Personal Growth: As Seeds Fall Together

As Seeds Fall Together

As seeds in the hard dirt
Are watered and set free
Let not the fear of hurt
Cause one to cry and flee

As seeds break their shell
To rise to the upper crust
Passions too must swell
For an even higher trust

As seeds to stems sprout
And leaves begin to form
Let passions rise and shout
For love must surely be born

As seeds to flowers are born
And their beauty tossed about
Time for new thoughts to form
Casting out shadows of doubt

As seeds fall together and rhyme
And when the winds work is done
Ready for the season and time
Harmony will make them one.

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Redemption and Freedom

On the Road to Redemption and freedom...

you'll invariably encounter the following:

Service


From a discourse by Yogi Amrit Desai

Service is a very direct and straightforward way to learn selflessness. The basic idea behind service is that you give without asking for a return.

...The purpose of service is to remove your attachment to your selfish desires gradually and to learn how to receive by giving, sharing, and serving selflessly.

A service is a tool which invariably shows you where you are egotistical and where you are not truly giving. Every conflict you come across as you serve is the direct outcome of your selfishness. If in the past you have been excessively selfish, you will encounter more conflicts in service. Those are not new conflicts. You are simply beginning to see the conflicts and selfishness already buried inside you, and service is a mirror which allows you to see. The purpose of seeing your selfishness is to enable you to become free of it through proper understanding.

...In deciding where you will offer your service, there is one fundamental principle to follow: choose the source from which you wish to receive. Once you begin to give your service, you will invariably begin to receive from that source also, because it is impossible to separate giving and receiving.

Responsibility

-Unknown Author

Responsibility starts with saying you are causing in the matter.

Responsibility is not a burden, fault, praise, blame, credit, shame, or guilt. In responsibility, there is no evaluation of good or bad, right or wrong. There is what's so, and your stand.

Being responsible starts with the willingness to deal with a situation from the point of view that you are the generator of what you do, what you have and what you are. That is not the truth. It is a place to stand.

No one can make you responsible, nor can you impose responsibility on another. It is a grace you give yourself -- an empowering context that leaves you with a voice in the matter of life.

Courage

-Chogyam Trungpa

By darkness, we mean enclosing ourselves in a familiar world in which we can hide or go to sleep.

...We prefer to hide in our personal jungles and caves. When we hide from the world in this way, we feel secure. We may think that we have quieted our fear, but we are making ourselves numb with fear. We surround ourselves with our common thoughts so that nothing sharp or painful can touch us.

...In the cocoon there is no dance: no walking or breathing in the cocoon, there is no idea of light at all until we experience some longing for openness.

Discovering the true meaning of service, taking responsibility for self, and finding the courage to walk away from the cocoon to assert your natural rights will lead you closer to Redemption and Freedom.

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Hollywood: Short Film Review by 3rd Dog Script

 “Entertainment Capital of the World.” “Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of American cinema.”

“Hollywood. A place of dreams.  The location is a refuge for dreamers from all over the world. Enter a small-town girl from Kansas, who comes to LA to hit it big....and a jaded Detective, who's looking for a way out....and her disappearance into the San Fernando Valley that joins them. He takes the case and starts to look for her. Perhaps he would find her, maybe he would find himself.” Writer, Director, Producer, and Cinematographer, Christopher L. Golon

This cautionary tale about a Detective in LA who ventures into the Hollywood underworld to find a woman's missing daughter is intriguing as it depicts a cold hard reality behind the illusory promise of Hollywood. Not everyone becomes a movie star! Overall the performances and cinematography were excellent and made up for an awkward ending. The story is easy to follow and gives an eerie reality to the dark side of American cinema. Hollywood demonstrates the seedy life inside the adult film world and how it affects people touched by it. Two thumbs up for this short!

Christopher Golon accomplished the goal of every short film by testing his ideas, sharpening his skills, and demonstrating his talents as a writer, director, and producer. You may also check out his feature film Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid at the link below.

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The Human Experience: Film Review by 3rd Dog Script

This International Independent Film is shockingly inspiring!

I attended a screening of The Human Experience in Louisville Kentucky at Trinity high school in 2009 and was genuinely moved by this documentary. It's not a typical documentary as it doesn't develop one character for the audience to identify. However, it still captivates the audience because it is authentic, redemptive, and inspiring.

So what's so shocking?

This real story is about a young man and his brother who visit several places of profound suffering. They spend a week living among the homeless on the streets of New York City. They visit a Peruvian home for lost and severely crippled children. Finally, they travel to Africa, interviewing people dying of AIDS and people exiled to a leper colony.  On the surface, the film could depress the happiest person with its depiction of so much suffering in our world.

To the contrary and true to the title
The Human Experience is experiential and touches the heart to bring about human response.  When we connect with others and understand their experience, we learn what it means to be human.

