.html</a><br />
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2. <a href="http://www.ancient-world-mysteries.com/2012.html" target="_blank">http://www.ancient-world-mysteries.com/2012.html</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://planet-earth-2017.com/the-hour/" target="_blank">http://planet-earth-2017.com/the-hour/</a><br />
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4. Chapter 2: The Doctrine of World Ages, of <i>Fractal Time</i> by Gregg Braden<br />
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5. Chapter 4: The Hidden History of Our Forgotten Past, of <i>Deep Truth</i> by Gregg Braden<br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-66133236685573218812015-04-23T15:17:00.002-07:002015-04-23T15:29:45.020-07:00My FocusThings to Focus My Time On:<br />
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- Self-Improvement:<br />
1. Reading, exploring, and writing on Spirituality related topics<br />
2. Practice Meditating once a day<br />
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- Playing & Having New Experiences:<br />
3. Plan to get into rock climbing and travel<br />
4. Play in Nature<br />
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1. Donate $200/month towards an organization for good cause<br />
2. Practice daily the Waterfall smile technique with people that you pass by<br />
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"It is not a specific action, achievement, or quality that makes one great, rather an undefinable energy, a radiance from within which brings peace, happiness, and well-being to the world."<br />
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- Brandon West at <a href="http://www.projectglobalawakening.com/2014/01/15/true-greatness/" target="_blank">http://www.projectglobalawakening.com/2014/01/15/true-greatness/</a><br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-50535433543558931562015-04-21T21:43:00.002-07:002015-04-21T21:43:28.696-07:00Exploration - What We Often Lose When We Grow UpI am of the belief that life feels boring when we are not exploring. When we are not exploring in our minds, exploring what we are naturally curious about as children and yearned to know about with no fear of ridicule, that is when life is dull. When that happens, we have fallen into a cycle of sameness, acceptance, and a dying of who we really are - souls here to learn, grow, create, and experience what speaks to our hearts. And from that cyclical trap, we numb the feeling of dullness with whatever gives us the most immediate feeling of pleasure and escape. Television, media, eating, having sex or masturbating routinely - we all know these conduits we use to ignore the feeling of emptiness inside. Days like this turn into weeks like this. Weeks like this turn into months like this, and before we know it, a year has gone by and our lives are unremarkable and dull still.<br />
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The solution is obvious but harder to do, when we are so used to our dull but comfortable routines. Explore what you are curious about. That means read. When you read something interesting on a page in a book, explore more on that topic, and once you have explored that topic for a bit, continue with the next page in the book. This way you can make connections with different materials, be engaged, and really learn and absorb, instead of passively sucking up information, trying to remember it for the sake of remembering it.<br />
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Explore with your mind, and explore all that speaks to your heart.<br />
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<br />The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-29026138400743516552015-03-04T21:13:00.001-08:002015-09-25T23:58:57.196-07:00Establishing Concrete, Attainable Goals for Myself<div style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">In <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201503/chasing-happiness-may-leave-you-unhappier-ever" target="_blank">ChasingHappiness May Leave You Unhappier than Ever</a> by Amy Morin at
PsychologyToday, I read an insightful piece of truth that I knew I
needed to implement. What it said is that while acts of kindness does
have some impact in terms of making people - the giver and receiver -
happier, what actually would make people happier is establishing
concrete, attainable goals aimed at helping other people. It's
counter-intuitive. We normally think that having a broad general goal
of helping others would make us happy, but having concrete,
attainable goals allows us to have realistic expectations of how we
would be able to impact other people. It decreases the
expectation-reality gap.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">What
would I do if I knew I could not fail? The answer is several folds.
One, I would live a life full of adventure. I would be climbing
mountains, and challenging myself in nature through adventure sports and
activities. But that can't be it. There is something even more to my
life than just that. I really want to be a person who will be
remembered for making positive, memorable differences in the lives of
others. For one, I want to be a travel nurse. I want to travel nation-wide and internationally and see where that takes me. Then the idea of being a flight nurse has always intrigued me since the inception of that idea was implanted in my mind during my Junior year of nursing school. In addition, I want to learn all about spirituality, as I believe it is
the essence of all life and matter in the universe. I want to learn
and teach others about how science and spirituality are merging
together. I want to learn about the powers that our ancient,
indigenous world cultures have always said. I want to learn the
different powerful healing techniques, abilities, and modalities to
help better the lives of others. I want to teach others these healing
modalities, and the different, powerful possibilities that can exist
with embracing the true nature of spirituality. I want to be a role
model for others of practicing compassion, unconditional love, and
show others how great we can all be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">That's
what I really want to do with my life. I think that would be a life
well-lived for me. However that description of the dream for me is
huge. It's like asking oneself, if I want to climb Mount Everest
within the next year, how would I do it? I guess the answer is to
take the dream one step at a time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">I
know in my heart that focusing on one goal at a time is most
realistic and practical. But I want to do all of this right now. I'm
trying to go skiing every week. I want to get into rock climbing but
don't know how. I've taken a couple steps to get clients for QHHT but
so far nothing yet. On days off from work, I still often times feel
like I'm not using my time very well. Sometimes I doubt how bad I
want it because if I want it so bad, why aren't I making things
happen? Sometimes I feel like I'm all talk, and no walk. It's a
struggle. I'm afraid of putting myself out there and letting other
people know what I'm trying to do, that I believe in QHHT and its
potentials. Would I even be able to defend myself adequately if other
people questioned me on my beliefs? At some point I have to try even
harder to make things happen instead of just hoping that the universe
