kirk's Contemplations for the Day August 16, 2011 "Spartan 367"

wanted to pass along a few of my "hot Picks" for the week:

try this one: http://www.agoyangyang.com

for some enlightening articles about - the tarot - Immortality and it's possibilities...and much more - rich with knowledge and various topics of "Spiritual Interest..."

http://www.agoyangyang.com/

secondly I found this today surfing around:


Google "Spartan 367"
heres a link to his blogger blog

he calls himself/herself ? "Pat"
from Canada



heres a few quotes - I'll imagine are written/authored by Pat:

there are incredible - "Clear" and resolute and inspiring...

as follows:

"I am first and foremost a warrior. I am learning all the time, the tombstone will be my diploma. I will maintain the highest standards of integrity, courage, honour and loyalty. I will endure hardship, necessary risk and deprivation without complaint. I am ready to fight on any terrain, under any conditions, against any odds, whatever the risk. I know that success in battle tomorrow is built on discipline, commitment and trust today. I will always put my mission, my teammates and innocents before myself."

Spartan-367 Pat

amazing.

http://spartan367.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html

I will commit the above to memory and hand write it out and place it somewhere in my psychical space to light my mind...

and another: as follows also I believe authored by the same:


"My life is simple, my food is plain, and my quarters are uncluttered. In all things, I have sought clarity. I face the troubles and problems of life and death willingly. Virtue, integrity and courage are my priorities. I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed but never shamed."

More from Spartan-367's blog:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And – which is more – you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling


http://spartan367.blogspot.com/


"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles."

"An unbroken spirit, induces toughness, nourishes strength & creates art. There are no substitutions."

"I can stay in the light forever if I want to... I know the answer to this question already as I stare at the other tunnel in front of me."

"An amateur practices until he gets it right. A professional practices until he can't get it wrong."



Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within. - Laurence van der Post

There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself. -Roscoe Snowden

The naïve follow their hearts. The wise lead with their hearts.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

>> I'am not sure who this person is but the beauty of their soul shines thru - an inspiration to me today for sure

be sure to check out the blog and also there are some stunning images to go with Spartan's imagery

:)
Thank you Spartan 367

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I have re-connected to the Tarot system of study for Spiritual information - clarity and renewed purpose...

I'am compiling - notes and information that I believe I will distill into a Tarot "Class" that I will give in service to whom ever would sign up in person or perhaps as a three week episode topic on KirkTV...
more to follow:


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If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear. - Buddha

If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts. - Alan Cohen



and heres what came of my D.S.P (Daily spiritual Practice)

"Spiritual/Psychic "Medicine" for the day: "The "Master" directs his/her mind to be at peace - to be stable - quiet - still and Serene: Clear. You do not have to be the "victim" of your mind: and you do not allow yourmind to be "programmed" by outside influence or implant the "Collective Mind" which leads to dis-ease, debt if not death...We direct the mind to Sanity...and we become the Master not the slave of the mind."

KirkTV

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Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

author unknown ??

Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

also - author unknown

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and lastly the Lyrics to 2 songs that also today I'am taking in :

"Alive and kicking" by Simple Minds

(never know how long a link from Youtube will last be here it is for now)



You turn me on, you lift me up
And like the sweetest cup I'd share with you
You lift me up, don't you ever stop, I'm here with you

Now it's all or nothing
'Cause you say you'll follow through
You follow me, and I, I, I follow you

What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Who's gonna save you?
Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, until your love is, Alive

Oh you lift me up to the crucial top, so I can see
Oh you lead me on, till the feelings come
And the lights that shine on
But if that don't mean nothing
Like if someday it should fall through
You'll take me home where the magic's from
And I'll be with you

What you gonna do when things go wrong?
What you gonna do when it all cracks up?
What you gonna do when the Love burns down?
What you gonna do when the flames go up?
Who is gonna come and turn the tide?
What's it gonna take to make a dream survive?
Who's got the touch to calm the storm inside?
Don't say goodbye
Don't say goodbye
In the final seconds who's gonna save you?

Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking
Oh, Alive and Kicking
Stay until your love is, love is, Alive and Kicking

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Thompson Twins "Lay your hands on me..."




This old life seemed much too long
With little point in going on
I couldn't think of what to say
Words just vanished in the haze
I was feeling cold and tired
Yeah kinda sad and uninspired
But when it almost seemed too much
I see your face
And sense the grace
And feel the magic in your touch
(chorus)
OH LAY YOUR HANDS
LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
OH LAY YOUR HANDS
WOO-OO-OO-OO!
OH LAY YOUR HANDS
OH LAY HOUR HANDS ON ME
Back and forth across the sea
I have chased so many dreams
But I have never felt the grace
That I have felt in your embrace
Oh I was tired and I was cold
Yeah with a hunger in my soul
When it almost seemed too much
I see your face
And sense the grace
And feel the magic in your touch
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Now you made me feel so good
Yeah like I never ever thought I would
You know you make me feel so strong
And now our laughter just goes on and on
So c'mon lay your hands on me
Cause close to you is where I really wanna be
And if it ever gets too much
I see your face
And sense the grace
And feel the magic in our touch
(REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE)