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Bold Kitten Bounding Beliefs

Tree & Human both make fences. :> photot by karpatiGreetings!

Just as countries have a set of beliefs that help the citizens live in accord (or know when it’s time to leave), so do communities.

Here are the Bounding Beliefs of the Bold Kitten Brigade community, the beliefs that we all hold as Truth:

1. It’s okay to be psychic.

No matter what the rest of the world may or may not have to say on the subject, in here, it’s okay to be psychic.

In fact, it’s more than okay, it’s seen as a wondrous + useful thing, handy in so very many ways.

2. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It matters where you’re going.

Faith Path, career choice, gender, sexual orientation, sexual preference, height, weight, ability, disability, etc., don’t matter here.

What matters is where you’re going – onward & upward, with a good heart & an easy Spirit.

3. Show respect for all living things, including yourself. (And be aware that this list is more encompassing than you think!)

As an important side note, Respect doesn’t mean we don’t eat living things. To be here on this Earth, that is just about unavoidable.

What respect means is to acknowledge the innate Person-hood (not human-hood!) of each being, and to show them the appropriate honor & respect.

For human-human interactions, it also means that we laugh with, not at, and that we only give what is asked for.

4. Revel in the positive. Pull up, not down.

Perfection is not required here, but as often as possible, speak, act, & live from as high a place as you can.

Feel free to wait until the appropriate time before reaching back to help others. :> :>

When you do, reach out to help others up, not pull them down.

Again, we are not expecting you to live some kind of Pollyanna-perfect life.

Simply ask yourself this Question: where do you want to live?

5. Life is a Spiral.

This means that we will live certain lessons over & over & over & over.

Except… each time is not exactly the same.

(Hopefully) we’ve learned something each time, and each time we go around, we can interact with the lesson in a more way that reflects that additional-learning.

Because everyone’s Life and everyone’s Learning is different, everyone’s Spiral will be their own Beautiful+Unique shape.

This is all good. :> :-D :>

You control your own rate of climb and that is absolutely as it should be. :-) :>

6. You own your Life.

This means that you & only you own: your Choices, your Decisions, your Experiences, your Stuff, your Worldview.

This also means that all of these are also your responsibility to own & to maintain.

7. Fear is a many-faceted thing, but often is simply a sign that you haven’t been there before.

(Or you have and it wasn’t pretty. :>)

  • It can also be a sign of hitting your Stuff. (see above)
  • It can be a sign of physical danger.

In all of these, fear is a sign of impending Change.

8. Psionics is not about religion or spirituality.

It is a science that is still in the process of being discovered. :> :> :>

There you have it!

The Bounding Beliefs of the Bold Kitten Brigade.

Chirp, chirp! :>

-Birdy :>

:> :> :> :> :>

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Worldview and Mindset

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Hello!!

First, let me refer you to our free (Yes!! Really!!!) audio product on Worldview and the other two posts I have written on the subject.

Go ahead – I’ll wait for you!

You back already? And you didn’t cheat did you? Now go back and do it!!

OK. To continue, this post is more about how me and Birdy use worldview and mindset in our everyday lives.

It is a fine line we walk.

Having a worldview that incorporates a Universe that is teeming with life, and the existence of a huge variety of mind skills; how do you maintain your skepticism, and not believe everything you see and hear?

I know, I know. People are going to read and hear what we put on our sites, and just assume we don’t.

But there is a large chasm between open mindedness and gullibility.

Assuming you didn’t click here totally by accident, I’m assuming you have at least some curiosity about this stuff. And I will give you an example from a part of the paranormal field most people are beginning to accept that has at least some basis for reality – ghosts.

If you’ve seen the TV shows, done searches on the internet – or maybe you’ve had your own experience (or experiences) with the concept of ghosts; that certainly implies that your worldview encompasses the idea of entities in spirit form.

Does that mean you are automatically going to believe every ghost story you hear?

Of course not! That would be silly.

Having a worldview that encompasses the idea of spirits, or anything else in the paranormal field does not automatically put me or you into the ‘I believe everything I hear category’.

