joined on 09/11/06
last updated 01/04/09
February 13, 2008
Tim is one of the most gentle souls I have ever met on this life's journey.
He is genuine, honest, sometimes opinionated (when he is passionate about something), and seeks always to heal and bring happiness to others...even before himself.
Creativity and adventure are a part of who Tim is also. Poetry comes from deep within this man and he is in his element in all things artistic! He also plays a pretty mean drum and may have a slight weakness for Pyrat XO Reserve Rum!
It is a true blessing from the universe that I have come to know this man as my friend.
January 16, 2008
HUMMINGBIRD, HORSE...ARTISTand just over all good person, i am very glad to have you for my friend.
November 20, 2007
you are sooo amazing and i am sooo happy we are friends! :)
Numerology (my profile)
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Your Personality is 15/6
You radiate understanding and compassion. People sense your warmth and fairness. For this reason, you attract many people who are in need of comfort, including the disadvantaged. People tend to come to you to unload the...
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AMORC Rosicrucian: Contribution to Peace
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Contribution to Peace
I contribute to Peace when I strive to express the best of myself in my contacts with others.
I contribute to Peace when I use my intelligence and my abilities to serve the Good.
I contribute to Peace when I feel com...
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as opposed to Dry Beaver Creek (hey, I like the wet variety...how '...
photo posted 08/23
sooo nice here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore_Canyon_Wilde...
photo posted 08/23
You could never tell from here what a paradise awaits below....!
photo posted 08/23
Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems.
Part Three: Love
XLV
I ’ve got an arrow here;
Loving the hand that sent it,
I the dart revere.
Fell, they will say, in “skirmish”!
Vanquished, my soul will know,
By but a simple arrow
Sped by an archer’s bow.
"Peace on earth will come
when the love of power
is replaced by
the power of love."
Sri Chinnoy
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Horace
"Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great."
Comte DeBussy-Rabutin
"He who trades liberty for security deserves neither and will lose both."
Thomas Jefferson
"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
Oscar Wilde
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead - anthropologist (1901-1978)
"I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world."
- Margaret Mead
"If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one."
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, Llana Of Gathol, [1948]
"So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS--OTHER PEOPLE!"
(spoken by character Garcin)
- Jean-Paul Sartre, "No Exit", [945]
"Hell"
Basically, there are only three words translated as "hell" in the entire Bible. The word "hell", as we in our time have mythologized it actually NEVER occurs in the entire Bible. It was inserted by the King James translators...and others with the vested interest of controlling the masses through spiritual and literal fear.
The words associated with "Hell"
New Testament (NT) link: www.biblegateway.com/keyword/
(substitute the word Gehenna in each instance that "hell" is used...)
Gehenna (greek)
In the OT, the word for hell is 'ge-hinnom' (hebrew) meaning "Valley of Hinnom." It was a place to the southwest of Jerusalem. This place was once "called 'Topheth' and derived from an Aramaic word meaning 'fireplace.' It was here that some pagan kings practiced human sacrifice by fire (2 Chron. 28:3; 33:6; Jer. 7:31; 32:25). This is probably why in the NT the word came to be associated with destruction by fire, as human sacrifices were once stacked like cordwood there and burned in fiery conflagration. Hence, the "burning forever" in torment concept was most likely formed in relation to this valley. The word 'Gehenna' is found in the NT 14 times and every instance is spoken of by Jesus. In the NT, "gehenna" is an actual physical location, the city dump!
The Jews believed this valley to be cursed, and it was turned into a refuse heap, the city dump. It was a jagged crevasse where refuse was hurriedly thrown, since the land there was not fit for any other purpose. Even in modern times, the organic waste in a dump...if left to rot, may eventually spontaneously combust. Such was the case with this valley outside of Jerusalem. I can imagine it to be the very vision of "hell", with the acrid smoke, and smell, perpetual burning and cursed history. I can imagine Jewish parents teasing their children, "If you do not behave, we will take you out to Gehenna and leave you there." Children may have had the task of helping to carry refuse, and knew the place and its horrors well.
