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Title: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2011, 07:04:13 AM
I remembered my biology teacher saying if you put a frog in hot, it will immediately jump out.  However, if you put it in cold water and slowly boil it, it will stay there, get boiled to death and die.

I need to wake up and take my life in the direction that I truly want to go




I am pretty discipline, but I will be absolute discipline to my principles.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony - Ghandi (I realize that my thoughts and actions are in harmony, but they are not in harmony with what I say.  It is what I say that is what I want to do, and I need to bring my thoughts and my actions to be in harmony with what I say.

I do not put poison in my mind or my thoughts.

I do not consume alcohol except when it's a vital must (funeral and weddings)

I have stopped and do not take nicotine, and I will never do it again

I will only pursue my work 8 hours a day, and nothing more.

I will apply principles at all times, and accept whatever I get.

I am joyful, confidence, and contentment, and thankful for moment of my life

I am a vegetarian, except for the rare moments when its a gift (not at funerals and weddings).

I will find time to volunteer

I will give my best to everyone I meet and empower others including myself

I will take the time to laugh, learn, and grow every day.

I remember to apply my principles at all times, they are my joy.

My greatest goal is to conquer myself.

To my future myself, please come into my life now, starting today......... :)

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2011, 07:02:45 PM
I back test my results in my work and my self every day, and only principles work.  They are objective while whims subject to emotions will lead to failure.

To my future self:  Please adopt strong principles and never break them for any reason or anyone, including those trying to get under your skin. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 07, 2011, 03:30:01 PM
No matter what is happening.  If I apply my principles.  My results will always work out. 

That is the lesson that I learned this week.

My Principles always work. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 11, 2011, 06:40:28 AM
To the person that I want to be

Come into me today.....and Stay forever....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 20, 2011, 09:24:45 AM
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http://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_midover,sh_avgvol_o1000,sh_price_o20,ta_beta_o1&ft=3 (http://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_midover,sh_avgvol_o1000,sh_price_o20,ta_beta_o1&ft=3)

http://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_midover,sh_avgvol_o1000,sh_price_o20,ta_beta_o0.5&ft=3&r=21 (http://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=111&f=cap_midover,sh_avgvol_o1000,sh_price_o20,ta_beta_o0.5&ft=3&r=21)
1. Beta > .5
2. Over 1 million shares
3. Over 2 Billion Market Cap
4. Over $20 price


Best stock screener

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http://www.youtube-to-mp3.audio/ (http://www.youtube-to-mp3.audio/)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 21, 2011, 09:28:37 PM
I am going to make $1,000,000,000 and more trading the stock market.  It is only a matter of time

I will do it because I have a great entry

I will do it because I have a great trading plan, with all the discipline and contingency built in

I will do it because a billion is just number, there is nothing large about it

I will do it because I want to do it

I will do it because I have learned and became stronger

I will do it because I must

I will do it so that I can move on to and it will help me with my other path and passion, which is volunteering and helping others.

I will make a billion dollars and more in this life through trading the markets.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2011, 09:28:40 PM
Thank you to me for taking the time to think and reflect on and making the right choice by walking away from something which I would regret.

Thank you for coming up with the strength to do what is right.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 23, 2011, 08:24:09 PM
wow so enlightening! i hope u achieve what you want. :)

Thank you sis for your encouraging words. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 23, 2011, 08:34:31 PM
To Paul L:

Out of all of us you were so good, the very best.  I know why you started to fail lately, lack of a definite plan and absolute discipline to it.

I will try to learn from you my friend, and succeed for us all.  I hope you are doing great in your current endeavor.



To Frank L:

You are very good as well.  I think that the market was changing and so were we and our expectations.  However we fail to realize how difficult the coming changes were and kept doing what we did before.  When it didn't work, we kept blaming the market and kept on doing it, because we had personal cushions.  We should have made much bigger changes and create better plans for success, that was we failed.  Lets learn our past and create a much more successful future.  Yes, we need much better and more detailed methodology.


To Richard D:

You were very successful.  You gave your methodology to the kids, who gave it to the world, because of your pride.  When such a method is revealed to the world, it will work less than it did and then it will stop working because everyone will start to use it.


To Me:

I know a reason for my failure is the same as Paul and Frank.  Another reason for my failure is my wanting to smooth the curve of my trading system.

My lessons to me.

1.  Since I have a complete system already, absolute discipline to my trading plan on every single trade of every single day.
2.  From Richard D, never reveal my system
3.  I have a system that was developed through pain of trial and error, and I will trade and apply it on every single trade of every single day.  I will never second guess my system.  That will only lead to failure.  Thank you for the wonderful system that I have.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2011, 07:10:37 AM
Thank you for being my coach.

Your words made me realize that before I can perform flawlessly, I have to envision it and then practice it flawlessly first.

Therefore I will proceed to persistent practice, practicing flawlessly of my vision.


Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2011, 07:13:23 AM
Communication:

I will always remember to listen 4-1

I will communicate from my heart with every intention fixing, healing, or empowering the relationship

I will never communicate for vengeance or belittling or destruction, it doesn't matter who the other person is......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: SV1985 on October 27, 2011, 07:15:58 AM
One thing bro is stop using hypithecal phrase. (and or terms)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 28, 2011, 06:29:22 AM
One thing bro is stop using hypithecal phrase. (and or terms)

Thank you very much for the suggestion.  I will consider it. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2011, 07:57:24 AM
Re: To Me

I excel in the past because I took risk, calculated risk when I trade Bert and Nicolai's list.

I excel later on when on my own when I took on a role model, my friend Paul.

I won because I focused on principles and cut my losses quickly

I started to fail when I embraced the success and forgot the reasons why I succeeded in the first place.

I forget to enjoy and cherish each moment...as if I wanted it to last forever.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 04, 2011, 03:38:21 PM
Thank you Musashi for teaching us that, That negative emotions like rage, anger, impatience.... can kill or defeat us.

We must watch our thoughts at all times, and always chose calm, joy, and happiness.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 07, 2011, 09:39:25 AM
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2011, 08:44:24 AM

Emotions are the investor's worst enemy. Did you ever sell into
a panic, buy at the top, wony about being caught in a bear market,
or fear missing the next big bull run? Rational Analysis can help
you avoid those traps by giving you a reasonable basis to make
fully informed decisions. Then, instead of being a member of the
crowd, swayed by greed and fear and making the same mistakes
time and again, you can hold your head up high as an
independent investor acting in your own best interest.

 -  John Bollinger    'Bollinger on Bollinger Band'
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 10, 2011, 06:42:24 AM
Emotions are the key everything, because it is what drives us (as well as everyone else).

It is the key to winning and success

Make sure you drive your emotions with your thoughts rather than allow your emotions to drive you and your thoughts.


Emotional Intelligence


Silence is golden..... :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 17, 2011, 01:18:24 PM
With a high VIX, I have to be more conservative in my limit orders.

With a low VIX, I can be a little more aggressive in my limit orders.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2011, 05:54:49 AM
The dual strategy of options and equity can work side by side to maximize capital allocation.

Options stock needs volume > 5,000,000 shares per day.

Equity can do with less volume > 750,000 per day.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2011, 08:36:43 AM
With my current strategy, my options has to go out 1 1/2 months or more

If I cannot find a trade that has that criteria, I will pass up the trade. 

There's no reason to put on a trade that has such a large Theta going against me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2011, 10:48:00 PM
Apply Delta and Gamma into order.

Go deeper in the money, less risky.

All about decreasing risk, because containing losses is 90% of battle.

Daily patterns may be a little reliable than intra-day, but its still very good.

Keep VIX in mind, and all the other rules.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 19, 2011, 08:11:23 AM
We are not only conductors of information, but we are also conductors of energy as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 19, 2011, 08:12:28 AM
Behind every success story, there is a plan, calm, cool, and absolute discipline and persistence to the plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2011, 08:19:41 AM
http://www.prismagems.com/castaneda/donjuan1.html

The Teachings of Don Juan.

The four natural enemies are:
1. Fear
2. Clarity
3. Power
4. Old age.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2011, 10:12:57 PM
Thank you Rafe, for your teachings of love and trust, level VI thinking, problem solving thinking, and everything else.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 22, 2011, 08:20:55 AM
Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.  - Maslow
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 22, 2011, 06:16:59 PM
"Someday" is a code word for "Never"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2011, 07:27:06 PM
Desiring, or being attached to, results is dangerous.  It can lead to disastrous results.

The only way is through sound trading plan, and absolute discipline to to your plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2011, 07:28:07 PM
What the great traders found is a methodology that fits "your personality" - Jack Schwager
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2011, 07:35:01 PM
"Even a poor system will make money with good money management system."

"It's one of the stupidest things ever said" - Jack Schwager

Because there's no edge.  You need an edge.....to win.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2011, 08:19:03 PM
Zen in Trading :

"Just like in archery, whenever there is effort, force, struggling, straining, or trying it's wrong."



"Every trader follows their own light."  Story of Jack Schwager and friend
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2011, 08:29:26 PM
The Zen of Trading
Author: Greg Hodges
http://www.daytradinginsider.com

Being a day trader isn`t for everyone. Opening a scottrade account does not automatically qualify you as a trader. As a matter of fact, you have to be a little “special” to make your living in this manner. You`ve got to be cool, calculating, and always ahead of the most slippery of animals-the markets you trade in. But more than that, you need to know yourself.

You may think you know yourself, but being a day trader will teach you who you really are. And this fact is one of the most important and long-lasting effects of being- day-in and day-out, riding the wave of uncertainty. If you have any self-doubt, a propensity to be negativite or an inflexible ego…your goose will certainly get cooked before you can say “this must be rigged”. But if you have the ability to recognize your weaknesses honestly and take them head-on, the benefits can be much more than just financial.

But, alas, its only human to have moments of weakness and it becomes necessary for a successful day trader to develop a system not only for trading, but also for keeping the spirit tuned up and ready to rock and roll. This is a neglected yet most essential part of trading. The following is one method used by the author to mold a rather tentative and crude “trading head” to a survivor of fifteen years of making a living on delta (change).

Pillow Talk
Clearing ones mind of extraneous thought has been a key tenant of day trading years. In today’s world of “information overload”, we are constantly bombarded and overwhelmed by media of various sorts. A trader must not let their mind get cluttered by the constant distractions. More importantly, a trader must keep a positive and optimistic attitude. How does one do that?


There are numerous books on self improvement and spirituality that offer many methods and philosophies. As for the author, I found a very practical and effective system as expounded in The Handbook of Higher Consciousness by Ram Dass. In his wonderful book, Dass makes the connection between emotion and programming the brain. We learn by a powerful combination of emotion coincidental with a learning experience. An example is when you are frightened or angry; we are at our most vulnerable to program-in behavior because of the chemicals and hormones amplifying behavior. That’s why we sometimes act very irrationally because we were programmed when we were children and we keep responding to that infantile conditioned response. Dass recommends a very easy way to reprogram ourselves. We need to stimulate emotion at the same time we program instructions to our brain. He suggests that we cover out head with a pillow and scream into the pillow “no negative thinking” over and over again. The more emotion, the better. My friends, it works for me. When ever I get negative, it’s to the “screaming pillow” I go. Maybe it will work for you.

Because of my need to keep positive in my trading (keep in mind that a trader may have almost as many losing trades as winners), I learned a valuable technique that helps me keep positive in all situations-all the time. Without my pillow, I would have probably been like most normal traders when going through a losing streak…. “lose my cool”. When you lose your cool, fear and doubt can push you to abandon your system and with it- your capital.

You may not need a pillow, but you should find a way to keep centered and positive. There`s a lot of literature on the psychology of trading and investing. Believe me, under- standing your-self and how to “be above the fray” is as important as a good trading system. Moreover, your self-awareness will help you immensely in all aspects of your life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 06:26:17 AM
Three things you need for success.

1.  Heart
2.  At any moment, Sacrifice what you are for you will become
3.  Pain is temporary, but the pain of quitting lasts forever

Eric Thomas
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 07:15:14 AM
Use a higher Standard Deviation when the VIX > 30

Instead of using 2.1, consider using 2.5 or higher

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 07:17:41 AM
I missed a trade in BHP, because I cancelled the order.   

The trade would not have been filled on that day, triggering a 2 trade violation.  It would have been filled the next day.  I didn't want to repeat JPM again.  JPM was faulty on many levels.

However, BHP was a better entry.

But that's okay, I will have many opportunities to trade.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 08:32:34 AM
Trigger needs to be close to BB......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 09:17:02 AM
I cannot curve fit my trading plan to match what works.  For example, I cannot move my Bollinger Band MA to 24 or 28, because it will miss out on some very good move in trending markets.

The BB MA28 does work much better in volatile markets, but then it will not work at all in trending markets, because it will miss most of the signals.

What will work is paying attention to the VIX.  With a high VIX, make sure my signals are better.  I think I failed myself with my MAN and JPM entry.  As a result, I got a little nervous.  The MAN entry would have been okay under normal market circumstances, but considering the high VIX, it was better to go with the Three Bar Rule.

My new recent adjustments does accommodate a high VIX, without curve fitting the bollinger band.  I do not want to curve the bollinger band, because I will miss out on the strength and heart of my strategy, the P2s.

Focus on VIX and better candle signals.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 11:04:40 AM
Re:  Trading Confidence

If you're not sure you're gonna win, then you're not there yet.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 06:03:11 PM
Using the Cheetah analogy:

I chased the strong (JPM, CCL, and MAN) gazelle, too early, and when the lame baby (BHP & Mur) gazelle came along, I ran out of strength to go after it.

That is my lesson that I will take with me.  I will consider the VIX in all my entries.  Therefore depending on the VIX, I will apply strong candle signals or not.

Thank you for these powerful lessons.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 06:52:24 PM
It takes a strong candle pattern or trigger to enter in a uncertain market.   

The more uncertainty, the stronger the candle trigger needed. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 07:58:16 PM
Thank you Alex for the education in Calm, Cool, and absolute discipline
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2011, 10:49:31 PM
"I don't care how smart you are.  Nothing takes the place of hard work." - Freeman Hrabowski

Thank you for reaffirming that "Emotionally intelligence" is the key to success.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2011, 02:16:38 PM
How silly of me to gloat about my preparations for each day, when I am barely starting out.

There was only one major reason to do such silly things, to make my self look better.

But people see through that kind of disguise.  Therefore, just do it and keep it to myself until they ask. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2011, 09:08:21 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw4b4T_XYKY


“If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it,
to work day and night for it,
to give up your time, your peace and your sleep for it…

if all that you dream and scheme is about it,
and life seems useless and worthless without it…

if you gladly sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it
and lose all your terror of the opposition for it…

if you simply go after that thing you want
with all of your capacity, strength and sagacity,
faith, hope and confidence and stern pertinacity…

if neither cold, poverty, famine, nor gout,
sickness nor pain, of body and brain,
can keep you away from the thing that you want…

if dogged and grim you beseech and beset it,
with the help of God, you will get it!”
---Les Brown
______________ __
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2011, 09:13:07 AM
I am not 3 times the man I was yet.  I have simply known why I failed.  I have failed because I am responsible for it and no one else. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2011, 10:15:09 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae-VJ_lauCw
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2011, 12:35:51 PM
There's no more but in my life.  


What is the one thing that I am best at and love doing?  The market.....

What is the one thing that I want to learn from other people.... The market.....

What is the one thing that I want to be the best in the World at.....The market......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2011, 12:58:04 PM
"In life, you will always be faced with a series of God-ordained opportunities brilliantly disguised as problems and challenges." – Charles Udall.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2011, 08:31:04 PM
Again, my eagerness in JPM or MAN has cost me some trades on the back end when the good patterns really hit. 

What did I learn?    Be patient like the cheetah?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2011, 09:25:16 PM
Re:  Broken Rules

BID:  Thank you for the move, I had 93% of the move already.....

CCL:  The traded started wrong.....too many contracts, and too close to expiration.  I was already nearly 80% of my time duration.  Covering this trade is sort of undoing my ignorance.

Again, I cannot break my trading rules.  It is my only definition of success.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2011, 11:45:21 PM
Re:  Broken Rules

BID:  Thank you for the move, I had 93% of the move already.....

CCL:  The traded started wrong.....too many contracts, and too close to expiration.  I was already nearly 80% of my time duration.  Covering this trade is sort of undoing my ignorance.

Again, I cannot break my trading rules.  It is my only definition of success.

There's a saying, "Amateurs go broke taking large losses, professionals go broke taking small profits."

I have made enough of the amateur's mistake.  Let's not make the professional's now. :)))
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: ToxicCum on December 03, 2011, 09:26:36 AM
I remembered my biology teacher saying if you put a frog in hot, it will immediately jump out.  However, if you put it in cold water and slowly boil it, it will stay there, get boiled to death and die.


A psychiatrist would view this as a sign or symptoms of a possible future serial killer.....hen ce the torture-ish style of slow kill...  ;D  ;D

as many killers, tortured animals in their youths....(yes, thats a actual fact)...

disregard, as my post is irrelevant to the actual point of this thread.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2011, 07:15:18 PM
A psychiatrist would view this as a sign or symptoms of a possible future serial killer.....hen ce the torture-ish style of slow kill...  ;D  ;D

as many killers, tortured animals in their youths....(yes, thats a actual fact)...

disregard, as my post is irrelevant to the actual point of this thread.....


Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2011, 07:16:51 PM
I will be one of the best 2 weeks trader in the World.

How?????  By never allowing fear, desire, and greed to become a part of my decision making process, and be absolute discipline to my Principles at all time, on every single trade.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 06, 2011, 03:15:24 PM
Farewell my uncle.  Thank you for all you did and give to us all.  Have a wonderful journey back.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 06, 2011, 10:10:09 PM
Holy cow, I witnessed my own negative internal affirmations today, and I couldn't stop.  I witnessed my thoughts influencing my emotions, and then influencing my actions...
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 06, 2011, 10:11:51 PM
As my trading grows, one day, during a really good day, I will make 10 times, then 100 times, then 1,000 times, and then maybe 10,000 times what I made that one day.....becaus e that is part of the plan..
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2011, 10:55:51 AM
I noticed that within the last two weeks, despite my effort to be completely discipline to my trading rules, there were still influences of fear and greed.

With every passing day, I need stronger resolve to transcend fear and greed, or else it will completely fail.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 08, 2011, 06:10:45 PM
Thank you to Simon Yates, Joel Simpson, and Alex Honnold for your inspiration.

"There's no adrenaline rush.  If I feel a rush, then something has gone terribly wrong."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBrXUuwvgg
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 09, 2011, 09:06:04 AM
"If there's no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm." - An African proverb
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 09, 2011, 11:21:12 AM
Thank you Zig Ziglar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMogDrHnMQ&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2011, 09:59:42 AM
There's wind that blows in from the north.
And it says that loving takes this course.
Come here. Come here.
No I'm not impossible to touch I have never wanted you so much.
Come here. Come here.
Have I never laid down by your side.
Baby, let's forget about this pride.
Come here. Come here.
Well I'm in no hurry. Don't have to run away this time.
I know you're timid.
But it's gonna be all right this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DzWUlYqup8&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2011, 10:20:50 AM
Milkshakes (Poem from Before Sunrise)
Written by Iris Watts Hirideyo

Before Sunrise

    Daydream delusion
    Limousine Eyelash
    Oh, baby with your pretty face
    Drop a tear in my wineglass
    Look at those big eyes
    See what you mean to me
    Sweet cakes and milkshakes
    I am a delusion angel
    I am a fantasy parade
    I want you to know what I think
    Don’t want you to guess anymore
    You have no idea where I came from
    We have no idea where we’re going
    Launched in life
    Like branches in the river
    Flowing downstream
    Caught in the current
    I’ll carry you. You’ll carry me
    That’s how it could be
    Don’t you know me?
    Don’t you know me by now?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 11, 2011, 08:10:57 PM
Focus on the Entries.....The exit and the discipline of staying in the trade will be conditioned in.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 11, 2011, 09:15:39 PM
Do not tempt myself, because the bad habits strengthens very fast.  >:D
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2011, 09:42:54 AM
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Montana man convicted of running an investment scam on the Internet was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $13.2 million in restitution to more than 1,400 investors.

U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno told Rick Young, 52, of Lewistown, that the fraud carried out by his Nevada-based Global One Group from 2006 to 2007 was "incredibly repulsive."

Many of the victims, the judge said, were vulnerable, "middle-class working people taking money out of accounts, trading out of their 401(k) plans, their pension plans, even off of their credit cards."

"Frankly, it was nothing more than a type of Ponzi scheme, but it was incredibly sophisticated," he said.

Among other things, prosecutors said Young and his partner used the money for their own gain in 2006 and 2007 partly by falsely marketing the Global One as a licensed securities broker. A federal jury in March convicted Young of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and one count of securities fraud.

Young appealed to the judge for "mercy and leniency" so that he might see his disabled 49-year-old wife again before one of them dies.

"This case is a big cluster. It's all messed up," said Young, who denied any criminal wrongdoing and said he was a victim of overzealous law enforcement and a former business partners who stole from him.

"I never thought in 1,000 years I'd be sitting here. It shows the glaring injustice of the justice system," he said. "Maybe I was a bad businessman. Maybe I made some mistakes. But never did I step out to do something criminal."

Hicks said that he had to give Young credit for one thing — his "smooth" sales techniques on his webcasts.

"It's the court's view the defendant obviously was impressed with his own skills in salesmanship that he could tell his story to the jury just as successfully," he said. He said Young may have begun with some good intentions but "got carried away" in a "snowball" of greed.

"By the time it was at the bottom of the hill, he was so deeply mired in the fraud of these people that this court finds it, frankly, incredibly repulsive," he said.

Young's co-defendant, William Willard, 68, of Bozeman, Mont., was sentenced later Tuesday to 15 months in prison. Prosecutors recommended that penalty based on his cooperation in the investigation and in the prosecution of Young. Willard pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre acknowledged it was a harsh penalty to seek for white-collar crime but Young deserved 30 years in prison.

"Young molded and perfected a sophisticated and wide-ranging fraud perpetrated over a three-year period where he controlled all the money, manipulated information, drained the savings of victims, captivated and brainwashed others through repeated lies and false promises spewed over and over again through the Internet, defamed and denigrated those who dared challenge him and enriched himself in the process without a care for those who suffered enormous loss," Myhre wrote in a sentencing brief.

Hicks also rejected a defense request that Young be allowed to serve the sentences for various counts concurrently instead one after another, which have put his sentence somewhere between 17 and 20 years.

"I feel this case is so aggravated it calls for something more than a concurrent sentence," the judge said.

"This is such a massive fraud with so many victims who suffered such real loss and whose lives are still affected," said Hicks, who's been on the federal bench 10 years but said he couldn't recall a case where the criminal activity had adversely affected so many people so seriously.

Prosecutors said Young, Willard and others marketed Global One, which wasn't a licensed broker, as a company that provided educational opportunities on trading techniques on the foreign exchange market. Investors were charged $500 annual memberships for access to Global One's website, conference calls and Web-based seminars, and instructed to open accounts with foreign exchange brokers recommended by Global One.

In presentations, investors were told that Young made 8,000 successful trades in a year without suffering one loss, and that the company had a software program that could automatically execute trades.

Prosecutors said the claims were not true and there was no automatic trader, even though Young could be seen on webcasts telling investors it was "working its magic."

"Go Auto! Go Auto!" Young would say while three people manually executed the trades.

Prosecutors said they could not confirm it was a record, but that the 25-year sentence was one of the most significant ever for white-collar crime in that district of Nevada. The added length was due in part to Young portraying himself as a "man of God" and appealing to investors religious faith, they said.

Myhre said in a statement after the sentencing that the case shows consumers should be suspicious of so-called investment experts who offer above-average rates of return, as well as those who "appeal to your personal status, such as your religious beliefs, need for financial security and sense of belonging."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2011, 02:24:32 PM
"The Profit Gap" - difference between theoretical results and actual results of executing a Trading Plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2011, 04:59:39 PM
Case Study BRCM at 34 (11/15/2011).  In a kinder low VIX market, it would have rallied.  In a higher VIX market, the stock trended down.

That is the influence the market has on stocks. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 15, 2011, 05:38:15 PM
    In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.

                          -  Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
                             German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
   
This is why the market is so insane at times.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 15, 2011, 05:58:30 PM
Discipline is the "Key" element in trading - Adam Hueson

It is the most important thing.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 16, 2011, 02:00:24 PM
We finally meet, at last.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN0GyX0mz6A&list=PLFE143E6552F2C80A&index=1&feature=plpp_video
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 16, 2011, 08:33:21 PM
"We can't change the wind, but we can adjust the sails." ...


Don't wish for a better wind, but wish for the wisdom to set a better sail - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2011, 12:50:51 PM
Take it to the edge, that's where interesting things happen.  - an Origamist


(self) Discipline - applying all that we know.  - Jim Rohn

Consistent Self discipline
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2011, 01:53:12 PM
Plan for every day, every week, months, and years. - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2011, 07:48:17 PM
Trading isn't about being right or wrong.  It's a probability game.  - Mark Douglas

Train your mind to be absolute discipline and belief in your system.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 19, 2011, 12:59:33 PM
When you give kindness, its not gone, its invested, and it will come back to you time and again. - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 20, 2011, 09:15:42 AM
Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:
No Attachment to Dust

Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.

When witnessing the good action of another encourage yourself to follow his example. Hearing of the mistaken action of another, advise yourself not to emulate it.

Even though alone in a dark room, be as if you were facing a noble guest. Express your feelings, but become no more expressive than your true nature.

Poverty is your treasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

Virtues are the fruit of self-discipline and do not drop from heaven of themselves as does rain or snow.

Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. Let your neighbors discover you before you make yourself known to them.

A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.

To a sincere student, every day is a fortunate day. Time passes but he never lags behind. Neither glory nor shame can move him.

Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.

Some things, though right, were considered wrong for generations. Since the value of righteousness may be recognized after centuries, there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation.

Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2011, 02:17:24 PM
The New York Times has unmasked 80-year-old Cornell alum Charles F. Feeney as the anonymous donor who gave the school a $350 million donation to construct a new technology-based satellite campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Officials at The  Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation started by Feeney in 1982, confirmed to the paper last night that he was the one who made the gift for the project, which is expected to generate an extra $1.4 billion in tax revenue for the city, plus 20,000 construction jobs and as many as 30,000 new jobs once the facility is up and running.
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Which leads to the inevitable question: who is this guy? To begin with, he's a very rich guy. He co-founded Duty Free Shoppers Group in the early 1960s, and sold his stake in the company to LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton for $2.47 billion in 1996. At the time, The Times noted Feeney's "net worth far exceeds the $975 million estimated by Forbes magazine." After the sale, The Times reported estimated that the proceeds, paired with other funds Feeney turned over to the foundation "left the charity with $3.5 billion, even after the $610 million that has already been distributed to charities."
Related: Strauss-Kahn Pins Defense on Datebook, Claim of Consent

To that point, he'd be donating anonymously, but it was Judith Miller of The New York Times who coaxed Feeney into discussing his donations with a member of the press for the first time in 1997, though he wouldn't pose for a picture.
Related: Bloggers Unite Against Drunken Puppy Shopping

In adidition to donating to universities and hospitals, Feeney told Miller that he's also made personal contributions to Sinn Fein, the IRA's political arm, worth up to $280,000, which made him the organization's biggest American donor (Feeny holds dual citizenship.) As of 1997, the foundation's largest grant was $30 million, a figure that Feeney has dwarfed in recent years. In 2009, he gave $125 million to build a new medical center for the University of California-San Francisco that would treat women, children, and cancer patients. Over the course of the last decade, he's given more than €46m to the University of Limerick in Ireland. Hs total donations for Cornell over the years -- not counting the latest $350 hit -- exceed $600 million.
Related: Inside the Miraculous Math of the 9/11 Memorial

Perhaps not surprisingly, he took the "Giving Pledge" created by Bill and Melinda Gates earlier this year, vowing to give away everything in the Atlantic Properties coffers by 2020. As Dealbook noted at the time, the rapid timetable illustrates Feeney's specific brand of philanthropy, which eschews trusts and foundations for what he calls "giving while living," in which the philanthropist's goal is to become flat broke before his own death.
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Nearly every profile makes note of how unimpressed Feeney is with what his wealth can buy him, noting that he flies coach, wears a $15 watch, and doesn't own a house or a car. When Miller asked him why he decided to give everything away, Feeney replied, "I simply decided I had enough money."

In 2007, when The New York Times convinced him to sit for a profile again, Jim Dwyer said, not inaccurately, that Feeney was "what Donald Trump would be if he led his life backward."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2011, 07:29:24 PM
Philosophy

"I had one idea that never changed in my mind—that you should use your wealth to help people. I try to live a normal life, the way I grew up," Feeney said. "I set out to work hard, not to get rich."[5] A report explaining Feeney's "Giving While Living" approach to philanthropy and its lasting impact on the philanthropic community was issued by The Atlantic Philanthropies in 2010. It profiles Feeney as well as other philanthropist s who give in this manner and the impact of their grant-making.
[edit] Foundation

Feeney founded The Atlantic Philanthropies in 1982, and in 1984, having made provision for each of his children and for his first wife, as well as very modest provision for himself, transferred the bulk of his wealth to the foundation.

As of the end of 2009, AP has made grants totaling more than $5 billion since 1982 and plans to spend its remaining $4 billion endowment by 2017.[9] The Atlantic Philanthropies grant-making supports health and social projects in Australia, Bermuda, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United States and Viet Nam. It is one of the largest charitable donors in each of the countries in which it operates,[10] and is the single largest funder of ageing and of comprehensive immigration reform in the United States.[11][12][13]
[edit] Education

Feeney has been a major donor to his alma mater Cornell University, which has received over $950 million in direct and AP gifts, including an initially-anonymous donation of $350 million towards the New York Tech Campus[14]. He has also donated around $1 billion to education in Ireland, mostly to third-level institutions, most notably the University of Limerick,[1] and over $220 million to causes in Vietnam.
[edit] The Giving Pledge

In February 2011 Feeney became a signatory to The Giving Pledge.[15] In his letter to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the founders of The Giving Pledge, Feeney writes, "I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living - to personally devote oneself to meaningful efforts to improve the human condition. More importantly, today's needs are so great and varied that intelligent philanthropic support and positive interventions can have greater value and impact today than if they are delayed when the needs are greater."[16]
[edit] Books and articles

Feeney first went public about his philanthropy in 1997, in an article published by The New York Times;[4] at the time, he decided to end his anonymity when it became apparent that a dispute with Robert Miller, his former DFS partner, over the sale of DFS Group was likely to lead to a lawsuit that would reveal his donations anyway.[4]
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2011, 11:37:04 AM
Secret to profits: Touch something and leave it better than when you found it - Jim Rohn


Key to wealth:  spend 70 cents, 10 cents to charity, 10 cents to active capital, and 10 cents to passive capital.


Its okay to be rich, as long as its in the service of others, and not the expense.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2011, 04:07:45 PM
I dreamed about you last night again.  It is funny that when I reflect on my memories with you, my most cherished memory was the day when I couldn't touch you at all.  I still remembered your confidence and your smell.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2011, 07:58:45 PM
Because of my rush into NFX, I couldn't bring myself to enter ALTR.  ALTR was the better pattern, and eventually the better performer.  There was no Trigger in NFX, and no Trigger at all.


NFX, not APKT
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 23, 2011, 09:05:47 PM
1. Positive self determination
2. Self reliance
3. Self Discipline
4.  Self enterprising
5.  Work well with others
6.  Self appreciation


1.  Focus concentration
2.  Resilience
3.  Integrity
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 24, 2011, 09:42:07 AM
I desired change in 2001, without wanting to work for it and without understanding all its implications and the necessary work to make it work, and that is why I got the result that I got back then.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 24, 2011, 10:25:06 AM
2001 was a really difficult period to trade, because of the melt down of stocks like akam, inkt, jdus, pmcs and many others from 200 + to 20 or 10.  Because of the extreme volatility, my very good fills are sometimes stopped out, or they reach target within a day or two.

 However, both methodologies work.  There were a lot less signals.  Going down fast always generate less signals.  I think it was even more difficult to trade than the melt down of 2008.

When you have time, you should visit these other time frames.  It will only make you better to realize what is in store for different time frames.


Okay, good job to me for following my trading discipline all week.  Let's do that every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month, and every year from now on.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 25, 2011, 12:33:36 PM
Three things I learned from my studies.

1.  Strength is not only in my Entries, but really in my system too.  By applying  overall system, I will:
     a.  Cut losers quickly with my stops.
     b.  Let winners ride, because I have to let my trades sit for 8-12 days.
     c.  I will never re-enter a stopped bollinger trade, but I will keep on re-entering a stopped Swing trade as long as I get another signal.

