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Modern Survivalism - LiveJournal.com Thu, 17 May 2007 02:17:13 +0200 Important MessageI 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. 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 Wed, 09 May 2007 01:31:00 +0200 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 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:27:44 +0200 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 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:27:07 +0200 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 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:19:00 +0200 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 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:48:56 +0200 OAK 2st Degree Study MaterialsIn PrintAnarchist Knight:Apprentice
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 PART TWO-MYSTERY SCHOOLS MODERN SURVIVALISM PART THREE-DEVELOPING CHARISMA DEVELOPING CHARISMA PART FOUR-TAKING RISKS TAKING RISKS PART FIVE-DREAMS DREAMS PART SIX-SELF EMPOWERMENT THE WILL TO LIVE PART SEVEN-MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OAK ENERGY BALL MEDITATION 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 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 03:49:05 +0200 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 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:48:25 +0100 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 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:44:05 +0100 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 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:22:06 +0100 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 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:48:00 +0100 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 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 03:34:09 +0100 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 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:14:57 +0100 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 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:18:21 +0100 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 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:00:01 +0100 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 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:59:25 +0100 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 en |
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