You'll enjoy vivid cinematography, penetrating commentaries, and various views that appeal to all walks of life. The experience will leave you feeling inspired, hopeful, and even more human!

Kudos to the director, Charles Kinnane, and stars, Jeffrey Azize, Clifford Azize, and Michael Campo!


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Union with The Universal Soul

If I am lifted up, I will lift all mankind with me.

Eternal Flame

From the first moment we met I knew
My salvation would dwell within you.
To a soul of darkness you’ve given light
And brought a deeper understanding of might
Like a gentle angel giving a nudge to the right
You lead me tenderly to eternal perfection.
The eternal flame.

You inspire my thoughts and feelings upward
You keep that old raging beast tamed.
You have taught a racing heart to see
Beyond the illusions of what appears to be.
No more blind illusion that makes it seem
Somehow that all is unequivocally separate
The eternal flame.

You inspire my thoughts and feelings upward
You keep that old raging beast tamed.
Like the ocean waves slowly flow toward
The shore onto the sand, your feelings too
Move through the ether to touch my hand.
You Purify my soul from the filth of man.
The eternal flame.

We are in constant communication
On levels that we only dare to dream.
Where the heavens meet the earth, it seems
There are no boundaries, no time, no space
Only a world that opens it's armed to embrace
The everlasting joy and peace of pure grace.
The eternal flame.


Union with the Universal Soul


                                                   Love
                                                 Sacred
I a mere human cannot deny the sacred fire burning in life’s heart
                                              Sacred fire
  It moves my heart as I long for my true love while we are apart
                                           My true love
    Yet tenderly the soothing tides between the shores of our soul
                                    Soothing tides between
           Comforts me in the spiritual lovemaking I now know
                                  The spiritual lovemaking
                 Finding it hard to withhold my worldly desire
                                Finding it hard to withhold
                   To touch my beloved with this insatiable fire
                        Touch me beloved with the insatiable fire
                         Spirit descends to the earth-physical realm
                     Our spirit ascends to that above-the heavens
                            I understand transcendence is real
                We transcend reality-awakening to the universe
                               We share eons of spiritual love
             As one we’ve shared eons of love and love’s ecstasy
                                  To lie with my love in rapture
          One body and soul we melt from the rapture of our love
                                    My unquenchable thirst
       Soaring to unknowable heights to find the heavenly pleasures
                                      For mundane pleasures
  Reaching high above the earth to find my beloved’s heavenly treasures
                                            In my beloved
I a mere human cannot deny the sacred fire burning in life’s heart-my heart
                                               The earthly
                                                 Treasures
                                                    Love

Betsy Banfield-Malone
December 21, 2010
© 2010 All rights reserved.


“The Christian Life And Character Of The Civil
Institutions Of The United States”,

“…the permanence of empire must rest in the ideas of the people. If then there be in such ideas no great enduring principle of spiritual life, there can be no perpetuity of national existence. If there be no grand, sublime, and imperishable thought, filling the soul of a people with its fire and fashioning their progress after its pattern, there can be no sense in which they may escape the inevitable mutations of the world, or avoid the fate of so many that have gone before them. The most powerful empires of the past have perished because they were wanting in a principle strong enough and spiritual enough to resist the self-destructive energies of human nature.” - Benjamin F. Morris 1863

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SECRETARIAT: Film Review by 3rd Dog Script

Secretariat is and will be my all-time favorite!  Yes, it touches hearts and minds deeply while inspiring everyone.  I'm sure there will be awards for this feature film.

The above clip is my favorite, not because I was transported back in time (I'm an "extra" in the stands) when watching the race, but because the Derby win is a major turning point.  I believe we all have moments like that in life when we transport from one world to another.  What happened at that Kentucky Derby race changed "Big Red's" fate forever.

The fantastic reviews demonstrate the value and excitement in this film, and all that I can add to the reviews is Go SEE THIS ONE!

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Oh What Beauty

Oh what beauty and depth I see in your face


I leap beyond the horizon into space.

What do I truly see when looking at thee?

The infinite possibilities locked inside of me.

To be lured outside of my limited point of view

I move toward the infinite qualities in you.

When I look into your eyes, I feel so vulnerable,

Eager and willing to step into the unknowable.



Oh what beauty and depth I see in your face

Remembered from a different time and place.

What a great mirror you present to me.

Is it a cosmic mirror reflecting our eternity?

I reach for a broader understanding of the strife

I trust the force of love to bring order to life.

My fellow human keep searching until you find

That elusive spark of light which cures the blind.



Oh what beauty and depth I see in your face

As each moment together is spent in grace.

You melt the covering from my eyes to see

All the reflections of what is meant to be.

The ignorant or foolish games we play

 will in the course of time fade away.

But the positive and powerful humankind

That expands and lights up the human mind.

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