Step 198: 2020 Vision

"Speculate - (verb) - to meditate or ponder on a subject; reflect; review something idly or casually and often inconclusively; to assume a business risk in hope of a gain; to take to be true on the basis of inconclusive evidence; theorize; to be curious or doubtful about; to wonder." Retrospection.  Difficult it is - …

Step 138: Earning Your Wings!

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."  ~Richard Bach The Ego uses old ideas and patterns to challenge us.  Let the Deconstruction begin.  Suffering is a sign that freedom is "coming towards me."  Obstacles EVOLVE at the same rate a Human EVOLVES. (Really? - - Yes, really!)  It's …

Step 121: Necessity – Mother of Invention

"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."  ~George R.R. Martin Here's an experiment to see how much "baggage" is being carried.  Find a backpack and a bag of potatoes.  Make a list of all the people …

Step 55: Understanding (Trust but Verify)

“This is what it feels like to be brilliantly achingly alive. Alive in the shatter. Alive in the empty. This is what it is to belong to things we cannot possibly understand. This is what it is to trust in the terrifying wisdom of our own becoming.”  ~Jeanette LeBlanc We choose what we see by …