A Tribute to The Greatest Principle

I spy a principle... it's fruits are clarity, liberation, knowledge, freedom. It takes the most energy to live, but returns the most in joy/faith/light/progress. It frees us from fear, darkness, and some pains.

"Some may regard the quality of character known as honesty to be a most ordinary subject. But I believe it to be the very essence of the gospel. Without honesty, our lives... will degenerate into ugliness and chaos." Gordon B. Hinckley, Seer *the opposite of ugliness is beauty... opposite of chaos is order.*

"At first it seems that telling the truth is more uncomfortable and difficult than telling a lie. And it is just this conviction that leads us to lie in order to hide our weaknesses and avoid giving explanations or getting into trouble- out of laziness or perhaps out of fear. Yet it is falsehood that in the long run is more difficult and complicates our life....

"Not only is honesty compatible with genuine kindness, it is the very basis of kindness.... As long as you are not living in the truth, you cannot really communicate with others, you cannot have trust, you cannot relate. As long as you do not call the hard realities by name, you are living in the land of dreams." Pierro Ferrucci, "The Power of Kindness"

If you can live a second of truth, you can live a minute of it... and an hour, a day, and a lifetime... then you will have nothing to hide and you will have no burden forever.

A Thought on Purpose

"Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment. with the majority the bark of thought is allowed to "drift" upon the ocean of life. Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction."

James Allen in As A Man Thinketh

Take this in...

This will knock your sox off:

Hubble Photos

There used to be an argument about whether the universe was expanding or contracting. I side with the expanders.

Purpasire... the strength of meaning

Some thoughts on productivity.

Since I've been out of school for over 4 months, I am experiencing down time like I never even imagined existed. I've learned that the following three give meaning to life:

Purpose
Desire
Passion

Combine them and you have the word: purpasire.

These unlock the key to happiness.

Those who have no purpose do nothing, have nothing to work for, they live an inert, unimportant life without influence. Purpose provides access to the imagination, it leads to creation. Purpose, in each moment of the day connects your present with your future.

If you have a desire, that is worthy, the universe gives you permission to follow it, until you attain it to the last particle. If it is worthy, then it is worthy of your thought, time, emotion, will, strength, and life. A worthy desire awakens ultimate genius.

Passion causes your whole being to become involved. Your mind, heart, toenails, eyebrows quiver with energy when passion drives you in the moments of your life. Passion is the soul of meaning.

Live for something.

Do you like music?

I started a new blog today, its for those of us who love music, its designed to bring the best, new, undiscovered music to you. Anyway, take a look if you dare to see how cool it is, and how cool the bands are that I put on there.

theemoproject.blogspot.com

An Amazing Book

I'm finishing this book this week, "The Book of Secrets" by Deepak Chopra.
A deeply spiritual book, I have found myself becoming more philosophical and deep as I read and think of what it is teaching. A lot of it is even cross-reference-able to the scriptures. Anyway, its VERY COOL. Some teaser snippets:

About living with passion: "When you do anything with passion, you express every aspect of who you are. Passion releases all the energy you posses.... What drains energy, strangely enough is the act of holding back (p. 247)."

About materialism: "Nothing in [the material world] is essential. The only personal stake worth having is the ability to create freely, with full awareness of how reality-making works.... Being a creator is more important than the whole world (p. 27)."

On randomness: "Nothing is random- your life is full of signs and symbols (p. 103)"

Anyway, its awesome, click here or on the picture above to see the half.com
listing for the book, its a good one if you're into perspective and progress.

Cast the Pod

So, I'm not even sure how the heck we got this done, but if you want to hear some money impromptu podcasting click here to hear some of the best advice and good times you have heard in a long time. It even has a rest hymn and... well anyway, its TNT (Tiffany, Nikki, Tommy) podcasting at its best. Its rowdy.