2.  BB, slightly harder to execute in stocks that have had large moves, internet bubble or large trend up.  This is because the charts' scales have changed.  However, under normal circumstances, look for quality triggers and enter orders according to my rules.
     a.  Charts' scaling only change if it trends down or up hard. 

3.  I have to trail my stops to achieve Stop2 and Stop3.  They are the key to minimizing my losses by keeping it small and by preventing a winner from turning into a loser.



Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2011, 01:29:11 PM
What I have learned in my back testing over the years is that stock will and can go any where.  Even the NASD 100 can go from 0ver 100 to 20 in a couple of years, and that is an index.

Therefore stay with trend, trade the system and never question your system.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2011, 06:29:44 PM
In my homework, I will create 4 list from my five.

1.  Bollinger Longs candidate
2.  Bollinger short candidate

3.  Swing longs candidate
4.  Swing short candidate

So that I will be better organized instead of being all over the place.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2011, 07:18:45 PM
I noticed that the Dell chart from late 02 - 03 didn't look that beautiful.  However the Dell 03 charts look beautiful, including the beginning.

A rally or sell-off stretches the charts and makes them look more beautiful.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2011, 08:07:40 PM
One of the things that I did not test was:

Coinciding my trades with movements in the SPY.

For example Spy breaks out and take all the Strong candles

Spy breaks down and take all the entries with weak candles, or short swing entries.

I may have to pay attention to that to increase my chances of success.

I will have many triggers, and it is best to go with the market.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2011, 08:55:18 PM
Since I will have approximately over 900-1000 signals:

Take a page out of my study at Vanderbilt and time my trades with the SPY for maximum effectiveness and a greater chance of success.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2011, 09:02:50 PM
I just noticed that, out my later triggers last week, I did enter two of the lesser performers.

That doesn't change anything, I will continue to execute my trading plan the best of my ability.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2011, 03:37:43 PM
To stay with the Trend in Swing, make sure to stay with the side that is usually poking the Bollinger Band.

For example when a stock turns up it will poke the upper bollinger band and retrace to the 20 for a swing signal

Or when a stock turns down, it will poker the lower bollinger band, and retrace to the 20MA for a swing signal

Stay with the side that is riding or poking the bollinger band.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2011, 04:52:51 PM
The market really is:  All the hopes and fears of all the traders and investors, big & small, playing out their biases as a whole.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2011, 05:12:49 PM
Since I will not break my trading rule on the back or the exit.  My focus will be absolutely to not break my trading rule on the front end, or the Entry.

1.  Is this a beautiful Bollinger or Swing Pattern?

2.  Does it have a Good Trigger?

Enter only if "Yes" to both questions.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2011, 08:47:20 PM
One thing that happened to me was a recent trade that I entered under Bollinger Band.   However, this trade would not have been entered had I consider or been aware of the Swing criteria (S3).  There was an opposite Swing Trigger about two weeks back.  Making this stock inappropriate for this entry.

I think, we may get confused sometimes, especially if the stock whipsaws back and forth between the 20MA (especially S2 or S3).  However, I am thinking, for longs stay with strength.  One thing that has helped me is finding scenarios that has hit the upper band recently with a bullish swing trigger.  For shorts find scenarios that has hit the lower band recently and with a  bearish swing trigger.

Use Swing and BB to understand each other.  They can't both be right, and one will hint at strength or weakness.

The example is ROC  12/01 to 12/15.  The S3 would have nullified the Bollinger Band Entry.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2011, 08:57:32 PM
One thing that happened to me was a recent trade that I entered under Bollinger Band.   However, this trade would not have been entered had I consider or been aware of the Swing criteria (S3).  There was an opposite Swing Trigger about two weeks back.  Making this stock inappropriate for this entry.

I think, we may get confused sometimes, especially if the stock whipsaws back and forth between the 20MA (especially S2 or S3).  However, I am thinking, for longs stay with strength.  One thing that has helped me is finding scenarios that has hit the upper band recently with a bullish swing trigger.  For shorts find scenarios that has hit the lower band recently and with a  bearish swing trigger.

Use Swing and BB to understand each other.  They can't both be right, and one will hint at strength or weakness.

The example is ROC  12/01 to 12/15.  The S3 would have nullified the Bollinger Band Entry.


Therefore I will not short an P1 against a beautiful S2 (C&H) as well.  When the patterns Contradict go with the Strength of the pattern.  Where is it hitting the Bollinger Bands.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2011, 07:06:16 PM
The SIG bearish signal is not coming through, because the pattern is still closer to an S2, and not an S3 because of the tighter bands.  Therefore, it will take its time, yet.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 02:58:51 PM
David:  Thank you for a very well written book.  Your words of wisdom are treasures.  Unfortunately, words of wisdom never really sink in unless its through trial and suffering.  I do appreciate them and they re-affirm in me what it takes to succeed in Trading.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 03:06:00 PM
From David Nassar's book:

The Harvard Business Review conducted a study regarding leadership qualities for business people.  The study showed the balance of power between cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence.  Emotional intelligence won out by almost 5 to 1 in terms of importance.  If you chose to believe these studies and opinions, you can then begin to build yourself into the trader you want to be.  But it is important to recognize that cognitive intelligence with emotional intelligence is prone to be over analytical, while emotional intelligence without cognitive intelligence is prone to be vulnerable to swings in the market and gambling.

Therefore, no matter what is happening in the market, up or down, no matter what is happening with my PNL, positive or negative, my best response will always be the same:  Calm, cool, and absolute discipline to my Trading Plan. - Me
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 03:11:28 PM
From David Nassar's book:

Live within your means.  Many people will live far beyond their means in the belief that things have always worked out and will continue to.  This is unfair pressure to put on yourself if you are to be of healthy mind while trading.  Financial pressure is precisely a reason that you should not trade.  The emotions associated with such pressure when living beyond your means jades objectivity and, in the end cheats you.  When you money motivation is the only reason to trade, danger is not usually far behind.  This rule can apply to, other professions, or life as well.

Trade without desiring results.  Therefore, no matter what is happening in the market, up or down, no matter what is happening with my PNL, positive or negative, no matter what is happening in my life, my best response will always be the same:  Calm, Cool, and Absolute Discipline to my Trading Plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 03:17:06 PM
From David Nassar's book:

We evaluate results because we're in a state of confusion.  When we're making money, most will not take steps to evaluate how results are achieved.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 06:41:05 PM
Thank you Toni, for your two commandments (to be etched in stone)

1.  Protect your principal
2.  Trade to trade well (not to make money)


My trading plan already incorporate those principles, but you have re-affirmed their importance.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 06:44:05 PM
The four stages of Trading

1.  Unconscious incompetence stage

2.  Conscious incompetence stage

3.  Conscious competence stage

4.  Unconscious competence state

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 06:49:12 PM
Some traders worst days have come after their best - therefore never allow your confidence to exceed your skills

Mind management - clear focus - clear head

The best traders learn to lose, because its part of the game.

Learn everything possible from people that are already successful, follow the rules reasoning they share.

Specialize
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 06:51:03 PM
For success, one must raise the level of one's expectation.

"No matter what is happening, I will be absolute discipline to my trading plan"

That is my only expectation.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2011, 07:27:21 PM
David Nassar on Exiting.

Doing the right thing may not seem easy at first, but once you form the habit of cutting losses quickly, it becomes quite routine and very gratifying.  Taking the devil's advice will prove very damaging very fast, but in time you will not hear from him anymore. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 01:51:53 PM
Thanks to my friend and mentor Toni Turner

Center Point 1: The power of commitment
     Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectivenes s.  Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too.  All sort of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.  A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would come his way. - W. H. Murray (Climbed Mt. Everest)

Center Point 2: Empower your personal beliefs
     Your potential is unlimited.  Aspire to a high place.  Believe in your abilities, in your tastes, in your own judgment.  Imagine and perceive that which you wish to be.  Back your image with enthusiasm and courage.  Feel the reality of your "new" self; live in the expectancy of greater things and your subconscious will actualize them. - Brian Adams

Center Point 3: Your Vision: Life's Invitation to Greatness
     What would you do if you knew you could not fail? - Dr. Robert Schuller

Center Point 4: Extend your reach
     The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them, to the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke

Center Point 5: The Miracle of giving
     He who loves others is constantly loved by them.  He who respects others is constantly respected by them.  - Mencius (4th-3rd Century, BCE)

Center Point 6: Coincidence or Synchronicity?
     The basics of belief in synchronicity are that every single life has a purpose and a deeper meaning than we are generally aware of.  Behind all form is an intelligence that is exquisitely perfect, and that works in synchronized fashion.  Everything happens for a purpose, and the puzzle pieces of life fit together perfectly.  When you trust and know these thoughts, you will daily recognize evidence for your belief in synchronicity. -  Dr. Wayne Dyer

Center Point 7: Detachment, Pathway to Freedom
     Anything you want be acquired through detachment, because detachment is based on the unquestioning belief in the power of your true self.  - Deepak Chopra, MD

Center Point 8:  The Power of Intuition
     It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.   - Saint-Exupery

Center Point 9:  Practice Healthy Selfishness
     Do you want to be a power in the world?  Then be yourself.  Be true to the highest within your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs or conventionalit ies or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded on principles. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Center Point 10:  Release the Past
     People are always blaming circumstances for what they are.  I do not believe in circumstances.  The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them. - George Bernard Shaw

Center Point 11:  Create a Prosperity Consciousness
     You are an expression of the infinite creative flow, the infinite creative process.  You have everything you need to achieve a life of abundance.  You only need access it by claiming your entitlement from within.  Know that you are a center within an affluent universe, and guidance, ingenuity, and opportunities await you. - Eric Butterworth

Center Point 12: The truth about Fear
     Begin difficult things while they are easy, do great things when they are small.  The difficult things of the world must once have been easy; the great things must once have small... a thousand mile journey begins with one step. - Lao Tzu

Center Point 13: Live consciously, Succeed Miraculously!
     Follow your heart, your dreams, your desires.  Do what your soul calls you to do, whatever it is, and allow it be be finished; then you will go on to another adventure. - Ramtha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 01:54:19 PM
The day I started trading from my head, and not my heart, I started making money consistently, trade after winning trade.

First Commandment: Protect your capital
Second Commandment:  Trade to trade well (not to make money)


 - Toni Turner
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:02:05 PM
I returned to trading about 4 years ago.  I use to be a market maker on NASD, and I left on negative terms.   I knew how to make markets, and thought I was a very good trader.  I changed my strategy and didn't put in the required work to make that change work.  I experienced so much inconsistency and negative emotions.   I thought I would have an edge when re-entering trading years later.

It just occurred to me that my history actually delayed my ability to trade successfully.  A couple of reasons. 
1.  I was still carrying a biased that I knew enough to win, when I didn't.   
2.  I was carrying the pain of my past losses and fears.

That was why it took much longer for me than someone new to learn to trade effectively.

I now finally have a tested system, and I am finally understanding the markets the way it needs to be understood.  Thank you for the long journey.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:03:52 PM
Consolidation vs Range
Continuation or Reversal
Your first lost (stopped) is your smallest lost - The Old Trader
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:07:21 PM
Forgiveness     

     The best way to release the past is to forgive....for give ourselves and those people and situations that hurt us.  Just as our bodies heal physical bruises, our inner self wants to heal emotional injuries.  We heal by releasing those injuries.  We release by forgiving.
     To forgive, we face the matter and own it.  We acknowledge that the negative energy we've carrying around no longer serves us.  We choose to leave the situation behind and, in doing so, we forgive.
     Forgiveness is a gift to ourselves.  It release us from the past, fills our lives iwth positive emotions, and frees us to shape an abundant, successful tomorrows.   - Toni Turner
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:12:13 PM
Buy Low, sell high works well in real estate.  It rarely works as well in the stock market, especially in short-term trades.  Remember when you choose a stock to buy, it's like choosing players for your ball team.  You don't want to choose a guy with a broken arm, or the girl who's clumsy.  You choose the strongest people available to make a winning team.  When you're trading, you choose the strongest stocks to make winning profits. - Toni Turner
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:16:18 PM
A thought + a feeling => action     - Psyc 101?

I didn't know this.  It took T Harv Eker to tell me this.

My most formidable enemy in Trading:  My emotions. (Therefore no matter what is happening, my best response will be calm, cool, and absolute discipline to my trading rules and plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:19:07 PM
Thanks for the signal in APKT, however if I had kept a Swing eye on it, I would never have entered the order.  My third question before entering a trade will be.

Did the stock recently came from a bollinger band in the direction of which I want to trade?  This is vital for determining strength for longs and weakness for shorts......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:22:05 PM
The market is always going to go higher than I think it can, or lower than I think it will. - Jim Rodgers
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:23:23 PM
The higher your self-esteem, the more positive your thoughts - Mark Douglas

The market is like a river, you can't change it, but only flow with it.  - Toni Turner
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:32:01 PM
From Toni Turner's book:

First, imagine a thought plus a feeling, minus the action-especially if the action relates to pleasure.  Thought: I've had a long day at work, and a beer would taste good before dinner.  Automatically, you imagine a frosty mug filled with the golden elixir, a foamy top.  Feelings: pleasure.  Your mouth anticipates the taste of cool, refreshing, robust liquid.  Gratification flows through you at the feeling of relaxation that always follows and reward for a long day.  Action: Yes, you'll have a beer.  You reach into the refrigerator-but there's no beer.  Rats.  Now your feelings of expected pleasure turn to irritation.  Thought, plus a feeling, minus the desired action.
     That's how we humans are built.  We think of something, qualify it with feelings, and carry thorough with action (or inaction).  I'm out of bee(thought), disappointment 9feeling), so you go (or decide not to go) to the store (action).

This thought and action seeking comfort in disappointment is very detrimental to trading.  It has nothing to do with success in trading.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 02:40:35 PM
Thank you to my good friend for inspiring my New Year's Resolution.

Become the change you want in the world. - Ghandi

For you my friend, I will honor my New Years resolution.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2012, 07:54:10 PM
"As I have stated throughout this book, many of the qualities required to trade successfully are the same virtues we hope to possess in other facets of our lives: humility, grace, passion, patience, generosity, and discipline." - David Nassar
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2012, 10:15:23 AM
I lost money trading in 2004 because.....
1. I did not have a good enough trading plan
2. I hadn't put enough work into earning success
3. I did not have enough discipline because I didn't have a plan to have complete faith in.
4. I didn't have a good enough understanding of the emotional intelligence to succeed.

I lost money in 2008, and 2009 because
1.  I sill do not have a trading plan that I have complete faith in.  What I have was trying to recollect my thoughts on what it took to succeed.  I still do not have an understanding of the emotional discipline/intelligence required for complete success.
2.  I kept experimenting with new methodologies, without the required work and discipline training that is vital for success.
3.  I picked up where I left off in 2004, in some ways, because I am scarred by my losses and how I dealt with such losses back then.  I piled on more and hung on and prayed, until it was too much and then I covered everything.  That has nothing to do with success.
4.  I still needed to better understand myself.

2012
1.  I have a complete trading plan that has been tested for over 12 years.   It works very well every year on both dimensions of percentage and winners per trade vs losers per trade.
2.  In all my past failures, I did not have absolute rules to follow (position size or time constraint) or I broke my rules once the stock starts to move.  I am conditioning in "absolute discipline to my trading plan".  That will be my only definition of success.  I will never break a trading rule.
3.  My main focus this year will be to spot better entries, and to be absolute discipline to my trading rules.
4.  I am finding joy in every moment and everything I do.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2012, 10:18:12 AM
I was asking myself recently why do I wake up in the morning, exercise and meditate.  It surely is not for something as shallow as wanting to look good, is it?

I finally found my answer.  It is to remind myself that we all have to push ourselves every day.  By doing it in the morning, I remind myself of that very early each day.  Hopefully, it will translate to the rest of the day.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2012, 10:28:21 AM
Thank you to all my mentors and friends that have came into my life, and helped me understand my life better.

Thank you to:

Tony Robbins - You started me on my journey to healing and growth
Deepak Chopra - You allowed me to understand that its not a human journey, but a spiritual one, much more than we could understand or comprehend.
Wayne Dyer - You allowed me to understand the idea of an infinite intelligence.  
Mark Miniverni - You taught me how to trade.  The lesson was longer than I wanted, because I carried too much pain from my past, but you taught me how to trade.
The Miracle man
Bob Proctor
Sidartha Gautama
Steven Cohen
Jack Monopoli
Frank Longman
W. Mitchell
Vulch
Uncle Pao
Bill Yancey
Jack Schwager
Toni Turner
David Nassar
Mark Douglas
My mom
My DadMy father-inlaw
My mother-inlaw
My beautiful, loving, and brave daughters
My Handsome and very smart son
Adam Huelson
Jim Rohn
Les Brown
Eric Thomas
Michael Master
Jim Rogers
.......

And so many more

Thank you for coming into my life.  I hope to live up to your examples.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2012, 03:38:45 PM
It is said that your most formidable foe in trading is "Emotions"

If I am absolute discipline to my Trading Plan, I will be rid of this most formidable foe.  There's no room for emotions to make a decision.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2012, 05:48:39 AM
Markets can only do three things.  Go up, down, or sideways.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2012, 07:09:25 PM
Thank you Toni for clarify and reaffirming that desire results could be the death of Trading Principles.

The desire will be so strong that it overrides winning trades and losing trades as well.  The only way to get around this is to apply my Trading Principles everyday, regardless of results.

This is especially true, if a Trader is looking to make some money before heading off to do something else.  The need to make $500 will destroy potentially 5 times that in Capital.  The desire to make that money will create entries into useless patterns that will result in losses immediately.  And then to correct that, the trader will double up the position, turn into a swing trade, put up more money, write options against the position, turn it into an intermediate trade of up to 10 days.

This is why I lost so much right before going to up Bao and her Cousin.  I was hoping to make some money before leaving to run the errand.  

Thank you Toni for clarifying my experience, and strengthening my resolve to apply my trading principles no matter what happens.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2012, 07:11:42 PM
Thank you for a wonderful week Cubbers.  I look forward to seeing you again soon.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2012, 07:43:00 PM
Trending Patterns like S1, S2 and P2 works without going against Resistance or Support.

Support or Resistance, like CH & Double Bottom.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2012, 09:44:37 PM
Window to the Sky

Jill, thank you for your inspiring story
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2012, 09:30:49 AM
"Mental skills is required for success" - Mark Douglas
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2012, 10:05:41 AM
Some of the things I hope to gain this year:

A much better understanding of myself and how to execute my methodology to the best of my ability

One of the enemies of my current strategy will be time.  However, it will not always be there in the future as my strategy shifts to equity, away from options.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2012, 12:51:05 PM
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

William Makepeace Thackeray



Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2012, 05:57:12 AM
"At the end of Pain is success."  -  Eric Thomas
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2012, 06:04:29 AM
"Success is like knowing combination to the lock." - Jack Canfield


Developing emotional intelligence and bridging it with the law attraction.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2012, 07:19:14 AM
I was driving home from JCP, and I was looking at all the traffic through the windows of my car and at the same time wondering about my consciousness as if I was inside of this vehicle we call our body.  Just about everything I know or am is conditioned or learned through the vehicle.  A thought occurred to me that our own individuality (or acceptance of it) is learned from being in the vehicle.  Our acceptance of individuality, like many other things for example emotions, is designed for continuity of the vehicle.  It is nature and life's evolution to survive.  We are greater than that individuality, because we all are one. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2012, 09:25:04 PM
I don't know why you were on my mind today (or recently), but I just want to thank you for making all my fantasies come true.  And yes, thank you for the jumping jacks too.  :D
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2012, 09:26:28 PM
I have my work cut out for me in Swing.  I can see the forest when back testing, but I can't see it as well, for now, during live trading.  I have to keep studying the patterns of the past.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2012, 10:21:37 AM
To my beautiful wild girl:

Thank you for visiting me and distracting my work this week.  You're so intoxicating, almost too much for me.  I had a very good time, and I wish you the best.  Now, let me get back to constructing my plans, and studying, towards my goal of being a very good trader.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2012, 02:00:01 PM
The Best Traders know they have already won before they even started.   - Doctor Vanthorpe
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2012, 02:30:18 PM
There's the fool who does wrong at all times, but then there's the Wall Street fool who thinks he must trade at all times.

- Jessie Livermore
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2012, 02:55:09 PM
Why I should permanently give up the idea of playing poker?
1.  It will seriously interfere with my True ambition, the stock market.
2.  I am simply wasting my time, and my sleep.
3.  I do not have the patience or nor do I have the discipline, right now, to conditioned two hard subjects.
4.  There is no future in Poker, at least for me.
5.  No matter how I have won, I seem to lose it back in poker.  The nature of the game, doesn't me time to pause and evaluate like the Stock Market.  I find that my emotions get too easily influenced.
6.  It makes me break other principles.
.......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2012, 03:32:06 PM
Lesson for the Week.

LUK vs DIS

Go with the Trend, not the cheaper stock.  DIS was trending, LUK wasn't yet.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2012, 03:56:05 PM
Thank you for everything in my life.


Man's search for meaning

Frankl concludes that the meaning of life is found in every moment of living; life never ceases to have meaning, even in suffering and death. In a group therapy session during a mass fast inflicted on the camp's inmates trying to protect an anonymous fellow inmate from fatal retribution by authorities, Frankl offered the thought that for everyone in a dire condition there is someone looking down, a friend, family member, or even God, who would expect not to be disappointed. Frankl concludes from his experience that a prisoner's psychological reactions are not solely the result of the conditions of his life, but also from the freedom of choice he always has even in severe suffering. The inner hold a prisoner has on his spiritual self relies on having a faith in the future, and that once a prisoner loses that faith, he is doomed.  

ViKtor Frankl.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 07, 2012, 01:46:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOU0JhkHY3w

Thank you, for teaching me that every day I can turn all the negative things in my life into a beautiful symphony by falling in love with life itself.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2012, 03:58:21 PM
Trying to stay focus on the Process instead of blowing by wondering "What if this trade goes wrong?".  That is mental skills. - Mark Douglas
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2012, 07:13:22 PM
To my beautiful smart and giving big girl. This too shall pass, and so I will love all I can and all I have, without judging you. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:29:55 PM
To my Ex-wife:  I hope everything turns out alright.  I wish you nothing but joy and happiness.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:31:55 PM
How to relieve myself of the stress of bliss?

I have no stress, because I want nothing for myself, but only to keep giving the best part of me.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:39:58 PM
Why am I uncertain in my S3 patterns?  Because I do not yet have all the variables, and at the same time, I am assuming too much about my knowledge of Swing patterns.

But I have settled much of the issues, I am ridding myself of S3s, and I have decided to not go against major support in S2s, and there is my solution and out my problems.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:41:21 PM
"Success is something you attract by being the person you become." - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:42:38 PM
Formula for failure - Could Should Don't

Formula for failure - Could Should Will
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:44:14 PM
"Nothing can resist a human will that stakes even its existence on its purpose" - Benjamin Israeli
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:47:08 PM
Your ambition must serve you, not the other way around.  - Jim Rohn

You get what you deserve, not what you need. - Jim Rohn

"Get into debt strategically, not habitually." - Jim Rohn

"It's easy to get rich slowly" - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:48:44 PM
Job Interview

Do you have any questions?

"Yes, how do I help you get a gold star on your review next year?"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:49:34 PM
All the patterns works best, by not going against Major Support or Resistance
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 09, 2012, 10:52:05 PM
Paul the appostle: "This is what I want people to say about me."

1. I fought a good fight
2. I finished the task
3. I kept the faith
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 12:04:38 PM
The rewards of a discipline life is great, but it is often delayed until some time in the future.

The rewards for lack of discipline are immediate, but they are minor in comparison to the rewards of consistent self discipline.

The rewards for lack of discipline is a day at the beach, while the rewards of discipline is owning the beach.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 12:17:35 PM
3 Steps to Consistent Self Discipline

1. Realizing that discipline isn't the easiest option
2. Discipline is a full-time activity
3. For every discipline effort, there holds multiple rewards

Your consistent self discipline is the "Magic Catalyst"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:04:31 PM
Thank you Jim for all your words wisdom.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:05:15 PM
You'll be as happy as you make your mind to be "Now" - Abraham Lincoln
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:06:43 PM
Have the ability to dream, well defined and vivid dreams, and then make them come true.  That is how you achieve your dreams.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:09:43 PM
Today is a Success because:

1.  I finished my reviewing my Swing Studies.  I am able to better defined what it is I am looking for.
2.  I lent a hand to the mother of my children.
3.  I focused on the joy of each moment.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:10:37 PM
Service, going beyond sale, will lead to multiple sales. - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:11:19 PM
"I was successful, because I did not neglect to do the easy things." - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:16:21 PM
I am adding a trade to my Swing.  When I have a great looking pattern, there are times, when it does not swing below or above (for over night), but for the day only.  It results in a Hammer with a great pattern.  However, that does not qualify for an Entry.

Therefore, after all my studies, I will take a Hammer (which swung intra-day) and a very good pattern as a Signal.  I think this is definite better than taking a Swing trigger with a so/so pattern.

I finally found what I was looking for with my Swing Review.......D o not go against major support or resistance in swing trading.  It is futile.

I will also take an RC with Swing as a trigger.  

In BB, I will take all patterns now.  But in Swing, I will not take all signals.  I will only trade with the Trend......tha t includes my second Swing pattern.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2012, 08:20:23 PM
The greatest value in life is not what you get, but who you become.

Are the disciplines I am currently engaging in taking me where I want to go?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2012, 09:10:50 AM
How to defeat the "Time Value" only option?..... Go farther out in Time.  Therefore, it will depreciate less because of the lower Theta
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2012, 09:18:26 AM
How to defeat entering an order like A?

1.  The stock rose on a negative day, therefore it will keep rising because there are buyers out there.
2.  For a low priced stock, like that, I cannot enter my order early.  I would have seen the large bar and use the 3BR.



3.  Stocks like APA rose on a positive day.  It rose only with the market, therefore, it will fall with the market.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2012, 02:30:51 PM
"You get in life, what you are, not what you want."  - Les Brown
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2012, 02:51:31 PM
In the prosperous time, you put it in your pocket.  In the lean times you put it in your heart, and discover who you are." - Les Brown

You're going to experience some turbulence when going up.  Don't be frighten by that.  When ever you decide you want to go to another level, you have to fasten your mental, psychological, and spiritual seat belt.  Because it will be awhile before you experience a comfortable altitude.  - Les Brown

Thank you Les for clarifying growing pain.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2012, 03:19:46 PM
When the stock is too far away from the BB, one could experience buying or shorting a large bar, and miss out of the 3BR play.  Two out of three of these are losers already. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2012, 05:52:42 AM
Cancelling an order when the stock got close, due to emotional trend, however my signal is still good.

ALTR -   It cost me 3.75 points or 220
BHP  -   It cost me 11 points    or 480


Entering an order when the stock is still too far away cost me (Small Bodies), because when the stock gets there real quick, my signal becomes invalid.

RCL -    -170  (I did learn from this trade, by making my contracts smaller, and going out longer in duration)
JPM -    -186  (I did learn from this trade, by making my contracts smaller)
A     -    -100


Therefore, there are two things that I can learn from this.  

1.  Do not put in my order too early when there's still a large distance away,  because a large move towards to Band would nullify my order (but in this case fill it)
2.  When my pattern or signal is still good, and the stock is slowly moving towards my entry price.  Let it sit, or move it away a little to get a better fill, but keep the order and do not cancel it.


Other lesson that I have learned recently.
1.  Keep the emotion of the market in mind (VIX direction and direction of market)
2.  Make sure to trade with Recent weakness or recent strength, that helps make patterns like P3 or Swing
3.  Do not trade against major support or resistance, it is defeating the purpose of trading with the trend.

When going long and the market will open weak, move your orders down a little, but do not cancel them

When going short and the market will open strong, move your orders up a little, but do not cancel them
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2012, 10:05:14 AM
"You don't know what's out there. " - John Burroughs

"That is why I must go." - Rhoda Williams

From the movie, Another Earth
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2012, 04:50:14 PM
In recent cross patterns, the 40 MA needs to be trending down as well, and coming off a base or OEXT.  Otherwise, you can be looking at a consolidation period with even a stronger trend.

RC:  40MA needs to be going down as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2012, 06:53:55 PM
An old Hmong lady was telling me a story about a long time ago when she came to the USA.  The welfare check would usually be in the wife's name, but for some reason her family's was in her husband's name.  Her husband usually does the shopping.  But one day, her fellow sister in-law was going grocery shopping so she asked him for some money.  When she returned, the first thing her husband said was, "Where is the change."  She thought to herself, why I was hoping to pick less items and keep a few dollars for myself, but she gave the change to her husband.  Next time she went to the store again, when she came home, she offered him the change and he greedily took it again.  She asked him, "Are your intentions to never give me any money?"

Which he replied, "Yes, in this country I will never give you any money."

Right there in that moment.  She felt her arms became strong like iron, and she became filled with joy from celebrating her inner strength.  She also realized that when someone belittles you or yells at you, that is a blessing.

I see her all the time, and she's became such a wonderful giving person.   She's so tireless and energetic.  And she's became so wise too.  She's my mother.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2012, 06:59:34 PM
Enemies of Success:

Enemies to do battle with every day:

1. Indifference
2. Indecision
3. Doubt
4. Over caution
5. Worries
6. Fear

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2012, 06:51:58 AM
My Lesson from PEP (long), BRCM (short), and ANF (short)

PEP, 3 out of 5 Bars was negative, and the last one was very negative.  Although, the pattern looks nice, its deceiving.  It is deceiving, because it is PEP, and there's nothing new or special about PEP for growth.

1.  3/5 last bar is negative, with large red bar



BRCM, even though the stock looks weak and had a short trigger, the stock is no longer in a short area.  It would be in a short area, if the emotional content of the market is sympathetic with it.  However, the emotions of the market has changed from negative to neutral or positive.  Besides the pattern is against, FLAT bollinger band at OEXT, which makes it an undesirable pattern.


ANF, there was a trigger, but I do not like pattern.  The gap down and quick moved down and then sideways makes the pattern undesirable to trade.  It is not beautiful, but erractic.

The lesson that I am learning from these three patterns is that I have to pass them up, and wait for better patterns.  Yes, I do have a green light, but it doesn't I can cross the street.  I still have to look both ways first.  And when I look both ways, if I do not like it, I have to wait for the next green light, which will be coming along any moment now.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2012, 07:15:08 AM
I am so in love with this day, all the good or bad, exciting or boring, important or insignificant, and mellow or learning opportunities and events that today will bring.  Thank you very much.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2012, 11:23:08 AM
Re: My lesson from CTXS

It is good to get a good fill, but do not move the order so far away, that it doesn't get filled.  Be reasonable with the fill as long as its at the Bollinger Band or better.

Thank you for the lesson today.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2012, 06:53:51 PM
LVS's trigger on 12/28 wasn't good enough, because there was not trend, but a zigzagging stock. 

I do not trade against major trend....and then plus the market.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2012, 06:56:58 PM
Never celebrate positive results....

And never frown upon negative results....

No matter what is going in the market, up or down, no matter what is happening with my PNL, positive or negative, and no matter what is happening in my life, my best response will always be calm, cool, and absolute discipline to my trading plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 15, 2012, 03:19:11 PM
I know what happened Friday now.  Seeing that the market was in my direction.  I started to celebrate results.   Something I cannot do, ever.

I know what happened during the week now.  I went for any BB orders, as I told myself I would.  However, that is not what I want to do.  I want to limit my P3s to less than 25% of my entries per week.  Or, I can only have one P3 per week.  The best is the P1 or P2s, they are the ones with the Trend.

My ambition is to trade with the Trend....

My only goal is to trade well, not getting results

The only question, I will be asking myself to determine success is:  Was I or am I absolute discipline to my Trading Principles and Rules?

If the answer is yes, then I am in a blissful state no matter.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2012, 08:40:26 PM
"The game is more important than the money." - Billy Walters
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2012, 09:04:41 PM
Thank your for the wonderful message. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be4hYmRwpag&feature=autoplay&list=PLFA5ADF7367143C8A&lf=plpp_play_all&playnext=1
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 17, 2012, 06:24:24 AM
"You Reap what you Sowed"

GALATIANS 6: 7-9 (KJV)
7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2012, 07:21:07 AM
 Thank you to the MRS NLY for showing that being a kind and giving human being is the way to happiness.  You're rare and an example for us all to emulate.

Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2012, 04:19:09 PM
My desiring results today, late last week or any day, is not good.  There is only one thing I want from the market, and that is absolute Discipline to my trading Rules, nothing more.

At every moment, Absolute Discipline to my Trading Rules.

No more 3 Entries per day, no matter what.

No more entry away from my bollinger band.

And never 1 entry more than my Trading plan.


No matter what is happening.  My only desire is absolute discipline to my trading rules.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2012, 05:50:47 PM
I know why I am stressed out over the last couple of days.....My desiring brought me to thinking about the beer.

