The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
Along your chosen path you will encounter a wide variation of people. Some you will simply pass by. Some will be allies, some opponents. Friends, acquaintances, family, lovers, other dreamers will come into and in many instances depart from your life. As we grow and change so to do our associations. Friends become lovers or enemies or fade away or simply remain friends. Family become closer or more distant, those once close are lost and those once lost become close
Who is in control of your life? That is where choice comes in. That is what Pathwalking takes ahold of. Control. We often look at the world and see who is control of what. Some of the controls we perceive are pretty enormous, like which corporation controls your elected officials, and what organizations are controlled by the government. Some are more personal, like the spouse who seems to be in control of your friend and his or her actions and
Let’s pause a moment, the day after Thanksgiving in America, and reflect on what this means. More importantly, though, let’s reflect on what it SHOULD mean, versus what it APPEARS to. (Yes, I recognize the other issues with Thanksgiving and the mistreatment of the Native Americans and such, but that is not the topic I am addressing here). What it SHOULD mean: Thanksgiving is supposed to be a day to spend with family and friends, grateful for the things we
Perseverance is the difference between a fleeting notion and the pursuit of an idea. After one hundred weeks of posts about this concept of Pathwalking, I thought it an apropos topic. Perseverance is not simply having an idea, it is moving forward in making the intangible idea into a tangible thing. It is a part of the means to the ends. Dictionary.com defines perseverance thus: noun 1.steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. I think nothing summarizes the entire concept of Pathwalking quite like this
Don’t ever give up hope. I could spout all sorts of platitudes and ideas and clichés on this topic, but that gets old and worn fast. Hope, for its own sake, is a belief, an emotion that is sustenance for the soul. Hope is this strange, obscure tenet that is tremendously misunderstood. It is often held to simply be that intangible something to be clung to, something worth living for, something not to be let go of. But it is
We all want to be appreciated. Whether it is something little or something big, we all want to be acknowledged. We all want to feel that our efforts and works are appreciated. The power of gratitude is important to our own ability to do and to have things, but we cannot deny the power of appreciation. We need to be grateful for things, but we also need to be acknowledged and appreciated for the things we do. I know no
I have discussed the power of gratitude before. But it is SO important to Pathwalking, it really bears repeating. It is almost impossible to improve upon what you have in life, whether it is something material or immaterial, if you are not already grateful for what you DO have. Great or small, tangible or intangible, important or unimportant in the grand scheme of things, it is absolutely necessary that you have gratitude. There are times gratitude feels hard. When you
It is never in your own best interest to ignore an inspired idea. Yet often, we do. And we make all sorts of excuses – It’s too impractical. There isn’t enough time/money/resources for that. I am unable to do that. I can dream, but I cannot make the dream reality. It’s impossible. When we fall into this trap, it becomes truth. Truth is not, as many people believe, a simple notion. I have long said there are three brands to
I have stated many times that Pathwalking is about choice. And part of the reason to make that choice is in order to find happiness. Why is being happy so important? What it all boils down to is energy. Once more, EVERYTHING is energy. It cannot be created nor destroyed, but it takes on different forms and shapes. Energy is subject to laws of science and nature in every discipline. One of these laws is that like attracts like. Ergo,
Is Pathwalking realistic? The short answer of course is YES. The long answer is much more complex. It is fundamental that you have belief in order to make Pathwalking work. If you do not believe in your path, if you do not believe in yourself, if you do not believe that the choices in life are yours to make, then Pathwalking cannot work. Belief. Faith. Conviction. Hope. Trust. Give it whatever label you wish. Without this emotion, without this feeling,