John Kevin's Journal: HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!

I entrust my entire being to the gentle nurture of Spirit.
~Jonathan-Lockwood Huie

HI FAMILY!!!

Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.

– Mark Twain

La bondad es el lenguaje que los ciegos pueden ver, y los sordos pueden oír.

– Mark Twain
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Today, continuing our 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, we have for you MICKEY'S ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS.

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Heavenletters™, bringing Earth closer to Heaven.
HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken:
* Our connection to God *
* Our belief in ourselves *
* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *
* Peace on Earth *
God is always bringing us closer to Him.
Heavenletter #4721 The Terrain of Yourself , October 28, 2013

God said:
To what do you make yourself accountable? To the world? To yourself? To Me?

Why make yourself accountable? There is more to life, much more than making yourself accountable. You already count. You are here on Earth for a reason. You fulfill a purpose. There is nothing you have to prove. You already exist. You are. You are here for Me, and, yet, you are here for more rampantly than for Me.

You serve Me whether you know it or not. And, whatever you think, you serve the world, and you serve yourself. There is no accounting to be made. It is enough – you count. You count. You encompass. Your service is vast.

You are a keeper of destiny. You are a keeper of hearts. You are a keeper of My heart.

You are a commuter, beloved. You scale the heights. You hit the lows. You speak to life, and you are a maker of life.

You may feel like a combatant. Nevertheless, you are a compatriot. You are heart and soul. You are very much into life, even when you mean to keep a distance. There is no escaping life. You are here for life, and life is here for you, purposeful even when you know your purpose not.

You propose to life, and you suppose, and you dispose. You meet life daily, and you expose yourself. You expose yourself to yourself. You are the seeker, and you are the finder of that which you seek, and so you stir the soup of life. You make up a menu for life, and your menu is unique.

You cohabit the world. No one is truly in life for himself. You are a player. You are in the game. No matter your style, you play. You do make a play for life. You want to win it over. You want to play well. The fact is you do play your part very well.

And you are the winner of the game, and your win is learning. You learn considerably.

No day is wasted even when you waste it. No energy is wasted. Energy is used, but not wasted. You may think you throw life away, yet in no way do you throw life away. You can’t. Life is, and you live it. Whatever life may be like for you, you live it. No one else lives your life. Only you.

You win. Life gets down on its knees for you and yells, “Uncle.”

No matter how life may seem to treat you, you are the one who lives life as you do.

You may be duplicitous or rowdy. You may be whatever you appear, yet you are alive on Earth, and you are as you are. You wind yourself up every day, and you keep exploring the terrain of yourself. You are remarkable. Never in the existence of the world have you been less than the protagonist of your life as it plays itself out.

At the same time as you are in the game, you are the watcher of it. You see your life, and you see its playing out no matter how unbelievable it is. You dance with life, and you learn a few steps. It is as if you have sailed the High Seas, and you were surprised at the course life took, and yet you took your turn and you played your plays.

Your life is significant. You are a building block of life. You contribute. Everyone contributes to your life, and you contribute to everyone’s life. You manifest life. One way or another, you grab life and give it everything you have to give. You create your life while you watch it on the screen. You are the maker of your life, and you are the watcher. You turn the pages, and you turn the pages fast, and you finish your book, and it is perfect. Make no mistake. Your life is perfect as it plays out.

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Feel your relationship with divine spirit, the one who creates you.
~don Miguel Ruiz

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What is a Warrior?

I see through different eyes.

I see a bigger picture when others see only grey skies.

Though many can’t conceive it,

I stand... facing the wind.

My bravery not from fighting,

but from my strength within,

I am a Warrior.

I will walk the extra mile,

Not because I have to,

Because it’s worth my while.

I know that I am different,

When I’m standing on a crowded street.

I know the fullness of winning;

I’ve tasted the cup of defeat.

I am a Warrior.

They say I walk with ease.

Though trained for bodily harm,

My intentions are for peace.

The world may come and go,

But a different path I’ll choose.

A path I will not stray from,

No matter... Win or Lose.

If you've been in the Martial Arts for a while, you'll find many people who would like to believe in the idea that just because they practice the Martial Arts, they are some kind of Warriors.(I like to call them Wannabee Warriors).

But what exactly is a Warrior? I mean, throughout history, there have been many different types of warriors, all having different Codes of Honor that they live by (And in case you're wondering, yes, there is a Warrior Creed that I follow and try to live up to also...) . But if you really try to define what a warrior is, there seems to be no one answer to that question. In fact, there seems to be many answers, almost as many answers as people you ask.

So, what I did was provide some links to some different websites about different warriors and types of warriors throughout history. Hell, I even posted links to web sites about Dan Millman and Carlos Castaneda for you "Spiritually Aware" types. Perhaps if you look through them, you'll find a good definition of a warrior for yourself...