I can't do that, because nothing good comes out of it.

And also again, do not talk about my trading.  Doing so will lead my ego to defend my trading where it does not need defending.

The only thing to do is do not desire results, apply my system, follow my rules, learn from my actions, and nothing else.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2012, 07:51:37 PM
From Senna:

Wonderful humility

Always be true to your values

If you don't for a gap that exist, then you are no longer a race car driver


Ayrton, thank you for the inspiration and everything else.

My follow up question:  Did Ayrton error in pursuing the technology he once despised in the Williams car?  As a result, did he get away from his real passion, which driving?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2012, 08:50:59 PM
Re: LRCX  vs UA

LRCX was against CH
UA topped was with CH
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:08:14 AM
Further Testing is not needed in my system.  The reason is that I am wanting to test how my system will work going with an Over bought SP-500.  However, in trending markets, the SPY will stay in over bought for long durations.  Therefore, it is not necessary to test it further.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:13:22 AM
In our search for greatness or meanings to our existence,  it is never just for us.  Through our efforts and results, we inspire others.  Therefore, whatever we do, it is for everyone in this generation or the next.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:16:51 AM
The controversial 3BR cannot be used, unless.

You are with the emotions of the market.
You're not against convention patterns, like strong support or resistance.


Therefore the 3BR can only be used in very good scenarios, or else it will fail.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:18:59 AM
Trading Growth.

I know I want to pile on more positions, because I am not ready.  Any position I put on will be questionable and born of desire, not of my Trading Plan.

Therefore, I will expand my position 1 per week for every 2,000 in capital earned, and not before.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:25:35 AM
Be careful of the trap of thinking that I am good enough or I have mature enough to experiment with less than great patterns and entries. 

Be careful of the trap of thinking that now I am better, and the market should be giving me money. 

There is no such thing, except continual learning and absolute discipline my Trading Rules at all times.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:26:19 AM
As distorted as some teachings are, for most of us guidelines are better than no guidelines.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 09:27:28 AM
Thank you for the recent lesson of BBBY, TKR, and RHT, also for the lesson is being focused on Trading Plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 02:33:42 PM
I can think of many examples that desiring results can lead to Negative Results. 
Poker at Windstar (up 3,000), gave it all away, because I desired results.
$4,500 for Summer.

Watching your PNL diminish will trigger tilt or bad action.  Do not focus on PNL or Chips.

My only focus will be "Absolute discipline to my Trading Plan"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2012, 04:33:37 PM
I need to manage my trades better too by moving my stops and minimizing my losses.  The profits will take care of itself.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2012, 06:07:11 AM
Uncle Txawj, thank you for teaching us such humility.  That is the one quality that I will try to emulate from you.   - Best wishes
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2012, 08:59:29 AM
"The difference is not your pay check.  The difference is your philosophy. " - Jim Rohn
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2012, 09:41:15 AM
"My youngest daughter is like a frog in cream." - Jim Rohn

Part 35, 7:40
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2012, 09:45:56 PM
What we think, we become.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.

All living beings have the Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.

We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.

Neither my life of luxury in the palace nor my life as an ascetic in the forest is the way to freedom.

If we destroy something around us, we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.

As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

Life is dear to all beings. They have the right to live the same as we do.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

Hunger (for things) is the supreme disease.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.


There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way


Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.

The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

He is able who thinks he is able.

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

It is better to travel well than to arrive.


Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.


No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.

The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.


To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwi se we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

- The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2012, 05:21:14 PM
I think my study is correct on the Swing trade, because I can see the forest.  However when I am live trading or doing paper trading, I feel that I can get lost. I am going back to my most recent years and visiting my S1, S2 to understand what it is that I am really looking for.  I am seeing some S1 and S2 patterns that I do not feel comfortable taking.  I am not sure why, and I want to understand why I thought of the pattern.  I am going back and marking with Arrows my exact entry so that I can review better when I want to.


Find my list Review of Swing Study.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 22, 2012, 06:32:23 PM
Despite reducing my candle Trigger to only one of 5 components, it still has the final say in the sense that if we have a very negative candle, then the trade is a no go, especially on 4 ranked trades.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2012, 02:11:46 PM
Daniel Shannon

If U come up with a VISION 4 what “good” looks like N UR life, U deserve 2 C it come to fruition. Chase it as if nothing else will suffice!

Thank you for reminding me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2012, 03:21:04 PM
ABX  vs NEM..... :)

Despite ABX having the slightly better chart, it was up against more support. 

In NEM, there is no resistance.  The stock is more free to follow through. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2012, 05:34:07 PM
I think it falls more into the psychology side assuming system is in place and 90% of the trades are profitable trades. For instance, Sun Tzu said in Art of War, never interfere with the generals plans once it is executed. In corporate, the Chairman does not interfere with the Executives' plans once it is set. For trading, once the trade is in place, never interfere with it's trading plan. Win or lose, it's trusting in the trade, the general, the corporate executive.

Or it is said in business that if you're in business and you have to be there, you own a job. It is when you own a business and still generate income without you there. Therefore, that is why franchises are some of the most successful businesses. A well established franchise is like a well defined, low risk, high probability trade. Each trade is a franchise itself. Let it do it's job regardless of news, weather, recession, depression and etc.

So then perfecting the trade entries using quantifying and our feedbacks is like building a well established, proven franchise. I'll call this the technical side. With the above angles, it's the psychology or business side.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2012, 05:44:06 PM
The errors of wanting to get into a trade....becau se....

TKR   1.1
NVLS  .45
RHT    .7

2.25

This is only a lesson.  It is the past, and I will learn from all my errors and improve on my entries and everything else I need to.

Thank you for the lessons of the past three weeks, especially last week.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2012, 07:16:34 PM
"All created things must past, strive on, diligently."   - the last words of The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2012, 07:20:45 PM
"Be your own lamp. Seek no other refuge but yourself. Let truth be your light". -- The Buddha.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2012, 07:22:28 AM
Because we do fear retributions from them, our attitudes towards helpless animals reflect our true nature that is within us. - from The Story of India
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2012, 10:10:53 AM
I found a reason to paper trade.  Comparison and education of trading in my system.  The emotional lesson, I will work on that side by side.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2012, 03:00:08 PM
Before you talk, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.

- Donnita

By way KVH

Thank you
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2012, 09:03:38 AM
That was a very good question on the stress of trading. The answer is that we all get stressed because we are desiring something that chances are may not be happening.  Our stress is created by our emotions of fear, greed, and desire of results.  All of which has nothing to do with success in trading, but can only derail trading success.  The answer is that we have to measure our success using another yardstick, not results.  Our success should be measured by ability to execute our rules, and not results.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2012, 10:13:18 AM
My garbage trades has cost me:  6 x 1.32 = 7.94

My lack of definition on entry made me miss very good trades.  9

Therefore, with quantified criteria, I will be able to look at my trades with more objectivity.


Thank you for the great lesson from last week.  It is what I needed.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2012, 03:50:40 PM
JWN  vs SPG

Although they look very similar, the chart in JWN has more resistance built in.  The SPG chart had less resistance. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2012, 06:18:06 PM
Looking at it from Quant will

Eliminate dangerous trades 10
Get me into sensible trades 11

Do not move away from Quant.  It allows me to look at everything objectively.  This is one lesson from this month.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2012, 08:28:39 PM
Reviewing my trades of the last two months, I know that I am going in the right direction.

Reviewing the errors of the last 2 weeks helped me to find what is missing.

The Quant will definitely allow me see potential trades from a better angle.

Thank you for the lesson.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2012, 06:39:05 AM
Once I have entered a trade, then the action to follow will be very simple:

1.  Stopped out (1,2, or 3)
2.  Target reached
3.  Time stop

Therefore, there is no need to follow it or look at up and down results, especially during live markets.  It may make me feel good when my positions are up, but it can make me feel bad when my positions are down or I have lost back money that I made.

This emotional up and down has nothing to do with trading success.  In fact, combine the negative emotions with a thought, and you will get an action to disrupt your trading in the worst possible way.  I have recently entered 4 trades that have no value at all in my plan.  I never planned to enter them, because they did not meet the criteria for entry, but did it hoping they would work out.  All because I was watching the performance of my positions.

However, through this journey, I have learned to be objective in my entry selection.  This was the biggest lesson, I was hoping to learn this year, and I am glad to have come across it so early.

I have learned, hopefully, that it is futile to watch my trades fluctuate during the day.  I am still going to be absolute discipline to my trading rules, therefore there is no reason to watch the trades at all.  They will take care of themselves.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2012, 09:51:55 AM
Thank you Taylor Swift for teaching me that self created fear is preventing me from reaching true freedom, happiness, moskha, and nirvana
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2012, 10:03:36 AM
If you take nothing away from this, then take this "Every trader I have interviewed, they have found a methodology that fits their personality." - Jack Schwager
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2012, 03:18:58 PM
I get it now.  I know why I started on my recent hesitation in trading.

1. I was desiring results, because I thought I had reached the next level of consistency
2. When I was given temporary results and it was taken away, I was a annoyed, because of my expectation for positive results.
3. Then I entered a couple of borderline trades, because I did not quantify my entry criteria then.
4. When they got stopped out, I entered a few sub-par trades that I was clearly not comfortable with, for reasons I couldn't explain then
5.  Then I entered a few trades that were not on my list at all, but stabs in the dark. 
6. All these trades were stopped out
7.  It all started with looking at my results and desiring expectations, and then not having a way to qualify my entries I went for marginal trades and then lower those standards even more.......
8.  By last week, I had worked enough to understand my situation.  I entered some trades got stopped out, and got stopped out of my trades from last week.  However, my actions from last week is exactly what I wanted in terms of door and key.
9.  It took making mistakes to find a better door.  It took making mistakes to re-affirm that there is only one key to trading.
10.  Thank you for the experience of set back so that I may grow to become stronger and be absolute discipline to my trading plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 29, 2012, 03:17:34 PM
"War is a matter of life and death.  This is the key principle." - from Sun Tzu
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 29, 2012, 04:39:14 PM
You have mentioned Sun Tzu a couple of times, and I have never replied along that line of thinking, because I kept focusing on thinking of our trading plan as a 70% weighted coin in our favor.

I remember Sun Tzu's talk of failure to follow an order.  If there is failure to follow an order, there are only two reasons,  1. The order wasn't clear and its the commander's fault, or 2 the order wasn't executed properly and that is the subordinate's fault.

Okay, when we do not achieve our objective in trading.  There are only two reasons.  1.  Our trading plan wasn't good enough.   2.  If our trading plan is good enough, then we not are executing it properly.

I feel that given the fact that we have quantified our entry brings more objectivity to analysis and making our trading much closer to being good enough.  Therefore it now becomes our responsibility to execute the plan properly.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 30, 2012, 09:19:39 AM
In over extended situations, do hot go against recent an Engulfing Bar.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2012, 10:55:07 AM
"Success is the steady progress towards the goal you set, daily, weekly, monthly, for your life, for you family, for use business, for your self.

If a man tells me, pretty soon I am cashing it all in and I am going to head for the mountains and live in a cabin and feed the squirrels and live off the land.

I am telling you that if I get a report later than said that this man did that, cashed it all in, head for the mountains, bought a cabin, is feeding the squirrels and living off the land.

If I were to hear that, I would say this man is a smashing success." - Jim Rohn  (part 24 at the 6:30 minute)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 01, 2012, 11:03:42 AM
Grace, thank you for coming into my life.  Please always stay at my side and never leave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBLQRmuUXnE&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2012, 09:24:28 AM

David Nassar on Exiting.

Doing the right thing may not seem easy at first, but once you form the habit of cutting losses quickly, it becomes quite routine and very gratifying.  Taking the devil's advice will prove very damaging very fast, but in time you will not hear from him anymore. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2012, 11:01:49 AM
I guess found out that I am still paying my breaking my trading rules in NVLS and RHT.  Because my entries and entries, I was restricted from entering a trade, that is now very profitable.

Yes, if I break a rule by taking an action based on desires or negative emotions, it sill make the situation 3 times worst.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2012, 06:02:19 PM
LRCX VS COG

There difference here is that COG had major resistance.  LRCX was against major support.  It looked like it was breaking down, but that was deceptive, because it buying NVLS and that created a fall in the stock.

There with Resistance wins.   Against support lost.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2012, 09:25:00 AM
Did you see TEN?  My paper trade reached target today.  The lesson I learn from this is do not mess around.  Because I messed around in RHT and NVLS (got in too big with no reason except they were too high, after BBBY for the same reason of irritation).  Later in the day, I cut my position down to half.  They were considered day trades, and so I was limited to one entry per day (for the next 5 days).  I tried to enter Ten, but my order was rejected.

My trades in RHT and NVLS were stopped out, and as a result, I could not get into a good trade too.  The lesson is not in TEN, but my lesson from this is never mess around by breaking rules or taking actions based on fear and desires, because it will make the situation at least three times worst.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2012, 09:28:22 AM
I know for options it matters, because implied volatility, but does Earnings matter in my Equity Trading?  I don't think it does, but let's keep that in mind.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2012, 09:30:03 AM
Will we run through periods of less than 50% accuracy?  Just because that is the way it works, and then it will be followed with 90% percent accuracy on more trades too?  Just curious so I am putting this thought down here.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2012, 09:42:29 AM
Tight Bollinger Bands works best in S2 scenarios, not necessarily S1....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2012, 09:00:49 PM
Gold stocks have their own Market Direction VIX, because they do not follow the logic of the market.  The reason is that sometimes Gold stocks are used as hedges, therefore the market can be going down, but they are going up.

So many times, use a .5 for the criteria.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 06:44:56 AM
I do not like Drinking, as it can easily create an undesirable habit.  Every time I drink, when it doesn't make sense logically, I have put the poison in my mind before putting it in my body.

I do not want to start drinking again ever.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 10:04:19 AM
Fundamentals of a Winning Attitude.
1. Always be excited.
2. Stop making excuses.
3. Always be "up."
4. Make a total commitment.

Attitude isn't just a little thing, it's everything. Three rules that are critical to our success in all areas of life:
1. Always be positive
2. Always be positive
3. Always be positive


Thank you for these words today.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 02:05:07 PM
I came across this yesterday....

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
 - Aristotle


Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 02:12:28 PM
Today, and every day I will be a World Class Trader.

Today, and every day I will be one of the best two weeks time frame traders in the markets


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoUlSSWUsI&feature=BFa&list=PLB869FE30C4DFAB7B&lf=view_all
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 07:48:53 PM
RAS - Reticular Activating system
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 07:52:40 PM
I backed tested it a long time ago, but when we started paper trading.  I was really nervous.  I put on seven trades and was hoping to money.

I will always remember ETN, because all the other trades got stopped out for losses.  ETN was the only trade that was a winner, and I kept the trade until exactly my time stop.  It is easy sometimes to take profits when you are down, but I kept my winner all the way until the end. 

Because of it, I cut my losses in half on the one winner that I had.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 07:55:00 PM
Sometimes I may consider myself not being there yet, but maybe that is the reason I am not there yet, because my mind believes what I am telling it.

Therefore today and everyday, I will a World Class trader.

Today and everyday, I will be one of the best 2 weeks time frame traders in the market.

Today and everyday, I will be....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 07:59:47 PM
Last year, I came up with this trading plan already.  Its not as good, but the main strategy was already there.  I back tested it every day too.  I could not make it work, because even though I had a very good plan, my psychology wasn't ready for success.  The external was there, but I didn't have an internal to match it.

Success is from within, and from this day, I will be absolutely successful from within.

I will be absolute discipline to my trading rules, independent to result.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2012, 08:05:58 PM
"The key to success is rituals." - Tony Robbins

For an incredible life, practice incredible rituals and standards.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2012, 05:55:50 AM
I once was an undisciplined trader, I just had to win before I closed out the day and was happy.  I was trading MOS against the trend and I entered a position that is not correct.  I wanted to make some money before I left and took the kids to go snow tubbing.   The desire to make money, small money, made me lose 4 times the amount I wanted to win.  When I was losing, I couldn't pull myself away from the computer. 

I am glad that is in my past.

Here is the lesson:  Whenever I take an action that is based on fear, greed or desire, it will make the situation three times worst.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2012, 06:00:25 AM
Once I was watching a DVD on trading by Oliver Velez, and he said that 90% of day traders will break their account within 1 year.  I thought that's not going to be me.  If we do not know and understand and exactly how to control our thoughts and actions, if we are not certain of that, then that will be come "ME".  It is in hour human nature to lose in trading or gambling.  In order to win, we have to change the internal dialogue and to change the emotions.  It is even more of an internal journey than an external journey.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2012, 06:03:03 AM
When I ever I lose money or get stopped out of a trade, I would always review the trade to see what I can do different next time.  On my last two stops, I do not have answer as to what I would do different.  My answers were, I would do exactly the same thing, and the losses were as a result of random fluctuations in the market.

Those comments make me happy, because something internal is beginning to change.  I believe its first time that I started to write like that.

Thank you for the journey.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2012, 02:35:58 PM
Thank you for the advice, Sir Richard Branson.  Coming from a very confident (egotistical) person such as you, its gold and silver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH35Iz9veM0&list=PL5786CD2E89264F69&feature=view_all
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2012, 07:51:32 PM
Re: a question on success

Would you say if you were successful every single day of the week, then your week is successful?  If every single week of the month is successful, then would you say your month is successful?  And if every single month is successful.... .well you get the idea.

How to define success every single day?  Do you remember those two questions I wanted to ponder every time I think about the market.

Today, did I execute my trading plan exactly the way I wanted and tested? on:
1. Applying my quantified entry
2. Applying my money management rules


Today, was I absolute disciplined to my trading rules?
3. Managing my live orders
4.  Managing my live positions
5. My exit rules

6.  Did I follow through and do my homework today?

It occurred to me that if we did all the above, six criteria, our day is a success.  If we absolutely focus on that, maybe even quantify for 100% goal, then we will achieve our objective.  Can you think of anything else we need to do for success?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2012, 10:55:25 PM
I don't know why I got started watching this video, but it makes me think of you, and meeting you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_yTphvyiPU&ob=av2e
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 10, 2012, 06:27:47 AM
Interesting Article

The big swings are not driven by a fundamental bet that the bank will be more profitable because the economy is getting better or a real concern that it will lose more money than others if there is a default in Greece.

Instead, Bank of America is the stock of the moment for high-frequency trading, the supercomputer-driven buying and selling that barely existed a few years ago and now accounts for as much as two-thirds of U.S. trading.

In high-frequency trading, investors use computer algorithms to exploit small changes in a stock's price. If a computer can seize on a stock like Bank of America a fraction of a second faster than the rest of the market, it can book a tiny profit.

Those pennies add up over tens of millions of shares a day to produce big gains. And when computers rush to buy or sell a stock like Bank of America, it can result in accelerated moves in the stock price. Buying leads to more buying, selling to more selling.

The stock traded as high as $15.31 last year. Then investors, worried about how deep the bank's mortgage problems might be, drove it below $10 in July. High-frequency traders pounced, and Bank of America's volume exploded. It was 147 million shares last summer. On Thursday, 477 million shares changed hands.

The low price put it in the sweet spot for high-frequency trading. If a high-frequency operation is trading blocks of 100 shares at a time to capitalize on a 1-cent change, there's a lot less risk working with a $5 stock than a $500 one.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 10, 2012, 02:53:42 PM
The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest "Woodenisms."

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."


Jeff Lewis/US PresswireWoode n's wisdom has withstood the test of time.

"Be prepared and be honest."

"Be quick, but don't hurry."

"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."

"Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character."

"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."

"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."

"Ability is a poor man's wealth."

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."

"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings and the feelings of others before your own rights."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 10, 2012, 05:54:51 PM
Thank you John Wooden for teaching your definition of success.  As all success are the same, now you definition of success will become my definition of success as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 10, 2012, 08:20:36 PM
I will always make a choice for patience and calm every day.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2012, 11:34:24 AM
"(...) The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconscious is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill, though there is in it something of a quite different order which cannot be attained by any progressive study of the art (...)"    - Zen in the Art of Achery
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2012, 11:36:18 AM
http://www.seykota.com/tribe/pages/2003_July/July_6-12/index.htm


http://tradingcrude.blogspot.com/2012/01/zen-and-art-of-trading.html
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2012, 11:49:24 AM
http://www.bigmiketrading.com/trading-journals/4211-zen-art-small-account.html

Thank you for the story, I hope you achieve your success.

Here goes....

So my account size started at $5,000. Its all I had left after a 15 year mortgage career that both made me almost "rich" and then took it all away. I got close. I made over 2 million dollars over a 6-7 year period. I owned commercial real estate, no debt other than my house, traveled a lot and gave a lot of money away.

But when the real estate collapse happened here in Arizona, it took my brand new mortgage office I had just opened with $250,000 of borrowed money and flushed it down the toilet. I lost the mortgage business, an Allstate insurance agency I owned, $1,000,000 of commercial real estate and filed a business BK to keep the creditors from taking everything else. I got off easy. Many of my friends lost their wives, their kids and one guy I know was homeless for a bit. I managed to keep those things and my health as well. I am fortunate!

I tell you this so you know where I am coming from. I know how to make $25-40K a month. I've done it once and I think I can do it again. The first time I did it, I did it in a business I knew nothing about but learned very rapidly. Just like in trading, the mortgage business was all mental.

The account size is no longer $5,000. I have refunded it a couple of times over the last year. The guy that got me into trading said it would take $10,000 and a year to "get it" and become profitable. It has taken every bit of that.

But I thought I was too smart for that. After all, I was in financial services, I traded interests daily and was very good at it. But my time horizon was always a month out, so I guess you could say I was swing trading rates. Trading against the customer that is.....so I figured I could do it in 6 months. LOL....that is funny. Shows you what being arrogant will get you. Frustration in spades.

Fast forward 16 months to today. I am finally beginning to show some consistency on sim. I decided to trade my small sim account as though it were my actual account for a month. In other words, if I could develop an edge in sim, I can do it with real money.

Even though my account is not $1,000 that is the amount I will start with for this journey. Why, because at one point, my account was down to $1,000 and that's when I decided to find out how to trade instead of chasing the holy grail. That was about 4 months ago. You can read my elite journal (aztrader's journal) if you want to read more about this. I figure some of you are at the $1,000 level and are desperate to find out how to make that $1,000 blossom into a stead income.

This post will include my daily trades, my thoughts, and a spread sheet tracking my equity curve.

I am not perfect. In fact, I'm probably not the person to have this thread. But I had the idea and just went with it. Here is my promise to you. I will be 100% transparent about this journey. Nothing held back. If it happens, you know about it. In return, please be honest with me as well. It'll be good for the thread and others will benefit from your thoughts as well.

I hope you find value in this thread.....ple ase make sure to leave me your feedback. Its important.

Next post is about what I think are the essential rules and strategies for turning a small account into a living.

Start small but think big...thats what I say!
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2012, 09:16:02 PM
http://www.seykota.com/tribe/TT_Process/index.htm
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2012, 06:06:49 AM
My friend, find your happiness and joy in golf and you will find winning again.

Tiger Woods tends to have a pretty good handle on state of his golf game, but it's safe to say even he didn't see the meltdown coming Sunday at Pebble Beach. Less than 24 hours after Woods holed his final putt on 18 on Saturday to close out a stellar 5-under 67, he showed up for his head-to-head battle with Phil Mickelson with a chance to not only beat one of his biggest adversaries, but also capture his first official Tour win in more than two years.

But there was just one problem: Woods forgot to bring his swing to the course. In one of the most shocking rounds we've seen from him since his first-round implosion at the 2011 PGA Championship, Woods completely lost it at Pebble Beach, blowing his tournament hopes to pieces with a final-round performance that will certainly have him wondering where it all went wrong.

How bad was it? Put it this way: Woods' amateur playing partner, Tony Romo, shot a lower final-round score … and he was playing as a scratch golfer. But that wasn't the only black eye for Woods. He didn't just lose the tournament to Mickelson — who was two shots behind Woods when the day started, he finished the final round with a 3-over 75, which was 11 shots worse than Mickelson's 8-under 64.

"I didn't hit it as bad as the score indicated, but I putted awful," Woods said after his round. "I just could not see my lines. I couldn't get comfortable."

As CBS analyst Nick Faldo noted during the closing holes of the tournament, if Mickelson and Woods were going head-to-head in match play, the match would have ended 7 and 5. Simply put, it was a "Mickelson Massacre."

[Related: Phil Mickelson wins Pebble Beach, reminds everyone why he's a future Hall of Famer]

As quickly as the good vibes came in for Woods following three rounds in the 60s this week, they all but disappeared like the surf in Stillwater Cove in a matter of a couple holes on Sunday. Woods looked robotic in the final round, rehearsing his swing over and over again in an attempt to try and find it on the back nine. But it never came back. Hard as it is to believe, Woods went from owning his swing for a majority of the tournament to looking completely lost when it mattered most.

We've seen Tiger take two steps forward and three back over the last couple of years as he tried to rebuild his confidence and swing with instructor Sean Foley, but after after watching him fail to make a move during the final round in Abu Dhabi, and melt down on Sunday, you have to wonder what's next for Woods.

Based on all the progress he's made over the last few months, it's hard to believe the final-round struggles are going to turn into a trend (Tiger's made too much headway to make that assumption). But if he gets himself in this position again and fails to produce on Sunday? Well, expect the
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2012, 07:17:39 AM
"Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared."

"Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry a task you set for yourself to fulfillment. If I set for myself a task, be it ever so trifling, I shall see it though. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?"

"When I set a task for myself, I complete it. Therefore, I am careful not to start difficult tasks, because I love leisure."

"A part of all I earn in mine to keep...let it be not less than one-tenth and lay it by...but lay by that portion first...what a rich feeling it is to own a treasure upon which you alone have claim."

"Counsel with wise men. Seek the advise of men whose daily work is handling money."

"That what each of us calls our 'necessary expenses' will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary."

"A man's wealth is not in the coins he carries in his purse; it is the income he buildeth, the golden stream that continually floweth into his purse and keepeth."

"Every owner of gold is tempted by opportunities."

"I urge all men to be in the front rank of progress and not stand still, lest they be left behind."

"Procrastinator ...he accepts not opportunity when she comes. He waits. He says I have much business right now...Opportun ity, she will not wait for such a slow fellow."

"Men of action are favored by the Goddess of Good Luck."

"A bag heavy with gold or a clay tablet carved with words of wisdom; if thou hadst thy choice, which wouldst thou choose?"

"Help must be given wisely, lest...in our desire to help we but take upon ourselves the burden that belongs to another."

"How can you call yourself a free man  when your weakness has brought you to this? If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth, even as water seeks its level? If a man has within him the soul of a free man, will he not become respected and honored in his own city despite his misfortune?"

"The soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?'"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2012, 09:00:59 AM
Here's a quote from The Richest Man in Babylon that summarizes the three key lessons learned in chapter one:

You have learned your lessons well. You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experiences to give it. And, lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you.

Simply great advice. Here's how I translate these three key learnings and recommend you apply them:

1. Spend less than you earn. It's the one way that the majority of people reading this can become wealthy.
(A part of all I earn is mine to keep.)

2. Seek advice from people/resources you know and trust. This means friends and family as well as magazines (I recommend Money), books (here's my recommended list) and websites like Free Money Finance. Learn all you can with the intention of becoming your own best advisor. In my opinion, the best manager of your money is you.

3. Make your money work for you. Simply said, invest the amount you generated from spending less than you earn (I like index funds as investments) and do this for many, many years. Then, time and the power of compounding will start to work for you -- making you wealthy over time.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2012, 07:44:39 PM
From 'The Richest Man in Babylon'

Every gold piece is a kind of slave to work for you. Every copper it earns is its child to work for you.   If you want to become wealthy then what you save must earn and its children must earn.  In this way your abundance grows.

“Wealth like a tree grows from a tiny seed.  The sooner you plant the seed the sooner it grows”

“A part of all I earn is mine to keep (not less than 1/10th)”
Do not hoard money, but make your money become your slave and work for you, and its children and children’s children
Council wise men who knows about money, who’s business is to work with money.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2012, 01:16:32 PM
I ran into an interesting situation today. 

I never want to carry more than my 14 positions, because that is my maximum.  However when I put orders out there, I do end up more than 14 positions.

My solution is to cut away the positions that are set to expire tomorrow.  Cut one bad for one good.  They have already had their chance to perform.  It's now time to make the money work somewhere else.

I also ran into another situation as well.  I ran into a position that almost expired, but there is still time left.  However, there is a large negative candle against the position.  Therefore, I covered the position, and it also helped my compliance with my maximum amount of positions as well.

My actions today was a little different from my plan of action, but they are consistent with position management for success.  I didn't think of this before, because I have yet to encounter the situation, but the solution does make sense.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2012, 05:43:39 PM
V vs MCD

They both displayed similar patterns, but clearly one is a better growth stock, for the fact that its a newer IPO.

V
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2012, 06:10:42 PM
Thank you for the lesson:


Zen and the Art of Trading

I am a trader.

I have a plan.

I follow it.

Trading is boring.

Perhaps Zen is boring.

Perhaps boring is good.

MUTs are exciting.

Perhaps exciting is bad.

Yes.

Let me first state that anything I say has worked, or not worked, for my trading, and my trading only.

It may have absolutely nothing to do with your trading and any implementation of my thoughts toward your trading may make it worse.

I have learned that I will not get all the moves in the market place. I have always theoretically known this but have not been able to implement it. In other words I kept chasing the "missed" trades.

Curve fitting a system to take yesterdays missed trades is idiotic.

Have I mentioned humans are stupid?

Dr. Brett Steenbarger states one of the keys to trading success is recognizing when market conditions change and then adapting your trading technique to the new conditions.

I disagree.

I can't do that, I wind up chasing last weeks market conditions in this weeks market.

What I have to do is use a plan that has minimum and maximum conditions in it. Before my plan always had minimum conditions to be met in order to trigger trades, it now (last 5 months or so) has maximum conditions as well. I could call my system the Goldilocks trade. I only want the porridge luke warm.

So there are more days now when I just sit here.


I sit here and do nothing.

The results have been nice, higher win rate, higher RR, less trades, less comm, and a sense that I have a niche in the market, a niche that works, I just have to sit here and wait for it.

    “I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it, and yet we didn't see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned perhaps into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away. I'm looking for the truth." And so it goes away. Puzzling.”

    Robert M. Pirsig
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2012, 08:20:38 PM
VISIONaries see what's invisible to others! Vision Speaks Louder than Words - by way of Daniel Shanon
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 09:50:20 AM
Why did I not enter any trades in my Options account?

There are many opportunities to enter, and I have only one trade to show for.

There should be at least a couple more trades.


My biggest regrets is not being in charge of my thoughts.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 10:50:07 AM
Yes, it is true whenever I break a rule out of fear, greed or desire.  It makes the situation three - four times worst.

DVN
OMC
Swk

My system works very well......I am glad to have found it, and I will never break a rule or fail to apply my trading system again.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 11:36:15 AM
I can't believe I gave away my confidence in one of my stocks.......I had it right and I didn't have enough confidence to follow through on my analysis.  That will not happen again.  NYX
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 11:39:08 AM
I don't know other people, but I have a hard time memorizing Hmong Cultural phrases.  Sometimes, I feel "Stupid", then I reflect on how it becomes impossible for us to memorized other telephone numbers now, and it make sense that most our new generations in the US have adapted to not having a need to memorized cultural phrases, just like the telephone numbers scenario.

We can still do it, but it will be a little more work.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 11:54:18 AM
I notice that I find myself too easily on the verge of carrying 140% of my equity.  That may be too much exposure for comfort in general, on the rare chance that the market turns......

If I adjust my position down a little by 10%, my max positions will be 126%, which is a lot more bearable.

I have worked out the numbers for both figures, and they are still very respectable as well.   In this business it's always best to error on the side on caution and safety........

I will continue to test at 140%, but will keep my options open at 126%.

The reason, I brought this up, because we have a general tendency to max our positions.  The other thing I notice too is that I have to be more careful with my Trigger valuation.  I may need to be a little more conservative on that component.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 08:07:06 PM
Earnings do not matter.....how ever I have to be consistent and apply my rules at all times.  If earnings is tomorrow morning, I can back off until afterwards.

Earnings so far do not matter.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 08:35:55 PM
I have to be more careful on my Triggers, I am giving too much weight where there is not that much.  I have to give it fair weighting and that's it.

I have to also think about my support and resistance.  Give it fair weight, and not more than it deserves.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 09:06:31 PM
For many reasons, it is always a mistake to interfere with a trade, especially out of fear or greed or desire.   It is always a mistake.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 09:08:43 PM
I have been wondering how my system would work in a mild retracement.  I am glad to have my system tested.  Had I been more aware, I might have had better days with my system early.  Getting great results is not my objective anyways.  Apply my plan and rules is.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2012, 10:10:54 PM
I know why I had been a little off the last couple of days.  I have been wanting to see these positive closes turn into positive strong moves the next day, and I have been not getting it.  I have been desiring positive results, along with all the paper work I had sort out, that is why I couldn't watch my thoughts better.