It does mean, however, that you go into things (whatever it is…) with an open mind. And then you scrutinize the issues in a case by case basis.

You look for the facts. Analyze the story. Look for other explanations. (And not in an anything but this sense; sometimes the explanations are mundane. Honest – no kidding…)

For example – UFO’s. I believe there are ET’s out there. Some UFO reports are alien starships. But, as an amateur astronomer, I know most UFO reports are the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Not to mention all the times Lenticular clouds have been called ‘flying saucers’. The vast majority are mis-identifications.

Having an expanded worldview gives me an even better reason to critically scrutinize what I see or hear.

Here at the CraftyCrows, we are trying to weed through the BS to get to the truth.

The mindset is, and always will be, to find the truth.

Believing in everything is just as problematic as believing in nothing.

They are both based on a preconceived notion – not facts!

So, its’ OK to expand your worldview. Just remember to have a mindset that you will critically analyze what you learn. Do not let anything deter you from your search for the truth.

Keep Searching…

Mike

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Reverb10 – The Sixth Prompt – The Hubris of Marking Time for Making

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Greetings!

December 6 – Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? (Author: Gretchen Rubin)

(ETA on 01-12-12) Oh,, the mix of joy & pain as I look back on the simplicity of it all as I copy/paste from one site to another. It seemed so easy, so ‘throw it up there & all will be well’.

It’s proving to not quite be that simple. :> -B! :>)

Making. It’s a thing that I love to do. I live & breathe to create. I literally get antsy when I’ve gone too long without creating.

The last thing I made? Well, besides meals & loads of laundry & the occasional spot of cleanliness in the living space, the last thing I made were the Popping Epiphanies pieces.

Fun, useful, quick & easy, yet most amusing. They are simple jewelry & crafts pieces done with yarn in crochet. Popcorn stitch for fun & expansion.

The original piece was created to celebrate some major Epiphanies I’d had popping earlier in the year. I did a pouch first, then tossed off some quick cuffs, the pattern for which can be found in this post from “An Encouraging Bird”.

Is there something I want to make but I need to clear time for it? You bet!

Unfortunately, I would also need to clear space for it, and with this in-between space of housing limbo, that’s just not going to happen at the moment.

And then there’s always the other thing that I am needing & wanting to make, which is our online business. It is awesome & wonderful and I am really looking forward to getting all the ‘i’s’ dotted & ‘t’s’ crossed to that we can go out & play, but at the same time, it is rather putting a strain on my crafting time.

Every now & again, I make something quick-quick, to get it out of my system so that I can go back to doing all the set-up things that I need to do so that we can go play later.

I’d mind more, but that I know that ‘later’, unlike many times that it is said, really is coming most soon from now! :-)

With the New Year comes LAUNCH!!!

And then my creativity gets to go into high gear indeed! :-)

Chirp, chirp!
-Birdy  :>

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Reverb10 – The Fifth Prompt – Letting Go of the Wrong People

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Greetings!

December 5 – Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? (Author: Alice Bradley)

Letting go.
Releasing.
Freeing.

So many ways to describe a thing both simple & complex.

And when people come into the mix, it becomes even more so.

Names are not important here.

What is important is that the concept of Wrong People has come into my life & working vocabulary this year.

And that I am learning to let those people go.

Wrong People, whyever they are your Wrong People, are poison to your life.

Quick or slow poison depends on their natures.

  • They suck your energy & batter your soul (and sometimes your body).
  • They pull you down & keep you small.
  • They need to go, soonest!

One of the many things I have released this year is the concept that everybody has to like me. For a Connection-based person this is beyond hard, but I realize that it’s necessary.

Do the math.

Seven billion (living) humans on this planet, plus all the other life forms out there – there is no way to be in contact with all of them, even if you were willing to release sanity & plausibility, which I am not.

So, with a finite amount of personal resources, why on Earth would you spend time on those who are not simpatico with you & your chosen goals, Dreams & way of life?

