11.30.2012
Free Air!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n6413nx6b0&list=SPsRNoUx8w3rPfGMjqhCSWQvLHjFDP5qgv&index=3&feature=plpp_video
11.26.2012
insomniatic. yeah that's a word.
it's five in the morning, i can't sleep, this never happens.
i decided to get out of bed and say something. my mind is racing.
i'm split.
i'm really split. sorta. things are getting to be a little more clear now.
but still.
i'm not going to talk about that yet.
so i'm going to talk about you. i highly doubt you'll read this.
you aren't just a friend to me, you are a really great friend. it was so good being able to talk with you the other day. ya know when you get to talk with someone that you havent in a long while but somehow you just so easily get right back into best friend mode? this is how it is with him. he is so cool. ya i like you. you are a great person and i admire the way that you show your love for others. you are unique in that way. i'm so glad that i can talk with you about my deepest feelings about God. it's quite therapeutic for me to be able to tell you somethings about that. you are one of a few people that i can open up to about this stuff that is so close to my heart. thanks. i hope that i never hurt you. i'm afraid i have and there are somethings that i can not tell you because i'm afraid you would be disappointed in me. conversation is so easy with you, i like that.
there is this thing that i love about people, i love to talk with them and find out what it is that makes them passionate, what they are all about, what they know about, what gets them to talk. and then i just talk about it, i might have some input or i might have some experience in the subject but i might not, so i just ask to learn.
this is all over the place.
lets talk about choices. the way that we exercise our agency is a reflection of who we are. there is power, a great amount of power in agency. i can't quite form my thoughts about this great and extensive topic, but i can say that i'm bringing it out into the light and seeing all sorts of new things now. faith is a choice, so is doubt. happiness is a choice, so is sadness. i'm not doing another dichotomous shit thing, a third piece would sound good but no. i'm stubborn like that i guess. just do me a favor and think about choices, no, don't just think about it ponder it, meditate on it, ya on it, really. i'd like to highlight something. referencing my last post about stages of faith. the last one is full of love.
you can have it on one condition. you can have it if only you understand why it means so much to me. you can only have it if you always remember my story and promise to share it with others.
i decided to get out of bed and say something. my mind is racing.
i'm split.
i'm really split. sorta. things are getting to be a little more clear now.
but still.
i'm not going to talk about that yet.
so i'm going to talk about you. i highly doubt you'll read this.
you aren't just a friend to me, you are a really great friend. it was so good being able to talk with you the other day. ya know when you get to talk with someone that you havent in a long while but somehow you just so easily get right back into best friend mode? this is how it is with him. he is so cool. ya i like you. you are a great person and i admire the way that you show your love for others. you are unique in that way. i'm so glad that i can talk with you about my deepest feelings about God. it's quite therapeutic for me to be able to tell you somethings about that. you are one of a few people that i can open up to about this stuff that is so close to my heart. thanks. i hope that i never hurt you. i'm afraid i have and there are somethings that i can not tell you because i'm afraid you would be disappointed in me. conversation is so easy with you, i like that.
there is this thing that i love about people, i love to talk with them and find out what it is that makes them passionate, what they are all about, what they know about, what gets them to talk. and then i just talk about it, i might have some input or i might have some experience in the subject but i might not, so i just ask to learn.
this is all over the place.
lets talk about choices. the way that we exercise our agency is a reflection of who we are. there is power, a great amount of power in agency. i can't quite form my thoughts about this great and extensive topic, but i can say that i'm bringing it out into the light and seeing all sorts of new things now. faith is a choice, so is doubt. happiness is a choice, so is sadness. i'm not doing another dichotomous shit thing, a third piece would sound good but no. i'm stubborn like that i guess. just do me a favor and think about choices, no, don't just think about it ponder it, meditate on it, ya on it, really. i'd like to highlight something. referencing my last post about stages of faith. the last one is full of love.
you can have it on one condition. you can have it if only you understand why it means so much to me. you can only have it if you always remember my story and promise to share it with others.
11.20.2012
Pananampalataya
Faith is seen as a holistic orientation, and is concerned with the individual's relatedness to the universal. Fowler defines faith as an activity of trusting, committing and relating to the world based on a set of assumptions of how one is related to others and the world.
- Stage 0 – "Primal or Undifferentiated" faith (birth to 2 years), is characterized by an early learning of the safety of their environment (i.e. warm, safe and secure vs. hurt, neglect and abuse). If consistent nurture is experienced, one will develop a sense of trust and safety about the universe and the divine. Conversely, negative experiences will cause one to develop distrust with the universe and the divine. Transition to the next stage begins with integration of thought and languages which facilitates the use of symbols in speech and play.
- Stage 1 – "Intuitive-Projective" faith (ages of three to seven), is characterized by the psyche's unprotected exposure to the Unconscious.
- Stage 2 – "Mythic-Literal" faith (mostly in school children), stage two persons have a strong belief in the justice and reciprocity of the universe, and their deities are almost alwaysanthropomorphic.
- Stage 3 – "Synthetic-Conventional" faith (arising in adolescence; aged 12 to adulthood) characterized by conformity to religious authority and the development of a personal identity. Any conflicts with one's beliefs are ignored at this stage due to the fear of threat from inconsistencies.
- Stage 4 – "Individuative-Reflective" faith (usually mid-twenties to late thirties) a stage of angst and struggle. The individual takes personal responsibility for his or her beliefs andfeelings. As one is able to reflect on one's own beliefs, there is an openness to a new complexity of faith, but this also increases the awareness of conflicts in one's belief.
- Stage 5 – "Conjunctive" faith (mid-life crisis) acknowledges paradox and transcendence relating reality behind the symbols of inherited systems. The individual resolves conflicts from previous stages by a complex understanding of a multidimensional, interdependent "truth" that cannot be explained by any particular statement.
- Stage 6 – "Universalizing" faith, or what some might call "enlightenment". The individual would treat any person with compassion as he or she views people as from a universal community, and should be treated with universal principles of love and justice.
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