Jasmine Ariti
asked
Rose Rosetree:
Hi, Rose! On page 40 of Bigger Than All The Night Sky, you say: "Questing Reader, I'll do my best to have fun *without* waiting for some bad part to happen any minute..." How has this commitment to joy - made when you were so young, 4 or 5 years old - shaped your life, personally and as a teacher? Has it ever been hard for you to come back to joy? (Sometimes I find it hard.) Thank you.
Rose Rosetree
Let's start with a preview of how I'm answering these fine questions from Jasmine.
Preview of What You'll Learn Here
#1. How I did - and didn't - answer a question that came up on Goodreads.
#2. What's the difference between making a commitment and having a talent?
#3. Would it work to make your own personal “Commitment to Joy”?
#4. Is having a talent the same thing as learning a skill?
#5. Do our talents shape our lives?
Jasmine A.'s Original Question
On Goodreads, Jasmine A. didn't ask about talent versus skill. Instead, she asked this:
Hi, Rose! On page 40 of "Bigger Than All The Night Sky, "you say: "Questing Reader, I'll do my best to have fun *without* waiting for some bad part to happen any minute..."
How has this commitment to joy - made when you were so young, 4 or 5 years old - shaped your life, personally and as a teacher?
Has it ever been hard for you to come back to joy? (Sometimes I find it hard.) Thank you.
What's the Polite Way to Answer a Question Based on a False Premise?
A false premise that may be surprisingly common!
Jasmine Ariti, thanks for asking. You referred to my alleged “commitment to joy” and then proceeded to ask some interesting questions. I’ll answer these questions as best I can. Yet, for the sake of integrity, I need to start my answers with what follows.
Did I Make a “Commitment to Joy”?
Not really. Not ever. More like, I’m wired inwardly to feel joy with very little outward provocation. What adults might call “a normal day” – for me, that day will have a lot of joy in it.
Joy has always been my default. In the language of the field I’ve founded, Energy Spirituality®, I’d call Talent for Joy to be one of the gifts of my soul. For this lifetime, anyway.
Would It Work to Make Your Own Personal “Commitment to Joy”?
I sure don’t think so. Please spare yourself, Jasmine Ariti. Spare yourselves, other Goodreaders.
We humans can work really hard to do impossible things, or things that can’t really work. Joy is an experience that most people have occasionally. However:
Sure, you can make a personal “commitment to joy” and try to feel that. Which unintended consequences will then be yours? Quite likely:
#1. Technically, you’ll do a lot of mood-making. Talking yourself into feeling something you don’t really feel. Much like today’s unfortunate “Be positive” craze. (This I consider a shortcut to mood-making.)
#2. Inwardly, you’ll cheat yourself of authentic, spontaneous life experience.
#3. Socially, discerning people may find you somewhat phony. Or VERY phony, depending on how hard you work to be something you’re not. Beware working hard to develop a social skill that can't work. That leads to taking "A Spiritual Side Trip."
It Would Be a Waste of Time to Mood-Make What You Don’t Have
You just read three reasons why I think so. Here comes the fourth reason, the most important by far.
You Already Have Your Own Gifts of the Soul
Yep, your own talents! Being spiritual gifts, they're not necessarily obvious. How can you find out which talents you have?
* Don't depend on other people to tell you.
* For Heaven's sake, don't expect your God-given talents to be obvious. Only happens in movies!
* Don't confuse talent with Fame Karma. (Learn more about Fame Karma at a series of six articles at my personal blog. Start by googling “Fame Karma But No Talent” - and remember to use the quotation marks.)
To Discover Your Talents, What Really Works?
Two different systems work great for me. Best of all, they're complementary.
System 1. Chakra Databanks in Your Aura Contain Info on Your Talents
I love to use the system of Aura Reading Through All Your Senses®. If you book a personal session with me, I can use this to help you learn about your own gifts of the soul.
I can also teach this skill to you. No clairvoyance or squinting will be necessary, btw. Simply take the online workshop “Aura Reading 101. Aura Reading for You”. Then guess what?
1. You’ll graduate with Stage 3 Energetic Literacy. (Good skills for reading auras. Only available since the Shift into the Age of Awakening. Although today's aura reading isn't terribly famous yet, hooray! You don’t have to wait for mainstream culture to tell you about it. You're learning right now. Hey, Goodreads is for thought leaders!)
2. When you learn good skills for energetic literacy, of course you can learn to read chakra databanks.
3. Each of your 1,000+ chakra databanks contains a lifelong gift of your soul.
System 2. Learn How to Find Face Reading Secrets® - Reading Your Face for Character
Physiognomy, reading faces for character, has been done for 5,000 years. As you can imagine, many different systems have been developed by now. What do I recommend, and use?
