Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I agree Don, We have made the world what it is. Either by direct intervention or by indifference or by perceived weakness. Here in the west we have used the energy and eaten the food and we have wasted and have wanted not for many of the hardest of luxuries to come by for the other two thirds of the world. Clean water, dependable sewage, fast transportation, machines worth a thousand men, often but not always secure neighborhoods, Grocery stores packed to the ceilings (Costco) with items and food and more luxuries, medicine, drugs, a strong military. To many more to name. And now that there is even a question of whether or not it will continue we can begin to uderstand how precious these gifts are. And at the samne time it is we do not want to partake of a world that is harder and uglier than what we have become accustomed to. Kundalini is much like this when it comes upon a person who hasn't sought its changes. It becomes a repeated question. " When will this END!? and " What did I do to deserve this!? " As the kriya whips them into the Scorpion yoga posture with an orga & m with absolutely no choice or say about it. We continue through even the hardest of times. We continue for the love of God and of children and grandbabies and of the strangers who become fast friends in the most difficult of situations. We continue because our love drives us to. Our love of life and the changes and contributions we can be part of if we adopt a glass half full as opposed to half empty rational. Overly optimistic? Perhaps. Using a windstorm as an energy resource even if it blows your roof off gives you the light and power to build a new and stronger one. Life is often like this. Helping grandkids know how to navigate by starlight or discern an edible plant from a poisonous one or how to find or make clean water or how to defecate in the forest without leaving a sign to keep them from being successfully hunted by predators. These are good and valuable gifts to give. Different than buying them a gameboy and leaving them alone in a cyber sanctuary. But the learnig and the natural qualities of courage versus fear are also sanctuaries. Learning how to do things differently and outside of comfort zones can be a blessing as we amass strengths and truths we never knew we had. Sometimes a human needs to be stressed. Otherwise we wallow in our complacency and pass by opportunities that could and would enrich our lives and the lives of others yet we pass on that as it just isn't politically correct or we may have to get off of the couch (as I write this sitting on a couch! - lol) I suggest that we embrace the difficulties that will most certainly come to us in the future. Let us ride the wave instead of being crushed by it. What the future holds is often able to be modulated as Claudia suggested. Yet not always and not in the precise ways our ego minds would direct it to be. We are still here and the polishing of our souls continues. Let's do a really great job of polishing before we opt out. - my 2 cents - c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Sir, from one person sitting on the couch to another, I am perplexed. I don't think there is an emoticon for a standing ovation. But that is what you deserve. Inspired. The oddest picture, me standing, bowing at my laptop. Hugs Brother Don > I agree Don, > We have made the world what it is. Either by direct > intervention or by indifference or by perceived weakness. Here in > the west we have used the energy and eaten the food and we have > wasted and have wanted not for many of the hardest of luxuries to > come by for the other two thirds of the world. > > Clean water, dependable sewage, fast transportation, machines worth > a thousand men, often but not always secure neighborhoods, Grocery > stores packed to the ceilings (Costco) with items and food and more > luxuries, medicine, drugs, a strong military. To many more to name. > > And now that there is even a question of whether or not it will > continue we can begin to uderstand how precious these gifts are. And > at the samne time it is we do not want to partake of a world that is > harder and uglier than what we have become accustomed to. > > Kundalini is much like this when it comes upon a person who hasn't > sought its changes. It becomes a repeated question. " When will this > END!? and " What did I do to deserve this!? " As the kriya whips them > into the Scorpion yoga posture with an orga & m with absolutely no > choice or say about it. > > We continue through even the hardest of times. We continue for the > love of God and of children and grandbabies and of the strangers who > become fast friends in the most difficult of situations. We continue > because our love drives us to. Our love of life and the changes and > contributions we can be part of if we adopt a glass half full as > opposed to half empty rational. > > Overly optimistic? Perhaps. Using a windstorm as an energy resource > even if it blows your roof off gives you the light and power to > build a new and stronger one. Life is often like this. Helping > grandkids know how to navigate by starlight or discern an edible > plant from a poisonous one or how to find or make clean water or how > to defecate in the forest without leaving a sign to keep them from > being successfully hunted by predators. These are good and valuable > gifts to give. Different than buying them a gameboy and leaving them > alone in a cyber sanctuary. But the learnig and the natural > qualities of courage versus fear are also sanctuaries. Learning how > to do things differently and outside of comfort zones can be a > blessing as we amass strengths and truths we never knew we had. > > Sometimes a human needs to be stressed. > > Otherwise we wallow in our complacency and pass by opportunities > that could and would enrich our lives and the lives of others yet we > pass on that as it just isn't politically correct or we may have to > get off of the couch (as I write this sitting on a couch! - lol) > > I suggest that we embrace the difficulties that will most certainly > come to us in the future. Let us ride the wave instead of being > crushed by it. What the future holds is often able to be modulated > as Claudia suggested. Yet not always and not in the precise ways our > ego minds would direct it to be. We are still here and the polishing > of our souls continues. > > Let's do a really great job of polishing before we opt out. - my 2 > cents - c > > > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Thanks Chrism. Beautiful. Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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