Monday, May 27, 2013

If You Don't Know Your Purpose, Discover It, NOW!

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For today, I'd like to share an excerpt from David Deida's book, The Way of The Superior Man. Sure, it hits off as a collection of chapters swimming in testosterone, but I am quite sure that having a clear purpose in life is bound to make every morning easier to wake up to. I do have to say, that every time I read the book, it feels like that old Kung Fu dude in Kill Bill is giving a lecture to his student( I swear, even the Chinese accent seem to be vibrating off the sentences in my head right now). Anyway, the drive home message here can be useful for everybody. Here it is. Enjoy! :-)

If You Don't Know Your Purpose, Discover It, Now

The core of your life is your purpose. Everything in your life, from your diet to your career, must be aligned with your purpose if you are to act with coherence and integrity in the world. If you know your purpose, your deepest desire, then the secret of success is to discipline your life so that you support your deepest purpose and minimize distractions and detours.
But if you don't know your deepest desire, then you can't align your life to it. Everything in your life is dissociated from your core. You go to work, but since it's not connected to your deepest purpose, it is just a job, a way to earn money. You go through your daily round with your family and friends, but each moment is just another in a long string of moments, going nowhere, not inherently profound.
Disconnected from your core, you feel weak. This empty feeling will undermine not only your "erection" in the world, but your erection with your woman, too.
However, when you know your true purpose, which is your core desire in life, each moment can become a full expression of your core desire. Every instant of career, every instant of intimacy, is filled with the power of your heart purpose. You are no longer just going through the motions at work and with your woman, but you are living the truth of your life, and giving the gifts of your love, moment by moment. Such a life is complete unto itself in every instant.
The superior man is not seeking for fulfillment through work and woman, because he is already full. For him, work and intimacy are opportunities to give his gifts, and be vanished in the bliss of the giving

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Man: God's Most Amazing Creation

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It's Sunday again, and as usual, I bring something spiritual to you from the Holy Scriptures. Never doubt how much God loves you. Enjoy your Sunday! :-)



You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
- Psalm 139:13-17, New Living Translation