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The Way-of-Impeccability - Knowledge Application

"Power rests
on the kind of knowledge
one holds.
What is the sense
of knowing things
which are useless?"
As Spirit-Warriors
we take this to heart,
because,
“Without Application,
it's all meaningless.”

From:
The Way-of-Impeccability
Online Workshop
https://www.nobelia.org/the-way-of-impeccability-workshop/

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Anna Glambotskaya Chat 1

Podcast: https://is.gd/GH1ccR

Anna asks Syl about Applying Ways-of-Living and Ways-of-Being.
Nobelia.org Self-Discovery Project

Anna Glambotskaya's links:
https://www.upgreatable.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artofextraordinaryliving/
Podcast: Upgreatable - on iTunes

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The Way-of-Impeccability - Life Strategy

Podcast: https://is.gd/CWqpmr

As Spirit-Warriors we set ourselves with the utmost Strategy, to make sure we maximise our Deliberate Way-of-Living. Should Death stop by for a chat and ask what we plan to do about him, he'll not even have to ask, as it will be obvious we're doing everything we can, and More. We're set to not only deal with Death itself, but get maximum Value and Usefulness in the meantime, until he comes visiting in earnest, and then we'll be ready. A Warrior obtains value regardless of how things turn out.

- Excerpted from: The Way-of-Impeccability Online Workshop:  https://is.gd/RqXNjz

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The Way-of-Impeccability - Conquering Habit

Podcast: https://is.gd/YbH51S

"We most absolutely need to Apply what we Learn in the course of our daily lives. In this context, we, as Spirit-Warriors, are going to undertake a profound battle. The battle with our great enemy: Habit! We're going to fight feeling we need to do what we know to be folly, yet do anyway. We're thus in a fight to change how we FEEL, on a constant and continuous basis, to be able to FEEL the Conceptions of Power. This will become our battle as Warriors, to battle the habits we have accumulated and which keep us from living fully and freely, and living with Applied Positive Sobriety."

- Excerpted from: The Way-of-Impeccability Online Workshop:  https://is.gd/RqXNjz

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The Way-of-Impeccability - Going to Knowledge

Podcast: https://is.gd/yOcQA5 Video: https://youtu.be/3oAN6Exy8ng
"A Warrior goes to knowledge as they go to war, wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it will live to regret their steps."

We don't necessarily feel we're in a war, but we are, we're in a war with ignorance, lack of Awareness, habit, “Should,” ego, assumption, ingrained perceptions and beliefs, and more. Shifting to the perception of being at war keeps us vigilant, alert, paying Attention beyond the obvious and known. Above all, it keeps us from being cocky, a death sentence in any kind of war.

The Way-of-Impeccability - 3-Day Online Workshop

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The Young Young Man's Story Ch 11 – Lines of Understanding Part 2

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nobelia/episodes/The-Young-Young-Mans-Story-Ch-11--Lines-of-Understanding-Part-2-e35g8o
Continued from Part 1: https://sylsabastian.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-young-young-mans-story-ch-11-lines.html

The Young Man: - Self-explanatory? Or more needed?

L: - More needed - you said it became clear later why he asked you to come with him? Need the "takeaway"... in relation to the YM and why this incident is important.
Or just that there were people that were poor but not poor?

The Young Man: - I understood then, at that moment of asking me to save the candle, the personal cost of the boy's invitation. He was taking a risk, back at the boarding school, despite the family's situation, he was inviting me to his home.

To save a few minutes worth of candle is an indication of the extreme nature of their situation. Candles weren't expensive. Most likely they made the candles themselves. Yet still significant enough for him to mention.

It had not at all been easy for him to ask me to limit my potential reading. To him, and to that underlying mindset, it was akin to rudeness. The direness of their circumstances has forced it out of him.

An incredible extreme, that request. I cannot think really of a more desperate measure to represent saving.

To invite me to eat food with them, which relatively, was a huge expenditure compared to a few minutes worth of candle, was a considerable extreme.
A representation of their goodness. The invitation to me had been an act of charity for the boy. From his perspective, and for his family, despite having nothing, they were willing to share that nothing in the name of perceived kindness.

L: - Nice takeaway... :)
...

The Young Man: - <3 “Being “poor' is a state of mind independent of actual wealth.”

