SYNERGY SERENITY SCALES

A "suggested reading:" equates to the tenseness, "past tense of read" is "understand as deriving"; deriving, which is in itself of current tense, while an "understood suggestion" leaves open "disagreement", to the tune of any degree of "understanding"; suggests, Ole_ship ;

Branching two, "Cross Ref" is to "Cited By Articles" and "Google Scholar" as also a "Cited By Articles", both resources, though each embed PHAEDRUS, (em Phaedrus) the fulcrom is likened to an abstract Island within the readers ability to journey to; as each day portraites a new sceen for each individual, to sort and prioritise, or ignore and remain focused, we each have our own new island of replentishment; all within the dialog of our minds; i.e, this one as to "sight", the fulcrum is a "site" (etymology - web site or website), adds in one tray to balance, "a piece" is used to "cite":

1. AN INGENIOUS ETYMOLOGY IN PLATO, PHAEDRUS 266D7–9
   by D SANSONE - 2007 - Cited by 1 - Related articles suggested etymology of as deriving from and . As we have seen, at 244C5–D1 Socrates derives from a combination of three words, one of which is ...journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid......

What I drive to next is fead by abstract, the Cambridge "nect TOC" being EURIPIDES, IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS 1391–7 (linked here only by "next TOC" )

What I am driving to is understandable.

What I am Driving at is to understand.

Having read this, the question is not "do you follow?" but rather a constant "what?"

NARROW STATEMENT "to know the love of god" understanding kjv

tO WIDE http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22to+know+EVERYTHING%22+understanding+kjv&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

Scriptures indicate a third of the angels were placed on the earth prior to final formation of their character. Following the initial creation of angels, God created the physical universe. Chapters one and two of Genesis state that the earth and the heavens—the physical universe with galaxies—were all created in the same day.Job 38 says plainly the earth was created when angels had been previously created. God placed a throne of government on the earth. Both Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 reveal the cherub Lucifer being placed on the throne of the earth. II Peter 2:4 reveals that angels sinned. Lucifer was a super archangel. Lucifer had been trained in the administration of God's government on the very throne of God in heaven. He was supremely beautiful, dazzling in brightness. Vanity seized him. Vanity is self-glory, self-centeredness, concern for self even to the point of hostility toward others. He became jealous, envious, resentful, and hostile against God his Creator. He turned hostile to the law of God. He turned to a way of life of vanity, covetousness, envy, rivalry, competition, violence, and destruction. And this hostile way of life is itself a law. It is the law of vanity, self-concern, "do your own thing," rebel against the authority of God.

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Blogs of Note (noted blogs update periodic)

The House of Marrakesh
floatingsheep
Madame Lamb
BilbiOdyssey
serendipitous
Abby's Blog
Running from America

Club Ciclista Provençalenc de Barcelona
The Sassy Curmudgeon
Quest for Animation Glory

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Relating to these "aristocracy" "ARISTOTLE" "MESSIANIC" "JESUS", all together now; googled sites.

PLATO-ARISTOTLE - Had not even the idea of real human liberty which came, first, ... there liberty perishes as the State again asserts its messianic claims. .... “All the great writers of antiquity belonged to the aristocracy of masters ...www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=963 The Lord Jesus Christ First, True Libertarian; His Coming Most ...

The Intertestamental Period
... he studied under the philosopher Aristotle who had a profound influence upon him; .... This helps to explain much of the hostility that Jesus encounters from them ... the party of the wealthy priests and their friends in the aristocracy. ... 56 Freed observes the unequivocal messianic language of the Psalms of ... www.spotlightministries.org.uk/inter.htm

JewishTeachings
Aristotle was described by Maimonides as having "reached the highest degree of intellectual ... i would burn them in front of all the aristocrats and noblemen. .... This verse is talking about Jesus, who was born, said Rabbi Vital, ... at the end of his Mishneh Torah in midst of a discussion on the Messianic Age. ...jewishteachings.blogspot.com/

Josephus Called Jesus a Bandit
Jan 1, 2006 ... We don't care if it was pseudo-Aristotle or Hammilco - the stories have ... among peasants and bandits rather than among aristocrats and retainers. ... Messianic Traditions - The Top Ten Defining Doctrines of Messianic ...ezinearticles.com/?Josephus-Called-Jesus-a-Bandit&id=121134

