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To be or not to be Jedi?

Good time zone and May the FORCE we share be with you today and this week.

There is a story by Dr. Seuss called The Butter Battle Book.

In it, there is a idea that the other person is wrong. Regardless of the subject, just becasue they dont have the "right" answer they cant be trusted! The end of the stroy leaves both sides in fear of distruction.

What a time we live in today. Some choices come with extra added time and efforts. To be a Jedi today is to be diffrent and see things diffrent. Understand that adding the Force changes the outcome big time.
Stand tall and know that there are others who are in the same spot you are in today. We all live on earth with other humans. Be Jedi. Stand on your beliefs and your practices. Be you. Understand some choices will have cause and effect. We are not immune to laws or rules or even actions being Jedi, so dont expect it or even plan on getting special treatment becasue we choose to be Jedi. Know that this path we are on is self reflective and those who are on the same path have a common focus. Know that it takes a bit of study to be at diffrent seasons of a path like this. So, I encorage others to be yourselfs and make the choice to be Jedi. Stick around and become so much more. May the FORCE we share be with you today and in the seasons to come.
Pastor Carlos

Carlos.Martinez3 wrote: To be or not to be Jedi?

Good time zone and May the FORCE we share be with you today and this week.

There is a story by Dr. Seuss called The Butter Battle Book.

In it, there is a idea that the other person is wrong. Regardless of the subject, just becasue they dont have the "right" answer they cant be trusted! The end of the stroy leaves both sides in fear of distruction.

What a time we live in today. Some choices come with extra added time and efforts. To be a Jedi today is to be diffrent and see things diffrent. Understand that adding the Force changes the outcome big time.
Stand tall and know that there are others who are in the same spot you are in today. We all live on earth with other humans. Be Jedi. Stand on your beliefs and your practices. Be you. Understand some choices will have cause and effect. We are not immune to laws or rules or even actions being Jedi, so dont expect it or even plan on getting special treatment becasue we choose to be Jedi. Know that this path we are on is self reflective and those who are on the same path have a common focus. Know that it takes a bit of study to be at diffrent seasons of a path like this. So, I encorage others to be yourselfs and make the choice to be Jedi. Stick around and become so much more. May the FORCE we share be with you today and in the seasons to come.
Pastor Carlos

Seasons come and they go, as do emotions, confusion, pain and loss. In the end if you really listen to the totallity the Force will bring you back to where you belong, sometimes just a matter of listening instead of letting that tiny voice inside say "now is not the time or people will be disappointed in you," or any other of the 5000 reasons I have been gone.

"Today is a gift, that is why it is called the..........."????

The Block will be moved to "the pastors room" on Discord on Monday's.

https://discord.gg/39ynGvUM

You are invited to attend every Monday morning on Discord for live chat and morning discussions on real life applications from doctorine and from our own practices in Jedi -ism. Every one is welcome to attend and share and post on Monday's on the Block as well, so if you like, PLEASE CONTINUE to join me on Mondays for a good chat and a good time.
Bring real or virtual coffee and cake if you like. 11 am GMT Monday morning. See ya there!

Pastor Carlos

Blind Hate

There is an endemic idea out there that can be combated by deeds, and choices. Blind hate lets you hate someone without even knowing their name or anything about them personally. Pastor Carlos here with a few tips on how; as Jedi, we can combat what is blind hate today in our every day lives.

"Who are you ...who who....I've gotta know ...."
This is a line from a band called The Who and the idea is this... details. Find out more.

Blind hate doesn't ever have specifics just general ideas and broad blanket actions. Blind hate dwells and festers inside without facts or specifics. It is a inside thing. To combat things inside, you can reflect. You can change the outcome by changing the in...coming.

Blind Hate is everywhere even on this very site. No one is immune to it....
There is no vaccine we can take to rid us of Blind Hate, only deeds, if we choose. To combat blind hate, see more. Ask more and find out.
Seek and you will find... what you cannot see.
There is so much more past blind hate in a path.
Happy seeking
May the Force be with y'all this week
Pastor Carlos

"ask more to find out"

To ask, a universal way to open one's eyes. Even to those whom you have ascribed your hatred should you ask, perhaps a discussion begins and from there you see the person. And from there hatred is no longer blind a step towards love.

just 2 cents,
Love, respect and peace,
Kobos

I'm gonna drop into the block today and write a little something I have been experiencing, maybe you folks out there my neighbors have been feeling something similar once in a while.

You ever eat people's pain. Do you know what I mean by that, to sit and listen to others going through brutal times in their life, to absorb that and then feel it yourself? Does it sit within you too? As Jedi we seek to counsel more than to be consoled but in the modern Jedi's mind what does that really mean?

There is a light inside you, it your heart that shines no matter how much shade you let in, or however many layers you try to paint over it. How do we as modern Jedi foster this light? Obviously we often fall back to meditation and clearing our minds to do that. It is one of the first steps of out learning. But when we get further than that what do you do?

Maybe I am writing this on the block because I need some help carving away a few of my layers. And once upon a time, and more recently I found a little help from our neighbors might be a good option to clean our own yards.

Much love to you all,
Kobos

Any encouragement is allowed her friend.

This season is time for the cardigans. I've got my favorites ready. One of the joys for me about growing old is I no longer have to buy new jackets or coats. The mornings are chilly here but get warm about noon-time and do not quite yet stay cold. I got my cardigan game ready and my sweater game down too.
Seasons come and go and some can be ... prepared for.

In our path there are seasons and times. There are times to begin things and time to end things and there are even sometimes to bow out or get put in. Sometimes it can range from studying up to getting something new.
I want to encourage every Jedi today and this week to think bout this, What do you do to get ready for the changes in life? Do we notice them? What are they ? Are you alone in your changes? Do you have help?

It is my hope everyday that we know our own questions and have our own answers to these questions.
Are you ready for the chill? Winter is coming as so are the changing of the seasons in nature and maybe in some paths. Happy seeking and may the Force be with y'all.

Eating people's pain is a good way to put it. I feel like a frog most days. Toxicity has a habit of taking control of me tho. Maybe it's genetic, or maybe I just make bad decisions. I do posses a rather unruly desire to be helpful when it is not helpful.

I hope and trust your weekend was well. This week I would love to bring the word "keep" to light. The word "keep" is used many different ways. There is a magic in the word "keep" that I can only describe in part, my own part. It has it's part in almost everyone's life.

What we keep.

We are the only ones who can choose what we keep for our us. No one else can.
I have worked in the dirt most my life and I am ok with that. Some day I shall work for my family the way I worked for others. The time is shorty arriving. In that time of learning, I had a farmer tell me every day to "Check the keep Carlus" What was meant by that was to check on the items we were working on that day specifically. If we were driving and hauling, check the truck and machinery. Check gas and equipment. If we were planting, check planters and things that we used to plant. It meant to check on the thing we used today. What was at hand.

Hey Jedi, check your keep ? Have you checked on the things you have been actively doing or seeking? Where are you keeping the things you find?

Better still, what do you do with all the things we find when we find them? (My best Yoda voice) Hmmmmm??? Hmmmmm????

Take some time this week to check your keep Jedi, whats in your wallet - or whats in your heart and mind and soul???
What do you keep?
Why......

May the FORCE be with you Jedi!

Pastor Carlos
Say the name any way you like, just dont call me late for lunch !
Happy seeking