The system of Face Reading Secrets® helps you to see how your face is full of talents. Learn how from my face reading books, like "The New Power of Face Reading." This learning is easy and fun. Absolutely great to do along with a friend!
You Can’t Develop TALENT. You Can, However, Develop SKILLS
Sometimes skills are the best you can do. Skills are so helpful. By comparison, talent without skills may not be the best you can do.
For example, suppose you yearn to have perfect pitch. (Tonight, I finished reading "Lovely One," a memoir by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her elder daughter was born with perfect pitch.)
Yearning won't bring you perfect pitch. Nothing will. Either you have it or you don't. Perfect pitch is a talent.
However, you can learn to play a C Major scale on the piano. Since learning how is a skill.
What can we do when we observe things we like about others, like the aforementioned talent for joy? Talent is talent. No amount of admiration or skill will give us a talent. It can prove helpful to figure out which is which, skill or talent?
Now, to Answer Your Original Questions, Jasmine Ariti
For reasons that will seem obvious by now, I'll use slightly different language for phrasing these two questions. By now all you readers know, the original mix-up of talent and skill made this necessary for me.
Q. How has Rose Rosetree's talent for joy shaped her life, personally and as a teacher?
A. Mostly this has been a given. When I've written books, they had joy in them. When I've taught workshops, they've had joy in them.
Some folks have really liked this aspect. Others? Just the opposite.
Hey, that's life.
Q. Do Our Talents Shape Our Lives?
A. Maybe. Some people never learn what their talents actually are. Just because Sam isn't a musical prodigy like violinist Hilary Hahn - he can still develop awesome musical skills.
This time let's suppose that Sam does have musical talent. He develops excellent skills, and he loves to play his violin. That love and skill and talent might shape his life until he turns 40. Then he takes a good hard look at the classical music market, with the crazy competition, and the dwindling sales of concert tickets. He decides on a different career that will work well for him, a steady job at computer programming where he can use a different talent: One that can make him employable and also help him with work-life balance.
Q. Do You Ever Go Through Times When You Don't Feel Much Joy?
Sure. Again, that's life.
No real-life talent for us humans is ever-present, like the powers of a superhero. They're fictitious!
Superheroes are fictitious, and they never learn. (Ever notice?)
I'd rather be human, wouldn't you? Human life is unpredictable. Doesn't always smell good. Yet we can learn and grow.
Thanks for asking your questions, Jasmine. If any of you have follow-up questions, just ask.
Preview of What You'll Learn Here
#1. How I did - and didn't - answer a question that came up on Goodreads.
#2. What's the difference between making a commitment and having a talent?
#3. Would it work to make your own personal “Commitment to Joy”?
#4. Is having a talent the same thing as learning a skill?
#5. Do our talents shape our lives?
Jasmine A.'s Original Question
On Goodreads, Jasmine A. didn't ask about talent versus skill. Instead, she asked this:
Hi, Rose! On page 40 of "Bigger Than All The Night Sky, "you say: "Questing Reader, I'll do my best to have fun *without* waiting for some bad part to happen any minute..."
How has this commitment to joy - made when you were so young, 4 or 5 years old - shaped your life, personally and as a teacher?
Has it ever been hard for you to come back to joy? (Sometimes I find it hard.) Thank you.
What's the Polite Way to Answer a Question Based on a False Premise?
A false premise that may be surprisingly common!
Jasmine Ariti, thanks for asking. You referred to my alleged “commitment to joy” and then proceeded to ask some interesting questions. I’ll answer these questions as best I can. Yet, for the sake of integrity, I need to start my answers with what follows.
Did I Make a “Commitment to Joy”?
Not really. Not ever. More like, I’m wired inwardly to feel joy with very little outward provocation. What adults might call “a normal day” – for me, that day will have a lot of joy in it.
Joy has always been my default. In the language of the field I’ve founded, Energy Spirituality®, I’d call Talent for Joy to be one of the gifts of my soul. For this lifetime, anyway.
Would It Work to Make Your Own Personal “Commitment to Joy”?
I sure don’t think so. Please spare yourself, Jasmine Ariti. Spare yourselves, other Goodreaders.
We humans can work really hard to do impossible things, or things that can’t really work. Joy is an experience that most people have occasionally. However:
Sure, you can make a personal “commitment to joy” and try to feel that. Which unintended consequences will then be yours? Quite likely:
#1. Technically, you’ll do a lot of mood-making. Talking yourself into feeling something you don’t really feel. Much like today’s unfortunate “Be positive” craze. (This I consider a shortcut to mood-making.)
