Modern Survivalism

Important Message

2007-05-16T17:11:00.001-07:00

Important Message

It has been well over a year since I began my internet adventure posting several threads of information on several different blogs. The time and energy spent has been terrific and I can no longer keep up the pace.

I can't continue to update this blog simply because I don't have the time working two other jobs and trying to have time with my family as well. Publishing a post once a week just is not enough to keep people coming back for more.

If you have enjoyed this information please "Jump into the Fast Lane" and check out Anarchist World. This same information will be there and it will be updated every two days! This is better service and offers more content as well. I can do this through future posting on wordpress blogs. This blog does not support future posting.

By posting in only one location I figure I can free up 75% more available time. That is a considerable amount of time and effort saved. This cost has been so high because I have been trying to maintain over 100 blogs in an effort to find and attract new readers. I will be dropping down to only those you see on Anarchist World.

Jump into the Fast Lane!

Visit Anarchist World and find this information there with daily updates! It's faster and there is more to choose from. The focus of my efforts will be there and not here.

thank you

-anarchistbanjo

We Teach Each Other

2007-05-08T16:17:00.000-07:00

This is the present moment. Where shall I go from here? Come and learn the secret of living in the present moment. One must live in the present moment to be aware of the infinite possibilities within it!

Everywhere I look there are directions I can go and things I can do. How shall I choose? I am only aware of what is around me. I am always leaving what I know and moving into uncertainty. No one ever wants me. Instead they want what is not me.

This is the old way of thinking! Cast it away forever! The present moment is meant to be lived, experienced and rejoiced in!

The sexual/bio-electrical energy exists only within the present moment. Life exists only in the present moment. The generation of the energy must happen within the present moment or it will never happen.

This sexual/bio-electrical energy is like water capable of going anywhere but following always the path of opportunity and leading always into the ocean. The wanderings of this energy are not knowable but its conclusion is inevitable.

Those that worship Deity do injustice for it is the experience of life as it unfolds that is to be worshiped one moment to the next. To be alive and aware is pure joy, the experience of one moment gives way to the experience of another and even the painful moments become memories without the power to hurt. Our hearts leap as a new joy unfolds or tremble as a new terror confronts us.

Like water that always seeks to flow downhill, people will continue to build dams and diversions seeking to make use of the energy in a conscious manner but they will remain blind to its true nature. Only when the water reaches the ocean is it fulfilled and at rest. Only when the energy reaches your true mate will you find fulfillment together.

Before you can find your true mate, you must develop the sheathes of the astral body or the various astral bodies. There are seven brides/scarlet women or perhaps eight, this is a mystery and one of them may be your true mate.

This is true for both of us, the God and the Goddess. Do not fear to love the wrong person. Do not destroy the love you have given.

Find the love that is in front of you and through that experience you will grow closer to your true mate. We are all teachers of each other and helpers of each other. Let us teach each other how to love and how to live.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

The Path of Love

2007-04-30T15:52:00.000-07:00

There are three ordeals that must be passed before becoming a God or Goddess and finding your true mate. The first is connection to the Spiritual Light. The second is connection to the energy of the earth and the third is the development and creation of the seven astral sheaths, which must be formed before the creation of the “Immortal body”. Each of these has their own methods of attainment. The first and third are discussed in “Magister Templi” and the second is discussed in “Modern Survivalism”. In the first two degrees you are given all the information you need.

It does not matter where you start because you must always start in the present moment and continue by living in the present moment. Your present moment is unique and different from that of anyone else. There will never be a better time or place for you to begin…Start Now! Start anywhere you desire. The process works according to chaos theory and all effort is cumulative. You will draw a suitable partner to yourself through magnetic attraction.

If you do this wrong and use the generation of sexual/bio-electrical energy in a conscious manner such as directed through sex magick practices expect dire results. You can not choose your true mate. Only the sexual/bio-electrical energy given total freedom can choose your true mate. Working with sexual energy is not about having sex with anyone indiscriminately. The universe will choose those partners whose energy will combine with your own and allow both of your souls to grow.

This path of love shall regenerate the world and it shall rejoice in true living. Each one of us has a vision of the true that belongs only to us. Thus we all have some small portion of the truth. Remember there is a half we may never know because it belongs to our true mate. This is true even in the understanding of this message. The true implications may only be guessed at. You will recognize the true when you meet it.

Generate sexual/bio-electrical energy often. Realize there are two paths of love. The path of the serpent is when the sexual/bio-electrical energy does not rise within you. This is the path of nature that produces physical children and family. The path of the Dove does not produce physical children but astral children instead. The sexual/bio-electrical energy is forced up the spine. Both paths are different and both paths will bring the final result but both paths will not bring the same experiences. Choose well. There are infinite possibilities within the present moment. Both are worthy.

Joy and ecstasy are within your grasp. I ask only that you truly live and experience life in its fullness! In following this path there is also a way to love the ordeals as well as the rewards. All of life is meant to be experienced. Drink deeply. It is when this finally happens that you are truly alive! Then all is love and all is ecstasy. This is the love of life loving itself.

Breathe deeply and drink deeply of love and life and explore all of its possibilities. Love every minute! All things are possible! Seek them, always seek them! Remember that possibilities and opportunities both come and go. Teachers come and go. Do not seek to hold on to the past. Do not destroy that which has been built through love.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Sexuality, Soul Development and the Intelligence of Life

2007-04-24T19:09:00.000-07:00

Jungian psychology teaches that in addition to the Shadow and Collective we each have a male and female part. These are the anima and animus. An important part of the balancing of the human ego is the integration of the male and female parts of our soul.

The core of sex magickal practice is described below. As male and female energy combine a new energy is formed that gives birth to enhanced psychic abilities. Through the generation of sexual energy the soul grows one astral body at a time until our soul is balanced. We give the needed opposite sex energy to our partner and they in turn give us the energy we need. This energy exchange creates the spark of romance and love between two people.

There are important differences between energy generated by males and energy generated by females. It exists at the cellular level where an XY chromosome creates a different energy than a XX chromosome.

To the male belongs the sperm and to the female belongs the egg. Generate this energy and raise the sexual/bio-electrical energy to the crown and third eye centers. This is a form of tantric sex that will open the infinite possibilities unto those that practice these ways. Many paths use different techniques for the same thing.

The secret is in the continued sacred generation of sexual/bio-electrical energy through foreplay as long as possible and causing pre-orgasmic energy to flood the body. It is this sacred sexual/bio-electrical energy that will find the proper pathway. It can not be found in a conscious way through conscious awareness but remains secret and hidden from awareness. There are no formulas or techniques.

It is through our sexuality that we discover who we are and what we are meant to do in life. In searching for the “infinite possibilities” within the present moment, all things are possible. Be open to all things and all experiences. Don’t refuse opportunities. This path takes much longer than one might expect.

Whoever is open to all experience becomes a leader! All things are possible! The living life force within our bodies does not lie to us. Sexuality and the sharing of sexual love is divine in every way. It is this energy that causes our souls to grow and our psychic senses to develop. Love opens our hearts.

The intelligence of the life force and sexual/bio-electrical energy will find the proper path when your physical body is in ecstasy and fills to over flowing. Let this moment never end! Live forever in the present moment! Leave it only to find it again and come back to it once more in its sweetness. There are undreamed of things to experience if we allow it.

It is in the creation of the new secret path that joy is found. The great pain of its creation in aloneness is matched by an even greater joy in being together! Make your own path and don’t worry about any one else. Nobody has the same path. Have courage!

Seek out the “infinite possibilities” within the present moment through the sacred generation of sexual/bio-electrical energy above all other things. The joys it will bring are far more than the pain it will cause. This sacred energy will seek out what it is you truly desire and manifest it to you. This is a sacred promise. The sexual/bio-electrical energy must find its own way within each person. We can only say the generation of sexual/bio-electrical energy is required. This gift is freely given to all.

The sexual/bio-electrical energy will find its true path for your inner happiness and joy. Don’t try to force it consciously or it will become a curse. Learn to trust and go with the flow. Follow the magnetic attraction of love in all its ways.

Believe in your body and trust it. Any other path and restriction will make your life a living hell. This practice is a form of chaos theory and will not be restricted. All inputs a valid and all energy is cumulative. You will only have one "soul mate" at a time. Choose no other.

Most people are bound together and hating each other. Don’t let this happen to you. When you follow the sexual/bio-electrical energy and the possibilities that open to it, there is nothing that can stop you or stand in your way.

The generation of the sexual/bio-electrical energy or pure life force has its own intelligence and will to live. It represents pure will not consciously directed toward any goal. You will be drawn to the right person and will teach each other what is needed. Each relationship has a beginning and an end. When the growth is gone the spark is gone as well. There is no more to teach each other.

When you follow this perfect path and your true mate follows this perfect path you will magnetically find each other and your lives will be as one. You are both opposites and can never know each other but you can allow each other full blossom and love and ecstasy by this path of perfect balance. This is not a path of casual sex or one night stands. They are an abomination. This is a path for the one that is right for you in the present moment.

The secret key of this law is the yin/yang symbol. You are only one half of that symbol and can only ever be one half of it. The other half belongs to your true mate. You may never know each other but you can live, love, and have awareness of each other without conflict if you follow this path of balancing out to nothing.

Nothing is perfect and makes everything fit together. Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus is saying much the same thing. You and your mate are growing in opposite directions but meeting at this point in time. Rejoice in the time that you do have. It is sacred. It will not stay the same and it will not last beyond its allotted time.

Your true mate has one half of what you need and desire. Your need and desire is countered in your true mate by an equal need and desire in the opposite direction. When you need and desire nothing you can stand side by side as true mates experiencing the fullness of each other.

Each person must find their own way through the generation of their own sexual/bio-electrical energy. Each must fulfill their own law. Each must find their own true mate. Each must decide how long they choose to be together.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Free Living

2007-04-16T16:17:00.000-07:00

This involves a life style in which a person consciously chooses to live in the present moment as deeply and richly as possible experiencing as much of life as they can. They know they can not be or follow anyone else. They can only be themselves and experience life in their own unique manner and their own unique way.

It is time to become a true individual. It is time to become a God or a Goddess living in a free world. From your own unique perspective in this present moment behold the infinite opportunities that lie around you waiting to be chosen. It doesn't matter who or what you are. This message is the same for everyone.

In essence at our cores we are all simply photons or sparks of light that have evolved. We are all part of the same photon or spark of light as it manifests in different places and in different times throughout the universe. The unity of light binds us together.

Call upon your primal instinct and will to live in order to understand this message. It is the message of a warrior. Embrace the present moment as a sacred moment of infinite possibilities with all of your heart, mind and soul. Listen to this message and these words.

It is the "infinite possibilities" that are important, not the "present moment". Worship the "infinite possibilities" and they will open to you. Those that seek the "infinite possibilities" within the present moment rule over those that do not. Most people are falsely trapped within the present moment. They are fools!

Come out and play as a child in the delights of the present moment as it unfolds before you in all it's wonder and glory! Love, Joy, Rapture and ecstasy are infectious. Your happiness as you do this will be felt and shared by all things.

Love the spirit of life that flows through your veins and that flows through every moment of your life. Live and rejoice! You and your true mate will stand as God and Goddess. Rulers of the spirit and of the animal nature embracing each other as you embrace life in all it's manifestations and levels. You will be an example and in sharing your joy with others the human race will rejoice. For the two of you are true opposites joined in love.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

The Present Moment

2007-04-07T05:09:00.000-07:00

There is a point in time called the present moment. We are called to live with our awareness continuously within the present moment as it moves through the infinite possibilities that are available to it and to us.

Each one of us is a point of awareness living in our own present moments with individual possibilities available to us at any given point in time. What is available to us is unique and not available to anyone else. It consists of our personal beliefs, experiences and memories as well as our distinct physical and genetic makeup. We do not share these things with anyone else.

We are all living in the same universe and it is very much as if each point of individual awareness were a star in the night sky with it’s own location and orbit.

Each one of us can see a portion of the universe from a totally unique perspective that can never be seen or understood by anyone else no matter how similar his or her own view is. They are simply not us. We are not them.

The present moment is our time. Tomorrow will always be tomorrow and yesterday will always be yesterday. The ghosts of the past and the ghosts of the future can never be reached or experienced. If we don't have the ability to live in the present moment and take joy in it we never will find joy. Any answer we ever seek will only be found in the present moment. Any action that will lead to success will only be taken in the present moment. If we don't act in the present moment we have already lost.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Foundations of Modern Survivalism

2007-03-31T04:09:00.000-07:00

OAK 2^st Degree Study Materials

In Print

Anarchist Knight:Apprentice  
Magister Templi 
Foundations of Modern Survivalism 
 

Coming Soon!  
Anarchist Knight:Journeyman 
Book II  

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance 
Why Love Sparks and Why it Sometimes Dies

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism  
Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism and Survivalism 
 
OAK:Magick, Mystery and Madness 
A Book of Shadows    

Copyright 2007 by Anarchistbanjo  
First Edition 
Published by Order of Anarchistic Knights

This book is dedicated to everyone that believes in hard work and self evident truth. Life is not such a mystery as many would like us to believe.

Visit Anarchist World

on the web at http://anarchistworld.squarespace.com

Table of Contents

PART ONE-COMMENTARY ON LIBER CCXX THE BOOK OF THE LAW

THE PRESENT MOMENT                                                               
FREE LIVING                                                              
SEXUALITY,SOUL DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTELLIGENCE OF LIFE 
THE PATH OF LOVE 
WE TEACH EACH OTHER 
ALL OF LIFE IS A CELEBRATION 
BE A GOD OR GODESS 
SHOULD WE BE ASHAMED OF OURSELVES 
GENERATION OF SEXUAL ENERGY 
THIS IS WAR! 
THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR 
THIS IS NOT A GAME

PART TWO-MYSTERY SCHOOLS

MODERN SURVIVALISM 
EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM 
INTERNET-THE FINAL FRONTIER 
WE CAN'T CHANGE BY OURSELVES
CONCEPTUAL INITIATION

PART THREE-DEVELOPING CHARISMA

DEVELOPING CHARISMA 
ABSTRACT SPIRITUAL ENERGY
CONCRETE SPIRITUAL ENERGY 
ABSTRACT MENTAL ENERGY 
CONCRETE MENTAL ENERGY 
UPPER EMOTIONAL ENERGY 
SEXUAL ENERGY 
LOWER EMOTIONAL ENERGY 
ETHERIC ENERGY 
INTENSE LIVING 
THE SHOCK ABSORBER METHOD 
THE SPONGE METHOD

PART FOUR-TAKING RISKS

TAKING RISKS 
SPIRITUAL CRISIS 
MENTAL CRISIS
EMOTIONAL CRISIS 
PHYSICAL MASTERY

PART FIVE-DREAMS

DREAMS
DREAM WORK
DREAM VEHICLES AND WEAPONS
FUELING OUR DREAMS

PART SIX-SELF EMPOWERMENT

THE WILL TO LIVE
OUR PUBLIC IMAGE
CREATIVE POWER
SELF ESTEEM
DO IT!
SOCIAL PRESSURE
WINNING
FAMILY AND LOVE
FREEDOM
DEATH
LIKE A ROCK
THE GIFT OF LIFE
MIRACLES
YOUTH AND INNOCENCE
ROMANTIC LOVE
THE BALANCE OF LIFE
LIVING A BALANCED LIFE
ACTUALITY VS REALITY
OUR INNER CHILD
CARVING OUR DESTINY
MORAL ABSOLUTES
GIVING OUR POWER AWAY
LIFE IS SHORT AND SACRED
PERSONAL HAPPINESS
SUCCESS COUNTS FOR EVERYTHING
EMOTIONS CAN'T REASON
TURN EMOTIONS INTO ACTIONS
FREE WILL AND PHYSICAL ACTIONS
CHANGE ATTITUDE BY CHANGING BEHAVIOR
CONFRONTING FEAR
BE TRUE TO YOURSELF
YOU CAN'T CHANGE WHAT YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE
LEARN YOUR FALSE RESPONSES
WHAT YOU SAY VS WHAT YOU DO
MAKE YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIONS COUNT
CHOOSE FREEDOM FROM SELF DEFEAT
BEING AFFECTED BY NEGATIVITY
NEGATIVITY ATTRACTS NEGATIVITY
WHAT YOU RESIST YOU BECOME
DON'T RELATE YOUR SOAP OPERA TO OTHERS
DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND GO FOR IT
WHERE YOUR ATTENTION GOES YOUR ENERGY FLOWS
IDEAS BECOME EMOTIONS; EMOTIONS BECOME ACTIONS
THE WORLD DOESN'T CHANGE, YOU DO

PART SEVEN-MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

OAK ENERGY BALL MEDITATION
ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
ANGER MANAGEMENT

PART EIGHT-ADDENDUM

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Introduction to the Order of Anarchistic Knights

OAK is a modern day mystery school that has teachings adapted and appropriate for modern humanity. It is a magickal Order devoted to the empowerment of the human race and to the advancement of magick in it’s most simple and primal form, pure energy and pure power.

OAK is based on “Chaos” theory and results. This knowledge and power is freely given to all and is believed to be the fastest and safest way of magickal development possible at this time. As a person works through all three degrees of self empowerment they will learn to understand the benefits of physical initiation and it is hoped that all “Anarchistic Knights” will choose to link energies when possible through physical initiations.

There are striking similarities between this tradition and the commonly observed “Wiccan” tradition. Any student of the Wiccan or Pagan path will find much of interest here.

Magister Templi has been reorganized into a 260 page book that is available as an ebook download or a quality paperback. The entire book will continue to be published online as a blog with weekly installments. Essays will be presented in their entirety unless they are over six pages in length. There will be more information than ever before and it will be presented in a more organized manner for ease of understanding.

This represents the OAK 1st Degree study material and will provide conceptual initiation into advanced metaphysical topics. It will also provide a solid framework on which to build your own paradigm or belief system. Compare to a software upgrade on your computer that is more suitable for today’s world. It integrates hard science, religion, psychology, metaphysics and objectivism into a working system that gets results.

The work of the 1st Degree is purification, development of a personal belief system and integration of the ego with the Super Ego, Christ Consciousness, Collective, Holy Guardian Angel or Deity. Different paths use different words for the same thing.

Magister Templi is meant to complement the OAK 1st Degree Initiation. The 1st Degree initiation is a physical initiation that creates a magickal link and energy exchange between members. Physical initiation and membership in a community is an important part of self empowerment. It is also a life choice.

Foundations has been reorganized into a 260 page book that is available as an ebook download or a quality paperback. The entire book will continue to be published online as a blog with weekly installments. Essays will be presented in their entirety unless they are over six pages in length. There will be more information than ever before and it will be presented in a more organized manner for ease of understanding.

This represents the OAK 2nd Degree study material and will provide conceptual initiation into advanced self-empowerment topics. It will also provide a solid framework on which to build competency and success in your daily life. Compare Foundations to a brand new computer system that is more suitable for today’s world. It integrates physical reality, hard work and personal effort into a working system that gets results. This is the ultimate self-help book.

The work of the 2nd Degree is physical empowerment, assertiveness and integration of the ego with the Shadow, Power Animal, Id, or instinctual self. Different paths use different words for the same thing.

Foundations is meant to complement the OAK 2nd Degree Initiation. The 2nd Degree initiation is a physical initiation that creates a magickal link and energy exchange between members. Physical initiation and membership in a community is an important part of self empowerment. It is also a life choice.

Alligator Alley:Survivalism is being organized into a book that will be available as an ebook download or a quality paperback. The entire book will be published online as a blog with weekly installments. Essays will be presented in their entirety unless they are over six pages in length. There will be more information than ever before and it will be presented in a more organized manner for ease of understanding. This is currently under development.

This represents the OAK 3rd Degree study material and will provide conceptual initiation into advanced Rosicrucian and Freemasonry topics. It will also provide a solid framework on which to build community and brotherhood in daily life. Compare Alligator Alley:Survivalism to an internet connection that connects you not only with the rest of the world but with those that share your values and interests. It integrates the 32 Degree of Scottish Freemasonry with the latest in human potentials and community resources. The goal of this work is to teach how important collective action and human brotherhood really is. Many people can get more done than what one person can. The human collective is an important source of empowerment.

The work of the 3rd Degree is to find others of like mind that share your personal values and beliefs. Family, community and support are important and life is not worth living without them. Different paths use different words for the same thing.

Alligator Alley:Survivalism is meant to complement the OAK 3rd Degree Initiation. The 3rd Degree initiation is a physical initiation that creates a magickal link and energy exchange between members. Physical initiation and membership in a community is an important part of self empowerment. It is also a life choice.

Magick, Mystery and Madness is being reorganized into a book that will be available as an ebook download or a quality paperback. The entire book will continue to be published online as a blog with weekly installments. Essays will be presented in their entirety unless they are over six pages in length. There will be more information than ever before and it will be presented in a more organized manner for ease of understanding. This information is currently under development.

This represents the OAK 4th Degree study material and will provide information for those wishing formal membership into the Order of Anarchistic Knights. Each living person is entitled to the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical benefits provided through the teachings of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Degrees. These are considered the outer circle of the Order. The 4th Degree is for those wishing to build the OAK community around the world by offering study groups and local initiations. Compare Magick, Mystery and Madness to beginning your own local OAK chapter as a representative of a way of living that brings results and success in life. This is the establishment of a formal brotherhood and family on a local level.

The work of the 4th Degree is the establishment of local OAK centers around the world and the establishment of OAK as community with its rewards and challenges. It requires personal commitment to the Order and taking a leadership position. Different paths use different words for the same thing.

Magick, Mystery and Madness is meant to complement the OAK 4th Degree Initiation. The 4th Degree initiation is a physical initiation that creates a magickal link and energy exchange between members. Physical initiation and membership in a community is an important part of self empowerment. It is also a life choice.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 24 Anger Management Part 3

2007-03-24T17:22:00.000-07:00

Take a few minutes and think about your life. Are you happy, discontented or just getting by? I'm not talking about how you are feeling right now this minute or how you felt last night. I mean your chronic attidude where you spend most of your day and your life.

Do you wake up in the morning filled with eagerness and excitement about the coming day and what you will be doing? This is the highest level of living. Everyone could be living at this level if they were healthy enough. You spend most of your day in self directed activity.

Perhaps you have a strong interest in the things around you. You are curious and actively seek out information and life experience. You are one of the lucky people that is a walking question mark always wanting to know something new. This is not as intense and eagerness and excitement but it is not bad.

Maybe all you can show is a mild interest. You will listen or go along with others but won't bother to seek out new things on your own. In fact, you hang out with other people because they bring excitement into your life. You are not exactly passive but you are letting others do most of the work. This is the level most people fall into.

Maybe you are just content. Your life is not going so well but it's not going that bad either. You can tolerate things and don't want to rock the boat and make things worse. Can we dare call this settling for second best? You are not really in love any more but don't want to split up because of the kids? The passion might be gone but you still like each other.

We have all reached that I don't care any more stage where we are totally indifferent. We don't care what happens anymore. We used to but now we don't. This happens all the time to small areas of life but if that is how we feel most of the time it is a sign that something is not right and we should be working on getting better. This is a good time to see that counselor before things get worse.

