The leader

To lead… hmm.

I guess leading is something different for everybody. Leaders, I always thought, are supposed to be responsible, and right and good and true. Their ideals set apart from the rest, so that people can learn by example, not hypocrisy. Leaders are supposed to be the people that understand ever facet of their followers, so they can accurately interpret their needs, and anticipate those needs to prepare for such things.

We are the people who set the rules, the people who wage wars, the people who organize the masses into smaller sections of a greater entity, that has one direction, but many moving parts. Leaders are supposed to represent the true soul of a culture… the entire mind frame of a society or a group, coalescing on, and solidifying into one single communal organism. The head of the pack you might say, though its just a rough outline.

The leaders are the ones that stand against it, when no one else can. We = are the ones that will still believe, when all the rest have lost faith. We are the ones that will show the unloved, love, and trust the untrustworthy, because we understand that if we do not… no one else will.

We carve our course out of life, based upon what ideals we have been taught as children, and the morals we still hold to be true as grown humans. Those of us which don’t follow the grain will be condemned, and denied. We will be ridiculed and persecuted, and some of us killed, for having the strength to try and shape a new path.

Not all of us are good… there have been, and still are many shadowed leaders. What can be said.. no matter how dark and cruel a leader has been, there has not one of them whom has not broke the boundaries of what we thought we knew. The world wasn’t flat.

Leaders can be the most dangerous of people, due to the ability to gather the consensus of the followers, and press forward in guidance towards a determined goal. We are the targeting system of a weapon, as well as the trigger. We are also the mind behind the weapons construction.

To give you examples of great and terrible leaders allow me to provide you with this list:

Jesus
Ghandi
Hitler
Ghengis Khan
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
King Arthur
Leonardo Davinci

You decide which is good and which is bad. Just know why you chose them.

The Follower—

To explain this point, I will break this down in the most human of terms.

There seems to be two types of people in this world... one type being the leaders, and one being the followers.

Many of us as humans believe ourselves to be leaders, simply because our culture has told us that it is better to lead than to follow. This is the mark of a true follower, as leaders don’t have to believe, or question or doubt... they simply are.
The follower is someone who has great difficulty choosing a course without some sort of reference to what it’s moving towards. Most followers, only think of their individual needs, and not noticing that reason evades them.

The follower is limited in capacity to only being able to think about oneself, or at most, one other person, which is a defining point in most people. The exception is family, which is where the follower begins to lead a whole new line of followers, and is forced to have leadership traits whether it is their desire or not. family is also one of the things that drive followers into a fervor due to the emotional proximity of the selected few in question. When followers unite, they are what is called a mob, and when mobs form, there is what is called the 'mob mentality'. People will not listen, they invoke violence, they draft their loved ones, all to a cause that is gravitating people with the same emotional wavelength... and has almost always ended up in blood.

We, as 'civilized' society, all believe that we are good to each other, and in reality, most people are actually quite horrible to each other on a day to day basis. Most of the human race lands in the follower category, due to selfish desire, and the inability to think about more than the people inside their own reality. We choose not to realize our selfishness, because our own reality is the most right for each individual, and technically, no one knows whats the most or right or the most wrong for you... but you. Free will is a trip eh?

In essence this defines the follower quite properly. The true follower doesn’t think… they are polarized, and drawn in, by instinct, towards something or someone. They are constantly pursued by their primal instincts, and are quite often driven by them. True thought evades them, for their mind wraps around the center of their reality. When thought itself finds them… it is used only to amplify their gravity towards their prescribed center. Followers can be quite dangerous… when they coalesce on one subject, either real or fictitious, and come together as a full bodied unit. They can be the most powerful of forces, due to the sheer volume of them, and their lack of self control. It is much like a giant wave, which cannot stop, until it strikes the beach, rushes as far up on land as it can, and then begins a slow retreat back into the sea, as the energy itself has diminished.

The follower is the best of students, bar none. Once they find the teacher of similar polarization, they will absorb all things that are said by that person, true or false, and learn the teachers’ exact way of utilizing a specific kind of knowledge. They can be amazingly fast at the learning process, and very territorial of it as well. They will own the knowledge, and keep the practice of it very close to them, as well as protect it, lethally, if necessary. Followers are quite primal in their thoughts, as well as limited in their capacity of problem resolution. We as a species, are over populated with followers.. though that is one man's opinion.