The Philosophies and Religions of the Roman Empire
Dr. C. George Boeree The Roman Empire
... wound up as Roman slaves, tutoring the youth of Roman aristocracy! .... The less messianic, more religious aspects of his teaching began to be emphasized ... It was Paul who introduced the idea that Jesus was the son of God and that ... odd idea indeed to the likes of Socrates, Plato, Democritus, and Aristotle! ... www.webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/romanempire.html

Following Jesus in Galilee: resurrection as empowerment in the ...
Aristotle remarked that the prologue was "a paving the way for what follows" ... A voice from heaven, quoting Psalm 2:7, acclaims Jesus as the messianic ..... in order to hold the priestly aristocracy accountable for Jesus' death, ...www.thefreelibrary.com › ... › December 1, 2005 -

SWORD-FIGHTING IN THE ILIAD : A NOTE ON EΛAΥNΩ
by KB SAUNDERS - 2006foiled by armour, the strike-verb is. , but in only one of forty-five spear-wounds,7 ... the ground. It is to me an unpleasant picture, but Homer's gods were not nice people. ... The first of these occurs only three times and is associated ... occurs six times. Twice it refers to Zeus. 'lashing the land' with his ...journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid...

TO THE NEW, WHAT ARE THESE times , NOW, LIKE OR UNLIKE, THE OLD

The Politics of God and the Politics of Man
24 When Hazael king of Syria died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his stead. ... And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; ..... This arouses in Elisha a last spurt of anger: "You should have struck five or six times; ... The king is granted liberty to strike the ground twice, three times, ...www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1506&C=1336 -

The Chariots and Horsemen of Israel Pastor Rich Laskowski This ...
Elisha told him, "Strike the ground." He struck it three times and stopped. ... "You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have ...christcommunitychurch.org/flashaudio/chariots/chariots.html

COMING FROM THE LIGHT FOG , OR LOOKING TO.

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- "huiosthesia".
(Excert from the following Kingdom Nuggets page titled "Our Mount Of Tranfiguration"
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The communion service consists of partaking first the ‘flesh-letter-word’ of Jesus’ Body followed by the ‘blood-Spirit-word’ which is Jesus’ Blood wherein is His Being. The two together reveal the Living Word, the Incarnate Word — Jesus, His name and nature. He said, ‘My words they are spirit and they are life’ (John 6:63). His Life is manifested only after we have taken that life into us. Communion of two people takes place with words and remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it, shall eat the fruit thereof (Proverbs 18:21) . . . what you eat, you become. The whole earth is waiting for the sons to come forth (Romans 8:19). Moses and Elijah, the word declares were talking with Jesus . . . enjoying the reality of communion and not just performing vain repetitions like so many do. It is good to partake of ‘the occasional communion’ until the type and shadow in the letter-word has, by revelation, produced the true continuous communion of walking with Him. Except ye eat My flesh and drink My blood (John 6:54,55 and context), "My life is to be released fully in you to the end that you will be raised up, transfigured and changed into My image".

Matthew 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three taber nacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Peter answered . . . who? Who was talking to him? It must have been Jesus including Peter and his two companions in the conversation. There was, of course, no room for the flesh to be dominant, not even Peter’s! Therefore the conversation that Peter was hearing in this created timeless zone, had something to do with the Feast of Tabernacles of the 7th. month, because for that feast, all were expected to construct a simple booth covering so that their own natural identity could be hidden . . . a picture of the flesh having been dealt with by God and thus no longer in sight.
How did Peter and the others recognise Moses and Elijah? They were certainly not around in Peter’s time! They recognized each other IN THE SPIRIT just like we are told to do but find it quite difficult to do it all the time, right? Let us look at II Corinthians 5:16, ‘wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more’.
Even in the natural realm, no farmer will dig up the seed to have another look at it! The seed is planted with an expectation of a harvest from that seed. God is no different for His harvest is to reveal His son in me (Galations 1:16) . . . this done many times over!
Peter’s observation was ignored for it would have brought the proceedings back into the natural realm and it was evident that Jesus was entirely in the spirit realm of heaven on earth.

