Christmas is a time for giving. It’s a time for love, and a time to spread some Christmas loving cheer.
Read on to see how you can participate, have some fun and be in the run to win a prize value of ~US$50, along with some really beautiful stories shared.
All you have to do is to write something on compassion. It could be anything you want,for example your definition of compassion. Still, in the spirit of Christmas, extra points will be awarded if there is a personal touch – because we want to connect in compassion.
Some ideas could be what you have done or will do for someone. Or perhaps the best kindness anyone has ever shown you.
With thanks to The Now Watch, we’re able to give some christmas gifts to the best story and reaction. We’ve got a total of 6 watches to give away, so the top 6 stories will each be sent a watch, as our thanks for sharing.
This is one of the most important lessons one could ever learn, one that we are glad is slowly spreading across the planet. The vast majority of our unhappiness is caused by dwelling in the past, or trying to anticipate the future.
Most of our mental suffering is caused by thoughts such as:
The past: “I wish this never happened / they never did that.”
The future: “I hope that doesn’t happen.” “When I get this, then I will be at peace.”
This is absurd, because the only time is Now. When the future gets here, it will be Now.
The past only exists as memory. Being in the Now – that is the path towards the end of suffering.
This watch is a tool towards being in the Now – every time you check the time, you’ll realise that the present moment is all we have. And our painful mental habits begin to unravel.
This is a joint effort by the Three Monks – Wade of The Middle Way, Kenton of Zen-Inspired Self Development, and Albert of Urban Monk.Net. The watches are kindly provided by the coolest timepiece company ever – The Now Watch.
To participate –
1) Write a post as described above. You’re encouraged, although not required, to link to all three of the judges.
2) Contact any one of us, either by emailing, or leaving a comment in one of the judge’s posts.
3) You’re encouraged also to spread the word, tag your friends, and ask them to participate.
4) On 5 January 2008, the three judges will look at all the entries, pick the winners, and publish a list, so we can all share the links and traffic.
5) The results will be posted on 10 January 2008 on all three judge’s blogs. Winners will be contacted for mailing address details so we can send them to you!
Ben Lumley at The New Horizons Project.
Kris Vockler at Beyond Zen.
Corinne Edwards at Personal Growth with Corinne Edwards.
Isabella Mori at Change Therapy.
Paula Kawal at Journey Inward Coaching.
Liara Covert at Dream Builders.
David Bohl at Slow Down Fast.
Deb Estep at Deb_Inside.
Swami Nirmalananda Giri and ReddyK at the Atma Jyoti Blog.
Mary Jaksch at Goodlife Zen.
Takuin Minamoto at Daily Action and Natural Expression.
Robin at Reflections on Compassion, posted at Yogini Myspace Blog.
Karen Zara at Abaminds.
Jenny Mannion at Heal Pain Naturally.
Evan Hadkins at WellBeingAndHealth.Net.
Shawn Williamson at do you LIVE or simply EXIST.
Patricia Singleton at Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker.
Alex Blackwell at The Next 45 Years.
Akemi Gaines at Gratitude Magic.
Vitor Bosshard at The Fractal Forest.
CG Walters at Into The Mist.
John Torcello has also contributed an entry by email, I’ve included it in the comments below.
Brightdays at Brighter Days for you and me!
Karen at Loving Awareness.
Krista at Lucid Amphibology.
Karen Lynch at Live The Power.
Andrea Hess at Empowered Soul.
Waters at Waters: The Last Thing I Wanted To Give.
Eric Grey at Deepest Health.
Stephen Hopson at Adversity University.
Em Dy at Pulse: Intention to Treat.
Iain Hamp at Follow Your Passions.
Rahul at Raw Speak.
Stephen Miracle at AltNoise.Net.
Pearl at Interesting Observations.
Mark at My Tropical Escape.
Matthew at Loving Awareness.
Daylle Schwartz at Lessons from a Recovering Doormat.
Charities Link at Charities Link.
Mihaela Lica at Pamil Visions eWritings.
David at Virginia Breeze.
Jerry Summers at Nothing Like Now.
