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"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man (*person) perfected without trials." Seneca

The Three Tenets
When used correctly, the Jedi Tenets allow us to better ourselves and overcome any obstacle. help The Three Tenets
When used correctly, the Jedi Tenets allow us to better ourselves and overcome any obstacle. They help us improve the world around us and fulfil our purpose in life as a Jedi.

Focus

Knowledge

Wisdom

Focus is the art of pruning the irrelevant and pouring the best of your mind into what you are doing.

Knowledge can be acquired by focusing on the task at hand.

Wisdom is the sound application of accrued knowledge and experience through patient, good judgment.us improve the world around us and fulfil our purpose in life as a Jedi.

Focus

Knowledge

Wisdom

Focus is the art of pruning the irrelevant and pouring the best of your mind into what you are doing.

Knowledge can be acquired by focusing on the task at hand.

Wisdom is the sound application of accrued knowledge and experience through patient, good judgment.

How do Jedi IMPROVE the world around them?

By doing what they are seeking. By applying the things they learned in their own path. To better the world, better yourself. This leaves better people.

ASK
Where is my focus-Where do I get my knowledge from- What do I have for wisdom?

True Self Reflection can reveal many things. It can PRUNE us. We AQUIRE knowledge from our own paths. SOUND APLICATION is one of the things in our own balance we have to figure out.

THERE IS THE KICKER!


How do we apply it to make us Jedi?

By applying it soundly. One way is to find those who have tried and are doing that which you seek. Find those who have WHO HAVE a balance. That was the difference in Jedi in the CINEMA verses non Cinematic Jedi. Mentors can be anyone on any path of life who have been there and done that and have a active balance. I feel bad when I hear those who say, " Do as I say, not as I do." Drives me crazy but it is possible too. The SYMBOLISM is Mentors. Find your Yodas. Seek them out. Talk to your ELDERS. I guarantee they are waiting for you and they have more likely been there the whole time and know a wee bit more of what we do.

Make contact with those around you, not just people but find the teachers and those who have what we seek.

Hope this helps this week
Pastor Carlos
There are 3 HUBS or ideas we can gravitate with that can create a balance like no other
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reflect on our focus
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reflect on our knowledge and where we get it from
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reflect on what we call wisdom (edited)
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This can help to improve the world around us
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by creating a balance on our own
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What is your focus today and this week ?
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Where does your heart mind and soul go on a Monday ?
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or any day
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It is important to realize we can SET our focus some days
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Some meditations can be on a subject or two
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We do not always have to hope something comes out from out of the blue
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Find those and that which you seek
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There are some ideas and others I honestly do not want to be like
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Some are just not healthy for me and my own family circles
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then there are some ideas that shine like gold or the sun
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THOSE are the ones I find Elders for
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ELDERS are the most talkative people in the world

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They will stop what they are doing just so you can know something, its kinna their thing.
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Mentors are the same way
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I want to encourage those who need a ELDER or a Mentor to find one in your path.
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They are normally seated or waiting. This week, if you like, find em
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Notice in the myths and stories we share - where they are at.
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Most of the time they are right in front of us
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or next to us
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or in IT with us
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Mentors come in every shape and size and LEVEL too
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Some do one thing and some do many
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The idea is to notice that they have ALWAYS been there
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for you
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when YOU are ready
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It is the old idea when the student is ready - the teacher appears
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In reality , when we make the decision to see it, we can not UN SEE em any more
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to better the world around us- seek thee out a mentor
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" seek out Philoctetes."
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by this action, the seed finds the sun
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we find what we seek
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we find people who have who HAVE a active balance or a realistic application of things
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we can hunt and gather and seek and find all day and gain wisdom and knowledge till we run out of mental space and book shelfs...
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but it is those who have" been there and done that " that can share just a bit more
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We have three ideas called Tenets
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FOCUS KNOWLEDGE WISDOM (edited)
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When used correctly, the Jedi Tenets allow us to better ourselves and overcome any obstacle. They help us improve the world around us and fulfil our purpose in life as a Jedi.
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If for any reason you need help or reflection, call on a mentor or a elder

not just any one... Help- I need sombody- help , not just anybody , help you know i need some...heeeeeeeeeeeeeelp...