L: - Was there anything else for the YM? Any thoughts about his own situation, in relation to the boy's?

The Young Man: - How do you mean? Need a bit more.


L: - If not that's okay... so it touched you... this act of charity...

The Young Man: - No, it was what it was. That was all there was to it. They didn't have despair, or hopelessness or suffering. Just that Forbearance. That was it.

There was no pitying them, no feeling sorry for them. That would have been immensely rude. The only appropriate attitude I could have was to accommodate myself, with no act of accommodation. As if I were one of the family. Simple. No unneeded attention drawn to the circumstance in any way.

I have almost no memory of the boy himself. He was merely a part of that point. I would not have remembered him had it not been for the candle. We didn't become friends, not for any negative reason, things just didn't develop that way. He was in a different grade. Friendships across grades didn't happen. It had been an exception, that invitation. Only offered because of the exception of me being the only junior who was left that weekend.

It had been of no issue to me, actually being the only one was a positive. But that boy had put his own feelings and perceptions onto me. A part of his culture. The assumption everyone was the same as themselves. An outflow of “Do unto others...”

I never ever had any thought of comparison. Never occurred to me. Never a part of my thinking. It just had no logic to it at all. His situation was his and mine was mine. Each of us had to deal with it in our own ways.

Relatively speaking, in the adult world, my family was relatively wealthy. We had two cars for instance. But other than that I can't think of another symbol of wealth which was relevant then.

As a child, that wealth didn't trickle down to me. In either family, I had food and a place to sleep. And that was it. To me there was no more.

Toys weren't really a part of life then the way they are now. They were rare and not of particular importance. Play was something done without toys for the most part. I certainly never regarded myself as wealthy or as having more than him. His family may have been struggling, and needed to save, but at the end of the day, they had food, clothing, and a place to sleep, same as I did.

That to me, was all there was to it. It has always been that way for me. What more was needed?

That family certainly didn't feel they *needed* more. They may not have been able to see where it was coming from in the future, but they had enough for the day. And that was enough. They would not of course be wasteful, considering the circumstances, but they would not have been wasteful even in bountiful times. In the circumstances, they simply had to take extra care. That was all. It was an amazingly simple perspective on things. An efficient Sensibility which I appreciated.

A part of me then appreciated the absurdity of that request to save a few minutes worth of candle. Also the profoundness of it.


L: - Okay... just checking, as a memory of significance for the YM...
... then...

The Young Man: - It has stayed with me. Perhaps not as powerful as the others. But it's value lies in my knowing that people *can* have very little and still be fine. That's more important than the act of charity. The act of charity wasn't actually significant in itself.

I mean you mention that I was touched by the act of charity, but actually not. Not in that way. I appreciated it for what it was. But I could not feel it personally because it had not been so for me. It was for me, an unkindness. I would have preferred to go to the senior hostel for the weekend. The boy's intention to kindness was based on a misperception of me, another unkindness at the root level. But of course I could not hold that against him. He didn't know, had no way of knowing and wasn't equipped to know. I knew that then.

The value of the memory lies in the insight into the boy's psychology, his disconnect to me which led to what in the larger picture was actually inappropriate. His assumptions had distorted his perception. In addition to the value of seeing people live with nothing and not be defeated.

L: - Okay... got it...and I liked the story a lot...

The Young Man: - :) Simple story lol. :)

L: - “And it was clear that this invitation was at some personal cost to him." ... Why was it "clear" it was a personal cost? Before you left school? This is what threw me off... was it a feeling you had?

The Young Man: - Ah, I just meant I could clearly see he was doing something he believed might have personal cost to him, therefore making it costly. To take a chance, even if it turns out okay, has personal cost at the time of taking the chance. That's all sorry. I kind of thought that was self-explanatory. But that's just my perception of it. Shouldn't assume. :) :)

L: - So it was his "demeanor," his non-verbal language?

The Young Man: - Yes, in all of that and his attitude, his expression, his use of language, the hesitancy, the reluctance, steeling himself. His semi-cautious approach, not being fully sure of himself but persisting anyway. And so on. The usual things which show someone is doing things at personal cost to themselves. There was nothing especially different about his particular showing of it.

L: - Ah... okay!