Wishbone at Wishbone.
Arvind Devalia at Make Things Happen.
Jacob Share at JobMob.
Samir Bharadwaj at Samir Bharadwaj dot com.
A heartfelt thank you to all of you.
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thanks for the invite. OF COURSE i will participate! what a beautiful (and easy) topic to write about.
Thanks Isabella! Look forward to reading it!
My submission is -
THE PAST - Holding on - Letting go
http://www.personal-growth-wit.....olding-on/
This was originally two posts but I have combined them here for your Group Writing Project.
Wonderful idea!
Why do you keep calling yourself a monk, when you clearly are not a monk.
Isn’t this fraudulent?
In all three blogs you mentions not one of those bloggers is a monk!
You use pictures of monks, and the word is in your domain.
You are clearly trying to garner readers by pretending to be something your NOT! Would you call yourself a Priest, Rabbi or Minister if you weren’t? So why do you think you can call yourself a monk and use images of Buddhist monks to promote yourself
I feel sad when I see blogs exploiting people for profit and fame. If you really cared for people why have google ads on your blogs. Dont tell me you do this to help people! You do it to make yourself feel better and you dont mind bending the truth to do so.
Change your domain name and STOP using images of Buddhist monks…your not even Buddhist according to one post I read.
You should be ashamed of yourself!!!
Wow, Albert! What a comment, huh?
And I thought I needed to lighten up, lose some judgement, get some perspective, see the truth! So Mike Wheel, I’m not sure what Albert has to say here, but thanks from me for such a powerful reminder. I hope I can feel much better about myself after hearing what you had to say…or something like that.
Barbara
Albert, I have had one commenter who was upset with me for calling myself a Christian because my definition of a Christian obviously doesn’t fit his definition. Then he called my articles nothing more than schezofrenic ravings. Albert, you know how I feel about your site and your writings. I am one of your biggest fans. Like someone told me, you must be doing something right to bring out this much anger in someone. Hopefully, Mike will look at how out of proportion his anger is. I wonder what you said that set him off. He obviously didn’t read any of your wonderful articles on love or compassion. His heart is apparently shut down.
When you pretend to be something your not, using it as advertising and a methods for garnering respect…what do you expect!
This guy is a fraud with an ability to write well - I will give him that, he is a good writer - I mean why call yourself a monk and use images of Buddhist monks? Why? He is not a monk, not even Buddhist and so he should use their likeness to promote his own ideas and thoughts.
I have no issue with him blogging about the things he does but, I have a problem with him using Buddhist images leverage credibility for what he rights about.
As always Albert, you and the Tres Monks inspire me, so much I had to write a story. http://www.beyondzen.org/2007/.....and-dying/
Thanks for the opportunity to share.
Kris
Hi Mike,
If you don’t like it don’t read it.
What is the old saying, what is in a name?
It’s also clearly stated on all of our about pages, who we are. Albert mentions where the monk comes from on his about funnily enough.
This is the holiday season, a time for peace, love, joy, compassion, and sharing. We are wanting to take part and share in this with you. To air this dirty laundry publically, when it is clearly a personal attack really makes me sad.
Thankfully you are reading the right websites by the looks of it. Hang around, keep reading, keep open to new ideas and I bet your comments will transform themselves.
Peace,
Wade
here is my post http://www.moritherapy.org/art.....ial-media/
and the monk thing? well, mike, i know albert has a good buddhist background, so i’m happy with it. i don’t really care whether he has a piece of paper or a robe that says that some authority thinks he’s a monk.
“if you really cared for people why have google ads on your blogs.” don’t see the connection between caring and ads. i personally would rather have albert make money by blogging than by, say, working for philip morris.
but it’s all good. we’re all where we’re at, and i, too, have strong opinions about certain things that can sound judgmental. and it’s good, mike, that you’re standing up for your convictions.
happy solstice all around!