When put that way, it becomes SO much easier to see the logic & the beauty of it.

So, I’ll pass along the Question:

Who are YOU releasing this year?

Happy Muse-ings! :>
Birdy Diamond,
Wordsmith

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Reverb10 – The Second Prompt – The Dragon of Censorship, The Monsters of Fear, & the Swamp of Solitude

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the tools of the writing trade - photo by Jane M Sawyer

the tools of the writing trade - photo by Jane M Sawyer

Greetings!

December 2 – Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it? (Author: Leo Babauta) #reverb10

At first, this prompt took me back a bit – what on earth could I say?

Yes, I have things that keep me from my writing, but many of them are not things that I ‘should’ do a whole lot about. Things like the Day Job. Things like laundry, dishes, housecleaning, things that while they can be considered escapes & procrastination tools are also valid, necessary self-care things.

Although, if you look at these things from that infamous ‘other point of view’ they don’t really count.

If you’ve ever had the dishes pile up, everything you own in the laundry basket, and the house in such a wreck that YOU can’t stand to look at it, never MIND anybody else, you know as well as I do that these mundane tasks are still vitally necessary to your writing peace of mind.

An orderly environment frees you to look at things from the unhinged (in the good way! :-D ) point of view that really lets your fingers fly.

And whether you write longhand or on the computer, money is still required. Pens, pencils, your computing medium of choice, Internet access, they all cost money (or at least time) to acquire. Not to mention little things like food, clothing, shelter, etc.

Day Job’s gotta stay. (At least for now. Later… that’s another show. :-D )

So, no, those things need to stay in there.

Then what?

I thought for a few, and did indeed come up with some things that do NOT need to remain in my writing repertoire, nor my writing day.

  • The Dragon of Censorship
  • The Monsters of Fear
  • The Swamp of Slimy Solitude

The Dragon of Censorship

Oh, what a fearsome beast this is! Blowing flame over your pages, burning away all that might cause contention, failing to understand that he is also burning away all that is uniquely you.

That saying “Try to please everybody & you end up pleasing nobody?”

So true.

This isn’t about shock-jock writing.

  • This is about saying the things that you have to say.
  • This is about opening your heart and letting what’s in there flow freely out onto the page.
  • This is about being brave and being you.

This is about telling the Dragon that he isn’t welcome here anymore.

The Monsters of Fear

But Dragons, no matter how fearsome they may be are usually too lazy to roam about the countryside looking for trouble.

No, they must be Called.

And who is foolish (or desperate) enough to do such a thing?

Your Monsters are.

Specifically the Monsters of Fear.

You know who they are, or at least some of them:

  • They Might Laugh!
  • You’re Not Good Enough!
  • Who Do You Think You Are?
  • What Will They Think?

They are emphatic about keeping you safe – as they see it.

Which, unfortunately for you, means shouting at you very loudly their messages of Doom, Gloom, and Don’t Do It!, and when that doesn’t work, calling in the Dragon.

Now Monsters of Fear need to be handled more delicately than the Dragon.

Monsters, by definition, are already afraid. So scaring them worse is SO not going to help! In fact, it frequently only encourages them to entrench deeper & shout louder.

Gentle, firm, loving touches are what is needed here.

(For more information on Monster Whispering, I suggest that you check out Havi’s blog, Willie & Alexia’s site, and my posts on Monsters on An Encouraging Bird.)

The Swamp of Slimy Solitude

Notice I say ‘slimy’ solitude here. Solitude can be a wondrous place to recoup, reconnoiter, and generally relax.

It can also be a suffocating pit of despair.

I’ve been known to wander into both from time to time, and I can tell you that I FAR prefer the former to the latter.

So I’m being very careful of where I walk these days. If my Savannah of Solitude turns into a Slimy Swamp, I do something to break away: I go to the ‘net, I turn on the television, I get out and walk the dog. Whatever it takes to reconnect with the world around me.

Turns out I did have a few things to ditch from my writing day.

What about you?

Happy Muse-ings!
Birdy Diamond,Wordsmith

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