Some people are quite happy being followers, and can stay consistent like this their entire lives. They enjoy that other people make their decisions for them, and that they themselves require little to no will in life in order to achieve their happiness. They are quite successfully in denial of their responsibility, and are quite accustomed to others doing it for them. They only need someone to show them a direction in which they can go, for indecision is a new, burgeoning lifestyle. Change, falls to the wayside, and a new direction is only poised, and unattended while they sit, and wait, for someone else to stand up and grasp it. Once grasped though, they will move behind this new idea, and gather their strength to become a number in a seemingly endless mass of power and movement. The follower is the might behind the idea, and the change that we speak about when we say ‘we need change’. It doesn’t matter if the leader changes the idea of the status quo, because if the follower is not inspired to follow that change, and because the follower IS the status quo due to the sheer volume of us, then the idea of change will wither and die. The follower is in dire need of the leader, as the leader is in dire need of the follower.

It is said that in order to be a great leader, one must first be a great follower. There are reasons for this, and I personally believe them to be true, I challenge you to find out why on your own… because no one can explain the concept better for you… than yourself.

If you have questions… I will be here.

Happiness

What does it truly mean to be Happy? What is required for one person to be happy? Does it change from moment to moment, or is it as steady as the freight train?

Happiness is meant for the receiver… because, like most emotions, are felt from within. They are created within us, and swell to encompass our entire body. Happiness is one of the human favorites in emotions.

Happiness comes in different shapes for different people, this emotion is as liquid as water is to its container. It will fill it up, and rush out, if the cup runneth over. Happiness itself, is truly an art.

People are quite beautiful when they are happy. They are full of bounce and life. The eyes shimmer, and the body glows, its as if a star was coming out from inside, if only for a moment, and that is only if happiness is aloud to consume its host. It is pleasurable to watch as people no longer remember the bad things that could happen, or what could go wrong, or the pain that be coming, or the monster around the corner. Any one of these, on any given day, may stop the very same person… but not on a day they are happy, not that day!

The life experience of the individual having these emotions are drawn upon for its good times, during these days, and that is if it truly lasts a whole day. Many of us live for the fleeting moments that we are happiest, but there are the uncommon few among us that live happy every day.

On that day the sun shines brighter and warmer. The voices of only the happy people around us are the only sounds that can be heard. Laughter is a common occurrence, and relationships shine and shine alike.

It is when we smile at the raindrops.
It is when our spirit can glide upon the wind with no hesitation.
It is when our heart opens up and embraces the moment
It is when we can finally understand who we are and be ok with it.

Happiness is truly a diverse, complex, and multidimensional emotion.

What does it mean to you to be happy? What are some of the things that you do when you are happy? How do you know you are happy? Where do you go? Who are you with, if anyone?

These questions are quite important, though, I personally, never realized how relevant until recently. I realized that I hadn’t heard those questions in a very long time.. if at all, and I have no doubt my responses have changed with age. I also realized, that in the not hearing of those questions, I had forgotten to ask myself what makes me happy, so I no longer know.

I do understand what made me happy… so I suppose I will just have to start from there.

As an exercise, I invite you to answer the questions above, write them down... and go be happy for the day.

Emotional Fundamentals 101

Emotions are the most unpredictable of all things within human nature. Few of us can contain and control these things. Very few understand how, and even less are able to perform this feat.

We as humans are born victim to our emotions… they are primal forces that control us. Our parents teach us about them immediately, wanting to or not, they perform these emotions and acts in the colorful dance that we call life, and children are able to soak it in.

As children it seems that we have a blank catalog, for who, what, when, where, how, and most importantly, why these emotions actually exist, and what the purpose is for them.

We can use all of them for whatever it is that we choose based strictly upon free will, and with that will comes opposing ends of an emotional scale.

Universally, there is a balance to all things. For the color red there is blue, for light there is darkness, for matter there is anti-matter. It is quite natural, as we find ourselves a part of this universe, that we too would be balanced in all ways. Even in what seems to be uncontrollable… emotions.

What follows is information. I have proven these within this realm, and as far as I have found… they are truth.