This place was within the consciousness of every Jerusalem Jew, and if they needed a reminder, they simply needed to cast their gaze off to the southwest, and the smoky stench rising from it was clearly visible. It is how the desolate vision of hell came into the modern human consciousness. The rest is pure myth supplied by Dante, Milton, and other writers with apocalyptic views.
"Hell" is a word never in the Bible, and "Gehenna" was the word used - for the smelly dump outside the city gates!
Hades
This word only occurs in the NT, ten times, and corresponds to the OT word "sheol." Jesus uses the word four times: Matt. 11:23; 16:18; Luke 10:15; 16:23. The other six occur in Acts 2:27,31; Rev. 1:18; 6:8; 20:13,14.
It was probably the "subterranean abode of all the dead', in the style of purgatory. It was divided into two departments, paradise or Abraham's bosom for the good, and Gehenna or "hell" for the bad." In particular, in the account of Lazarus and the Rich man of (Luke 16:19-31), it is a place of the conscious dead in waiting.
Sheol
"The Hebrew word Sheol is probably derived from a root "to make hollow," and was seen as the common receptacle of the dead and in the great many places the word appears in the OT, it is referring to the grave. It is a place and is mentioned in Gen. 37:35; Num. 16:30,33; Psalm 16:10, etc. Sheol has many meanings in scripture: the grave, the underworld, the state of the dead. It was supposed to be below the surface of the earth (Ezek. 31:15,17; Psalm 86:13).
These two concepts (Hades/Sheol) are ancient and borrowed from the Greeks and stories and myths back into prehistoric times...to the very earliest memory. The concept of "Purgatory" also springs from them.
Hell is pure mythology, at least as we know it...and is wholly unsupported by the Bible. It is a case of rewriting Biblical statements to support a foregone conclusion. Not one of accepting what is actually written and why.
Tartarus
Tartarus is the lowest region of the world, as far below earth as earth is from heaven. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, a bronze anvil falling from heaven would take nine days and nights to reach earth, and an object would take the same amount of time to fall from earth into Tartarus. Tartarus is described as a dank, gloomy pit, surrounded by a wall of bronze, and beyond that a three-fold layer of night. Along with Chaos, Earth, and Eros, it is one of the first entities to exist in the universe.
While Hades is the main realm of the dead in Greek mythology, Tartarus also contains a number of characters. In early stories, it is primarily the prison for defeated gods; the Titans were condemned to Tartarus after losing their battle against the Olympian gods, and the hecatoncheires stood over them as guards at the bronze gates. When Zeus overcomes the monster Typhus, born from Tartarus and Gaia, he hurls it too into the same abyss.
However, in later myths Tartarus becomes a place of punishment for sinners. It resembles Hell and is the opposite of Elysium, the afterlife for the blessed. When the hero Aeneas visits the underworld, he looks into Tartarus and sees the torments inflicted on characters such as the Titans, Tityos, Otus and Ephialtes, and the Lapiths. Rhadymanthus (and, in some versions, his brother Minos) judges the dead and assigns punishment.
There may be minor Biblical associations with the word Tarturus....in the same vein as Hades/Sheol.
Interesting that all of these concepts are not Christian in any way...but much older ones. I doubt very seriously if Jesus Christ himself taught fear of any of them. The only word he ever used was Gehenna...which was NOT "hell". It was a psychological mindset separated from God's and represented by the Valley of Hinnom, a cursed valley turned into the city dump of Jerusalem! Nothing more! There is NO HELL waiting to burn anyone in torment for eternity! But, if you love suffering and torment and MUST have it in your philosophy and/or religion, knock yourself out!
I am thankful for the following lesson that I have learned.
If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
I come from a very large (six siblings) family with a repressive religious background. It is strange to me how the Bible has so many warnings against being unfair...and judgmental towards others.
Matthew 7:1-2
[ Judging Others ] "Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
Luke 6:37
[ Judging Others ] "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven."
Romans 2:1
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
And yet, in Western religion and culture, legalism breeds the harshest judgments...of the smallest infractions. As a result, our freedoms are curtailed, because in the karmic way described - our judgments betray us alone. We will find ourselves seen in the same way that we choose to see others. If we see the world as terrorists, we will be seen as terrorists. It works on every level...personal to planetary.