Thank you for letting me know, again, that desiring results can only lead to frustration... ..and unproductive actions.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 05:48:39 AM

VISIONaries are the bearers of new possibilities! We paint the horizon line! Be an artist, be a Visionary!  - Daniel Shannon
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 10:19:47 AM
Are you a stock broker or a trader? j/c

Thank you for asking.  I am a stock Trader.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 10:21:16 AM
The messing with Trades before their exit time is getting to me at this minute.  I am learning that breaking rules will only make the situation 3-4 worst time.  Thank you for the hard lesson, I am having to experience at this minute.


My system works very well.  Today, and everyday, I will execute my trading plan, exactly as tested and the way I wanted.

Today, and everyday, I will be absolute discipline to my trading plan and rules.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 11:51:07 AM
Do you manage portfolio for other people?

Not quite yet, but that is my objective.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 02:52:20 PM
"There is no knowledge without sacrifice.  This is one of the hard truths of human existence.  In order to gain anything, you must first lose everything." - Jane Hirshfield, Poet
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 02:58:04 PM
Dissatisfactio n (not desire) = Suffering

I see myself not satisfied because the market has gone up and I am not maximum long or if I am very long, I am fearful because the market has sold off today.

Both condition has nothing to do with success, and dwelling in it will lead to actions which makes either situation 3-4 times worst.

In my study, I have already detailed the route to success.  It is only through follow that path that makes its a success, there is not other path to success, no matter how tempting.

Over the last couple of days, I have begun to understand this message a little better.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 02:58:59 PM
Suffering didn't begin with birth and end with death
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 03:01:04 PM
The step of renunciation of dying  in one's life is essential to being reborn as someone who sees. - WS Mervin
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 03:03:53 PM
Your reality is nirvana.  It is your ignorance that makes you think you're separate by turning off the Universe.

We are burning craving and desire, we have to put the fire out.   - The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 03:07:23 PM
"I am leaving your teaching, because it doesn't tell me if there's life after death or there's another world."

"Did I ever say I would give the answer to those things.  Because these are things you do not need to know.  The things you need to know is how to deal with suffering, because at this moment what made you ask that very question is suffering." - The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 05:48:33 PM
The Dilemma or paradox of BHI has came back to even the score. 

That's okay, because I deserved the lesson when I broke my own rule and then I was dancing in it when it went in my favor. 

It came back to even the score in the form of DVN and SWK.....I will never execute a trade like the exit of BHI, DVN, and SWK again.  It is too laced with desire for results.

My solution that works, and benign of emotional content, is a moving stop.  For example for BHI, put the stop two points lower, for SWK, I had my stop already, but I overwrote it, and with DVN, a moving stop would have worked beautiful

The best thing about this solution is that it allows me to be independent of results, and keep my mind......Than k you. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2012, 08:44:53 PM
Thank you Linda Raschke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsH6fWVP3Z8&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2012, 10:31:44 AM

Thank you for the lesson:


Zen and the Art of Trading

I am a trader.

I have a plan.

I follow it.

Trading is boring.

Perhaps Zen is boring.

Perhaps boring is good.

MUTs are exciting.

Perhaps exciting is bad.

Yes.

Let me first state that anything I say has worked, or not worked, for my trading, and my trading only.

It may have absolutely nothing to do with your trading and any implementation of my thoughts toward your trading may make it worse.

I have learned that I will not get all the moves in the market place. I have always theoretically known this but have not been able to implement it. In other words I kept chasing the "missed" trades.

Curve fitting a system to take yesterdays missed trades is idiotic.

Have I mentioned humans are stupid?

Dr. Brett Steenbarger states one of the keys to trading success is recognizing when market conditions change and then adapting your trading technique to the new conditions.

I disagree.

I can't do that, I wind up chasing last weeks market conditions in this weeks market.

What I have to do is use a plan that has minimum and maximum conditions in it. Before my plan always had minimum conditions to be met in order to trigger trades, it now (last 5 months or so) has maximum conditions as well. I could call my system the Goldilocks trade. I only want the porridge luke warm.

So there are more days now when I just sit here.


I sit here and do nothing.

The results have been nice, higher win rate, higher RR, less trades, less comm, and a sense that I have a niche in the market, a niche that works, I just have to sit here and wait for it.

    “I've wondered why it took us so long to catch on. We saw it, and yet we didn't see it. Or rather we were trained not to see it. Conned perhaps into thinking that the real action was metropolitan and all this was just boring hinterland. It was a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away. I'm looking for the truth." And so it goes away. Puzzling.”

    Robert M. Pirsig
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2012, 06:06:19 PM
INTU  2/16/2012.

Should I stay from this pattern?  Or grade it lower?

Breakout that is over extended.



Similar to MRK.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2012, 06:07:54 PM
A bullish Trigger on a weak day signals a very good long candidate.


A bearish Trigger on a weak day signals a very good short candidate.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2012, 08:30:13 PM
No one ever made it to my job by taking stupid risk - From the movie 'The Adjustment Bureau'
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2012, 07:31:26 AM
The little reasons for failure.

I guess what has really been bugging me was the little reasons for liquidating my positions.  The little reasons, that are not consistent with my exit rules.....  The problem with these little reasons is that by listening to them they allow human emotions to creep in and eventually take over what is a very good and well tested exit strategy.  By listening to the little reasons, one is already factoring fear and desire, one of the greatest reasons for failure....My failure to execute DVN became from the likes of BHI, SWK, and OMC....my resolve was already weakened by  compromising for the little reasons.

My overall system is very good.  It is the best I could come think of, and:

I will execute my trading plan, exactly as tested
I will be absolute to my trading rules, at all times (regardless what the market is showing)
I will do my home work and review

I will always remember to execute my plan, independent of the little reasons.  They can do nothing but lead to failure.  The little reasons are struggling, trying, effort, or force.   Zen in trading "Just like archery, whenever there is effort, force, struggling, straining, or trying, it's wrong."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2012, 08:03:13 AM
I am getting better.  I am executing my strategies better.  Despite set backs, my progress is getting better.  And it will continue to get even better.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2012, 07:57:28 PM
Thank you Ed.....

Trading Tribe Member Philosophy

 

Trading Tribe members tend toward a common set of beliefs.

I like to promote the personal growth of all members.

I like to be intellectually and emotionally open.

I have mastery of basic trading concepts.
   
I like Freedom, Free Enterprise and Capitalism.   

I like to show a profit.   

I commit to consistent attendance.

I like active listening, mirroring, pacing and encouraging Fred.

I use intentional language:

Feeling-intensive.

Grammar: SVO-p: Subject-Verb-Object, present tense.   

No Direct Questions, especially "Why?"

Share feelings: wonder, confusion, curiosity.

No judgments or advice or name calling.

No direct advice; no use of the word, should.

Validate feelings of others.

I realize results indicate intentions.

I use problems as entry points for growth.   

I Follow Trends - and don't try to figure out the markets.   

I let winners ride and I cut losses and I manage risk,   

I believe in holistic evolution, not linear causality.

I celebrate my feelings.   

I care about the feelings of others.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2012, 08:18:36 PM
The market will stay irrational for much longer than you can stay solvent.

Re: Two trading mistakes which will destroy your account


1. Knowing you're right in your analysis, but the market is moving against you.
2. Trying to avoid missed opportunities
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2012, 09:11:19 PM
Thank you for an interesting 2 hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT50SV3W5K0
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2012, 09:24:57 AM
Could it be that you're on to something with Entering a pattern too early?  Thank you for bringing it up.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2012, 01:23:23 PM
Thank you for weighing in Support and Resistance.  Otherwise, I would have missed out on many good trades.  I should consider it better too for stocks that have trended higher already.......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2012, 02:48:10 PM
Do you go by any other nick? j/c

Which one(s) do you think is also me?  Guess right and I won't deny it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2012, 02:50:10 PM
Thank you for weighing in Support and Resistance.  Otherwise, I would have missed out on many good trades.  I should consider it better too for stocks that have trended higher already.......

A Great reason to favor the support criteria, potential breakout move.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2012, 09:11:12 PM
Maybe I'll pm you instead.

Ok
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2012, 09:34:11 PM
I have to be more careful with stocks that have made that extra move after trending higher already....... VNQ.....MRK
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 23, 2012, 06:00:03 AM
Yesterday and today, I am so reminded, for the first time that it is so close to home, the impermanence of our World. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 23, 2012, 10:42:29 PM
When the lower BB pulls up to tighten, it is a great sign........fo r a strong pattern.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2012, 08:49:36 AM
To John:  Thank you for stopping to help me and tow my car.  I am so use to stopping by and helping others, and now I am on the receiving end.  Thank you for reaffirming goodness and kindness in people, and I will remember to pay it forward, as usual.  Thank you and Wishing you the best my friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2012, 04:16:18 PM
Thank you for a great week and a half of successful trading. 

I executed my trading plan exactly as tested and the way I wanted on...
Detached to results, I was absolutely discipline to my trading rules....
I finished my daily and weekly homework and reviews....

Thanks.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 28, 2012, 01:57:59 PM
Just Decide, ask for exactly what you want......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3OGivKM-6M
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 29, 2012, 10:13:07 AM
Thank you for testing me today.  This is what I was waiting for.  I am all one way, and let the market turn against me and see how my theory works.

Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2012, 06:11:42 AM
Thank Carlos for your words of wisdom.


Leadership doesn't matter when things are going well.  Go for only 3-4 elements that of change, that would make a difference.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEZ7NV3VHVc
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2012, 08:10:57 AM
Our emotions twist our reason and logic into thinking that it fits or is right when it doesn't.  Thinking back that was why I would think of such a crazy idea as N.Y.  Clearly I have to make sure that I make use of my reason and logic at all times, so that I do not error.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2012, 02:59:14 PM
This is better for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BrI1-tVjyg&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2012, 06:25:02 PM
Funny, my mind is not my mind today.  It is driving my thoughts in directions that I know I do not want to go.  It is like a crazy emotional monkey.   I guess emotional moments can do that to a person.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2012, 07:24:32 PM
To a fellow kwv luag

It was very good to meet you again.  Thank you for saying hello in such a warm fashion.  I do admire your courage to strive and go forward, and I will use your example as strength to help in my own journey.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2012, 10:48:46 PM
I may have overstayed my welcome on my Market Criteria.  I think I have to be more flexible and not use the moving average, but rather answer the question of would I get into the SPY at this point.  Would I still strongly get into it, and then consider the VIX into it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 07, 2012, 06:58:57 AM
I have not yet broken a trading rule, but out of shared emotional stress, I have compromised too much of my other principles.  This needs to stop immediately.

There is no reason to compromise any principles at any time.  Doing so is like breaking a trading rule, it can only make situations 3-4 times worst.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 12:19:59 PM
The conclusion I have come is this: If you do not have a plan for achieving success, then you will not have success in anything.  The most important thing is plan for it and execute your plan
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 12:21:24 PM
My recent lesson in my trading journey is that I have to watch my variables better.  I cannot call it trending or a great pattern when it is no longer so.  I rather enter a trade that has all (or most) of my variables working in harmony.

Value my variables more conservatively
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 12:41:59 PM
Most traders with a good system wash out of the markets because psychologicall y they are not prepared to win. - Alexander Elder
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 03:37:37 PM
My consolidation needs to be consolidation and not a topping pattern......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 04:04:39 PM
The only thing I have is my mind, I cannot poison with chemicals and thoughts ever.

And that applies to everything that I have decided at one time or another that it wasn't good for me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 08:53:22 PM
It was suggested to me by a very successful trader that when he came across these twelve steps he it made a difference for him in his results.


These are the original Twelve Steps as published by Alcoholics Anonymous:[10]

    1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
    2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
    3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
    4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
    5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
    6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
    7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
    8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
    9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
    10. Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
    11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying     only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
    12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2012, 10:01:10 PM
One thing I changed that has the potential to give me larger losses on more volatile stocks is my Stop.

I have to keep track of it and maybe change it back.  A wider stop will serve its purpose for longer trades, but my trades could be too short to give that kind of stop.  So I will monitor this change in variable.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2012, 10:18:08 AM
I imagine the psychotic individual who's hurt and has a very skew definition of reality, someone who can hurt and kill others.  My vision is to be just as psychotic, except for one thing, I will not take but give.  I will not ask what's in it for me, but how can I make each situation better for others. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2012, 01:22:01 PM
I have to re-adjust my position size to incorporate a average.  The price I will use for determining position is  (.75xP + .25xAverageP)/2.  Therefore I will increase position size to large stocks by a little and decrease position size to smaller stocks by a little.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2012, 03:37:07 PM
One thing that I wanted to do was stay away from "Riding the Band Situations." unless the rating is really high.

I rode the band in CLF, WLT, FCX, and X.

CLF. - Too many negative bars......Ridi ng the Band
WLT - No execution at Bollinger Band
FCX -  No execution at Bollinger Band....execut ion was away from band. (order would have expired)
X - No execution at Bollinger Band....execut ion was away from band, after time expired..... (order would have expired....)


There were no clear signals or patterns in these trades, when I got my execution.  I have to do a better job of staying within my discipline and avoid these costly errors based on wish and hope.

I would not have taken these trades, because they did not fit my entry criteria.  I had to stretch it so that fit and doing so with a poor trigger.

Even though they four trades meet my valuation criteria, they did not have an execution trigger.  None of the trades were at the Bollinger band when they were executed.

These trades are Not executable.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2012, 04:00:21 PM
No matter how good a trade Rates, if its not executable then its not a trade.

I do not go against large ENG to start a reversal.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 11, 2012, 09:07:39 PM
Thank you for such colorful and nice nieces and nephews that spent a couple hours with today.  I never noticed it before.  Thank you to such caring grandparents as well, always looking to teach us whenever we were willing to listen.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 11, 2012, 09:19:04 PM
Thank you for the recent set back in my trading.   There is always a great lesson to be learned when we are able to look past results.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2012, 04:27:50 PM
I am powerless over my Trading Plan and Rules
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2012, 04:33:46 PM
The three M to winning in Trading by Stuart McFee
1. M - Mindset
2. M - Methodology
3. M - Money Management


The three keys to winning in Trading by Alexander Elder
1. Psychology
2. Market analysis and methodology
3. Money management

The Trader is the weakest link in a trading system
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2012, 04:36:42 PM
"You can only succeed in trading only if you handle it as a serious intellectual pursuit.  Emotional trading is lethal. To help ensure success, practice defensive money management.  A good Trader watches his capital as carefully as a professional scuba diver watches his air supply."  - Alexander Elder

Thank you very much for writing your book and sharing with your penetrating analysis on what it takes to succeed in trading.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2012, 05:57:56 PM
Today is a Trading success, because....

I executed my trading plan exactly the way I wanted and tested and the way I wanted.

I was absolute discipline to my trading rules

I did my trading homework and reviews
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2012, 06:01:10 PM
When I was reading a psychiatrist's description of alcoholics and I realize that I am an alcoholic. 

I am powerless over alcohol and I will never have one drink again.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2012, 06:13:17 PM
Trade with your eyes open

Every winner needs to master three essential components of trading: 1. a sound individual psychology, 2. a logical trading system, and 3. a good money management plan.  These essentials are like three legs of a stool - remove one and the stool will fall, together with the person sits on it.  Losers try to build a stool with only one leg, or two at the most.  They usually focus exclusively on trading systems.
Your trades must be based on clearly defined rules.  You have to analyze your feelings as you trade, to make sure that your decisions are intellectually sound. You have to structure your money management so that no string of losses can kick you out of the game.

- Alexander Elder
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2012, 05:15:00 PM
My system, but so far I am drawn to less attractive trades that have slowed down my result.

That's okay as long as I continue to learn.

APKT vs ASML   - ASML is clearly the better choice, because of it is trending.

Metals, against LRB makes it a  no entry.... given two choices, pick trend over cheapness.

EQR, qualifies, but I cannot enter my order too far away, or else, I will not get fill at all.



The recent lessons that

1. Execute exactly as tested.   Tame my quantifying of my criteria.  They are too strong..... when its trending. 
2. Take trades with trend, over cheap stocks.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2012, 07:44:48 PM
P3  Counter Trend is only after......ove r extended run, not against a Recent Cross in the moving averages.   That is why NEM and ABX failed...
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2012, 07:46:12 PM
Despite the fact that its under performing right now, I am still very discipline to my trading plan.

I have to give better thoughts to my entry and their valuation.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2012, 07:48:39 PM
The Five Laws Of Gold

1. Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family.

2. Gold laboreth diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field.

3. Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of wise men in its handling.

4. Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keeping.

5. Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who followeth the advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2012, 07:55:05 PM

For strength in the middle of discouragement, let VISION fuel your courage! - Daniel Shannon
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2012, 09:47:28 PM
http://www.aliceboyes.com/via-signature-strengths-questionnaire-free/
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 11:01:56 AM
The Serenity Prayer is the common name for an originally untitled prayer by the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.[1] The prayer has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs.

The best-known form is:

    God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
    Courage to change the things I can,
    And wisdom to know the difference.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 11:04:42 AM
Thank you for my recent set backs in trading.  Because of it, I know exactly where my work lies.  My system works and does work very well.  My rush to prove that it works well made me apply it too quick.

I realized that I entered trades that were not part of the plan, and at the same time I missed trades that would have worked. 

My system does work, and I am glad for the lessons that I am learning concerning the execution of my system and Trades.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 11:27:00 AM
We adapt when we have no choice, when there's a choice we struggle.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 11:31:26 AM
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The beauty of the tap code is not only that it allowed communication, but the communication strengthen the Vietnam POW fortitude to survive, grow, and thrive.

We all need tap codes in our lives.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 11:34:58 AM
Thank you for you very powerful and spiritual wisdom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izEWkq2l8gY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVod66zqoF0&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:05:58 PM
Thank you for your beautiful contribution to my growth and well being.  I am so glad to have met you yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKklYvceOE&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:40:32 PM
Today, I rid myself of false teaching that money is evil and that a rich person will never get into heaven.  This teaching was giving to me and others to scare us into giving all our money and wealth to the church, and nothing more.  Yes, there is truth in the fact that if one pursues money all your life, you may miss out on the real lesson life has to teach.  There is truth in the fact that money is is not the key to happiness.  However that's like anything else in life.  Therefore today, I will rid myself of the false teaching that money is evil.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:43:14 PM
Why does a trader as successful as Ed Seykota spend so much of his time delving into the subject of feelings?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:43:59 PM
PSD - Poor, Smart, and Deep Desire to become rich
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:44:44 PM
Answer the Questions.

"Now what?"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:46:29 PM
Stress in trading....str ess .....I have been learning about stress lately from a couple of source.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:47:23 PM
Our Morals are our rules for our own happiness....w hen we break them ultimately we suffer, therefore we must never break them, not for others, but ourselves.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:50:07 PM
Sunk Cost Experiment.

Having bought a $10 ticket and then losing ticket.  88% will not, repurchase ticket again.

Or Not having bought ticket yet, but losing $10.  46% will not purchase ticket.

Get rid of addiction to Sunk Cost.....it is devastating to success in trading

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:53:41 PM
I see it more as a matter of choosing between what is in accord with your nature of changing your nature to accord with your dreams.  Most people don't recognize this as a choice point.  They get praised into a career.  You're good with people, you should be a sales person or you're good in math, you should be a computer programmer.  Few realize that it is possible to hold their dreams constant and vary their behavior until they are good at what they need to be good at.  And usually, there is a bit of both.   - Trend Following
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:57:09 PM
If you're going to chase success, the basic principles, the basic psychological requirements are the same, no matter what you do in life.  You still have to wake up every day with a deep desire to be successful.  Then you have to make it happen.  You have to be consistently focused every day.  You can't just wake up and say, hey, I'm going give a little bit of effort today and see what happens.  If it doesn't work out for me, I can say I tried and complain to my wife or girlfriend. You can't just jump around because the newspaper or some TB analyst says, here's some get rich quick scheme or holy grail.  You must know what you're going to do, be keenly aware of the role human behavior plays, and go make it happen.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 02:57:59 PM
To freshen a room a room, open a window.  Works for minds too, and for hearts. - Ed Seykota
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 04:33:32 PM
Karen Levine:  Thank you for sharing your story of humility.  I find it to be very inspiring for this time in my life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 08:01:38 PM
Dexter is the first to admit that all of his and Birdie's accomplishment s-business, charity, personal, and family-are the result of hard work. "Nothing much happens without working to make it happen," he says. "If you can accomplish a goal without working, chances are the goal has little value. I want to help people understand that a dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by your greatest enemy: fear of failure!" Dexter finishes this thought with perhaps his best-known advice, heard by countless thousands of people the world over:


"Don't Let Anybody Steal Your Dream!"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2012, 08:20:21 PM
Three good things today....

1.  I was absolute discipline to my trading plan.....I have not yet broken a rule. However I do need to work on my entry.
2.  I reviewed my entry situations.  The trades that were less than 4 resulted in 11 losses out of 12.  That is a very good reason to check and double check my criteria.
3.  I ventured out and checked out a possible solution for my future.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 08:18:13 AM
I think the market's resilience in bouncing back in the long run reflects human's resilience and striving for to growth and prosperity.

No matter how bad things get, our human spirit, once tested, always reflect the best in us.  That is why the market seems to be trending ever higher, in the long run.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 01:03:24 PM
Thank you again, Louise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu-U_rvtIKA&feature=related

Awareness is the first part of the journey.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 01:32:54 PM
When you want rain.....do not pray for rain, but imagine yourself in the wet soaking rain.  Feel the joy of the rain, and give thanks for the rain that you already have.......Thi s also works with anything else you want in your life as well....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 02:42:28 PM
There's a law and a process....pla nt a seed in the ground and it will grow.  Whatever you want, plant a seed, water it and it will grow.


Because no gardener ever goes out and says, "Give me some vegetables and I will water you."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 02:43:44 PM
Trading is not about buying into companies.   It is about making money, nothing more.

The best measure of your intention is the result you get.

Absolute return vs Wall Streets standard of aversion to the mean.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 02:44:39 PM
If you don't risk anything, you risk even more. - Erica Jones
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 02:51:07 PM
What is the book "Trend Following" telling me?  It is telling that my system works, and I have to pursue it, learn, and execute my trading plan exactly the wanted and tested.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 02:54:29 PM
Wall Street works hard to make what they do, which nothing more than buying and holding, appear complex and sophisticated.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 03:51:49 PM
I didn't take SOHU.  I checked and double checked it, but I didn't take it.  For me to take it, I would have had to have taken it after the first day.  I didn't take it because it didn't make any sense now...... The qualify was there, but I didn't take it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 03:53:28 PM
I know that my system works..... be patient and keep executing my trades the way I wanted it.  Do not be distracted by results, but keep focusing on execution exactly as tested.

In the old days, I would have been short and struggling now.  I have broken away from that and I am trading it the way I wanted to.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2012, 07:41:58 PM
Weekly Review.

For this week, I went back and noticed that some of the trades that I labeled incorrectly were devastating to my account.

Some were not correctly valued, some were not correctly entered, some should not have been entered at all because my order has expired.

Not correctly valued:
1. Too much confidence
     1. ROK - Too much valuation on (Trigger or Support)
     2. TXN - Too much valuation on Pattern
     3.  CE - Not a Trigger.  Over value.
     4.  NEM & ABX - Candle was not strong enough.  It is actually weaker than I assigned.
     5.  BBBY - Overvalued. (does not qualified).  The previous time qualified, because there was a stronger signal.
2.  Error in judgement
     1.  CLF - With Pattern, Trigger needs to be close to Band 
     2.  DE - Too much valuation on BB


Not Correctly Executed:
1. No real Trigger (not at BB or no Swing)
   1. MRK - No Trigger at all.           
   2. WLT - No Trigger or execution         
   3.  MAN - No real Trigger                         

All these positions were long, but they failed in a rallying market.  They possess the potential to work really well, but they need to be executed exactly according to my criteria.

By valuing my entries better, I will be executing my trades exactly the way I wanted.  This is my lesson for the week.

2.  Allowed Original order to stay too long.





Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 04:40:15 PM
Discipline!...discipline!!....discipline!!!....is today's subject!!!!

Someone wrote this today.....and it occurred to me that to achieve discipline, one has to change one inner beliefs or else the internal struggle will lead to failure, or lack of discipline.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 05:56:07 PM
The common denominator... ..for beating cancer......(despite all the treatment) is changing a thought.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 06:00:22 PM
How did I get into a loving relationship with my ex-wife?  How did I get to make all that money?  Through constructive thoughts of success and feelings.


How did I get here?  Poor and wife-less?  Through negative, fearful thinking.  Through thinking what's in it for me?

How do I rebound and excel even higher?  Yes.....throug h constructive, joyous thinking of success.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 06:01:12 PM
It is through our trials and suffering that awakens our purpose in life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 06:17:46 PM
Re-looking XOM and BBBY.

XOM was successful, because the candle trigger was better.

BBBY failed, because the candle trigger was not that strong.  There were many positive candles, and one DOJ, which did not justify an entry.

The lesson is that every thing counts and so therefore make sure to take the Triggers seriously.  Do not rush to get in on Entry.   BBBY worked the previous time, because it had a really strong candle.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 06:55:39 PM
I was on my way to being really Rich, and then I got sidetracked by the fact that I didn't know enough, about the methods and myself, to accomplish that goal.

I was on my way toward a wonderfully fulfilling life with my true love, until I got sidetracked by the fact that I was not worthy of such love yet, because I didn't have it inside of me.

Therefore I had to wait patiently and learn to become a rich and loving person inside and take up my journey to love, richness, and happiness again when I am prepared enough.

Thank you for making me pause so that I can learn to be a better person for others and for myself. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 08:16:50 PM
"The only way to avoid whipsaws is to stop trading." - Ed Seykota
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 08:51:19 PM
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to ones courage." - Nais Nin
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2012, 08:53:21 PM
The value of a disciplined trading approach is that it allows you to design your strategy during non-stressful times.  Then, when the markets are tough, you need only to execute your plan rather than being forced to face difficult decisions under pressure when you are mostly likely to make mistakes. - Rob Romaine
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Calypso on March 19, 2012, 09:20:19 PM
I've been reading bits and pieces of ur thread for awhile now. Just wanted to say that u got a lot of good stuff here--very interesting and insightful. Keep it up.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 10:15:59 AM
I pulled something..... .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxjQ6E0Bu4c
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 10:17:49 AM
I've been reading bits and pieces of ur thread for awhile now. Just wanted to say that u got a lot of good stuff here--very interesting and insightful. Keep it up.

Thank you for taking the time. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 10:22:05 AM
One of the most rarest feats in golf is not the hole in one, but the double eagle, aka as the albatross.  It is getting a 3 under in hole.  You can't even get it in par 3 whole, but only in a par 4 or par 5.

The only double eagle that is also a hole in one accomplished by Andrew Magee in 2001.  Here are the details:


In the history of the PGA Tour, there has been only one ace on a par-4, and it came at the TPC Scottsdale, home of the FBR Open.

The hole was No. 17, the year was 2001, and the golfer was Andrew Magee. But the circumstances were anything but normal.

Magee, just an average driver of the ball, didn't think he'd be able to reach the green on the 332-yard par-4. So he didn't wait for the group ahead to clear the green. Instead, he teed up, and - steaming over a double bogey two holes earlier - muscled up. He let her rip, and the ball went farther than he expected.

So far that it ran up onto the green while the group of Steve Pate, Gary Nicklaus and Tom Byrum were still putting. The ball raced past Pate and Nicklaus, who both saw the ball, then clanged off the putter of Byrum, who was caught by surprise.

The ball ricocheted off Byrum's putter, caromed about eight feet, and dropped right into the cup. Hole-in-one. Still the only par-4 ace on the PGA Tour, and surely one of the more unusual aces of any kind on the tour.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 10:27:20 AM
If you trade on a definite trend-following loss limiting-method, you can "trade" without taking a great deal of time from your regular business day.  Since action is taken only when certain evidence is registered, you can spend a minute of two per market in the evening checking up on whether action taking evidence is apparent, and then in one telephone call in the morning place or change any orders in accord with what is indicated.  Furthermore a definite method, which at all times includes precise criteria for closing out one's losing trades promptly, avoids....emot ional unnerving indecision.  - Donchian

"Of course to reach the minute or two takes preparation time.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 08:58:47 PM
One of the lessons I want to learn from having had you in life is that I will never desire anything so much that I would compromise my principles to attain it.

Without my principles, I am homeless.  My principles is my haven of fortitude, and I will never destroy it, for anything or anyone again.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 10:06:02 PM
Revisiting SOHU:

The reason for:  The rating on the Quantify is very good.

The reason against:  The entry was actually a day late.  Given normal entry parameters, I would have entered higher by 2 points. 

The reason for justifying a late entry on that day....because the candle trigger was so strong that I had to stay away.  The candle trigger was so strong that it did not make sense to enter on that day.  Therefore the delayed was justified.....

For such a rating, I have to take the trade....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2012, 10:11:20 PM
Why should you invest with me when I have failed in the past?  Because it is my failure that is my greatest teacher.  It is my failure that will help propelled us to consistent future success.

When I made markets, I have also failed, and sometimes very badly.  However it is my failure which lead to better questions and ultimate consistent success. 

They say 90/100 people will fail in trading.  However, in that 10% that succeeds perhaps 80 - 90 percent of them will have gone broke many times before achieving consistent success.  Therefore more than 95% of those that venture into trading will have failed, and it is up to them to pick themselves or not.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2012, 08:35:03 AM
I was jogging today and reflecting on a very strong emotional dream I had 15 years ago.  Why was it so emotional strong?  How can overcome it or how can I view it in a more constructive light?

And I finally have answer after all these years.....I gave myself permission, through my subconscious mind, to experience it so strongly.  I will not reflect so strongly on things in my past anymore.  My past is for learning and nothing more.  It is a tool for survival and growth, which is my purpose here.  I will not dwell, long for, or fear anything in my past, but live for each day to build for a better tomorrow. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2012, 08:53:23 AM
I saw this funny "truth" on facebook about guitars.

http://www.dailydawdle.com/2011/10/funny-guitars-thats-exactly-how-they.html
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2012, 11:54:03 AM
Thank you Jenny for your help..... I hope we both find what we're looking for.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2012, 11:55:41 AM
No matter how well I do in the future, I want to always remember this trying and special time in life.  It is this uncertain time that I was able to reach inside and ask what do I really want.  Thank you for making me pause to find myself on my way to everlasting happiness.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2012, 01:14:10 PM
Over the weekend, I suddenly found myself distracted with negative thoughts of whats in it for me?  Then suddenly I realized that I have to turn the thoughts around, by asking what it is I would want for the other people involved?  What I would want is their happiness..... So therefore their happiness is more important than mine and what I can do to make their situation a little better?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 06:52:47 AM
Sometimes I think I could be "curve fitting" or "Smooth fitting" my system to make it very nice and neat.  However, I don't think that is the case.  I arrived at my system intuitively and then proceeded to develop and test my system.  That is where I am at, and not the other around.

My system was develop from intuition (BB), and not through curve fitting.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 07:32:51 AM
The Front page on Yahoo Finance says,


Global Economy Fears Stalk Markets
AP

A run of poor economic figures weighed on markets Thursday in what is turning out to be one of the worst weeks for stocks this year.


It makes you almost think that the market will be down over 200 points.  However the Dow is projected down 68 points, NASD -13, and SPX -8.

They either have drama writers at yahoo or they are trying to influence the market.  Why?  Because with the recent run up, we are still trending up very much, and one would expect any retracement as well.  I have to stop paying to the dramatic titles here at Yahoo finance or anywhere else and keep to my methodology and plan.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 12:04:20 PM
You taught me to focus so much on myself, because you focused so much on yourself.  You wanted attention for every little thing that you do.  Sometimes you want it so bad that you would take it away from others and little childish games.

I no longer feel that is the right path and I do not share your beliefs, therefore I will do what it takes to stay away from that.   Thank you for teaching me, finally, that what we see isn't always the right path to take.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 12:43:03 PM
I think I spent too much money on the herbalife product for myself to try.  The reason I did so is that I know how it will work before actually convincing others.

I don't think most people will want to spend that kind of money, not to mention actually following through with the discipline which is the more difficult part.

I will try it for a month and see if I see any results.  If I do not become a distributor, perhaps I can find some GNC products to supplement a nutrition idea similar to herbalife.

Yes, that became a little more than I thought I wanted to spend.  But I wanted to know and learn.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 01:17:08 PM
How do I weigh the market criteria at a stage like this......it is harder for me to give such a high rating......


Perhaps my rule of thumb should be would I buy the market SPY index right now?  And then proceed from there.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 05:48:26 PM
Three good things today.

