The visionary has strong power in forgetfulness. Not in the sense of being a scatterbrain. His memory is very well indeed. What is meant is he has the ability to forget a great deal that MUST be forgotten. The masses of minds are fixed on what is and what has been done. Fixed on great precedence rather than great progress. To surpass or even mention the possibility of what can be done brings great ridicule from limited minds living on the greatness of the past with very little thinking for expansion of future. They forget that what was accomplished yesterday is history. It is no more. The child that is born begins to grow and expand in all aspects of life the second of his/her birth. No one may stop it. No one may change it. And we should not dwell in the fact that the innocent baby we fell in love with yesterday is today a "troubling" teen for tomorrow that phase may be gone and greatness surpassing birth, troubles, happy times and all may be brought forth from that child. What was of that child before does not change, but no longer matters as well, great or faulty. So it is with advancements in all things.
The "book read" intellects of the World typically criticize and many times genuinely dislike many of the innovators of new worldly things. Old thinking minds successful as they may be in their late years, body declining, argue with other like minds on TV and in the "Upper" social circle of what is being done "now-a-days." It is not a matter of what worked "then" ... it's about making something new "now". So many are too busy living in the past OR in what someone else has done. Who has done it the best. Even though any of us who failed the schooling of history can undoubtedly know that nothing done years ago is as far advanced as what is done today. Be it the building of buildings, technology, or even something as the physical being of man. This is not to take away from the beauty or accomplishments of yesterday. As many of the accomplishments paved and inspired the way for today, and many of them can still be seen today in original form or advanced form, just as the child who has grown to such magnificent planes.
The ones who bring greatness are the ones who take the inspiration of yesterday and make it into themselves today. They may study and admire for a time ... then forget it with their thought on what will be and no longer on what was. This is a simple yet seemingly daunting task of mind that is a prerequisite for truly high forms of success.
To use the example I commonly use, who of us have watched Football on Sunday? I have heard it numerous times from numerous announcers, coaches and players. When speaking of the quarterback they say what?
"He HAS to have short term memory!" "He has to have, almost, amnesia." "He's gotta shake it off and forget what happened last play!" ... etc, etc. Why?
If he dwells in the interception he may miss the fact that he just figured out how the safety is playing on the opposing defense and in doing so not make proper adjustments to be successful on the next drive. He may be thinking so much about the interception instead of a winning drive that he repeats only what has already happened instead of what is new to happen. Or perhaps it was not an interception and he scored. His mind is locked in on what has been working all game instead of what is going to work better currently. He is content in his success with no desire to change what is now history. What is often the result in this case? An interception instead of another touchdown. Because it is often the one who seems to be failing or "lacking" that has most desire and focus on change for the better while the successful one is content in his success thinking it will always work just as it did at birth. That is why often the ones seemingly with "nothing to lose" become the most successful. The desire, the passion, the thought of being superior pours from every pore in their being. In either case, the success ALWAYS depends upon a power to "forget". To forget, be it the greatness of yesterday, or the failure of yesterday and replace it with a thought of growth, superior knowledge and execution or wisdom.
To do what no one has done and in many cases even had courage enough to say out loud, is to go against what masses of minds believe can be done. It takes courage unbound. But, rest assured if you are thinking of attempting such a matter ... there are more who are behind you than you may think. There are more who have forgotten yesterday than you may think. More who are just as tired as you of the things "old minds" are so content in. They may not speak it out loud ... Hell, they may even criticize you while secretly thinking of your idea and it's success because of a lack of courage in them to face the criticism of the current culture. Make no mistake, no thought may begin to be materialized until there is enough silent demand for such a thought. Or in other words, until many minds are not only thinking of such a thing, but truly believe such a thing may be true and exist/come forth. As all supply must have demand in the material world, it is no different in the mental.