Matthew 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Please Peter (he represents you and I so often!) don’t interrupt the anointing and what God is doing by a ‘letter word’. God just kept on with this revelation of Himself. ‘A bright cloud overshadowed them’. We shall look at who the ‘them’ included and then at the overshadowing cloud.
Let us read a similar account of this occasion in Luke’s gospel. Luke 9:34 ‘While he thus spake, there came a cloud and overshadowed THEM: and they feared AS THEY ENTERED INTO THE CLOUD.’ So we see that the cloud started by encompassing Moses, Elijah and Jesus. The cloud either expanded and included the three disciples or they were drawn into the cloud to be with the others. Either way the cloud was covering all SIX of them. That is an important conclusion for what follows.
A cloud in scripture represents the very presence of God — whether it be the expression of God leading His people through the wilderness or whether it be the cloud of witnesses of Hebrews 12. It is such a cloud — a bright one due to the glory it contains which Jesus will fully manifest Himself through at the end of this age. On the day of atonement which is a part fo the Feast of Tabernacles, God said that He would appear in the cloud upon the Mercy Seat (Leviticus 16:2). ‘He will come in the clouds of heaven’, says Matthew 24:30), with power and great glory’. Clouds of heaven . . . heaven in the natural does not produce clouds; these clouds are the faith FULL witnesses expressing the fullness of Christ coming from the realm of heaven which is the presence of God.
What happened when Mary was overshadowed in Luke 1:35 ? The result was that she brought forth the Son of the Highest, Jesus. Mary is another picture of the true yielded Church Bride that will bring forth the many-membered Son in the image and likeness of the Creator . . . the many membered Christ — the harvest of the Seed sown (John 12:24). The whole scene on this mountain of transfiguration did not take very long to complete. However it is the desire of the Lord for each one of us to be in the secret place of the Most High and thus abide under the shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91:1) not as a visitor but one who remains there.
A small recap is in order here. Luke 1:32 declares that Jesus was called SON OF THE HIGHEST. In verse 35, Mary was overshadowed by the power of the Highest. Therefore we shall see that the One speaking out of the cloud calling Jesus His Son, would be THE HIGHEST — usually referred to as EL ELYON — the Most High God.
The actual words spoken by The Most High are very important. These words would have meant a lot to the early Church because they understood the background to such phrases. Let me recap for you.
In the east, there is a fairly common ceremony associated with the adoption of a firstborn son by his father. Any lingering thoughts of adoption as pertaining to our day should be quickly discarded. This time of adoption would be like this: A father who had, say, many sons, daughters and servants would be running his affairs efficiently. Through the years his firstborn son would be just the same as the servants obeying the commands of father. The firstborn son however, would be constantly in the presence of his father learning how he did things, how he used his resources and at the same time taking on him the very attributes of his father’s nature. His father would observe the progress and there would come a time when that son would have so matured that the father would know that he could hand over the responsibilities of his affairs to him. He would call a public meeting inviting all the family, relatives, neighbours and business associates. When assembled, he would call his son to come to the platform and he would place his hand on his son’s head and declare the following words: ‘This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. Today I adopt him.’ From that moment on, the firstborn son would no longer have to operate as a servant for he would know what was wanted and how to do it. He would have the full resources of his father, his full nature and authority.
In Matthew 3:16+17, Father God brought His Firstborn Son Jesus to a public meeting at the side of the river Jordan. After John had baptized Him, Father spoke, ‘This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him’. Father adopted Jesus at the mature age of 30. From that moment on and not before, Jesus moved with His Father’s full nature, full authority and full resources.
It is most interesting that Matthew also recorded the passage that we are studying. So here in chapter 17 with Jesus at the top of this mountain, the same words are heard. A son cannot be adopted twice!!! So what then is happening here with the bright cloud overshadowing SIX saints? The words used by God show that it is another adoption ceremony but this time He is showing us that there is an adoption ceremony or proceedure for His ‘Harvest-Son’ . . . the many membered Christ made up of those who have been following Jesus around, learning of His ways, His authority and how He uses His boundless resources. We too will need, by yielding to the life-producing word, to be adopted and thus released into the realm of fullness of which the baptism in the Holy Spirit is the downpayment. This corporate adoption takes place after six days when the Feast of Tabernacles is fullfilled in you and I.
The ‘well pleased’ comment, that which gives God pleasure, is usually spoken when the surrounding subject refers to the Kingdom of God or the bringing forth of His mature sons. This is seen in Ephesians 1:5, ‘Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children (mature SONS in the Greek - huiosthesia) by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.’
This expression of real life that was shown to the three disciples in the high place with God, was not to be spoken about until AFTER the resurrection. The veil had to torn first so that the way into the Holiest would be open. What was being demonstrated at the top of the mountain — the ‘Holiest-of-all walk’ —would then become available for ‘whomsoever’. It would be His resurrection life that would be the enabling for such a walk. It would then be ‘their present truth’ that they would be established in.; whether they ‘came back’ like Moses and Elijah or were ‘changed.’
Matthew 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

