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Who are you? No really, who are you? Who is the real you? Living in the physical world has so many driving and sometimes conflicting influences... it can force us to behave in ways that we wouldn't if we had our druthers. Do that long enough, and you can kind of get lost in the shuffle. You wake up one day and wonder how you got to this place in your life and wonder where you are going, and if that is really where you want to end up. It happens to the best of us from time to time... but it doesn't have to be that way.
The challenge is first to find out who we are, and then to act accordingly.
So who are you? As I mentioned in my last post, you are a creative genius with a moderate to serious case of the stifles. All illness (even the stifles) can be affected (if not outright cured) by modifying your perspective. Ask any Christian Scientist (the real ones at least)... healing becomes self evident when you take on a right perspective. Now I am not a Christian Scientist... more of a Christian Engineer, but from what I have seen, the principal works... but I digress.
The point is that you will be, to a large extent, who you see yourself to be. Do you see yourself as unfortunate? You will be. As powerless? You will be. As trapped? You'll stay that way as long as you think that way. But... what if you saw yourself as creative, spontaneous, humorous, self motivated, interesting, influential, innovative, prosperous, spiritual, confident, ethical, and courageous. Do you think you might act a little differently? Of course you would. Do you think your life might take a turn for the better? (please take a moment to consider how it would!)
Guess what? You are all of those things and more! You know how I know this? Because you were once a 4 year old, and as such, to a greater or lesser extent, those were all characteristics that you embodied. God made you (sorry atheists, no offense, but I know he is real... just trust me on this one for now) a complex, creative, funny, imaginative, vibrant young child. Before all this conformist pressure came crashing down on your head for years, you were who you are. No pretenses, no bull.
Now am I saying we should all act like 4 year olds? Welllllll, yes and no. We want to be 'child-like' but not 'childish'. Childish is the dark side of 'the force'... selfish, arrogant, uncaring, immature, etc. Child-like is, well, Christ-like. Wise as serpents and harmless as doves. No pretenses. Relaxed, fun loving, confident, strong, ethical, spiritually aware, in tune with the transient nature of the physical and the eternal (and therefore more real) nature of the unseen. As adults, we can still play 'Army', but in the battlefield of the mind and soul. We can be warriors for justice, officers in defense of the truth, snipers aiming to destroy evil and corruption and error. We can also play, by having a playful and fun attitude, cheering up those around us in creative and fresh ways.
What I am saying is that you can be yourself, but in order to do that, it will take a process of re-discovery. That is where the JEDO Way comes in. We get joy through exploration (in this case, exploring who we are, I mean really are, as a person), discovery (every time we find a piece of our true original nature that has been lost, it is a great discovery!), and optimization (making that which 'is' as good as it can possibly be... in this case that means you!). I am challenging you to live life the JEDO Way, not for my sake, but for yours. I want you to find your inner original pure, kind, loving, wonderful self, and then be!
Who are you? No really, who are you? Who is the real you? Living in the physical world has so many driving and sometimes conflicting influences... it can force us to behave in ways that we wouldn't if we had our druthers. Do that long enough, and you can kind of get lost in the shuffle. You wake up one day and wonder how you got to this place in your life and wonder where you are going, and if that is really where you want to end up. It happens to the best of us from time to time... but it doesn't have to be that way.
The challenge is first to find out who we are, and then to act accordingly.
So who are you? As I mentioned in my last post, you are a creative genius with a moderate to serious case of the stifles. All illness (even the stifles) can be affected (if not outright cured) by modifying your perspective. Ask any Christian Scientist (the real ones at least)... healing becomes self evident when you take on a right perspective. Now I am not a Christian Scientist... more of a Christian Engineer, but from what I have seen, the principal works... but I digress.
The point is that you will be, to a large extent, who you see yourself to be. Do you see yourself as unfortunate? You will be. As powerless? You will be. As trapped? You'll stay that way as long as you think that way. But... what if you saw yourself as creative, spontaneous, humorous, self motivated, interesting, influential, innovative, prosperous, spiritual, confident, ethical, and courageous. Do you think you might act a little differently? Of course you would. Do you think your life might take a turn for the better? (please take a moment to consider how it would!)
Guess what? You are all of those things and more! You know how I know this? Because you were once a 4 year old, and as such, to a greater or lesser extent, those were all characteristics that you embodied. God made you (sorry atheists, no offense, but I know he is real... just trust me on this one for now) a complex, creative, funny, imaginative, vibrant young child. Before all this conformist pressure came crashing down on your head for years, you were who you are. No pretenses, no bull.
Now am I saying we should all act like 4 year olds? Welllllll, yes and no. We want to be 'child-like' but not 'childish'. Childish is the dark side of 'the force'... selfish, arrogant, uncaring, immature, etc. Child-like is, well, Christ-like. Wise as serpents and harmless as doves. No pretenses. Relaxed, fun loving, confident, strong, ethical, spiritually aware, in tune with the transient nature of the physical and the eternal (and therefore more real) nature of the unseen. As adults, we can still play 'Army', but in the battlefield of the mind and soul. We can be warriors for justice, officers in defense of the truth, snipers aiming to destroy evil and corruption and error. We can also play, by having a playful and fun attitude, cheering up those around us in creative and fresh ways.
What I am saying is that you can be yourself, but in order to do that, it will take a process of re-discovery. That is where the JEDO Way comes in. We get joy through exploration (in this case, exploring who we are, I mean really are, as a person), discovery (every time we find a piece of our true original nature that has been lost, it is a great discovery!), and optimization (making that which 'is' as good as it can possibly be... in this case that means you!). I am challenging you to live life the JEDO Way, not for my sake, but for yours. I want you to find your inner original pure, kind, loving, wonderful self, and then be!
