Ideally, this is the area that I will dedicate to write ideas and thoughts that come to me, and here is where I will draw upon thoughts to create articles or larger works.
GOAL IDEAS
Lockpicking
digitize my cd collection
consolidate my 401k account
create a film and post on youtube
make a collage
star gazing
hypnosis
ensure my goals are relevant
rip my entire CD collection
rhetoric
In martial arts, one of the key focuses is avoiding strength and focusing on physical alignment. That is where power originates. You are aligned at the most important levels.
Your foundation, your basement, is strong.
I need to strengthen my foundation and basement :)
The foundation, which is what the basement rests on, is the Spiritual. The basement is all the deep connections with people. This is where your emotional baggage is stored. (Both of these are not visible to people on the ground.) On the outside of the house is the "resume" stuff. The inside of the house is the romance, the 'domestication' aspects of life. The house has four sides: physical, mental, hmmmmmmm.. The roof is the financial aspect. It's what, in this day and age, protects us from storms.
The house only is strong when each part is aligned well with the other parts. The inside must match the outside.
I realize that this is upside down from the way most folks, including Maslow, saw things. They instead the physical realm (more accurately in Maslow's case, the needs derived therefrom) as the base. The next level was typically.
Do people that work hard do it because they see the reward more clearly than those who don't?
Our goal isn't to learn Taijutsu, but to improve the Taijutsu we inherently have.
alignment with the universe and its laws
PJ
I study a martial art that falls under the category of Budo, which is the world-view, or way, of the warrior.
The most serene battle is that with death
The lyrics of a song imposed on the melody and rhythm of any other.
Why do I train?: I've been thinking for a while now about the Big Question "why do I train?" and also the resultant questions, like "who is my friend? my enemy? As I say all the time, I only train in small part to "kick butt". For whatever reason, if I needed to defend myself, I'd probably start packing a gun or knife moreso that spend 100s of hours and $1000s per year. Anyway, given the general view that train in this art especially isn't the most time- and cost-effective way of defending oneself, I've also been thinking about who I am "fighting", if anyone. Who do I feel comfortable sharing training tips with, and who do I feel defensive around? Who do I put my self up against, mentally of course? Ideally, I'd assume that a dojo is a place where people can lay all their cards on the table. Their strengths, weaknesses, etc. both in the big picture (life) and in the little things (each technique).
What if goals like solving rubik’s cubes are dead ends?
Can one quantify one’s accomplishments and general value?
The concept of family above all is a crock. Families are the cause of most mental illness and suffering. Reserve your love and loyalty for people who support you, admire you, and are there for you when you need them. If they happen to be family members, great.
http://www.t-nation.com/article/atomic_dog/atomic_dog_47_things_ive_learned&cr=
Taking for granted
be grateful first!!!!
Happiness = Actual – Expectations
10 most influential books.
I wish to write about the collapse of the American right in general. The last 'conservatives' were the Old Right pundits, but even they would have been federalist progressives by traditional measures. Better still would be an article about how US conservatives have always been merely on the right side of liberalism. I'd rather use Bush as an example of a crypto-rightist and work backward from there. Defining the Right by showing non-Right.
What’s the Use in Utility?
“To seek utility everywhere is most unsuitable to lofty and free natures”, according to Aristotle.
Emerson: “Lust for utility would abolish the rose and exalt in triumph the cabbage.”
What if goals like solving Rubik’s cubes are dead ends?
Renaissance Man
Alberti
Be able to defend himself
Plays several musical instruments
Paint and other works of art
Interest knowledge and science
Skilled in debate in philosophy and ethics (rhetoric)
Author and Poet
Example
Aristotle
Da Vinci
Camus
Feynman
Franklin
Jefferson
Eco
Goethe
LATIN AND GREEK
I slowly take a sip of my iced tea and look out upon the setting sun, which is bright enough to turn my eyes into lanterns but dim enough to not cause them to squint.
It's sad, isn't it? when someone either speaks falsely or speaks words of hope rather than deed. But while one is immoral and wrong, the other is tragic. I have dreams, too, and sometimes get caught up in them. Remember, all men are one failed battle away from chasing windmills. To be more concrete, i hope you are differentiating lies from hopes that are impossible to fulfil.
"How you come across to others"......interesting. First house. "House of Self"
Finances, possessions and satisfaction...........second house.
Third house day to day mood "learning" defintely a Gemini house.
Fourth house. Nurturing and self-appreciation. Memories. Relationship and ability to mother.
Fifth house. Creativity in a child at play sense. Aliveness for the joy of it. Love. Gifts and flowers.
Sixth house. "Health" and day to day habits.
Seventh house has to do with our primary partner in our lives. Long term connecttion and day to day things and reflections.
Eighth house. Strong emotional attachments and connections. Scorpio and sexuality. Deep experience. How deep we can connect with someone.
Ninth house "learning in the big picture". Religion and finding meaning.
Tenth house. "Professional life" Sense of professional standing and status. Whether we feel fulfiled in that which we were called to do. Dharma.
Eleventh house. House of Air. Social issues. Society and where we fit in its context. A sense of greater meaning.
Twelvth house. Last house. What is our sense of connection to our source, to God, absent of all our ego?
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As I age, there are memories that I close off for my own mental health.
Song: "But I love her". Verses are stories of how mean she is, and the chorus is "But I love her"
we shouldn't simply assume that wounds heal.
A book about a man and his wife and his bad relationship. He thinks back about a woman who was wonderful. the story ends to learn that his wife was in fact her.