So, be careful how you see and judge others, because one day you may find yourself seen by others; judged in exactly the same way. For exactly the same reasons....
So, I studied the Bible out of self defense...in order to refute the judgments of my father and siblings and the churchgoing tyrants I endured as a child and adolescent. I see now that their judgments were not the fault of the Bible, or God, or Jesus Christ...but of themselves. Judgment is its own reward. Cause and effect is all about intent...and judgment. The power of thought.
The world is what you think it is. (As a person thinks, so they are)
The wisest course is to refrain from judgment...so as to refrain from being judged.
I don't know why
The sky is so blue
And I don't know why
I'm so in love with you
But if there were no music
Then I would not get through
I don't know why
I know these things, but I do
I don't know why
But somewhere dreams come true
And I don't know where
But there will be a place for you
And every time you look that way
I would lay down my life for you
I don't know why
I know these things, but I do
I don't know why
But some are going to make you cry
And I don't know how
But I will get you by, I will try
They're not trying to cause you pain
They're just afraid of loving you
I don't know why
I know these things, but I do
I don't know why
The trees grow so tall
And I don't know why
I don't know anything at all
But if there were no music
Then I would not get through
I don't know why
I know these things, but I do
I don't know why
I know these things, but I do
We Belong Together
by Gavin DeGraw
We belong together
like the open seas and shores
wedded by the planet force
we've all been spoken for
[VERSE 1:]
The hammer may strike, be dead on the ground.
a net to my hand, a cross on his crown.
we're done if, who we're undone,
finished if who we are incomplete.
as one we are everything,
we are everything we need.
[CHORUS:]
we belong together
like the open seas and shores
wedded by the planet force
we've all been spoken for
[VERSE 2:]
What good is a life, with no one to share,
the light of the moon, the honor of a swear.
we can try to live the way in which you speak,
taste the milk of your mother earth's love,
spread the word of conscience you see,
we are everything we need
[CHORUS]
We belong together
like the open seas and shores
wedded by the planet force
we've all been spoken for
All this indecision
all this independent strength
still
we've got our hearts on safe
we've got our hearts on safe
someday when you're lonely,
sometime after all this bliss,
somewhere lost in emptiness,
I hope you find this gift...
I hope you find this gift..
I hope you find this gift.
"Learning To Fly"
by Pink Floyd
from "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason"
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
[ Pink Floyd Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Winter in America
Gil Scott-Heron
From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims
And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains
Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds
Looking for the rain
Looking for the rain
Just like the cities staggered on the coastline
Living in a nation that just can't stand much more
Like the forest buried beneath the highway
Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow
And now it's winter
Winter in America
Yes and all of the healers have been killed
Or sent away, yeah
But the people know, the people know
It's winter
Winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
'Cause nobody knows what to say
Save your soul, Lord knows
From Winter in America
The Constitution
A noble piece of paper
With free society
Struggled but it died in vain
And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner
Hoping for some rain
Looks like it's hoping
Hoping for some rain
And I see the robins
Perched in barren treetops
Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor
But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams
Never had a chance to grow
Never had a chance to grow
And now it's winter
It's winter in America
And all of the healers have been killed
Or been betrayed
Yeah, but the people know, people know
It's winter, Lord knows
It's winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows what to save
Save your souls
From Winter in America
And now it's winter
Winter in America
And all of the healers done been killed or sent away
Yeah, and the people know, people know
It's winter
Winter in America
And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows what to save
And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows, nobody knows
And ain't nobody fighting
Cause nobody knows what to save
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about me
I think of all my heroes (JFK, RFK, MLK, Mahatma Ghandi, Mandela) and these are NOT people who place much value on "getting in touch with and learning to love" themselves. In fact, most heroes of history distinguished themselves through their "selfless" and humanitarian focus, NOT ever through the fact that "that guy really learned to love himself", you know? So I think self-love is kindergarten spiritually speaking. In fact, I think self-love may just be the disease instead of the cure. I know it is popular and taught in many disciplines these days, but for myself...I think it is an oxymoronic concept on the order of TOUGH LOVE. Preaching Self-Love and Tough-Love seem to me to be anti-productive. People are inherently selfish and lazy, and want short-cuts for everything. Being selfish about love is no problem for them, and putting in the work that love requires (especially Unconditional Love) is something people are loathe to do (they would rather be "tough" and DENY love to others). It gets all screwy and backwards.
