Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The Three Stages of Living
This year more than ever before I feel the energies of the earth as they change from season to season. It is gratifying to sense the natural rythm as my life has fallen into in accord with the wheel of the year.
The ancients in the mystery schools of the past always taught spiritual,mental, emotional and physical health using the words and wisdom of the era they lived in.
There have always been three degrees of initiation corresponding to the three degrees of soul development.
The first degree is always about healing and personal transformation. In today's world we call this therapy. We are only as strong as our weakest link and each link needs to be explored and strengthened as much as possible. "know thyself" has always been the phrase for this stage of work. We interact with the world and the world changes us. We learn about physical reality and adapt to it.
The second degree comes after the perfection of our personal belief system or paradigm. We have developed an unshakable understanding of reality and the world we live in. As we interact with the world it changes and we become empowered. The second stage of development is always about personal empowerment as we become self-reliant and self-sufficient. At the conclusion of this degree we can sustain our lives in a modest way by doing the things that we are meant to do. In today's world we call this objectivism and realism laced with materialism.
The third and final degree is always about society, politics and community. Wealth, power and riches always involve large populations. The larger a person's sphere of influence the more wealth and power they can achieve. The human collective bestows riches and fame upon those that strike a resonant chord. It favors those it feels speak for it and act in its own interests. In this degree we share our wisdom and teach others how to better their own lives. We become teachers and Elders, respected members of the community.
In today's world we become involved somehow in political movements and public education.
The ancients in the mystery schools of the past always taught spiritual,mental, emotional and physical health using the words and wisdom of the era they lived in.
There have always been three degrees of initiation corresponding to the three degrees of soul development.
The first degree is always about healing and personal transformation. In today's world we call this therapy. We are only as strong as our weakest link and each link needs to be explored and strengthened as much as possible. "know thyself" has always been the phrase for this stage of work. We interact with the world and the world changes us. We learn about physical reality and adapt to it.
The second degree comes after the perfection of our personal belief system or paradigm. We have developed an unshakable understanding of reality and the world we live in. As we interact with the world it changes and we become empowered. The second stage of development is always about personal empowerment as we become self-reliant and self-sufficient. At the conclusion of this degree we can sustain our lives in a modest way by doing the things that we are meant to do. In today's world we call this objectivism and realism laced with materialism.
The third and final degree is always about society, politics and community. Wealth, power and riches always involve large populations. The larger a person's sphere of influence the more wealth and power they can achieve. The human collective bestows riches and fame upon those that strike a resonant chord. It favors those it feels speak for it and act in its own interests. In this degree we share our wisdom and teach others how to better their own lives. We become teachers and Elders, respected members of the community.
In today's world we become involved somehow in political movements and public education.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Getting Close
I'm getting the page looking pretty good. Imagine my chagrin when it doesn't view properly on Internet Explorer but views fine on FireFox. It is a browser issue and beyond my ability to do anything about. The Wordpress blogs appear "centered" and not aligned to the left on IE. They display correctly on my server, on the backup webpage and on FireFox. The first two blogs are blogger blogs and they are not affected. Go figure.
My old RSS program would not display "" properly and left them as code. What you are now veiwing is a RSS program called "Feedforall". Overall I think it gives Anarchist World a more professional look and ties things together than zfeeder did. The feeds look clean, at least in FireFox.
The future posting mechanism seems to be working fine and I haven't done anything for several days as far as posts go. They have been updating automatically. I've spent most of my time trying to fix glitches in the programs and code. Nothing seems to work. Remember these are rss feeds with links to the original blogs so if you miss something you can go to the blog and read it later at your convenience.
This marks an entire new direction in my internet activities and frees up alot of time. I'm looking forward to working on "Anarchist Journeyman"! I also have artwork to do since all of the tarot cards do need to be represented with a card sooner or later.
-bright blessings
-anarchistbanjo
My old RSS program would not display "" properly and left them as code. What you are now veiwing is a RSS program called "Feedforall". Overall I think it gives Anarchist World a more professional look and ties things together than zfeeder did. The feeds look clean, at least in FireFox.
The future posting mechanism seems to be working fine and I haven't done anything for several days as far as posts go. They have been updating automatically. I've spent most of my time trying to fix glitches in the programs and code. Nothing seems to work. Remember these are rss feeds with links to the original blogs so if you miss something you can go to the blog and read it later at your convenience.
This marks an entire new direction in my internet activities and frees up alot of time. I'm looking forward to working on "Anarchist Journeyman"! I also have artwork to do since all of the tarot cards do need to be represented with a card sooner or later.
-bright blessings
-anarchistbanjo
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Talk about Chaos!
Talk about chaos! Things have been crazy and I have been pondering the direction I want Anarchist World to go. You may have noticed there are more ads at Anarchist World. I need to find some way of generating a bit of income to support my habit. If you are interested check some of them out. There won't be any more than what are already there. You may find new links clearly marked at the bottom of the site if you choose to explore them.
I've balanced this with a lot more content. Starting today I will be updating one of the forums daily and another every two days. If you snooze you lose. The material is going to be going as fast as it comes. A few of the others will be weekly. In fact, as this progresses there will be many more selections of material to choose from. The Federalist Papers will continue with larger chunks of material to digest and be updated more often as well.
I'm hoping I can settle into a new system without burning out and see how things go through the summer. In the meantime I will see you around.
The plan is simple. Anarchist World needs higher rankings on the search engines and the best way of doing that is to have significant updates everyday. That's what I am going to do.
I've balanced this with a lot more content. Starting today I will be updating one of the forums daily and another every two days. If you snooze you lose. The material is going to be going as fast as it comes. A few of the others will be weekly. In fact, as this progresses there will be many more selections of material to choose from. The Federalist Papers will continue with larger chunks of material to digest and be updated more often as well.
I'm hoping I can settle into a new system without burning out and see how things go through the summer. In the meantime I will see you around.
The plan is simple. Anarchist World needs higher rankings on the search engines and the best way of doing that is to have significant updates everyday. That's what I am going to do.