Our Fear is balanced, by its polar opposite.. love.

Watching how they react to people is identical. They infect, and some people fight, some welcome it. Then it grows on them, and then it consumes them, and then it surrounds them. Either one of these emotions do react the exact same way to stimuli, though it must be properly polarized. If not, keep in mind that emotions are very unpredictable, and these two especially

These are the roots of ALL our emotions. In that case you could provoke literally any reaction, and it will not be controllable. Everything we feel can be traced back to these two emotions in some way.

We as a race have made colors for these and you have seen them everywhere. Black for fear, white for love.

These colors have become as symbols to us as a race, though in my personal belief I don’t believe that it is just us that utilizes this system. I believe this is a universal constant, though I can not prove it.

The additive and subtractive colors are a good representation of love and fear. If the additive colors are all put together…. they create white. This is the natural color in our culture to summon the emotion of purity, love, trust and all the positive aspects of our personality.

If the Subtractive colors are all put together, they create black. This is the color that summons anger, hostility, hatred, fear and all the negative aspects of our personality.

As you can see here, some of the same colors are used to make either end of the light spectrum, and the ones that are not, are so very close in nature, that it takes a very tuned eye to be able to tell the difference between Cyan, and Blue, or Magenta, and red.

Lets first take love for instance… and we will use the colors above. The primary colors Red Green and Blue.

Lets replace those same color values, with emotional values.

Red = Joy, Blue = Happiness, Green = Trust. Now, all these things felt seperatley cast that shade of everything. If Joy is what is all that’s being felt, then joy will shade the image of all things visible at that time.

If happiness is felt, it shades all things at that time the same way. Each by them self is sturdy, though negativity can create turbulence, and force a collapse. This is where an individual choice must be made and our greatest gift gets its power (free will). We can either continue to be happy, or if the negativity is more desirable, then we have the freedom to follow that path to its result as well.

These energies are electromagnetic, though there is a vibration that must be consciousness behind it. (electromagnets don’t seem to work the same way to alter human moods. My efforts unveiled nothing.)

If all of these positively charged emotions (which are now colors) are placed together, then we get white, or the color we use to symbolize gods love for us, and our love for each other. These are additive emotions.

The same is true for fear, as these are subtractive emotions. Lets take in place of Cyan, Magenta and Yellow… and give these names such as Hate, Rage, Jealousy.

Individually they can act the exact same to polarize an individual as the positive emotions can, They simply feel different. The methods of their gradual consummation are EXACTLY the same as the additive colors, though it is to a different conclusion.

They begin small, and they shade all things at the time they are perceived the same way as the additive emotions do. This is again where an individual choice must be made, and the true power of the human will is revealed in all its might. To follow one of these to its conclusion is daunting to say the least.

If we put all of these subtractive emotions together, we get the color we use to symbolize Evil or Darkness in our world, better known as the color black. This in emotions, is fear. Fear is the god of all things dark, for without fear, The darkness would have no power.

When we are the construct of all of the subtractive emotions, we perform fear. When we are the construct of all of the additive emotions, we perform love.

Most of us, struggle daily, with our emotions. We try to decide, or forget about the decisions, that must be made in order to forward the human evolution. To evolve, we will all need to work together. And to de-evolve, we must continue our divide, and our descent into something which we can not imagine.

Either way we choose, whether it be unification, or the dividing of a species, we will not know what the future holds for us.

It will come down to the most primal and ancient of all things in the universe. The laws of attraction.

The only question that could be asked, is ‘which sounds more appealing for me?’

a Day of Peace

This is the Christmas season… so allow me to share with you my faith in Christmas.

Christmas is a time where a large percentage of the world stops, even if for a moment, to reach out to others. This is a time for hope, for cherishing, for you to be loved, and for you to love others in all ways.

It is a time where no religion is necessary… no religions of man period. it is a time when one can feel upon the air a patience within the world, if only for an extra moment.

Patience for the mistakes we will make, and mishaps they will cause. Patience for the ignorance we all have on any number of things.

Hope that all the love we have will be appreciated and reciprocated. Hope that the people we love love us just as much in return… if only to feel that loved.