1.  I execute my trading plan, exactly as tested on money management  rules and my entry
2.  I am absolute discipline to my trading rules on managing my live orders, managing my live positions, and my exit rules.
3.  I accomplished my daily home work....



Thank you for watching my thoughts today....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 06:04:07 PM
What licenses do you need to start or manage a hedge fund?

    24 August, 2008 -
    Hedge Fund Questions and Answers -
    Tags : blue sky laws, broker-dealer, FINRA, Investment Advisers Act of 1940, NFA, Series 3, Series 63, series 65, Series 66, Series 7
    14 Comments

Question: What licenses do you need to start or manage a hedge fund?

Answer: This is a question that comes up quite often. Many people wonder whether they need a series 7 license or the series 65 license or the series 3 to manage a hedge fund. First, a potential hedge fund manager does not need to have a series 7 license in order to manager a hedge fund. The series 7 license is the general securities representative licese which allows an individual to be a representative (broker) of a FINRA registered member firm (brokerage firm or broker-dealer). The series 7 allows a representative to take and place trades for a customer. It is also a prerequisite for many of the other FINRA exams (such as the series 24). Because the hedge fund in not regulated as a broker, a hedge fund manager does not need to have a series 7 license (assuming that the manager is also concurrently acting as a broker-dealer representative).

Second, a start up hedge fund manager may need to have a series 65 license in order to become registered as an investment adviser. There are two potential ways a hedge fund manager would be required to register as an investment adviser – under the federal rules (the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) or under the various state rules (commonly referred to as the state blue sky laws). If a manager is required to register with the SEC under the Advisers Act* then, for federal purposes, the manager will not need to have taken the Series 65. However, the Advisers Act allows states to impose certain requirements on all federally registered investment advisers with a place of business in their state. Generally the states will require all federally registered investment advisers to “notice file” in their state which entails paying a fee to the state. The state can also require that all investment adviser representative s have the series 65 license. This means that anyone who talks to clients/investors or makes any trading decisions or analysis will need to have this license. The definition of investment adviser representative basically encompasses every employee or owner of the investment adviser other than secretary type employees. If you are a federally registered investment adviser you should discuss whether members of your team need to be licensed as representative s at the state level.

If you are not a federally registered investment adviser (generally all managers with less than 30 million of assets under management) then you will need to determine whether your management firm needs to be registered as an investment adviser at the state level. Many states require investment advisers with a place of business** in the state to register. Some popular states that require investment adviser registration are California, Texas, Washington and Colorado. However, there are many states which have exemptions from the registration requirements. Some popular states that have exemptions (through regulation or special order) from investment adviser registration for hedge fund managers are New York, Connecticut, Florida and Georgia. Again, you should speak with your legal counsel or compliance professional to determine whether your hedge fund management firm will need to be licensed as an investment adviser in the state.

Finally, if the hedge fund trades futures or commodities then the manager may need to be registered as a commodity pool operator with the National Futures Association. In order to register as a commodity pool operator at least one person at the management company will need to take the Series 3 exam. For more information on the Series 3 exam and this part of the registration process please read how to register as a CPO or CTA.

* Many potential hedge fund managers are confused with whether a management company will need to be registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The answer is that in most cases a hedge fund manager will not have to be registered as an investment adviser with the SEC because of an exemption provision within the investment advisers act. Section 203(b)(3) of the Advisers Act specifically exempts from the registration provisions “any investment adviser who during the course of the preceding twelve months has had fewer than fifteen clients and who neither holds himself out generally to the public as an investment adviser nor acts as an investment adviser …” The term “client” in the hedge fund context means a “corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust …, or other legal organization … to which you provide investment advice based on its investment objectives rather than the individual investment objectives of its shareholders, partners, limited partners, members, or beneficiaries…”

This means that as long as a hedge fund manager will not need to count the investors in the hedge fund as his “client” and that the hedge fund itself is the only “client.” You will probably recall that a couple of years ago the SEC proposed a change to the rules under the Advisers Act that required a manager to count all of the investors in the hedge fund as clients. Under the proposed rule hedge fund managers would have been required register with the SEC (if they had at least $30 million under management), but Phillip Goldstein successfully challenged the SEC in court. His successful challenge to the rule change allows hedge fund managers to escape SEC regulation.

** “Place of business” of an investment adviser means: (1) An office at which the investment adviser regularly provides investment advisory services, solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with clients; and (2) Any other location that is held out to the general public as a location at which the investment adviser provides investment advisory services, solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with clients.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 07:23:24 PM
Did I oversold myself on the Herbalife and therefore missed out on reason, logic, and practicality.?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 22, 2012, 09:32:01 PM
“I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. By this-worldliness I mean living unreservedly in life's duties, problems, successes and failures. In so doing we throw ourselves completely into the arms of God, taking seriously, not our own sufferings, but those of God in the world. That, I think, is faith.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/29333.Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2012, 06:19:05 AM
SB,

I had a dream about you last night.  I guess it shows, how close we were at one point.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2012, 02:07:37 PM
I am asking myself to be a giver, and not a taker.  I am asking myself to be kind to others and always wait patiently for the benefit of the doubt.  I am asking myself to put others happiness others desires, needs and wants ahead of mine.

I am not asking this for a higher purpose or reason or so that I may gain entry into heaven.  I am ask this of myself for the very selfish reason that doing so will make me the happiest in my daily life.  For it is when we desire things that we suffer.  It is when we take from others that we suffer.  It is when we put ourselves first that we suffer inside.  Therefore, for ever lasting happiness, just be happy and give all I can everyday.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2012, 12:32:34 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q377uHhyNe0

I was driving yesterday morning.  And then I heard an acoustic version of this song, and at the same time I was reflecting on a couple of recent teachings I had in the past, one was from the Odyssey by Homer.  Then I finally understood the message or the teaching of Jesus.  I understand why they wrote the story now, why its true, and why and how we can find Salvation in Jesus's teaching.  

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2012, 09:40:57 PM
"I can do everything through him who gives me STRENGTH." - Phil 4:13
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2012, 07:35:11 PM
Thank u for the small pain in my head over the last couple of days.  It means that I am growing.  :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2012, 09:33:29 PM
It is through out suffering that we will find salvation, and meaning in our lives.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2012, 09:36:17 PM
I was going to criticize love ones for their lack of support, then I realize that by doing so, it doesn't make it true.  I am only dwelling in my negativity and eating away at my determination and will for success and happiness.  By doing so, I am only dwelling in negativity, instead of focusing on constructive and positive, enjoying each moment, and finding creative solutions towards achieving my objectives.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2012, 09:37:31 PM
Thank you for allowing me stay on my path of being the person that I want to be.  No matter what is happening, I have to stay on the path.  I will not put any poison in my mind or my body.  Please help me.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2012, 09:38:59 PM
Today is a success in trading, because I executed the trades exactly the way I wanted.....Ind ependent to results, I am absolute discipline to all my rules, and I accomplished my home and reviews......M y trading is successful today..
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2012, 07:00:02 PM
"What if, with every thought you have, you are actually creating your present and your future?"  - Louise Hay
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2012, 07:23:56 PM
The quality of the Trigger is how it happened in relation to the Market.  For example a long trigger happening in a down market is very strong.  A long trigger happening in on a very strong market day is not that strong.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2012, 05:45:47 AM
The number 1 reason people get fired is tardiness and cheating the clock. 

The number 2 reason people get fired is going to inappropriate websites.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 30, 2012, 07:06:46 AM
The only way to succeed is through a well thought plan and proper execution of that plan.  Success will not suddenly land on my lap through luck.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2012, 10:45:43 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWsFFQP0gA
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2012, 08:40:08 PM
"Do not seek refuge in anyone or anything.  Be your own lamp.  Let truth be your guide." - The last words of the Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2012, 09:00:02 PM
The charting on Tradestation may be too good to give up, not to mention the simulation software.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 03, 2012, 04:40:28 PM
Best part of the a very good movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0PUrNwvvBk
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 03, 2012, 06:18:38 PM
What if I was born in the Mountains of Laos (and died there) and never had a chance to come to the USA and never had a chance to know and accept Jesus Christ into my life.  What if then?  Would I be condemned to hell, because I never got a chance to be taught and accept Jesus in my life.  Would I be condemned to hell because I was born somewhere Jesus teaching didn't penetrate.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 05, 2012, 09:12:52 PM
This scene contained one of my favorite quotes.  I kept it for a long time, through failure and success and then I don't have it any.

"Back then, well, I thought there would be other days.  I didn't realize that that was the only day."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL1B0B60F9FEB2BAD7
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2012, 06:30:17 PM
Our future represents our current thought.  Think glorious thoughts and you will have a glorious future. - Louise Hay
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2012, 09:25:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4WP1MfRoSA
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2012, 09:27:25 PM
If I ever came across someone who's childishly testing my patience (in any way, shape, or form), may I always have to strength to keep my awareness and take the better road.  There is nothing else that would give me better more satisfaction.. ...
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2012, 09:29:25 PM
If you ever want to connect with God, you can do so by connecting with God's creation, which is all around you and all that you see.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2012, 04:25:12 PM
"This is the end -- for me the beginning of life." Deitrich Bonhoeffer's last words.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2012, 07:39:50 PM
Daniel Shannon
VISION only becomes reality if "plan" and "action" do not part each others company
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2012, 09:19:48 PM
Ken Tropin of Graham Capital:

In order for a system to be successful, it has to be what I call robust.  Robust means that I can test that system in a market I designed it around.  Say I'm using it in the treasury bonds, and then If I switch that market and I try that system in the Euro, it still works.  And if I change its parameters, it still works.  And if I switch it over to corn-something totally different than treasury bonds-it still works.  And if I look at some data that was out of sample from what I designed it around, it still works.  Then I have something that might be interesting and have a chance of living in the future.  Because the nature of data is it changes a little all the time.  And so the key to success in systems trading is to have what I call a loose fitting suit. I can't have a suit that's so tight and perfectly proportioned to me that if I gain two pounds, it won't fit the data anymore.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2012, 05:17:13 PM
What is wrong with my current take on the market criteria is that I will be late.....

I will be late when the market has sold off and is over extended.
I will be later when the market has rallied and is over extended.

Therefore from now on I will ask myself the question of whether or not, I will step into the market at this point.  That will be my valuation on my market criteria.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2012, 05:20:15 PM
Whether you are going or staying or sitting or lying down,
the whole world is your own self.
You must find out
whether the mountains, rivers, grass, and forests
exist in your own mind or exist outside it.
Analyze the ten thousand things,
dissect them minutely,
and when you take this to the limit
you will come to the limitless,
when you search into it you come to the end of search,
where thinking goes no further and distinctions vanish.
When you smash the citadel of doubt,
then the Buddha is simply yourself.
Daikaku
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2012, 05:22:21 PM
One of my favorite Zen Story.

Ryonen's Clear Realization

The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she was serving the empress as one of the ladies of the court. Even at such a youthful age fame awaited her.

The beloved empress died suddenly and Ryonen's hopeful dreams vanished. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. It was then that she desired to study Zen.

Her relatives disagreed, however, and practically forced her into marriage. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. Before she was twenty-five she had accomplished this condition. Then her husband and relatives could no longer dissuade her from her desire. She shaved her head, took the name of Ryonen, which means to realize clearly, and started on her pilgrimage.

She came to the city of Edo and asked Tetsugyu to accept her as a disciple. At one glance the master rejected her because she was too beautiful.

Ryonen then went to another master, Hakuo. Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble.

Ryonen obtained a hot iron and placed it against her face. In a few moments her beauty had vanished forever.

Hakuo then accepted her as a disciple.

Commemorating this occasion, Ryonen wrote a poem on the back of a little mirror:

    In the service of my Empress I burned incense to
        perfume my exquisite clothes
    Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to
        enter a Zen temple.

When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem:

    Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing
        scene of autumn
    I have said enough about moonlight,
    Ask no more.
    Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars when no
        wind stirs.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2012, 06:53:51 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=bI8SviHawBo
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2012, 07:01:34 PM
Last week, I had 16 entries, 7 more than my system Max.  This is not good trading.  My weekly maximum is only 9 total, and that is if I had two stops that week.

This money management rule is for my own protection.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2012, 06:38:35 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru6rYXI4rn8

Once a long time ago, you wrote a poem for me.  I only remember the beginning and the end now.


XXX XXX XXX
Do you know that I love you

You're so fine
Like the sunshine

Or like the sand
In a faraway land

.....
....

.....
.....

You're like a shining star
Except you're close to me, not far.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2012, 09:26:59 AM
What is wrong with my current take on the market criteria is that I will be late.....

I will be late when the market has sold off and is over extended.
I will be later when the market has rallied and is over extended.

Therefore from now on I will ask myself the question of whether or not, I will step into the market at this point.  That will be my valuation on my market criteria.

In order to correct this measure.  Everyday I will look at the QQQ, IWM, DIA, SPY (& TRIN) before making a decision on market assignment.  If I simply go by MA, then I will be stuck very long while the market hiccups or very short when the market has a dead cat bounce, could result in minor set backs and irritations.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2012, 09:38:37 AM
First Analysis

Every day, For Market and VIX, use combination of:
1.   IWM
2.   DIA
3.   QQQ
4.   SPY
5.   TRIN
Market and VIX = (Sum (IWM + DIA+QQQ+SPY)/4 + TRIN)/2

In the context of RC and PA, and rate it by whether I would (or not) enter into the above instrument with the prevailing trend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2012, 08:24:30 PM
When I hear this song, I am so reminded of you and your time in my life now.  Since we can't stop time, I will cherish every moment that I have with you all, my beautiful kids.  Have an awesome time in your school and your work, and I will wish you joy and happiness in every single moment of your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ichO7gAeOGE
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2012, 07:07:19 PM
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Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2012, 05:10:41 PM
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuKklYvceOE&feature=related
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2012, 06:40:15 PM
Is it it better to live for 1 second in joy than to live a lifetime in pain?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 20, 2012, 06:10:25 PM
I was driving to work this morning, and I was pondering the age old question, brain vs brawn.  And I finally realize that its neither.  It's something much more powerful.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 22, 2012, 09:10:56 PM
Yesterday while at my cousin's house, my left leg was attacked by their dog, leaving bite mark.  It is then that I was reminded of the Buddhist quote, "An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."

I felt so much compassion and kindness toward the dog that bit me and I wished him peace and harmony.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2012, 08:20:32 PM
Thank you for coming into my life very briefly and loving me for nearly an eternity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvZSdCTcS-A&feature=BFa&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2012, 04:40:30 PM
Wealth has to do with consciousness and deserve-ability. - Louise Hay
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2012, 08:54:00 PM
"Most Illustrious Lord, Having now sufficiently considered the specimens of all those who proclaim themselves skilled contrivers of instruments of war, and that the invention and operation of the said instruments are nothing different from those in common use: I shall endeavor, without prejudice to any one else, to explain myself to your Excellency, showing your Lordship my secret, and then offering them to your best pleasure and approbation to work with effect at opportune moments on all those things which, in part, shall be briefly noted below.

1. I have a sort of extremely light and strong bridges, adapted to be most easily carried, and with them you may pursue, and at any time flee from the enemy; and others, secure and indestructible by fire and battle, easy and convenient to lift and place. Also methods of burning and destroying those of the enemy.

2. I know how, when a place is besieged, to take the water out of the trenches, and make endless variety of bridges, and covered ways and ladders, and other machines pertaining to such expeditions.

3. If, by reason of the height of the banks, or the strength of the place and its position, it is impossible, when besieging a place, to avail oneself of the plan of bombardment, I have methods for destroying every rock or other fortress, even if it were founded on a rock, etc.

4. Again, I have kinds of mortars; most convenient and easy to carry; and with these I can fling small stones almost resembling a storm; and with the smoke of these cause great terror to the enemy, to his great detriment and confusion.

5. And if the fight should be at sea I have kinds of many machines most efficient for offense and defense; and vessels which will resist the attack of the largest guns and powder and fumes.

6. I have means by secret and tortuous mines and ways, made without noise, to reach a designated spot, even if it were needed to pass under a trench or a river.

7. I will make covered chariots, safe and unattackable, which, entering among the enemy with their artillery, there is no body of men so great but they would break them. And behind these, infantry could follow quite unhurt and without any hindrance.

8. In case of need I will make big guns, mortars, and light ordnance of fine and useful forms, out of the common type.

9. Where the operation of bombardment might fail, I would contrive catapults, mangonels, trabocchi, and other machines of marvellous efficacy and not in common use. And in short, according to the variety of cases, I can contrive various and endless means of offense and defense.

10. In times of peace I believe I can give perfect satisfaction and to the equal of any other in architecture and the composition of buildings public and private; and in guiding water from one place to another.

11. I can carry out sculpture in marble, bronze, or clay, and also I can do in painting whatever may be done, as well as any other, be he who he may.

Again, the bronze horse may be taken in hand, which is to be to the immortal glory and eternal honor of the prince your father of happy memory, and of the illustrious house of Sforza.

And if any of the above-named things seem to anyone to be impossible or not feasible, I am most ready to make the experiment in your park, or in whatever place may please your Excellency — to whom I comment myself with the utmost humility, etc."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2012, 08:57:39 PM
In the sky there is no distinction of east and west.  We make our own distinctions and believe them to be true. - The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2012, 09:00:44 PM
Daniel Shannon
Your VISION for tomorrow cannot afford to be at the mercy of current frustrations. #getoverit #stayfocused #keepmovingforward
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2012, 05:20:29 PM
Once, I had a few dollars more than the next guy.  Once, I had for a wife a girl, who was the prettiest girl I ever I saw.  I thought I was special, better than the next guy.  Now I have a few dollars less than the next guy, and I do not have any girl in my life at all.  I am glad they both went away, my money and my girl.  Because then I can truly experience the pleasures of my life, every day and moment.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2012, 06:56:34 PM
What if all our emotions, which drives our actions, are just programmings to make sure we survive and fulfill our purpose here on earth. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2012, 07:02:08 PM
Thank you my brother Tong for your kind action, and mostly your words of kindness and wisdom. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 30, 2012, 06:27:01 PM
Thoughts of the day:

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss, volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. - George Santayana

That's the nature of women....not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not. - Miguel de Cervantes

It is because of men that women dislike one another. - Jean de la Bruyere

When science discovers the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to find out they are not it. - Bernard Baily
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 30, 2012, 08:30:06 PM
My not considering the Market VIX better, and patterns carefully cost me 26,887.  I am adjusting to (.25 - 1) and then adding .5. This will give me better objectivity.

I am changing market/vix to whether I would go long or short it.  From there, I can establish my market and vix.

For a particular pattern, I will only consider a higher rating, not the standard.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 05:15:18 PM
Thank you for the wonderful results in my trading.  I am growing and learning everyday, and one day, I will become the trader I envision now today. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 09:18:39 PM
Thank you very much for the $20 dollars you have just given to help us.  I know you worked very hard, for at least at hour or two, for that money and so I thank you so kindly from the bottom of my heart.  Many blessings for your kindness.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 09:19:54 PM
"Unless you're making mistakes, you're not learning a whole lot." - an MSU student
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 09:23:23 PM
Thank you for your inspiration. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybe5GkMLyg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ybe5GkMLyg#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 09:24:14 PM
I will dedicate my life to giving the best of me every day, to all situations.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 09:25:44 PM
"Unless you're making mistakes, you're not learning a whole lot." - an MSU student

Therefore, thank you for the empowering lessons in trading from April 2012.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2012, 09:34:25 PM
Thank you to my beautiful kids for coming into my life.  I am so proud of all of you, and I am so blessed to have just wonderful and strong kids in my life.  Let's all grow stronger together. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 02, 2012, 07:54:50 PM
To my youngest beautiful pretty thing, thank you for teaching me today that I need to have more patience around you.  It is me who has to constantly change, not you.  I love you and I will try harder to love you more.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2012, 04:38:37 PM
Missed trade.  I am forgetting to grade trades and enter them properly.  I am missing patterns, because of my missed assignments.  My new approach of assigning the patterns makes perfect sense and will work towards getting better objectivity out of my patterns.

My problem is that I am too eagle to make a .25 pattern a .5, example CDE, TJX, ROST, and so on.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2012, 06:38:32 PM
Thank you for the extra honey in Billings MT, and, for a couple of hours, making me wish I was young again.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 06, 2012, 07:38:30 AM
I have to go after the beautiful patterns, like AIZ or APC or TS or AKAM.  That is why I design my system to put more weight on the Patterns.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 05:19:36 PM
I just realized that I "Stress" is only my own system sending me a message to get better, and nothing more.  The more message I receive, the stronger I will become.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 05:22:19 PM
At this moment I can feel the stress that I just allowed in block my creative mind and shutting down my mind through negative emotions.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:03:22 PM
We should all be like "The Wolf" and we will find constant joy and happiness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmRTjLRMfU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWmRTjLRMfU#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:04:40 PM
Thank you for the story of Tooj Pov (from Thailand).  It really says that love does build bridge and brings joy and happiness.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:06:20 PM
I will win the inner battle and not get distracted by anything.  The harder the situation, the more calm I will become, because it is then that I need my mind.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:07:46 PM
I ran into two Hmong words, txwv feej and looj mem, and I don't know what they mean.  I kind of get the idea.

Or the phrase "Txhob tseem mus ntaws nyuj qab vag."

"Plaub xaus nceg ntug"   (Plaub ntug)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:12:24 PM
A couple of thoughts I had to day:

1.  To love something is to set it free

2.  Does a woman's love or loving a woman really inspire man. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:13:15 PM
In life, our desire makes us grow, and then others as well.  It is part of our programming, and maybe nothing more.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:15:22 PM
The power of confessions:

Before one can change his or her ways, you have to be able to say I am wrong.  When people go to confessions, the first thing they say is, "forgive me father for I have sinned."  They have already admitted the first step.  Perhaps confession is a little than just a way for us to mend our ways when we get lost in this world.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:19:39 PM
I have hear so many people talk about how good this or that food was a long time ago.  Since I am getting older, what if perhaps love is just like good food.  It is better in the past when we held a certain emotional attachment to it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2012, 07:24:00 PM
HWY52 Patience:

I was driving on HWY52 toward St Paul on Friday and suddenly the cars stopped, and I quickly made an exit.  I, then, proceed to find my way to zigzag to my destination, which is the Legacy Funeral Home.  As, I was under the concord bridge, I noticed the large Truck that was in front of me cruising nicely over the bridge.  I could not get on the freeway.  The lesson is  that most of the time it is better to simply be patient in traffic, rather than zigzag around.  You may be moving, but in all sorts of direction.  Stay the course, learn patience, and you will arrive there much faster.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 09, 2012, 08:48:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnD6ojjA0OA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnD6ojjA0OA#)

I use to listen to this song a long time ago.  Thinking of find "it" or "someone" to disprove this song.  I then heard the song again today while driving my beautiful kids home, and I realized that I have found what I am looking for, bliss.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 09, 2012, 08:50:13 PM
I live in a world of I can......I will not live in the other world anymore.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 09, 2012, 08:52:49 PM
I heard from my 8th grade science teach, a long time ago that if you put a frog in hot water it will jump out.  However if you put it in cold water, and slowly heat up the pot, it will swim around and die.

Then I thought of all the people (myself included) who has become like that frog.  We are so use to our environment and habits that we will continue on even if it kills us.

Let's not be the frog in slowly heating waters.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 09, 2012, 08:55:55 PM
Hunger is there so that we can eat to survive.  What if love (our very strongest emotion) is simply another tool the universe uses to make sure procreate and survive, and nothing more.  Even our feelings of loneliness is there to make sure we reach out and live in harmony.  What if all these are programmings to make sure we do our job?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 09, 2012, 08:57:41 PM
When we take away our desires (our condition for personal survival), what it is we want for ourselves ahead of others, the world suddenly becomes very clear.  We are hear to serve and help others, especially the next generation.  That is the flow of life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 10, 2012, 07:12:03 PM
"Life is an exciting journey or it is nothing." - Helen Keller

I finally get it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 10, 2012, 07:13:44 PM
1. The Road Not Taken
 
 
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,   
And sorry I could not travel both   
And be one traveler, long I stood   
And looked down one as far as I could   
To where it bent in the undergrowth;           5
 
Then took the other, as just as fair,   
And having perhaps the better claim,   
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;   
Though as for that the passing there   
Had worn them really about the same,           10
 
And both that morning equally lay   
In leaves no step had trodden black.   
Oh, I kept the first for another day!   
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,   
I doubted if I should ever come back.           15
 
I shall be telling this with a sigh   
Somewhere ages and ages hence:   
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I   
I took the one less traveled by,   
And that has made all the difference.           20
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
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Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 15, 2012, 09:23:32 PM
Still too early on the metals in GDX and NEM.  I have to wait for a better pattern.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 16, 2012, 09:38:08 PM
What finally brought me some peace......bei ng in charge of my happiness by assigning my happiness to how much I do and follow my plan each day, instead of getting.   I am happy because I am able to contribute each day; it is all in my control and no one else.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 16, 2012, 09:38:59 PM
We must endeavor to become like the lotus flower.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 16, 2012, 09:40:37 PM
Evil is death and destruction, we have life, so it must be all good.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 16, 2012, 09:42:01 PM
This weekend, I am reminded of the MSU student quote, "If we never make any mistakes we would not learn a whole lot"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 16, 2012, 09:42:50 PM
My having to learn at work is a reminder that I have to learn all the time, especially in our daily lives outside of work, like my Hmoob classes.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 16, 2012, 09:43:45 PM
To my beautiful kids, I know what I am supposed to give to you now.  Thank you for being so patiently kind and so loving.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 17, 2012, 07:56:25 PM
Be honest with my criteria.  If they miss they miss.  I will trade again when it hits my criteria.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2012, 05:55:45 AM
What I learn or need to learn today is that it is always a people thing......the refore be respectful, humble, and kind.  Empower others at all times and never speak down to anyone.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 19, 2012, 07:11:34 PM
Daniel Shannon
Don't let life's problems be a distraction from the promise associated with your life's VISION! see past the problem to the promise!
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 20, 2012, 09:36:37 PM
I have heard it said that our brain grew tremendously around 250,000 years ago in a span of around 10,000 - 20,000 years when our ancient ancestors had to deal with wildly fluctuating seasonal patterns in Africa.  It was very wet and then very dry for every thousand years.  Our having to deal with this uncertainty forced our brains to grow.

It is said that the person that became the Buddha was born a prince, with his mother dying from child birth.  Thus he was able to experience both extreme pleasure and pain.  As a result, he became wise and pursued happiness and became enlightenment.

The nun Ryonen was born into an imperial court.  However the Empress die suddenly and her life and future became uncertain.  It was then that her vision of reality became clear.

We may need to have experience both extreme pleasure and pain to achieve a clear understand and peace.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2012, 05:50:55 PM
"There is nothing but God" - The Quantum Activist
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 24, 2012, 05:31:08 PM
I think someone accidentally gave me $53.00 worth of gas.  It felt like a prepaid that stopped at $53.00.   If someone did, thank you, and I am sorry for your lost.  If not, even better, because I paid for my own gas. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 24, 2012, 05:33:14 PM
I am so proud of my two little girls, saving all those caterpillars.  I am so proud my little girl too.  She had a caterpillar crawling all over her legs and she was just screaming in laughter of joy.  I am so glad to have you both in my life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2012, 07:20:18 PM
I was listening to this song for the last couple of days and then I finally see the notes in the beginning.

This is for the man who walked out on me the day I found out I got cancer!  You know who you are.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyTuvqCOuMY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyTuvqCOuMY#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2012, 08:01:17 PM
Do you have a movie scene that made you almost cry?  This is mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBdGQ6oBcgw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBdGQ6oBcgw#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2012, 09:04:20 PM
"What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over. Get a post-bac or try writing for the first time. The notion that it's too late to do anything is comical. It's hilarious. We're graduating college. We're so young. We can't, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have."   - Marina Keegan in her final essay at 22 years old
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 30, 2012, 07:42:50 PM

‎"To succeed you must first improve, to improve you must first practice, to practice you must first learn, to learn you must first fail."-Wesley Woo
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 31, 2012, 06:17:16 PM
Wow, I never saw that picture of you before.  I have always wondered what your senior picture looks like.

http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/?miscj=CMHeader& (http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/?miscj=CMHeader&)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZJP_XLmrQ#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZJP_XLmrQ#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 01, 2012, 06:08:24 PM
In SIVB and ALB short, I had a really strong rating, and yet I was too conservative on the Entry.  I missed both trades.  The results or difference would have been......ALB 889  and SIVB 908 (3995 + 3644.9) = 7639.9

The lesson here is that if I have a really strong Trigger, I should not be conservative on the trade......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2012, 09:25:25 AM
What is the youth we cherish is not in the physical body, but in the mind.  In our youth, we are looking towards tomorrow, but in our old age, we look and see nothing because we have planted nothing. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2012, 09:27:08 AM
Stop criticizing the past or the future generations, look in the mirror and tell that person to change.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2012, 09:29:09 AM
I have been thinking about the enlightenment and the last temptation of the Buddha.  During the last night, Mara the tempter shot arrows at the Buddha and he turned them into flowers. Life is all flowers and never arrows.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2012, 08:49:43 PM
One of the best things we should do, if we want a fulfilling life is to raise strong children, children that are confident, loving, and kind.  It is a measure of success in life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 03, 2012, 09:14:17 PM
One of the best things we should do, if we want a fulfilling life is to raise strong children, children that are confident, loving, and kind.  It is a measure of success in life.

You can just do your best.

Each child has his/her own heart and mind.
In the end, your children would have to choose their own path.

The greatest gift is to let them choose and make their own mistakes without you criticizing.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 03, 2012, 09:21:28 PM
In life, our desire makes us grow, and then others as well.  It is part of our programming, and maybe nothing more.

Desire is a learned thinking and behavior.
Desire is one root of suffering.

Desire is wanting something outside us to be happy. That something becomes our identity in which we become attached to. And when we do not get what we desire, some of us get angry and kill.

Desire is the ego wanted identity from outside to feel recognized.

All prophets had no desire.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 03, 2012, 09:26:35 PM
I have hear so many people talk about how good this or that food was a long time ago.  Since I am getting older, what if perhaps love is just like good food.  It is better in the past when we held a certain emotional attachment to it.

Pleasure is looking for an emotional past. 

Love does not exist.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2012, 09:46:20 PM
You can just do your best.

Each child has his/her own heart and mind.
In the end, your children would have to choose their own path.

The greatest gift is to let them choose and make their own mistakes without you criticizing.

I absolute agree.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2012, 09:51:39 PM
"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." - George Sheehan
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 03, 2012, 11:57:42 PM
Whether you are going or staying or sitting or lying down,
the whole world is your own self.
You must find out
whether the mountains, rivers, grass, and forests
exist in your own mind or exist outside it.
Analyze the ten thousand things,
dissect them minutely,
and when you take this to the limit
you will come to the limitless,
when you search into it you come to the end of search,
where thinking goes no further and distinctions vanish.
When you smash the citadel of doubt,
then the Buddha is simply yourself.
Daikaku

Indeed. The reality you inhabit is the perception of your own mind tainted by your culture, society, religion and personal experiences. The mirage of your life is the false sense of self, the identity that gets hooked and attached to status, people, ideas and materials.

And it jumps all the time, going from a newer car to a bigger house. The ego in that identity always desires more to ground itself because it is lost in all those things it is looking for.

It searches because it does not live, it is just alive, almost dead.

You must look with open eyes, without the past which is identity which is the ego.
You must look just in the moment without the noise of the world, with no thought. Only then, can you see true reality.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:06:45 AM
What if all our emotions, which drives our actions, are just programmings to make sure we survive and fulfill our purpose here on earth. 

Emotions tell us we have much to learn.

Emotions tells us we still are dysfunctional beings.

But emotions also are part of the organic world.
It is ok to cry but only if it's in the moment of now and gone.

The one who is perfect does not cry, he/she is compassion itself. Compassion does not hold emotions. Compassion has no past is just in the moment.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:08:07 AM
"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be." - George Sheehan

Success is realizing you are dysfunctional and full of madness.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:09:42 AM
"Do not seek refuge in anyone or anything.  Be your own lamp.  Let truth be your guide." - The last words of the Buddha

Indeed.
I have no dignity, no pride, no family, no country.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:10:51 AM
What if I was born in the Mountains of Laos (and died there) and never had a chance to come to the USA and never had a chance to know and accept Jesus Christ into my life.  What if then?  Would I be condemned to hell, because I never got a chance to be taught and accept Jesus in my life.  Would I be condemned to hell because I was born somewhere Jesus teaching didn't penetrate.

There lies the flaw.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:12:34 AM
Suffering didn't begin with birth and end with death

Suffering begins with " I in me " and does not end with death.

