A journey begins with the first step, the first word, the first Astronomical Unit navigated. Be conscious along your exodus. Fear None, Love All.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Happy New Year, Happy New You!
Stay focused, stay positive, and pray when you feel like you are alone and want to give up. You are not alone on your exodus. You have friends out there. You have family out there. You might not know them yet, but they are out there. Start your new year knowing this, we are never alone. God blessed us with each other and even though we have been displaced from each other over the centuries, we are connected. One day our paths will meet again and we will become re-acquainted.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
My Journey Continues
Another month into the year and Thanksgiving is almost here. American Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it centers around food and family. As commercialized as it is (and actually nationalized to promote economic resurrection,) I enjoy it because it still remains fairly free of cards, gifts, and decorations. I find it a day that reminds me that I am thankful daily. This might sound unusual, but it really makes sense to me as I journey onward in my Conscious Exodus.
It is almost bizarre to think that some people really only give thanks for what they have on this single day of the year. I cannot imagine a day that I have not, or cannot, say "thank you" to someone or pray a prayer of "thanksgiving" for something that helped me in my journey. I know there are those devastating events that happen to us from day to day, and I am not unaware of those terrible things that are happening to people all over the world as I type this. I do know that all of that is happening and that as it unfolds, those who are both unwillful and willful participants in it all have moments of every emotion imaginable. I myself have experienced some very dreadful things in my life and as they get put into perspective with everything going on in the world, I still see fit that I need to be thankful.
I hope all of you reading this find the time to journey into conscience and reflect on the moment to become aware of those things that make you want to say "thank you". I thank all of you for helping me in my Conscious Exodus. Knowing that everything doesn't always fit in the exact way you may want, but understanding it does fit in the grander scale and if you are in it for the right reasons, and can accept that sometimes it may arouse emotion, then your journey has begun. Be thankful it happened. Understand you are not always in control of what happens, but you do control a portion of it. Have no hidden agenda and work to develop those around you rather than destroy them. If your intentions are just and without selfish intent be thankful.
It is almost bizarre to think that some people really only give thanks for what they have on this single day of the year. I cannot imagine a day that I have not, or cannot, say "thank you" to someone or pray a prayer of "thanksgiving" for something that helped me in my journey. I know there are those devastating events that happen to us from day to day, and I am not unaware of those terrible things that are happening to people all over the world as I type this. I do know that all of that is happening and that as it unfolds, those who are both unwillful and willful participants in it all have moments of every emotion imaginable. I myself have experienced some very dreadful things in my life and as they get put into perspective with everything going on in the world, I still see fit that I need to be thankful.
I hope all of you reading this find the time to journey into conscience and reflect on the moment to become aware of those things that make you want to say "thank you". I thank all of you for helping me in my Conscious Exodus. Knowing that everything doesn't always fit in the exact way you may want, but understanding it does fit in the grander scale and if you are in it for the right reasons, and can accept that sometimes it may arouse emotion, then your journey has begun. Be thankful it happened. Understand you are not always in control of what happens, but you do control a portion of it. Have no hidden agenda and work to develop those around you rather than destroy them. If your intentions are just and without selfish intent be thankful.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Chapter 9 - Your Conscious Exodus
A little from the last chapter in the book,
Weltanschauung: Habits, Principles, and Personal Choices Of
Moral Leadership For Leaders of Conscience in the 21st Century
Copyright 2010-11 By William J. Nelson, M.Ed.
"As a Leader of Conscience, I am certain that the forces of Darkness are sent upon us to prevent us from letting the Light into our world and reaching out to those that we lead. These dark influences are often disguised as things we love. Simple distractions that are often over-looked are abundant in the way these forces work upon us. They are most likely hidden in the voices of the ones we love and the material enjoyments we are attracted to. These distractions frequently divert us from right choices. Remember earlier in this book that the right choice for a person is sometimes not the rite way of doing things. I struggle with the idea that traditional methods are the only way to get things done. Especially if the traditional methods rely less on conscience and more on power plays that often are destructive rather than constructive. Right is not always rite and rite is not always right.
What is an exodus? Egypt and Moses. Jesus in the desert. Siddhartha Gautama fleeing from his princely life behind the castle walls and his journey into the woods. Battle Star Galactica’s rag-tag fugitive fleet of ships. Han Solo teaming up with a Wooki and the son of the Dark Lord himself. African-Americans gaining freedom from slavery and earning their full civil rights. Nelson Mandela being imprisoned and becoming president. The fall of the Berlin Wall. The Chinese Miracle.
Let’s first look at something from an Indian narrative. The story of the Buddha Gautama under the Bodhi Tree is a fantastic example of overcoming distraction and accomplishing a greater awareness. One must read the entire Buddhacarita of Ashvagosa to understand the life of the Buddha Gautama. In the text, Siddhartha Gautama sits under the fig tree and fights temptation, distraction, and evil. His battle against Mara, the “Evil One” proves to be a common theme in many such stories of leaders who have to overcome similar evil, temptation and distraction. First, a group of beautiful and sensual young women try to seduce him away from meditation. When they do not succeed, storms of lightning, wind and rain are conjured up. When the storms don’t send him packing, Mara sends in his demonic armies with weapons of flaming rocks, but Siddattha fights them and defeats all the armies with his virtue."
Weltanschauung: Habits, Principles, and Personal Choices Of
Moral Leadership For Leaders of Conscience in the 21st Century
Copyright 2010-11 By William J. Nelson, M.Ed.