I think we have an opportunity for compassion right here in the comments section! =)
It seems that Mike has some real concerns regarding attachment to a certain religion. Often, when we identify with a particular religion, we can feel genuine pain when someone uses elements we feel ‘belong’ to our particular religion. While it may be sad for many of us to think that people would consider the image of the Buddha, for instance, to be the ‘property’ of certain religious authorities, we must remember that those who hold to a religion often can feel protective of its elements.
In this case, various religions use various words to signify various titles within the religious structure. Many of these words are so broadly used (such as the word ‘monk’), that no particular religion lays claim to them any more. (I’m not a linguist, but I’m guessing that the word ‘monk’ is English, and was only recently applied to Buddhism. It probably originated in the Christian religions, and thus we could equally argue that Buddhists have no right to use it.)
Each of us must decide what relevance we choose to give to organized religion. It is certainly debatable whether Jesus or Buddha intended their teachings to develop into organized religions in the first place. Do we have the right to attempt to follow these great teachers on our own (and to learn from many different religions), or must we accept the teachings of a particular organized religion? Again, this is a personal decision we must all make for ourselves.
We all know that Albert is, in the ‘heart’ of the word’s meaning, a true monk, in that he is honestly applying himself toward discovering the meaning of life (and doing it in a ’solo’ — as opposed to via organized religion — sense, which corresponds with the original roots of the word. Luckily, he shares his journey with all of us). We also know that he has not pledged allegiance to a particular religion, and thus has not been given this title by a human ‘authority’.
While we may not respect or appreciate Mike’s presentation of his concerns, perhaps we can all use our compassion to understand that he feels something important to him is being attacked with Albert’s (and perhaps my, and Wade’s) presentation of ourselves as ‘monks’. This is a wonderful example of observing anger, and being able to feel compassion for those who are expressing it.
We all know that Mike is not saying anything about Albert. He is showing us his own momentary expression of frustration. Perhaps our place is not to criticize him, but to hear his pain (and the pain of all those who are experiencing suffering in this world). In hearing the pain of those who suffer, we may be able to turn their gaze toward the root of their suffering.
This comment section probably isn’t the place for such a conversation (I think of this section of a blog as more of a direct commentary on the post at hand), but Mike, since you included me in your writing, I’d be happy to dialog with you regarding your concerns. Feel free to email me via my site if you so desire.
Sweetwater,
Kenton
Hey Mike,
Just a couple of things I’d like to address: The Monk thing was just in a spirit of fun. I could easily have called myself Urban Seeker or even just Urban Guy. It wouldn’t have meant a thing, and I’ve put it in my about page and everywhere what I am - just a psych student who found spirituality perfect for his own path. I don’t hide anything, nor do I don’t any disrespect by it. Sorry if it came across that way.
And as Kenton said, Monk is not an exclusively Buddhist thing. I’ve always saw a monk as someone who was seeking inner peace, etc, and it has nothing to do with an organized religion. Anyone who earnestly seeks his or her peace is a monk in my eyes. Again, I meant no disrespect by it, and regret that it came across this way.
I use Buddhist images to credit the sources of much my posts. If it wasn’t inspired by a Buddhist teaching, then I don’t use a Buddhist pic. Religion wise, I drink from all clear streams, as a reader put it. So far Buddhism is my favourite, and so most of my stuff is from that. You’ll notice that recent posts have pictures of hearts and so on. That is simply because those posts were dealing with compassion.
Regarding the Adsense, there is no cost from you, you don’t have to pay a single cent. None of my readers do, this is a free site, in fact it is costing me money to run. I see no trouble with putting on some ads to cover the costs and also pay a few bills if I can. It is simply because of these ads that I can continue doing what I do, at zero cost to my readers.
And most of all, thanks to everyone of their support.
Some people believe that inspiring dialogue is itself a form of success. After all, debate within ourselves is part of the journey to our own truth. As people share all their feelings, they are actually finding their own way back to love. This quest is valuable, no matter which forms it may take.
I think your reflections are candid and thought-provoking on this website. The blog title isn’t my biggest incentive to revisit. Rather, your words remind us all that we are each the Guardian at our own gate to freedom. I come to understand that each test I create for myself, is a way I evolve to overcome the challenges I have constructed in my own perception. Its all good. Thanks for being part.