Suffering is a state of mind.
Suffering is not accepting the now.

If you are healthy, have food to eat. You should not suffer. Everything else is a luxury.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:19:12 AM
I am asking myself to be a giver, and not a taker.  I am asking myself to be kind to others and always wait patiently for the benefit of the doubt.  I am asking myself to put others happiness others desires, needs and wants ahead of mine.

I am not asking this for a higher purpose or reason or so that I may gain entry into heaven.  I am ask this of myself for the very selfish reason that doing so will make me the happiest in my daily life.  For it is when we desire things that we suffer.  It is when we take from others that we suffer.  It is when we put ourselves first that we suffer inside.  Therefore, for ever lasting happiness, just be happy and give all I can everyday.

Indeed. An action is judged by the intent and motive.

The action itself is irrelevant if the intent exists.

But to reach that goal, go to war against yourself, your identity, your ego.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: DonJuan on June 04, 2012, 12:23:18 AM
"War is a matter of life and death.  This is the key principle." - from Sun Tzu

Death tells us what is material in life.
Life gives the opportunity to realize our true nature behind this organic form.

Life exists for us to become perfection.
Perfection holds no identity, no past, no anger, no emotion.
 Life just is.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2012, 06:23:03 PM
"Affirmations are magnify if we use them in our dream state, because at that moment the Ego is asleep.  The logic mind is resting.  Therefore you have a perfect opportunity to program your future." - From Louis Hay
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2012, 06:13:11 PM
"Stay thirsty my friends" - The most interesting man in the world. (It's not about the beer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGdnIrRKDTI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGdnIrRKDTI#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2012, 09:12:37 PM
What is enlightenment?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2012, 06:11:36 PM
However many Success or Happiness words I write, or However many Love, Calm or Peaceful words I speak.  What good will they do me, if I do not act upon them. Therefore I will practice and apply all the teachings of my Inner Self Blue Print everyday.

I wrote this a while ago, and I just came across while.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2012, 04:57:42 AM
It doesn't matter how good a pattern is, if it doesn't have a Trigger then it cannot be entered.  The example most recent example is MON.  Seriously, the last five candles results in something less then .4.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2012, 10:34:04 PM
I ran across this today on a poster at Michaels.


To laugh
often and much,
to win respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch, or a
redeemed social condition;
to know even one life
has breathed easier
because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2012, 10:37:54 PM
Over the last couple of days this Zen Koan is becoming more clear to me.


A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 09, 2012, 05:38:37 PM
There lies the flaw.

There are many flaws....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 09, 2012, 05:43:09 PM
To my friend who un-friended me from Facebook.  Thank you for doing so, I was thinking of doing the same thing, but I am glad you did it for the both of us.  Since we are out of each others' social network, best wishes to everything.  Have a fun and exciting journey ahead of you.

May flowers line your path and sunshine light your day
May songbirds serenade you every step of the way
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue
Any may gladness fill your heart each day, your whole life through.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 10, 2012, 02:06:26 PM
We can do anything in life, once we change our perception as to the size of the carrot (or whip).
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 10, 2012, 07:38:41 PM
To be kind is more important than to be right.  many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.  - From a facebook friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 13, 2012, 08:24:24 PM
Beware of late P3 positions.  They are late, because the market is already turning.  It should be graded less just like a late P3

1. Never enter a trade under 3.85.....Never .

2. Never enter a trade with Candle Trigger less than .5

3.  I am putting too much weight supports and Resistance.  The support/resistance needs to be stronger to deserve a 1, not just price.

4.  When ever my positions gets above 14 trades, I will put in orders to liquidate the trades nearest expiration (the next day) to bring it to 14 or less.


Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2012, 05:35:14 PM
Most of the stuff that makes up our bodies comes are billions of years old.  It was created in the stars in big bangs from a long time ago.  We are almost as old as the universe.  Maybe our consciousness is borrowed from the Universe as well, and recycled again and again, in away which we cannot understand yet.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2012, 09:53:33 PM
Why is it that each new generation have to learn the lessons of life.....becau se it is an emotional lesson, not a mental.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 16, 2012, 09:27:42 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdA1ikkoEc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdA1ikkoEc#)

Ask not what the World can do for you, but what you can do for the World.  Make that your primary goal, and everything becomes very clear.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 16, 2012, 09:31:58 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQpW9XRiyM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQpW9XRiyM#)

I use to listen to this song thinking about all the sorry people in the song reflecting on their past, and now I am one of those sorry people.

I think we become one of those sorry people when we run out of dreams to pursue.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 16, 2012, 11:16:20 PM
I was never that good of a trader.  I caught a small glimpse of what it takes to succeed, and with a friendly environment in NASD, I was able to run with it.  But now I know I wasn't good enough to hold on to success then.  That is why my success eventually turned into failure, and therefore I will prepare better for tomorrow.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 16, 2012, 11:34:56 PM
I saw you with your new life, and I happy that you're putting it together and moving on.  You really do deserve to find that happiness which you've been seeking all your life, and that which is truly yours. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 16, 2012, 11:43:59 PM
Thank you for everything in life.  I love it all.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2012, 10:18:37 PM
What if the force of gravity is like speed, at extremes it changes into ways we could not yet understand.  Then Dark matter would not be needed.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2012, 10:19:11 PM
If I keep blaming the World my situation, I could never grow one bit at all.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2012, 10:20:15 PM
How to turn arrows into flowers?  "Everything is flowers."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2012, 10:21:26 PM
When I am uncomfortable in a situation, it only means that I have not practice enough or I am still thinking (too much) arrow and not flowers.  Therefore practice and rejoice in the situation.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 18, 2012, 09:44:25 PM
The way is not in the Sky.  The way is the heart. - The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 19, 2012, 10:13:29 PM
Did I get the results that I desired or wanted?  No

Did I make the absolute best effort I know how?  Yes, I did

Therefore my day is a smashing success, and keep on doing what I am doing every single day more to come.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 20, 2012, 09:43:35 PM
This morning, I finally get why we invented the concept of heaven......it is an extension our desire to want to live on and survive (a desire necessary for survival).
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 20, 2012, 10:00:44 PM
Did I get all the results I wanted to day?  No

Did I give it all I have and did everything I wanted to do, including making logic decisions?  Yes

Then it's a successful day. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 24, 2012, 07:49:58 PM
I am finding that I talking down other religions, especially those of love ones.  I am not so right in my beliefs.  It only works for me.  Just because it works for me and brings me peace of mind doesn't make it truth and correct.  One of my underlying principles is of love and compassion for others no matter what.  By simply criticizing others, I am already breaking this principle.  Therefore from now on, I will criticize others for own ego (to try to make others think I am so smart).  show love and kindness, instead of communicate for my ego. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 24, 2012, 07:51:56 PM
Did I get the results I wanted?  Maybe maybe not.

Did I do all that I can, with kindness and compassion?  Not quite yet.

Did I hold my tongue and not act on anger?  yes

Did I do all that I needed to do, finish all my chores and show each step of the way?  Yes I did. 

Thank you for a great weekend then.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 24, 2012, 09:19:01 PM
I heard this song over the weekend on XM radio.  For some reason its staying in my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxj5xVLyj0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkxj5xVLyj0#)

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2012, 04:40:11 PM
We are so conditioned by our environments, starting with your looks.  You look the way you because you are similar to those that gave birth to you.  All the other things follow as well, including your definition of who you are. Unlearn every thing that's been forced fed into you from birth.  Break out of it and truly be who you want to be!!!!!
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2012, 04:44:45 PM
Ryonen Clear Realization

The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she was serving the empress as one of the ladies of the court. Even at such a youthful age fame awaited her.

The beloved empress died suddenly and Ryonen's hopeful dreams vanished. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. It was then that she desired to study Zen.

Her relatives disagreed, however, and practically forced her into marriage. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. Before she was twenty-five she had accomplished this condition. Then her husband and relatives could no longer dissuade her from her desire. She shaved her head, took the name of Ryonen, which means to realize clearly, and started on her pilgrimage.

She came to the city of Edo and asked Tetsugyu to accept her as a disciple. At one glance the master rejected her because she was too beautiful.

Ryonen then went to another master, Hakuo. Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble.

Ryonen obtained a hot iron and placed it against her face. In a few moments her beauty had vanished forever.

Hakuo then accepted her as a disciple.

Commemorating this occasion, Ryonen wrote a poem on the back of a little mirror: In the service of my Empress I burned incense to     perfume my exquisite clothes Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to     enter a Zen temple.

When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem: Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing     scene of autumn I have said enough about moonlight, Ask no more. Only listen to the voice of pines
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2012, 06:05:10 PM
Thank you my friend for showing us how to live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2012, 04:12:25 PM
When things in my life do work out the way that I wanted or expected it to, then I the gift of experience or of wisdom.  Therefore, I always receive something wonderful everyday.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2012, 04:14:04 PM
I don't want my life to be easy.  I want my life to be hard.  Please just give me the courage and wisdom to be harder than what life brings me and to enjoy each day's challenges and difficulties.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2012, 06:23:11 PM
To my first love.  We never got to dance to this song.  I always imagined that I would bump into you and dance with you whenever I hear this song.  It will have to stay a dream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTTkZVrvnT0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTTkZVrvnT0#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2012, 10:31:03 PM
Did I do everything that I wanted to do today?  yes I did.

Did I get the results I wanted out of me?  Yes I did

Did I push on when I was tired?  yes I did

Then my day is a success, and I keep doing this so will be my week, my month, and my year too.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2012, 06:44:24 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/student-loans-basically-ruined-life-yahoo-news-readers-105332697.html (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/student-loans-basically-ruined-life-yahoo-news-readers-105332697.html)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2012, 06:47:06 PM
What if our memories does not define who we are?  What if they are really just a tool for learning and survival? 

My memories will not define who I am.  I am defined by who (or the person) that I want to become.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2012, 06:48:42 PM
Did I get the results I wanted today?  No.

Did I get my best efforts today?  Yes I did.

Was I absolute disciplined to who I want to become?  I made a very good effort to change my negative momentum around.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 28, 2012, 10:23:42 PM
Don't seek comfort, it will lead to softness and weakness, but seek being at ease in uncomfortable situations. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2012, 06:52:20 PM
I am really liking the idea of terminating earlier trades early due to the fact that new trades are coming in.....They reflect a more accurate opinion of the market, especially if the market is turning....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2012, 07:44:05 PM
Thank you to all my very mature co-workers.  You are so kind and wonderful.  I hope to learn from you and carry your legacy with me wherever I may go.  Thank you again, very much.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2012, 07:44:53 PM
Insecurity is best.....it keeps me on my toes.   I love it, and I will always use to empower me.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2012, 07:45:45 PM
Nothing is really difficult.  It is only appears difficult, because we are not use to doing it or have not yet acquired the skills to do it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2012, 09:34:41 PM
I must be missing the little ones.  I am finding a small vacuum where there is always determination to be my best each day.  I will see you soon my love.

I think I did everything that I wanted to do today, to the best of my ability.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2012, 09:46:33 PM
This song makes me think of you from so long ago.  Thank you for coming into my life and making me feel how it is like to be loved.

Take the ribbon from your hair,
Shake it loose and let it fall,
Layin' soft upon my skin.
Like the shadows on the wall.

Come and lay down by my side
'till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong,
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight.
And it's sad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's right or wrong,
I don't try to understand.
Let the devil take tomorrow.
Lord, tonight I need a friend.

Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight.
Lord, it's bad to be alone.
Help me make it through the night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDB550Ayu2E# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDB550Ayu2E#)

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2012, 05:07:23 PM
Daniel Shannon
VISIONaries see every moment as their big moment! We have the VISION to see our goals being accomplished as we work towards them
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2012, 07:59:24 PM
I dare you to PM me. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2012, 08:04:18 PM
I had this tune in my head for the longest time.  I cannot make out the song.  I can hum it from time to time.  Finally I made up my mind that it's a song that I remembered from one night of soothing.  Then I finally ran across it last night.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2012, 08:09:51 PM
The execution of Trading is going awesome.  I had a market go against me tremendously and I was able to adjust and turn without even being here to watch the market.  My MKT criteria is making sense.  Let's see how the 2nd half of the year will go.  I am very excited to be progressing every week and month.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2012, 04:59:01 PM
As my trade approach expiration, do I tighten my stops and target?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2012, 05:36:57 PM
http://firstfinancialsecurity.com/opportunity.html (http://firstfinancialsecurity.com/opportunity.html)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2012, 05:55:00 PM
When great patterns start failing, it is a sign that the market is turning and changing.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2012, 05:59:05 PM
Do not fear the large candle with the Trend after a very long move.  It's the Bears or the Bulls trying desperate to make one more push, which will fail badly of course.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2012, 10:37:15 PM
My five Year Goal: 
1. I hope to have a fund up and running, with 3-4 years under my belt

2.  What I ever I do, I hope to practice excellence and patience.  I will always do things from a calm perspective designed toward achieving maximum effectiveness everyday.  The tougher the situation, the more calm I will be.  I will be the best of me, starting from a calm demeanor.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2012, 10:39:34 PM
I never have any problems in my life, but only challenges and opportunities for learning and growth.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:06:32 PM
After all the things that I have said, my happiness each day will come from how well did I focus on doing exactly what I wanted to do, never from results or fluctuations in results.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:07:45 PM
Many things didn't go the way I wanted to, today.  But it is exactly what I wanted, because it will make me stronger learning to deal with not getting what I wanted, and yet holding on the right course of action.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:08:48 PM
My number one goal at every moment:  To stay calm at all time.  The tougher the situation or more desperate the situation, the calmer I will be.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:13:03 PM
From Yax:

Be conscious of goals.
1. What are my goals for me and for my tean?
     a.  How did I do?
     b.  What will I do about my results?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:15:05 PM
Through the awful grace of God comes wisdom - Eschylus
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:16:15 PM
Everything seems so hard, because we are not use to it and we gave our subconscious mind permission to label it hard.  It is really easy, if we made that choice too.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:17:26 PM
When we feel grate we want to live forever.  When we feel depress, we want to give up.  Our feelings are reflection of our thoughts.  Therefore, live forever by creating empowering thoughts.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:19:41 PM
Don't trade your poverty for a life of comfort - a Buddhist philosopher
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2012, 09:22:53 PM
Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2012, 04:35:28 PM
Evolution:  What if it's like a house or car.  It's very difficult to build, but can be burned down in 1 hour.  What if we mess up our evolutionary process with our carelessness.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2012, 04:36:17 PM
It's not that people can't change, it's because they think they do not need to change.  The whole world should change for them.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2012, 07:38:47 AM
Once, I wanted to love you so bad, but I kept messing it up.  I never knew why I until recently.  It is because my subconscious mind gave up loving you and was intended on hurting you like you hurt me.  I could never do anything that my subconscious mind do not want to do.  That is why I failed and kept sabotaging the relationship until it died.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2012, 07:42:14 AM
I use to feel special being Hmong.  I use to feel special being Human.  Then I realized that I look like my parents.  I look I look like Hmong.  I am Hmong because of where I was born and how I was raised.  And I felt special being so, because that is what I was conditioned to believed.  What the energy that makes up my consciousness, what that energy can appeared anywhere, in another race, or even in another specie.  I would never know the difference, because I would be conditioned from birth to believe that is who or what I am.   Therefore all living things may be the same.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2012, 07:44:46 AM
Life is hard, because we are always looking for ease and comfort.  We are conditioned to seek that.  What if we conditioned ourselves to seek challenges and enjoy that.  What if we look forward to a hard challenging day and enjoy stretching ourselves every day.  Then life would be so easy and so full of joy and relaxation.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 16, 2012, 04:39:09 PM
We can't see the truth, because our desire manifests our reality.  We would rather believe our desire and it's dreams, not logical reasoning.  Wow.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2012, 10:05:40 PM
I have a cousin who' very pretty.....the n I found out that she's dating a Vietnamese guy.  I am thinking, WTF?????  Then I thought some more and I realized that many times we're not worthy and that is why they date outside the Hmong race.  We do not stand up and become better men for our worthy sisters.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2012, 05:13:07 PM
There is no such thing as luck in success, especially in continual long terms success.  It is always earned, everyday.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2012, 05:15:04 PM
In order success, joy and happiness, our inside effort must match that demanded by outside principles.  It is when we cannot give the effort, but want the results that we find success and joy so elusive.  The only place that you can change is you, therefore step your efforts everyday.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2012, 05:16:40 PM
My greatest realization is that I am moved and charged or energized by my emotions, and also that I am free to charge those emotions by my thoughts and conditioning.  Everything comes inside and is determined by inside of me.  I am the source of my greatest joy, and lets stay in joy.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2012, 05:18:14 PM
I had a thought of the day, which I only wrote "Capital tied up", now I do not remember the importance of those three words together. :)

I remember now.  It was a very good idea too.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2012, 07:39:41 PM
I am too tied up in Support and Resistance, when I should be tied up with Trend.....Tren d......Trend.. ...
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 19, 2012, 07:12:20 PM
  It doesnt matter how experience (or how many years of work) someone has.  What we really get is the core of their personality, their inner values.  That is the most important thing that will manifest itself in the physical world.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 19, 2012, 07:13:41 PM
My swings in the long and the shorts.

I have had my shorts swing against me, and then my long swing against me.  Each time, it knocks about 2-3 percent of my performance.  But then I am learning and getting better....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2012, 05:49:56 PM
I am stuck in finances on S1, when there isn't quite enough for S1.  S1 if for a beautiful trending market, or at least a beautiful RC.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2012, 05:55:47 PM
To the girl that was once the love of my life:

This song reminds me of our last moments, so long ago.  Have a fund and exciting journey in your new path.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8JA9Qs2Mho# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8JA9Qs2Mho#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2012, 06:07:38 PM
Funny funny song.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyL1UmjJgas# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyL1UmjJgas#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2012, 10:36:52 PM
From Nicole, the sister of the beautiful Monica Ricardo.....

1. Humility
2. Preparation
3. Wisdom (inner)
4. Give kindness to others, they're always watching
5.  Forgive....

Thank you for your words of wisdom and your examples.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2012, 10:40:14 PM
It was a very special to have met all of you, Daniel from Cameroon, Abdul, Quincy, and Mikal from Sierra Leone.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2012, 10:41:53 PM
Did I get all I wanted to do accomplished today?  No

Did I give the effort that I wanted from me?   I think so.

Did Friday finished the way I wanted?  No.....

Did I give my best and stayed calmed in the fashion that I wanted?  Yes......

I can do better, inside and outside.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 22, 2012, 06:23:12 PM
There is no equilibrium (long term), because each moment is its own equilibrium and its always changing based on new information which is coming in.......  Therefore be ready for change.  Do dwell or expect things to work as they have in the past......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2012, 09:25:04 PM
After this weekend, I came to the conclusion that every man needs a    

PERFORMANCE TOOL 2.5 TON GARAGE FLOOR JACK W/ SWIVEL CASTERS AUTO CAR TRUCK SUV
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2012, 09:25:42 PM
Thank you for the recent set back in my trading....bec ause of it, I am learning so much more everyday.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2012, 09:27:53 PM
When it is a boring party......eve ryone wants to leave.

When it is an exciting party.......no one wants to leave, ever....   

Therefore our wanting to leave or not is based on our interpretation of the party, nothing more.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 25, 2012, 10:26:24 PM
All Passing Trades will be strained through the PATTERN MASTER.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 25, 2012, 10:28:09 PM
The reason that my results are not reflecting back testing results is that I am still learning.  I will not jump into any trades early anymore.   All trades will be filtered to the Pattern master.

BB trades will have at least .5 criteria.    and  Swing will have at least .55 pattern criteria.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2012, 12:29:09 PM
My early entries.....do not meet the requirements of Pattern Master, and they are very destructive as well.  Because I then I miss the entry (on the real move) when the pattern has formed.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2012, 12:30:44 PM
When there is failure, there is only a message that says that I am not good enough yet, and nothing more.  When life is hard and I am clueless, there is a tremendous opportunity for growth.  The harder life is, the more opportunity there is for betterment.  :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2012, 09:18:36 PM
I have learned a lot over the last 6 months, now I am starting a new study for the next year.  I will studying and applying what I have learned.  I already what I am doing is working.  The only problem is that I am learning to bring objectivity to my trading plan.

1.   I believe that I am able to look at the market much better now, thanks to my rating of the four major markets.
2.   I believe that I can look at each stocks more objectively now as well, because I have been able to rate the criteria which I feel are most important to success......m ost the trend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 31, 2012, 09:59:21 PM
A new trading journey with Pattern Master......Th ank you for all the lessons of the last six months.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 01, 2012, 09:26:14 PM
How do you train a falcon?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 01, 2012, 09:27:35 PM
Universal laws are constant...... If that is true, then we should be subject to universal laws......whic h means that we no more special than any other living creature.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2012, 09:20:46 PM
Thank you for a wonderful and quiet weekend with my daughter.  Thank you for everything in my life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2012, 09:20:54 PM
I am driving a 1998 Toyota corolla, and it feels like I am driving a BMW 5 series.  I am so glad to be appreciative of everything in my life.  Thank you for such a rough day at work yesterday. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2012, 09:22:22 PM
The reason you called, was that why I had such a disturbing dream before I woke up?  Thank you for calling and asking for a date.  We'll finally get to talk tomorrow, and who knows where it will lead. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2012, 11:02:55 PM
Thank you for the wonderful date tonight.  Maybe our similar paths will bring chemistry.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2012, 06:15:43 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBIZkOKprA#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBIZkOKprA#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2012, 06:22:12 AM
When my life became clear to me, I realize that one of the most important goal or objective in life is to make the next generation stronger.  Maybe everything else is simply a reward of pleasure so that we can live to achieve that objective.  Therefore to be a great loving father is my primary objective.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2012, 06:29:43 AM
If we start a journey together, the only one that thing that I never want to forget is that I am here to give and not take.  If I cannot bring positiveness and encouragement everyday, then I do not belong in your life.   If we do not start a journey together, thank you for stopping by.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2012, 08:45:01 PM
The butterfly effect hits home.   I have to be more careful of my actions.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2012, 05:14:48 PM
Thank you for sharing ice cream with me.  I have never done that with anyone else before.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2012, 05:15:06 PM
Okay, I am in a territory that I do not want to be in.  What is the best thing to do right now?   Stop digging.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2012, 04:16:50 AM
Stop digging and everything will be okay.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2012, 07:29:53 PM
Thank you Mr. Shannon for your words of wisdom.

Daniel Shannon

VISION w/o execution is a daydream, execution w/o VISION is a nightmare.

VISION Speaks Louder than Words
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2012, 09:21:21 PM
Everything becomes very clear and peaceful when you want nothing and asks nothing for yourself
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2012, 05:40:46 AM
One of the best things my ex-wife about me was that:  Valentines day is for the other men, so they can make it to their wives, because I make her feel like its valentines day everyday.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2012, 05:41:38 AM
I love my struggling day today, because it means I will be asking questions and getting stronger.  And also when the good time comes, I will appreciate it much more.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2012, 05:42:34 AM
Sometimes don't you just wish they email or text so you can ignore it.  But yet they are just ignoring you.  :2funny:
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2012, 05:43:37 AM
To MS:

Before you can open the window to allow sunshine and warmth in, please close the back door tightly.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2012, 07:13:53 PM
In a way, I am glad that we finally went our separate ways.......but this song does remind me of my ex-wife. 

For there was a time that I dedicated this song to her in my heart everyday.....I must be getting old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObG48PZHU2k# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObG48PZHU2k#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2012, 09:35:22 PM
The best decision are so made not in the heat of the moment, but in the calm after a long walk and careful thinking.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2012, 12:41:32 PM
Sometimes don't you just wish they email or text so you can ignore it.  But yet they are just ignoring you.  :2funny:

I realized over the weekend, that this is so destructive.  It's these destructive thoughts that leads to counter productive and roller coaster relationships.  I final realize that I had a large gaping hole that needs to be corrected or else, I will never be any good for the next pretty girl to come into my life as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2012, 12:42:39 PM

A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2012, 01:01:24 PM
"Your time is limited; so don't waste it living someone else's life.  Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking.  Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner vice.  And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.  They somehow already know what you truly want to be become.  Everything else is secondary.  - Steve Jobs.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2012, 01:51:42 PM
Thank you for you love and understanding.  It has helped to push my understanding of self to a different level.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2012, 01:52:49 PM
I had a really bad swim, but I know that I can stay afloat now.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2012, 05:55:58 PM
Funny funny song.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RttjPi_knV0#noexternalembed-ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RttjPi_knV0#noexternalembed-ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2012, 04:59:46 AM
I was so wrong to let my imagination and my fictitious expectation go unchecked.  Again, thank you for being such a kind and loving girl, and for coming into my life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2012, 05:05:42 PM
I noticed that people who can't take the corrections, still do know when someone is doing the right thing.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 25, 2012, 08:14:26 PM
I got this from a FB friend:

Definition of Stupid:
Knowing the truth, seeing the truth, but still believing the lies.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2012, 07:30:23 AM
Sometimes it is better to keep silent than to tell others what you feel, because it hurts badly when you come to know that they can hear you, but cannot understand you.  - a FB friend
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2012, 06:47:08 PM
"Don't love someone who's already in love with another one.....becaus e if you do, it's like buying a gun to shoot yourself, loaded with unlimited bullets." - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2012, 06:48:12 PM
"I don't know what my future holds, but I am hoping you're in it." - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2012, 07:56:48 PM
I think I may have met my future wife (again) a couple of weeks ago.  I can't imagine anyone better.  I am looking at a picture of you now and its driving me nuts, because you're away.  Have fun and return to me, soon.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2012, 09:35:15 PM
Here's your quote that you gave me on our first date: 

        God, give us grace to accept with serenity
        the things that cannot be changed,
        Courage to change the things
        which should be changed,
        and the Wisdom to distinguish
        the one from the other.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2012, 08:34:01 PM
I wish you would communicate better.  I hardly know you, and I have many things on my mind.  I do not want to assume either way. 

But it always works to stop digging.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2012, 04:25:11 PM
"Its hard to find a friend that's 96% funny, 98% sexy, and 100% sweet......so don't lose me!." - a FB friend
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2012, 04:47:25 PM

A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2012, 09:50:16 PM
MS,

Thank you for making my Summer a little less boring.  I wish you nothing but the best.  I hope the situation works out to your heart's liking.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2012, 06:04:22 AM
I am so proud of my strong girls.  I wanted to swim to another little island and they wanted to come along.  I told them that I think it's too far.  I asked L what are you going to do when you run out of energy, and she said, "I will just float on my back."  They were disappointed that I didn't let them swim, but I am so proud of them for wanting to venture.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2012, 09:43:41 PM
Stop digging is one of the lesson that I strongly learned this week..... When you act on negative emotions, it actually makes everything so bad and makes you feel so grotesque and sick for succumbing to it.  Therefore keep positive thoughts and lose like a champ. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2012, 07:41:30 AM
It is the thought that I will not let'em get the best of me...... that does the most the damage to us.  It is no longer becomes them hurting us, but us escalating it and hurting ourselves even more than they ever could.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2012, 07:45:45 AM
Thank you for your wisdom.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2012, 06:47:04 AM
You will never find the right person if you could never let go of the wrong one. - a FB friend
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 08:18:05 AM
The thing I learn from last week is that if you have something negative, stop talking about because it will only create more negative energy.  And 2, stop digging, because the whole will only get bigger.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 08:18:45 AM
I am so proud of my three strong girls.  They are so courageous and brave.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 08:20:08 AM
I have forgotten this, especially lately, but yes I have found what I am looking for already.  I have found the zen that is to be found at the top of the mountain. - K
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 08:26:36 AM
This is for the beautiful girl who will be coming into my life.  I can't wait until you get here.  Please do not make me wait too long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-15YIvH5Y# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-15YIvH5Y#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 09:44:07 PM
I am finding again, embarrassingly that it is still my expectations and perception that is faulty and creating very strong mixed feelings which escapes in destructive ways.  It is still mostly in me.....recentl y.  Thank for you patience and kindness MS.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 09:44:57 PM
A good relationship is someone who accepts your past, supports your present, love you and encourages your future.... - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 09:48:55 PM
I'm here not because I am supposed to be here or because I'm trapped here, but because I'd rather be with you than anywhere else in the world. - Richard Bachman.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 10:00:41 PM
Certain people enter our lives at the perfect time, for the most beautiful reasons, and you know right away it was a gift from God.  - Brigitte Nicole.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 10:02:30 PM
Don't let the people who do so little for you, control so much of your feelings and emotions.... a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 10:03:53 PM
Save your heart for someone who loves you breathless - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 10:05:23 PM
Please double check and be stronger on my expectations.. ..they are responsible for my imagination going wild.....and uncontrollable .
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2012, 10:10:29 PM
From compassion and kindness, I finally see someone who's afraid and was only acting to protect herself from pain (or new pain) even if it means going back to old pain.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2012, 05:53:17 AM
My lesson from X....make sure the candle trigger is .55 or higher.. Or else it may be stopped out, and I will be left watching from the sideline.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2012, 07:24:08 PM
I have to be more zen in my thoughts.....b ecause it is my imagination that is running wild....not the truth....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2012, 07:24:44 PM
Have you ever kissed anyone in the rain?    :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2012, 11:19:18 PM
I am very thankful that you came into my life.  I will give my best to you and us.  That is a promise.  I will plant trust in my garden.  I will plant kindness in our garden.  I will plant understanding in our garden.  I will plant flexibility in our garden.  I will plant affections in our garden.   I will water it with love everyday.  Thank you again for coming into my life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 19, 2012, 06:34:25 PM
I cant change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination.  Jimmy Dean
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2012, 06:53:30 PM
You will never be brave if you don't get hurt.

You will never learn if you don't make mistakes.

You will never be successful if you don't encounter failure.

 -  a FB friend


Thank you from me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2012, 10:17:28 PM
Thank you for closing a chapter in your life, and opening a new one.  Let's make it last. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2012, 07:53:03 AM
Success is not the key to happiness.   Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.  - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2012, 08:26:37 AM
When I say I love you, I don't say it out of habit or to make conversation.  I say it to remind you that you're the best thing that ever happen to me. - a Love Poem
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 13, 2012, 04:36:10 PM
I think I have had only one love all my life......she just comes to me in different forms and leaves me for a while and then comes to me again in another form.   
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 15, 2012, 07:48:59 PM
Will I be a statistic?  Or will I plow on in the direction of my beliefs?  I want to plow on in the direction of my beliefs.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2012, 06:11:26 PM
For the first time in my relationship with her, I realize that she needs me.....as much or more as I need her.  As colorful and unpredictable as she is, she needs me to be her anchor.  I should do all I can to help her in the way she wants and needs.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 17, 2012, 07:03:06 PM
Vision transcends ordinary moments to momentous events in history! Change the world, be a Visionary! - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2012, 09:15:04 PM
I am learning more and more about you everyday, including what kind of lover you are.  Sometimes you are very reserve, that I wasn't sure what you are, but at other times you are very giving as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2012, 10:14:35 AM
I haven't came to write about you in a long time.  We normally write when our hearts trouble us.  My heart must not have been troubling me in a while, thanks to your adjustments.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2012, 09:49:47 AM
Lambeau: Most days I wish I'd never met you 'cause then I could sleep at night. I didn't have to walk around with the knowledge that there was someone like you out there. I didn't have to watch you throw it all away.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2012, 09:09:01 PM
"I understand about u were saying about wanting to meet the old me who had dreams n wasn't going to let anyone tell her she can't have it because she was a girl and she was married.  I am sorry for being angry with you when u were just helping me see who I was n who I can become because of my fall.  I love you." - MS
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2012, 10:47:34 PM
Hi MS!!!!  :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2012, 10:48:03 PM
Are enjoying reading my thoughts? :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2012, 10:53:34 PM

Hello MS,

Since you made it this far, I will share you a story about letting go of the past. :)


14.   Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl" said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't go near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 25, 2012, 08:21:21 PM
That is very funny that your song from your previous marriage is also 'I love you to want me' by Lobo.  That was also mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mBS0f9MJHE#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mBS0f9MJHE#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2012, 05:11:58 PM
Daniel Shannon

‎2 often ppl look around 4 inspiration, consequently they neglect the greatness within themselves. If u wanna be a light, let ur light shine!
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2012, 10:07:36 PM
Changes to Trading Plan

1.  Factor in crossing of 20 & 10 MA against trend.
2.  Change Market Criteria to reflect RC, and TOBB
3.  S1 pattern should only be entered with a market rating that is +60 or more.
4.  The 7.95 factor should be adjusted for price range as well.
5.  When I am at 14 positions, I can only have 5 outstanding orders.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2012, 08:28:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kkx2m-JSg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kkx2m-JSg#)

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 02, 2012, 04:36:51 PM
Hi stranger..have nt read u for awhile now. Hope u are doing well.