The Young Man: - But hmm, you make me think about it now. Thinking that those perceptions, which I had then, without the words though, are perhaps not common to others. I didn't think it unusual then. I think if I had been asked I would have said, yes, I believe everyone had them. But of course now I know it's not so.

It was certainly not so for the boy, as I discovered. But even afterwards, I would still have said he was more of an exception than the rule. But of course again, it's common for most kids to not perceive in that way.

Perhaps even now most people do not perceive that way. I believe we all can, and subconsciously do. If one asks people in a way which draws and focuses their attention, then they "remember” having perceived such detail. But their awareness is usually filled with preoccupations preventing them from noticing and being aware.

I will keep it in mind, thanks L. :) <3 I need to say why exactly things were clear to me.

L: - We all have them, non-verbal communication is at least 85% of our perception... yet I wasn't there, so hearing you explain it and why was helpful for the visualising.

Continued in Part 3...


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Grace Quotes

“Look for Grace, See Grace,
See Grace, Live Grace,
Live Grace, Become Grace.”

“Paying attention to Grace brings Grace into our lives.”

“An element of Grace can be found anywhere, nurtured anywhere.”

“If we just look, we can find that thread of Grace, and follow it, and pretty soon we find ourselves enveloped by Grace.”

“Grace is a Power, a sublime Power.”

“Grace is a Wonder, Magic, and Mystery all its own.”

“The process of How exactly the Unknown becomes the Known, is a Magical Process. It is the Mystery of Life, revealed. It is an exquisite source not only of Joy, but of Power, and ultimately, of Grace. It is the Awesomeness of Ultimate Appropriateness in action. It is, Our Path of Life. It is what everything, I mean everything, is geared towards. The entire Universe revolves around this.”

“This is one of my deepest hopes: That Good People know and understand that Goodness is enough. No more and no less. That they celebrate that Goodness in Joy. That they are free from any thoughts or ideas which say there need be extra. What, what can be added to Goodness? Nothing.
For Goodness is Love. Goodness is Appreciation. Goodness is Joy. Goodness is Sweetness. Goodness is Sincerity, Honesty, Genuineness. Is that not enough? And your Goodness is even more than that, much much more. Good People, please love and enjoy yourselves. Celebrate and Appreciate your Goodness to the fullest extent possible, for to me, that is Grace.”

“We can start simply, perhaps with Reverence for rain, Reverence for earth, the simple soil, Reverence for leaves, Reverence for simple life forms, laying a foundation for the reverence of complexity. If we develop a Reverence for all the component parts of Life, never forgetting each and every part is needed in its own way, then we get to commune with the Reverence OF Life, transcending even Reverence for Life, taking us to that State of Grace of which Reverence is such a potent Heart.”

“And then to go beyond that, when we move on to Joy, true Joy. The joy that just is. The Joy which comes from inside us and is an Accomplishment of Being, the Joy which is not dependant on any outside events, then we can move on to Grace, and that's when it starts to blossom. That's when love and loving come together with affection and tenderness, and it becomes an act of supreme and continuous Appreciation. And then it's all good, yes? As it's then we begin to truly touch Grace and its ineffable power of transcendence.”

“We honour through love, through joy, through Grace, not through sorrow and sadness. Only by living, truly living, living to the best and brightest in us, can we honour our Loves, and through that ongoing connection, touch Grace.”

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The Young Young Man's Story Ch 11 – Lines of Understanding Part 1

Podcast: https://is.gd/yod0s1
Continued from Ch 10 Part 3:  https://sylsabastian.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-young-young-mans-story-ch-10-part-3.html

5/12, 12:19am

L: - Beautiful, the snow story. <3 And yes to the significant events and feelings in our lives.... One thing earlier, Context... there was much written about how meaningful it was, yet after reading through it all I'm left feeling confused about what it really was, to you, no definition. Love when you write in expression of feelings, there's a poetry to it that's not found in the mental world of philosophy development.

Nightie night.

The Young Man: - :) <3 <3 And ah yes, regarding Context. Thinking on it... :)
Haha.

Ah - didn't see yet will go look - I'm exactly now busy writing about well-meaning intent...

5/12, 2:47pm

The other weekend visit which stood out for me was to the farm of a boy slightly older than me. I was going to be the only one left that weekend. Made no difference whatsoever to me. I welcomed it. Going to the senior hostel by myself and then being the only junior there was interesting and had benefits.

