Traits in the Animal World

It seems in the animal world, in the race to spread traits that convey health, it creates winners and losers in the game of life. A physically unhealthy one in the flock may be picked on and ostracized by the group. Maybe a less colorful bird won't have as many mating opportunities. The larger male defeats the smaller male in a battle for mating privilege...

I think as humans with increased consciousness, we become highly aware of these things in ourselves. We want to be attractive and desirable, and we understand some of the things required for approval. And this great understanding can create a lot of mental strife within, as we battle to accept those things that we are not. We approve and disapprove of things within ourselves and within others... And we struggle with how to deal with how these things affect us. I think we struggle because we also know that there's some kind of inherent worth within everyone outside of conditional worth...

Lanterns In The Sky

To help others find their inner flame
To find our own inner flames
So that we may all climb towards the heavens
Stars in the night sky

Exercising the Heart... Stretching Out the Soul...

Breaking open our hearts and letting it be open to the rawness of it all.... The joys and the sorrows... The comfort and discomfort... The entire gamut and spectrum... This is the birth of emotional strength. It doesn't come from detaching and avoiding as reflected by the typical "Be Strong" statements people make. It comes from openness to what life throws at us, and a willingness to experience fully.

And by breaking down our walls we gain access to the soul... a soul is stretched out by the ups and downs that come with joy and sorrow... The dark and the light... these are useful...

Forgetting Dreams

What if some of our dreams in waking life are like those of sleeping life? When we first awaken from a dream, so often we have to make a conscious effort in order to remember the dream, otherwise it slips back into the ether.

So what if our waking life dreams work in the same manner, where we have to make a conscious effort just to remember? I have a horrible tendency to forget to attend to some of the things I want to do. Some of those things get pushed out of consciousness and forgotten. Is there a way to better remember?