Guess what? You didn't go to the shrink and now you are bored all the time. You are so bored that you can't stand it and might even create some crisis just to make life interesting. The human mind can not tolerate boredom for long periods of time. Crisis is at least exciting even if it is unpleasant and we do learn from our mistakes.

Can you express your frustration and resentment to anyone? Think about this very carefully because anything below this level is going to sink. This is the last chance to rescue your self and your life. By now you are doing self destructive things and making things worse instead of better. Guess what? You don't even care. Bitching and complaining seldom ever work to make things better but they are much more healthy than the alternative. As long as you can let it out there is hope.

If you can't you are left with anger. Anger is destructive in most cases and is telling you that there is something very wrong in your life and you are not dealing with it or able to deal with it. In most cases getting angry will make things worse instead of better. The thing is that if you are feeling anger you need to let those feeling of anger out and release the energe before it becomes toxic. It might not make you popular but it can save your sanity and maybe even your life. It's better than the alternative.

Unexpress resentment is below anger and is when you just simmer like a pot on the stove. Nothing good will come out of it. Being passive agressive never solved anything. Most if the time it is better to confront things head on than to keep pretending they don't exist. Nothing stays the same and things will either get better or they will get worse. The longer you simmer the worse things will get. The problem is you are caught in a situation and you can't find a way out. The only way out is to let things get so bad they will fall apart. When they do someone might get hurt. It doesn't need to be this way.

Why are you letting things get so bad? What is it that you are really afraid of? What can be worse than this? Fear is at the root of all anger and those things we fear will happen. You can't make someone do something or be somebody that is untrue to themselves. You can't pretend to be someone else and live a fulfilling life. This is when it becomes easier to lie than to tell the truth. Not only that but you will distort things and twist even good things into harmful things. That is what fear does. It causes irrational behaviors.

We all know right from wrong. We know if we are being true to ourselves or not. When we compromise ourselves a part of us dies. It is really that simple. When love dies or a part of who we are dies we grieve for the loss of something very important. Grief and loss go together and no matter who we are in life we will lose important people. People we love will die and we will need to carry on without them. Life goes on and this is the most bitter pill of all. Especially when it takes over our entire life and we can't get over it. When that happens there is only one thing left and that is to die too.

We refuse to eat or take care of ourselves. We quit work and try to commit suicide. We might even have a nervous breakdown and be institutionalized for awhile. We have used up any and all of our coping skills and there is nothing left. This is when we hit bottom and the only choice left is to die or decide to live. That is a choice only we can answer because it is not possible to help someone that does not want help.

Symbolical death and rebirth give us a new lease on life unless we get caught in the same traps that entangeld us before. Our anger can be a useful tool to keep us on the right track. It can give us will power and determination. "I will not die. I will not quit. I will not let this thing beat me down." These are some of the ways we can turn our anger to good use.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 24 Anger Management Part 2

2007-03-18T14:22:00.000-07:00

Is anger good or bad?

Anger is:

Guilt is anger turned inward toward the self.
Fear is the root of anger. Fear is responsible for hatred, anger, possessiveness, anxiety, greed, inhibition, stress, frustration, hang-ups, phobias and insecurities.
Anger is a universal, basic, normal, unavoidable reaction to displeasure.
It usually involves some misunderstanding or unmet expectation.
Anger is an internally generated physical energy force which we can use of fail to use as we choose. We can harness it through the martial arts, will power and determination.

Principles:

Anger is a physical energy force that needs to be dissipated or released.
It is related to the emotions of fear, hurt and pain.
We experience anger when we feel an expectation is not being met.
Our anger responses are learned and programmed into us.
We can learn better ways to express anger.

Dealing with the anger of others:

We can help others release their anger by not arguing back.
Do not defend, justify, contradict, interupt or rationalize until the energy is used up.
Send empathetic, understanding messages to the other before, during and after the outburst.
Try to become "calmer" and don't get "hooked" into the anger and get angry yourself.
Realize they were angry before you came on the scene. Don't take it personally.

Dealing with your own anger:

Realize you have an unmet expectation. Is our expectation realistic?
Acknowledge your anger, express it fully and then release the anger in a safe manner.
Give yourself a break.
Anger is normal and healthy. It is telling you that something is wrong.
You can't change anger if you don't recognize it.
If you are angry you attract anger from others.
What you resist you become.

Releasing anger:

Anger can be released through physical exertions, verbalizing or mentally reprogramming yourself.

Remember

Experience your anger completely.
What you are repelled by in others you will find in yourself.
Encourage and respect anger expressions as signs that something is wrong.
Anger is linked to self-esteem and self-hate. It is basic to mental health.
We can reduce anger when we stop trying to change other people.
Whoever can make me mad can control me.
Avoid using the word "should".
Those unable to be angry, or afraid to be angry, are often unable to love.
They are not confident of their own love or the love of the other person.
Those who have no anger are not human.
Coping with anger gets easier with practice and improves relationships.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 24 Anger Management Part 1

2007-03-12T14:05:00.000-07:00

What is anger? Is anger good or bad? There are a lot of people that would say anger is bad and they would be wrong. Anger is a healthy emotion that needs to be recognized, acknowledged and guiltlessly accepted. Negative emotions like anger are warning signs that something is wrong in our lives. They are a sign that we need to take some type of action to make things better.

No one can control their emotions. We can not control how we feel and we should not associate guilt with anger. We can control our physical actions. Only volitional or willful actions can be wrong or associated with guilt not anger itself. We need to experience all of our emotions for real intimacy with others. We can get angry with a friend or loved one without fearing they will leave us. Real love requires being real with our partner. Suppressing one emotion weakens our ability to share all the others.

An interesting thing about anger is that as anger goes up our reasoning ability seems to go down. Anger is related to pain. Pain in the future is anxiety. Pain in the present is hurt, loss or sadness. Pain in the past is anger. Anger is about something that has already happened.

The vikings felt anger was a gift of the gods. When it came upon a warrior in the midst of a battle as a berserker rage the warrior was invincible. In modern society a berserker rage is not seen as a good thing. In life of death situations it still might be.

I remember reading about a study done on Vietnam veterans with spinal injuries and anger. According to the study veterans with spinal injuries that left them paralyzed below the waist did not experience anger in the same manner as they used to before the spine injury. Prior to the spinal injury anger welled up from deep inside and exploded like a volcano. After the spinal injury anger was experienced more like a tempest in a teapot. It did not have the explosive force anymore.

This is important evidence that anger is substantial. It is an energy that travels through the nervous system and does build to explosive force within us at times. It needs a pathway and it needs to be released. It is a physical energy with a physical basis.

Anger causes somatic responses. Our body responds to anger in different ways. What kind of body language expresses anger?

Do you clench your jaw?
Get a stomache ache?
Raise your voice?
Refuse to speak?
Want to hurt someone?
Want to get away?
Become verbally or physically abusive?
Sweat or turn red?
Get sarcastic?
Does your tone of voice change?
Do you cry?
Do you shake?

How does anger make you feel?

Do you procrastinate in doing things?
Are you always late for things?
Do you have a sadistic or ironic humor?
Are you sarcastic, cynical or flip in conversation?
Do you sigh frequently?
Are you over polite or "Nice"?
Do you smile when hurting?
Do you have bad dreams?
Do you have trouble sleeping?
Are you bored with things that are usually fun?
Are you more tired than usual?
Do you get really picky and irritable with others?
Do you get tired when you shouldn't?
Does your anger make you feel guilty?
Do you feel anxious?
Do you feel ashamed?
Do you feel withdrawn from others?
Do you know when you are angry?

What is your anger like?

Does it last to long?
Does it flare up frequently?
Does it express itself even when you are trying to suppress it?
Does it go away quickly?

What does your anger do?

Does it interfere with your jobs or relationships?
Does it contribute to physical problems?
Does it lead to accidents?
Does it get you into legal problems?

Knowing your own anger and how you repond to it is very important. You need to know when you are angry so you can safely do something about it. Take a few minutes going through this list and determine if any of them apply to you. Try to decide if you have a problem with anger or not.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 23 Assertiveness Training Part 3

2007-03-06T14:14:00.000-08:00

The Will to live

There is an instinct or primal will to live deep within each one of us. It is the collective will of the human species to survive into the future, to grow and to expand. There is something within us that wants the human race to be alive billions of years into the future when our sun goes nova or dies out.

There is something within us that wants the human race to explore the stars, build cities beneath the oceans and on top of the highest mountains. This something wants us to go ever onward in the face of overwhelming opposition.

This is the force that we need to tap into when we wish to assert ourselves in life. We need to believe in both the human race and in ourselves and in our right to live the type of life we each desire.

Assertiveness is the taking back of personal power. We choose to create the type of world we want to live in and we believe in our ability to make a difference.

Manipulation Traps

Manipulation traps are unfair ways we try to take advantage of personal relationships and force people into giving us what we desire. Understanding manipulation traps and how to avoid them is vital in reclaiming our personal power and being assertive.

Guilt

"How can you treat me like that?"
"I've been waiting all week for you to call."
"It's your fault that I'm upset and can't get to sleep."

Making someone feel guilty is a common manipulation technique. It weakens and destroys a person's self-esteem. No matter how upset you are with someone or their behavior you don't need to make them feel guilt. There is no reason someone should make you feel guilty. Guilt destroys our sense of who we are.

Instead of making a person feel guilty focus on the behaviors instead.

"I don't like it when you treat me like that."
"I have been hoping to hear from you all week."
"Our argument got me upset and I can't sleep."

These responses communicate the same feelings or information without making the other person feel guilty. When a person feels guilty they feel attacked and hurt. They are also put on the defensive and may fight back in self-defense.

Anger

Yelling and intimidation to your face.

Unfortunately making a scene in public does work for many people. I've seen a Lt. Col. plead with an outraged Sgt. asking her to calm down and stop yelling. Being considerate and respectful is expected public behavior. People that yell and throw temper tantrums to get their own way are deliberately being rude and disrespectful to cause discomfort. It makes people back down simply because they are uncomfortable. This is unfair. You can not let someone get their way by intimidation. Once you give in they will constantly take advantage of you in the future.

Criticism/Insecurity

You don't want to play bingo. Your spouse accuses you of never wanting to do what he or she wants to do.
You go play bingo. This is a variant of the guilt trip manipulation. Compromise is an important part of any relationship.

"If we go to bingo this week can we go bowling next week?"

Obligation

If I do this for him, he'll have to do something for me.
"Here is a free sample; can I have a minute of your time?"

In my mind this is one of the worst manipulation traps. Someone does something for us that we are not asking for or perhaps even expecting and they demand some type of payment or response for what they have done.

"Well I do all the cooking and cleaning around here. The least you can do is take out the garbage."

The problem is that solutions are not negotiated. Everything is one way, the way the manipulator desires.
What is wrong with:
"I'm going to do the cooking. What are you going to do to help?"
"Can we take turns cooking and cleaning?"

Give the other person a chance to take part in the decision making process. Let their opinions count and their feelings be heard.

Withholding

"If you do that I'll never talk to you again."
"If you are going to do that you might as well never come back."

These are obvious strong arm tactics to get what you want at any cost. You have raised the stakes so high that there is no negotiation or discussion at all. This is totally one way and grossly unfair. Such extremist behavior can not allow relationships to grow.

Helplessness

"You're the only one that can help me."
"How do you expect me to wash the dishes and still get my homework done?"

Pretending to be helpless when you are not is all too easy. At first people are willing to help but later this behavior builds deep resentments and may even cause people to avoid you. Learning to do things and becoming competent is one of the greatest joys in life even if it is hard at times.

"Will you show me how to do this?" is a lot better.

Hurtful Teasing

"That looks like you."
"You must be related." (The idea is that the teasing hits too close to home and is hurtful not playful.)

Questions

"Why did you stop at the bar last night?" (You already know the answer but just want to watch him or her
squirm and try to get out of it.)

Double bind

"Are you still driving that old wreck?"
"Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"

This manipulation can be very frustrating because either way you answer the question puts you in a bad light. This is the kind of manipulation that makes people look like fools and no one likes that.

Solutions

Manipulation traps are not fair. There are healthy ways of getting your needs met within relationships. They are win-win solutions that allow personal growth and respect for each other at all times. Instead of needing to be in control ensure both of you have choices and that the choices are mutual. One person can not be making all of the choices in a healthy relationship.

All to often the helpless manipulation comes up. Teach each other how to cook a meal, clean the bathroom, start the lawn mower, check the oil. Allow each other to become successful in more areas and take joy in their successes.

Getting even is a form of revenge. It doesn't belong in relationships. Replace getting even with justice and fairness. When things are unfair talk about them and find solutions that work for both of you.

Antidotes to manipulation traps

Repeat Technique
Ignore trap and repeat what you want in a calm voice until they give up.This may take 4 or 5 repetitions.
Don't get drawn into the trap. Stay focused and repeat the same words. They understand, you don't need to say it several ways.

I Statement
Without putting yourself down or apologizing state what it is that you want.
"I want to stay at my current job. I don't want to move closer to your parents."

Clouding
Respond calmly, acknowledge there may be some truth yet you still will continue to do what you believe is best. Don't apologize-continue to do what you want.
"I understand that I could find a better paying job. I like the one I have. Money is not everything that is important to me."

Negative Declarations
Ask questions about the problem until the complaints are exhausted. Admit a mistake or fault without apologizing for it.
"I said I would take out the garbage and I forgot. I will do it as soon as I am done with the paper. Is there anything else you are angry about?"

Compromise without loss of self-respect
Relationships are two way things. Both people have needs to be met and they are not always the same needs. It is important to finds ways to be supportive of each others needs and allow compromises when needed. At times it is important to give in as well. Which is more important that tie or the relationship?

Side tracking
Changing the subject to something more interesting. This is a lot easier to do than most people would think.
"Is that your dog?" or "I need to go to the bathroom." can derail most unpleasant discussions.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 23 Assertiveness Training Part 2

2007-02-28T15:11:00.000-08:00

When we see a person at work or on the street do we know if they act that way at home? Do we always know how our kids act away from home? Do we act differently at home and when we are away from home?

Each individual is very complex with many hobbies, interests and life experiences. Even if we know someone very well we can still be surprised at the things they do.

We use the limited knowledge that we have about people and form images or stereotypes. We use these images to help us understand and deal with every person in our lives. Because of these images or stereotypes we are sometimes surprised when people don't respond the way we are expecting them to. We may even need to re-evaluate others and treat them differently as we learn more about them.

One of the most powerful ways to achieve our goals and to experience the things we want in life is to act, dress and live in a manner that will create the image or stereotype appropriate for achieving our goals. Through repeated exposure to the image we are projecting others will stereotype us in a manner that is consistent with our goals and treat us the way we want to be treated.

When people don't recognize the image we project the will create one of their own and we probably won't like it. Who wants to be labeled as a loser or a freak? We have to give people clues about how we want to be treated.

First we create a general image or stereotype that is recognizable to others. Then we can create a sub-category that is unique and individual that reveals more of our true inner self. We must be true to the stereotype that we project and at the same time be true to ourselves. Remember an image or stereotype tends toward self-fulfillment because everyone else constantly reinforces it. It is up to us to choose what we want to be in life.

Body Language

Body language communicates far more than we ever do with words. Some estimate that as much as 90% of all communication is non-verbal. Anyone interested in true self empowerment should have a basic understanding of their own body language and the body language of others.

Here are some simple things to notice when you are around other people.
Are the legs crossed? (Is there tension?)
Preening-patting hair, smoothing shirt or dress, straightening tie.
Constant movement-can't sit still, ill at ease, is not giving you their full attention.
Hand movements-what are the hands doing, clenched or open, in pockets or hidden.
Nervous movements-tapping pencil, moving leg.
Movement toward or away from you.
Arms crossed on chest.
Ankles locked.
Relaxed or tense.

These simple things will tell you alot about a person and what is going on with them. We learn by doing. Practice some of these things with a partner to see how they feel. Take turns doing each position and become aware of how they make you feel. What things are uncomfortable? Are they things you can't do?

Eye Contact/No eye contact

One person tries to maintain eye contact and the other person tries to avoid eye contact while having a conversation.

Hand Shake

Firm hand shake
Finger hand shake
Two handed hand shake
Limp hand shake

Slumped shoulders/Erect posture

One person tries to maintain a slumped posture while talking and the other an erect posture.

Proximity Boundary/Too Close

One person moves in too close to the other person deliberately while talking. Some people find this very disturbing.

Proximity Boundary/Too far away

One person moves too far away from the other person deliberately while they are talking. See if the other person moves closer.

Standing/Sitting at desk

One person is standing and the other is sitting behind a desk.

Standing/Sitting

One person is standing and the other remains sitting in a chair.

Turned Away

One person remains turned 45 degrees away from the other person while talking.

The object of these exercises is self discovery. Learn how they make you feel and learn how they make others feel. Practice them and use them consciously and deliberately to be more effective in your communications with others.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 23 Assertiveness Training Part 1

2007-02-22T14:58:00.000-08:00

Being assertive is reclaiming our own personal power to live as we choose to live. From our mistakes and successes we gradually gain faith in our ability to meet obstacles and situations creatively. With time and experience we become skilled and resourceful in awkward situations.

Everyone experiences lead feet, lump in the throat, and being paralyzed with fear. By being assertive we move past these things with will and determination. At first we are victims, then we learn. When confronted with anger, fear, pain, and anguish or when we feel these emotions we need determination and resolve to continue doing those things we want to do. This means physically going through the unpleasantness, confronting it and reaching the joy and success on the other side.

Being assertive is to take risks, do new things, and be successful at them. Hard work will earn rewards and in time the struggle and competition can become enjoyable. After many attempts we learn and become more skilled. There is no way to avoid those first baby steps and the discomfort of being vulnerable.

Being assertive takes energy. Energy is created by physically doing things. The most powerful form of learning is learning by doing. This chapter shows how to learn by doing. If possible find a partner to practice these techniques with. Practice them until you can to each of them at will. Have some fun with it.

Part one is about communication skills.

The Communication Cycle

There is a normal cycle that should be followed in communications:

First the speaker brings up a subject.

The listener acknowledges by nodding, saying yes or in some manner indicating they are listening.

The speaker pauses or stops.

The listener gives feedback or acknowledges. Perhaps by rephrasing in their own words. "Is this what you mean?" "I agree." or "I disagree."

The speaker acknowledges, listens and gives feedback on the listeners feedback. "Yes, that is what I was trying to say." "No, I was really trying to say this."

When the subject is closed it becomes the listeners turn to begin a new subject as speaker and the cycle is continued.

Verb Matching

We each process information differently. Some people use visual verbs, some use auditory verbs and some use kinesthetic verbs or feeling verbs. When we use the same type of verbs we feel like we are in tune with each other. Find out what kind of verbs you like to use and learn to use other types as well. Listen to others and learn to match the verbs they are using. It will make the communication better.

Visual: "I see what you mean."
"It is not very clear to me yet."

Auditory: "That rings a bell."
"I hear what you are saying."

Kinesthetic: "That doesn't feel right to me."
"Get a grip on things."

Obviously phrases like: "I see what you are saying." are not good practice even though we hear them all the time. We can't see what someone is saying. We hear what they are saying.

Beginning Conversations/Ending Conversations

As strange as it may sound many of us don't know how to begin or end conversations. We miss out on making good friends simply by not being able to introduce ourselves. At other times we become trapped in conversations that we don't want. Practice beginning conversations and ending conversations with a partner until it becomes natural and smooth. Better yet practice all of these skills and keep them handy just in case you need them.

"Hello, my name is..."
"Hello, may I help you?"

"I would really like to hear more later when I have time."
"Can we talk again sometime?"

Forcing Conversations/Avoiding Conversations

With a partner take turns playing each role and have some fun with it. One of you try to force the conversation and the other try to avoid it. See who wins and why.

"Excuse me. I need to talk to you for a minute."
"Hey you in the red shirt."

"I don't have time right now."
"I'm busy right now, perhaps we can talk later."

Changing the subject/Returning to the subject.

This is perhaps the most powerful technique available. Learn how to change the subject to one that you want. When someone avoids talking about your subject keep returning to it. Most people talk in a random manner with one unrelated thought leading into another. Random association is the rule. By deliberately choosing the subject you control the conversation.

"Don't you have a car like that one?"
"But what about ..."

"I don't see what this has to do with ..."
"Weren't we talking about ..."

Interupting the conversation/not being interupted.

Practice these with someone until you get good at them and see how fun communication can be.

"Excuse me, I have a 2:00 appointment."
"I've got to go to the bathroom."

"Let me finish what I'm trying to say first."
"This will only take a minute."

Expressing Joy/Dealing with joy

"I'm so happy I could scream!"
"We could have so much fun!"

"Let's do it!"
"You look really great today."

Expressing Sadness/dealing with sadness

"My car just broke down and I don't know how to get home."
"I just can't seem to stop crying."

"Here's a kleenex."
"Do you have anyone to talk to?"

Expressing Anger/Dealing with Anger

"I'm warning you."
"I've about had it with the people around here."

"What are you so mad about?"
"Did I do something to offend you?"

I've given some sample ideas to get your thoughts moving. Practice some of these with a partner and get good enough at them to use them in conversations at will. Each one will be a valuable tool that you can take with you. It will be there when you need it.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 22-The Balance of Life

2007-02-15T14:40:00.000-08:00

There should be a balance to our lives. Everything is where it should be within our environment. The door we must open lies within our reach if we can only discover where it is. Where ever it is we want to go, our starting point is in the same room we are in right now.

There is an action we can take that will alter our life. That action is a new action we have not taken before and we probably don't know what that action is. That action might be a small simple action but it will have tremendous consequences on the rest of our life. Most of the time it comes out of our blind spot and we only stumble upon it by accident.

Many actions are like walking on a treadmill. We put out effort and energy but don't get any place. When we do the wrong actions we don't get anywhere. When we do the right actions our lives are changed forever. Correct actions are accumulative and empower us over time. Good friends can see the things we can't. They will help us if we let them.

One secret is closure. When we start something we must finish it or the energy we have already spent remains unfocused and acts as a drain on our energy reserves. Instead of walking on an endless treadmill we can break our actions down into specific physical tasks that can be completed with closure. Completing something gives us energy to start new projects. Completing brings energy back into our lives. If we don't finish we never get the energy back.

During each day set aside a portion of time to work for specific future goals. In performing these tasks our efforts take on added power and momentum. At first perhaps very little can be done, in time more and more can be accomplished. Effort toward goals is cummulative and will grow in time.

We progress in life through modest accumulated effort and not through heroic one time efforts. This has been one of the most difficult lessons I have had to learn. I have always wanted to do the heroic and not deal with the day to day realities. This reluctance to deal with the day to day realities of life has held me back for years. I am only now starting to come to terms with this issue.

All out heroic efforts have not gotten me anyplace except out of the frying pan and into the fire. Modest accumulations over long periods of time have brought the most important and lasting changes into my life.

As an example I got married and joined the military in a heroic effort at raising a family. It didn't work. I got the marriage and the family but I also got the divorce and the separation from my children. Heroic efforts seem in my life to be like a two edged sword take gives and takes. Slow and steady bring true results. Like a fine wine, the universe and nature will not be rushed. Everything has its own season. If we don't have something it is because we are not ready to have it. We don't know enough about what we want.