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morning and good day Bru HE WiEph
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and see , so we find reminders or those we trust to remind us of our focus and our knowledge and wisdom.
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eventually the student DOES become the mentor
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its a part of life and the circle of life
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We share with one another no matter the cause some days
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What we share...
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ahhhh
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this is a million dollar question
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What are we seeking?
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One of the things I have learned in my own path and in my own studies is that the sooner we find mentors,the better
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not just any mentor
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The right one for us
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That part is up to you
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Know what you seek Jedi
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it is possible and it is possible to find a mentor at ANY part of life. For almost anything
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The human potential is still alive and kicking and just as amazing as it was in the past.
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So too can we find that which we seek
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Know what your looking for friends and Jedi
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to make the world better- better you
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upgrade your mentors
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upgrade your focus
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upgrade your knowledge
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upgrade your wisdom
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by finding better mentors
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by finding better Myths
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I said it -Thank you so much - May the Force be with y'all this week

To have a Doctrine and Philosophy is for when you need it. It can be like Honor or Devotion. We can say we have it but when push comes to shove, how do the Jedi act? We are not Cinematic Jedi by any means and although our symbols and honor have the same flow, there is a difference between Cinematic Jedi and Jedi today.

Kata is a key factor to some forms. Your participation depends on your willingness to reflect as far as you like. Why do we have a Doctrine and why do we teach it so freely? It is for the Jedi. It is our Kata or our flow. Memorize your Doctrine and apply it as you see fit. Use it. This is ONE way to make changes. Change what's in your mind by placing good Philosophy and Doctrine there. Examine it before you put it in your heart. Will you really use or need it?

We as Jedi do not forget our Oaths and word.


Todays is a reminder that we need Doctrine and Philosophy in our lives

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When things get out of sort or when we need to be reminded of our choice or flow or path we have.....
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Where do we go?
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Is there a fountain of RECHARGE some where ?
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The answer is yes
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Both HAVING and using a Doctrine and a set of Philosophy can help us figure our life's out
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When we get lost we need a map or a guide
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our chosen "rules" if you like can be our Doctrine we have and how we philosophy
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our Oasis can be when we study it or remind each other or even our own reminders of what we want and how we want to act
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Life gets tough
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fall on YOUR OWN philosophy's
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when we fall, we can fall on our own Doctrine
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its a nice pillow like ideas we know and heres the kicker too....
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we can have a few or several
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The contradictions only come when we decide they contradict.
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I want to encourage every Jedi here and who will be here to guard your heart and your philosophy and doctrine.
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first - find them
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lol
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then study em
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then apply them
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them share them
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It is not as easy as it sounds
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Jedi believe In the Force, and in the inherent worth of all life within it. (edited)
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but do we ???
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How do we treat things and others with a INHERENT worth?
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WHEN .....do we act like that?
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all these questions are up to US
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but by having Doctrine in place, we have reminders of our focus.
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I will be honest, it is not in my nature to be kind, yet here we are early in the morning on a Monday morning
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The things we study and learn, and some times teach, can make us
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it is sooooo important to know what your reading and listening to and how it can influence you in your Jedi path
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It is EQUALLY as important to be careful and mindful of where we get our MYTH from too
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As a point of study, I often tell people that in every Myth we find, there is a ORIGIN story from where it hails and the original story itself can be found and validated
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Some storys we pass are made up
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thats the truth , but that doesn't mean they are NOT for edification.
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Some MYTHS are for RETAIL only
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The Star Wars is no exception
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So i want to encourage Jedi today to VALIDATE your MYTHS and your Doctrine and Philosophy
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Because those are things we need
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How can we tell our self which steps to take or what type of things to seek if we do not know ourselves?
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We can and we will
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What do you fall on when you need it?
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Is it real or fake ?
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is it a toy or a symbol?
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Is being a Jedi a something to do or a honest seek?
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boredom comes from well, being bored
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By examining our own ideas and ways, we can check to see what type of path we are on
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What type of path are we on as Jedi ?
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Do we share monomyth or memorabilia?
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Something to think about this week and during the Holidays if you like. What do I have and what is it really making me?
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As Jedi - what are or is your doctrine (s) making you ?
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What are your katas and your every day practices?
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are they real?
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My hope is we grow together
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maybe in the same ideas as well
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I am here all day and just a click away
The idea is to seek that which we need
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I and my family circle us cooking terms so we call it- boiling it down or just the potatoes and gravy