Thank you kindly for those words of support Liara, I appreciate it.
i love to participate in such projects. I regularly participated in Problogger writing projects.
Thanks
kaash, Ash & You
Hey Albert,
I am thrilled to participate in this project.
Here is my contribution…
http://deb_inside.typepad.com/.....-love.html
xo xo
Deb
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Albert, you replied well, and as a Buddhist (solid practice for over 7 years) I’m not offended one bit not do I feel I should be. It doesn’t take the power away and monks are human as well and I’ve seen many fall. It’s a concept, keep it up!
Kris
Albert,
Thanks for asking for us to contribute. I have added a blog post by Swami Nirmalananda entitiled Compassion in the Teachings of Jesus.
I hope you and your readers enjoy it.
ReddyK
To everyone, I really appreciate and thank you all for your support, kind words, and participation in the GWP. We’re thinking of changing our roles as judges, simply because we couldn’t possibly choose from all these beautiful entries!
It’s all a matter of semantics. Monk is just a label, your missing the big picture, can’t see the forest for the trees.
Worrying about semantics is 3rd density thinking and identifying with the self. The message is the true gift not the messenger.
Peace for the Holidays
Thank you for the support Charles.
Happy holidays to all. I hope you’re all having a good one. I’m looking forward to the next update!
Thanks so much Albert. It’s nice to know there’s a real person back there, responding when you e-mail him. This is by far one of my favorite sites. Spread the love guys!
Meliora,
Brian
Time to cut Mike off now. You have been generous and compassionate enough..
You have more than allowed him to have his say.
There is such a thing as hijacking your site.
“1001 monks” can’t be all wrong!
Carry on with carrying on. We love you.
Once again, thank you all for the support. It’s very encouraging.
My entry, What is Compassion?, will be up on the 31st as the last Question of the Week for 2007.
Hope you all have a great holiday season, whatever you decide to do.
Thanks for inviting me in to the GWP, Albert.
Takuin
Hi Albert,
I did a post on compassion. It’ll be up on my website tomorrow. Hope you like it.
Evan
Isabella Mori has tagged me to participate of your group writing project. Here is my entry:
http://abaminds.com/4-ways-to-.....compassion
I hope that some of my readers will take part in it too, because compassion is a good topic to write about.
Thank you again, everyone!
Albert, I just posted my article called Compassion, The Ultimate Act Of Love at http://patriciasingleton.blogs.....-love.html
Thanks for speading the love.
Thank you for including my post!
Akemi
Who cares about the watches, this has been fun to be a part of…. Why do you need to judge anything. Heck give the watches to a local Buddhist Sangha, maybe they have people in need. You can take me out of the running for a watch, I am just grateful to have found new blogs to read and some new ones to be a part of.
Gassho to all,
Kris
Ok, here’s something we channeled:
http://www.loving-awareness.or.....-channeled
As there are 2 writers on the site, I think there’ll be another post too! This one was Karen’s channeling.
Thank you again for your contributions everyone, and Kris, I appreciate your sentiments, that was an awesome comment
This is a submission by John Torcello. Thank you very much, John! Another beautiful contribution.
Can’t He See?…
Can’t he see how so many people are already providing for his benefit? Can’t he see, in spite of himself, how he accepts and benefits from their offerings everyday of his life?
How can he act so bitterly? What’s with this ‘look out for number one attitude’ he repeatedly and defensively professes? How is it he can distort the true nature of others’ compassionate acts to a proof, a tool, that has no value?….no seeming payoff for him?
Could it be that he mistakenly envisions the world from only this narrow perspective of his own best interest? Can he see the world and his place in it clearly at all? How is it he can fool himself into thinking this apparent narrow, arrogant perspective is the broad and open view?
Why does he feel the pain he feels?
Could it be the internal conflict he’s suffering;…through his denial…his missing the point…his constructed ego’s issues of self-interest and self-definition…is simply colliding with the interests of the general good; of which he is an unwilling member and participant too?
Why won’t he see?…that every seemingly negative experience he feels and obstacle he currently accepts as real only fills his life with more feelings of nervousness, anxiety, expectation, and fear?