"As a Leader of Conscience, I am certain that the forces of Darkness are sent upon us to prevent us from letting the Light into our world and reaching out to those that we lead. These dark influences are often disguised as things we love. Simple distractions that are often over-looked are abundant in the way these forces work upon us. They are most likely hidden in the voices of the ones we love and the material enjoyments we are attracted to. These distractions frequently divert us from right choices. Remember earlier in this book that the right choice for a person is sometimes not the rite way of doing things. I struggle with the idea that traditional methods are the only way to get things done. Especially if the traditional methods rely less on conscience and more on power plays that often are destructive rather than constructive. Right is not always rite and rite is not always right.
What is an exodus? Egypt and Moses. Jesus in the desert. Siddhartha Gautama fleeing from his princely life behind the castle walls and his journey into the woods. Battle Star Galactica’s rag-tag fugitive fleet of ships. Han Solo teaming up with a Wooki and the son of the Dark Lord himself. African-Americans gaining freedom from slavery and earning their full civil rights. Nelson Mandela being imprisoned and becoming president. The fall of the Berlin Wall. The Chinese Miracle.
Let’s first look at something from an Indian narrative. The story of the Buddha Gautama under the Bodhi Tree is a fantastic example of overcoming distraction and accomplishing a greater awareness. One must read the entire Buddhacarita of Ashvagosa to understand the life of the Buddha Gautama. In the text, Siddhartha Gautama sits under the fig tree and fights temptation, distraction, and evil. His battle against Mara, the “Evil One” proves to be a common theme in many such stories of leaders who have to overcome similar evil, temptation and distraction. First, a group of beautiful and sensual young women try to seduce him away from meditation. When they do not succeed, storms of lightning, wind and rain are conjured up. When the storms don’t send him packing, Mara sends in his demonic armies with weapons of flaming rocks, but Siddattha fights them and defeats all the armies with his virtue."
Monday, October 3, 2011
Thinking and Doing
A quick note to get inspired. Thinking is a great thing to do and sometimes thinking is much better than doing. Doing is an essential component of change and effect. Think before you do, or do before you think. Either way just think! Be careful because thoughts are more powerful than you might realize. Think about it.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
New Post on LampLights
Read Revelation 6 and posted on LampLights. Hyperlink on over to the blog and check it out or comment.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Consciously Aware of the Moment
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Once again time has passed since my last post. The days are filled with hours and the hours are filled with minutes and those minutes are filled with seconds, but it's the moments that those seconds make that really matters.
I cannot even imagine a world without time restraints, but I would like to think one of those worlds does exist. The moments that we create in our daily lives are often limited by that concept we call "time." I hustle to get things done before the day ends and realize that it might not really even matter when we approach the issue from the perspective of "no-time." The concept of "no-time" needs to be explored more and the schedules we have put ourselves on as a human race should be rethought. Immortality and timelessness are difficult to understand, but I don't think we put enough effort into thinking about these concepts anymore. Instead we focus on being slaves to the 8-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. Many live as if they are in a raced to acquire as much as possible in the time they have on this planet no matter who they hurt in the process, (as if that really matters if we die and stop existing.) The 24-hour day is not really as it seems, it's fashioned out of convenience and the 24/7 schema is there for the benefit of those who control the system it exists in. It also changes as events happen.
I grow older each day, but my life really exists in that particular moment when I am consciously aware of my existence outside of the restraints of time. It is then that I am consciously aware of the moment when no-time is present. Is this moment of awareness a glimpse at immortality? The crazy idea that there are immortals that use us for their benefit as the worker bees in a world of their creation was once an idea that sparked an interest to seek out the sources of their immortality. Lists of people who claimed or sought after immortality do exist. Are they crazy? Finite existence of the human vessel is the view most human beings accept. I would like to believe some part of us is everlasting just as we are taught in many Christian (and other) faiths, but to understand this shouldn't we always be consciously aware of the moment?
Once again time has passed since my last post. The days are filled with hours and the hours are filled with minutes and those minutes are filled with seconds, but it's the moments that those seconds make that really matters.
I cannot even imagine a world without time restraints, but I would like to think one of those worlds does exist. The moments that we create in our daily lives are often limited by that concept we call "time." I hustle to get things done before the day ends and realize that it might not really even matter when we approach the issue from the perspective of "no-time." The concept of "no-time" needs to be explored more and the schedules we have put ourselves on as a human race should be rethought. Immortality and timelessness are difficult to understand, but I don't think we put enough effort into thinking about these concepts anymore. Instead we focus on being slaves to the 8-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. Many live as if they are in a raced to acquire as much as possible in the time they have on this planet no matter who they hurt in the process, (as if that really matters if we die and stop existing.) The 24-hour day is not really as it seems, it's fashioned out of convenience and the 24/7 schema is there for the benefit of those who control the system it exists in. It also changes as events happen.
I grow older each day, but my life really exists in that particular moment when I am consciously aware of my existence outside of the restraints of time. It is then that I am consciously aware of the moment when no-time is present. Is this moment of awareness a glimpse at immortality? The crazy idea that there are immortals that use us for their benefit as the worker bees in a world of their creation was once an idea that sparked an interest to seek out the sources of their immortality. Lists of people who claimed or sought after immortality do exist. Are they crazy? Finite existence of the human vessel is the view most human beings accept. I would like to believe some part of us is everlasting just as we are taught in many Christian (and other) faiths, but to understand this shouldn't we always be consciously aware of the moment?
Friday, July 1, 2011
Another Step Closer
A few more days have passed as I make my exodus into the future. Today is a normal day. Life is happening all around us. I cannot simply sit back and watch it happen. Together we can leave our marks and positive energy for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for our posterity to follow. Within them we will exist eternally. Without them we will infinitely exist externally. As Newton understood it, nothing is ever created nor destroyed, but rather it is changed from one form to another.
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