Great men of yesterday were in past times considered to be crazy, irrational and other negative terms we like to use. They all faced criticism and doubt. They had mental and physical abuse sent their ways in droves often times and they summoned not only the strength to ward it off, but to overcome it. As well it's documented in many instances it payed a toll on mind and thus body. We refer to men not who simply copied or improved some one else's work. We refer to innovators. To visionaries. To men "ahead of their time". Who were concerned with what everyone else was doing about as much as nature is concerned with whether you or I think it should rain today or not. As much as the Sun is concerned with whether we think it should shine less than it is. Minds that were concerned very little with precedence even when that precedence was set by their very mind. They knew that it had nothing to with them or the man next to them. With what was "known" and "understood" thus comfortable to the masses. They knew the greatness that came yesterday from they or any others was but a stepping stone to greater success. At the peak of their accomplishments I can promise us all they were thinking about what was going to be done today to improve tomorrow with a forgetful mind of what they did yesterday.
The Innovating Bruce Lee once wrote:
"I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me."
Of the named Martial Art he is credited with innovating: "If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from "this" or from "that," then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it."
So we may forget who did it, what it was called, or what it was yesterday, as today it is something more, perhaps improved upon or replaced by someone different, called something else. What I write today may be worth nothing today, something tomorrow, and but an infant manuscript to myself and others in 20 more revolutions of the Earth around the Sun. So it is with everything, we forget the good to remember the better. We empty the cup of stale water so it may be filled with fresh. I suggest anything that does not bring joy in mind is not worth remembering at all.
My Kind Regards
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
The Instrument
The instrument, or tool, is defined as a means by which something is done, an agency. An implement used to facilitate work. So then examples are given...
We do not say the extravagant violin is the most beautiful, greatest, supreme violin that plays more beautiful music than any other on Earth above all else! Why? Because we know placed in the hands of someone who knows nothing of playing it will bring very little in the form of "music" to our ears. We know that in fact someone knowing very little may actually even harm the instrument, place it out of tune, possibly damage it if they are extremely crude in their knowledge and mishandle it treating it like a guitar or an instrument it is not. Aside from us all knowing this instinctively, we also will know the following. We know that a more refined "player" having more refined thinking and knowledge of the art which is the playing of this instrument, will bring about the most beautiful "music" the violin is capable of playing. And having opposite the crude knowledge of the one previously mentioned, will bring opposite results to the violin. Instead of playing it "out of tune" ... They may "fine tune it" to a degree far surpassing even the one who has made the violin. They may take a masterpiece of an instrument from birth, and raise it even a higher plane than it's creator.
As also we give further suggestion to understand fully what is offered for thought here. The fact that a "lesser" instrument, staying with the violin for familiarity's sake, is played by the refined mind or the crude mind, the results are fairly identical. The crude thinking, lacking understanding of the art, will play the violin of less refined quality in the same poor fashion as the refined violin with no discernible difference. As the refined thinking, having high understanding of the art, will make a violin made of lesser refinement sound like one made more refined than even the creator, or anyone else around, imagined it could ... Even if the one playing it is somewhat less comfortable with what he is playing, being more used to playing higher quality or "refined" instruments.
When writing I try to use clear examples I know to be true that show clearly what I suggest without being of myself. As when you refer to "I" the chord of the ego is struck and people tend to concentrate on "He thinks his "I" is better than MY "I" and the focus is not. That is for another suggestion ... With that said I give yet another example breaking a "general rule" I often keep and give personal experience, thus experiment, that is proven by myself over many years.