Modest forward progress has been constant and over the years the thing that has been most empowering in my life. The pattern seems to be take a risk, gain experience and then gain skill. When enough skill has been gained I have advanced. At this point my progress seems to be increasing at an exponential rate. The progress I have made toward personal goals in the past year alone is more than I have made in the ten previous years combined.

I've got to conclude that long term planning and working toward long term goals are two of the key ingredients for personal empowerment and goal achievement. This is especially effective when combined with the closure concept. It seems to be an unbeatable combination.

This balance is only possible by working through and with the conditions of my life as they currently are and not as I wish them to be. Break things down into small chunks that are easy to do and put closure on them. Slow and steady does win the race.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 21 Romantic Love

2007-02-04T06:06:00.000-08:00

Why do people fall in love? Why do people fall out of love? These are questions that have been asked for as long as people have fallen in love. We fall in love because there is a need for what our partner provides. Love is a symbiotic relationship that goes to our core.

There are marked differences between the sexes that need to be openly stated and discussed. Males and females each follow different paths of ego development. The book "Men are from Mars,Women are from Venus" touches upon these striking differences. We each create what the other craves and needs.

Most of us dream of a soulmate relationship with a partner ideally suited for us, someone that would complete us in all ways. Just about everyone would like that experience. To aspire to this type of romantic love relationship is one of the most selfish things possible. Such a relationship would contain only two people and leave out the rest of the world wouldn't it?

At least that is the fear of many people when they see two lovers caught up in each other. Friends, family and job often suffer and take a lower priority and importance than the romantic partner. The collective suffers. To become too involved in love threatens the social structure and the survival of the community. We don't have time any more for our friends.

Our society and culture actively encourage us to think of others, to think of national interests, our political party, favorite charity, job and community. Society and culture are constantly trying to find new ways to separate us from our romantic partner. It is not surprising so few romantic love relationships ever last. There are so many powerful forces in each of our lives working against it from the very start.

We are taught being selfish is wrong and this is the fundamental point we must come to terms with if we ever want romantic love and have it last. Being selfish and wanting love and a romantic partner is a good thing and not a bad thing. Society and community will benefit from romantic love relationships. Family is at least as important as the security of our nation.

Should we deny ourselves happiness in life and suffer for other people or should we live for our own happiness and share that happiness with those around us? To experience romantic love we live for our own happiness and follow a course of action that will find us an appropriate partner.

What is it that makes romantic love so special? Why do we feel alive and vibrant when we are with the person that we love? Why does that person make us feel complete?

It is this feeling of completeness that really defines romantic love. In this feeling of completeness we feel that we have a self. This feeling of completeness makes us feel like a person, like an individual. We feel complete and it feels good! We feel important and loved as much as we love. We also feel all we need is the love of our partner and that is the danger.

Most of us have experienced that intense emotional experience called "puppy love". This is a soul level experience and involves our capacity for love. In "puppy love" we have a giant crush on somebody and give all of ourself to this person gladly and willingly. We expect that same intensity of love in return and when it is not returned we are no longer as young and innocent as we were before.

From this point on we earn the love and respect of any potential romantic partner and it is not an easy road to follow. To find love we first find self esteem and learn to love our own self.

Love and respect exist on every level. We develop the capacity for self esteem and love with our entire being. The only way to do this is to find someone to interact with us and teach us. This means we can be attracted to someone spiritually,mentally,emotionally, sexually or physically. Each type of love relationship is valid and causes our souls to grow as we share with this other person.

Somehow we find a teacher for each type of energy, someone of the opposite sex that will teach us the mysteries of that energy, someone that will give us experience that we need. At the same time we are teaching them and giving them experiences they need to become complete. We use each other to become complete.

It is very rare that one person will be able to teach us and develop us in each of the energies. It is more probable that we fall in love at different times with different people and learn the lessons they each have to teach us. We in turn will be helping them to learn and develop in a mutual relationship of growth and development. These relationships end when our capacity for self esteem and love has been established and we are ready to move on to other areas. We have become complete in that area and don't need them anymore. This defines a co-dependent relationship fairly well.

When we fall in love with someone of the opposite sex the energy dynamics will help each partner develop an astral body and sense of self. It is this feeling of growth and completeness that makes love so exhilarating. When we are with this person we feel alive and vibrant.

There are many ways to fall in love with someone. The relationship may even be only a casual friendship or aquaintance, love at a distance. In each instance there is a mutual attraction of energy.
This all sounds so complex and impersonal that I would like to share my own story. I have experienced devastating "puppy love" in my youth and then later a broken marriage that taught me many karmic lessons about living with someone else.

Through the healing process I was attracted and fell in love with other women that were teachers and taught me different growth experiences and relationship skills. At the conclusion of each relationship we managed to part with as much love, respect and peace as possible. We simply grew away from each other and were healthy enough to let go when we needed to.

These some of these relationships would be considered platonic and non physical in nature. They involved minimal physical contact with each other but major contact with each other in dreams of great intensity. This dream contact always led to an alchemical marriage type of experience in which our astral bodies were bonded together at every level possible. Each relationship gave the impression of being a soulmate relationship but only on the level it existed on. When personal growth spilled over into other levels the relationship was terminated. We could not give each other what we needed for continued soul growth.

Each woman gave me experiences that I badly needed to learn. Because of these experiences I am more able to do my part in making a relationship work over long periods of time. My experiences were all positive and healing. It was these relationships that allowed me to find my current wife.

Because of these experiences I feel it is natural for different people to come into our lives at times and then leave when they are no longer needed. Such relationships encourage and develop our inner selves and bring needed communication and relationship experience. The important thing is to be able to let go when we must let go and be able to do so with as much love as possible.

Not one of my experiences in a relationship was repeated in another one. It was as if something was created within me and reached fulfilment. Each relationship involved new energies and new issues in my life. Each relationship was healthier because I was able to use my growing relationship skills to sustain it for as long as possible. Each relationship made new demands on me that increasingly involved effort on my part to make the relationship work. By now I have become convinced a lasting love relationship is one of the most difficult things possible but also one of the most rewarding.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 20 Dream Vehicles and Weapons

2007-01-28T07:10:00.000-08:00

In the physical world it is difficult to accurately judge all of the important factors in a situation. Some things never go as planned and a few things defy rational explanation. This is because of the hidden factors that are hard to determine as well as the human factors of strength of will, character and determination.

We can be as objective and materialistic as possible and entirely misjudge a person or a situation. In the end it matters just as much what is in the heart of a person. How much resolve, determination, and will to live the person has.

These factors do not express themselves within the physical world but they do express themselves in the dream world or the astral world. In our dreams we find ourselves in situations that relate to significant areas in our physical life. Each dream involves a particular type of energy and weakens us or strengthens us in that type of energy.

By monitoring our dreams we can determine if we are gaining power or loosing power. Each dream is an accurate reflection of the situation as it exists exactly at the time of the dream. At waking hours the situation may have altered in some fashion but probably not significantly.

Positive outcomes are liberating and expansive in nature. They indicate the flow of energy is favorable to us and we are gaining in personal power over that energy or situation. It may take twenty dreams over the space of one year to resolve a contested astral situation and determine a final outcome. Continued conflict leads to recurring dreams.

Negative outcomes are restrictive and confining in nature. They indicate the flow of energy is against us and the final outcome will be less than we hope it to be. We are loosing power in this type of dream. There is an area in life where we are not as effective as we were before.

At the time of the dream a new astral connection is made or an old one is severed. This alters the circuitry within the astral and a current will flow through the dream until a new point of equilibrium is established. Dammed up energy will be released as an energy exchange within the dream. When the energy flow stops the dream ends. This energy will either flow for us or against us depending upon our own level of energy.

Our dream bodies or astral bodies indicate in a general way the level of power we have at the time. Dreams are very symbolic and individual but certain things are fairly standard in the way they appear in dreams.

If we appear grotesque, wounded or distorted within the dream it indicates a serious loss of energy and lack of control within a particular situation in life. We have no control in these dreams and in the areas of life that they represent. We are acted upon or reactive instead of acting on others. This includes dreams in which people appear as animals like cows, horses, wolves...ect.

When we appear naked in a dream we have enough energy reserves to function and survive but not enough to alter events within the dream or in the life situations they represent. We are able to barely hold on to our humanity. The actions in these dreams are compulsive, instinctual and generally beyond our conscious awareness. We are merely participants or machines. Our nakedness indicates we are weak and vulnerable. It does not mean anything sexually in the generally understood manner.

To have clothing indicates we have risen above the purely instinctual level of energy and that a certain amount of awareness is available. To have clothing is a sign of empowerment and of energy reserves. We can exist and modify our environment to a degree.

The type of clothing is symbolic of the energy within the dream and of the situation in life it reflects. In a general way the closer the clothing matches what we currently wear the more power and influence we have in the situation it reflects.

If the clothing is out of place, being inappropriate for our current lifestyle it indicates we are working on unresolved issues from out of the past that were repressed long ago. In this type of dream it is important we are getting empowered within the dream and not being weakened. To become weakened in this type of dream is to withdraw even more in physical life. It means a going backwards. To become empowered means a form of healing is taking place.

The next empowerment step beyond clothing is to have a weapon or tool of some sort. A knife seems to be quite common in my own experience.

A knife in a dream indicates a surplus of energy. If we have a weapon we will also have clothing.

A weapon like a knife indicates the ability to manipulate the outcome of the dream in some manner. This means using our energy reserve and attempting to make the energy flow in a manner favorable to us. Put in other terms we might find ourselves in some type of astral battle or duel and using our knife or weapon to defend ourselves. We need to defend ourselves to keep the energy flowing in the same direction. There is a threat the energy flow will be reversed.

In dreams we do not fight inanimate objects. Inanimate objects reflect physical obstacles that we must somehow get around. Anything we end up fighting is animate and indicates the opposing force of another individual, often someone close to us or perhaps even ourselves. The monster we fight in dreams is either someone else functioning in a very distorted manner and affecting our physical lives or it is a part of our own inner self that we are in denial about, a part that is also affecting our physical life.

Is the dream empowering and expansive or is it restrictive and making us helpless victims. In any case it is an accurate reflection of a certain energy and situation in our physical life. Are we being healed or victimized in the dream experience?

Weapons such as guns, grenades and bombs represent very large energy reserves that can be tapped to influence the direction of energy flow within the dream. These dream weapons are so powerful they can even be projected and used at a distance. In the dream we can shoot someone or something without being close to it. A knife battle involves hand to hand combat that is more desperate.

While it is a sign of empowerment to have a weapon in a dream the natural consequence is to find ourself in situations where we need to use it. In life there is a competition for things. By using our energy reserves to make the current flow in a favorable direction someone else is suffering an energy reversal and they will astrally come to discover what the problem is and try to correct it. They desire what we desire. This causes an astral duel or confrontation. As a person's power increases these duels can become more frightening because of the intensity of the forces involved.

In a recent dream someone shot me in the chest and blew my chest wide open. Whoever this person was they had a tremendous energy reserve available. My own reserves were even greater because I merely healed myself and didn't even bother to attack the other person. There was no need to. With that shot he had expended his energy reserves and was no threat to me. My ability to heal proved the energy would continue to flow as I intended it.

There was a time for about two years when I was constantly being challenged in some type of astral duel and having to fight. In later years as my reserve of power has grown such encounters have become very rare. In one dream I took someone's knife away from them, broke the blade and handed the knife back.

What this tells me is my ability to act and influence astral events is not really challenged by many people and is in fact supported by many that do believe in me and what I am trying to do in my life. This empowerment is reflected in physical life as a growing sense of accomplishment and recognition from others. Each day brings me a little closer to my goals in life and that progress makes me happy.

Vehicles indicate another type of power, the power to influence the environment. With a weapon we confront the opposition of individuals in our lives. With vehicles we gain mobility within the environment itself. A dream vehicle indicates personal power over the physical obstacles that confront us. It symbolizes that we are in control and moving toward our goals. Loss or damage to our dream vehicle indicates a threat or loss of control in a situation we were previously strong in. The physical realities of the situation have somehow changed and the dream reflects the new dynamics of the situation. We are no longer moving toward our goal.

I've noticed some of my dream vehicles were from past periods of my life as I worked through repressed issues and gained control over them. Each vehicle reflected an issue of my past that I had repressed.

It seemed that once I had developed such a vehicle it was quite easy to modernize it. I had overcome the obstacles of the past and was now ready to confront the obstacles of the present.

I am a truck driver and current dreams of vehicles tend to be of my own truck. This indicates the issues in my dreams reflect current issues and not issues from from the past returning to haunt me.

Occasionally I am riding in someone else's vehicle as a passenger or perhaps even driving. I believe this type of dream represents a joining of forces and a cooperative effort with someone else to achieve some mutual goal we both wish for. These are often of an empowering nature and reflect personal growth and empowerment. The joining of forces in the most empowering type of dream there is. Some sexual types of dreams are variations of cooperative efforts at the astral level.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 19 Youth and Innocence

2007-01-19T18:21:00.000-08:00

Before we are born we exist in the astral with the total accumulation of energies we have acquired during our past lifetimes. There are genetic and etheric bonds that link us to our future parents. Some call these bonds karmic bonds. We choose our parents and they choose us.

In giving us life part of both parents has united genetically and etherically to fashion a physical vehicle that can contain the energies making up our soul. At the moment of birth we are more alive and vital than we will be at any time in our lives. Our Holy Guardian Angel is functioning in harmony with our Shadow. They both wish to keep us alive and healthy. We bring into this life the energy we carry with us from past lives. This energy supplements all areas of living as a form of grace or proctection.

Our abstract spiritual and concrete spiritual bodies are developed and very active. Babies are very intuitive and capable of psychically knowing things about the environment. Most babies are surrounded with spiritual love and light. They have strong auras.

Their abstract mental energies are high. Babies have an intense ability to focus all of their energy on one thing at a time. The ability to focus is so complete the need seldom lasts a long time. It is the opposite of a short attention span. In seconds they assimilate the usefulness of an object and become bored with it. See it. Taste it. Feel it. Hear it. Smell it. Break it. What else is there to do with it?

Concrete mental energies are awesome. A child learns as much or more within the first six years of life as in the entire rest of his or her life altogether.

Upper emotional energies make the lives of most children lives of happiness and adventure as new horizon after horizon opens before them in beauty and wonder. Life is a joyous exploration as the world unfolds in all of its spendor.

Lower emotional energy is strong also. Children get angry and stubborn when they don't get what they want. They become adept at getting the things they want from other people.

Etheric energies are very powerful in children. Family ties are very strong and a child's love for parents and siblings is unconditional.

At birth all of these energies are at a maximum within the newborn and only the parental bonds have been established; especially the bond with the mother. They flow through the entire body in an unrestricted manner. The energy of love flows through these bonds as well as others.

This energy represents the energies carried over from past lifetimes. As the child interacts with others and gains experience he or she establishes astral connections that draw this energy away in an expansive manner. The natural energy reserve is like money that is gradually spent through experiences with others. The world expands before the child and absorbs the child's energy. The child absorbs the experience. This happens with each form of energy and represents the expansiveness and innocence of youth.

A point is reached when the child has given out his or her ready supply of energy. When this happens the energy flow reverses and what was an expansive experience becomes a restrictive experience. This reversal of polarity occurs normally in the troubled teenage years and marks what we have come to call the loss of innocence. This loss of innocence is very painful and will happen sooner or later at every level as our energy reserves run out. Our grace period has run out and we need to generate our own energy to stay alive.

The physical body can learn to generate these energies and slow or even reverse the aging process. It is extremely difficult for most people to generate all seven types of energy. Most are able to generate a few of them and they remain young in the areas that they have learned to generate energy. They continue to age in the areas of those energies they don't generate.

The process is as follows:

1 It is easy to give away energy.
2 It is difficult to give away energy.
3 Energy is taken from us.
4 Energy is painfully taken from us.
5 we painfully are forced to generate more energy.
6 With difficulty we work and generate more energy.
7 We just feel a drain on us that is a mild irritation.
8 It becomes effortless to generate the energy and we once more have a surplus and the world expands before us.

This process can be followed with any of the seven energy types.

Abstract Spiritual

1 Easy to love
2 difficult to love
3 love is withheld
4 love is lost
5 love in face of rejection
6 love in spite of rejection
7 love without expectation of return
8 love unconditionally

Concrete Spiritual

1 easy to intuit
2 difficult to intuit
3 extremely difficult to intuit
4 impossible to intuit
5 intuit through trial and error-process of elimination
6 intuit from what is missing or not there
7 intuit shadow self
8 intuit true self

Abstract Mental

1 easy to focus
2 difficult to focus
3 extremely difficult to focus
4 impossible to focus
5 many fragments click together
6 refine big picture
7 broad paradigm
8 integrated personal philosophy

Concrete Mental

1 easy to learn
2 difficult to learn
3 extremely difficult to learn
4 impossible to learn
5 learn through hard work
6 learn through hobbies
7 learn from life's experiences
8 Each moment is a learning process

Upper Emotional

1 easy to experience joy and happiness
2 not so easy to experience joy and happiness
3 extremely difficult to experience joy and happiness
4 joy and happiness seem impossible
5 irony and dry humor
6 a bitter-sweet joy in life
7 easy humor
8 regain joy and happiness doing things we love doing

Lower Emotional

1 use anger to achieve goals
2 anger doesn't work as well to achieve goals
3 anger only helps occasionally to get goal
4 anger won't get us our goal
5 anger works against us
6 anger creates problems for us
7 anger and frustration while achieving goal
8 anger in form of determination and stamina is used to achieve goal

Etheric

1 unconditional love of family
2 difficulty with family
3 extremely hard times with family
4 impossible family-leave home
5 impossible family-return home
6 new family-difficult adjustment period
7 difficult to accept new family roles
8 new family roles and stations accepted

In each case we can regain the ease and vitality we once had as children by learning to generate our own surplus of that type of energy.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 18 Dream Work

2007-01-13T06:09:00.000-08:00

The dream world or astral world is physically real and created from the earth's magnetic field energy. It is created from the inductive portion of a huge resonant circuit with the physical earth itself forming the capacitive portion of the circuit.

The dream world or astral world is a counterpart to the physical and functions in an inverse manner. Dewey Larson's reciprocal theory is a general field theory that explains these two interconnected universes. He calls them the space/time universe and the time/space universe.

In the physical world we have individual physical bodies. In the astral world we are all a part of each other and a part of all that exists. An astral body of mine can be in someone else's dreams without my being aware of it. Someone else may be in my dream and not be aware of it.

In dreams bits of our awareness leave our sleeping bodies and travel the magnetic ley lines or astral worlds surrounding the earth.

In our dreams an energy cord is connected or severed. That is the purpose of the dream, to alter the circuit that exists in the astral world in a subtle way. Dreams alter a circuit and then allow energy to pass through the dream. When the energy ceases to flow the dream ends. A dream is a discharge of energy between two physical things that are connected through astral cords. Physical bodies generate and store energy like batteries. This energy is discharged through astral cords or magnetic flux lines.

If I appear in someone else's dream I will retain a connection with my physical body even if I am not aware of being in the dream. My physical body stores the energy charge that has been built up throughout the day. My physical body acts as a battery that stores energy. Because of the energy transfer that occurs in dreams my physical body will either have more energy in the morning or it will have less energy.

What I am saying is that dreams are real and reflect an actual energy transfer and alteration of the circuitry that exists within the astral world.

Nightmare dreams reflect situations in which the energy flow is going against us and where it is stronger than our own reserves. It reflects a serious physical situation that is not
in our control and an area that we are trying to repress or avoid dealing with.

In these situations our energy is destroyed as it contacts the opposing energy and we have a dream that is out of control and frightening. We experience weakness loss of energy and a draining of vitality.

I will give two examples from my own experience. In one dream my feet would not move. They were stuck to the floor. In this dream I grabbed a doorway structure with my hands and virtually pulled myself across the threshold to safety. That was the end of the dream. In pulling myself across the threshold my feet acted as if they were held by a magnet as they dragged across the floor.

The fact that my feet would not move indicated a serious obstacle at near physical levels within the astral. One that held me powerless and unable to move. Pulling myself to safety was an example of using spiritual or higher power to affect the lower levels in a positive way. I am certain that some physical crisis was averted by my actions within that dream. In some way I was empowered and gained energy.

In another dream my feet would not move. I fell to the ground and in an act of will grabbed handfuls of grass and pulled myself forward. In the act of pulling myself forward a new connection was made. The severity of my physical situation was somehow lessened and I was empowered. Again I was able to use higher energies to affect change at lower levels where I was powerless. The power of will overcame physical obstacles.

Both of these dreams were accurate reflections of my physical position in life and the legal obstacles that confronted me in relation to my divorce and its legal settlement. At the time of those dreams I was in a bad situation that almost miraculously turned out fair instead of overwhelmingly against me. My ex-wife was using all the legal maneuvers she could against me and I left myself totally to the mercy of the cosmic without defense.

In the astral world events gravitate together. These events form possible and later even probable future physical events as they gather a mass and momentum of their own. Our dreaming of these events indicate they will somehow have an effect in our lives when they become physical reality. Issues are worked out in the astral prior to becoming physical events. In this respect there are no coincidences in life. What physically happens to us is worked out in the astral before it becomes real to us.

I routinely dream about significant events before they happen during the day. This has held true for several years now but was not always the case.

The astral always works out two possible futures, one that is favorable to us and one that works against us. The situation is set up and the current will flow from the highest voltage to the lowest voltage. Only at the final stages is it determined if the outcome will be for us or against us. Much depends on our own inner strength and how anchored we are in physical reality. Also much depends on how important one type of outcome is to the collective of humanity. Many times one person must suffer so that many others do not have to suffer.

This is not a matter of fairness but a matter of energy dynamics. One outcome will have more energy than the other and the energy will flow from the greatest power to the lesser. If the energy flow is one way we will benefit and if it flows the other way we will suffer. It is very important we have as much energy in reserve as possible to influence these critical events when we can.

An example of a dream in which the energy flow went against me is when I was driving in a car down a road. Suddenly the car started going backwards and the brakes would not work. I was pulled of the road and into the ditch.

This is an interesting type of example because the fact that I had a car and was driving it indicated that I was very powerful in energy. If I was naked without any clothes it would have indicated I had very little energy in reserve. That my car was pulled backward and into the ditch indicated that the forces against me were even stronger. They were able to stop me and temporarily block my progress.

If my car had been wrecked or my astral body injured it would have meant a serious loss of energy to me. As it was my car remained intact and the setback was only temporary. In a few weeks I was driving down the road without any problem.

This is what dreams are about, the direction that the energy will flow. Sometimes it will flow one way and sometimes it will flow the other. Each dream is a subtle alteration of the circuitry and changes the direction of the flow in some manner large or small.

Also of prime importance is how quickly one can recharge themselves after their reserves have been depleted by an energy flow the wrong way.

Suppose my energy reserve was at 500 volts and the opposing force was at 600 volts. In the dream a connection was made and created a short circuit between us. My 500 volts was lost and destroyed. 500 volts of the opposition was also destroyed and lost. As a result only 100 volts worth of damage could be done to me, enough to pull my car into the ditch. When my car was pulled into the ditch the opposition was at 100 volts and the dream ended. 100 Volts could not do much damage and I was able to recharge more quickly.

