Random Notes 20150313

Friday, March 13, 2015

Ministry

Ministry, in all of its forms, is a transference of emotion from the Minister to the Ministered.  In government, Ministers advise the executive, and transfer their emotion certainty to the executives.  In Christianity, the ministers are charged with the transfer of the three emotions of Faith, Hope, and Charity to their parishioners.  In sales, the salesperson is responsible for the transfer of the emotion of certainty and trust from himself to the buyer.  When this transfer does not happen, the sale does not happen.  In the same manner of any ministry, if the minister cannot transfer the emotion, he is not in the right vocation.

When friends come around for counsel, they, as a rule, are uncertain.  They are looking for a transfer of the emotion of certainty.

Eastern Orthodox Spirituality

Working and sometimes living among those of the Eastern Orthodox persuasion convinces me they have something to teach we Westerners.  They instinctively understand spirituality, as far as I can tell.  They do not have the materialistic mental blocks we Westerners have when we attempt to stay rational, and leave religion up to the arena of “opinion.”  Life is a reflection of the Liturgy.  The Liturgy is a reflection of life heaven.  Partaking of Communion means standing in heaven with all the host of Saints past and present - an elevation of the mind and imagination to things not of this Earth. 

Spirituality

It is a reflection of the structure of All Things - the Universe, if you will.  Orbiting of planets, formation of planets, attraction and repelling of charge, the integration of the human body with blood, food, love, sex, reproduction, motive motion, birth, life and death - all these things are a reflection of the inner nature and structure of everything.  

Beauty

What is beauty?  Those who say, “In the eyes of the Beholder” are liars or fools!  It is a combination and the proper proportion of balance, harmony, symmetry, eccentricity, and all these things.  But the greatest measure comes down to Aristotle’s Final Cause.  You will find that all things called beautiful have a high degree of serving their purpose, and in some form, showing and revealing their purpose in form.  Things that are ugly do not reveal and serve their purpose as well.  

Fear and Fake Boundaries

It is amazing the number of people out there that limit themselves, cutting their selves off from success with imaginary boundaries and limits.  I hear people talk about dumb things like internet privacy, information stealing, security, germs, viruses, AIDS, terrorism, and making minor social mistakes like it is the end of the world.  They are stunned and frozen in fear.  The fear causes them to stay in one place, paralyzed.  All of these fears are fake.  They are all urban legends.  This is all hysteria.    

So, what is the Truth?  Relax.  That is the Truth.  Breathe.  Find what you are good at, and pursue that.  Fear not.  Stay away from the fearful.  Associate with those on a clear path of life and growth.  Fear is death.  

You can always find something wrong.  Your success depends upon what you are focusing on 80% of the time.  Are you focused on the upside or on the downside?  Are you pumping iron or are you scared because some obese person said that you may get injured?  Think clearly about this.  Fear not!

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Freddy Martini