As I have held a profession of Chef/Cook for extended time now, I may offer this. That in early years, the first half of a decade if looking to put in a perspective of time, I used what I consider, inferior or less refined tools...namely, knives. Always being a perfectionist, and quite a "competitor" in those times I always strived to improve technique and my personal skills above those I watched. I studied technique and practiced quite often much of what I wished to acquire using the "less refined" tools I had readily at my disposal... To my dismay I struggled to execute much of it to the degree I wished or desired. At first upset with myself, but being a keen observer of all details, also noticed in many instances the "instruments" being used by those I "studied" did not match mine. So I studied the "instruments" and got suggestions and feedback of experience from those who I felt had balance of opinion and experience in the matter. In other words, people I felt had expertise in use as well as general function of the instrument. I acquired a couple knives considered more refined and resumed my techniques I wished to improve. Without doubt, techniques I found difficult to improve, let alone master, improved exponentially with more refined tools. The ease and speed, or time needed, to improve was considerably different. It is concluded that superior tools will improve results of even the simple minded, inferior skilled, of us ... though as my skill has progressed of my own accord so too has the capabilities of all tools I use, refined and not so much, alike. And noted the more refined my personal skill and general refinement of self, the more I am drawn to greater refined tools, their proper uses and avoidance of misuses, and maintenance with my own personal refinement (of my own hand or done by someone I trust) of said tools as they advance in "age" in my possession. I find passion in offering education and experience to those who may misuse or are clearly in ignorance of their tools no matter the refinement of them. And it is clear to see why the more "refined" of us cringe many times when we see an instrument built with great thought, detail, and passion in great refinement being used by the cruder of us in a manner not showing respect to the tool it was built with. It is not a personal matter, nor material matter, that may raise the hair on our arms, the temperature of our blood, the brow or expression of our face when we witness this. No, it is a subconscious feeling that the seasoned and unseasoned alike feel the connection of maker and user in disharmony. It's not so much the use of the material (knife), or misuse in this instance, it is the lack of harmony in thought between the one who has created the instrument and the one who possesses now the instrument. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we feel the grave mistake being made by the one wielding such an instrument not to, or worse, care to, have understanding of the value and gift of such an instrument placed in their possession. We feel a disconnect/misuse of a law, not made of man, but applying to all men.
The suggestion of mind comes as so. It is easy to see as I found, that using a more refined instrument may send to you knowledge, understanding, inspiration, passion and qualities held in the making of that instrument when you hold that instrument. Some may say this is unlikely. Again lets observe facts we've considered not only here, but in our own experience. The making of a superior instrument requires a superior knowledge and understanding of how that instrument should be used. Picking up a superior violin is not going to make you a master violinist, no more than picking up a knife made with decades of knowledge and hand forged precision is going to make you a master chef. BUT, if even the least skilled of us at either mentioned art picks up either the hand crafted knife or violin and say they do not feel in some way the passion and inspiration built into those instruments above the ones cheaply, or simply, made with inferior thought, understanding, passion, etc we can safely disregard it as untruth. And if we use the "superior" instrument the better, more substantial, and quicker the growth of the mind using it seems to come. Though it is ultimately the person (mind) that will determine the connection between it and the instrument and ultimately "MAKE" the instrument ... we find the instrument is made by mind, not the person (or mind) made of instrument. Be it that a higher mind needs a more refined instrument to fully express itself.
As stated from the start the instrument should never become the end or held above mind that wields it. It is simply a "means" as defined from beginning. It is the subordinate and not the master. As money will not buy "happiness" as many a rich man has died just the same or in worse condition as the poor man. The violin is not the supreme, it is simply an instrument for the supreme (mind) to express itself to high degree. The more refined the instrument being used, the more refined and of higher vibration and plane may the mind bring forward. As even those not consciously knowing of an art, can FEEL the difference of the violinist playing on a refined instrument as apposed to the unrefined instrument. As such without superior instrument, the superior mind, spirit, being may not express itself fully.
This is an understanding that is valuable to have because what happens if we can not build a refined instrument for ourselves? If we lack respect for the refined instrument given to us? If it is our being's highest desire to express ourselves in the highest forms, but it is clear we require higher forms of instruments to fully do so, it is logical that our minds will seek to refine or build a superior instrument and if unable, or destroying such instrument in our possession, seek a new instrument all together. If our business is a that of a chef, violinist or any other profession it does not end when our instrument breaks, we have outgrown it, or need a more refined one to express increase in our skills and become more efficient... correct or not? So it is if our body becomes worn out and of no use to our thought, when it is laid to rest is it not true our thought carries on? Are words, thoughts in motion, of a thousand years plus still not in existence today regardless of the mouth of those words being no longer here? Is it not then clear our body is simply an instrument and not the supreme? A means and not an end? If it is the mind that controls and makes the instrument, what does that say about us? Intelligent implication holds limitless truth even if limiting minds are considering it. So all minds alike in every form of growth I place this for consideration.