Love is simple and straightforward, and it puts others first (not yourself FIRST)....it is caring about others as much as and/or sometimes even MORE than yourself. I see this as the only path to true unconditional love. Self-love is NOT unconditional, the condition is that "as soon as I figure out how to love me, then I will get around to you", eventually. In my experience, the "getting around to you" never or rarely happens. It simply remains SELF-LOVE at the expense of others. So, I simply DO NOT believe in the self-love concept per se. I think it is a form of denial of love and self-centeredness that is inherent in a human being from the day they are born, and needs no reinforcements. I see a selfless form of love as the true path to unconditional love. Not a self-centered philosophy or condition.
I agree with the idea of maintaining self-respect and dignity, and I think what I am saying here agrees with the philosophies of most of the great men of our planet who made a difference and had an impact on the sufferings of their fellow human beings....
This is the challenge: to know that love is an ideal that must NEVER be compromised, to KNOW love when you find it or it finds you (whichever, whenever)...and to express and act upon it no matter what it takes to do so. It is the ultimate act of courage and humanity, and that ultimate fulfillment of the human spirit and soul. There is no greater human expression than this...no greater calling spiritually, psychically, mentally, psychologically, even physically. Love cures and conquers all...and should be every human being's ultimate goal in this lifetime. I say this (said this) before I discovered there was someone I could share this kind of love with on a personal level...after failing at it for fifty plus years....
My favorite mountains: San Francisco Peaks in Flagstaff, Arizona
favorite flower: Amaryllis (bold red)
spirit animal: hummingbird (love them!)
zodiac sign: Aquarius (air sign) - near cusp w/Pisces...compatible with Gemini & Libra - but love water signs too...
I seem to have problems with evangelicals and fundamentalists of the religious realm (but I am working on that...)
Not compatible with - controlling or manipulative people, those who spy and violate personal privacies (for whatever reason), corporate mindsets, profit motive (false profits!), women who desire to change or mold me into their lives...
Compatible with - LOVE, almost anything psi or metaphysical, science fiction, movies, music, art, spirituality, search for knowledge/enlightenment, truth (as amorphous as it is...), honesty, integrity, open-mindedness, intelligent discourse, children, playing/laughing, (getting over myself), (others getting over themselves...), hypnosis, beauty, native culture/lore, my son, my daughters (more to come as I think of it)!
I am very spiritual and metaphysical, intuitive and artistic - I grew up in and around the Navajo (Dine') reservation and deserts, spent most of my life in the southwest, my high school years in the northwest (Oregon mostly). I have worked the trades when not working art, and I have a smattering of experience in almost all areas of construction on the residential level and even some commercial jobs. I know everything from plumbing and electrical to my least favorite of cement finishing. It does lend technique to all the facets of artwork, and that is why I value the experience.
American Artist's Union is my tribe and my brand new organization...and although it sounds like some sort of eagle crested bogus corporate entity, it is anything but - the long term goal is to go international and maybe drop the american moniker. I am interested in creating an organization that honors artists and artistic creativity in all it's forms and all over the world, but since I am here...I decided to start here. I have most of a 52 year lifetime of experience in the arts, it runs in my family. My Aunt (Alice Davis) was a watercolor and oil/acrylic artist and made her entire living from it for an entire lifetime. She illustrated for all sorts of publications and books including the Arizona Highways Magazine where she was a regular contributor with her desert landscapes. I have a brother who still paints at 62, and I have been painting or sculpting or something like it since at least fifth grade. My cousin builds large metallic outdoor civic sculpture. I grew up around creative minds. That is why I appreciate them, they inspired me and my life. That is why I want to inundate myself with art and artists and creative people, and why I have been brainstorming this idea for quite a few years now. It is a dream I felt was about to come to fruition. The time seems right.
