MRLPJ

Jesus… O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God… Y-you’ve loved me with an everlasting love, and Y-you’ve drawn me with unfailing kindness. Y-you, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, are enough; and Y-your Grace [see definition below], O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, is sufficient. Accordingly, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, I rest in Y-your loving faithfulness. I love Y-you, Lord—I love Y-you so very much! Thank Y-you for loving me! Enable me, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, to be and become, with You and the people around me, more the way Y-you are with me. Enable me, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, to love as Y-you love; for Y-your perfect love, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, is THE answer—to everything. Enable me, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, to forgive as Y-you forgive—totally, completely, and forever. And… Enable me, O Living, Illuminating, and Loving God, to be and become An Unoffendable One in Your Kingdom and throughout t

Where violence is concerned, I think, women [ and men ] want people to give it to them straight. As much fun as I have engaging in and teaching techniques, lives are changed when people start to gain a better understanding of violence as it could be used as a tool against them, to either dominate/manipulate them or destroy them. Being able to discern between the two—1/Antisocial aggression/dominating violence (including dueling aggression); and 2/Asocial violence (predation)—is critical. Violence intended to destroy is usually asocial and hits you rather silently (like a bee sting or a snake bite) and, seemingly, out of the blue. All rapists (except, say, some date rapists and incest perpetrators) fit this category. Violence intended to dominate is usually antisocial, erosive, and is characterized (typically) by a lot of posturing (like a silverback gorilla beating his chest, or a monkey shrieking and throwing his poop, or a bull rampaging in a China shop). An angry driver (in ful

So, you're small. That's okay. Did you know small creatures can inflict great damage on big creatures? A few examples are as follows: · Bees · Spiders · Snakes · House cats · Small dogs Here's an assignment: Study the above, and learn one or two ways (from each) in which you, as a human, can mimic them in a self-defense/life-preservation scenario. Here are two examples taken from my own practice: Snakes The Facts :  A Cobra will spew venom into the eyes of a predator. Cobras have even been known to spew venom into the eyes of lions, blinding them for life. My Take-away : I train with pepper gel. Small Dogs The Facts :  When threatened or backed into a corner, a small dog will resort to growling and biting until it can find a way to escape past you. At that point, it will run from you as fast as it can. My take-aways : I (and, yes, this may feel a little weird), practice growling (that is, making guttural sounds); I also pra

  Counting the days, weeks, months, or even years in training is as pointless as counting the grains of sand in a sandbox. MY LIFE-QUEST [see definition at the bottom of this post]… through pursuing the following holy grails of wisdom-practice… 1/ Revelliousness … 2/ Meditative Prayer  (and prayerful meditation, which includes writing)… 3/ Learnedness  [Meaning: The polymathic study of a veritable litany of subjects]… 4/ Worshipful, Generative Work … 5/ Worshipful Play … 6/ Creativity and Inventiveness … 7/ Goodness, Truth, Beauty, and Elegance … 8/ Jiin Senshi Do  [Pronunciation: jee-EEN SEN-shee-doh; meaning: “The Way of the Temple Warrior.”]… 9/ Gung Fu  [Pronunciation: GUNG-fu; meaning: “Skill and Wisdom Acquired through Steady Perseverance.”]… 10/ Tai Chi  [Pronunciation: TIE chee; meaning: “The Art of Long Boxing.”]… 11/ Qigong  [Pronunciation: KEE-gong; meaning: “The Art of Vital Energy Integration.”]… 12/ Yoga-stretching  [see  Note  below]… Note : Classical yoga practice has