Kindest Regards
We do not say the extravagant violin is the most beautiful, greatest, supreme violin that plays more beautiful music than any other on Earth above all else! Why? Because we know placed in the hands of someone who knows nothing of playing it will bring very little in the form of "music" to our ears. We know that in fact someone knowing very little may actually even harm the instrument, place it out of tune, possibly damage it if they are extremely crude in their knowledge and mishandle it treating it like a guitar or an instrument it is not. Aside from us all knowing this instinctively, we also will know the following. We know that a more refined "player" having more refined thinking and knowledge of the art which is the playing of this instrument, will bring about the most beautiful "music" the violin is capable of playing. And having opposite the crude knowledge of the one previously mentioned, will bring opposite results to the violin. Instead of playing it "out of tune" ... They may "fine tune it" to a degree far surpassing even the one who has made the violin. They may take a masterpiece of an instrument from birth, and raise it even a higher plane than it's creator.
As also we give further suggestion to understand fully what is offered for thought here. The fact that a "lesser" instrument, staying with the violin for familiarity's sake, is played by the refined mind or the crude mind, the results are fairly identical. The crude thinking, lacking understanding of the art, will play the violin of less refined quality in the same poor fashion as the refined violin with no discernible difference. As the refined thinking, having high understanding of the art, will make a violin made of lesser refinement sound like one made more refined than even the creator, or anyone else around, imagined it could ... Even if the one playing it is somewhat less comfortable with what he is playing, being more used to playing higher quality or "refined" instruments.
When writing I try to use clear examples I know to be true that show clearly what I suggest without being of myself. As when you refer to "I" the chord of the ego is struck and people tend to concentrate on "He thinks his "I" is better than MY "I" and the focus is not. That is for another suggestion ... With that said I give yet another example breaking a "general rule" I often keep and give personal experience, thus experiment, that is proven by myself over many years.
As I have held a profession of Chef/Cook for extended time now, I may offer this. That in early years, the first half of a decade if looking to put in a perspective of time, I used what I consider, inferior or less refined tools...namely, knives. Always being a perfectionist, and quite a "competitor" in those times I always strived to improve technique and my personal skills above those I watched. I studied technique and practiced quite often much of what I wished to acquire using the "less refined" tools I had readily at my disposal... To my dismay I struggled to execute much of it to the degree I wished or desired. At first upset with myself, but being a keen observer of all details, also noticed in many instances the "instruments" being used by those I "studied" did not match mine. So I studied the "instruments" and got suggestions and feedback of experience from those who I felt had balance of opinion and experience in the matter. In other words, people I felt had expertise in use as well as general function of the instrument. I acquired a couple knives considered more refined and resumed my techniques I wished to improve. Without doubt, techniques I found difficult to improve, let alone master, improved exponentially with more refined tools. The ease and speed, or time needed, to improve was considerably different. It is concluded that superior tools will improve results of even the simple minded, inferior skilled, of us ... though as my skill has progressed of my own accord so too has the capabilities of all tools I use, refined and not so much, alike. And noted the more refined my personal skill and general refinement of self, the more I am drawn to greater refined tools, their proper uses and avoidance of misuses, and maintenance with my own personal refinement (of my own hand or done by someone I trust) of said tools as they advance in "age" in my possession. I find passion in offering education and experience to those who may misuse or are clearly in ignorance of their tools no matter the refinement of them. And it is clear to see why the more "refined" of us cringe many times when we see an instrument built with great thought, detail, and passion in great refinement being used by the cruder of us in a manner not showing respect to the tool it was built with. It is not a personal matter, nor material matter, that may raise the hair on our arms, the temperature of our blood, the brow or expression of our face when we witness this. No, it is a subconscious feeling that the seasoned and unseasoned alike feel the connection of maker and user in disharmony. It's not so much the use of the material (knife), or misuse in this instance, it is the lack of harmony in thought between the one who has created the instrument and the one who possesses now the instrument. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we feel the grave mistake being made by the one wielding such an instrument not to, or worse, care to, have understanding of the value and gift of such an instrument placed in their possession. We feel a disconnect/misuse of a law, not made of man, but applying to all men.