Why can’t he recognize this pain and suffering he is feeling is really of his own creation?…in his mind…in the obstacles he creates for others?…for himself?…because of his persistent actions motivated toward his on-going egotistical manners and beliefs?
Why won’t he accept; just by changing his perspective in thought and action, from a focus on his ego to his truly unique existence in this time and place amongst the masses; that the supposed harm and suffering he claims to feel, experience and rebel against; would have no objective existence for him at all?
Why does he let this self-constructed and self-imposed ‘Frankenstein’, this monster, he has so carefully crafted and constructed, and he so falsely identifies with and clings to for ‘dear life’, remain as the shallow definition he mistakenly understands and clings to?
When will he finally conjure up the courage and faith to destroy this Frankenstein image of himself; recognizing it and letting it dissolve away within him?
Why can’t he see the far greater and superior truthful value that’s already there, always has been, inside his heart; which would naturally lead him to expressions and actions for the benefit of others from a perspective of the greater whole, the greater good?
Can’t he see that the resultant, actually non-existent, obstacles and negativities he presently envisions, feels and beats himself up with would hold no control or influence over him anymore?
If he were to try…to commit…to practice…this new way of thinking and acting…
Would the results of this true test…this discovery of the non-existence of his constructed obstacles and negativities…
demonstrate to him finally, at last, he has nothing left to fight against, nothing to fear and no one to attack?
Sadly…He is me…
He is you…
He is WE…He is all of us…
I am he as you are he
as you are me and
we are all together…I’m crying.
John Lennon
Why can’t we see?
Hi Albert,
After taking a bit of a break from the blogosphere, I finally jumped into your project! Here’s my article:
http://www.empoweredsoul.com/blog/?p=166
Thanks for the invitation again! Happy New Year and many thanks for the inspiration.
Blessings,
Andrea
Hi Albert,
My spouse and I are newbies to your blog. Already reaping more benefit than I can describe! Thank you for sharing your insights.
My entry, “The Last Thing I Wanted To Give” is posted at http://lawaters27.blogspot.com
We have 4 daughters, so the theme, naturally is parenting. Your invitation inspired me to finally publish!
Thanks,
Waters
Thank you Waters - that was a very inspiring and honest story, I loved it! And what a lesson that you learnt! Thank you again (for the compliments too!)
Thought I would send my article link another way just to make sure.
http://deepesthealth.com/2008/.....ompassion/
Eric
Thank you for such a fun opportunity Albert - here’s my submission to the project. I can’t wait to start reading through the other entries!
http://www.iainhamp.com/goals/.....g-passion/
My entry:
http://intentiontotreat.blogsp.....ssion.html
Thanks for the opportunity.
Urban Monk is a very good name. Reminds me of the chinese yin-yang symbol. A full circle.
Thanks for your writings, and this group writing project that the three of you have initiated.
I submitted my entry to Kenton.However, here is the link to my submission “A Sense of Equinity” http://rawspeak.blogspot.com/2.....e-now.html
Thanks & best regards
Hey,
I finally got my article finished. This was a hard one. Good topic
http://www.altnoise.net/life/b.....lifestyle/
Ok, as mentioned, both myself and Karen wrote something, because compassion is something very dear to our purpose.
My (Matthew)’s contribution is :
http://www.loving-awareness.or.....on-part-2/
which deals more with applied compassion on a touchy subject - child abuse. It builds on Karen’s.
Not sure if you can have two entries on the same site, but there are two writers. Just felt inspired.
Hi Al,
I run an interview series with top bloggers on my site and as a way of “paying” them back I have offered to write about a humanitarian cause that they would like to see get more exposure in my regular, weekly Humanitarian Friday post. This week, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, requested that I write about Global Poverty. So my entry into your writing project is entitled, “Compassion and Global Poverty Reduction.”
http://www.mytropicalescape.co.....reduction/
Kind regards,
Mark
Hi Albert,
Thanks for inviting me to participate. I just posted my article at http://www.lessonsfromarecover.....ssion.html
Happy New Year!