We hope for miracles… though what we forget to think about, is that if all of the people in this world that celebrate this one holiday of peace, not of religion, and quiet their minds and hearts enough to let the light they want so badly in… then god has truly blessed them. God has truly blessed us all.

Here is an icon for hope.... in all good things.

Merry Christmas

Breathing Energy (a.k.a. Running Energy)

This is to help us breathe. This is breathing in a different way, and its truest fashion. This is how we acquire the force that we call life. As we normally do this on a subconscious level, doing this consciously will feel new and more intense, because intention is set in motion, and health is the end result. Its sort of like getting high… but high on life.

To perform this, please take your body to a safe place (or your safe place) and sit upright, feet flat on the floor. Chairs are most accommodating for this position.

Close your eyes, and begin to breathe. Breathe slowly, and evenly… and feel the deep breaths of air, hit all parts of the body.

There is a rhythm when doing this, so if you can.. listen and feel that rhythm.

Begin the fore mentioned techniques.

Relaxation

Grounding

Centering

When these have been completed, feel your body for a moment, and allow for the feeling to catch you. The body reacts miraculously to these energies, though it is a might spooky at first.

When you have finished reveling in it (please do that for as long as you can allow, just because its fun) then open your minds eye once more.

Use your inner voice to call for the energies, to politely ask for them to send you the energy that will be most beneficial. For visual reference, please use the center of our known Universe. As an example, I visualize this as a GIANT spiral galaxy... though it has many shapes.

The universe, will then begin its offering… this comes through the seventh energy center, and flows downward along the spinal column. The color white is often attributed with this energy, so… if you can endure the cliché, White light falls through your body, from head to tailbone. This is an actual exercise, and is called many things and done in many ways.

As this light falls through the body, pay attention to the rhythm of your breathing.

As your breathe in, allow the light to be drawn in from above, and as one breathes out, allow for darkness to fall from the first center, into the grounding chord, to the earth. Upon the travel of this darkness to the center of the earth, please have intention for transmutation into light.

The two colors that allow for the ease of this process is black and white. There are many other colors, though starting with these two are easiest.

Breathe in, and drink in the light through the head, and breathe out, to expel darkness through the first center.

Do this for as long as one you deem necessary.

The ideal is to perform this exercise at least once a day, though one chooses to do this at their own will, if they choose it at all.

If you have chosen this, then pay attention to your body and how it feels. Your senses should sharpen, and your mind unwind. Your body will relax, and all of these things are desired.

If you have questions… please feel free to ask me. I will do my best to answer.

Centering

We begin this journey at the center of our mind, and work our way out. We will use a working belief structure that the aura is something that extends six feet from our center, and in all directions, completely consuming us.

Over the course of days, this sphere can get misshaped, and lopsided, and off center, and this exercise will enable us to re-center if we so choose.

This will create a sense of equilibrium with that of this reality, and that of the other. Consider this an exercise in getting comfortable in your own bed, because this is very similar. As the body is only a vehicle, we are just becoming situated within it.

To begin, start breathing deeply. The air to stimulate different parts of your brain are necessary. With more fuel, the brain produces more thoughts, and they would be called ‘outside the box’.

If you wish you can enter into the relaxation technique that has been spoken of before, though it is not recommended.

When you are focused enough, begin using your minds eye to image you surrounded by this ball of light. Use your emotions and your senses to feel the position and the shape of this ball, or if you can simply see it, then use the image.

The symptoms of being off center with your aura could manifest as many things.

A strange occurrence of always falling towards the right, wanting to always lean or sit back, Continuously slouching in a chair, or your arms and feet crossed all the time are all ways that the aura effects our physical body noticeably, though these occurrences can be so subtle in the average day that they are overlooked almost instantly.

When you have the image of your imbalance, take that image, and create the sphere that was there to begin with. The ideal, The one with no holes, the perfectly round one, and perfectly centered.

Altering the shape and size of this sphere is as easy as using your will, and as this is yours to command, it will obey you.

When the centering is complete, you will know… this process can take minutes, or hours… time is a human occurrence, though the more this is done, the more you will succeed.

This is a simple exercise, and can be done in the bathroom at work, or your meditation room at home. This is a piece of a new kind of lifestyle. Take as much as you wish, and leave the rest.