This corporate adoption takes place after six days when the Feast of Tabernacles is fullfilled in you and I.
The ‘well pleased’ comment, that which gives God pleasure, is usually spoken when the surrounding subject refers to the Kingdom of God or the bringing forth of His mature sons. This is seen in Ephesians 1:5, ‘Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children (mature SONS in the Greek - huiosthesia) by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.’
This expression of real life that was shown to the three disciples in the high place with God, was not to be spoken about until AFTER the resurrection. The veil had to torn first so that the way into the Holiest would be open. What was being demonstrated at the top of the mountain — the ‘Holiest-of-all walk’ —would then become available for ‘whomsoever’. It would be His resurrection life that would be the enabling for such a walk. It would then be ‘their present truth’ that they would be established in.; whether they ‘came back’ like Moses and Elijah or were ‘changed.’
Matthew 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
It wasn’t just the voices that touched them, it was the terminology that God used for they would most certainly have known its meaning having heard of Jesus’ adoption at His baptism by John the Priest. You notice that they fell on their face when they heard "IT" not "Him"!!! This statement was therefore a tremendous shock to their natural thinking! They saw that they were included with the Lord . . . that they were right then one Spirit with Him. They were still human and thus became very afraid for they heard things they were taught were not lawful to hear — just like Paul heard in II Corinthians 12:1-3. They too would learn after the resurrection and ascension had taken place, that such enabling was released to them and us through the whole calvary experience of Jesus.
How did they manage to keep quiet about it until the resurrection power was released to bring it all to pass? Had they shared it, a whole discourse would have been launched on a spiritual matter which could not be solved by educated thinking or natural reasoning. These things came to Peter, James and John BY REVELATION. They will likewise come to us in exactly the same way.
Matthew 17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise,and be not afraid.
Jesus initiated this time of unveiling and now He comes to conclude it and to touch them and thus remove their fears. He told them to "Arise’ as they were possibly still face down overcome with the awe and privilege of the occasion.

Matthew 17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
They looked up and Jesus was right there with them again. Could it be that they had learned to see others in the spirit? Jesus was very real to them; did they see Him as a man! We know Him no more after the flesh, but after the spirit. So many only want to see Jesus as He was upon the earth some 2000 years ago. ‘As He is, so are we in this world’ (John 4:17) . . . this does not read ‘as He was’!
In conclusion, let us read . . .

II Corinthians 5:1-6
2 Cor 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Cor 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: A house is where one dwells or abides like abiding under the shadow of the Almighty!
2 Cor 5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Do you recall how that Adam and Eve discovered that they were naked ?
2 Cor 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Clothed with the Light . . . the Shekinah glory of the Holiest of All which has been opened to us by Jesus will simply contain us.
2 Cor 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. The release via the baptism of the Holy Spirit — our personal Pentecost — is the guarantee of our transfiguration . . . but every man in his own order.

2 Cor 5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: one is ‘at home’ in the body when the reasoning minds of our Eve control our lives. At such a time, the Lord’s thinking is absent from our lives.

May we each one so yield to the individual dealings of the six ‘days’.