With all that is going on at this time on this planet, I felt that creative minds are needed in an organized and unified way. I know that left brain functionality and right brain functionality are historically not very compatible. But I read a book once by Betty Edwards (Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain) that showed me you can fool the left brain into helping out the right brain creatively. I think that is exactly what the whole world needs right now...
Essentially, one of the tricks of the trade is that you have to turn the picture upside down so the brain will see it in unfamiliar shapes and be able to render it onto paper more accurately. Miraculously, it is an almost perfect artistic technique. The technical left brain becomes fully engaged in a creative right brain endeavor.
So, in my book, it is up to us to turn this (current) picture of the world upside down. We must render it accurately in our own creative fashion...until our right brain can recognize it again.
There are seven Huna principles we may go by:
1) Ike - The world is what you think it is.
2) Kala - There are no limits.
3) Makia - Energy flows where attention goes.
4) Manawa - Now is the moment of power.
5) Aloha - To love is to be happy with (someone or something).
6) Mana - All power comes from within.
7) Pono - Effectiveness is the measure of truth.
(these principles have become quite profound and very important to me...)
This is my Bible verse for all you fundies out there:
Galatians 2:21 (New King James Version)
21) I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”
Romans 8:37-39
"..in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God..."
Romans 7:1-6
Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man. *(heh, not even Christians live by this code currently!)
So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. But now, by dying to what once bound us, [we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.]
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain by Betty Edwards
(the best book on art technique ever written, in my opinion...)
www.amazon.com/New-Drawin...163-2418221
Although commonly taught, the Kimon Nicolaides method is clumsy by comparison...
see me at Phoenix Art Space: link - www.phoenixartspace.com/jtimothydotsonand at: www.myspace.com/jtimothydotson
My personal art tribe: J Timothy Dotson - fine arts
tribes.tribe.net/jtdfinearts
My art unions:
American Artist's Union
tribes.tribe.net/amartu
World Artist's Union
tribes.tribe.net/wau
I like to read and sign petitions I hope will make a change at:
www.care2.com/c2c/people/profile.htmlwww.care2.com/c2c/my/
If you like to write stuff (and want to get paid for it online), use this link:
www.thisisby.us/register.php
www.thisisby.us/user.php/jtimothydotson
Just joined:
www.writerscafe.org/writers/...hydotson/
My favorite tribe at tribe.net (PSYCHIC):
tribes.tribe.net/psi-line
This is my new Google group:
groups.google.com/group/psi-shamanictribes.tribe.net/psishamanic
Your Personality is 15/6
You radiate understanding and compassion. People sense your warmth and fairness. For this reason, you attract many people who are in need of comfort, including the disadvantaged. People tend to come to you to unload their burdens. You inspire confidence.
You have a fine sense of justice. You do everything in your power to keep the harmony and are even willing to sacrifice your personal desires for the good of others.
You can take this too far, however, sometimes playing the role of the martyr. You have to guard against being taken advantage of. You are not always a very good judge of character. You tend to see the best in others.
You also can become too involved in the lives of others, to your own detriment. (This aspect can be balanced by other numbers in your chart.)
You are hospitable and domestic. You love children and are a good parent. You are romantic, faithful and very protective.
You are artistic. You love music, flowers and gardening. You are a natural interior designer. You have an excellent sense of color and taste.
You are more concerned with the content of your personality than your appearance, which causes you to be less conscious of the style of your clothes. You are more interested in comfort and the utility of clothing than the statement it makes.
Six Personality Numbers are exceedingly generous. You are not particularly logical when it comes to finances.
You are very vulnerable to praise and criticism. You tend to worry a lot, causing stomach problems.
People see you as a maternal or paternal figure. They want to relax in your presence and unburden themselves. You are the safe port in the crowd.
You just got the sample... but there is MUCH MORE! Below are your Vowel and Base Vibration numbers, which are explained in the full-length Personality Profile Report.
* Your Life Path number is 11 -- Your Life Path number gives you a broad outline of the opportunities, challenges, and lessons you will encounter in this lifetime. It is the road you are traveling.
* Your Birthday number is 17 -- Your birth date indicates some special talent you possess -- a gift to you that will help you along your Life's Path.