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but you can find good food and good bread if you seek out the originals
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This is why Elders, REAL Elders are needed in the world
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Real Mentors who have actually been there and done it and have lessons ad paths and ways and are open to new things.
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Do as I say and not as I do never really works for me or any one really asking
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There is mumbo jumbo out there
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Jedi mumbo jumbo too
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I hope this helps this week
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seek out that which you need and that which helps
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and VALIDATE
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every Myth has a origin of culture and use
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YOU WILL FIND ELDERS at the end of every useful and passed myth

Happy seeking Jedi everywhere and May the Force be with you
Pastor Carlos

It is said a Knight is known by the codes they keep.

Good time zone and good day Jedi everywhere.

Our Code and Codes we choose say something about us. Some Codes are not penned or even recited but are considered known. See, the thing about a Code is it is it can be a reference point to fall back on. Codes can be reminders of what we choose as well. Wehn life gets full and we lose our path, fall on a Code or recite one. Repeat it out loud. SAY IT. Some days, the only way we will know things is if we say them or remember that we DID choose to be like this or like that. Our Codes can create a central hub of ideas we can count on. Heres the dilly yo, can you count on your Code(s)?
Are the Codes we as Jedi keep, worthy? That would be up to you but here is a kicker, do they actually work?

When you need them, are they there for you and do they lift you up or always break you down? Does your Code(s) make you what you are seeking? Did you choose the right one?

We share a creed here.,

I am a Jedi, an instrument of peace; are we ?

Where there is hatred I shall bring love; is there?
Where there is injury, pardon; do we?
Where there is doubt, faith; is there?
Where there is despair, hope; where is the hope?
Where there is darkness, light; where does the light come from?
And where there is sadness, joy. What kind of joy are you talking about ?

I am a Jedi.

I shall never seek so much to be consoled as to console; How do we do that?
To be understood as to understand; but every one wants to be the GURU...
To be loved as to love; What's LOVE got to do with it?
For it is in giving that we receive; What do we give or what are we giving?
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; How is forgiveness relevant?
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. I have to sacrifice???

The Force is with me always, for I am a Jedi.


These are the ideas we want others to find out for themselves. You can and you will when it is time.

Are Our Codes ours?
Something to think about this week if you like, Happy holidays and happy week this week till the New Year!!!!!

May the end of this year be filled with ending and new beginnings
Pastor Carlos

Jedi Believe
In the Force, and in the inherent worth of all life within it.
In the sanctity of the human person.

To sanctify someone or something is to set that person or thing apart for the use intended by its designer.

How do we sanctify the HUMAN PERSON?

How do we set people aside for better ? Why should we? What's the benefit or what is the YIELD of doing this?

I have a upset stomach from all my celebrations lol Todays message and meditation is INHERENT WORTH

how do you give such a EQUAL mark to one another ?

How do we as Jedi believe in the Force and the sanctity of life and everything in it

This is a very big hug or idea we can hand out and even recite

I think of INHERENT WORTH as a hug some days lol a hug fro the people

but in the human potential of things- we are all Inherently equal

this pisses some people off

It used to piss me off I will tell you that

Every one has the SAME potential

is that upsetting? I was brought up in ways that actually are very selfish and regret others getting ahead and finding things out thought me.

If it wasn't me first then it was I was last and I couldn't have that

This is natural and even a part of our human development

We as Jedi make it a habit and a area of focus that we can change this

As Jedi, and as humans, we change change any habit or routine we so desire

We can choose any from or choose any Elder we like

We can grow in the same pants we do not grow in

The sanctity of all life within in the Force is a idea that we are all connected by so much more than just presence

and we acknowledge that and honor that relationship

WHAT DO WE HONOR ?

If you reflect and ask yourself this question- I do hope it reviles the truth. I hope you can see what your time and efforts go to and where you see things as well, different.