Hi Albert
Isabella had tagged me for this very nice project and even though late, I wanted to be part of such a compassionate group of individuals… very nice posts so far… thanks
here is my entry:
http://fresh-perspectives.net/.....ssion.html
hope you had a great New Years!
Albert,
Torcello’s entry was really moving. I had overlooked the entry until yesterday, when “John Torcello” showed up in my search terms.
Now, I am quite certain that the word “Torcello” is not to be found anywhere on my blog, so this was quite strange. Googling the term made me come full circle and end up on a familiar page: right here!
Everyone, thank you for participating! The deadline draws closer, in fact it is the 5th where I am, but I don’t know how many hours before the 5th finishes all over the world. I’ve been reading each entry as they come in, but now I’m really looking forward to reading them one by one and digesting them again.
Vitor, yes, John’s entry really is great, isn’t it? Great writer and great insights. (I’ve been using this word so much lately with regards to the GWP, I need a thesaurus. Heh.)
Here is my entry. Like Pearl, I was also tagged by Isabella. Hope this is not too late.
What Relates Swan Lake and Musical Fountains to Compassion?
Thanks for organising this event, and the best of luck to all.
If you “3 Monks” are looking for another to join the party on the next project, Beyond Zen would love to help out and be a part of it. We would even be down with hosting as you three have.
Again, very cool project, I’m very happy to have found some new thoughts to continue to read.
Namaste,
Kris
*Disclaimer…..they aren’t really monks and I’m not a nun, rather they are both monks and nuns as we all are, as we walk our paths.
Kris, it sounds very good to have you on board! We’ll get in touch when we start the next one, it will be awesome fun!
Looks like everyone is a bit shook up by the “real” / “fake” monk thing… I think we’ll explain it next time by using my friend as an example. He’s an aspiring rapper / hip hop artist who calls himself the “Lyrical Assassin”.
I posted my entry in the comments at the Middle Way on Jan.3rd, I’m not sure why it didn’t make the final entry list…?
Oops, sorry about that Jacob. I’ve rectified it, and Wade has told me he has contacted you about our major stuff-up. Sorry, once again! And thanks for your entry.
History of engraved artwork and mnonks influence
Was the engraving plate of the dollar an act of love and was it developed from the influence of a monk who carefully hid his influence?
The influence of some is to be hidden support for others it seems. To develop love, love needs much pillars of support not people trying to claim “I did it” people who willingly commune as one in love supporting talents and the sharing of talents…
I spoke about plates at City hall and my inspiration that they reflect acts of love… I look at the roots and speak what I feel. The art of engraving was it nurtured and developed in the care of Monks who carefully removed their reflections from the talents so the children could find the joy of a talent and the joy of sharing the talent.
There are questions of did one get paid for a work of art… My reply is that I give it to the Holy Spirit not to just people. Holy Spirit in one dimension is a set of standards and a living spirit of the Love of God in those who are sincere in their works and acts. Christian Monks have lifted up the works of Christ and done a lot of the work of cleaning up the balance when we choose forgiveness…
The word “don’t” flowed though my hands… hmmm, it is all inspiration with this one I have to choose each day… the wormy vibe melts away… man eggs… silly things in love. I try again in love… hoping to get the computer worm off of my compaq computer… not to be held in jepordy for the same thing twice…
The influence of the monk was only supposed to be a support system we were supposed to love with the support system… things you can do with virgin blood… things you can inspire others to do for real…
Try little puddle jumper try if you will… let your love soar.
trying to keep the truth in love in focus the cadacus seems nutralized but was it from a formula… might does not do that function… not a lot of instant ouchies… where did the moods go?
If some element is hold them back I require a small dose of the mood so I can figure the solutions… if the formula was applied and it no longer applies then I require understanding of the steps to the formula and how it was applied so I can stop searching for the solution in love and focus on other things
Love David Alexander Wright in love
Working on 2 007 time space rescue adventure video project. Main laptop had some issues. 2ndary one I got on credit… opps… 10,000 credit.