‘Keep our hearts, Lord Jesus, hungering and thirsting
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Enthralled Empiricism

The Terms Enthralled & Empiricism

The term "empiricism" has a dual etymology. It comes from the Greek word εμπειρισμός, the Latin translation of which is experientia, from which we derive the word experience. It also derives from a more specific classical Greek and Roman usage of empiric, referring to a physician whose skill derives from practical experience as opposed to instruction in theory.[1]

1. 1 ^ a b Sini, Carlo (2004), "Empirismo", in Gianni Vattimo et al. (eds.), Enciclopedia Garzanti della Filosofia.
2. ^ Markie, P. (2004), "Rationalism vs. Empiricism" in Edward D. Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Eprint.

Now we have brought up Rationalism, so before I can even finish the "whats it all about" for this post, I gotta move on to the days' "real" & "reality"

Aint To Heavy, A "New Resolution" Thats Tuffer To Avoid Than To Make!

I read a news-zine that i get as a mailer that sparked some note of relevance to things i often wonder that signal some re-evaluation of just what i'm doing; what purpose; whose purpose; and is the fabric still the same...
I think this eventually will be posted as a 360, LightFog, and to the Main of all of the Ole_Ship's blogs and message boards.

The Title of the emailed - e-zine was simalarlly described by title "A Resolution easier to make than to avoid", probably "New Years Resolution" but whats the difference?

I'm going to add the line from the letter thats several paragraphs just to set up what it is i'm even talking about. Funny though that the letter itself tells a story that the author has to set up, and it is one that is a sort of a "new years resolution"; and funny that "I" already know the constituents of truth which this author poses to his own evaluations as he learned.
Anyway then i will explain more.

"Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue."
- Confucius
A Goal That's Easier to Achieve Than Ignore
By John Forde
Quit smoking. Lose weight. Read more. Work harder. Get organized. Spend more time with family and friends.
Every January, we make the same promises. By March, most of them are out the window.
"A resolution," somebody once said, "is a thing that goes in one year and out the other."
What if, this year, one resolution could improve every aspect of your life?
Yet, to make this one promise stick, you need to do no extra work, command no extra discipline, and make no extra sacrifices. In fact, following through on this one pledge is actually easier than NOT doing it.
What is it?
Two words. But before I explain, let me give you the set-up. It starts 15 years ago, just six months into my copywriting career.
I was an understudy to one of the best copywriters in the country, Bill Bonner. Already, I had a handful of very successful sales letters under my belt. And we were just sitting down to talk job review and salary.
Now copywriting is about selling. And, I have to admit, at this point I had some mixed feelings about what that meant.
It was only natural.
Lots of people are under the impression that selling is about fooling people. Says the stereotype, it's all about tricking the customer into wanting something he never wanted before. Or doing something he never really wanted to do.
Was that accurate? I genuinely wasn't experienced enough to be sure. But being young, I also sometimes mistook cynicism for the cloak of the wise. And during this conversation with Bill, that's how I dealt with my doubts.
"Of course," I told him, "you know I don't really believe in all this stuff."
This "stuff," by the way, was what I was supposed to sell. Bill looked taken aback. "Wait a minute," he said, "You've got to believe in it... otherwise how can you write about it? You can't sell what you don't believe in."
He was right. It was simple. Yet it felt like a revelation. With every copywriting project that followed, that was my guideline.
If I couldn't buy the product's proposition, I either wouldn't agree to write for it... or I would work with the product manager to reshape the product until I could.
Sometimes I'd get in deep on a hopeless case and have to extract myself. But for the most part, it's a strategy that's worked out well. And I've heard plenty of other top copywriters say the same.
Sell the products that are so good they sell themselves. Those are the ones you can believe in. And that's the key to a successful career in sales and marketing. Yet, even in something so simple there's something else that's profound.
I read a book a few years ago by Joe Vitale. It was called The Seven Lost Secrets of Success, and shared the life story of advertising legend Bruce Barton.
Maybe you've heard of Barton. He's most famous as the second 'B' in "Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn" or BBDO, one of the most famous ad agencies of the 20th century.
He's also the creator of "Betty Crocker," named General Motors and General Electric, and helped build Ford Motors, Carnegie Steel, plus a few dozen more of America's most famous companies.
Here's the funny thing. Barton never imagined he'd wind up in the ad industry. He originally wanted to be a novelist. Then a journalist. For a while there, he was a magazine editor. But his partners would later say Barton was born for advertising.
Why?
Not because he could successfully bamboozle customers into buying. But for the opposite reason. Here's Barton himself, spilling out his personal philosophy back in 1925:
"Do not venture into the sunlight unless you are willing first to put your house in order... no dyspeptic can write convincingly of the joys of mince meat. No woman-hater can write convincingly of love... unless you have a real respect for people, a real affection for people, a real belief that you are equipped to serve them, and that by your growth and prosperity they will likewise grow and prosper, unless you have this deep-down conviction, gentleman, do not attempt advertising. For somehow it will return to plague you."
And then once more, writing in that same year:
"I believe the public has a sixth sense of detecting insincerity. We run a tremendous risk if we try to make other people believe in something we don't believe in. Somehow our sin will find us out... the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell."
Translation: "Be genuine."
That was Barton's secret. It's also the secret I suggest you and I carry into the coming year. By the way, that doesn't just apply to your business decisions.
Being genuine means being honest with yourself too. Especially when it comes to focusing on your objectives and setting the goals you'll target over a lifetime.
Ask yourself, did you buy that exercise bike as a tool to finally better your health... or did you really buy it as a towel rack that says "I care about exercise" even if you don't?
Are you saying you'll quit smoking because you know you should? And because it's robbing you of cash, health, and future time with your family? Or just because it's what your friends want to hear?
Is this really the year you're going to get organized, get serious, and get to work building the career you care about, the skill you wanted, and the life you desire... or are these just more superficial ornaments to jot down on your "to-do" list to make yourself feel better?
Be honest. Be sincere. Be genuine.
With yourself and with everybody else, as often and as much as you can. Nothing else you'll resolve to do could make a bigger difference.
[Ed Note: John Forde, a published writer and a direct-mail copywriter since 1992, is the editor of the free weekly e-zine, The Copywriter's Roundtable.
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OKAY,
Now, my best advice i ever got wa"to just get out there and work, and..you'll feel better too!"
I DONT HAVE TO SAY WHO EVER ONCE TOLD ME THAT, But for the most part that is true.
I'M NOT TRYING TO SELL YOU ANYTHING, BY THE WAY!
When your sold on something, it feels better when you buy it.
SO SIMPLY, Rule #1) People like to be sold.
From that rule, i've been trained to always be in "the elite top 5%" of my field.
That was many many years ago though.
Today...
to me, Also is the importance to work on what seams to be as something of responsability, that relates more to "the day", "the times", and some kind of conscience sake- that I used to be able to spell out, but now have drifted so far down this stream that its tuff to be sure at times that what i'm doing is stable in the well grounded foundation; one that reflects an addiquate defence against scoffers; that let alone, shows any clear path to the constituents of a traditional good ol'fashioned God-1st life of living any good'ole American dream- both in the eyes of politicians and their routein technicians; or really-to almost any orthodox a seam as what's-common-every-day to the common folks of society.

Conscience is a word i looked up i the Gideons glossary last year and didn't find.
i did find the word "sincerity" and it was used in Philipians.
The story reminds me of something i saw in a Robert Redford film where he is the part of a General thats senteced to prison and put in a facility with the regular ranks.
In the end he takes over the prison that dares to match wits with him and swells with the arrigant notion that have have a "GENERAL" in custody.
In the midpoint of the film a younger inmate dares a partial salute everytime he has seen the General and Redford finale addresses this insobordinat act(saluting is not permitted-because all ranks have been stripped). Redford explains what he knows to the lad about the origin of the salute.
As the midevil knights would pass they would hold the raeins of the horse in their near hand at left as they pass to the right, and with their right hand they would raise their visor to show that this is who they were; that they were not afraid; and that they were not the enemy.

Jesus holds that appeal to me by God, that even as a man he has not foresaken us; he will never leave us; and thats just who he is.

