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 |  You are what you write. Illusion and Reality...I reside in between. Where are you? |
UNDERSTAND THAT REDIRECTING CIVILIZATION is a major undertaking. You can write volumes about it and who will listen? But the energy that goes for that purpose cannot be withdrawn. You know that.  |
Blog City Prompt: What do you think “compassion” is? Can one show compassion even for one’s worst enemy? Compassion is a very powerful idea. The definition for compassion is the showing or feeling pity and concern for the suffering of others. It is one of the motivating factors that affect a person who lives in service of others. The words that are associated include: sympathy, empathy, leniency, tolerance and kindness. There often is a strong desire to alleviate the suffering and the conditions that cause it. Within my early education (and including University) I don't remember very much being directed towards the idea of compassion as a desirable human trait. The American generations have been isolated from the overwhelming need for compassion. I think not since the Vietnam War, when there was graphic and immediate news about the horrors of that war, has the public reaction been as strong. All the media news is soft and censored, and even the religions are often silent. The sin of omission is more frequent in our civilized societies. At best, we see selective compassion directed by corporate and government dollars paid to whom? For what? Many questions there. If the public (American & European) truly knew and understood what has and is being done in their name, they would have some kind of reaction. I would pray it would be compassionate, tolerant, and a strong desire to begin to alleviate the pain and suffering.. Centered alone in spirit, Complete in surety of the sun’s rising, Golden edged clouds precede, Sharp beams cut through sheltering branches, Leafless in winter’s mantle of white pure snow, The Earth-world waits, Teeming with expectation. Complexities as diverse as those within the plant-insect domains, Emerge to seize the creative imagination, Of those who would see the truth, Truth as it appears within their limit of knowledge, Information—ever expanding, Streaming around the entities with fast-as-light speed, And broadband encompassing volume, Devoid of that same quality long revered, Lacking in preparation or experience, Shallow beyond all understanding, We grasp at old men’s ideas of new worlds—false images, Long since evaporated in what is. The Earth Community wraps itself together with electronic strands, While barriers form, New each day, To be burrowed under, Around, Personally dissected, Freed in space to be caught by tiny dishes, Relinking, Reaffirming, Human ties that leap beyond language or rules on paper, Or those screamed on national broadcasts. Where is the center of the spirit? Is it alone any longer? Listen to the silence...>>>iggy  ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable **   |
"There are no rules for what constitutes a great opening, there are no rules regarding what type of opening works best. Give me an example great openings that appeal to you from one of your favorite authors. What qualities do you notice as you think about your favorite openings? HERE'S ONE I'M READING NOW: It began with a ship, the Icarus. It was aptly named it appeared, because it too came to represent humanity’s attempt to reach beyond its grasp. The Falcon Banner :Prequel Queen of the Ice by Christopher Lydon AND THIS FOR THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER ONE: They said at the end there was one last knight standing watching the towers crumble,tears in his eyes. -Archduke Francesco 'The fall of the Empire, THE FALCON BANNER by Christopher Lydon FOR SCI-FI ACTION ADVENTURE IT CONTAINS THE SUGGESTION OF AN EPIC SCOPE. I'M DRAWN TO IT IMMEDIATELY In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. HOW SIMPLE. YET IT OPENS ON THE THE GREATEST EPIC STORIES OF ALL TIME. Sorry, my Nexus touch screen is blocked and I cannot access my Kindle books. I have no paper books on the sailboat. (They mildew fast) I'm very conscious of story first lines and worry over mine. Every chapter. An ineffective opening doesn't mean it is a bad story and sometimes the book is great. You have to keep reading. Later...>>>iggy center} ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt: Do you plan to use blogging as part of your career reinvention strategy? If there is a career involved, then a blog is a marketing tool. A blog can be a personal website. Your own voice. Blogs are as varied as there are writers in the world. A blog can be fluffy, cute news about someone's life or a commentary about life in general. A blog can reveal dark secrets, serious problems, brave choices. Blogs can educate and inform with new information. Blogs can tell stories, jokes, opinions. There is no limit to where you can go with a blog. Every blog is unique. For writers it is a kind of discipline and stimulus to actually write more often, but then you all know that! And after a few days, it is forgotten. However, remember that such writings are archived and will be kept for years. Just like those ledgers and journal books that filll up my trunk back in Wyoming. The time before digital storage was vast. For me, this blog is definitely a discipline. Some days it is easy to write, other days require thought and maybe even research. And within our community, there is reaction, response, comments that are so valuable. Even just a 'like' can make my day! Write on...