When my car was pulled backwards I lost energy but so did the opposition. The opposing force could only pull me back so far. Then we were both equal; it was a stalemate situation. I could do nothing but they could not do any further harm to me either.

In this case I was able regain my energy reserves more quickly than the opposing force and I was able continue forward within weeks. The opposition had to accept some future physical event that would be in my favor, one that would somehow effect the lives of others.

The collective always resists change. It does not matter if the collective will benefit from something good happening to me, it simply does not want to change the status quo and the change in astral circuitry forced a change that must affect some future physical event.

This type of dream work is exhausting because one's energy reserves are destroyed time after time in some type of confrontation until a suitable compromise is worked out and all conflicts neutralized. It becomes a matter of who has the most energy available over a long period of time.

I have used my own dreams as examples but everyone's dreams work in the same fashion and determine how future events will affect us and our lives.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 17-Miracles

2007-01-02T15:31:00.000-08:00

Occasionally something happens in life that most would consider a miracle. These events are awesome and fearsome displays of physical power and endurance that seem superhuman to us or unnatural.

The mother that lifts a car to save a child is one type of this experience. In this type of experience thought does not enter. There is only the child and the need to save the child.

There are variations of this where people are saved from drowning or from burning buildings. In each variation people risk their own life and health without thought of personal safety. Their concern is totally focused on the person they need to save.

Another type of miracle is the "berserker rage" where some invincible power comes upon a person in the middle of a fight or battle. Such warriors were thought to be touched by the gods and unbeatable in battle. They are able to overwhelm the opposition with the fury of their attack.

A variation of this is anytime a person gets their way by overwhelming all opposition through force of personality. These people are so sure of themselves that they never doubt or think about whether they are right or not. The thought never crosses their mind and they are very difficult to stop. They know they are right and that rightness fuels their actions.

Another type of miracle is shown by some institutionalized people with mental and/or emotional disorders. At times these people can perform feats of superhuman strength like kicking out a 10 foot high window, ripping leather work shoes apart barehanded, and taking plumbing fixtures off walls without tools.

Others can perform strange feats of cunning like picking locks or knowing the birthdays of hundreds of people and not even be able to dress themselves. These are the idiot savants.

Somehow these otherwise handicapped individuals are able to focus effort and will long enough and with enough force to perform things we think of as superhuman.

Still another type of miracle is the type of performance expressed by professional athletes and martial artists. The martial artist can break blocks of wood or bricks bare handed by striking them in a special way with a special force.

The Olympic athlete is continuously breaking new records in what it is possible for the human body to achieve. They are constantly doing what has never been done before.

These people repeat a series of actions over and over until the action is automatic. The body performs the action without conscious thought and awareness or rather by a special type of awareness and focus that has been developed.

What do all of these "miracles" have in common?

They all exhibit some type of action we consider superhuman, some superhuman strength, stamina, agility or resourcefulness. In each case the action is performed without conscious thought or awareness but instead with a type of instinctive body awareness. In each case there is a terrific intent and focus of energies toward a very specific goal. This is an unthinking focus.

In these actions the entire being is directed into the physical activity. Nothing is held back. There is no room for doubt or hesitation of any kind.

From this we learn it is possible to perform physical action without conscious thought. Driving a car might be one example and doing our job might be another. These are tasks become so routine our body does them without our full attention or awareness. The behavior becomes automatic for us.

To achieve a physical goal we not only physically perform the needed actions but we perform those actions until they become automatic for us. We perform the physical actions automatically without even thinking about them.

Proper habits and behaviors will lead us toward our goal even when we are not thinking about our goal. When the brain shuts down training takes over. Become trained and then stop thinking and let our training carry us through to the final goal.

Be tightly focused toward one goal and only one goal at a time. Master one skill until it becomes automatic and only then attempt to master another skill. Energy and efforts must not be diverted but contained. At the very least have separate distinct efforts and actions for each goal and keep these efforts and actions separate from each other.

Finish what we start and put closure on those things we have finished. If there are three things to do, the proper technique is to concentrate only on one action and bring that action to some type of closure. Only then go to the next action and concentrate exclusively on that physical action and bring it to some type of closure.

As an example one hour of the day might be reserved exclusively for making business calls. Another hour might be reserved for reading and answering incoming mail. Yet another couple hours might be spent on project development and design.

By doing only one physical action and skill at a time and bringing each to a proper closure a miraculous amount of work can be accomplished in a short period of time with a minimum of wasted time and energy. If a person writes three pages of a book every day they will have written three books in a year's time.

If a person writes twenty pages one day and five the next and nothing else for a week no momentum is built up and each effort to restart takes added effort and energy. The person without momentum and habit will rarely accomplish the goals they want because they never have enough time or energy to work toward those goals.

The last factor toward achieving miracles is to put everything we have into what we are doing. Believe intensely and follow through until a conclusion is reached. No half way or half hearted measures will ever work. Put everything into the achievement of our goal.

By keeping these things in mind we can achieve miracles in our own lives. List those goals that we believe in and resolve to achieve them.

Resolve to a course of physical action that will lead to the achievement of our goal. By breaking each action down into small specific physical tasks and setting aside a specific time for doing these tasks they will get done in a timely manner. We train to do what needs to be done. Then we let ourselves do it.

Last break away from each task after the allotted amount of time and bring a closure to concentrate totally on the next task. In doing a task our full effort must be on the accomplishment of that task. We should not be thinking about some other task. Be tightly focused on each goal and give that goal everything while working on it. When we are done with it we leave it completely.

If we have several goals we must make certain a portion of each day or each week is devoted toward the achievement of that goal and a momentum established. These actions must become habit.

Time must be made and set aside for family and social life. Each week include a social activity and a family activity that is planned and followed through on. Good intentions do not count, only physical actions count. Time must be made and set aside for hobbies and special interests.

It must become habitual and automatic to devote time and energy toward each goal in life. Work is not the time to think of family and don't bring work home to family. All of these goals must be attended to separately and habitually until life and success become automatic to us. Our entire life can become a miracle.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 16 OAK Energy Ball Meditation Part 4

2006-12-23T04:13:00.000-08:00

STEP SEVEN

By the time you are able to move the energy ball down into the solar plexus area you will notice something very disturbing. The energy ball will go down quite easily but will tend to get "stuck" when you try to raise it back up! Some people have noticed this at the throat chakra.

This indicates a deeply rooted emotional trauma that is not easily released. It is like a time bomb of toxic energy inside us waiting to go off. The best thing to do is to not force things and gently work the energy ball up and down the spine several times. Each time the energy ball rises up the spine little slivers or splinters of "black" energy will be released.

Work past the deeply buried problem area and the energy will release itself. This will probably happen as a spontaneous release of emotional weeping. As an example I was working through some childhood issues when suddenly I was overwhelmed by feelings of emotional abandonment I had experienced as a child and repressed as too painful to remember. That toxic energy had been trapped in my physical body since I was a child.

After two hours of emotional sobbing and releasing the energy I felt better than I ever had in my life. Something bad in my life was no longer there. It had been released. If this energy had not been released it would have been released in knee-jerk psychotic behaviors beyond my conscious control. This is what I mean by safely releasing the energy and working the energy ball from the top down.

This also stresses the importance of developing the energy ball as a safe area for your awareness to retreat to if it has to. From the mental perspective it is easier to deal with these emotional time-bombs we all have within us. It allows us to remain in control and "safely" experience and release that which must be experienced and released.

STEP EIGHT

Continue moving the energy ball downward until it can move freely from the base of the spine to the top of the head without any restrictions or releases of "black" energy. When this has been accomplished your entire body will be phase locked with the spiritual energy source above your head.

"Spiritual energy" can now circulate freely throughout your entire body making small adjustments to increase your health and vitality. Emotional, sexual, and physical energy still can't circulate freely because they are denser and much slower. They require much more purification. Still, now this can be safely done. The inner circuits already opened will act as emergency relief valves when pockets of denser "black" energy are activated and released.

STEP NINE

After moving the energy ball completely up and down the spine without resistance try forcing it downward toward the center of the earth. This will tap into more "black" energy that is surrounding your environment. By releasing this energy into your awareness you are defusing potentially dangerous situations by gaining awareness of them and neutralising the charge they carry.

This earth energy will activate more "black" energy within your body and shake it loose so you can get rid of it. As long as your energy ball is "phase locked" with the spiritual power source all released "black" energy will go upward until it comes into conscious awareness where it can be dealt with safely and harmlessly. In AA this is termed turning things over to a "Higher Power". We are using the energy ball to do this in a more mechanical way.

There is a power point where your feet touch the earth. Create an energy ball at this point and work with it as before. There are nine chakra points. Seven are within the body. One is just above the top of the head and one is where the feet touch the earth.

At some point you will be able to effortlessly move the energy ball deep within the earth and raise it upward as high as possible until it disappears into the "spiritual" light. Doing this will draw earth energy up into your body as a second power source. It will also create a collumn of light that goes from your spiritual power source down into the center of the earth to connect with your earth power source.

This will establish a strong two way current within your physical body and anchor both power sources in a way that will make them constantly open and active. This ensures rapid growth and development as all parts of your body and psyche begin to "phase lock" together.

Only at this point is it safe to work will the strong physical and sexual energies in any serious manner.

For all practical purposes this completes the "lesser" work and begins the work of working with the dense earth energies. It took about six months for me to do. I have done it with groups of people in two hours. Working as a group makes the process much easier because you are able to draw on other groups members for help through the tough spots.

With the opening of these channels added energy flows through the body as the result of both solar and lunar influences. Now these powerful cycles are adding their energy with yours and individual progress is greatly accelerated.

When completed this meditation creates a permanent change within the energy channels of the physical body. It opens and releases blocked areas. I have done this with over thirty people in different group settings with the same results and feedback.

It is the most powerful way that I know of to open the major energy channels within the body. It is also the fastest and safest.

In Masonry the "Royal Arch Degree" symbolizes what this meditation does. The mason is searching for the lost word and treasure. Among the ruins of an old building they excavate and find a hidden chamber. Beneath that chamber lies another chamber and beneath that yet another. Depending upon the variation of masory there are seven or nine chambers that must be excavated to reach the bottom and find the lost word.

This meditation uses nine chambers, the seven within the physical body,one above the body and one beneath the body. It connects these chambers with two sources of cosmic power. Spiritual Light is tapped into as high into the light as possible to reach. We lift the energy ball into the light until the toxic energy it carries is released.

The second source of cosmic power lies at the center of the earth. We draw that up into our lives for increased health and empowerment.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 16 OAK Energy Ball Meditation Part 3

2006-12-15T14:35:00.001-08:00

STEP FIVE

This step completes the construction of the basic "energy ball" used in the remaining steps. After visualizing the energy ball as described in the first four steps you have integrated the energy of the crown chakra and third eye chakra. These have formed a large ball of energy that is surrounding the entire head.

Now visualize a second energy ball located on the thyroid glands in the center of the throat. Spin the energy ball to help stabalize it. As before merge this second energy ball with the large one to create an even larger energy ball.

This is more difficult than the earlier steps because of the sheer size of the visualization. The finished ball extends above the head a little and includes the throat area. The "phase locking" sensation may be more difficult to sense. Keep working at it until you sense all of the energies blending together. This may even seem like a fog of energy that surrounds you.

After the ability is gained to easily create this large "phase locked" energy ball there are several ways to strengthen it. My choice is to mentally rotate it from the top of the head forward like a ball rolling in front of me. This helps to stabilize and strengthen it.

At this point you have an energy ball made up of four different energies that have "synchronized" together as harmonics or octaves of each other. They are locked together in a "phase locked" circuit that resists change and seeks to maintain itself. Your point of awareness should be able to easily move anywhere within this ball moving from one type of energy to another.

When this point is reached there will be a permanent change taking place in your awareness. These energies will begin to bleed through into each other and open blocked energy pathways.

Your entire day will be filled with one "insight" after another in a way that is truly incredible. Your mental processes are going through a complete overhaul as you fine tune and perfect your personal belief system.
Illuminations will fill in the missing pieces for you and you will gain many useful understandings.

This "locking" together of these energies is a wonderful thing and will begin the process of regeneration within your physical body. Parts of your psyche will begin to fit together as never before.

STEP SIX

After you have perfected the basic energy ball it is time to start working with it in a deliberate and conscious manner. Your awareness can reside in this energy ball. In a way this energy ball is a type of astral vehicle for your awareness. We are going to use it to open the blocked energy pathways within the body.

This energy ball is your "safe" area where you can safely come to terms with "buried" and repressed emotional baggage and trapped "black" energy. In this safe area you bring this "black" energy under conscious control. You begin by working from the top downward one layer at a time.

After forming the energy ball try to raise it as high into the spiritual light as you can. From this point on always attempt this contact with the "light" because it is your energy source. Feel your mind and awareness rise as if it is in an elevator as you raise the energy ball into the light. Move the energy ball up and down and feel your awareness move up and down with it.

Next try forcing the energy ball down the spine. Because the rest of the body is not "synchronized" there will be resistance and it will not want to go very far. Make this attempt at least three times before quitting. After the third try raise the ball as high as it will go toward your "energy source". Your energy ball will have accumulated "dark" energy and need to be purified in the light.

As the energy ball comes in contact with repressed "black" energy it grabs the black energy like a magnet. This black energy will cling to the energy ball. Only moving the energy ball back up into the light will release the black energy.

This is important because your downward efforts have loosened quite a bit of "black" energy and brought it to your awareness in a shocking manner. The spiritual or light energy helps to dissolve and neutralize the "black" energy keeping you soundly in control of those waves of emotion that will begin to wash over you.

This simple practice will release incredible amounts of trapped emotional energy allowing it to be used for other purposes. It is possible to intensify the experience by taking a deep breath and holding it while both raising the ball and forcing it downward against the resistance. Try it first without holding your breath. When you have done as much as you can move to this next step. Take your time. This may take several sessions.

The method I used was to inhale, hold my breath and mentally push the energy ball downward. Then I would exhale and inhale and exhale normally before repeating. This practice of holding the breath as long as comfortable is extremely powerful because it forces oxygen into the blood and then into the brain. It can easily cause dizziness and should only be used with caution by those in excellent health.

Even if done only once a day this exercise will release "trapped" emotional energy throughout the entire day as spontaneous waves that suddenly wash over you. As a result you will be very preoccupied with your personal growth and healing process. It will be a highly disruptive period but a very productive one.

As I was working through some of my "black" energy I felt what I was doing was the most important thing I had ever done in my life. I was freeing myself from past karma that had held me back my entire life. It was also the most exciting thing I had ever done and was very intense. I could feel the power that was flowing through me!

Early Christians called this type of experience taking away your sins or freeing yourself from your sins. They had their own method of releasing this trapped emotional energy.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 16-OAK Energy Ball Mediation Part 2

2006-12-04T16:38:00.000-08:00

STEP TWO

After visualizing a stable rotating ball of energy about four inches above your head, begin to visualize a second ball of energy surrounding the pineal gland in the center of the brain. This will directly stimulate the pineal gland. Simply forget about the first ball of energy and let it be. Turn your focus on creating a ball of energy right in the center of the brain.

Do the same thing as before mentally rotating it to help the energy stabalize. You may feel a strange sensation in your head as you are doing this. Increased blood flow is going to your brain. When this ball of energy is stablized go back to the first ball of energy that is above your head and refresh it.

At first it will be difficult to visualize two energy balls at the same time. Rapidly switch awareness from one to the other until both are visualized at the same time.
Continue this until both energy balls can be visualized quickly and easily. Each ball of energy is created out of a different type of energy.

STEP THREE

With both energy balls clearly visualized try to mentally force them together into one big energy ball. At first they will resist going together because the energy is not "synchronized". It will seem like trying to push two balloons together. You will sense the resistance. Be persistent and keep trying until both energy balls merge together into one larger energy ball.

When the energy balls do finally merge together into one big energy ball there will be a definite shift of awareness that can be felt. The center of the big energy ball will have shifted toward the back of the head and it will feel as if half of it is protruding from the top and back of the head. Before this both balls were centered on and over the middle of the head.

Now it will feel like a basketball sized energy ball is half in your head and half outside the back of your head. This feeling will be very pronounced and definite.

Two types of energy are now synchronized together and working as "one" energy. Try to maintain this "locked together" visualization as long as possible. "Spiritual" energy is directing and fusing with pineal gland energy and stimulating all of the endocrine glands in a beneficial way. The pineal gland is the master gland of the body and will begin to work with the spiritual energy and distribute it throughout the physical body.

This begins the process of physical rejuvenation and increased health with all of the glands "synchronized" and working together.

STEP FOUR

After successfully visualizing the big energy ball, visualize a second energy ball centered directly behind the eyebrows where the pituitary gland or "third eye" is located. Forget about the big energy ball and focus on the new energy ball rotating it as before until it is stable.

When this is clearly visualized try to merge the two energy balls together. As before they will resist at first but when they do merge there will be a definite shift of awareness toward the center of the head. The combined energy ball will be much larger and fit around the head like a fishbowl.

A distinct awareness of a very large energy ball that extends around the head will result. With this experience will come the absolute certainty that the pituitary and pineal glands are "phase locked" together with the third "spiritual" energy. This is the formation of a resonant circuit within the brain itself! It will try to maintain itself through the day. This is the reason for the incredible gains of this method.

The "phase locked" condition also causes the "master glands" to work together more closely than ever before. This alters the operation of the endocrine glands in a more harmonious way causing subtle changes throughout the entire body and releasing trapped "black" energy.

A few successful attempts will result in a permanent change with all three types of energy "phase locked" together. At first it was hard to merge them. Now it will be hard to seperate them from each other.

Serialadventures Have a serial with your breakfast! This is a listing for new serials being posted on the internet today. If you are an author publishing a serial get it listed here! If you are a reader interested in serials, ebooks, and books in general check this listing out. Serialadventures is a service for authors to showcase their work and find new readers. Books and the internet do go together! This list is just starting and will take some time to grow. We need your support.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Anarchist Knight:Apprentice is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles. Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today's world require self empowerment training. This ebook is available as a download!

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 16-OAK Energy Ball Meditation Part 1

2006-11-24T06:14:00.000-08:00

Vital life energies need to circulate freely within both the physical and non-physical body before they can become integrated and function as one complete unit. These energies flow through circuitry that occurs naturally within the body. This circuitry is often blocked with repressed emotional energy that is trapped within the physical body and stored there.

There are many ways to release these pockets of trapped and repressed emotional energy. Rieki or massage can do it and so can yoga or other types of physical exercise. A more gentle approach is through some type of meditation that safely brings this energy into awareness.

Freud's method of free association does this. Dianetics Book One processing does this in an even more effective manner. The OAK Energy Ball Meditation does this even more effectively.

When these circuits are fully open a form of alternating bio-electrical energy is allowed to pass through that is responsible for most psychic phenomenon and conscious awareness experiences. When the current is allowed to flow only one way as in direct current these psychic phenomena are not likely to occur.

Radio and Television are examples of modern applications using alternating current. The alternating current or sinus rythm is pervasive within the human body. This includes brain waves, nerve energy and heart beat.

It is the lower energies of fear, pain, sexual energy and anger that block these pathways and accumulate to dangerous quantities within the physical body. It is ironic that the development of these same energies in a free flowing and healthy state bring the most power to manifest things in life. They are the energies that most people regard as charismatic.

The development of charisma and personal magnetism depends upon the generation and accumulation of these energies and there healthy use. Training in the martial arts is an example of a method of generating and developing these powers.

The development and accumulation of physical or sexual energies is not safe until the psyche has been purged of all past repressions and "buried" traumas that form black pockets of negative energy within the body. Development of lower energies tend to activate these pockets of "black" repressed energy sometimes resulting in "knee jerk" behavior where we do and say things impulsively without even knowing that we are doing or saying them. This happens when the repressed and trapped emotional energy breaks free and travels through the nervous system.

In the medical profession this is called "psychotic" behavior and is not what we really want to be doing! Instead we have to purge these repressed energies out of our system one at a time. The safest way of doing this is working from the "top" downward.

We do this by generating "mental" or "spiritual" energy and forcing increased bio-electrical energy flow within our bodies. The OAK process is in my opinion safe enough for anyone to use. As a precaution, though, people in poor physical, mental, or emotional health should not follow any of these procedures without their doctor's consent. I am not a doctor. The following expresses my opinion about what is happening and why it happens.

I must stress the incredible power of this method. In a matter of days we gain an increasing number of "insights" into our personal affairs. At first these will be "insights" into our personal philosophy of life as our mental outlook begins to clarify and complete itself. This happens through working with mental energies.

When our belief system is complete enough our awareness will transfer itself to the mental level permanently. From this mental level we will be able to objectively deal with the "repressed" emotional pain and trauma from the past.

Our ego will be centered at the mental level where it is safe and in control. This is very important because releasing this "black" energy into awareness is very traumatic. As I went through this process I was seeing a psychologist as a precaution to ensure that I was in no danger of "losing it".

The gains and personal insights I was making at that time were so remarkable my psychologist described my personality as "fluid"! At the same time my ego was very strong and plastic and in no danger of being fragmented in any way.

Anyone can experience the same rapid personal growth and may at times be alarmed. Most of the time we will be joyous at the chance to rid ourselves of these "ghosts" from the past that prevent us from living the type of life we really want. THIS IS THE REAL THING!
This meditation purifies both the physical body and psyche so it can handle the more powerful and intense sexual and physical energies. It also opens one up to the lunar and solar cycles whereby monthly and seasonal energies are added to your own personal efforts and personal development is greatly accelerated.

MEDITATION EXERCISE
This exercise should be done at least once a day and if possible twice a day. The entire exercise lasts only about ten minutes but its effects are felt throughout the day and the night in spontaneous "insights", lucid dreaming, and a marked increase in psychic abilities in general.

STEP ONE
Seat yourself comfortably with your spine straight and your hands resting comfortably on your lap.

Take a few deep breaths to relax and get into the right frame of mind. Close your eyes and visualize a ball of energy about four inches above your head. Keep trying until you can visualize this ball of energy easily and vividly.

The action of visualizing a ball of energy "outside" of the body is a very complex action. It involves a high degree of abstract thought and is at first very difficult to do. It requires a lot of energy in the head area as well as the ability to focus this energy.

The most important suggestion here is that practice makes perfect. A headache may result from this exercise if a person is not used to abstract thought of any kind. This is not serious unless it persists. A few days of not doing the exercise should correct the problem.

This exercise causes increased blood flow and oxygen to the brain and to the pituitary and pineal glands stimulating them to increased activity.

The idea of step one is to gradually strengthen these glands and increase their hormone activity. They are the master glands of the body and control other endocrine gland activity. This is the first step in increased health benefits.

Visualizing the energy ball as a rotating ball of energy helps to stabalize the visualization. Rather than clockwise or counter clockwise I always felt better rolling it like a snowball with the energy going up the back and down the front. This is similar to the way kundalini energy goes up the spine and then flows down the front of the body.

Serialadventures Have a serial with your breakfast! This is a listing for new serials being posted on the internet today. If you are an author publishing a serial get it listed here! If you are a reader interested in serials, ebooks, and books in general check this listing out. Serialadventures is a service for authors to showcase their work and find new readers. Books and the internet do go together! This list is just starting and will take some time to grow. We need your support.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles. Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today's world require self empowerment training. This ebook is available as a download!