The suggestion of mind comes as so. It is easy to see as I found, that using a more refined instrument may send to you knowledge, understanding, inspiration, passion and qualities held in the making of that instrument when you hold that instrument. Some may say this is unlikely. Again lets observe facts we've considered not only here, but in our own experience. The making of a superior instrument requires a superior knowledge and understanding of how that instrument should be used. Picking up a superior violin is not going to make you a master violinist, no more than picking up a knife made with decades of knowledge and hand forged precision is going to make you a master chef. BUT, if even the least skilled of us at either mentioned art picks up either the hand crafted knife or violin and say they do not feel in some way the passion and inspiration built into those instruments above the ones cheaply, or simply, made with inferior thought, understanding, passion, etc we can safely disregard it as untruth. And if we use the "superior" instrument the better, more substantial, and quicker the growth of the mind using it seems to come. Though it is ultimately the person (mind) that will determine the connection between it and the instrument and ultimately "MAKE" the instrument ... we find the instrument is made by mind, not the person (or mind) made of instrument. Be it that a higher mind needs a more refined instrument to fully express itself.
As stated from the start the instrument should never become the end or held above mind that wields it. It is simply a "means" as defined from beginning. It is the subordinate and not the master. As money will not buy "happiness" as many a rich man has died just the same or in worse condition as the poor man. The violin is not the supreme, it is simply an instrument for the supreme (mind) to express itself to high degree. The more refined the instrument being used, the more refined and of higher vibration and plane may the mind bring forward. As even those not consciously knowing of an art, can FEEL the difference of the violinist playing on a refined instrument as apposed to the unrefined instrument. As such without superior instrument, the superior mind, spirit, being may not express itself fully.
This is an understanding that is valuable to have because what happens if we can not build a refined instrument for ourselves? If we lack respect for the refined instrument given to us? If it is our being's highest desire to express ourselves in the highest forms, but it is clear we require higher forms of instruments to fully do so, it is logical that our minds will seek to refine or build a superior instrument and if unable, or destroying such instrument in our possession, seek a new instrument all together. If our business is a that of a chef, violinist or any other profession it does not end when our instrument breaks, we have outgrown it, or need a more refined one to express increase in our skills and become more efficient... correct or not? So it is if our body becomes worn out and of no use to our thought, when it is laid to rest is it not true our thought carries on? Are words, thoughts in motion, of a thousand years plus still not in existence today regardless of the mouth of those words being no longer here? Is it not then clear our body is simply an instrument and not the supreme? A means and not an end? If it is the mind that controls and makes the instrument, what does that say about us? Intelligent implication holds limitless truth even if limiting minds are considering it. So all minds alike in every form of growth I place this for consideration.
Kindest Regards
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
12-12-12
On the twelfth hour of the twelfth minute with twelve seconds passing on the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of two thousand a break occurred or rather an opening .......
Monday, December 10, 2012
From "Love thy self" essay from a dear friend and wise spirit
This is a share coming from my very close friend Prentice Mulford. Soul touching words written:
"The Infinite as we demand will give us wisdom and light to know what we owe to ourselves. People have been over-ridden with the idea of the "duties" they owed to parent, relative, or friend. The road to heaven has been marked out as one full of sacrifice and self-denial for the sake of others, and with little good or pleasure for self.
If Christ should be taken as an example in this respect, we find a very different course inferred. When charged with lack of attention for his mother he asks, "Who is my mother?" When the young man pleads as an excuse for not immediately following Christ, that filial duty demanded he should go and bury his father, the Messenger of a new and higher law said, "Let the dead bury their dead." In other words, "if father or mother or sister brother are steeped in a life-long course of trespass and sin---if their lives have been one continual violation of spiritual law, bringing the inevitable penalty of disease and pain---if they are hardened and fossilized in their false beliefs, and regard your opinions as visionary and impractical, you cannot without injury have fellowship with them." If you pretend for sake of peace to agree with them you, are living a lie, and when you act or live a lie you materialize it and put it into your body, where it is a breeder of pain and unrest. If others cannot see the law of life as clearly as you, and in their blindness go stumbling on and filling themselves with decay and disease, it is not in the line of the highest justice that you should be called on to nurse them every time they are sick, to absorb their sick and unhealthy thought, to give them your life and vitality (for this you do when you think much of anyone), and to be dragged down with them. You are not responsible for their blindness. Nor can you open their eyes and make them see what is proven to you to be truth. Only the Infinite can do that. You do those who are in this lower and material current of thought no real good in ministering to them physically or spiritually. You may, having the stronger mind, bolster them up for a time, and throwing your mind in theirs give them your strength, but you cannot do this always, and when your influence is removed, as some time it must be, they will fall back to their old condition. What then have you accomplished? You have taken so much of your force out of yourself that you owed to yourself, and have taught them to depend on you and not on what every one must learn to depend---the Supreme Power. Let the dead then who are still above ground bury their dead. Give them a thought and wish for their highest welfare whenever you do think of them and leave them in God's care.