>>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt: What change, big or small, would you like your Blog to make in the world? As I wrote at the introduction to my blog: UNDERSTAND THAT REDIRECTING CIVILIZATION is a major undertaking. You can write volumes about it and who will listen? But the energy that goes for that purpose cannot be withdrawn. You know that. And then I wrote about the state of the world: Awareness is a total state of being. Responsibility is the end result That comes too late. Action is limited to preconceived untruths, Learned from those ignorant fathers. Who mix blood and chicken s*** Into a paste they know will mend the egg But they can't find all the pieces Nor all the fluid so precious Now that it is lost forever. With that in mind, I add: Creating a World That Works for Everyone Werner Erhard, We can choose to be audacious enough to take responsibility for the entire human family. We can choose to make our love for the world be what our lives are really about. Each of us now has the opportunity, the privilege, to make a difference in creating a world that works for all of us. It will require courage, audacity, and heart. It is much more radical than a revolution – it is the beginning of a transformation in the quality of life on our planet. You have the power to fire the shot heard ‘round the world. (Werner Erhard, Graduate Review, February 1980.) Celebrate with love... >>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog CiityPrompt: "The world moves on and we must move with it." Lady Mary, Downton Abbey Do you agree? The only movement in our three-dimensional time is forward to the future. We are constantly stepping into NOW. A microsecond passes and guess what? It's a new NOW. Whether you like it or not, you are moving forward in this world. The past cannot be changed. Historians make a valiant attempt to change the past, but eventually the truth leaks out, or falls into our awareness with an awful sickening crash. To make a change it must happen in what I call CHANGE-POINT-NOW. A change-point-now can happen the moment you purchase an airplane ticket. If the decision to go is followed through, the change will be completed. Any decision from ordering a hamburger to quitting a job. Think about the ripple effect of the moment's decision. Not just you, but everyone and everything around you. Once done, it can't be taken back. It absolutely is in that split-second NOW that you have any control over your future. Other persons decisions can change your intended future like the policeman pulling the trigger of his gun. The decision that put you in front of that gun maybe happened some time before becoming a change-point that you're unaware of. Those happen all the time. But don't you see---it's all connected. The Universe moves forward in linear time in our three-dimensional world. In other dimensions, maybe that's not so true. What do you think? Lady Mary has it right. Move through NOW with awareness...>>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt: What would make an effective leader? Which characteristics, do you think, a good, effective leader should have? First and foremost, a leader that would make any positive difference in the human community he or she must be IN SERVICE OF AND FOR OTHERS and never in service of self. An effective leader must govern by a set of principals that include honesty, compassion, intelligence, and the ability to communicate. In our real world this is asking a great deal of any person. The pressures from special interest groups, corporations, the lobbyists that represent finance, politics, religion, science, and military are beyond imagination. I'm not sure there are any true leaders in existence any longer. Maybe an entity from another more ascended background will come to show the way. They show up in science fiction, but in the real world? When you look at the Earth from outer space, it appears to be a tiny, blue planet where humans live. That point of view seems lost in the chaos of our multicultural and war-inclined leaders. Awareness is a goal...