tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59412323816489338292024-02-20T07:24:47.693-08:00The True SelfReflections on the true self: not that which became, but that which was born. See: The Quest, 2009Frederickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235700300035254788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941232381648933829.post-52425571295344961072009-05-30T11:27:00.000-07:002009-06-06T13:49:39.019-07:00Burning-Off Karma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTfA2mTQDmITDuajR7t7G6q6BLOnLKxQnp2kNM8pNIE07WKbAqDa7y0n9rI1zPOG838wt-eSs1Aoc-edSIm25uthmpDSpylpDF_qR9QvulvemhMOIjfgtBIbJNRIxW2MeWViDqwsTpgk/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTfA2mTQDmITDuajR7t7G6q6BLOnLKxQnp2kNM8pNIE07WKbAqDa7y0n9rI1zPOG838wt-eSs1Aoc-edSIm25uthmpDSpylpDF_qR9QvulvemhMOIjfgtBIbJNRIxW2MeWViDqwsTpgk/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341688703055955474" /></a><p style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; "><br /></p> <p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Karma</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is the principle of cause and effect.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Bible says: ”…</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Gal. 6:7, kjv). Karma </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">can be either good or bad, hard or easy. The majority of which you have the ability to control. The way you think gives rise to the way you feel. The way you feel gives rise to the way you act. The way you act, verbally and physically, gives rise to outcom</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">e.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; "><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Burning -off Karma through Spiritual Growth</span></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></b></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is recovering from an over-reaction to a stubbed toe to grieving over a death in the family. An intense experience is assuage by stoic thinking. Stoics believe that isn't what happens, but your thoughts that cause emotional pain. Reinhold Niebuhr prayed: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Live Your Own Karma</span></span></b></span></span></span><span><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, not your family, friends, enemies, nor groups.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Major Areas for Spiritual Growth</span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">are deaths, abuses, personal and social relationships, quality of life, work and retirement; natural and man made catastrophes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><span style=""><span style="color:#333333;"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Read</span></span></b></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">:</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Quest</span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, post of May 22, 2009 | </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Dragon Tamer</span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, post to come | <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Tame </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><i><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Your Inner-Dragons</span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, post to come</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><br /></p> <p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> <span style="color:#000000;">
</span></p>Frederickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235700300035254788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5941232381648933829.post-53674729517499161642009-05-22T17:19:00.000-07:002009-06-06T16:14:28.680-07:00The Quest<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxFkAbh1g0zewRH8pOutri-Mky6l3KiWn_JwiK2ABHgVGyjS_v2v8Ma9xD6cpHkaD8xFzmBFynPpO0M1GLkV8t1FlcsAzY5e_3WHxhe_zLQ8Odyc5N_gva7Jkrb_HjA1FS0_XJdW1qc0/s1600-h/The+Quest+3+x+4+.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxFkAbh1g0zewRH8pOutri-Mky6l3KiWn_JwiK2ABHgVGyjS_v2v8Ma9xD6cpHkaD8xFzmBFynPpO0M1GLkV8t1FlcsAzY5e_3WHxhe_zLQ8Odyc5N_gva7Jkrb_HjA1FS0_XJdW1qc0/s320/The+Quest+3+x+4+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340547721772490930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Quest is your search for your true self. Not that which became, but that which was born. In a letter to his brother Theo, Vincent van Gogh called the true self the inner-child.</span></span></span></span></span></p> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></p><p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Contemplate the picture. Listen for whispers from your soul.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> <span style="color:#333333;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The setting sun warms your back and illuminates the compassionate moon. That lights your journey through your subconscious: the land of inner-dragons. You’ve realized that you cannot slay your inner-dragons, but only befriend and tamed them. You’re on the way to meet your inner-teacher holding the lamp of wisdom. That will illuminate your true self.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><span style="color:#333333;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Gladden you heart. Lift your spirits. Nourish your soul.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> <span><span><span style="color:#333333;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Forest</span></span></b></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, the subconscious, is like the forest of Macbeth's, Robin Hood's or somewhere in between depending on your karma or spiritual growth. Decide.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"> <span><span><span style="color:#333333;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Raven</span></span></b></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is</span></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the bird of Noah, Elijah, Poe, your inner-one and God's messenger. It is the keeper of the gate between your inner and outer worlds. The Raven gives sustenance, points the way. Eat. Heed.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style=""><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Inner-Dragons</span> </span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">• </span></span><span><span style=""><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Seven Deadly Sins</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">: anger, avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, sloth</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"> <span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">• </span></span></span><span><span style=""><span style="color:#000000;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Major Gloom-Dooms</span></span></i></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">:</span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-style: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">aggression, anxiety, arrogance, blame, bias, depression, fear, generalization, guilt, hysteria, impatience, inadequacy, irrational, panic, paranoia, rudeness, shame, and vengeance</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">• </span></span><span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Terrible Aitches</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">: hauteur and hubris</span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 13px; "><span><span style=" ;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Read</span></span></b></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style=" ;"><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Burning-off Karma </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style=" ;"><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">post of May 30, 2009 | </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style=" ;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The Dragon Tamer</span></span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style=" ;"><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, post to come | </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Tame Your Inner-Dragons</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, post to come</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: webdings;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.33pc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p> <p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0pc; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></p> <p></p> <p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pc; line-height: 100%"><br /></p> </div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Gill Sans; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p>Frederickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235700300035254788noreply@blogger.com2