The most difficult part about doing "Series" Blogging is staying true to the rules of movie sequels. The writer must constantly keep readers abreast to the origin while daring the journey to accept unexpected twists that may or may not send followers over the edge.
The AM Talk Radio host that invisibly convinces me to stay longer is a Master at re-setting the subject, identifying the points of interest while never letting me forget the identity of the person being interviewed.
Face Book and Twitter are brilliant displays of "Raw Series Blogging." The problem is...I rarely get enough of the deeper positioning. The moment I lose interest, it's off to another exposure!
Knowing how we live, eat and breath...try selling this concept of Social Networking to a Radio advertiser locked on the idea that highway billboards and CNN captivate the generation that can't stop moving.
I would love to write about "Mindfulness" in 140 characters and be off with my day! Where was Twitter when the journey to stretch ink across three blood sucking outrageously out of control pages every morning before sunrise? The art of discovery cannot begin until the voices in your head and heart have volume.
Last Thursday the attempt was to squeeze blood from a turnip. Through hourly studies the picture became too clear to ignore: Introduce five different "Mindfulness methods of training. But do it in the shortest amount of words."
How can you do that? As we age, lost is the impact of your Mother and Father's glare. You know the one I'm talking about! Not a word was shared but you knew the rule just broken was caught on Parental Mental Tape. In this fast paced Social Networking world...I can't be emailing photos of my expressions! And being a Poet my shortened expression leave so many hanging you'd think we were visiting the Spanish Moss covered trees in Charleston, SC.
Mindfulness...
1. Cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect other living things.
2. Being aware of how we steal from others.
3. Learning ways to protect the safety, integrity and happiness of you and others.
4. Being aware of the suffering caused by the way we speak while developing better habits of listening.
Take a few moments and reflect on the vocal skills of your favorite school teachers. It takes an incredibly special person to patiently wade through near possibility. The pay sucks! Students no longer respect. Support from the principal comes in a bottle called 84% alcohol.
Stop! That part of the conversation is gonna piss off a lot of people. Yet I know many, many professional babysitter's willing to up it to 125%.
Becoming a Politically Correct Society has weakened the core of stability. A man of God could be sitting right here with me and everything he shares would be sharply questioned. There's so much sugar in our spoken language the physical use of it rots relationships once said to be stronger than teeth.
Being up tempo and positive is my weakness, sickness and or failure. People have to be in the mood to digest my presence. Therefore my choice is to stay completely away from coworkers, family and anyone covered with doubt, depression and endless complaints about the Presidential election.
The willingness to inspire and influence those that make up your circle no longer carries weight inside a cookie cutting generation set on displaying perfect Political Correctness. Comedians and Rock Stars get away with exposing the true faces of culture. Real people have a commitment to uphold: you butt doesn't look fat and if it did I'd whip out Sir Mix Alot and we'd dance.
Mindfulness is accepting awareness and all that it offers after your mind has been reconnected to serious amounts of truthful behaviors. But you can't drop your day and fight about it. Nor can you walk through the chapters of an unwritten book predicting its conclusion.
I find myself laughing at the White belts in Martial Arts that are easily convinced that being a Black belt is the Asian Gods answer to being the best of the best. The journey incorporates truthful change. The best teacher never stops being the student. Not a single one of us is the same.
Had I known breaking bricks and ego driven sculpted high kicks to the head would shatter the impact of what assumed Martial Arts was... I don't know if there could've or would've been a ten to fifteen year investment. Right smack in the middle of the process an incredibly loud voice shouted, "I've got a much bigger idea. It's going to require you to stop chasing belts... I have teachers for the mind and body but barely a one of you dreamers study the art of the soul..."
#4... Being aware of the suffering caused by the way we speak while developing better habits of listening. New Age churches fix broken Christians. Have you ever walked into a Martial Arts school?
Stop! That part of the conversation is gonna piss off a lot of people. Yet I know many, many professional babysitter's no longer willing to give 125% because parents want their children to have the belt but give up too easily on accepting the purpose of the journey.
I will always believe in you first...
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