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 15-The Gift of life

2006-11-14T15:56:00.000-08:00

Deep within us something rejoices at the sight of a new born baby. Each child is a treasure and sacred. The mother of the child is the bringer of life.

The innocence of childhood with its joy of living does not need to be lost as we grow older. We can regain the joy of living we once had as children.

To all of us the gift of life is sacred. We are given the limited time we have to advance humanity's position on planet Earth.

It is wrong to waste that time in self-destructive or non-productive activities. It is also wrong to destroy the life of another in an act of aggression for personal gain. It is important we have respect for the lives of others and allow them the space and freedom to live and grow. There is no need to fear allowing others freedom and space.

There is a difference in fighting to defend our selves and in the violence of war, rape, pillage and murder.

When unprovoked never strike the first blow that harms another. However, when a conflict is inevitable the first blow should be ours and that blow should be decisive.

Imagine that we drive to a shopping center late one evening for some last minute shopping and leave the store to return to our car. We are pushing a cart of groceries before us. As we enter the parking lot and near our car a suspicious and threatening person advances toward us.

Looking wildly around for an escape route we see another person coming up behind us. There is no escape and we are stabbed, beaten and die in that dark parking lot because someone wanted our money to buy drugs.

We were so paralyzed with fear we were unable to make one move to defend ourselves. We lived and we died a helpless victim. The policeman around the corner arrived too late to save us.

But what about our loved ones? Our spouse, our children, siblings and parents are suddenly also victims. With our death an important part of their lives is gone forever and we did not lift a finger to prevent it. We were frozen with fear.

Because of our inability to act our loved ones will spend the rest of their lives with any empty space we could have filled. Because of our lack of awareness we failed those that loved us at the time they needed us most.

The gift of life is not simple. When we die our death affects the lives of many other people and they become victims also.

We have an obligation to those we love and those that love us. We have an obligation to choose the manner and time of our own death as much as humanly possible. We are obligated to die with dignity and honor if it is within our power to do so.

Be aware enough to recognize and avoid dangerous situations. When it is not possible to avoid a situation have the awareness and competence to initiate appropriate action and control the outcome of the situation. If we need to fight, make sure we strike the first blow and it causes damage. Hopefully it will cause enough damage to end the fight before there even is a fight.

If we die in such a battle we die with dignity and honor. Our loved ones will still mourn our deaths but they will gain comfort in knowing we fought and we never compromised. They will know we inflicted damage on those that destroyed us.

Think of the joy and happiness of our loved ones if we live through such an encounter because we fought back in self defense. We now have the rest of our lives to share with them.

The family bonds in life are most sacred. It is important we can fight for the safety and protection of those we love. It is not wrong to fight for those we love; it is an obligation. We never know when we may need to fight for survival.

Have the knowledge and ability to fight with teeth and fingernails if those are the only weapons we have. There is within each one of us the capacity for fearful violence and we need to make it our friend. It will work for our survival in such desperate times of need. Our capacity for physical violence is our friend.

It is there to save our lives and the lives of those we love. It is not right to deny and suppress this aspect of who we are. It is a part of being human.

Our children will know and have comfort in the knowledge that we will do anything in our power to protect and save them from threatening situations. We will even give our lives for them if necessary.

Our spouse can feel safe knowing we will always give our support when they need it. They can count on us to do our part and we will support them in doing their part. They can feel our home is a place of safety and refuge.

Our parents need not fear old age because we will be there to take care of them when they need us. Our parents can know we have the ability and the strength to take care of them. Our siblings can see us as examples and draw encouragement from our own successes in life.

We can strive to be living examples so in our death our lives will be remembered.

Care about neighborhood and town and do your part to see it is a safe place to live in. By caring about the safety and welfare of those we love, we benefit others in the community at the same time.

The key to a safe community is to be capable of doing what is needed. We can provide the safety and protection for ourselves and for those we love. The policeman will always be around the corner and out of earshot when we need him. Never expect the policeman to do what we can't do for ourselves and for each other. It is wrong to give away power and responsibility to a policeman that we should keep for ourselves. It will never be in our best interests to do so.

It is your life. Keep it in your hands!

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Functional Strength
- Endurance - Explosive Power - Trigger your warrior instinct with The Warrior Workout Video with Ori Hofmekler! click here

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 14-Like a Rock

2006-11-04T13:32:00.000-08:00

There are times in life when we need to stand fast, resolute, invulnerable like a rock. In times of assault and trial we feel the need to stand true to our inner convictions, true to what we believe even in the face of death itself. At such times we are like a rock in our faith and it is a source of strength to us.

This is a sound defensive strategy. It is easier to take a defensive position and resist all attacks rather than attack a superior force or opponent. It is sound judgment to let the opposition wear itself out and deplete its energy while we retain ours through a tight defensive position.
This concept of standing like a rock has a very solid foundation on physical reality and draws strength from physical reality. It also shows the wisdom of caution and non-aggression while remaining true to who we really are.

Due to the hierarchical nature of life as we develop our own personal power we earn the right to a better position in life. A position in life that holds more options for us and more chances for fulfillment. This means we may eventually take over a position that someone else already holds. All positions within the hierarchy are always filled. As soon as a position becomes vacant the proper person fills it.

Our struggle to advance becomes a threat to those that currently hold the position we are striving for and they will resist fiercely, not out of malice toward us but in the interests of self preservation. They wish to retain the position they currently hold.

It is currently popular to believe the advancement of our own interests and pursuit of happiness should not be a threat to anyone else. The truth is that nature is always filled to capacity and the finite world we live in will not grow larger.

When we advance someone somewhere looses a little space. The opposite is also true. When someone somewhere looses a little bit there is an opening we can advance into. This happens naturally as people in the work force age and retire leaving empty positions to be filled by younger people.

The difference between these two methods is profound. The first is aggression and open attack for power and position in life. The individual attempts to force his or her will on others.

In the second method a person stays at his or her current position slowly and gradually gaining personal power as little openings present themselves and at the proper moment in time the person in a higher position retires or withdraws and that newly vacated position is offered to the proper person. In this method there is no fighting for position and power because it is naturally recognized which person is proper for the new position.

There is no need to attack people that hold positions we aspire to. In the fullness of time and when it is appropriate that position will become ours if it is meant to be. It is wise to be content with our own growth and personal evolution and not threaten people.

There is no need to attack them. They may even at some point attack us simply because our increased energy is becoming a threat to them.

Many times they feel trapped in positions that are becoming too much for them to handle and they want a way out. Attacking us is often a way to hasten their own retirement in an honorable way. Such people feel it is better to die fighting for something than to be confined for the rest of their living years in an old folks home as they die from a degenerative disease.

When we desire personal growth in life our actions will often result in others attacking us at some point. Our efforts toward self fulfillment are making it more difficult for others to achieve their own personal goals. There is a conflict of interest in even the most innocent of goals at times. We might want what others want and they might want what we want.

To believe otherwise is to bury one's head in the sand and refuse to see the world as it exists. To admit the realities of life is to come to terms with them in a way that treats others with respect and dignity.

In taking a defensive position and asserting ourselves a little at a time as the opportunity presents we can advance without loosing our respect for human life and dignity. If others choose to fight us in battle we have the sacred trust to respect their right in this choice and also the sacred trust to fight back with every ounce of power and energy available to us. We can respect those we battle with as fellow warriors that wish to die in battle or go down fighting.

When others attack it is vital we hold our own against them. We must stand firm to what we believe in the face of death itself. Our position is rightfully earned through the honest development of personal power and the accumulated energy of physical work. We do not need to back down.

Often those that attack us once earned the position they now hold. They no longer have the right to that position because they have abused it or have become unfit for it in some manner. These people seek to hold their position through fear and intimidation and not through personal ability. It is a moral wrong to surrender to these people when it is within our power to advance into a position that is rightfully one we have earned.

It may be morally wrong to aggressively force our way into positions of power and influence but it is equally wrong to avoid those positions if they are offered to us either as a gift or through the aggressions of others. It is not morally wrong to take the power away from a bully that uses intimidation and terror to achieve his or her goals.

Life situations can take on the quality of opening a can of worms. An action that seems very simple and straightforward can entangle us in a hopeless mess that will drain away our energy reserves. Those in higher positions will attempt to draw us into situations that will entangle us. These people are adept at finding any weak spots we may have and use them against us.

The key to dealing with these situations is to remain purely defensive. Establish a boundary and don't let an opponent cross that boundary. Remain true to our own interests and keep our efforts and energies away from entanglements and lost causes.

In this way even our weaknesses turn into strengths as we gain awareness of them and are forced to deal with them in an appropriate manner. Often our greatest weaknesses when honestly confronted and owned become our greatest strengths and assets.

Do not aggressively attack for positions of power and influence. Those in the superior positions will hold the advantage and often turn our own efforts against us. They have the ability to twist and distort our own efforts in a way that will advance their own position. When we refuse to attack they have no means of diverting us and drawing us into unprofitable activities. They can do nothing and we can quietly continue our efforts at personal growth in peace and tranquillity.

By remaining in a tightly focused defensive position we can wait out any attack and weather the storm. When the storm is over we will be free to assume the positions in life we have earned through our own hard effort. Our enemies will have destroyed themselves by battering themselves against the solid rock of our defense. Openings for advancement will appear.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles. Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today’s world require self empowerment training. This ebook is available as a download!

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today’s suggested survivalism site is:

Kettlebells for women-get a total fitness workout with just one hand-held device Buy Now!

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 13-Death

2006-10-24T14:25:00.000-07:00

To be born into a physical body is to know that someday we must also face death. The cycle of life, death and rebirth is everywhere. Nothing in life is to be feared in the sense of becoming so paralyzed with fear that we are unable to function.

Embrace the good with the bad and drink the cup of life in its fullness. There is a bitter-sweet to life that brings vitality and vigor into our days. It is this bitter-sweet that teaches compassion and wisdom.

I believe the non-physical part leaves our physical body at death and upon the disintegration of our old physical body our soul is released to be reincarnated into a physical body more suited to our growing needs.

I also believe life requires both a capacitive physical body and an inductive non-physical body. The combination of these two bodies working together forms a resonant circuit that brings life and awareness.

Put simply we have lived many lifetimes before our present one and a million years from now we will still require both physical and non-physical bodies. With this understanding death has nothing to be afraid of. We do have a responsibility to make our world of experience into the heaven it was intended to be and not into the hell it has at times become.

In the past people with highly developed souls and charisma often had physical bodies that resisted the decomposition process after death. This resistance to decomposition in a few cases extended for several years.

Egyptian mummies are examples of souls still tied to the physical corpses they once had. These souls are unable to break the link still holding them to their old physical bodies after thousands of years. These souls exist in a type of purgatory existence neither alive nor dead. They simply take up space within the earth’s magnetic field where they wait for their mummies to slowly crumble into dust so they can once more live.

Christians call this after life "Heaven" and believe there is no need to return to physical bodies. Others believing in reincarnation believe a point is reached when the soul no longer needs to return into a physical body. My belief is that there will always be a need to return to a physical body. There will always be a need to create "Heaven" here on earth.

We as living individuals can project our awareness out to those trapped between lives and make contact with them. This contact gives the illusion that these souls are alive and aware. The illusion is created by these trapped souls gaining temporary access to our own physical bodies in the fashion of a parasite. They are only alive and aware through us.

If we are not protected these souls will attempt to possess our physical bodies and use them. As soon as the contact is dropped these trapped souls once more become inactive.

This illusion is the basis for much of the so called contact with the dead. I personally feel it is wrong to establish contact with these trapped souls and allow them to feed on us in a parasite fashion. If possible they can be helped to move on and release from the lower levels.

The appropriate solution is that the physical body be cremated after death and the ashes allowed mingle back into the earth where they originally came from. This allows the soul the freedom to once more experience life in a more appropriate physical body through the process of rebirth.

The current popular practice of embalming the physical corpse before burial in a vault is an abomination. It turns our love of life into a love of death. Our beautiful physical world is littered with the remains of corpses that refuse to return back to the elements they came from. Valuable property and money is invested in what amounts to a worship of the dead. This is necromancy of the foulest sort in my opinion.

Even worse, this worship of embalmed corpses traps souls within the earth’s magnetic field in a type of purgatory existence unable to live and unable to die. These trapped souls are left with only the option of a parasite type of existence that feeds on living souls until the destruction of their own physical corpse allows them to move on into a physical life of their own.

An even greater tragedy is that this non-living existence clutters and impedes the flow of living energies within both the capacitive physical earth and the inductive non-physical earth, the magnetic fields that surround the physical earth. We call these magnetic fields the astral planes.

It impedes the flow of living energies by diverting the flow of living energies into ways long dead and forgotten. It is time to forget the wisdom of the ancients and discover an even greater new wisdom gained through living in the present living moment.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 12-Dreams

2006-10-14T17:28:00.000-07:00

The world of our dreams is as real and physical as the physical world. By saying the world of dreams is physical I mean it is physically created out of the magnetic field energies that surround the earth.

The danger is to fall into the trap of assuming the physical world of every day life is separate from the more subjective and seemingly invisible world of dreams. It is too easy to say the world of dreams and imagination has no basis in physical reality and thus does not exist. It is too easy to create a spiritual world spun out of fantasy that doesn't follow the scientific laws of physical reality and call that illusory world the world of dreams.

It is difficult to state with conviction that the dream world exists as a magnetic field that surrounds the physical world and also follows the same physical laws.

We each have a dual awareness. We have an awareness of the capacitive physical world that exists around us and also an awareness of the inductive non-physical world of dreams that has a subjective quality to it. Both are real and in their own ways both are physical.

When we think of a past memory, that image or remembrance exists not in our minds but in this dream world. When we envision a project or plan for the future our thought processes take place within the world of dreams and are fashioned out of the substance of dreams.

The process of rational thought and deductive reasoning exists entirely within this world of dreams. The illusion is that this somehow takes place within our own minds or bodies and not external to us. When we close our eyes and visualize something we think it is in our minds. We do not realize our awareness is in another world external to our physical bodies.

Our awareness of our capacitive physical body places us as individuals with not-self, everything external to our physical bodies and self, identified with our physical bodies. We do not share our physical bodies with others. We share the external world with others.

Careful analysis of the world of dreams shows an entirely different type of awareness exists within that inductive world of magnetic field energies. In that world our awareness changes with whatever we identify ourselves with. In that world we have no center of being. Our sense of self is restricted to a point of awareness as it flows through images, objects and persons, each of which may temporarily represent us at that moment in time.

Put simply we are wherever our attention is currently focused. We are what we identify with. This awareness is external to our capacitive physical bodies and is a global awareness.

Our awareness in the dream world encircles the entire world at once and includes every living and non-living thing within the world. In the dream world we are everything that exists but the focus of our awareness limits us to experiencing only a small segment at a time.

Said in another way each one of us is that same dream world. That dream world is my universe and it is also your universe. We are each aware of different parts of "our" universe at different times.

When we let go of a thought or vision anyone else is free to pick it up and add to it or take from it as they see fit. When we first had that thought or vision it did not originate within us but existed external to us and we turned our attention toward it. We momentarily became that thought or vision as our awareness passed through its dream structure. When we were done with it the thought or vision passed on to someone else with similar interests.

In the dream world nothing belongs to us as individuals because everything belongs to us and everything is shared at the same time. We are simply the point of awareness reading the data. The data belong to everyone.

The world of dreams and awareness within it are a paradox when compared to awareness within the capacitive physical world.

To begin with our dream world is not individual but collective. It is not internal to us but external to us. Others are active within our dream world even as we are active in their dream world because they are all one and the same.

When we dream or think about a certain individual a portion of that person actually takes part in our dream or thoughts. There have been several times when I have felt the pressure of someone else's thought and knew the person was thinking about me. Later inquiry validated my impression.

It is common for wild animals to feel the weight of someones glance and grow uncomfortable.
When we study our dreams and thoughts we should develop the habit of considering each dream as if it were completely internal to us and dealing with only our own personal issues. We should also consider each dream or thought as being external to us and involving issues with other people. In a type of paradox both interpretations are true and valid.

We may choose certain people as dream images because they subconsciously represent important issues in our life. In choosing these people as dream images they draw life and vitality from their physical counterparts and will react in a manner reflective of that person. This interaction gives a dynamic quality to our dreams.

If we battle that person in a dream and win, that person will have less energy and vitality in the morning even if they have no memory of the dream. If we battle that person and loose, that person will have increased energy and vitality in the morning and we will feel drained.

Each dream represents the connection or removal of an astral cord or magnetic flux line. Each dream reflects an alteration of the circuitry that exists within the dream world and a shifting of our own place within that world.

A dream will never repeat itself under normal circumstances. If related to a previous dream it will be a continuation or development of that previous dream.

Under abnormal conditions a dream may repeat itself if tremendous forces are in conflict with each other. This dream will repeat until a permanent resolution is established. After resolution the dream will follow the normal pattern.

These connections of magnetic flux lines or astral cords are permanent in nature and become "invisible" after they are made. This means we may form a link or connection to someone in our childhood dreams and later in life dream about this person we haven't seen for years. Typically this type of dream is a severance of the connection formed so long ago and not a development into a new issue.

Dreams are the most common means we have of monitoring our positions within the circuitry of the dream world.

When we are empowered in dreams we become empowered in life. When we are ineffective in dreams we are ineffective in life. With each dream our potential for action is subtly altered for the better or for the worse. Each dream is an accurate assessment of the current non physical conditions surrounding the issue.

It is common for several small dreams to occur that establish small connections to particular issues. Later these small connections are replaced by a powerful dream that involves massive connections.

The terms circuitry and connections are used because energy is always flowing through the dream world. The inductive dream world forms a resonant circuit with the capacitive physical world and a tremendous perpetual current is constantly flowing through both. This current focuses and impels physical events to happen at critical time periods in history.

Even as matter gravitates toward matter in the capacitive world, events gravitate toward events in the inductive or dream world. Our participation in these events is determined by our connections or lack of connections to these events in the dream world. In this manner events in the dream world do predict future events in the physical world before they really happen.

In the dream world the consequences and probabilities of certain actions are worked out before the physical event is actually allowed to take place. Each dream as it happens represents a true reflection of the forces and energies that surround an issue at any given time.

It is not right to say "I dreamed this so it will happen as I dreamed it". It is right to say "I dreamed this and it reflects accurately the energies that presently surround this issue". Typically the issue is either empowered or endangered and the dream can be recognized as an empowering one or a weakening one.

In some cases new forces may enter into the situation and it is not possible to recognize what is happening until further development in later dreams. In all cases our experiences in the dream world are as real as our experiences in the physical world. They are in fact, an extension of the physical world. There symbolism holds individual meaning that is true only for ourselves.

Anarchist World Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Visit DragonDoor and discover the latest in non-traditional health and fitness items!

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 11-Freedom

2006-10-08T13:51:00.000-07:00

Freedom is a powerful word and it evokes powerful images within each of us. To each of us freedom may be something different.

Freedom is a need and it may express itself in many ways to many forms of life, not only human life. Freedom may be expressed as:

The need to be free as a falcon.

The need for family.

The need to hunt.

The need to kill or be killed.

The need to fly and soar.

The need to find our own true will.

The need to live and die with honor.

The need to be true to ourselves at all cost.

The need to live according to our conscience.

The need to find the Master Within.

When we grant others personal freedom and respect we have the right to demand the same freedom and respect be granted to us. There is a great difference between the concept of live and let live and this concept.

In the freedom concept we acknowledge that others have a need to act in the manner they choose. We also acknowledge we have a need to act in the manner of our choosing. Most importantly we acknowledge the dynamic necessity of each of us living in the same world.

The concept of live and let live is passive and carefully avoids the placing of value or morality on any type of life. It denies the need for any conflict in life. In the use of this concept we avoid the need of giving our support to others. This concept is one of withdrawal and isolation. Live and let live does not work.

Each one of us is a unique individual. We each have personally experienced things others have not experienced. We know some things from first hand experience others only speculate about.

The people and environment in my life are different from those in anyone else's life. The differences exist even to those closest to me because my world is seen through my eyes and their world in seen through their eyes.

Everyone must walk a unique and individual path in life. One person's weakness may be another person's strength. There is no way to say that any one path is better than any other path.

Nature has ordained all paths must be walked so we may discover which paths are the best. We must be able to be supportive of those that walk a path different from ours. This is especially true when someone's path is in conflict with our own.

The concept of live and let live does not allow or encourage this support of others. The concept of allowing each to have personal freedom does allow this.

There is a need to acknowledge the rightness of competition. There is a need to be able to say "may the best man, woman or team win." There is a need to acknowledge the dynamic vitality of life. There is a need to be united in the mutual need for freedom as opposed to just passively letting everyone do their own thing.

There is a need to become involved in the lives of others and in community. There is a need to create an environment where others can flourish in a supportive atmosphere. There is also at times a need to tell others to back off and alter certain behaviors that are disruptive. At times there is a need to confront others. There is at times a need to fight for what we believe in.

The concept of live and let live is a subtle erosion of our personal freedoms. It does this through passiveness and through the withdrawal and isolation it encourages.

If we make an important discovery, develop an important product or have a talent we wish to share with others we must project ourselves outward into the rest of humanity and let our voice be heard. This is not live and let live. This is actual impingement into the private lives of others.

This is having the effrontery to dare to contribute anything of value to the human race. This is caring enough to try making a difference in human affairs. This is the opposite of live and let live and it is vital if humanity is to progress.

We must support each other in the fulfillment of our individual needs. Each path is difficult. Finding our true path is often the hardest thing we have to do in life. Often we learn through the process of trial and error and our failures in life. We must be allowed the freedom to experience our own failures as well as our victories. We must be allowed to do the wrong things or attempt to do the wrong things and be smashed down in consequence. We must be allowed to smash those that would harm us or our loved ones.

We must be allowed to assert our desires and our beliefs so that others can interact with us in appropriate ways. We must allow others the right to assert their desires and beliefs so we can interact with them in appropriate ways.

Each person must be allowed the freedom to go after what he or she wants in life. We must be allowed to compete against others in open competition. We must each know we have the right to change our world for better or for worse through the choices and actions we choose. We must each know we will kill if needed to protect those persons, ideals and things we love.

In the open acknowledgment of this we will grant each other respect and tolerance and if the time comes when we must fight we will fight as brothers or sisters. When we die it will be with honor and dignity knowing that our voice has been heard and that we have made a difference. We will know we have given our best and we have died free.

The great enemy of freedom is external authority. Freedom comes from within us. External authority is any person or thing we surrender our own power to, anything outside ourselves that we submit to.

We each have the sacred right to live according to the voice of our conscience and not according to external authority.

There is a major force in our lives that always attempts to control our lives and destinies. This is the main external authority in our lives.

This force is our social obligation we must pay simply by being a part of humanity. This force is known as the will of the collective and is an external authority. We must force a compromise with this tyrant that is a win-win situation. This force is not in our best interests. We must never allow ourselves to believe the collective will of humanity is in our own personal best interests. Its only purpose is the best interests of humanity as a whole and it will always sacrifice individuals for the greater good of the whole if it is allowed to do so.