>>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt:Tell us about your night routine. What is one thing you could never imagine changing about it? Well I could never change the part about falling asleep. I usually read for about one hour before I get too sleepy and shut down the computer, turn off the night light, snuggle up to my pillow. The pillow must be folded to elevate my head above my shoulder as I sleep on my side. I usually wake in the exact same position about two to three hours later. After relieving myself, I sleep another couple hours usually waking just at 4am. The Internet signal is always best during that early hour. This routine never changes unless I am off the boat and visiting friends, sleeping in a different bed and adjusting to their house, dogs, etc. I still wake up really early. I know how to make coffee at every place I stay. Some friends have really great Wi-Fi service and I love the powerful signal. When I sleep, I dream. It's like being another person and going to work. I seem to always be involved in projects when dreaming. I quickly forget it all when I wake. I do know that many dreams involve animals and lots of dogs. I have to instantly write a note or the memory is lost. I believe older folks like to sleep and dream. Go dream...>>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt: Do you need to always find new music, authors, or actors, or do you stick with what you already know you like? Where I am and with limited accessibility, I am sort of stuck with what I have. We have no television and one radio station. This is the land of no book stores. I have music on my computer that has accumulated over many years, including a lot of classial.. I do a lot of free books from Amazon-Kindle. New stuff has to be really good to catch my interest. So much appears to be shallow and simply sexually targeted rather that the skill of true artists. The style of music videos are mostly a series of one-second flashes piled on each other. I hope to not see another war film in the near future. The skill of the animation studios to blend and merge into real life or computer-created actors has become truly amazing. Those films I enjoy and know that the future will be even more astonishing. Films I get on DVD. With my low bandwidth Wi-Fi service, I rarely am able to load a You-Tube video, and streaming is impossible. I also have a Smart USB stick that costs per gigabit, so that's only when the normal server is down or has too many users. (Like cruise ship days when hundreds are trying to use their phones) WDC is great except for the videos. Rarely get to see those. (sigh) As I tell myself, "Write on!" ...>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt: What do you wish you were doing New Years Eve? Going to New York to watch the ball drop at Midnight or go to a party where everyone dresses up fancy? What do you do on New Years Eve? What ever you do, please be safe! Had an early dinner with friends. Mosquitoes also had a feast, Hurried back to sailboat to close out the bugs. Weather turning cold and windy. Later it started raining and continued most of the night, sometimes very heavy downpour. Don't know what happened to the scheduled fireworks at the Belize City waterfront. Internet signal off and on, frustrating. My Nexus-7 crashed and the touch screen has gone crazy. Went to sleep about 10pm. This was a very quiet end to 2014. All the parties, drinking, fireworks belong to another time, another place. Right now, the world feels like it's waiting for the other shoe to drop...and that's not a crystal ball. New Years morning: sunshine followed by more rain. Backed up my journal and writing files. Multiple cruise ships in very early this morning so all the ferry boats left about 5am. Around here it feels like a regular work day. The Old Belize Museum and Restaurant will be busy if it's too cold and wet for the beach. There is also a classic bicycle race today. Interesting first day of 2015! Hope everyone has a good day. Peace...>>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
Blog City Prompt: "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." JK Rowlings Do you agree with this? I think 'dwelling on dreams' can sometimes be very destructive. I have seen so many times a restaurant, store, or garage business start up with high expectations. The guys were living their dreams, but they didn't have the proper funding or the necessary experience to make their dream work. Sometimes a year, more often a few months and the dream folded. I have seen so many small uncompleted apartment buildings where they ran out of money. Others only got as far as a paved street and the expensive utilities before they had to quit. What you can do and accomplish is often different from what the vision looks like in your dreams. Even about a new home. The cost and complication of that fantasy abode never gets beyond the glossy magazines and a few sketches. Now there are those folks who are part of the one percent with their billions (more every year). They can create anything they are capable of dreaming about. And that's where the obsession about what they have is a destructive illusion for the rest of us. But don't you see, it is all based on financial wealth. They have forgotten how to live. Do you think they are really happy? Did they forget to live? I say, change the dreams to reasonable goals. Think long-range and plan. The universe does provide, but it does not respond to cash requests. We all live on a planet called, Earth. Love and respect are required to be able to even dream properly. Peace...>>>iggy ** Image ID #1264233 Unavailable ** |
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