But when you put the Higher Love into yourself---when you reserve your forces to raise yourself higher in the scale of being---when it is your aim and unceasing silent prayer to be raised out of the current of the lower and material thought of physical disease---when you aspire to have every sense and faculty refined and strengthened beyond the present lot of mortals---when you begin to realize through the proofs coming to you that these are possibilities, then you are a real benefit to everyone. You are then proving a law. You are showing that there is a road out of the ills which afflict humanity, and when others, seeing these things evidenced in your life, ask how you obtain them, you can reply:
"I have grown, and am ever growing into a higher and happier condition of mind and body through knowledge of a law, and that law is as much for you to live by as for me."
Kindest Regards
"The Infinite as we demand will give us wisdom and light to know what we owe to ourselves. People have been over-ridden with the idea of the "duties" they owed to parent, relative, or friend. The road to heaven has been marked out as one full of sacrifice and self-denial for the sake of others, and with little good or pleasure for self.
If Christ should be taken as an example in this respect, we find a very different course inferred. When charged with lack of attention for his mother he asks, "Who is my mother?" When the young man pleads as an excuse for not immediately following Christ, that filial duty demanded he should go and bury his father, the Messenger of a new and higher law said, "Let the dead bury their dead." In other words, "if father or mother or sister brother are steeped in a life-long course of trespass and sin---if their lives have been one continual violation of spiritual law, bringing the inevitable penalty of disease and pain---if they are hardened and fossilized in their false beliefs, and regard your opinions as visionary and impractical, you cannot without injury have fellowship with them." If you pretend for sake of peace to agree with them you, are living a lie, and when you act or live a lie you materialize it and put it into your body, where it is a breeder of pain and unrest. If others cannot see the law of life as clearly as you, and in their blindness go stumbling on and filling themselves with decay and disease, it is not in the line of the highest justice that you should be called on to nurse them every time they are sick, to absorb their sick and unhealthy thought, to give them your life and vitality (for this you do when you think much of anyone), and to be dragged down with them. You are not responsible for their blindness. Nor can you open their eyes and make them see what is proven to you to be truth. Only the Infinite can do that. You do those who are in this lower and material current of thought no real good in ministering to them physically or spiritually. You may, having the stronger mind, bolster them up for a time, and throwing your mind in theirs give them your strength, but you cannot do this always, and when your influence is removed, as some time it must be, they will fall back to their old condition. What then have you accomplished? You have taken so much of your force out of yourself that you owed to yourself, and have taught them to depend on you and not on what every one must learn to depend---the Supreme Power. Let the dead then who are still above ground bury their dead. Give them a thought and wish for their highest welfare whenever you do think of them and leave them in God's care.
But when you put the Higher Love into yourself---when you reserve your forces to raise yourself higher in the scale of being---when it is your aim and unceasing silent prayer to be raised out of the current of the lower and material thought of physical disease---when you aspire to have every sense and faculty refined and strengthened beyond the present lot of mortals---when you begin to realize through the proofs coming to you that these are possibilities, then you are a real benefit to everyone. You are then proving a law. You are showing that there is a road out of the ills which afflict humanity, and when others, seeing these things evidenced in your life, ask how you obtain them, you can reply:
"I have grown, and am ever growing into a higher and happier condition of mind and body through knowledge of a law, and that law is as much for you to live by as for me."
Kindest Regards
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