Antares —
Good morning temple

Pastor Carlos —
Place a few things in the "SACTIFYY PILE LOL "

vampiric-conure —
Goooood TmOrning

Morning**

Pastor Carlos — Today at 6:12 AM
morning Antares

we are chatting about SANTITY and the human potential

Sanctifying the Human

lol

The BIGGEST equal mark or the most we can do for one another is remember that we are all EQUAL

Tx_druid —
Morning y'all



Pastor Carlos —
and not equal in what I have you have but much bigger

vampiric-conure —
Morn'n Druid

Pastor Carlos —
hey ya Tex!

vampiric-conure —
Our worth as humans is equal



Pastor Carlos —
the idea today is to give the Inherent- "ability" to everyone

not to say you are EQUAL to MY action, nope to say you have the ability to rise above it !

You have the ability to find A BALANCE and one all on your own

not mine

lol but we can share mine anytime

The equal mark is the HARDEST to give another human

it gives the ability to leave those who share it ...behind

Can you or can we as Jedi tell one another "Please learn more than me or do more than me or find out more than me?"

Its a huge ego drop

not to mention it is the OPOSITE of what most teach in the world full of ME FIRST

How about "Here is a good idea"

the Human potential is amazing

It dwells in us EVERY ONE OF US equally

As Jedi, we acknowledge this

We even Believe in it

Jedi Believe
In the Force, and in the inherent worth of all life within it

How do we sanctify the HUMAN PERSON?

There are a number of ways to do this

but the number one idea is to believe it is so

We are inherent in our worth

the potential is present

Have you seen it or experienced the human potential ?

This is where we can be this week as we go through our New Year and more time

Have we experienced the potential of humanity for our own path?
Are we giving it away? and how?

I DO hope this helps this week

Jedi Believe
In the Force, and in the inherent worth of all life within it.
In the sanctity of the human person.

Understanding and apply this to our paths can change the results every tim

EVERY TIME

It is a trust thing too so do not think that its a switch you just turn on like a light - nope

Giving people the INHERENT worth of humanity also means they and WE can poop our socks just as well as the next person or fail hard.

So be carful the POTENTIAL you give too

be smart

Jedi are smart

Be wise

Know we all hold the same potential

we do

does that change things this week?

I hope so

May the Force be with you this week and at the beginning of the year

I am a click away and I am available on may platforms so feel free to take advantage of that too lol

To be a Guardian and an Instrument
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14. Jedi are guardians of peace. We believe in helping all those that are in need, in whatever form, to the best of our ability. We recognize that sometimes providing help requires courage in the face of adversity but understand that conflict is resolved through peace, understanding and harmony.




Pastor Carlos — Today at 6:02 AM
Jedi teaching number 14 says that by peace understanding and harmony, we can resolve much

We can resolve conflict

Most time, we as Jedi, know when others need help (edited)

We may not always know what TYPE of help to give (edited)

but we know usually when the need is there

Not every tool is useful for certain projects

I CAN NOT MAKE A OMELETE WITH A HAMMER

nor can I serve it with a ping pong paddle

Now, I can but it wouldn't be the way


Courage helps with things but for the most part, what are we giving others?
Are we giving out brooms where most need water...

The Mentor path is a odd one
We can help one another out by our own actions by what we find out and reflect for ourselves

But some people may not need what we got or have learned.



When we help others - what are we truly trying to help with?

We can only mentor those who have been down the path WE HAVE gone

This is where Understanding and Harmony and PEACE come in

People NEED but what do they NEED?

I lay this before every Jedi here and not here yet, We want to help but what are we offering?

Is our understanding about our "help" or our Selfless path ... really about others or about what WE can do ???

Its a thin line some days

Not every one wants what we find all the time and most time what we find, Is only meant for a few and never the MASSES

It is by OUR ability

it is by OUR able-ness that we can help

This is why it is so important to understand things better and to study Doctrine and Philosophy


Some encouragement ISN'T for everyone because not every everyone has the same focus at the same moment

We are all on different paths and levels at any given time

So how do we help one another ??