* Your Expression number is 19/1 -- Your Expression, or Destiny, represents a lifelong target at which you are aiming -- your inner goal and the person you aim to be. You work at fulfilling this potential every day of your life.
* Your Heart's Desire number is 31/4 -- Your Heart's Desire is the inner you. It reveals the general intention behind many of your actions. Consequently, it dramatically influences the choices you make in life.
* Your Personality number is 15/6 -- Your Personality is like a narrow entrance hall to the great room that is your true nature. Your Personality number indicates how others perceive you.
* Your Maturity number is 3 -- Your Maturity number indicates an underlying wish or desire that gradually surfaces as you gain a greater awareness of who you are, what your true goals in life are, and what direction you want to set for your life.
* Your Balance number is 7 -- Your Balance number provides you with the guidance on how best to deal with difficult or threatening situations.
* Your Challenges numbers are 6, 7, 1, 1 -- Your Challenges numbers are interpreted as an educational process meant to bring out and enhance your talents, and turn your weaknesses into strengths.
* Your Pinnacles numbers are 1, 9, 1, 3 -- Your Pinnacles are 4 long-term cycles on your Life Path which reveal the general conditions and events you will experience. By knowing your approaching Pinnacle number you can better prepare yourself for the times ahead.
* And much more... including Hidden Passion, Minor Expression, Minor Heart's Desire, Life Path/Expression Bridge, Heart's Desire/Personality Bridge, Karmic Lesson, Planes of Expression, Rational Thought, Cornerstone, Subconscious Self and the three great Cycles of your life.
Tue, September 23, 2008 - 11:36 PM
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Contribution to Peace
I contribute to Peace when I strive to express the best of myself in my contacts with others.
I contribute to Peace when I use my intelligence and my abilities to serve the Good.
I contribute to Peace when I feel compassion toward all those who suffer.
I contribute to Peace when I look upon all men and women as my brothers and sisters, regardless of race, culture, or religion.
I contribute to Peace when I rejoice over the happiness of others and pray for their well-being.
I contribute to Peace when I listen with tolerance to opinions that differ from mine or even oppose them.
I contribute to Peace when I resort to dialogue rather than to force to settle any conflict.
I contribute to Peace when I respect Nature and preserve it for generations to come.
I contribute to Peace when I do not seek to impose my conception of God upon others.
I contribute to Peace when I make Peace the foundation of my ideals and philosophy.
(make your contribution...daily!)
Wed, August 27, 2008 - 9:22 PM
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Matthew Chapter 22 (New International Version)
Paying Taxes to Caesar
15Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
18But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19Show me the coin used for paying the tax." They brought him a denarius, 20and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
21"Caesar's," they replied.
Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."
22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
The Greatest Commandment
34Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[b] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[c] 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Mark Chapter 12 (New International Version)
Paying Taxes to Caesar
13Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14They came to him and said, "Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 15Should we pay or shouldn't we?"
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?" he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at it." 16They brought the coin, and he asked them, "Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
"Caesar's," they replied.
17Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."
And they were amazed at him.
The Greatest Commandment
28One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"
29"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'[f] 31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[g]There is no commandment greater than these."
32"Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
38As he taught, Jesus said, "Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces, 39and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely."
(There are differences in the two versions [Matthew & Mark], but the essence of it is there to see.....
Mon, July 28, 2008 - 8:37 AM
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Mirror
by Sylvia Plath
I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
What ever you see I swallow immediately.
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful---
The eye of a little god, four-cornered.
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.
It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long
I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over.
Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is.
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.
I see her back, and reflect it faithfully.
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands.
I am important to her. She comes and goes.
Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.
(I love this poem and Sylvia Plath...)
Sun, November 4, 2007 - 12:18 AM
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The Eagle
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crookèd hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
(love this short classic poem, such a powerful image
that gave me shivers the first time I read it!)
Sat, October 13, 2007 - 10:15 PM
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Thank goodness for open spaces, because the Horse needs plenty of room to roam! Energetic, good with money and very fond of travel, Horses are the nomads of the Chinese Zodiac, roaming from one place or project to the next. All of this Sign's incessant activity and searching may be to satisfy a deep-rooted desire to fit in. Paradoxically, Horses feel a simultaneous yearning for independence and freedom.