In a form of paradox we contribute the most to the advancement of the human race by being individuals to the greatest of our ability. When we follow our inner authority, the Master Within, or the voice of our conscience, humanity advances. When we demand to be free the human race becomes free.

When we demand obedience to the collective everyone is enslaved. We become sacrifices for the good of the people. The collective will of humanity is an enemy to personal freedom and it always will be. It is stronger than the individual and always will be. We can resist the collective with all our will and all our might and the best we can hope for is a win-win situation.

By resisting the collective we can force a win-win situation and force the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual growth and evolvement of the human race. This is the appropriate goal of the Master. In this manner the human race evolves into new stages of awareness and being.
It is in the fighting of a battle we know we can't win that we truly become Masters in life.

We become Masters when we make a difference in the world. Our lives and our efforts can count toward the advancement of humanity and the advancement of all life on earth. It can do this only if we are free!

Anarchist World Live! Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Visit DragonDoor and discover the latest in non-traditional health and fitness items!

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 10-Family and Love

2006-10-05T19:23:00.000-07:00

The bonds of family and the bonds of love are the strongest bonds possible. We must have the support of those closest to us or we will fail. When our parents, spouse, children and relatives are supportive of us we have the energy and strength that it takes to win in life.

The love, support and energy that we receive from loved ones can get us through any troubles life might send our way. With the support of those we love, we can do miracles.
Jesus said he was able to heal the sick and perform other miracles because the people had faith and believed in him.

The opposite is also true, when family members don't believe in us it drains our energy and vitality. When we are in conflict with members of our family it is almost impossible to achieve our goals in life.

One of the greatest assets a person can have is the support of those he loves. One of the greatest liabilities a person can have is the disbelief or skepticism of those closest to him.

Most successful people have the support of family and loved ones. These people create dynasties and involve family members in their achievements. These people have the ability to make their personal goals also family goals. The family business is an example of this principle.

If we can gain the support of our loved ones we are extremely blessed and fortunate. It may be possible to get them even more involved. This support is the most powerful force for success there is.

If our loved ones are not supportive of our goals we have a very serious problem. The problem is even more serious than many suppose. In the long run our success may cost us our relationship with our loved ones. It may turn into an issue of keeping our goals or keeping our family.

To achieve our goals when those around us are not supportive we must work much harder and with much more resolve to achieve any tangible result. It is possible to achieve our goals but requires tremendous effort that others with support will not have to put out.

Once we have achieved our goals and our loved ones see we are successful they may become supportive of us in the achievement of future goals. This is quite common. We need to demonstrate we have an ability to achieve our goals.

We will need quite a bit of time and space away from non-supportive loved ones. We will need to demand it for ourselves. They might not understand this need. It may cause conflict within relationships until they can accept it. Once they see how important these goals are to us they may become more supportive of us.

We will need to find others that are supportive of us and the achievement of our goals. We need to find people trying to achieve the same type of goals we are trying to achieve. These people will become a second family to us. They may even become more important to us than our own family.

We can share our goals and frustrations with these new people and they will be supportive of us. We in turn must learn to listen to them and be supportive of their goals. These new friends may enter into our lives in permanent ways.

The bottom line is we can't achieve our goals totally alone and by ourselves. There must be some people that believe in us. There must be people that offer support and encouragement when they are needed.

When we are totally alone we must reach out and find others if we want to achieve our goals. We must create a second family and invest time and energy into it. That time and energy will be returned many times over what we have given.

We can hold the vision and perform the actions needed to achieve our goals but it is the energy of others that will give life to our creations. We can create the flower but it is the support of others that will allow that flower to grow into the beautiful rose it is meant to be. Without the support of others that rose will remain stunted and wilted in a hostile environment. It will remain alive but its life will be a struggle and its beauty will be fragile.

It is important we realize how to be supportive of the goals of the ones we love. We should take an interest in what they are doing and if possible contribute or get involved in a supportive way.
Each individual close to us has an individual goal he or she is trying to reach. Do we know what that goal is?

Are we supportive of their efforts to achieve that goal? What actions can we take to be more supportive to the individuals we love? Can we give them the space and time they require if we don't agree with them? Are we doing our share and holding up our end of each individual relationship?

Are we creating an environment that those we love can grow and flourish in?

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! On online RSS community for free men and free women. Todays source for modern survivalism! Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Visit DragonDoor and discover the latest in non-traditional health and fitness items!

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 9 Winning

2006-09-30T16:35:00.000-07:00

True joy in life comes from struggling against opposition and finally achieving a hard won goal that is valued and cherished.

If we are given something or it is too easy to achieve we do not value it properly and take it for granted. Only those things that we struggle and fight for hold a lasting value to us.

This is equally true in personal relationships. It is hard work to maintain a healthy relationship with someone else. It requires continuous effort.

Nothing in life stays the same, everything is changing. In our relationships with others we are either growing closer together or we are growing farther apart. It is not right to take for granted that the closeness we feel today for someone will be there tomorrow. It is not right to take a relationship for granted.

Relationships are dynamic and the greatest challenge in our lives. They are also the greatest potential for joy in our lives.

There is a great difference between winning a friend and keeping a friend. There is also a great difference between winning a goal and keeping a goal.

Winning is a very important concept to understand. We must strive to win in life. Only in winning do we find the satisfaction we crave.

In contrast there is no shame in loosing if we have truly tried our best. It is vital that whatever we decide to do, we do it well and to the best of our ability. There is no room in life for half-hearted attempts. If we do to the best of our ability we will win. The outcome doesn't even matter.

Even in nature each blade of grass struggles and extends its roots against its neighbors for the nutrients in the soil and reaches upward for the life giving rays of the sun. This is not an act of hatred or malice toward its neighbors but an act of life and of joy.

There is a natural hierarchy in nature and those life forms with the greatest ability to adapt offer the most to each individual species and rise within the hierarchy.

The blade of grass that out competes its neighbors grows stronger and taller and through reproduction disseminates its genetic structure throughout the species. In the same manner the blade of grass that grows in soil where nothing else can grow expands the range of the physical environment where grass can grow. Through reproduction it too disseminates successful adaptive genetic qualities that allow the species to live under varying physical environments.

What of the mediocre blades of grass that are subdued and only manage to hold their own in a stagnant manner? They too are successful. Each blade of grass exists in an environment that is slightly different from its neighbors.

The conditions it faces are unique and contribute to the survival of the species. The blade of grass that dies in a harsh or unfavorable environment or dies because it is crowded out by other blades of grass does not die in vain.

It has tried to exist with every bit of vitality and life available to it and the manner of its struggle is also passed on to the species. In its death a message is made that life can not exist under these conditions. The species then tends to avoid those and similar conditions that are harmful to it.

A simple blade of grass is not able to try in a half-hearted manner. By its very nature it gives in life all that it is capable of giving. Each plant performs a valuable function not only to its own species but in the releasing of oxygen contributes to our own lives as well.

In a like manner the human race has a duty to itself and to the rest of the world to do the best it can. It has a duty to try to win in life and through winning make the world a better place for every living thing. There is also a natural hierarchy within the human race.

There are those that rise to the top by crowding out their neighbors. There are also those that rise to the top by expanding our physical world through individual discoveries and products.

If there is fault to blame within the human race it is not in these people but in those that refuse to try, those that can't even summon the strength for a half-hearted attempt at living. Still even those serve a purpose. The added burden they inflict on society has the effect of bringing out even greater effort on the parts of those that are able.

We all serve a valuable purpose if we intend it or not. Each of us has our proper place within the hierarchy of the human race and each of us will achieve that proper place. In fact we already have. Each one of us is in our proper place within the hierarchy of humanity right now.

If we don't like the position we currently hold we are always able to win a better position through personal struggle. Our position in life is determined by our effort and by our productivity and not by right of birth.

Those in positions of power through chance or birth can not withstand the advances of those that struggle for a better world through personal effort. Life is dynamic and each position within the hierarchy is open to the competitive newcomer. It is always possible to win a better life. It is also possible to lose your position in life to someone that is more qualified, someone that puts out more effort.

At first we don't know how to get the things we want in life. We have no experience and our "computer program" doesn't include the proper steps for us to take. We can only work within our programming and our programming doesn't include how to attain our goal.

All we have in the beginning is a strong desire to achieve our goal. As we hold this desire within us it gradually gains strength and will subconsciously lead us toward ways of achieving our goal.
This subconscious behavior occurs during the development of spiritual energies within us. Our longing takes on the importance of a spiritual quest. The development of spiritual energies is passive and we don't realize any volition on our part.

One day apparently by accident we talk to someone or see a book about our goal. Our goal has found us; we have not found our goal.

This spiritual longing develops into a mental study of how to achieve our goal. We become aware of behaviors and activities that will lead us toward our goal. We also become aware of behaviors that lead us away from our goal.

We learn as much as we can about the achievement of our goal from as many sources as possible. At a critical point we attempt to put into our own words and understanding those things we have learned from outside sources. We attempt to make this knowledge our own, individually suited to our personal situation in life.

We attempt to plan a course of action that will allow us to achieve our goal. The time will come when mental thinking is not enough. We will have enough confidence in our plan that
our emotions will force us to take risks in a beginner fashion.

As beginners we try in our first attempts to achieve our goal and discover that the achievement of the goal is not as easy as we had first thought. Things are much more complex. In our efforts we are achieving first hand experience relating both to our personal situation and toward the achievement of our goal.

Only pure desire and truly wanting to win will give us the emotional energy to physically go onward in spite of personal fears, lead feet, weak knees and get through this difficult novice stage.

Winning is a learning process and a cycle. We go from awkward beginner to basic familiarity to high competence in the area of winning our goal.

Each step or stage must take place as an easy gradient. We must set a realistic goal for ourselves within a realistic time frame.

The final end result is always the same. That which is truly earned gives more joy and satisfaction than that which is no challenge at all. We enjoy challenges to the extent that we can solve the challenges.

When we are confronted by a challenge that is too big for us it can shatter our lives. We must be able to break any challenge up into small goals that are achievable. When we do this any goal is achievable. When we do this we can win.

Anarchist World Join the Revolution today! Visit a great web community of free men and free women. This is where hell freezes over!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Visit DragonDoor and discover the latest in non-traditional health and fitness items!

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 8-Social Pressure

2006-09-25T18:47:00.000-07:00

In a way the human race is a single organism. You and I are a small part of the body of humanity. This single organism or collective is greater than any single individual and always will be.

Even as our toes, fingers and eyes serve us, we in turn serve humanity. We feel we have the right to use our toes, fingers and eyes for our own purposes. In the same manner society feels it has the right to use us for its own purposes.

Even as we are more powerful than our toes, fingers and eyes, society is more powerful than we are. In an open dispute with society we as individuals can never win. The best we can ever hope for is a win-win situation in which we win and society also wins.

We don't need to give up our dreams and goals in life. We do need to make those dreams and goals compatible and congruent with what society expects of us.

When we believe society's wishes for us are in conflict with our own goals our thinking is too restrictive and narrow. We will not achieve our goals in direct opposition to society's wishes, never. If a conflict exists it is our thinking that must be altered. There is always a solution that benefits both society and us if we can only find it.

The trick is to never directly oppose society in open conflict because we can never win. When we disagree we can establish boundaries of non-action and take a defensive position. A defensive position requires less energy than an offensive position. This stance is of conscientious objectors that refuse to act physically in a way they feel is destructive.

If society says we must act in a certain way and tries to force us into those actions we have two choices. The first choice is to do nothing. We can alter our personal lives in such a way we are not in open defiance of the directive but in a way we are not in compliance either. This is a passive-aggressive position and will result in a stand-off or stalemate in which neither side wins.

As time goes on the pressures of this unresolved conflict will grow more and more serious. The consequences of continued non-compliance will also grow more severe. The ability of society to enforce the directive will decrease as time goes on. If we can resist long enough a solution will present itself that is favorable to us and agreeable to society. This solution will only come if it is forced through non-compliance and non-action.

During the days of prohibition the manufacture and consumption of alcohol were against the law. This law was not enforceable. Some people acted in open defiance of the law and others altered their life styles in a way that was not in open defiance. Some people made their own alcoholic beverages and kept it quiet. What they made was for their own personal consumption. They did not try to sell or market the product to the public. These people were for the most part ignored by those trying to enforce the law.

Law enforcement was directed at those individuals in open defiance of the law. They were after the bootleggers. They were after the ones that tried to sell directly to the public.

Many people suffered as attempts to enforce this law were made. Many good people lost their lives because of the enforcement of this law. It was finally realized this law was not enforceable and it was repealed.

To rebel and fight openly against society places one outside the law. It makes them criminals in the eyes of society. There is an invisible line that must never be crossed. If the line is crossed the person becomes an outlaw and will never be able to regain the support of society.

The person that rebels in open defiance of society's directives runs the risk of crossing that line. The person that uses non-action and quiet defiance does not run that risk. This is the power of the passive-aggressive position.

A passive-aggressive position is powerful when dealing with social pressures but is not effective in dealing with individuals. A passive-aggressive position taken with individuals will increase the likelihood of more struggle and personal abuse. It will weaken our position in life.

A confrontational and openly defiant position is powerful in dealing with individuals but not in dealing with society. Each time we successfully confront situations and individuals about personal concerns we become empowered through those actions. Each time we act in open defiance of social directives our position is weakened.

This may sound cruel and heartless but let others act in open defiance of unjust laws and social pressures. Let others prove to society the laws are unjust and un-enforceable. Do not become involved because it will severely weaken your position in life and your ability to attain your goals.

In the same manner never use passive-aggressive behaviors when dealing with individuals. Never allow someone to make a decision that should have been yours to make. Never give away your power to another individual and expect that individual to use that power in your own best interests. Confront each situation squarely and consistently as it arises.

Your disagreements with society and its social pressures should retain a hazy and nebulous quality that will prevent society from making an example out of you by centering all of its negative force on you as an individual. Deliberately draw those situations out indefinitely because you can not win. With the passing of time your position will become stronger when the situation is finally forced into a resolution. It will at some point be forced into a resolution.

Disagreements with individuals should be clear and definite. Each person should know exactly where the other stands. Each personal conflict should be resolved as soon as it is humanly possible. The longer interpersonal disagreements last the more personal energy and power you lose. With the passing of time your position is weakened and respect is lost.

Self esteem and respect for each individual are maintained at their highest when difficulties are confronted as soon as possible. Respect and self esteem are lost when unsatisfactory conditions are allowed to exist for any length of time.

You should be able to alter your behavior and use the techniques appropriate for your personal position at any given time.

The support of society is tremendous when taken advantage of and should not be lightly thrown away or ignored. Social approval, popularity and fame are bestowed on those that have harmonized personal goals with society's goals.

In all cases we are rewarded for appropriate behavior and punished for inappropriate behavior. There are social consequences to every action in our lives.

We must learn to do what works and give up doing what doesn't work. We must fit into our social structure in a harmonious way that is a win-win situation. We must realize society is stronger than we are. Only then can we adjust our behavior in ways that will still achieve our goals but not make us outlaws.

We must strive to do this while retaining personal self esteem and respect for the individual rights of others. When we do this society also benefits. Society gradually rewards us with positions of increasing influence and our ability to achieve personal goals gradually increases. In this manner everyone wins and everyone remains true to their own inner nature. Everyone remains honest and true to both personal values and social values.

When we do this we will gradually be given our true and proper place within the body of humanity whether it be toes, fingers or eyes.

Anarchist World Live Join the Revolution today! An online rss community for free men and free women. Todays source for modern survivalism. Let freedom ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Reach your ultimate physical potential with Power to the People! by Pavel Tsatsouline - A book about Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American-buy now

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 7 Do It!

2006-09-20T16:13:00.000-07:00

Taking physical action is the most powerful thing we can do in life. It is the most powerful thing we can do to achieve our goals and at the same time the most powerful thing we can do to avoid achieving our goals. Physical action always brings some type of physical result.

It is vitally important our physical actions be appropriate and supportive of our personal goals. We must never act blindly or be forced into taking inappropriate actions.

When we are overpowered and forced against our wills into some action we should never give in. Each day our resistance must be as real as the day before even if each day we are forced to do things that are not right or things we don’t like to do.

The danger lies in giving up and with no resistance cooperating and persisting in actions that lead to our own destruction. When we give up we will persist in doing the wrong actions even when we are not forced into doing them. Our continued self esteem requires that our resistance be renewed each day no matter how badly we were beaten yesterday.

If a person decides to quit smoking or any other destructive habit he or she is working against a destructive aspect of his or her inner self. The required action is the same. Never give up no matter how many times we fail. Begin each day with a new resolve and eventually we will gain physical control over the destructive habit. We must persist in our efforts to achieve success.

The personal failures do not count. Each new resolve is accumulative and deals a blow to that destructive aspect controlling the negative action. Each new resolve increases our self esteem. It is the continued resolve to alter our behavior that will eventually win against all odds.

The only way to develop self esteem is through continued resolve to do actions that are personally right for us. Self esteem means to feel good about who we are and what our physical actions are. Self esteem is the knowledge we as individuals have the right and ability to get the things we want in life.

When we give up our self esteem is seriously wounded and we hate ourselves for our inability to act in a proper manner. When we give up we create wounds that never heal. These wounds drain our vitality and belief in ourselves. These wounds continue to destroy our vitality until we come back and finish whatever task we failed at.

In the face of crushing defeat physical reality is trying to tell us something and we should listen. It is not saying we can’t win. Instead it is saying we can’t win by continuing our present course of action. Crushing defeat tells us we are overlooking something extremely important. We must discover what we are overlooking so we can try again more effectively.

Crushing defeat is a useful tool in discovering actions that can be eliminated as unworkable. When one approach doesn’t work we don’t try the same approach next time. We always use what we have learned from past failures in the selection of a new course of action. We learn from our past mistakes and never repeat the same mistake twice.

The ability to persist is one of the greatest abilities a person can have. Without the ability to persist no goals will ever be reached. Thus the most important physical action is persistence toward a desired goal.

In addition to persistence curiosity helps us achieve our goals. We should always encourage curiosity in ourselves and in others. To be curious is to be interested in our environment. This means to be more aware of the physical conditions that surround us. Through curiosity we learn about the object of our interest.

Often curiosity can get us into trouble or place us in unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations. These situations often require creative solutions and expand our options and experiences in life. Curiosity is a powerful way to work toward our goals.

Persistence is a gut level determination to achieve the desired goal at any cost. Curiosity is an emotional interest in a desired goal. It is not as strong as persistence but still a valuable tool. Personal goals in life should be those goals we are curious about and have the persistence to achieve. Curiosity has ties to joy and to the creative urge.

Risk taking should include elements of both curiosity and persistence if it is to succeed.
When we persist in actions that hold no desire for us we are killing ourselves. When we persist in actions that hold no interest for us we are killing ourselves. Our persistence must be directed toward things we wish and not toward things we don’t wish.

If we do the same physical actions today that we did yesterday we will get the same physical results tomorrow that we experienced today. Only by changing our physical actions in the present can we hope to change the physical conditions of our future.

Only by being curious about new things will we be drawn into new physical activities. Physical activities undertaken through curiosity bring us to the life we wish if we persist.

Each day we must do something no matter how small, something we are curious about and enjoy doing. We must create the time we need for this physical activity. Each small effort is accumulative and will lead us into the physical reality we wish to someday experience.

Mental and spiritual work will not alter our physical environment. This type of work is passive. Mental and spiritual work will alter our awareness of our physical environment. Our awareness will change, the world will not.

Mental and spiritual work allows us to adapt to a reality we can not change. Physical and emotional work allows us to change our environment into the reality we wish to experience. We must do each type of work and strive to integrate the results.

We must change those physical elements within our power to change and adapt to those physical elements we can not change. Too often people will concentrate on spiritual and mental work without the balance of emotional and physical work. These people never achieve the physical goals in life they want. They are so heavenly bound they are no earthly good.

Others ignore spiritual and mental work and experience defeat after defeat because they are attempting something that is not physically possible to achieve. These people are living in a fantasy world not related to reality and never will be.

It is important each day some persistent physical effort is devoted to achieving a physical goal and also devoted toward the satisfaction of some curiosity and interest. This physical effort is in addition to those physical efforts directed toward spiritual and mental growth. If there is something that we wish to experience in life we must DO IT!

Anarchist World Live! Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Reach your ultimate physical potential with Power to the People! by Pavel Tsatsouline - A book about Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American-buy now

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 6-Self Esteem

2006-09-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

Good self esteem is vital in life. Without it we remain victims and unable to achieve the things we really want. When we feel good about ourselves it is easier to feel good about others too.
In my personal opinion there are three supreme goals we should strive for in life. If we can reach a competency level in each area we will have a healthy self esteem. Competency in these three areas will do more toward spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health than any other goals we may pursue. That does not mean these goals are easily achieved.

The first goal is completion of a basic first aid or paramedic course. Some type of course that trains a person in dealing with medical emergencies. There is no feeling worse than standing by helpless when someone else is dying or in desperate need of emergency medical attention.
One of my children once choked on an ice cube. She was turning blue and couldn't breathe. I remember mechanically picking her up, slapping her on the back to dislodge the object and reaching down her throat to scoop out the ice cube. What can I say? What if I had been unable to do anything and remained frozen with fear?

I drove into my parents yard one day and my father was giving CPR to my uncle on the steps leading into our house. He had been doing CPR for fifteen minutes until the paramedics arrived. My uncle died that day on our doorstep. What if my father had not tried to keep him alive with CPR? In times of emergencies if something can be done it must be done.

Many places offer basic first aid courses throughout the year. EMT training is also available but takes a little longer. As a goal in life EMT training should be attainable by almost anyone. The reward may be much more than self esteem. You may use that knowledge to save the life of someone you love.

The second lifetime goal should be to acquire survival skills. This means the ability to stay alive in survival conditions. Having the ability to swim is an example. The ability to find or create shelter from the elements and start a campfire is another.

Other obvious examples would be knowing what to do when you are lost or when you need to go someplace for help.

These are all skills that are easily attainable through local courses almost anywhere. They aid tremendously in developing confidence and self esteem.

Those that wish to master these skills could learn how to live off the land for days at a time. Courses are also taught on how to find food in nature and how to create emergency shelters. Sure this type of training is difficult. But remember we are talking about lifetime goals here.

Many things can be learned and experienced a little at a time and not all at once.
Survival skills are learned by physically going through the actions required and not by intellectual knowledge. The physical body needs to be taught step by step by actually going through the motions and experiences.

Hiking, camping, rock climbing, and any outdoor sport can be valuable in providing this survival type experience. The more experience we have the better our survival ability becomes and the better we feel about ourselves.

In acquiring these skills we know with conviction that we can take care of ourselves and those we love in emergencies. This knowledge is very empowering and helps us to believe in ourselves. It helps us to reach out with confidence for those things we want in life for both ourselves and for those we love.

The third life time goal is the ability for self defense. The ability to defend ourselves or our loved ones is vital to our well being. This does not mean picking a fight with someone. It means that you don't have to back down or run just because someone threatens you or a loved one with physical violence.

The sad truth is that we may have our hard earned goal within our hands and through threat of force or violence someone can take it away from us. There are people that prey upon weaker people and take advantage of the weakness of their victims.