Thank you for stopping by and reading.  Everything is going good.  :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2012, 07:35:03 PM
http://www.innoveproject.org/ (http://www.innoveproject.org/)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2012, 07:47:20 PM
No army can stop an idea who's time has come.......Is is that time?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2012, 08:52:01 PM
Even trending stocks can have a support/resistance under 50, especially if they came against support or resistance that is less than 6 months old........exa mple is PXP on 11/28.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2012, 09:45:04 PM
I cannot enter Swing positions into market conditions that are less than .60.  The reason being that I want to enter into strong markets....... .Swings works really bad again OEXT markets.  All it takes is a little hiccup and the positions come tumbling down.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2012, 09:25:30 PM
I have been watching my negative thoughts, and acting on them, and I realize that I am getting negative results very quickly.  I am undoing all the positive things that took such a long time to build up. 

I cannot go down this road, because it could be very hard to come back from.  I have to focus on goodness, love, kindness and giving the best of me at all time.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 08, 2012, 05:55:00 AM
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone - a FB friend
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2012, 08:03:21 PM
It's really good to study losers.....I had a bad month last month, but the lesson is badly needed.  I got into trading Swings because I do not want to miss certain moves in the market.  However, my swing trades need to be with the market, which means I need my market criteria to be at least .60 or higher..... then I am with the market.....

My Bollinger band patterns will fare much better with the market the way it was, because it designed to be entered with or against the market as long as it meets the criteria.  The reason is that I am counting on statistics to win out.  My criteria in Swing will be tighter.

I do not need to trade all the time.  I need only a couple hundred very good trades a year, and I will get the result that I am looking for.  Therefore, tighten my entry criteria in swings.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 16, 2012, 02:16:57 PM
Do not go against large gaps or multiple gaps......the gap destroys the candle trigger already.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2012, 06:06:49 PM
TOUCHING STORY:

My mom only had one eye. I hated her She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.
There was this one day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.
How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, EEEE, your mo

m only has one eye!
I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted her that day and said, If youre only gonna make me a laughing stock, why dont you just die?
My mom did not respond I didnt even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. I was oblivious to her feelings.
I wanted out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied real hard, got a chance to go abroad to study.
Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my Mother came to visit me. She hadnt seen me in years and she didnt even meet her grandchildren.
When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OFHERE! NOW!!!
And to this, my mother quietly answered, Oh, Im so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address, and she disappeared out of sight.
One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After there union, I went to the old shack just out of curiosity.
My neighbours said that she died. I did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.
My dearest son,
I think of you all the time. Im sorry that I came to your house and scared your children.
I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. Im sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.
You see..when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldnt stand watching you having to grow up with one eye. So I gave you mine.
I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.
With all my love to you,
Your mother.

MORAL LESSON:
Always LOVE your parents. They are a blessing to you.

NOTE:
We only have one mom, so love her, you will come to cry when she's gone.

If you love your Mom, press "LIKE"
and
write,"I LOVE U MOM" if you are proud of her:)
If possible include her name
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2012, 06:06:27 AM
The Letters I never sent you:
You said a couple of things that makes me wonder tonight. One you said you could have any man. I don't think that's true...but it is what you think, and it makes me wonder are you testing that theory from time to time, just for the ego and not carrying it out, unless it got out of control. Besides, what ever you find underneath the great big sky, you won't find me. I don't need you to complete my happiness, because I bring my own happiness to share with you. But you can get me all torn up inside due to your breaking the two simple rules that is meant to foster and cultivate trust, and love. Two, last night you said you came home, when you could disappear and be anywhere.....y ou already are doing that to me from time to time. At each moment you always know where I am, and I could always be reached with a phone call. For proof that I am going to a funeral, I have forwarded you the email I sent to all the cousins. You could tell me things like how much you love me, but your emotional actions is telling me to be careful right now. If you and I end now, you won't even be a love in my life, but a complicated issue I ran across. I say that, because I know what loving someone is. I would do just about anything to be with that person. I would rush my chores, tell my family I am busy, brush my friends off, listen to their dreams and try to make it a reality, cheat on my sleep, and more, just to be with that person. I would even break my personal principles from time to time, because not doing so would break my heart. I use to do that all the time with you, but now I finding that I might be running into a brick wall only. One thing you will always be to me is a very good friend. We have too much in common on the intellectual side. No matter what happens I do want you to find joy and happiness in each moment of your life. Okay, I will tell you one of the things you do that makes me laugh and smile inside.....whe n I see you picking your teeth, especially when you are standing there listening to a conversation and flossing your teeth at the same time. It's so cute and funny, because hardly any flossing is done. When I think of that or I see that I am filled with a warm feeling for you, even now. I am so sorry for further complicating your life, well because our habits and understanding of love are far apart. I am always ready to love you with all of me, when you should ever decide that you are ready to do the same. Just in case I don't hear from you (or my communication break is longer than I thought):

May flowers line your path and sunshine light your day
May song birds serenade you every step of the way
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue
And may gladness fill your heart each day your whole life through : )


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iE7DrwHlx8#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iE7DrwHlx8#ws)

Honestly, I want a girl in my life who looks for reasons and excuses to be with me, instead of one that breaks dates with me. Like I said earlier, if you wished to be with me, you would be with me.....you weren't because you didn't wish to be.......Have a great weekend.

We did have plans. The first time you changed it, it was for a valid reason. The second time you changed it (and not communicate to me), it was simply because you would rather be elsewhere but here.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2012, 05:32:24 PM
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered,

"Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2012, 06:47:26 PM
I think the criteria of >.60 of the market is too high.  I will use >.55 market for now.  With that, there were sound trades that would have met the criteria.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2012, 06:48:02 PM
Perhaps with exiting a trade, I should adjust my final OCO as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2012, 08:28:29 AM
in sportsbetting (as well as other forms of gambling), there is an emptiness that comes with losing; there is an even greater emptiness that comes with winning. - a FB friend
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2012, 08:39:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R3PzVQ9mIs# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R3PzVQ9mIs#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2012, 08:51:42 AM
http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/dhammapada-01.html (http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/dhammapada-01.html)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2013, 04:13:47 PM
If my system were to be executed correctly the last year, it would generate a 48.84 % return in the first 11 months.  I am learning to execute it correctly now....

For candles that go against gap, consider the strength of the market condition, BB, and candle trigger.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2013, 01:52:20 PM
For the last year, VIX was mostly under 20, and at many times at around 16.  That explains the lack of volatility and therefore opportunity. 

I am thinking of executing very strong P1 trades, with CT> .70, BB>.85, S/R>.9, B-RC at market similar to Swing trades.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2013, 11:05:26 AM
What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. -  Aristotle

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control - Oprah Winfrey

Anger is only one letter short of danger.  - Anon

Without discipline, there's no life at all. -  Katharine Hepburn

Self-control is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive. - George Bernard Shaw

Many people have the ambition to succeed; they may even have a special aptitude for their job.  And yet they do not move ahead.  Why?  Perhaps they think that since they can master the job, there is no need to master themselves. - John Stevenson

Waiting is one of the great arts. - Margery Allingham
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2013, 11:13:07 AM
No man is free who is not master of himself - Epictetus

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire - Epictetus

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king - John Milton
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 22, 2013, 05:16:17 PM
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.
~ Dave Brubeck
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2013, 04:42:31 PM
Tipping is not a city in China......... .What is the capital of Thailand - BangKock  - The Blue Horseshoe
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2013, 07:29:50 PM
The Special....... If Pattern = B-RC, and S/R >/= 80, and Mkt >/= 65, then it's okay to chase S1 patterns and be more aggressive.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on January 30, 2013, 09:43:43 PM
My purpose in trading is to help other people construct their dreams
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2013, 08:17:59 AM
I use to enjoy hearing this song on the radio, back in high school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTqi7iEZEWA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTqi7iEZEWA)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2013, 05:25:04 PM
Two Things I must absolutely do.

1.  Do not keep on digging any longer........
2.  Wait a month 3/1/2013 before moving on........
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2013, 05:07:44 PM
I have a solution now..... I made so many amateur errors, and that is why I fail.  It is a lesson for success.  Thank you learning my lesson.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2013, 07:42:52 PM
I will never lose myself again.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2013, 08:17:36 PM
It was relaxing ...N it got me to thinking some more.  I'm not coming over.  We r are not married n we should not see each other every night.  It's not right.

If I'm going to work toward being a good person...Good people don't sleep over all the time when they are not married.


That is so funny.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2013, 04:20:35 PM
If you're not willing to risk, you cannot grow. - Les Brown
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2013, 04:29:05 PM
"The Only Real Failure in Life is not to be True to the Best One Knows." - The Buddha
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2013, 09:45:45 PM
"I am going to succeed because I am crazy enough to think I can." - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2013, 07:08:16 PM
Thank you for the February Lesson from PAY.  I can only use the RC and Great Support with stronger than > = .56 MKT.  Otherwise, I am asking for trouble.

I am using a 4 day exponential moving average with criteria of >= .55 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2013, 04:35:42 PM
"Think about it... if I catch you in a lie about the little things then how can I EVER trust you about the Big Things." - Karen Kostyla
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2013, 04:50:44 PM
MS - thank you for a wonderful get away.  I have never done that before.  Hopefully we have come to a better understanding of where we are headed. - k
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2013, 06:57:26 PM
I met co-worker and his family at a random event and started talking to him.   I realized, again, that we are all very special.  We should talk to others more to learn about one another.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2013, 08:24:47 PM
MS,

You're so funny sometimes....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2013, 08:51:02 PM
"When you move leave love behind and you will find love in your new place." - Louise Hayes
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2013, 08:51:48 PM
A dad's greatest gift "I believe in you."  - Jimmy Valvano
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2013, 08:54:47 PM
Instrument rating of .525 or higher
Breakout of range > a month
MKT Criteria     > .525
Support           > .75
Candle Trigger > .75
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on March 31, 2013, 08:48:53 PM
"The trash is the only thing that's keeping you from this moment, here and now." - Socrates (Peaceful Warrior)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2013, 06:54:11 PM
We should be fathers like Jim Valvano's dad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwmJpSjhNI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwmJpSjhNI#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2013, 08:36:55 PM
Once I was cruising in my brand new yellow corvette, and this song happens to come on.....I felt like I have made it...and now I am driving a 98' corolla.  ;D......But I am loving life more than ever than I did before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqnx6p0C8CU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqnx6p0C8CU#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2013, 06:17:26 PM
If I know what love is, it is because of you - Herman Hesse

Having you in my life is a gift I treasure every day.....Happy Valentine's Day with all my heart....From the Card you give on our first and maybe only Valentine's Day together.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2013, 11:04:35 PM
Allura's Song

Hello my father, is it as I fear
That mothers heart and yours are no longer near

It cannot be so, youre so close, not now
You two must make up some how

I was looking forward to meeting all my siblings
I have been here patiently sitting

I was looking forward to walks on a beach with fine sands
With me, Allura holding my mother and father's hands

I dream to live a life that is kind and giving
Allura's beautiful Song, I must sing

Mother, you, and I are meant to meet
In this life, not the next, so to each other speak

Oh my father, I know I am speaking in vain
Because adults hearts are hard to change

Goodbye my father, I will miss you
And my beautiful loving mother too
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2013, 11:05:44 PM
It's not wise to try to change the direction of the wind.... and that is why I failed.  I am sorry.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2013, 08:22:33 AM
A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it,
A song's not a song 'til you sing it.
Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay,
Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

- Oscar Hammerstein II
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2013, 06:42:58 AM
Thank you for the understanding that my heart reached last night.....that my heart didn't cheat on the love I intended to give you.  It never found fertile soil to grow....And I can only live with my heart and my beliefs in what would make love/life work.  Wishing you smiles and happiness.

Out of the night that covers me
Black as the night from pole
I think what ever Gods maybe
For my unconquerable soul

In the fell clutch of circumstance
My heart has sometimes winced, but not cried aloud
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My heart is bloody, but unbowed

Beyond this place of deceit and tears
Looms not love, but only heartaches
And yet the pain of all the years
Finds and shall find my belief in love, unafraid

It matters not, how straight the gate.
How filled with punishments the scroll
You are the master of your fate
and I am the captain of my soul
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2013, 07:06:51 AM
I am missing too many P2s from my live testing....... They should be as abundant as P1s and much more than P3s.  I need strong assignment of 40MA, and stronger assignment of SR for trending stocks.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2013, 07:31:47 PM
Thank you Les Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoUlSSWUsI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoUlSSWUsI#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2013, 09:36:31 PM
The loyalty from John Wooden's pyramid of success isn't loyalty to others.  It is loyalty to what one's heart knows to be true......

Thank you for this understanding.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2013, 08:21:20 PM
If you are reading this, you better be strong and come my way......becau se I cannot go your way.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 26, 2013, 04:44:32 PM
Thank for coming into my life and testing in many ways.  My big head does needed it more than I could ever imagine. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2013, 10:48:00 PM
I am proud of you today...for many things and especially for being a good friend to your friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on April 30, 2013, 08:20:20 PM
The Goose in the Bottle

An old koan asks, "How can you get a goose out of a bottle?" We're asked to imagine that a baby gosling was placed inside one of those big glass bottles with a little opening that you see model ships in, and raised inside, until now it is full grown and can no longer fit through the neck of the bottle. How can you get the goose out of the bottle? It's actually a frightening image when we think about what an artificial, cramped and constricted life that poor goose must lead in there, and how unimaginable a life of freedom must be to an animal raised under such conditions. And yet, that's what the old teacher who thought up this koan was saying about our lives- that we lead lives so confined and constricted that we can hardly begin to imagine what true freedom is like.


Thank you for helping me break out the bottle.  The glass is at least cracking.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2013, 09:36:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3HkriqdGQ#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3HkriqdGQ#ws)

Thank you.  I don't know why but this song came into my head.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2013, 09:49:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElty90IPiw# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElty90IPiw#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 06, 2013, 09:20:40 PM
I under estimated the TRIN, low trin driving a market.  Now I am splitting the TRIN in two, dynamic and static.  It deserves to be so.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2013, 05:33:34 AM
If someone wants to be a part of your life, they will be there, they will make the effort.  Don't waste your time saving a place in your life for someone who just cant be bothered to make an effort. - a FB friend of a friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2013, 10:00:55 AM
What if we are all connected to the same field of consciousness. ...
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2013, 07:25:36 AM
For once upon a roof top......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg)

Thank you so much.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2013, 07:28:31 AM
In love the wise man and the fool becomes the same.....I am sorry for the embarrassing moment last night, forgive me.....All along, I kept thinking there's something to save, when there may not be......I kept thinking I could change the direction of the wind, and then I became a fool for thinking so.....regardl ess, Kind and happy thoughts always. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2013, 12:10:03 PM
Her last text to me: I will try.  You will be happier and more peaceful.  I miss u.

Thank you for coming into my life and opening an interesting chapter.  I think I needed your help to make me grow, or at least to test me where I have never been tested before.  I will miss you too.  Do know that I was hoping you would be the one for me for the next 45 years of my life.  I hope you find whatever it is you're looking for, each and everyday of your life filled with joy and laughter.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2013, 02:13:40 PM
To a love that is moving on.....

May flowers line her path and sunshine light her day
May songbirds serenade her every step of the way
May a rainbow run beside her in a sky that is always blue
And may gladness fill her heart each day, her whole life through
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2013, 06:39:39 PM
Today, I am personally reminded of the lyrics of this song.....Sprin gfield Mountain


As life grow old
and love grows cold
and memory fades
in distant time
you will love another
And I never will have a love that once was mine


Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2013, 06:40:54 PM
Everything that happens in life is good.....We get to enjoy the good and learn from the bad, which makes the bad good.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2013, 05:48:03 PM
I behave really bad last night too.  I am sorry.


I know, I tried to tell you your 180s were giving it all away.  I think it's a good thing though.  Because I wanted it to be your decision....so I wouldn't feel so guilty.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2013, 05:48:33 PM
Now that my mind is clear now, I finally see the association... ....GS.  Thank you very much.

Not true, my mind was scarred, and I wanted negative association.  It is a sign of weakness, not strength.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2013, 08:54:16 PM
Invictus

Out the night that covers me
Black the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever Gods may be
For my unconquerable soul

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced or cried aloud
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall me unafraid

It matters not how strait the gate
Or how filled with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul

William Ernest Henley
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2013, 09:08:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSxuvNGSrmc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSxuvNGSrmc#)

I am beginning to understand this song lately. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 15, 2013, 05:20:54 PM
That was very kind of you to stop by to say sorry.  It does mean a lot to me.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 15, 2013, 10:48:48 PM
Thank you for Powers Lake....under a starry night.  I will always cherish it.

Thank you for keeping me warm during such a long winter.

Thank you for all the sweet lunches you packed.

Thank you for saying hello and for saying goodbye.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2013, 10:32:02 PM
I thought Wednesday was a great ending.....the n you had to give me the guilt trip on Thursday only to surprise of Friday........ ..That was quite a shocker....... ....mostly for me too.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2013, 06:26:10 PM
I woke up today and realized that I was in a circus and I was actually the clown (someone else was the ring master).....so I had to leave.  I was hoping you would runaway with me, but your silence already said enough.  One day, when you are ready for me, you will return to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmaNK7M-iM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmaNK7M-iM#)

We'll always have the rainstorm. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
I had a dream about you tonight, and that is why I got up to write to you.  I know part of tonight's mystery was about Dxxxx.  I just wasn't sure if I pushed you there or not.  I don't think I did.  My subconscious mind still dreams about you.  For a long time now, I know that your actions indicated that your mysterious intentions were not good for me.  I am still disappointed and a little shock about our my meeting on that Friday between you, me and Dxxxx.  I held on as long as I could so that we could have a soft landing, and leave each other in friendship, even if we do not talk.  I do not regret chasing you and your friend, because it is that action that pushed it over the edge so that you can be free from me. I do not know what is in your heart, but I know that we could never build love, much less friendship or marriage with the kind trust we have.  I could never love someone who designed a secret path to the past with all the support of her friends, and with deception.  I know how to love only one way and that is with all I have to give with clarity and honesty.  I am not what you want in your heart, and so I asked you, or am letting you know, that I will not come back, and should have left a long time ago, as a love in your love or your good friend, and please accept that.  Having said that, please pursue your your desire with clarity of heart and mind knowing that you are no longer cheating on me in any way shape of form.  You didn't tell me so, but I already know so.  Always, joy, happiness, and beautiful smiles.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2013, 12:20:02 AM
You're a big goofball.  Please be happy in all that you do, including the one thing that lead to our failure.  I will be happy for you as long as you are happy regardless.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2013, 06:16:54 PM
For a beautiful smile

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2013, 07:42:35 PM
"Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars. "
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2013, 08:03:08 PM
That was a really wild ride....someti mes I laugh and cry from one moment to the next.....thank you for an interesting time. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on May 30, 2013, 07:44:04 PM
Thank you for teaching me detachment.... ...first hand.  If you had played fair, I would not have to learn it, so thank you for being unfair.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 01, 2013, 09:30:02 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AHmarH_04#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AHmarH_04#ws)

Funny
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: BuckFuddies2 on June 02, 2013, 02:18:51 AM
Apologies for intruding but I read this and it struck a chord with me. Personally I think this is how people should love each other. There's so much deception and so many hidden agendas in the world already; love should be exempt from it.

You've brightened my day. Now I know someone else who loves with a similar heart like mine.

Best wishes to you and everything you do.  :)

That it why you are weak and naieve.  It's much deeper then words can ever know... which, you think you're pretty good with it.  Words that is.  But you FAIL in the whole scheme of things.  Girls like you need an 'awakening'.  Hahahaha.  Sorry, just thought I would wake you up from your slumber.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2013, 08:51:53 PM
Apologies for intruding but I read this and it struck a chord with me. Personally I think this is how people should love each other. There's so much deception and so many hidden agendas in the world already; love should be exempt from it.

You've brightened my day. Now I know someone else who loves with a similar heart like mine.

Best wishes to you and everything you do.  :)

No apologies necessary, this is a public forum.  Thank you stopping by.  Best of luck to every you do as well.  :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2013, 08:53:14 PM
Thank you for a wonderful smokeless day......Yes, I will come back......
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2013, 08:36:18 PM
Thank you for a wonderful smokeless day......Yes, I will come back......

It's been a smokeless week.....thank you for making the effort
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2013, 08:36:54 PM
The Queen of Diamond said she will return into my life, if I find a reason for her to stay.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2013, 08:23:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw#)

This song was on my mind to day, when my brothers started talking about the Goo Goo Dolls
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2013, 09:10:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IH5AhnUc7Q# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IH5AhnUc7Q#)

I'll always remember the interview with Rob Thomas for this song.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2013, 09:11:57 PM
Hi!

Your friend found a home.....you should too.

What do I really want out of our relationship.. ...your happiness first and foremost, without stepping all over me to get there....

I think you are very happy recently and as far as I know, not stepping on me, so I am happy.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2013, 10:08:31 PM
I use to tell you, you better know what you are doing or saying, because love last forever......I now realize that it doesn't, not that kind of love.  It is too selfish is only meant for this life.  We say that or ask, because we want to feel we belong to someone special for all eternity.  The truth is, it last as long as or until we make our mind or hearts to move.  The wind cannot be captured or held.  The winds have change and the past is the past.  Always kind and happy wishes for you. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 09, 2013, 05:46:47 PM
I am responsible for everything in my life.  I will not blame others, justify my wrong actions, or complain loudly to contaminate and poison my mind.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2013, 09:16:01 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvz_gW5C2cY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvz_gW5C2cY#)

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2013, 09:17:46 PM
Because I was kept in the dark, and I didn't find out the facts until it was too late.....By the time I found you were emotionally hijacked already.  I could not have saved our relationship.  I did make it accelerate our demise by keeping giving you time off.  You used to time to get more emotionally hooked.  I know you don't know what you are doing......So I hope it works out to your satisfaction.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2013, 07:44:20 PM
Something entered my thoughts...... .from my supposed my vacation, and I wonder if it will be strong enough for me to overcome the silly things you do.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2013, 08:03:21 PM
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/08/04/how-to-spot-a-narcissist/ (http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/08/04/how-to-spot-a-narcissist/)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2013, 04:11:01 PM
To once upon a dream, I just got done watching Atlast Shrugged part 2.  Well, there will be a part three.  I was going to write you myself, but I can't do that anymore, because it would be going against my very strong beliefs, and I do not want to get lost in myself.  I hope you are doing great.  Always best wishes.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2013, 10:02:43 PM
"You have been hit.  Getting up is up to you."  - Charles Remington
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2013, 10:06:48 PM
"You have been hit.  Getting up is up to you."  - Charles Remington

I have been hit very hard......now getting up is up to me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2013, 11:28:37 AM
Starting to day, I will focus on where I want to go, and accept nothing less.  I do not accept excuses for failure from me, why I should accept it from others, especially if it was only meant to deceive me.  SO HELP ME GOD.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2013, 07:10:30 PM
I had a dream of you last night.  You weren't Hmong, but a mixed of white and something else.  You had a daughter.  You asked me, why am I always telling my daughters that I love them, but hardly ever you.  You stormed off, and I chased after you.  You had amazing curves.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2013, 08:12:23 PM
Even our feeling of freedom is meant for this life only  - Kou
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2013, 08:12:56 PM
"Or else Pizza's gonna send out for you." - Space Balls
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2013, 09:59:13 PM
Not all lives are meant to be saved....It was out of your hands. - The Ancient one
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2013, 03:29:57 PM
Desire closes the door to true happiness, and freedom.

The pain sets me free....can no longer stay in the host.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2013, 02:17:46 AM
I have been hit very hard......now getting up is up to me.

Again????????  As always, I wish you well, joy, happiness for the rest of your life.  Out of all the people I know, you deserve it the most, and that is why I stayed with you for such a long time.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2013, 06:11:23 AM
MS,

Thank you for freeing me at last.  I truly appreciate it.  I hope you find the same joy and happiness from the incident as well.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2013, 01:41:21 PM
Dear MS YYYY,

Congratulation s on accepting the GF/Best Friend position with XXX XXXX LLC.  It was a long interview, but I believe you are an exceptional person and is great fit for the position.  You have a beautiful mind, beautiful body, and you are a beautiful person.  You have potential to make full partner ; ).

We are disciplined, but are flexible. We prided ourselves in flexibility and empowering others to be their best by allowing them to come up with creative solutions.  If our people are not happy, how can they give their best efforts to the team.  We endeavor to create a positive environment for our people, so that they can come up with positive solutions.  By the way you are the one and only employee, and will be the only employee as this kind of joint effort requires one on one dedication with no distractions at all.

XXX XXXX LLC runs on strong core values like, honesty, kindness, trust, communication, and love.  We water those core values everyday with affectionate kisses and warm smiles.
At this time there are no financial benefits, there is only emotional and physical benefits.  You will be asked to provide accommodations for XXX XXXX when he comes to St Paul for business or pleasure, should you need accommodations in Woodbury from time to time, it will be provided for you as well.  You will expected to provide special services to XXX XXXX, if he should desire it. J/K  Of course it will reciprocated as well.  :P.

I hope you have a long career with XXX XXXX LLC and make full partner, and the firm's name will be changed to XXXX & YYYY LLC.  Best wishes on beginning your career with XXX XXXX LLC.

Sincerely,

XXXXX XXXX XXXX
President
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2013, 04:54:25 PM
You gotta admit it wasn't the old boring just romantic relationship we had. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 11, 2013, 06:22:35 PM
I had a dream about you last night.  I couldn't remember your phone number in the dream.  I think it is because I was frustrated and wanted to communicate with you.....which will be a mistake both ways, if not in the short run, in the long run.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 14, 2013, 08:43:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52tsmZQY9lo# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52tsmZQY9lo#)

Courage.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 20, 2013, 09:17:23 PM
Sorry our tree died.

A half finished book is like a half finished love affair - Robert Frobisher
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 20, 2013, 09:29:16 PM
Everyone was right about you.  I was wrong, but I am still very glad that you came into my life and gave me so much.

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2013, 07:18:18 PM
It just occurred to me that robots/AIs will inherit the world.  They are much smarter and stronger than we could be, and they could live forever through upgrades.  Our most recent evolution is our thinking and logic, not our emotional side.  They will have that too.  To think otherwise is simply human hope.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 22, 2013, 07:52:40 PM
This might be one of the last time we danced....

http://www.hmongidealmodel.com/component/muscol/P/191-phooj-ywg/364-vol-2/3704-tsis-tau-pom-dua.html?Itemid=142 (http://www.hmongidealmodel.com/component/muscol/P/191-phooj-ywg/364-vol-2/3704-tsis-tau-pom-dua.html?Itemid=142)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 22, 2013, 09:21:01 PM
I use to wake up to each day with all the energy and focus on having a great no matter what.  I will now have time to focus on that again. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2013, 05:17:25 PM
I had to change my number just to get rid of my girl-friend.  I hope this works.  I know pathetic me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2013, 08:50:57 PM
Why can't you just be a man and tell her that you don't want her to call you anymore? Changing a phone number w/o telling someone is like slapping on a sticky on the fridge.  :P

I told her that I am moving on and changing my number. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2013, 08:52:31 PM
Thank you for all the lunches, all the drives to work, all the arguing as well, for teaching me to be a better person, but mostly thank you for loving me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 24, 2013, 06:39:57 PM
The body's addiction to nicotine is nothing, compared to the mind's addiction to nicotine.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 24, 2013, 06:40:27 PM
Why is it better give?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 25, 2013, 08:08:39 PM
Not that I want you to come back.....becau se I want you to be happy where you are....Your being happy will make me happy, but this song will always remind me of you because I first listened to it on your phone on the way back from Mankato.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IXEqpRps4&list=PLE5C8AEF96F7D1D93 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IXEqpRps4&list=PLE5C8AEF96F7D1D93)

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2013, 05:25:03 PM
Honesty is an expensive gift, do not expect it from cheap people. - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2013, 06:26:34 PM
I had such a beautiful day yesterday..... .Just went out and enjoyed time at happy hour with newbies from work.....came home and then went to watch a Wolverine with my daughter.....c ame home and walk underneath the starry skies with my other daughters.  It was amazingly beautiful, I haven't had that kind of Friday for a very long time.  All that because I did not have to worry where my girlfriend was or where will she get lost to or lie to me about, because I no longer have a girlfriend.  Please be happy with yourself too and do not make me feel guilty for not letting you back into my life.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2013, 06:55:34 PM
You are so smart, I wish you could see the World the way I see it.  You would understand how beautiful it is all the time, everyday, and every moment.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2013, 07:12:39 PM
I love "The Secret."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaJMP_fDD_w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaJMP_fDD_w)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2013, 06:36:17 PM
I can kill again, I have a reason to live. - From Hot Shots Part Deaux
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2013, 06:50:31 PM
If you hadn't been so mysterious, it wouldn't have taken me so long to get to know you and also it would have been so rough on the both us.  I know you will be okay, you are super smart and a workaholic.  You will find your bearings and one of the best among us all.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2013, 02:22:03 PM
What am I going to do about a path that has no future......th ere is only one solution and that is to leave it alone.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2013, 05:58:59 PM
What you think
What you feel
and what manifests
Is always a match

- The Secret
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2013, 06:14:28 PM
That's not who you are.  That is who you were, because that is the residual outcome of your past thoughts and actions. - The Secret.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2013, 09:09:09 PM
You are so talented and amazing at times, how do we get you to be at your best?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 08, 2013, 07:55:49 PM
Listening to the wisdom of the Secret could have saved our relationship.. ...or if only I knew you were so goofy.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 08, 2013, 07:57:28 PM
I had a dream of you the other day.  I dreamed that we went to a resort, and went into the room.  I went outside and came back and I couldn't find our room anymore.  I spent so much time looking for our room.  Later when you found me, you also told me that you couldn't find our room also.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2013, 07:08:36 PM
It was a really messed up way of seeing things.  I can't believe you did what you did, but today I am so glad that you came into life and made it unbearable at times as well as so pleasurable.  I am reminded of the sudden growth in human development 200,000 years in Africa.  Thank you for coming into life and taking my emotional pain to the extreme.  I needed that suffering to grow stronger.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 14, 2013, 09:14:24 PM
Visual the goal as if its already been achieved.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2013, 08:41:46 PM
I finally get the story of Adam and Eve, and the story of the tree of life......and the bible.  It all makes perfect sense.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2013, 08:42:37 PM
Success....is doing the right thing in the face of all the negative emotional pressures.  This will always be my definition of success in my book.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2013, 09:13:13 PM
If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to make sure you're okay, who watches out for you and wants the very best for you, don't let them go.  Keep them close and don't take them for granted.  People like that are hard to find. - Unknown.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2013, 05:42:01 PM
The starting point of maturity is the realization that "no one is coming to the rescue".

Everything you are and everything you will be is entirely up to YOU... - a FB friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2013, 07:32:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ppdB6JX99Q#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ppdB6JX99Q#ws)

To my uncle who's moved on.  You are so loved and will be missed.  Thank you for your bravery.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2013, 07:46:55 PM
Thank you for all the gifts of today. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2013, 07:05:41 PM
It is in the suffering that wisdom is found.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2013, 06:24:01 PM
Nash: I don't exactly know what I am required to say in order for you to have intercourse with me. But could we assume that I said all that. I mean essentially we are talking about fluid exchange right? So could we go just straight to the sex.  - from a Beautiful Mind
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2013, 07:07:05 PM
To my beautiful and strong aunt who just left us.  Thank you for  you kind love.  You will be missed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvfqmo0V_4w#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvfqmo0V_4w#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2013, 08:22:51 PM
Thank you for allowing us to come to a soft landing and be nothing more than just friends.....I do care about you and that is why I tried so hard to not let you lose me so foolishly.  But, foolishly, you did.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2013, 01:11:39 PM
Yes, words of advice.  If you are interested in her, take the friendship at a slow pace.  Be charming and have a sense of humor, make her laugh more than she is serious.  She's been struggling most of her life and is looking for someone who can offer her the world.  If you can't don't pursue her or you ll be heart broken. But I tell you this, if you can win her heart, she will be make you love her more.  Take good care and good luck to you.  - From her sister (regarding my blind date)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2013, 08:22:26 PM
Yes, words of advice.  If you are interested in her, take the friendship at a slow pace.  Be charming and have a sense of humor, make her laugh more than she is serious.  She's been struggling most of her life and is looking for someone who can offer her the world.  If you can't don't pursue her or you ll be heart broken. But I tell you this, if you can win her heart, she will be make you love her more.  Take good care and good luck to you.  - From her sister (regarding my blind date)

Thank you big sister for your words of advice.  You are right in many ways.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2013, 08:35:20 PM
Success....is doing the right thing in the face of all the negative emotional pressures.  This will always be my definition of success in my book.