#2. Inwardly, you’ll cheat yourself of authentic, spontaneous life experience.
#3. Socially, discerning people may find you somewhat phony. Or VERY phony, depending on how hard you work to be something you’re not. Beware working hard to develop a social skill that can't work. That leads to taking "A Spiritual Side Trip."
It Would Be a Waste of Time to Mood-Make What You Don’t Have
You just read three reasons why I think so. Here comes the fourth reason, the most important by far.
You Already Have Your Own Gifts of the Soul
Yep, your own talents! Being spiritual gifts, they're not necessarily obvious. How can you find out which talents you have?
* Don't depend on other people to tell you.
* For Heaven's sake, don't expect your God-given talents to be obvious. Only happens in movies!
* Don't confuse talent with Fame Karma. (Learn more about Fame Karma at a series of six articles at my personal blog. Start by googling “Fame Karma But No Talent” - and remember to use the quotation marks.)
To Discover Your Talents, What Really Works?
Two different systems work great for me. Best of all, they're complementary.
System 1. Chakra Databanks in Your Aura Contain Info on Your Talents
I love to use the system of Aura Reading Through All Your Senses®. If you book a personal session with me, I can use this to help you learn about your own gifts of the soul.
I can also teach this skill to you. No clairvoyance or squinting will be necessary, btw. Simply take the online workshop “Aura Reading 101. Aura Reading for You”. Then guess what?
1. You’ll graduate with Stage 3 Energetic Literacy. (Good skills for reading auras. Only available since the Shift into the Age of Awakening. Although today's aura reading isn't terribly famous yet, hooray! You don’t have to wait for mainstream culture to tell you about it. You're learning right now. Hey, Goodreads is for thought leaders!)
2. When you learn good skills for energetic literacy, of course you can learn to read chakra databanks.
3. Each of your 1,000+ chakra databanks contains a lifelong gift of your soul.
System 2. Learn How to Find Face Reading Secrets® - Reading Your Face for Character
Physiognomy, reading faces for character, has been done for 5,000 years. As you can imagine, many different systems have been developed by now. What do I recommend, and use?
The system of Face Reading Secrets® helps you to see how your face is full of talents. Learn how from my face reading books, like "The New Power of Face Reading." This learning is easy and fun. Absolutely great to do along with a friend!
You Can’t Develop TALENT. You Can, However, Develop SKILLS
Sometimes skills are the best you can do. Skills are so helpful. By comparison, talent without skills may not be the best you can do.
For example, suppose you yearn to have perfect pitch. (Tonight, I finished reading "Lovely One," a memoir by Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Her elder daughter was born with perfect pitch.)
Yearning won't bring you perfect pitch. Nothing will. Either you have it or you don't. Perfect pitch is a talent.
However, you can learn to play a C Major scale on the piano. Since learning how is a skill.
What can we do when we observe things we like about others, like the aforementioned talent for joy? Talent is talent. No amount of admiration or skill will give us a talent. It can prove helpful to figure out which is which, skill or talent?
Now, to Answer Your Original Questions, Jasmine Ariti
For reasons that will seem obvious by now, I'll use slightly different language for phrasing these two questions. By now all you readers know, the original mix-up of talent and skill made this necessary for me.
Q. How has Rose Rosetree's talent for joy shaped her life, personally and as a teacher?
A. Mostly this has been a given. When I've written books, they had joy in them. When I've taught workshops, they've had joy in them.
Some folks have really liked this aspect. Others? Just the opposite.
Hey, that's life.
Q. Do Our Talents Shape Our Lives?
A. Maybe. Some people never learn what their talents actually are. Just because Sam isn't a musical prodigy like violinist Hilary Hahn - he can still develop awesome musical skills.
This time let's suppose that Sam does have musical talent. He develops excellent skills, and he loves to play his violin. That love and skill and talent might shape his life until he turns 40. Then he takes a good hard look at the classical music market, with the crazy competition, and the dwindling sales of concert tickets. He decides on a different career that will work well for him, a steady job at computer programming where he can use a different talent: One that can make him employable and also help him with work-life balance.
Q. Do You Ever Go Through Times When You Don't Feel Much Joy?
Sure. Again, that's life.
No real-life talent for us humans is ever-present, like the powers of a superhero. They're fictitious!
Superheroes are fictitious, and they never learn. (Ever notice?)
I'd rather be human, wouldn't you? Human life is unpredictable. Doesn't always smell good. Yet we can learn and grow.
Thanks for asking your questions, Jasmine. If any of you have follow-up questions, just ask.
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