The ability for self defense is a mind set as well as a physical skill. We have been brain washed into thinking it is better to offer no resistance when confronted by force or threat of force. This applies equally to the rules, regulations and laws that strangle our personal freedoms at an ever increasing rate. We are told it is the law, we must not resist. Increasingly there are frivolous laws being passed that infringe on our personal freedoms. Some of these laws are blatantly unconstitutional and revoked by the Supreme Court. Others have not yet been ruled upon by the Supreme Court.

Whether it is a physical assault upon your person or a legal assault on your individual rights there is a line that must be drawn. There must be a point where a person says "I will take no more abuse. This type of abuse must stop and it must stop here and now."

We must refuse to be victims. When we are victims we suffer, our loved ones suffer, our community suffers, our nation suffers and the entire human race suffers. When we stand up to defend ourselves and our loved ones we are no longer victims regardless of the outcome of the situation. We have at least done something, taken what action we could to make the situation right.

Someone must be the first to stand up and fight back. Why must it always be the other person that fights for the injustice in our world? Why can’t it once in a while be us?

These are the three important lifetime goals I believe will do the most to develop self esteem within a person. There are other smaller goals that will assist this process.

We must have at least one skill, one thing we are good at, one thing others will come to us to learn about. There must be at least one thing we are known and respected for. We must be good at this one personal skill to have a healthy self esteem.

We must find that one thing and hone it to perfection. We must become highly competent at this one physical skill whatever it is. Each individual is unique. Some things appeal to one person and not to another. We each have certain things we find easy to do and other things we find difficult to do.

In the beginning it is vital we become highly skilled at what we find easy to do even if we are not that interested in doing it. Each small success is accumulative and will lead us through the clumsy, awkward stage into proficiency and finally into professional level competency. We must become familiar with both the awkwardness of the beginner and the competence of the professional.

When we understand the cycle we no longer fear the awkward stage of being a beginner because we know that as we gain experience it will become easier. Too many people refuse to do new things in life because they are afraid of looking foolish and awkward in front of others. These same people have probably never reached true competence in a skill and don't understand how the learning cycle really works.

By achieving professional level competence in those areas that are easy for us, we become able to recognize those same stages of competency as we try gaining skills that are not so easy. When we have succeeded in one area we know success is possible and we know what it feels like. We are able to recognize it in other areas. We have physical knowledge of what it is like.

Each person should eventually acquire many skills at the professional level. They should acquire not only easily developed skills but at least one extremely difficult skill.

It will require hard grueling effort against terrible resistance to prepare us for self mastery of our physical lives and our physical world. In fact, the only way to achieve mastery of our physical lives is by mastering one physical skill at a time.

Mastery comes when one looks back at a wide range of hard won efforts and skills and realizes that compared to many other people his or her life is relatively problem free. This person is able to realize that he or she is free.

Anarchist World Live! Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Visit DragonDoor and discover the latest in non-traditional health and fitness items!

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 5B-Creative Power

2006-09-06T15:35:00.000-07:00

The next level is illustrated by the concept of a Zen koan. A Zen master may ask a pupil, "What do an ice cube, a stop sign and your mother-in-law all have in common?"

There is only one correct answer and it is highly personal and individual. You will feel the correctness of the solution deep in your soul when you find it.

The student or disciple may spend days, months or even years pondering this question. Whenever he approaches the master with a possible solution the master merely says, "That is not the correct solution, try harder."

After perhaps two years the student runs up to the master laughing and with tears in his eyes. He is overcome with emotion and radiates intense excitement.

"I know the answer," he shouts. "Whenever I see my mother-in-law she stops me cold!"

The master congratulates the student and then gives him another more difficult koan. With each success the student is able to find the correct answer more easily and swiftly. Of course the correct answer is always individual and personal but the master and student both can tell when the answer is the correct one by the emotional rightness it has.

This is a very high degree of problem solving where only a few simple words are used as a key to unlock the creative power within us. As before each effort builds upon the successes of previous efforts. With experience the difficulty goes away and the solution readily appears.

The highest level of creative problem solving is when a person blanks their mind and deliberately tries to be open to all possibilities. They reject "possible" solutions because they are familiar with the euphoria and inner joy that comes from the truly "correct" solution.

The exciting news is that this level of creative ability can be developed by anyone with practice and hard work. But they must first master the lower levels of creative problem solving.
Mastery of each of the lower levels is an important and easy way to get a great number of personal successes under one's belt. This assists in strengthening personal confidence and self-esteem.

The creative ability is like a muscle that must be flexed many times for it to grow strong. It is like dissolving salt in a glass of water. You can add more and more salt and nothing happens. At a critical point the water can contain no more salt and the salt crystallizes out of the water.

In the same manner when we focus our attention fully on our problem and give it our energy and effort a point will eventually be reached where the proper solution crystallizes into our awareness. With experience we become familiar with the process and it becomes easier and swifter to accomplish. Each success makes the next one easier and we learn to trust ourselves more.

In time our ability to focus and generate this creative energy can become spontaneous and happen without effort on our part. It is at this point we are competent and resilient in life. Our ability to deal with life becomes an enjoyable challenge and not a burden. We actually look forward to the next challenge from the unknown.

Anarchist World Live! Join the Revolution today! Online rss community of free men and free women. Let Freedom Ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Beyond Bodybuilding is a masterplan to eliminate those cheap, cosmetic, skin-deep looks - and move to strength-from-the-inside-out. Experience a new level of confidence as your power does the talking for you.

Armed with the new knowledge Pavel gives you, you'll find yourself with the power-body of a wild animal - but the mindset of a skilled strength-scientist.

After all you've put yourself through already, you owe it to yourself to get Pavel's Beyond Bodybuilding - and make history of your past failures.

When you feel ready to take action on this - to own this masterly guide on how to constantly succeed in your strength and muscle training - to bust through your previous training plateaus - to feel and look stronger than you ever imagined possible - CLICK HERE NOW.

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 5A-Creative Power

2006-09-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

Crippling depression comes when we can't find any way out of a bad situation. We feel trapped and helpless. Each of us is doing the best we can in life. We each act in accordance to what we have learned through past experiences and in accordance with our current beliefs.

No matter how successful we are things will occasionally erupt in our faces and attempt to smash us. There is always a creative solution to even the worst situation. In the very worst situation it may cost us our life. Still, it is always possible to find a way to die with honor and self-esteem intact.

I recently read a novel that dealt with the horrors of Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. I was deeply moved as I read about these diseases. I know some people that suffer from Alzheimer's but I did not know how badly they and those they loved suffered.

In the novel, one person in a lucid moment beat the disease through suicide. He was able to die with dignity at the moment of his choice and under his terms. The novel still haunts me. Why should our world be this way?

True genius and creativity come from developing the ability to discover and use solutions previously unknown or unrecognized. Every situation has a solution, it is up to us to find that solution and discard those that are not acceptable.

We must train ourselves in the ability to find these solutions. This training helps us to be resourceful and adept at dealing with recurring crisis situations. In time crisis situations are no longer emotionally crippling to us. We gain the ability to deal with them rationally and competently.

The key to finding creative solutions is to take ourselves out of the situation and perceive it differently. We must change our way of looking at the situation because our normal way offers no solution.

We do this naturally when we ask ourselves, "What would Dad do in this situation, what would Mom do? What would John Wayne or Clint Eastwood do?"

We try to see the situation from the eyes and viewpoint of someone we respect. A draw back of this approach is that it involves admitting our own inability to deal with the situation. It reinforces the weakness of our own chosen belief system.

As strange as it sounds, the use of divinatory devices such as horoscopes, fortune cookies, Tarot cards and daily prayer books are more effective.

These devices are more effective because they give information that is so vague and general we must generate creative energy to make the information even apply to us.

"How in the world can that ever apply to me?"

After a few minutes of thought we arrive at possible interpretations that could apply to our own situation.

Do you see what is happening? At the last level we approached the problem not as ourselves but as someone else. In this stage we use divinatory devices to get our own creative juices flowing. These devices are crutches or aids and have no power in themselves. At this stage we are able to expand our options in creative ways with the help of these aids.

One of the great enjoyments in life is finding the correct solution to a problem or situation. Eureka! A light bulb goes off in our brain and we are overjoyed.

Most people enjoy horoscopes and other divinatory aids because of the joy of discovering possible interpretations to what would otherwise be nonsense. We enjoy creating meaning out of chaos and discord. At least we do when we are not overwhelmed by chaos and discord.

It is important we try for solutions that are within our ability to resolve. The key is to start at lower levels and not attempt the highest levels until we are familiar with the lower ones.
The next stage is much more rigid and demanding. A writing instructor may tell a student to take a list of 25 words and create a poem or a story containing those words. Likewise a person may spend days, months or years making his or her thoughts conform to a specific pattern.

The art and discipline of pen and ink drawing is an example. The artist is restricted to work in a specific medium and still expected to produce brilliant creative and original work.

This is also the level of active problem solving. Thousands of people enjoy crossword puzzles and other mental challenges simply because of the joy in finding the correct solutions. In addition to added creative power this also develops the analytical and reasoning skills.

As always, the more experience you have in problem solving the greater your ability to find solutions becomes. The more you do, the better you get.

Anarchist World Join the Revolution today! An RSS community for free men and free women. Let Freedom ring!

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 4-Our Public Image

2006-08-17T19:14:00.000-07:00

Self mastery and mastery of our physical lives means to constantly act in an appropriate manner for any given situation. By acting in an appropriate manner we can achieve much more with less effort.

It is difficult enough to achieve our personal goals without deliberately alienating people that could become our allies and supporters. There will always be enemies. We should not drive away those that could become our friends.

Friends, family and society expect us to act and perform in certain ways. When we act in ways that are expected of us we receive support and approval. Without the support and approval of friends, family and society we can not physically achieve the goals we desire. It is vital to realize the importance of the support other people give us or can give us. Without support even if we achieve our physical goal we will not enjoy it.

Our joy comes from sharing with others things we have truly earned. If we have no one to share with our victory in life becomes meaningless. We become as a child that refuses to share its toys with anyone else.

When we act in a manner that is unconventional or surprising our friends, family and society withdraw their support. If our actions are too extreme we are rejected or punished in subtle ways meant to bring us back in line. We have all experienced peer pressure to some degree in our lives. It is a very powerful force.

Self mastery means having the adaptability and self esteem to do what is expected and by putting our own creative slant on things go in the direction we wish to go. There is a way to creatively unite what others demand of us and those things we want in life. It is up to us to find that win-win situation. Our friends, family and society will only support us after they understand our personal goals are in harmony with what they expect of us.

When we are successful they will understand how the achieving of our personal goal has helped everyone. Until that time we will stand alone against terrible opposition with very little support. If we can gain any kind of support from others we should try to do it.

No one understands us like we understand ourselves. Even our families and closest friends don't really understand us at times. They can only go by our actions, what they see and what we tell them about ourselves.

Everyone takes the limited information they receive about us and create an image or impression of us. This image or impression is their own understanding of who we are. This image is a label or stereotype. They use this image or stereotype in all future dealings with us unless we for some reason force them to re-evaluate who we are.

We do the same thing. We look at our best friend and think we understand him or her. We believe we can predict how our friend will act in certain situations. When our friend doesn't act the way we expect we suspect something is wrong.

We try to get them to act in a way we have grown accustomed to. We want them to act in a stereotyped way. When they act in the accustomed way we know how to deal with them. When they act in unfamiliar ways we no longer know what is appropriate and that makes us uncomfortable.

We want to be comfortable. Others want to be comfortable around us too. They want us to act in predictable ways. One of the most powerful ways to achieve our physical goals is to act, dress and live in a manner that will create the image or stereotype appropriate for achieving our goals.

We must deliberately choose the image we wish and be consistent in projecting that image. We must look and act as if we are already the type of person we wish to be. We must act as if we have already achieved the goal we want to achieve.

Through repeated exposure to the image we are projecting others will stereotype us in a manner consistent with the goal we want. People will begin to support our efforts because it seems right we have those goals. They come to believe we have the right to the goals we are seeking.

The support of others validates us and helps us get through difficult times. We get feedback that others would like us to succeed. We feel good about ourselves and our goals.

This is especially true when our loved ones are supportive of us. The powerful thing about deliberately creating stereotypes is we can customize our image in a way that is one of a kind and unforgettable. People will fit us within a certain category and then create a special sub-category especially for us.

The key is to first create a general stereotype recognizable to others. Then we can create a sub-category that is unique and individual. When people don't recognize the image we project they will create one of their own that is not one we would like to have.

They will treat you and interact with you in a manner that will perpetuate their image of you. If you are labeled as a loser or a flake you will be treated like a loser or a flake.

These negative stereotypes are some of the hardest obstacles we must overcome in physically achieving our goals in life. It is much better to project the image of your choice than to allow others to choose for you.

The way to earn this special sub-category in to act, dress and live according to stereotype but also add so much open honesty and integrity that you as an individual become more important and interesting than the stereotype itself.

We must be true to the stereotype we project while also being true to ourselves. We have to give others clues as to the best ways to interact with us. We must let people know how we want to be treated so they can treat us in the way we ask.

If the image we project is too complex others will not understand us and be uncomfortable around us. We want people to feel comfortable around us. We want to act in predictable ways and make it easy for others to be comfortable with us.

The most important stereotype we project is a sexual one. What kind of man or woman am I? Do I take care of myself? Am I attractive and physically fit? What is my attitude and my outlook on life?

Think of yourself. Look in a mirror. What do you see? What do others see? Do others see what we want them to see? How can we improve the image we project? Is the sexual stereotype you project going to help you achieve your personal goals in life?

Is your sexual stereotype supportive of who you really want to be in life?

Once accepted a stereotype tends toward self fulfillment because both you and those you interact with constantly reinforce it. You are rewarded for acting in a manner consistent with the stereotype and punished for deviating from it.

We have a duty to ourselves to look and act in a manner consistent with the achievement of the goals we want. If we want to be a farmer we should look and act like a farmer. If we want to be a doctor we should look and act like a doctor.

Are we to remain passive victims in life or are we going to do whatever must be done to achieve our goals? Are we going to take risks and project ourselves as winners?

Anarchist World Join the Revolution today! Visit a great web community of free men and free women. This is where hell freezes over!

OAK:Modern Survivalism is Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism. Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Check it out! Read what others are saying!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 3-The Will to Live

2006-08-08T14:11:00.000-07:00

Acquiring the will to live is an important step toward self-empowerment and mastery of our physical lives. Not everyone has it. How can we achieve this strength of will?

There is an instinct or primal will to live deep within each of us. It is the collective will of the human species to survive into the future, to grow and expand.

We are a part of the human race and there is within us something that wishes the human race to physically survive. There is something that wants the human race to be alive billions of years into the future when our sun goes nova and dies out.

There is within us something that wants the human race to expand beyond planet earth, to explore the stars and other galaxies. Something that wants humanity to build miraculous cities beneath the oceans and on top of the highest mountains. Something that wants us to go ever onward in the face of overwhelming opposition.

There is something within us that delights in healthy bodies with fine athletic ability. Something that delights in competence, problem solving and new challenges. Something that wants the human race to take the next evolutionary step toward physical perfection. That something is the WILL TO LIVE.

Why is this will to live so strong in some people and weak in others? When confronted with obstacles and strong adversities why do so many people give up? More important why do those few not give up?

Most of us have learned we are more than physical bodies, we have a soul or astral body and awareness. We have learned to value our "spiritual" selves over our "physical" selves and been taught that physical life is not spiritual life.

Spiritual and mental pursuits are what have become important in our society. Even watching football or basketball on television is a passive pursuit! It isn't a physical one. Has anyone ever thought it strange that people become more emotional about watching sports than actually playing sports? Perhaps the only way some people can become emotional in today's world is by watching someone else do something.

We have become a society of "watchers" and not "doers". Our sense of personal responsibility has been lost. We allow the few "doers" to dominate and control our lives. Because we have no "self discipline" we submit to "external discipline". Rules and regulations are constantly eroding our personal freedoms while we say and do nothing. Each new law places a restriction on our lives that was not there before.

Our society encourages reliance on "outside" help and discourages self-reliance. We are encouraged to remain passive and let others do our thinking and our living for us. Everywhere someone is trying to entertain us and direct our thoughts. We are told there is no need for a will to live. We are told we no longer have instincts, we have outgrown the need for them.

Yet when we try to entertain others, when we feel we have something of importance to share, no one listens or is interested. When we try to "do" something we are blocked. Our society wants us to remain right where we are in life.

Give us noble spiritual goals and ideals. Tell us how important the next political election is going to be. Saturate our minds with words and ideas until our heads spin. Seduce us into living fantasy lives that have little to do with physical reality. Encourage us to give our personal power away to external authorities.

But at any cost, do not let us actively and physically take steps toward making our world a better place. Don't tell people they must take baby steps before they can run. Don't tell people a goal must be small and attainable at first.

Show people great heroes and tell them, "Look, you can do that too!" But forget to tell them hard work is involved. Sell everyone the easy route to success that never works.

Our society does these things and our society is seriously flawed. Our society is falling apart and all we are doing is watching! We are watching because we have been taught to. Our society is trying to die!

This over valuing of the spiritual and mental life prevents us from acquiring mastery of our physical lives.

Yes, our soul is immortal. Yes, the Christ spirit is within us if we will reach out to it and listen to the still small voice of our conscience. No, the spiritual life and mental life are not more important than the physical and emotional life.

Life and awareness require both. The vital life force and awareness that flows through us are the result of a resonant circuit formed from equal parts of physical and spiritual material. Each side is equal in importance for life. Each world is valid and has its own laws. We do not need just one. We NEED BOTH!

The concept of reincarnation is valuable because it helps us realize the importance of a life of growth and learning from one life to the next. It helps us realize the situations we find ourselves in are the result of things we have done in the past. It tells us the things we run and hide from will still be waiting for us in a future lifetime. It tells us there is no escape from the consequences of our actions.

Our life situations are lessons we need in order to grow. We chose to experience these major lessons before we were born. The concept of reincarnation helps us become responsible for our physical actions on a day to day basis. If we do not treat others fairly we will someday be treated unfairly by others. In this way we realize what it is like to be treated unfairly. There are consequences to everything we do, both good consequences and bad consequences. These consequences are called karma. What goes around, comes around.

It is a tragedy that this concept of reincarnation is misused in a way that destroys the WILL TO LIVE within each of us. Many that believe in reincarnation also believe a point is reached when it is no longer needed to be born in a physical body. They believe we can learn all the lessons a physical body can give and earthly life can be outgrown with no more to offer.

They believe someday we will live in a spiritual world and have a spiritual body. THEY NO LONGER IDENTIFY WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD. IT IS NO LONGER IMPORTANT!

Traditional Christianity has led the human race to the bring of death and extinction. traditional Christianity teaches if we believe in the teachings of Jesus and accept him as the Christ spirit within our heart we will be saved. We will have a spiritual body and reign with him in heaven, a non-physical place. THEY NO LONGER IDENTIFY WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD. IT IS NO LONGER IMPORTANT TO THEM.

By over valuing the spiritual body and awareness we lose contact with our own WILL TO LIVE and are less effective in our physical lives. In my opinion there is only one way for us to regain our WILL TO LIVE .

We must believe with conviction that physical life and a physical body are as much a requirement as spiritual life and a spiritual body. We must believe they are equal in value, that awareness and life itself demands both a physical body and a spiritual body. We must believe with conviction that a billion years from now we will still require both a physical body and a spiritual body. Our immortal soul will be living in a physical human body.

We need to believe that if we want a world of peace, love and beauty we must somehow fashion it out of the one we physically live in. If we want to live in heaven and reign with Jesus we must create heaven right here in the physical world. We must accept the Christ spirit into our physical hearts every day of the week and by our actions show what type of spiritual being we are. We must see the Christ that is within each one of us. "We are all the sons and daughters of the Gods".

We must work with the materials in front of us and use them to form the materials that will achieve our goals. We must find a way to bring our visions of a spiritual life into practical and livable physical reality.

We must develop strong emotions about the beauty of the world we live in. God/dess created the world and it was good! God/dess looked at his creation and it was good! God/dess created man and woman in his image and it was good! The Kingdom of Heaven is here and now. It is right before us and it is good.

We must physically act and do those things needed to bring the Kingdom of God/dess into physical reality. We must physically and emotionally struggle and master our own lives. By example we can inspire others to take responsibility for their own lives. We can turn our physical world into the heaven God/dess intended it to be.

Only this belief will give us the will power to roll up our sleeves and do the physical WORK needed to achieve mastery of our physical lives and world. We need to make our world a heaven and not a hell. We need THE WILL TO LIVE.

OAK:Modern Survivalism is Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism. Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Check it out! Read what others are saying!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Functional Strength - Endurance - Explosive Power - Trigger your warrior instinct with The Warrior Workout Video with Ori Hofmekler! click here

Foundations Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 2E-Physical Mastery

2006-08-03T14:00:00.000-07:00

Physical competency or Mastery is no big secret. It's like changing dirty diapers on a new born baby. Everyone makes a mess of it the first few times and through practice and experience get good at it. Instead of being emotionally distasteful it simply becomes an action or a chore that is done mechanically and efficiently.

In fact, doing something well feels very good! It makes us feel good about ourselves and who we are.

In the final stage of risk taking our actions are no longer hindered by emotions. We are skilled at encountering and creatively resolving challenging situations. Through the long and difficult process of trial and error we become resourceful and even look forward to the next challenge and the rewards it may bring.

This is the stage of personal mastery. In moments of crisis our reserves of creative power automatically take over and do what is needed. This is seen time after time. When our brains shut down our training takes over. Have we been given the training that we need?

How do we become trained? We learn by doing and taking risks. Trying things we have never done before is both exciting and frightening. We don't know if we will be successful or not. When we first try something we are not successsful unless we are very lucky.

The key is to have small successes. Small successes teach us the feeling that comes with being successful and develops habit patterns that promote larger successes. You need to have successes to be successful. Small successes are the stepping stones that we can measure our progress with.

Each day contains a small gain or success we have earned, something we have done right that brought a reward. Take a few minutes to think back on the day and remember something that turned out right for you. What was it you did that allowed the experience to be successful? Being successful can be just as much of a habit as failing can.

The voice of our conscience will instinctively guide our physical actions in ways that keep negative situations from arising if we learn to trust it. First we must learn to listen to it. Are we being true to our inner nature? Are we listening to our "inner authority" or blindly following some "external authority" because that is what we are supposed to do?

Physical empowerment comes from having a keen awareness of our physical environment and being deeply sensitive to the possibilities that exist within each moment. Every day is filled with natural closure points and natural beginning points. Are we sensitive enough to sense them or do we push blindly ahead when all the signs say to wait for an hour or two. The voice of our conscience will tells us these things.

When you are in a conversation and realize someone is not paying attention should you continue pouring your heart out? Or would it be better to wait until they are in a more receptive state? Forcing things never works well. Just ask yourself, "is this a good time to do this"? and listen to your gut feelings and what comes from inside.

For the Master not one moment is wasted or spent uselessly in counterproductive efforts. They are sensitive to the feedback others are giving them and let things go when the time is not right. When things are going well they take advantage of the natural timing and find ways to advance their position.

The Master first passed through each of the previous stages like you and I. They have risked and risked again. They have been a victim; learned from repeated mistakes; became friends with lead feet, pounding heart and the inability to breathe and resolutely gone forward to physical mastery. This is a natural process and they gladly follow it.