will give me opportunities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">I
need to establish clear, measurable, and attainable goals for myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">Goal
for Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">To
conduct my first session of Quantum Healing Hypnosis here in Casper,
Wy within one month from today (Deadline: April 4th, 2015)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">To do
this, I need to get used to talking about things I'm not currently
comfortable talking about. Spreading what I'm looking to do via word
of mouth is the best method. I believe I've already posted a flyer at
the community library, so people who happen to pass by have the
opportunity to read and contact me if intrigued. The next step is to
spread via word of mouth. I'm not used to doing this at all. I'm not
at all used to talking about my beliefs and asking questions to
people about that. I need to get used to talking about and asking
people things that I'm not comfortable talking about right now. This
self-improvement is probably the biggest thing I can do right now to
grow personally as well as find clients and volunteers for QHHT. Anytime I feel some tension or discomfort, I will need to learn to deal with it and talk about it, and not to let fear overcome and paralyze me. </span></span></div>
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I need to be able to talk about what QHHT is, why I believe in it,
the science of spirituality</span></span></div>
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I feel some tension or discomfort, I will need to learn to deal with
it and talk about it, not to let fear overcome me</span></span></div>
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people if interested in QHHT</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">-invite
people over to teach them about science and spirituality</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">-ask
people about interest in having QHHT session after bringing it up in
conversation</span></span></div>
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pass out QHHT cards to those interested</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">Links:</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201503/chasing-happiness-may-leave-you-unhappier-ever" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201503/chasing-happiness-may-leave-you-unhappier-ever</span></span></a></div>
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<a href="http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/aaker/documents/GettingMostOutGiving.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;">http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/aaker/documents/GettingMostOutGiving.pdf</span></span></a></div>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-10729380927926753602015-02-28T23:54:00.002-08:002015-02-28T23:54:51.014-08:00Kobe Bryant's Muse: My Reaction to An Inspiring Look Into The Man, The Legend, The Human<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;">I just finished
watching Kobe Bryant's new documentary. This man is such an
inspiration. His vulnerability on camera exposing his inner thoughts
and feelings through his journey in life almost made me tear up. I
love this man's tenacity, his hunger, his drive. And after watching
it lying in bed, I feel compelled to get my thoughts out. You know,
this is the second time my brother has not been here in my apartment.
Earlier I was feeling abandoned to be perfectly honest. I was feeling
like he had left me for this girl. I know it's probably common place
for people my age to be in relationships honestly but I am different.
There’s a part of me that yearns to be different from others. And
after watching Muse and getting insight on Kobe's life, I feel like I
can use these times alone in an efficient manner. My main concern is
using my time wisely, effectively, efficiently. I cant stand myself
wasting my time away, especially when I feel like I'm not having a
relationship myself. I feel like if I'm missing out on something
that's supposed to be what I'm doing in my early 20's, I need to make
this time I spend by myself, WORTH IT. It MUST PAY OFF. I literally
get a feeling of depression in me when I'm doing something that will
yield me absolutely nothing in return. This feeling is heightened
especially during the last two times my brother went to go stay at
this girl's house. About that, there's a part of me that is worried
that we may be heading down separate paths. I don't want that. I hope
that we share the same life path. But decisions you make everyday are
directly impacting your life tomorrow and in the future. I have taken
up this dream that Erin Pavlina has told me about. The dream of being
part of something that is so much bigger than myself. I burn for
that. Really. I burn for that just like Kobe burned for recognition
of being the greatest basketball player. He still is burning for
that. That's the thing I believe I do have in common with Kobe. I
believe I am special. I believe I am here on this Earth to do GREAT
things. But right now I feel lost at times, wondering what I should
be doing with my time, why opportunities are not coming my way. But
that's the beauty of watching these biographical documentaries. Kobe
was not getting opportunities early on in his career either, but that
certainly wasnt the end of him. I have to believe the same for me. I
yearn to be part of something so much greater than myself. I want to
burn, to sacrifice, to toil, sweat, bleed for something as well. Kobe
bleeds for basketball. What is my basketball? My basketball is the
prophecy Erin informed me about, the journey that I'm after. But I
want that feeling NOW. I fear this momentary motivation I'm spewing
here is just that, momentary.</span></div>
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I can see myself in
Kobe's place. Sitting in front of that camera, imparting the wisdom
and knowledge that I've come to gain. In time perhaps. I do feel like
I may have too many goals and targets if you will. Sigh. I want to be
special. I want to be recognized for something much greater than
myself. I want to inspire others with my perseverance and dedication.
I want a life that's WORTH the pain, the lonely hours, worth the
sleepless moments, the suffering. I want IT.</div>
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The Way I Am 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/11924876296254589828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8108307857574427992.post-80541027560409499652015-02-25T13:19:00.000-08:002015-02-25T13:24:20.333-08:00Is Life Supposed to be this Dull?I'm not doing enough with my life, even as I try to get my life going.<br />
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I watched the documentary, "Decoding Deepak" yesterday. There was a quote that struck me that I knew I had to write down the moment I heard it. It goes:<br />
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"The truth that, my dad may have been
able to mesmerize millions, but his teachings could not save some of
those closest to us. Eventually, there comes a point we have to ask
of, “How much of what we discover, what we teach, what we reflect
on and document through the years – How much of it makes a
difference?”</blockquote>
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