Anyway,
The Bible's deciple-Paul wrote that in sincerity they preach but that only some were "gifted" if i can descibe it to be said with this meaning for my comparing explaination.
While at first glance the scripture may seem to be just one of "thanksgiving or thankfullness, my suggestion is to read it(Phillipians from the KJV

A Philipians study goes on to say -
The second thing that Paul prays for is Excellence:
Philippians 1:10 (NKJV) that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
True love desires things that are excellent because true love is controlled by a deep knowledge of the word which enables the believer to be completely discerning and discriminating, and that leads him to a pursuit of things that are excellent.
"That you may 'approve' things that are excellent." The word "approve" is the Greek word dokimazo. It is used in classical Greek to refer to testing something or someone. It is a technical word for testing money to determine whether or not it is counterfeit. It occurs in a political context for the testing of a candidate for office. It is used in Luke 14:19 of testing oxen. And in Luke 21:56 of testing the sky to discern the weather.
Paul is in effect saying, "My prayer for you is that you would have the capability to evaluate and determine the things that are excellent."
To be able to set proper values on things, it is not so much the ability to distinguish good from bad, but good from the best; to focus your time and energy on what really matters. It is the ability to prioritize; to test for the purpose of approval.

tHIS REMINDS ME ALSO Of an old saying:
Those who can, Do; Those who can't, Teach.
Where Paul letter to the Pillipians talks of the assurance that all we do in Christ, even those of us "pretending", is "working" , all as they intend it to be...something like that-
Maybe I aughta read it again myself...?
Those who can,do; Those who can't, teach and to that I add "and the rest of us who must be as pretenders, Are"

...extending my thoughts descriptions by the following:
scales-
A)relative B) irrelevant
(see -Abstract INFLUENCE OF IRRELEVANT CUES AND ALTERNATE FORMS OF GRAPHIC RATING SCALES ON THE HALO EFFECT-WILLIAM A. RIZZO
FREDRIC D. FRANK WHERE 1This paper represents a condensed version of a Masters Thesis completed by the first author under supervision of the second author. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1977.tb00433.x?cookieSet=1&journalCode=peps
I would add of my referencing this article- by the first, under supervision of the second, as repeated by {or i guess, pretending in } by the third. )

A) &.B) Each having an influences of- .01)Measurements; .02)Barriers; .03)fulcrums;
A & B 1, 2, & 3 EACH an a)past b)present c)future (A1a,a1b, a1c, a2a, a2b, b1a, b1b, b2b, etc...i.e A)relevence.01)measurement a) Past (A1a),
2)claustrum; many more..
3) throughput

3) throughput #31 , draws my mind to think of something simpler like "Thusput" to some etymology of spute sput and throughput, if its not already a word, I hereby coin it.
Maybe there are better things I should have to choose from my "time sortition system"

And finale a "C)" for an actuator battery to behavior; where A)relative B) irrelevant placements(i.e. last years) for projections had unseen or no results found, therefore ... (C) You have now found a void and the gravity of this is that the particle may be identified and then to be 01.) transferred into a workable tool & 02.) ready and allowable to use.

I DONT THINK THIS IS A PARAD0X But I hope this year brings change.
I saw a film the otherday, "The Devil Wears Prada", if y
If you see this, at least you'll know what I mean when I say ,
hey, I've been a pretty big dissapointment to alot of folks I guess...
...just that my shoes weren't to tuff to fill AND WHEN THEY WERE, It really didn't look good on those that really helped me at times the most.

NOW ALLOW ME A LITTLE SPACE TO REVIEW THE REST OF MY EMAIL and if I can find contects, then I'll try to relate some of those back to an OLE_SHIP BLOG FOR DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS... or just to percevere if it can be endevored!!

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http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-4X732gk.d6MElxxO89hLnQ--?cq=1

Foggy ; ffoggy that is, blogspotted!

Ahoy there! (Calling Anna Abroad!)
The fog that I ran into this morning was when signing in, 3 times and all three times, blogger's "Blogs of Note" had this blog:
Title: Anna Abroad
url__: http://ffoggy.blogspot.com/

I have now taken note of this as a good view of the ffog!
PostE Ole_ship

(EDITING EDITED October 28, 2011; balancing this post with its one comment; clearing some fog,...umm, maybe; having some epiphany to the synergism of need; a quiet wonder of posting a leading topic, not so shallow now to surf through the from and to, to the point of "being"; simply, "the point being".) : A May blog post on Light Fog blog drew wonder of finding nearest topic in May 2007. This post was the nearest.
So of, "how I got here?" today; as follows:
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