Let us ask again if the phrase "no pain, no gain" applies to the spiritual path and the path of self mastery. Do things need to be effortless and handed over on a silver plate or is it worth personal discomfort to take the harder path? Is the reward worth the greater effort? Does it feel good to "earn" things? I guess each one of us must answer this question individually as we come to it.

If I haven't earned something I don't want it. We value the most those things that we have fought and struggled the most for. We take for granted those things that have been given to us and not earned.

OAK:Modern Survivalism is Today’s Leader in Modern Survivalism. Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive. But are we willing to do what needs to be done?

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Checkit out! Read what others are saying!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Alligator Alley:Modern Survivalism places the ancient knowledge of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons into modern context. Universal truths can be restated many ways but remain valid.

Today’s suggested survivalism site is:

Kettlebells for women-get a total fitness workout with just one hand-held device Buy Now!

Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 2D-Emotional Crisis

2006-07-28T14:29:00.000-07:00

Emotional crisis is painful. The worst experiences of my life have dealt with emotional pain and not physical pain. I'm sure others can relate to whay I'm saying.

On the flip side emotional pleasure and satisfaction is what makes life worth living. Life without emotions would not be worth living.

We take risks and experience the joy, pleasure and satisfaction success brings. We work hard and earn the rewards we receive. We are competent in life and enjoy competition. We enjoy the struggle and the reward. We have no interest in getting something we have not earned through our own physical labors. This is the view point of a person that takes risks.

Perhaps we risk by asking someone out for a date. After many rejections we are accepted and dating someone we really like. Perhaps we even fall in love. Without the first risks and the first failures chances are we would never have been successful. Emotional rejections are very painful but they are also instructive if we can learn from them.

The negative aspect of this stage is powerful. We are confronted or placed in situations where our feet feel like lead weights, our heart is in our throats and we can't breathe. We feel fear to the point of being frozen. Despite this awkwardness of fear and discomfort we force ourselves to move forward, whether it be a task we fear or asking someone to marry us. The important point is we do not allow our fear to prevent us from doing the things required.

I like to think of a hungry lion stalking its prey. It is crouching in the tall grass and lying very still. Suddenly there is a deafening roar. Will the prey freeze with terror and make an easy meal or will the terror cause the prey to bolt for saftey with a life saving burst of speed? More to the point, what do we do with our terror?

I once worked security at a place where an infant fell into a swimming pool and couldn't swim. The mother was froze in terror and could not do anything. Fortunately another security guard immediately jumped in the pool and rescued the infant.

Life places us in situations where we will feel terror. It might not happen often but it will happen and how we react will depend upon our past habits, training and activities. The military has proven time after time that when the brain shuts down the physical body reverts to training. We need to seriously think about what kind of training we have.

By taking risks we develop the heart and will power to achieve in life. Working with emotional crisis develops what it takes to succeed in life.

We can only achieve joy, pleasure, and satisfaction by risking and acting in spite of personal fears and limitations. This is not being passive. In the first stage we were victims, in the second stage we learned from our mistakes. In this stage we deliberately go after what we want. We do this in spite of our inexperience, lack of knowledge and fears.

We are clumsy and crude in our attempts. We may or may not succeed but we have the heart and will power that allows us to eventually succeed. We believe in ourselves enough to overcome whatever obstacles may occur in time. It is our faith in ourselves and our connection to the Master Within that allows us to go forward into new and strange situations with confidence and determination. Our desire is stronger than our fear.

Earlier parts of this chapter dealt with spiritual and mental crisis. What I was trying to show is how we begin as observers and gradually try things our for ourselves. We are observers simply because we don't have any control of the situation or experience and are stuck in it.

Think of the newborn baby that has no physical control over his or her body yet. All they can do is observe. Think of the frustration young children feel when they can't do something they want to do.

Our contact with the Master Within and our creative power started at the spiritual level and then transferred to the mental level. That is where we learned what we wanted to do. The emotional part comes when we try to act upon our desires.

Desire meets physical reality! What an exciting place to be if we can make it work.

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques. Empower yourself today!

Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Checkit out! Read what others are saying!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

OAK:Magister Templi shows how modern science and chaos theory are compatable with advanced metaphysical concepts. Science is not in conflict with paranormal and supernatural activity.

OAK:Magick,Mystery and Madness is my own personal book of shadows. If you are interested in magick and energy work this is the place!

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor

is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 2C-Mental Crisis

2006-07-20T14:54:00.000-07:00

Crisis is an important aspect of development and natural competency. It is only through crisis that mastery can be developed in life situations. The more issues we confront and deal with successfully, the more competent we are in life. Seen this way crisis is not something to be avoided but something to be confronted. Crisis is simply an inability to cope with an existing situation. In learning to cope with the existing situation we develop competency and develop personal power.

At this stage of working with mental energy we learn from past experiences and are able to mentally remain in the situation. Our awareness has enough power and flexibility to understand how our physical actions have brought us to where we are. We understand our part in being responsible for what happens to us. There is no longer the need to "remove" ourselves from the situation even if it is unpleasant. This is an important part of the law of cause and effect. Our every action brings some type of result and natural consequence.

This is what most understand as mastery of life. Our mental web of associated thoughts has become sophisticated enough that we adapt it successfully to a wide variety of physical situations. We develop a lifestyle that appears to get us the things we want in life. Few people ever go beyond this stage. If it works, don't fix it, seems to be the motto.

Increased contact with the Master Within and the voice of our conscience allows us to learn from our successes and our mistakes. In the beginning we can't foresee and avoid mistakes but we can learn from the final outcome. Each failure brings greater knowledge and awareness of the issues involved and the realities behind them. Each attempt is the result of our dreams and desires confronting physical reality. For things to manifest in life they must be in harmony with physical reality.

We understand the importance of risk taking. If we do not take risks and try new things we remain where we are. Many people are afraid and attempt only things they have a proven ability to do. It is easy to play it safe except when nature or God/dess decides to interfere in our placid, boring life and liven it up a bit. Both God/dess and nature intend life to be an exploration and adventure. This includes experiencing as many things as possible both good and bad.

The struggle to adapt to new life conditions and the satisfaction of personal achievement is rewarded by both nature and physical life. The rewards go to those that take the risks and succeed.

The human condition will not accept unrelenting boredom and will create crisis just to make life interesting. Consider how important choosing an exciting and interesting life can be. Our days can be full of excitement, not crisis. To do this we must take the risks involved in making our dreams come true.

OAK is Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism
Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive.
Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles.
Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today's world require self empowerment training.
OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques.
Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Check it out!
OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Functional Strength - Endurance - Explosive Power - Trigger your warrior instinct with The Warrior Workout Video with Ori Hofmekler! click here

Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 2B-Spiritual Crisis

2006-07-13T18:45:00.000-07:00

Taking risks happens at many levels. It means going outside of what is safe and exposing ourselves to something strange and unfamiliar. Most of the time we don't do this of our own free will. Life has a way of forcing us into new and difficult situations. Once we are in those situations we try to find our center and stabalize so we are not in crisis.

When we first tap into creative power and spiritual energy it does the best it can but is not able to alter physical events. This first contact with the Master Within involves abstract spiritual energy and in times of peace and relaxation offers us a feeling of peace and love. It also comforts us in our time of need. This is where we find calmness and center ourselves.

In times of crisis such as physical abuse, rape, robbery, or accident this same contact takes our mind and awareness away from our physical body as an act of mercy and it seems what is happening to our physical body is happening to someone else, to a stranger and not to us. Our awareness retreats far back into a safe place provided by the Master Within. We are physically passive and defenseless; we are a victim and can only watch helplessly at things we can do nothing about.

Later we tap into concrete spiritual energy and experience intuitive illuminations and "hunches" on the best way to tackle problem or situations. This is a type of intuitive knowing.

Our culture has chosen to give importance to the "illumination" aspect and minimize or ignore the "victim" aspect of these first contacts with the inner creative power. The important point is we all start with a zero balance of this creative power and as we reach in and tap our own source we accumulate a reserve. We accumulate more of this creative power by successfully confronting obstacles and by spiritual "disciplines" such as meditation.

Spiritual Energy is that level of awareness where everything works and the world is alright. It is where we feel in control of our lives at the highest level. The Rosicrucians call this awareness "The Master Within".

"The Master Within" speaks to us through the still small voice of our conscience if we will listen to it and trust it. The more we listen to it, the more it will speak. The more we trust it, the more it can be trusted.

When we refuse to listen to the voice of our conscience it will quit trying to contact us.

OAK is Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism
Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive.
Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles.
Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today's world require self empowerment training.
OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques.
Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Check it out!
OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?
Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind.

Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Chapter 2A-Taking Risks

2006-07-11T03:55:00.000-07:00

The concept of trial by fire, alchemy, turning lead into gold, and choosing the harder path because of the reward it brings is an old one. Taking risks is a difficult path to understand and a difficult path to walk. Who wants to believe the "no pain, no gain" approach applies equally to spiritual life as it does to physical life? When we express desire to have mastery over our own lives what do we really mean?

The chances are that our vision of mastery includes the ability to accomplish physical goals we were born to do. We feel spiritual strength should overcome barriers that block us. For this reason we concentrate on spiritual things to the exclusion of physical realities and limitations. We attempt to build reserves of spiritual strength to help us in our times of need.

We have been taught and we believe to the point we no longer question. We are taught the superiority of spirit over physical and taught to deny the physical in favor of the spiritual. Perhaps you have heard the phrase "So heavenly bound they are no earthly good". Let's take a closer look and see what is really happening. We will find the physical and spiritual are not to be so easily separated and each one has need of the other.

Each of us has individual past memories and experiences we draw upon. Each of us has a system of beliefs tailored to us individually. They may not be appropriate for someone else. We all walk individual paths.

These memories , experiences, and beliefs create a web or network within our psyche that allows us to travel consciously from point A to point B. We solve problems that confront us by reasoning or traveling this web or network until we arrive at the desired destination and solution.

This web or network is our "computer program" that we can not deviate from or ever leave. One thought is connected to the next, connected to the next and so forth. This is the nature of associated thought and mental reasoning. It is not possible to jump from point A to point B unless a mental connection of some type exists, an association of some type. We are imprisoned within the web or network of our personal memories, experiences and beliefs.

That is why it is so hard for us to move forward when we are stuck in a rut of old thinking and behavior.

OAK is Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive.

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles.

Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today's world require self empowerment training.

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques.

Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Check it out!

OAK:Tarot of Love and Romance is about the energy dynamics of love and human relationships. Why love sparks and why it sometimes dies. Can any of us really survive without love?

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

Beyond Bodybuilding is a masterplan to eliminate those cheap, cosmetic, skin-deep looks… and move to strength-from-the-inside-out. Experience a new level of confidence as your power does the talking for you….

Armed with the new knowledge Pavel gives you, you'll find yourself with the power-body of a wild animal — but the mindset of a skilled strength-scientist.

After all you've put yourself through already, you owe it to yourself to get Pavel's Beyond Bodybuilding — and make history of your past failures.

When you feel ready to take action on this… to own this masterly guide on how to constantly succeed in your strength and muscle training… to bust through your previous training plateaus… to feel and look stronger than you ever imagined possible… CLICK HERE NOW.

Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Powered By Qumana

Chapter 1M-Fueling Our Dreams

2006-07-09T13:45:00.000-07:00

We monitor the development of these energies through our dreams. If we are living intensely enough our dreams will be vivid and empowering. If we are not living intensely our dreams will relflect a weakening as we loose ground.Dream life is a form of astral work that reflects physical life.

When we are happy and empowered in our dreams we are happy and empowered in our physical lives. Each dream involves a specific type of astral energy and represents our development in that particular energy. When something is wrong or threatening there is a weakness we must confront or it will act to destroy us.

It is important we remember our dreams and learn the symbolic language that our "inner self" uses to communicate with us. This symbolic language is personal and one dream image will mean different things to different people. Dream dictionaries are not helpful.

Each dream is either the creation of a new energy connection between people and issues or the severance of an old connection. By this I mean each dream episode is connected to the next in the same way our thoughts are connected to each other.

During each dream the energy generated during the day flows through astral cords and is released. The release of this energy creates the movement within the dream itself. If we gained energy the dream will be empowering. If we loose energy the dream will be threatening.By living an intense life we can ensure that our dreams will be empowered ones. This empowerment will be reflected in our physical lives.

OAK is Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism

Who knows why one person gives up and dies while another struggles on through overwhelming odds and comes out on top? We all want to survive.

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure is a fiction story based upon survivalism values and principles.

Survivalism is not fiction! It is real and the challenges we face in today's world require self empowerment training.

OAK:Foundations-a serialadventure gives the basics for modern survivalism and self empowerment techniques.

Anarchistic Knights Fan Site is where readers can share reviews and comments about Tobal and his friends. Comments are always appreciated. Check it out!

Today's suggested survivalism site is:

DragonDoor is the premier Health and Fitness resource on the web! They have the World's Most Effective Methods for High Performance, Radiant Health and Peace of Mind. These are the supermen and superwomen of the future! -anarchistbanjo

Technorati Tags : survivalism, relationships, self, help, spirituality, occult, self, improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme, sports

Powered By Qumana

Chapter 1L-The Sponge Method

2006-07-07T06:44:00.000-07:00

Living intensely means to drain out every drop of vitality during the day and recharge at night while we are sleeping.

This is like a sponge that soaks up water and then releases it when it is squeezed. At first we are like dirty sponges that are so clogged with toxins and debris that we can't hold much water. Maybe we can only contain 5% of our true potential.

Through repeated emptying and absorbing these toxins and debris are flushed out and we can hold more energy. This is the function of our physical bodies. Our physical bodies can both generate energy and store it. Even more exciting is when we reach the point of clarity where we can absorb energy from the universe and from our environment!

This happens when we have worked with a particular energy long enough to master it. We have created a permanent astral body out of that energy and it will sustain itself by drawing on its own resources.

Having the solitude and safe harbor to regenerate is just as important as the need to completely empty ourselves.

We need to protect ourselves from people and events that drain our energy. At least until we are recharged again. This cycle of ebb and flow is natural and found in nature as well as magikal practices.

When we are fullly charged we focus that energy on the desired project or goal and release it. If we are strong enough the desired outcome will manifest. If we are not strong enough we will simply have removed some of the obstacles making it easier for us to progress next time.

Tags: health, fitness, opinion, spirituality, survivalism, relationships, self help, occultself improvement, xtreme sports

OAK:Today's Leader in Modern Survivalism!

Survivalism and Self Empowerment in today's world is everyone's personal choice. OAK brings you the technology you need to survive!

Check out these interesting sites! OAK:A Modern Mystery School ,

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure , Anarchistic Knights Fan Site

Today's personal choice:

Much of the OAK material was developed through my own years of research. I feel very fortunate to find Dragon Door. Their knowledge is a natural companion to OAK.

These people are living examples of survivalism!

-anarchistbanjo

Powered by Qumana

Chapter 1K-The Shock Absorber Method

2006-07-05T16:58:00.000-07:00

In reading through Pavel Tsatsouline's books on flexability and health I was struck by a powerful integration!

He claimed we already have all the muscle we need but we only use 5 or 10 % of what is available to us. Does that sound familiar?

He goes on to say the mother that lifts a car to save the life of her baby is not doing it through emotional strength or magickal levitation. She is simply using "all" of her muscle strength.

Apparently only 5 or 10% of the muscles we use have nerves firing and making them work. The trick is to get the nerves firing on the other 90-95%!

The Russian Kettlebell acts to do this through the process of "ballistic shock". The entire body absorbs the shock during a kettlebell workout and by spreading the impact throughout the body helps more of the nerves to fire. In my opinion this is why kettlebells are so effective.

If we apply the same concept to our mind and thought processes it's pretty clear that the analogy still holds true. If we want to use more of our mental ability we need to fire those nerves through some form of "ballistic shock". Perhaps it might be the exposure to a radical new idea?

This shock absorber method is unique in that just a few "shocks" a day get better results than a steady "grind". The trick is to get more nerves to fire and then let them rest and recuperate till next time.

We can apply this concept to all the energies generated by the physical body. Living intensely means to create "spikes" or "shocks" throughout the day with each of the energies. This involves planning and living a balanced life that has a bit of everything in it.

What happens is that the physical body becomes filled to overflowing with energy and can no longer contain it. The energy is then released into the astral through one of the bodies "energy centers" or "chakras". We can feel the energy release when it happens.

In athletics this is called getting the "second wind". But we can experience it with all of the other energies generated by the physical body.

Tags: survivalism, relationships, self help, spirituality, occult, self improvement, opinion, health, fitness, xtreme sports

Remember to check out OAK:A Modern Mystery School , Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure , Anarchistic Knights Fan Site for more information on modern day survivalism.

OAK is your premier source for modern day survivalism technology!

I'm serious about these products! Are you?

-anarchistbanjo

Powered by Qumana

Chapter 1J-Intense Living

2006-07-03T05:08:00.000-07:00

As you can see there are several types of charisma that can be developed. Each type has its own characteristics and brings its own rewards. Our goal should be to develop each type of energy by doing activities that develop those energies on a daily basis. All of our personal efforts are progressive and cumulative. Energy that we physically generate belongs only to us and can be used only by us.

The goal should be putting out intense effort for at least 1/2 hour every day if possible. More than two hours of intense effort is too much. This should be done with each type of energy.

For developing Etheric energy we should do some type of aerobic excercise. Do something you really enjoy. Ideally you will stress the body until you get the "second wind" sensation. When this happens the generated energy bursts free of the physical body and is going into the astral planes. You can also stress the physical body by doing breathing excercises but this should be done with extreme care.

Sexual energy is developed through the control and exploration of human sexuality and orgasm. Learning to control orgasm and make sexual pleasure last brings great pleasure to both partners and is worth learning. The time spent brings great rewards and personal satisfaction. Too many people do not enjoy their own sexuality.

Lower emotional energy is best developed by confronting anger, fear and depression and transforming them into determination and resolve.Find a way to use them in a creative and constructive manner.

Take some risks and do some thrill seeking to develop the upper emotional energies. We create crisis in our lives if we do not have enough excitement. By deliberately planning for excitement we take away the need for much of the crisis we face daily.

Love, honor, patriotism, these are not things to laugh at. They are very important upper emotional energies as well. Find a cause to believe in and act upon it! Stand up for what you believe.

One of the greatest pleasures in life is to learn new things. Everyday if possible we should make a point to expand the world we live in by learning something new that we didn't know before. This type of learning develops the awareness of our environment and strengthens our mental concrete energy.

Debate and philosophical arguement strengthens our minds and our wills. Through practice we develop persistence and the ability to return our focus to what we are doing. If we allow ourselve to be side tracked we will never achieve the things we want in life. Mental discipline and will power is vital.

The resolution of paradox and problem solving allows us to think outside the box and make quantum leaps in awareness. These leaps in awareness are what breaks us out of old non productive programming. Many people enjoy working puzzles and finding solutions.

Prayer and mediation every day can center us and bring us health and peace of mind. As we listen to the still small voice of our conscience we learn the all important task of loving ourselves. If we can't love ourselves how can we love others?

Lastly, we are all part of the great collective soul of humanity and part of the earth as well. How can we harm someone else without harming ourselves? In truth we are all in this together.

We monitor the development of these energies through our dreams. Our dream life is a form of astral work that reflects physical life. When we are happy and empowered in our dreams we are happy and empowered in our physical lives. Each dream involves a specific type of astral energy and represents our stage of development with that particular energy.

Tags: adventure, books, books on line, ebooks, survivalism, relationships, self help, spirituality, occult, astral travel, self improvement, opinion, out of body, health and fitness, xtreme sports, extreme sports, neo-tech, objectivism

Remember to check out these great sites! OAK:A Modern Mystery School ,

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure , Anarchistic Knights Fan Site

There is no doubt in my mind that Dragon Door Publications has the most cutting edge health and fitness technology in the world! I wish I knew this information years ago. Fortunately I know about it now!

-anarchistbanjo

Powered by Qumana

Chapter 1I-Etheric Energy

2006-07-01T14:32:00.000-07:00

Etheric energy is physical based energy. It comes through our physical connections with others and through physical exertion.

This is the energy that forms bonds between our parents, our siblings and others we love deeply. We form bonds that are so strong we couldn't break them if we tried.

When these bonds are supportive and positive nothing in the world can prevent us from achieving our goals in life. Those that love us give us support and encouragement through the tough times and rejoice with us when we succeed. They share in our joy and we share in their joy. They share in our sorrow and we share in their sorrow. As a united force working collectively toward a common goal we are able to overcome all obstacles and achieve great things. That at least is the ideal situation. This is what family can do for us!

When these bonds are abusive and negative it is impossible to achieve permanent happiness and satisfaction in life. These same people and bonds drain us of our will and lower our self esteem. We become ineffective in our lives and doomed to struggle much harder than others. Our every effort toward happiness is sabotaged by self defeating tendencies within us and within those we love.

There is a paradox at work here because we need supportive family when we are young and still maturing. As we mature and it becomes time to leave the nest we need to leave family behind to start new families of our own. This is true in the animal kingdom and also true in human society.

We find this same dynamic within other "families" that we may belong to. As an example we may aspire to become a professional writer and join the local writers group. This family will support us as we mature in our writing ability but it will never allow us to become professional. When our writing skills are mature we need to leave the local family and enter into the professional writing world seeking our own readership on our own merits.

Etheric energy involves competency and the ability to manifest things in the physical world through personal effort. This energy is never free. We need to earn it.

There are two ways we can develop this energy and use it to achieve positive results. The first is through hard physical work. Hard physical work generates etheric energy and creates a powerful body that can withstand the abuses we subject it to.

The physical act of "doing" successfully overwhelms those influences that say "you can't do". In this manner we physically prove to those that don't believe in us that we have the ability to achieve. Their resistance is overcome through the sheer intensity of our physical effort. By trial and error we develop competency through personal effort. We earn our rewards.

The second way to develop etheric energy is by going through psychotherapy or counseling to explore and bring into awareness the self-destructive aspects we all have.

In this manner we confront those issues and come to terms with them. We learn to act in a more appropriate manner. Doing this releases trapped and repressed energy allowing us to make productive use of it.

The first method is to generate new energy through physical effort. This second method is to reclaim energy that we already have but can't use because it has been repressed. Both are important in the process of self-empowerment.

The person that has highly developed etheric energy forms deep bonds of attachment everywhere he goes and is deeply loved by close personal friends. He is able to physically manifest things in life through hard work.

His friends are highly supportive of him and he is highly supportive of them. The magnetic charm and attraction he possesses lets others know he will always be there if they need him. This is a person that can be counted on. This is a person strong in themselves and their ability to live a productive life. They are highly competent.

Tags: adventure, books, ebooks, books on line, survivalism, relationships, self help, spirituality, occult, astral travel, serialadventures, self improvement, opinion, out of body, health and fitness, xtreme sports, extreme sports, neo-tech, objectivism

Remember to check out these great sites! OAK:A Modern Mystery School ,

Anarchistic Knights-a serialadventure , Anarchistic Knights Fan Site

Your body's metabolism not exactly what you would like it to be? This book shows you how to make your body's metabolism work for you and not against you!

-anarchistbanjo