And for you Wannabee Warriors out there... Some of the links I put up are to Law Enforcement & Military websites. If you really want to be warriors, Check out those links and become a police officer, or go join the armed forces. They need you!!!

FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA: Silat is a collective word for indigenous martial arts of the Malay Archipelago and Malay Peninsula of Southeast Asia. Originally developed in what are now Indonesia, peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand and Singapore, it was also traditionally practiced in Brunei, the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. As a result, it is closely related to other Southeast Asian martial arts including krabi krabong and eskrima. Practitioners are called pesilat. The Chinese fusion of silat is known as kuntao.

There are hundreds of different styles but they tend to focus either on strikes, joint manipulation, bladed weapons, throws, animal-based techniques, or some combination thereof. Silat is one of the sports included in the Southeast Asian Games and other region-wide competitions. Training halls are overseen by separate national organizations in each of the main countries the art is practiced. These are Ikatan Pesilat Indonesia (IPSI) from Indonesia, Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Malaysia (PESAKA) from Malaysia, Persekutuan Silat Brunei Darussalam (PERSIB) from Brunei and Persekutuan Silat Singapura (PERSISI) from Singapore.

Below, I added some links to various websites and video clips so you can get a better understanding of what Silat is about.

One of the gravest disservices we have done to the people of our world is to have provided them with a poor education. We do not teach students to think.

If you do not learn to effectively process information (and it is a learned skill) then you will always be at the mercy of people promoting their favorite dogmas.

The problem is, that all kinds of people would like you to uncritically believe what they are telling you about the way the world is. Many of them pretend that such uncritical belief is "faith", which it is not.

If you do not have the tools to discover what a given person or group is really trying to sell you, then you are libel to be making some really wacky presuppositions about the world, which will in turn become the heuristics by which you operate.

About half of what we perceive as "intelligence" is the ability to process information effectively, so if you want to be "smarter" then all you have to do is improve in that area.

While this is pretty simple, it is not necessarily easy. In my experience, most people are conditioned to a way of thinking already comfortable to the individual. When a person tries to change the way they process information they run a good chance of evoking a "threat response" from within themselves.

The wonderful thing about the internet is that you have access to so much useful information. If you're reading this, then you are able to self-educate on any number of subjects to a remarkable degree, and do it almost for free.

And that's what this section is about. I added some links here so anybody with a brain can study and learn to use it.

Remember 2 things people:

"I NOT ONLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK AT ALL TIMES, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO."

"IF I DON'T THINK FOR MYSELF, THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT FOR ME".

There are over 10,000 different religions in the world, 150 of which have at least 1 millions followers. Which one is the truth? "Christianity!" someone says, but even Christianity alone has over 38,000 different denominations. So which interpretation is the TRUE one?

Religion is not the anchor-point of truth. The truth always existed. Religion is man-made, meaning that the truth existed prior to both man and religion. Religion may be an effective catalyst for some individuals who desire to invest their minds into ideological association for whatever reason, but it is not a necessary nor a sufficient condition for a relationship with God, and understanding of the Creator, or the inner workings of the self.

Spirituality is not a belief. It is a state of consciousness, a mental framework with which you approach the world. Spirituality is in fact what birthed religion through the attempted organization of experience and wisdom, which ended up being the hierarchical stratification of various belief systems that we call religion.

Don't let the commitments you have to a religious belief system in your mind take you away from your natural state of Being with all things. You were a human before you learned religion. God's light existed in you before you learned this through some spiritual guru. Does this mean don't read or believe what Jesus of Buddha had to say? Of course not. Just make sure you take the time and effort to experience the rose instead of just believing in the accounts of others. This is not an attack on any religion by any means, and religion has brought many people happiness and the experience of being close to one's creator, but don't let it cause segregation away from our inherent unity.

As for my religious beliefs, well...

I'm a CHRISTIAN, in the sense that I believe that personal redemption is feasible for everyone and that universal love makes that salvation possible.

I'm a MUSLIM, in the sense that I believe that there's only 1 GOD, ans that all are equal under this one GOD. And, althought I'm not jewish, I do have a respect for JUDAISM.

I'm a BUDDHIST, in the sense that the seeds of enlightenment are within all of us as an integral part of our DNA, and that we are capable of reaching the Absolute through our own efforts.

I'm a HINDU, in the sense that I believe that GOD takes many shapes and forms to reach out to mankind.

I'm a TAOIST, in the sense that I have a total belief in the reality of Yin & Yang Energies.

And I also have a total belief in the world of spirits, and what we can learn from them, so I guess that makes me an ANIMIST.

I never want to tell someone what to think, for ones spirituality is a private matter between that person and their creator.

My goal here is only to show all of you the history and traditions of the many, many ways the people of the world have reached out to god.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!

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