But this boy invited me to come home with him. It was obviously a big deal to him. I could see that clearly. He was doing what to him was the right thing, engaging in an act of compassion. From his perspective. And it was clear this invitation was at some personal cost to him...


At the time I was a bit puzzled at the personal cost as it was more than would come from simply extending an invitation to someone who wasn't a close friend. Or because I was in a lower grade than him. No, it was more than that. I was to find out the reason....

His home was on a very remote farm, engulfed in drought. Everywhere evidence of the consequences. The atmosphere on the farm one of being forgotten, of being left behind by the World, of being overlooked, of luckless abandon.

A farm from another era. The relatively modern pickup truck was almost an insult to the farm. Out of place. Not for any good reason, except it didn't seem to belong.

The farm wasn't historic, not out of time in that sense. Simply a farm which had little. It had not been added to, had nothing to give. It was unyielding, sparse. That was the air of it, minimal. Everything at a minimum. The pickup truck glared its profligate implications in that environment of needed thrift. The one anomalous exception which was a waste. Even as much as it was needed.


I don't remember much of the visit itself, other than it was what I had anticipated. Conventional and conservative. Extreme polite accommodation of a guest, of which I was Appreciative. The meals were basic, very basic, and this too I appreciated, but in a different way.

It was clear the family was poor. But that's not accurate. I realise now it's the genesis of my perspective on being poor. They had little, very very little, but they were *not* poor. There's a distinction. I didn't make it then consciously, but I saw it.

They had nothing, so little they had. But they didn't have the attitude of the poor. That's a different matter altogether.

A poor attitude is one of hopelessness. One of feeling at the mercy of circumstance. There's an element of being a victim which characterises the poor mindset. These people had nothing, but they weren't beaten, they had not given up, they were still in the fight. They were resigned perhaps, but not defeated.

They would do what was needed. Whatever that would be, and proceed with faith and trust. But, unlike most religious people, which they were, they didn't rely on that as a cure-all.

They would depend on their perseverance, their discipline, their thrift, their sensibility. Most of all, they would rely on their forbearance. I had not the word then, but now, if I remember their farm, that's the overwhelming mood. A pervasive feeling of Forbearance. Powerful, strong, infusing everything, even into the furniture, the utensils. It's hard to describe how strong that presence of Forbearance was. These were people persisting very very close to the edge.

I remember marvelling how they'd been able to afford the fuel for the trip into town. It was a puzzle to me then, not yet knowing of credit. All my perceptions would come to coalescence when it came time to sleep.

I was shown my room. Nothing in it except a bed, and a small table next to it with a Bible and a candle. No more.

The boy lit the candle. He became very serious and asked me to please read just a little before I went to sleep. He assumed everyone else did as they did, read from the Bible before retiring.

I said nothing, a bit perplexed at his request to read only a little bit. He must have noticed my puzzlement. Then it all crystallised for me as he earnestly added, "To save the candle."

Continued in Part 2...

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Private Positivity

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nobelia/episodes/Private-Positivity-e31u05
What helps inordinately with the Positivity habit, and shifting from negativity behaviour, is to make a resolute and concerted effort to NOT express irritation, annoyance or other such reactions when alone in private. To NOT react to the TV, or our own stupidity or whatever in these ways. We Train Our Brain when we do this, and this mindset carries over to how we interact with others and life in general.


If we learn instead to just let that stuff be, let them go, and Understand we don't *have* to be irritated or annoyed, it's a choice. Doesn't make us any less Good if we don't respond to negativity with negativity, just makes us contributors to more downward spiral. We can respond to the negative in many different ways, and that's the key to Unrelenting Positivity, training ourselves to respond in alternate, and Positive ways, learn to actually *see* the world differently and thus react differently.

This does not mean we cease to see negativity, not at all, but we see how our *reactions* to negativity are the issue, and through our reactions, we come to our responses, and here we can make a phenomenal and profound Difference to the World, just by changing how we habitually and automatically react. We can make those reactions Positive, and thus profound.  <3

When we go further, focusing on how we *Feel*, that's when it all changes. It's not just *thinking* Positively which is important, but taking that extra additional step to *Feel* that Positivity, that's when the World changes for us.

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