The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
“The Warrior of the Light does not always have faith. There are moments when he believes in absolutely nothing. And he asks his heart: ‘Is all this effort really worth it?’ But his heart remains silent, and the Warrior has to decide for himself.” – Paulo Coelho, Warrior of the Light. I have been Pathwalking on and off for years, really. I began to formulate what this notion was in earnest last year, and am constantly developing my approach to
Given natural disasters, mass murders and other tragedies, it is easy to question how anyone can believe they have control over anything. It can be terrifying to see how fragile our lives are. It takes so little to break a body and snuff out a life force. I suppose it is that randomness, that nonsensical disillusionment that causes a person to turn to religion for solace. Since it seems that control is but an illusion, if you give it over
Hatred is a wasteful, ugly, primordial, and frankly useless emotion. To quote Yoda – “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” Hate is defined, according to dictionary.com as thus: hate verb (used with object) 1. to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry. 2.to be unwilling; dislike: I hate to do it. verb (used without object) 3. to feel intense dislike, or extreme aversion or hostility. noun 4. intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility. 5.the object of extreme aversion or hostility. Why do I bring this up? Because a lot of people are currently feeling sadness, and sympathy following the recent tragedy in CT. People are currently grieving. But the next step will
Thank you. After “I am” these are probably the two most powerful words we can employ in our lives. And yet, we have a terrible habit of either under-using these words, or else using them without the corresponding feeling of gratitude. To say it is important. But to feel it is even more important. Gratitude is too powerful and too important to not be given the attention it deserves. I have talked about gratitude before, here. And it never ceases
Perhaps circumstances have put you in a bad place. The question is – what do you do about it? This is a key aspect of Pathwalking. Rather than being a victim of circumstance, the goal is to make your situations as you wish them to be. But a huge challenge to this goal is often the circumstances therein. You certainly did not ask to lose the job, be incapable of paying the debt, be trapped in that relationship, be living
“In order to have faith in our own path, we don’t need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong”. – Paulo Coelho In the process of Pathwalking, we all encounter people who are unsupportive of our effort. But sometimes that goes even further. Sometimes they are determined to show us that our path is wrong. This is ultimately more disheartening than a lack of support. Having someone actively taking the time and effort to show you that your own
What makes a person deviate from the path they are walking? How does a person who has been walking a very good life path wreck that path to the point where the path no longer exists and no other path can be started? I was asked these questions in response to a previous post, and believe that it bears its own entry in the Pathwalking series, and a more in-depth analysis. What makes a person deviate from the path they
Negativity begets negativity. It inundates us at every turn. We are constantly being bombarded with negative messages, negative reinforcement, woe and lack and scarcity and no no no. Read the news about all the bad things happening in the world. Pay attention to politics and be overwhelmed by negative campaigns. Listen to how readily we talk about what we do not have, what we cannot have, and how terrible this, that or the other thing is. Negativity comes easily. Well
Independence is one of the primary reasons to walk one’s own path. The best definition from Dictionary.com for independence is freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. This is one of the main reasons to choose to walk our own path. We want to be free, we want to be independent, we want to ultimately be in control of our own fate, our own destiny. Sometimes winning that independence is easy. But sometimes it is
What if, in the course of walking your path, when you do find yourself, you don’t like who you find? Truth be told, that is an integral part of the entire Pathwalking concept. I don’t care who you are, or what you’ve done throughout your life…there are still moments you wish you could take back, people you wish you could speak better to, choices made that you might have preferred not to make. This is a part of the human