By helping our own Focus

Be well

May the Force be with you

We can study and pay attention to our own focus and understanding and in doing so, we can understand that most of what we learn is for US not for every one else

You can give EVERYTHING away and leave no reserve for you or your own family and circles

We guard peace by having Courage and use USE USE understanding and Peace to create Harmony

Be filled with courage today and this week Jedi

Take some time to fill your tank if you need to
One of the ideas we share here is that if we work on US, we work on the world

Find the courage you need today

Do you

and know that by doing THAT ...

Some one may be able to do THEM

Freedoms are passed and learned

What better freedom to give than that of the freedom to Self -Reflect

Jedi are guardians of peace. We believe in helping all those that are in need, in whatever form, to the best of our ability. We recognize that sometimes providing help requires courage in the face of adversity but understand that conflict is resolved through peace, understanding and harmony.
It aint easy

Life always seems to be full

We have treasures in or path that we find

They are for US and MAYBE some one else but what we find is defiantly NOT for the masses. I wish it was but the idea is, work on you and reflect on your path and choices.

The idea round here is one at a time

I hope this week you can find the courage you need,

I hope this week you can find those who need it, What YOU have and what you display

We as Jedi wanna help all the time

but help who and how?

Use and FOCUS- Peace, understanding and harmony help

I hope this helps a bit this week
Pastor Carlos

Good Morning to you friend and Jedi today.

Qui Gon Jiin said " Your focus determines your reality. " in Episode One

No truer has anything been said in the Jedi world.

MAKIA is a old word in my own culture use to remind us " Energy goes where attention flows"

its Hawaiian and old. You will find that in almost every culture, they remind you of your reality.

In the world there is a IDEA that what we FOCUS on is what's up.

Thats where all the attention goes and that's where our reality can be set

What are we focused on today Jedi and O Hana?

because it matters

it matters so much ...

that we can even ...

USE our own FOCUS to prune our own path.

This is taken from the 3 TENETS.

Focus is the art of pruning the irrelevant and pouring the best of your mind into what you are doing.

This is how we can find actual KNOWLADGE.

and keep WISDOM and know the difference between it all

by OUR focus


The Jedi Tenets allow us to better ourselves and overcome any obstacle.

but how....is always the big Q or the big question.

Our FOCUS is our goal and our flow.

To a Jedi, the "selfless path" is common.

Hubris can be a focus that can change things for us as well.

Knowing what and who we are helps seek things out too

Knowing what we seek, helps and is healthy

This is how we can fulfill our hopes and our ideas is to make choices on our focus

We can pick our FOCUS

as we can pick anything else

THINK about that this morning

We CHOOSE what we want to look at or listen

we choose paths to follow

I want to encourage every Jedi everywhere that it is OUR FOCUS that makes the path.

Where do your efforts go, thats where your mind heart and soul go too

If we Meditate on this , much can come from it.

What would you choose to pay attention to differently if you had the time to notice that which we are noticing lol ???

What would you adjust ?

This is the idea for Monday morning Meditations, Whats the Focus ?

What is it making in you?
Your focus does determine your reality.
There is a old APHORISM still holds truth "As we think so shall we do"

Thats one of the perks and pitfalls of the HUMAN POTENTIAL.

The actual potential to rise above or to fall into the pits of life

but that can be to us to decide where it goes, our FOCUS

By "pouring the best of your mind into what you are doing" we can change the outcome every time

we can save the day as equally as "shit the bed" in the same breath.

There were even times I failed and succeeded at the same time in different levels of my own path (edited)

talk about a mind job lol

Where we look and where our FOCUS is can determine much and does

to the point of even cultivating something more

So today Jedi, do not think that the energy you give to your Jedi path isnt worth it

IT IS SOOOOO WORTH IT

We choose to unite under the banner of Jedi

We dont have to be here, no one does

yet, here we meet and here we are.

Our Focus

give Our Focus some attention because lets face it.....

Where our attention goes, so does our being

Where our focus goes, we go
I hope this Monday we can think on things that can change the MODE of our focus and even our own paths

Knowing that we can do things like this can be a benefit but at the same time remember HUBRIS too

"Dont fly too high Icarus"


Pastor Carlos