Horses crave love and intimacy, which is a double-edged sword since it often leads them to feel trapped. Love connections tend to come easily to Horses, since they exude the kind of raw sex appeal that is a magnet to others. This Sign tends to come on very strong in the beginning of the relationship, having an almost innate sense of romance and seduction. Horses are seducers in general; check out any A-list party and you're bound to find the Horse in attendance. This Sign possesses a sharp wit and a scintillating presence; it really knows how to work a crowd. Surprisingly, Horses tend to feel a bit inferior to their peers, a misconception that causes them to drift from group to group out of an irrational fear of being exposed as a fraud.
An impatient streak can lead Horses to be less than sensitive to others' needs. These colts would rather take a situation firmly in hand as opposed to waiting for others to weigh in or come to terms with it. The lone wolf inside the Horse can at times push others away, but this also makes this Sign stronger and is a key to its success. Horses are self-reliant and, though they might lose interest fast in a tedious, nine-to-five day job, are willing to do the work necessary to get ahead.
Horses tend not to look much at the big picture; instead they just follow their whims, which can result in a trail of prematurely ended relationships, jobs, projects and so on. This Sign really knows how to motivate others, though, and get a lot accomplished. Once they find some peace within themselves, they can curb their wandering tendencies and learn to appreciate what's in their own backyard.
The most compatible match for a Horse is the Dog or the Tiger.
Horse's Yearly Horoscope
Horse Overview
The Pig is not a particularly good year for the Horse, but there will still be opportunities. And, since it is a Fire year, there will be plenty of the excitement and adventure you crave. In a year of mixed results timing is all important. Pick your spots wisely.
Horse Rating
50% (5 favorable and 7 unfavorable months)
Horse Career
In general the best you can expect in a Pig year is to maintain your position with perhaps slight progress. Do your best and make sure the Pig doesn't lead you into so much frivolity you neglect the job.
Horse Relationships
You're likely to get swept up in the passion associated with Fire and Pig. Go with it! If you find someone who interests you, don't hesitate to make a move. It may or may not last, but if you connect, you can bet it will be a hot romance. As for existing relationships, turn up the heat. It just might get you to the next level.
Horse Health
As with last year, this could be your biggest area of concern. It's even more critical to make your annual checkup, as the Pig is less favorable for you than the Dog. If something develops that seems like a problem, get it checked out right away. Vulnerability to stress is always a factor in a Fire year.
Horse Wealth
Generally this should be the kind of year where you make money but also spend it about as fast as it comes in. You're not likely to strike it rich; however, you should have more than enough money to afford some luxury. The Pig may not be a friend, but that is no reason to ignore its call to pamper yourself a bit.
Wed, October 10, 2007 - 8:17 PM
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"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking."
"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field."
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
"A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem."
"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well."
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."
"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."
Albert Einstein
(pretty smart guy, all in all....)
Wed, October 3, 2007 - 5:05 PM
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"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS."
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"
"There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
Mahatma Gandhi
(This guy and MLK, JFK, and RFK are all among my heroes as well....)
Mon, October 1, 2007 - 11:19 PM
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WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE WAITED FOR
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be so brilliant,
so gorgeous, so talented, and so fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of the Universe.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that
other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are born to manifest in the glory of
the Universe that is within us.
It's not just in some of us,
it's in us all.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our very presence automatically liberates others..."
Nelson Mandela
(one of my heroes)
original text:
(from A Woman's Worth) In her unique voice, Marianne Williamson offers uncanny insight into the world of the modern woman.
"our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"
(with acknowledgement and thanks to Tafka!)
Tue, September 18, 2007 - 12:32 AM
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"The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.
Death is a natural part of life.
Rejoice for those who transform into the force.
Miss them do not, mourn them do not.
Attachment leads to jealousy.
The shadow of greed that is." - Master Yoda
"Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Master Yoda
(I just ripped this off from someone's site, but I had to! I love Yoda!)
Wed, September 5, 2007 - 10:58 PM
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