Well, sitting quietly paying credit card… emergency vibe (empath). So I go to check out what was going on at McLean. That is where the signs pointed to. Subtle drama in the background… couldn’t tell exactly what was happening. I keep a prayer watch and rally some support… for what though???
I imagined some cool engraving shoe tech… the tracks of the shoes with messages in the tracks for 007 to communicate with other adventurers…
I made a origional artwork piece with a micro chip in it. I gave it to Holy Spirit and presented it to Kristin at the Citizens Bank.. I am not sure how to do that… it is an act of love that Holy Spirit knows what to do with… It is for the Children Kristin is someone I focus on inspiring iwth love and hope the love gets to…
The citizens I give it though are able to focus on presenting it if they choose to children and leting them interpret what it means in love. Then they can collect the seeds of the children and have hired professionals translate what they have to work with in the spirit of the origional.
I hope Kristin will find it acceptable… I hope Holy Spirit knows what to do with the matter in the Blood of Christ. I learn to give things to Holy Spriit that knows what to do with the Blood issues first. Then child safe to try to inspire the children… I learn.
The image has almost a star of david on it… it has circles at the ends and the lines don’t connect. It has a code of XXX 000 xxx - 000 in it… a sos hope for some hugs and kisses… cool stuff for the 2 007 time space rescue adventure project… hope the equipment is fixed… at least I can share the seed in love… perhaps this comment is enough of a seed to inspire a child to keep trying.
Meanwhile I try to figure out what they need better… in love…
Cool shoe design with thingy like adjustable date stamp on the bottom tread to allow different messages in the foot tracks… imagine walking down the street and the message I shows up then love shows up then you… that would be cool.
Don’t invite a Bit of stress to work off. all in love
It is the big kind of love for everyone… i require a realtionship to be nurtured like anyone else for a real relationshiup in love… I try and prepare…
David Alexander Wright in love
Cadacus vibe is more neutral wonder what happened… trying to keep up with moods…
NOT PLAYING
8th year of spiritual Journey.
Survived deep red dragon rage (willing love not just feeling love)
We take revenge against confusion with 1000 acts of love.
when they loose battles with vanity we do not win. Only when everyone of their own free will chooses love does love in truth win.
Declairation of independance rules
Not my will over your will
Love is an elective… in hard times it is a basic survival necessity along with some worldy element to actually do something besides just love everyone.
Hardened up in the Dragon Rage… I focused it on building ultralight building blocks and trying to complete the courts of chaos a very orderly activity. Willing love towards all to get it done.
A cup of water in the freezer. Thick shell of ice… hmmm to drink a couple of punches through the ice… ah, fresh refreshing ice water. Willing love nuclear prayer focus. Another cup of water ice covered. Punch… ouch… don’t invite bruised finger.
The dragon powers were not activated. That was just a small reflection of outrage at poor treatment. With the wall of heaven and courts of Chaos the revenge aftermath should never harm any innocent.
A hope for a long dragon life after willing love perhaps still willing love.
Love prepares one for the higher level focuses in love. I learn following my heart trying to do what feels right in love. Holy Spirit always reminds me to do the right thing in the humble love and mercy Christ guided us to find. The will of the Father’s house inspires me that in love all things are possible.
I still at child level no curses or kills yet imagine a wonder and try to make it real in love. Willing love it is already done to some.
David Alexander Wright in love
a bit darker spirit lightens up… i notice some people have a kind of dark afterglow now… i did not notice that before … just bright and shiny vibes.
We turn the other cheek and go one. No need for dragon powers yet… the need for a heavenly solution and courts of chaos and order dominates… the true mission…
All one has imagined in love may manifest if one can keep the course.
It is a good hope and noble practice to some to try to will love towards everyone all the time.
David Alexander Wright in love
DAW langauge in love goes on
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Have compassion, yes. But temper it with reason….
Each day I see those who are not well off. Those who need a helping hand. My heart goes out to many of them.
Especially now, at Christmas, it normal to want to spread compassion and help those he need it and deserve it. Just last month, I assisted a yo…
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Dreamcatchers Spreading Love…
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