My definition of success.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2013, 09:26:50 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEY3o00LRHI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEY3o00LRHI#)

One day I had this theme in my head and I couldn't find out what it was....and then it came to me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 03, 2013, 07:00:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ-TyZtSf4k# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ-TyZtSf4k#)

Thank you pretty girls for staying with me over the Summer.  I love you all very much.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 19, 2013, 10:45:39 PM
Thank you for the date, but I think that will be our last date.  You are hurt and scared, until you are ready, thus you will not contribute.... .Therefore nothing will grow here.  Take care..
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2013, 06:02:03 PM
Our mind is made of and still part of this world, it cannot possibly figure out what is beyond.  It is too limited.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2013, 06:03:42 PM
My aunts and uncle, their kids, and the importance of having loving parents......T here is almost nothing more important than being a loving parent to those that we brought into this world.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on September 30, 2013, 07:56:31 PM
Beauty is being so Not Egotistical... .your ego will make you less attractive to me....your humility will amplify it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 02, 2013, 07:36:52 PM
TX, thank you for showing me that beauty and truth lies in humility and kindness.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 02, 2013, 07:38:03 PM
LX, 

You came into my dream again last night.....It was very nice, but please stay away......It was a very long time ago, another life.   My focus is on where I am going.....It was good to meet you, but please move on.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2013, 09:44:23 PM
The way I talk to my beautiful strong daughter Mxxxx is the way I should talk to everyone...... .
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 09, 2013, 07:08:04 PM
Today, I realize and understand that the true measure of a man is not how hard you can hit back......but how well you restrain yourself when you get hit.  Thank you...... for never hitting back so far.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 09, 2013, 07:09:11 PM
Wisdom is the currency (and freedom) that we can spend everyday without end.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 10, 2013, 08:16:38 PM
I am sorry.....but I told you a long time what love is.....please understand.  Thank you and I will be your friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 13, 2013, 08:41:21 PM
True beauty is really within......do not think otherwise or you will be disappointed..
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 15, 2013, 05:31:26 PM
Hey beautiful warrior, thank you for believing in my potential for success.  I think sometimes you believe in me more than myself, and that is your amazing gift to me.  I believe that once you realized that you are at the center of the universe, you will be better than most of us.  I luv you and may your wonderful journey to the stars be filled with AWE everyday.  :)  Goodbye my love.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2013, 08:46:38 PM
I know why I had to change my number now.....why I can't simply avoid you.....It is because you tell beautiful ugly deceitful lies.  If you had been truthful, no matter how beautiful you are or how much past we had I would have show yourself the door and let it be.  It is best to not repeat the same pattern again.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2013, 08:48:53 PM
An insincere friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an insincere friend will wound your mind. - The Buddha

 Sometimes, I am surprised that I made out in this great of a shape, still.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2013, 08:51:57 PM
The other day I was randomly thinking and I came across the first fable I ever told you.....the scorpion and the frog.  For a long time, I thought you were the frog....and your ex was the scorpion.  Now I realized that you are the Scorpion....He was the frog got tired of caring you to happiness, and found someone on his back.  I am now the frog, and I am getting stung like crazy every day, trying to carry you to the other side, Happiness.  I am no longer your frog.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2013, 08:52:53 PM
What is dark energy......it's so out there, but yet we cannot detect it.  It is what is beyond our simple minded understand of the universe and God.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 17, 2013, 08:04:31 PM
When I am running with you and you say, "I love you dad."  I touch a little a bit of heaven.  When you typing away on the computer and I look around the corner, and I say, "Hey You!!!!", and you say, "Hi Dad."  I touch a little bit heaven.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2013, 12:44:40 PM
I hope you don't mind the intrusion?  I just want to say that I love the randomness but the steadfast voice of continuity is truly inspirational! Thanks!  :)

Of course, I don't mind at all.  Thank you for visiting and saying hello.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2013, 04:27:20 PM
I hope you don't mind the intrusion?  I just want to say that I love the randomness but the steadfast voice of continuity is truly inspirational! Thanks!  :)

SMH, is that you Samantha Mee Her?

SMH - Merrill Lynch Semiconductor Index ETF.  Semiconductor was really hot in hey days of tech stock growth from the late 90s.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2013, 04:27:43 PM
Sane love is no love... - from Ek Tha Tiger
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2013, 04:29:31 PM
We have our logical mind....we have our emotion mind......Our logical mind will be right, but we will act according to our emotional mind, and the further they are part the more pain we will experience.  Bring your emotional mind very close to your logical mind and you will experience bliss.....
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 20, 2013, 11:45:26 AM
Freedom - being free is being happy where we are at each moment and we are free.  Freedom is in the mind, not the physical universe.  To actually go out there to gain your freedom implies that you're not free, because the freedom is attached to what is outside.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 20, 2013, 11:46:26 AM
Norman: Dear Jesse, as the moon lingers a moment over the bitterroots, before its descent into the invisible, my mind is filled with song. I find I am humming softly; not to the music, but something else; some place else; a place remembered; a field of grass where no one seemed to have been; except a deer; and the memory is strengthened by the feeling of you, dancing in my awkward arms.  - A River Runs Through it
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 20, 2013, 11:49:13 AM
 ODE
INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

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Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 21, 2013, 07:55:17 PM
Thank you for a wonderful and productive day.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 21, 2013, 08:09:24 PM
 What though the radiance which was once so bright
 Be now for ever taken from my sight,
 Though nothing can bring back the hour
 Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
 We will grieve not, rather find
 Strength in what remains behind;
 In the primal sympathy
 Which having been must ever be;
 In the soothing thoughts that spring
 Out of human suffering;
 In the faith that looks through death,
 In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 21, 2013, 09:01:35 PM
I wonder if I blew my chances for a foursome.....w ell I did, but was it the right thing to do to screw it up.  Now we wouldn't have to look at each other in embarrassing ways.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2013, 06:10:53 PM
Thank you for a wonderful and refreshing day of freedom......u nfortunately it is because I am free from your untruths and you had to take it in a negative way.  Please be happy tomorrow.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2013, 07:29:43 PM
I am free at last.  That was hard because of the untruths, but I am free at last.  Thank you for coming into my life and thank you for leaving.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2013, 07:55:52 PM
Platinum Rule:  When you're negatively charged emotionally, saying less is so much more......beca use you don't have to look like an a$$ later.  Because I regret just about everything that I have said when I am negatively charged.  I am sorry. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2013, 08:25:17 PM
I am in such a blissful state right now.......and listening to this, all the while studying the stock market.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzF_y039slk#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzF_y039slk#ws)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2013, 06:13:47 PM
I have to get out of that loop before something regretful happens, something that I cannot fix and cannot live with.  It is clear that I do not belong there now.  Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2013, 06:14:58 PM
I get high watching you grow so strong or wise every day.  You are so much stronger than me, you are also my very good friend too.  Thank you for making me keep my words.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2013, 08:38:38 PM
To the girl with the million dollar smile.....I am sorry, but I have to quiet my heart and my thought before I return to you as a friend.  You also have to do the same thing too.  I will see you soon, so please stay safe for me.  Take care of your little family. Please always keep your kids at the center of your love and devotion.

Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2013, 08:59:23 PM
To once upon a roof top,

During my troubled and distracted heart of this year, you became my Vanilla Sky, but now that I found a better understanding of who I am.  Thank you but the past is the past.  Take care of your self.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2013, 09:02:45 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhi6nNYNOxQ# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhi6nNYNOxQ#)

When I hear this song, I know it's not me.....I understanding why he still haven't found what he's looking for, because he's looking in the wrong the place, out there.  I think I have found what I am looking for.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2013, 10:21:55 PM
The Law of life: You either grow or you die. - Tony Robbins.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2013, 10:22:51 PM
Freedom: Always cherish the freedom to prepared for a better tomorrow, not the physical freedom.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2013, 10:25:19 PM
A Story of Love:  Last year I met a cousin, Txos, from Wisconsin, at a funeral.  He was eating a pastry and he got some on his shirt.  Without criticizing, his wife gently wiped it off and straighten his shirt.  I thought that is one of the sweetest love scene that I had ever seen....becaus e that rarely ever happens to me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2013, 03:06:20 PM
Do you guys notice that there's not enough bullsh1t in the bullsh1t soup now a days? 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2013, 03:07:47 PM
Freedom is finding the mind power to be happy where you are currently at.  If you are happy where you are at, there's no place else in the world you would rather be, therefore you are FREE.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2013, 02:48:24 PM
Thank you for freeing me.  Please take care of yourself. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2013, 07:17:54 PM
Everyone should date a cheater and a liar once in their life, because it forces you to deal with really tough emotions, and therefore it will test you and make you stronger.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2013, 07:18:30 PM
Thank you Tooj Pov for showing that love, compassion, and kindness is the way.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2013, 08:35:06 PM
Good Bye to my Good Friend:

Beautiful warrior,

You deserve a better good bye from me, so I will give it to you.  I am sorry, but I have to go.  I cannot live in a world filled with lies and cheating at every corner.  I stayed so much longer than I initially wanted, because our friendship has grown through my growing understanding of you, and I guess I was hoping you would find in you the girl that I was looking for in you or sometimes I feel that I could make a positive difference in your life.  I realized now, I cannot change the direction of the wind.  I am so glad that I stayed so long through the frustrations, because I think it has made me a more patient and understanding person.  I now see so much beauty in each moment of my life.  A gift, I would never have received if I had quit much earlier.  I am thankful for every experience that I have had with you, especially the tough ones.

You spend so much time and effort trying to deceive me, now you don't have to anymore.  I use to spend so much time and thought tracking you and now I don't have to anymore.  All that time, can be used constructively to build our lives for a better future so that we both will have something to look forward to as we both grow into the coming different stages of our lives.

Should we bump into each other by accident, you will always be a good friend to me.  Please take good care of each other.  Make him commit, because you have given up a lot to be there.  Let him know that I do not hold any animosity towards him, and I hope you both make it work for the long road ahead.

Always,

XXX

P.S. The Green Hmongs have a saying, "Zag nu tsis zoo li zag ub." or  "This time is not like the other time."  I will not come back in any way shape or form, so please take care of yourself.  I am asking you right now, please do not call me at work.

For the last time, on your exciting journey to the stars, may everyday of your life be filled with AWE.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2013, 10:20:42 PM
I finally get the story of JOB.  It is do not let external events deter you from your internal compass. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2013, 03:04:17 PM
Thank you for such a sweet love, that too eventually faded away.  I never knew what love is until you came home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 04, 2013, 05:53:23 PM
I don't know to say.....it got scattered into wind.  Thank you for the wonderful memories.  I will always cherish them.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 06, 2013, 08:14:49 PM
No matter how I get angry I get at you or how much you hurt me......I cannot live with myself if I retaliate in with the negative emotions.  When I chose to use positive emotions to seal and heal the wounds then I can sleep in peace, and I can smile knowing that I did not cause you harm and pain.  It doesn't mean I will stay forever and let you hurt me or our situation time and time again.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 06, 2013, 08:19:48 PM
The other night and my very confident daughter's concert.....I learn something that I have heard before.......


"Repetition is the mother of all learning."    Thank you.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2013, 11:06:26 PM
Thank you for the soft landing......I appreciate it.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2013, 11:07:01 PM
You should have came home, because you belong with me.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:21:58 PM
The smartest you can you is to make someone smile. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:22:49 PM
When I hear you laugh loudly and in your funny voice, it makes me happy, because I know that at moment you are happy too.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:23:29 PM
I enjoy watching you sleep, because when you sleep you have a peaceful grin on your face.  One that you will never see and appreciate.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:24:36 PM
Thank you for giving me a hard day everyday.  It's too kind and more than I deserve.  Thank you for blessing me so fully each day.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:25:20 PM
If you're happy and content, you need or desire nothing in your life......beca use you are already there.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:27:37 PM
Quantifying... ....beauty.... ....as Beckett grades cards....even though there are four criteria....th e heart of the individual deserves half the valuation.  It's that important.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2013, 06:43:45 PM
Now I know why you have to sing.....and I agree with you.  Thank you for saying my words for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYn0OaSo10k# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYn0OaSo10k#)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2013, 07:44:56 PM
When you learn to observe properly, you have learned it all. - Tai Chi Hero.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2013, 08:19:38 PM
The journey though life is really how much can you really take control and charge your emotions in a way for happiness (or sadness).........not how much you get.  We all will eventually get nothing but a pine box.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2013, 08:21:26 PM
RATS....the power of love.‏  Love has the power to change genetics for the better.  Lack of love has the power to change genetics for the worst, in one life time.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2013, 08:22:35 PM
J. Monopoli....Th ank you for positive encouragements ....from such a long time ago......it did make a difference and I didn't realize until recently.  You might have been the difference that allowed me to become successful.‏
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2013, 09:02:47 PM
I finally have my mission statement:

On my amazing journey to the Stars,
Every day, I will be an awesome father
A good and awesome human being, and 
The best two weeks time-frame trader
in the World.
.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2013, 09:56:12 PM
Let's take this week to wind it down and the weekend to seal it.  It deserves to be put to rest for good. 
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 13, 2013, 07:39:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWsFFQP0gA#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWsFFQP0gA#ws)

Funny!
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 13, 2013, 09:39:08 PM
Do you have a Gordon Street?  I don't....because I married her.  I did not want it to turn into Gordon Street when I am an old man.  Eventually we fell apart, but at least I do not have a Gordon Street in my heart anymore.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 06:32:12 PM
The more difficult it is to forgive someone, the more you should..... because it shows how strong you have become.‏
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 06:34:54 PM
I am walking around at work today, and I am thinking how disgusting most people there would look naked, even the pretty faces. :)
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 07:22:19 PM
Most of the time our logical mind knows what to do.  Our emotions dictates what we should do.  When we are able synchronize our emotions to our logical mind then we can achieve a blissful state.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 09:21:53 PM
:-[

What is wrong?
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 09:24:20 PM
J. Monopoli....Th ank you for positive encouragements ....from such a long time ago......it did make a difference and I didn't realize until recently.  You might have been the difference that allowed me to become successful.‏

Had a dream about you last night my friend.
Title: Re: To the person that I want to be
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 09:25:22 PM
I use to listen to this song all the time....just saw a different version on FB.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNgn4r6SOA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNgn4r6SOA#)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars......
Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2013, 09:36:17 PM
I am looking a picture of my very empowered daughter M, thank you for coming into my life.  I have so much to learn from you.  Have a good night.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 07:37:23 PM

    Respect your husband.  - Notice how it doesnt say Respect your husband if he has earned it. A mans greatest need in this world is to be respected, and the person he desires that respect from the most is his wife.  The trap that weve all been ensnared by is that they only deserve our respect when they earn it. Yes, we want our husbands to make decisions that will ultimately garner our respect, but the truth is that your husband is a human being. A human being who makes mistakes. This is the man that YOU have chosen to walk alongside you for the rest of your life, and to lead your family and he needs to be respected for that quality alone. Take it from me when respect is given even when he doesnt deserve it, it will motivate him to earn it. That doesnt mean you pretend that his choices are good ones when they arent. Things like that still need to be communicated, but you can flesh out your differences WITH RESPECT. It makes all the difference in the world to him.
    Guard your heart.  - The grass is not greener on the other side. Do not believe the lie that with a slimmer figure, a higher salary, a faster car, or a bigger house, you will be a happier woman. The world is full of things and people that will serve as reminders that you dont have the best of the best, but its simply not true. Live the life youve been blessed with, and BE THANKFUL. I get that we all have struggles, and there are even times when I would love 1,000 more square feet of house to live in, but square feet is not fulfilling relationships are. Guard your heart from things and people that will try to convince you that your life or your husband is not good enough.  There will always be bigger, faster, stronger, or shinier but youll never be satisfied with more until youre fulfilled with what you have now.
    God, husband, kidsin that order.  - I know this isnt a popular philosophy, especially among mothers, but hear me out. Its no secret that my faith is of utmost importance, so God comes first in my life no matter what. But regardless of your belief system, your husband should come before your kids. Now unless youre married to someone who is abusive  (in which case, I urge you to seek help beyond what my blog can give you), no man in his right mind would ask you to put your kids aside to serve his every need while neglecting them. Thats not what this means. When you board an airplane, the flight attendants are required to go over emergency preparedness prior to takeoff. When explaining the part about how to operate the oxygen mask, passengers are instructed to first put the mask on themselves before putting it on their small child. Is that because they think you are more important than your kids? Absolutely not. But you cannot effectively help your child if you cant breathe yourself. The same holds true with marriage and parenting. You cannot effectively parent your children if your marriage is falling apart. Take it from me I tried. There will also come a time when your kids will leave the house to pursue their dreams as adults. If you have not cultivated a lasting relationship with your spouse, you will have both empty nests and empty hearts.
    Forgive.  - No one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. If you make forgiveness a habit for everything from major mistakes to little annoyances (every day, I have to forgive my husband for leaving the wet towel on the bathroom counter ;) ) you will keep resentment from growing.
    Over-communicate.  - I used to have a bad habit of not speaking my feelings. I played the standard You should know why Im mad game, and thats just downright unfair. Men are not wired like women, and they DONT always know that theyve been insensitive. Im still growing in this area, and there are often times when my husband has to pry something out of me, but Im trying to remember that I need to just communicate how I feel.
    Schedule a regular date night.  - This one isnt new, but its very important. Never stop dating your spouse.  Even if you cant afford dinner and a movie (which we seldom can), spending some regular one-on-one time with your spouse is essential. Dont talk about bills, or schedules, or the kids. Frankie and I often daydream about our future, or plan our dream vacation. We connect emotionally and often learn something new about each other even after four years.
    Never say the D Word.  - If youre gonna say it, you better mean it. Plain and simple, threatening divorce is not fighting fair. I did this a lot in my previous marriages. Im not proud of it, but I learned better. I was hurting deeply, and I wanted to hurt back, but it never helped me feel better.
    Learn his love language.  - Everyone has a love language. The way you perceive love is often different from the way your spouse perceives love. Does he like words of affirmation, or does he respond better when you give him gifts? Whatever his love language is learn it and USE IT.  Edited to add: If you are unfamiliar with the principles behind love languages, you can learn more about it here.
    Never talk negatively about him.  - I learned this lesson the hard way too. If youre going through a difficult time in your marriage and you need advice, see a counselor. Family counseling is a great tool, but try to remember that your family members and friends are not the most objective people to give advice. The argument they are hearing is one-sided and they often build up negative feelings toward your spouse, which usually doesnt subside once you and your husband have gotten past it. Protect his image with those that youre close with and seek help from those that can actually be objective.  News flash, ladies your mother cannot be objective!
    Choose to love.  - There are times in a marriage that you may wake up and not feel in love anymore. Choose to love anyway. There are times when you may not be attracted to your husband anymore. Choose to love anyway. Marriage is a commitment. In sickness and health, in good times and in bad. Those vows are sacred. They dont say if you have bad times. They say in good times AND in bad, implying that there WILL be bad times. Its inevitable. So choose to love anyway. Hes worth it.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 07:41:01 PM
Someone came into my life briefly, she tried to tell me that she was you......but I know she's not you.  She actually ended up making a better man for you.  I am still waiting you.  Come home soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMuBX4aMmw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMuBX4aMmw#ws)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 07:42:25 PM
I am thinking of writing you a long letter explaining the logic of it all, then it occurred to me that silences is best.....Silen ce is mostly because when we talk it's only ego explaining itself or showing off. 
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 07:44:08 PM
Is it only my Ego that is creating this unquenchable thirst we call desire?  Which ends up creating it's own problems.  In reason and logic, we will all get nothing but a pine box in the end, if we are lucky.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 07:46:46 PM
I look around and my former colleagues and friends are Senior VPS or managing directors of financial firms.  Have I really fallen that far behind?  I think I am asking the questions that I have ever in my life.  My confidence in myself and my view of life has never been so clear as now.

I do remember the pain before my rise before....I am filled with that kind of pain and questioning again.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 07:51:09 PM
What you say above is true but I can't seem to synchronize my emotions with my mind.

I see....don't stop trying, because the happiness you receive is ever giving.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2013, 08:36:59 PM
You can't step into the same river twice - Socrates

Let's not try.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2013, 09:48:18 PM
Why lies create unhappiness... ...It finally occurred to me..... It's almost like trying to find happiness by assigning it to something out there.  Lies create an ocean of separation between expectation and reality.  That difference in expectation and reality, the larger it is the larger the pain and suffering..... ..
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2013, 09:49:51 PM
Happiness..is the lack of space between desires and and reality.
 
That space is only created by our imagination, our expectations, and our past, nothing more.

That is why according to Lao Tzu happiness and content can be found in enjoy and believing that you have it all already.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2013, 09:51:05 PM
The True never ending pleasure in life is becoming someone you are proud of everyday, someone that will bring you smile, because you are truly Good.‏
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2013, 09:51:42 PM
One day, I will tell you about your farm, but not today.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2013, 09:52:50 PM
Ur Credit Score - reflects your character.  Many people that I know that has low credit scores or lack of credit scores always have low character morals.  ‏
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 19, 2013, 06:14:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR4j8iWu-OI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR4j8iWu-OI#)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 19, 2013, 06:40:49 PM
It occurred to me why kids that are raised with grandparents help become more confident and well rounded, because the art of raising a child takes so much more to learn and also grandparents raise them with more love than discipline.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 20, 2013, 08:31:38 PM
Like any challenging events in my past, I will grow past it too.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 20, 2013, 08:37:34 PM
This song reminds me of a life that once belonged to me.

http://www.4shared.com/audio/74Wl7hd4/Ncaim_Mus_Tsis_Qhia.htm (http://www.4shared.com/audio/74Wl7hd4/Ncaim_Mus_Tsis_Qhia.htm)

Kuv tso lub nplhaib tso saum hauv ncoo
Kuv sau tsab ntawv tso rau saum txaj
Kuv tso nyiaj txiag, ib puas tsav yam
Kom tsis tshuav dabtsi khuam rov tom qab

Kuv tso kasces rau ntawm qhov rooj
Kuv tso lub tsheb rau hauv garage
Kuv tso vaj tsev txhua tsav txhua yam
Kuv mus zaum no yuav tsis rov qab

Chorus:
Kuv ncaim nws mus tsis qhia nws paub
Txawm kuv nyob los rua muaj sib ceg
Txawm hais npaum twg los ua txuj tsis totaub
Vim nws tsis hlub kuv lawm ntev
Kuv ncaim nws mus tsis pub nws hnov
Txawm kuv nyob los nws tsis xav pom
Kuv ncaim zaum no yuav tsis rov los
Vim nws tsis hlub kuv thaum ntxov

Kuv tso lub neej uas kuv tau muaj
Nrog rau tus neeg kuv hlub thiab tshua
Kuv tso lub neej uas kuv ntshaw tshaj
Kuv mus ntsiag to tsis tig rov qab

Chorus

Kuv tso lub neej uas kuv tau muaj
Nrog rau tus neeg kuv hlub thiab tshua
Kuv tso lub neej uas kuv ntshaw tshaj
Kuv mus ntsiag to tsis tig rov qab
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2013, 07:51:20 PM
Thank you for an amazing journey to the stars, the material borrowed for my body is now returned to the universe and so is my consciousness. 
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2013, 07:58:00 PM
Freedom may be the one of the few true joys or happiness in life. There are just many ways to get there or many missed interpretation s.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2013, 09:38:16 PM
Let me tell you about your farm.  It will sit on the side of a hill and it will not really be farm, but just be among farms, like the English country side.  Your house will look into a valley where a creek runs.  During the summer the creek will be teeming with life.  You can look across to the other side and beyond.  There are hills and trees everywhere, and within your property you will have wooded trails that you love to walk every day. Your house is always warm and welcoming.  There you are on vacation as well as home, and you can be there for months without feeling the need to be anywhere else.  Your family and friends visits you often for they know that your story is one of success and happiness.  During the summer days, you will tend your own garden that is filled with your favorite fruits and vegetables.  During the summer nights, you will have bonfires that last way into the nights with your kids and grandkids.  In the fall, you will watch the colors change in your own back yard.  In winter, you will enjoy sliding down your own hills and staying warm inside your cozy home.  In spring, you will look forward to doing it all over again, and again.  You will have finally found peace and happiness. 
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2013, 09:54:09 PM
http://brushrealityaside.tumblr.com/post/62311010977/molgars-i-am-going-to-physically-die-from (http://brushrealityaside.tumblr.com/post/62311010977/molgars-i-am-going-to-physically-die-from)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 22, 2013, 08:54:40 PM
Did you write all this? It's great advices!  O0

Unfortunately, I did not.  Probably wrote by a woman who loves her man.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2013, 06:22:48 PM
http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm (http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm)

This song will remind me of you for a long time.  We could have met much sooner, it wouldn't have worked out, but we would have met.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2013, 08:08:51 PM
I have explained this before, but now I do actually have a situation where there's a difference in expectation and reality that is causing Buddhistic suffering.  At last, it is an opportunity to practice enlighten wisdom.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2013, 08:10:45 PM
It is most difficult to let something go which we think is beautiful and/or could be saved.  Which is why I will let it go, because it is difficult. The reason and logic has to win out.  I will be stronger afterwards.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2013, 11:20:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW5n7p6Pwg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aW5n7p6Pwg#ws)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2013, 11:25:16 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0TBWg3C3k#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0TBWg3C3k#ws)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2013, 11:34:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_eZmEiyTo0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_eZmEiyTo0#)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2013, 03:49:26 PM
I have been sick over the last couple days, and food tastes so plain to me.....and suddenly I became aware of the fact that my taste buds is a tool for survival.  Food is pleasurable because we needed it for survival.  If food taste like the way it does to me now for the rest of my life, I will starve to death.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2013, 10:51:59 AM
I think I am becoming a monster....... I better deter myself from that path very quickly.
Title: Re: On your amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2013, 11:04:49 AM
Farewell my friend P.W.  Thank you for all the memories.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2013, 02:23:13 PM
Thank you to myself, and the sacrifices of my pretty things, for helping preserve some of my dignity.  It cannot happen again to such a kind and wonderful person.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2013, 05:14:48 PM
FORGIVENESS.......
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 02, 2013, 06:39:11 PM
I just had this song on my mind the other day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gEkwhdXUE# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3gEkwhdXUE#)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 03, 2013, 07:31:59 PM
Hope you feel better. It's that time of the year where everyone get sick.

Thank you....by Friday evening I felt much better already. 
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2013, 09:17:54 PM
One of my favorite opening scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5QskX_oW4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5QskX_oW4)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2013, 09:21:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8t4eZ_btmU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8t4eZ_btmU)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2013, 09:22:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOU0JhkHY3w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOU0JhkHY3w)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 06, 2013, 08:29:37 PM
To my hero, Nelson Mandela, thank you for showing us that love and forgiveness is the only way to live.

Out of the night that covers me,
      Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
      For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
      I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
      My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
      Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
      Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
      How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
      I am the captain of my soul.

Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 08, 2013, 05:45:40 PM
Thank you for sharing it with us.

It's my pleasure.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 08, 2013, 05:47:14 PM
A co-worker of mine introduced me to this song.....I enjoyed it for awhile, then please move on with your life and stop thinking about the past.  It can only bring you pain and suffering to reach for something so unattainable, separated by time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOlKYF_-WA&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOlKYF_-WA&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE)
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2013, 09:14:49 PM
Good luck to a friend who will be joining the US Navy.  I know you will excel and gain a better understanding of yourself. 
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 11, 2013, 08:55:27 PM
R, I think you are so a beautiful an amazing person in many ways.  I could fall for you.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 11, 2013, 08:58:45 PM
R, I think you are so a beautiful an amazing person in many ways.  I am glad you're working so hard for a better future.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2013, 09:29:38 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmaNK7M-iM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmaNK7M-iM#)

For some reason, I am reminded of the time you came to the airport picked me and we made out in the parking ramp.  You always smell so great.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2013, 09:31:43 PM
Wow, my intuition about you is confirmed.  You are carrying out your written goal.  That is not good for your future or for ours, but the most important thing is that I am at peace with it.  Now I know and can deal or know what I am giving up.  Thank you for such an interesting journey.  I hope one day you will become the wonderful person that I imagine you could be.
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2013, 09:38:28 PM
UFC welterwight champ Georges St-Pierre is typically classy in announcing hiatus
Title: Re: On my amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2013, 10:04:35 PM
The Scorpion and the Frog
One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.

The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2013, 10:35:40 AM
Beautiful, handsome, strong and kind warriors, on your amazing journey to the stars, have an awesome day today.   - Text this to my kids everyday.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 16, 2013, 07:11:05 PM
I dreamed I met you again last night.  Is it finally getting close that you're coming back to me?
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2013, 08:36:10 PM
Laughter is good and empowers the soul.  Laugh all you can my friends.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 19, 2013, 07:43:25 PM
Have you found your star yet?

It's the journey, not the destination, but no not at this time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 19, 2013, 07:44:25 PM
Maybe I am not as much as I think I am....because we all think we are more than we really are many times.  No matter, love and kindness will be my guide.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 19, 2013, 07:47:11 PM
We never had the chance to take a romantic vacation together....‏

I think you would fit right in at Mardigras.I think you would fit right in with me and a cabin up in the mountains.. I think you would right in with me on a weekend trip to Chicago or New York.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 19, 2013, 07:49:45 PM
Our youth.our beauty.our love ones..time moves on and so must weto try to hold on to something that cannot be results in the greatest pain of the heart.

The beautiful things in our life that we want hold onto cannot be held onto forever, or until we are completely content. 

So just be content inside, independent of external variables.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 20, 2013, 07:13:42 PM
Have you found your star yet?

I found something better. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 20, 2013, 07:14:51 PM
I just realized that over the last month or so I am not as discipline as I wanted to be....in fact this whole year, but lately I have been making decisions towards like love, kindness, and compassion and that is what I really wanted more than the discipline.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 20, 2013, 07:15:56 PM
If you really want change, please change your emotion understanding or else they will overwhelm you on your journey to change.   Make sure that change is good all those around you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 07:32:11 AM
http://distractify.com/people/reasons-why-pope-francis-is-the-person-of-the-year/ (http://distractify.com/people/reasons-why-pope-francis-is-the-person-of-the-year/)


I Knew Pope Francis Was Good, But When I Found Out Everything He Did in 2013, I Was Blown Away

    Mark Pygas
    5 days ago

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Pope Francis has been declared Times Person Of The Year. Looking back on 2013, he has done some incredibly progressive things to lead the Church.
1. He spoke out against frivolous spending by the Church

Pope-Francis-I-Angelus-and-Blessing-from-the-window-overlooking-St-Peter-s-Square Source: catholic-ew.org.uk

The average set of cardinals clothes costs as much as $20,000. In October, Pope Francis urged officials to dress more modestly and to not squander such money. In the same month, he ordered a German bishop to explain how he had spent $3 million on a marble courtyard.

Source: globalpost.com
2. He invited a boy with Downs Syndrome for a ride in the Popemobile

pope_1492085f Source: thehindu.com

During a general audience, Pope Francis invited Alberto di Tullio, a 17-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome, to ride in his Popemobile while thousands watched. The boy and his father were said to be "chocked up" when he was embraced by the Pope.

Source: cbsnews.com
3. He embraced and kissed Vinicio Riva

POPE FRANCIS' GENERAL AUDIENCE Source: huffpost.com

November saw Pope Francis embrace Vinicio Riva, a man scarred by a genetic disease. Fighting agonising pain on a daily basis, such an act restored the faith of a man who says he is often mocked in public.

Source: cnn.com
4. He denounced the judgment of homosexuals

76fcdecc95af21 19b8a4cf64a6f4 9c6a Source: cnn.com

Pope Francis has stated several times that the Church has no right to interfere spiritually in the lives of gays and lesbians. Though Francis maintained the right of the Church to express opinions on homosexuality, he believed that Christians should not judge or ridicule. This led to The Advocate, a gay  rights magazine, naming Francis the 'single most influential person of 2013 on the lives of LGBT people.'

Source: cnn.com
5. He held a major ceremony at the chapel of a youth prison

2. Source: incarnationpar ish.org

In March, the Pope held a major Holy Week service at Casal del Marmo jail for minors, rather than the Vatican. During the service, the pope washed and kissed the feet of 12 young offenders to commemorate Jesus' gesture of humility towards his apostles on the night before he died. During the service, he broke tradition by washing the feet of women and Muslims.

Source: reuters.com
6. He urged the protection of the Amazon Rainforest

20130728nw155 [amazon pope]-001 Source: nationalpost.c om

During his visit to Brazil, Pope Francis met with natives who have been fighting ranchers and farmers attempting to invade their land. He encouraged that the Amazon be treated as a garden and protected, along with it's native people.

Source: nationalpost.c om
7. He personally called and consoled a victim of rape

Pope-Francis Source: catholicvirtue .org

A 44-year old Argentinian woman, raped by a local policeman, was one of thousands to write a letter to Pope Francis in 2013. The woman was surprised when she later received a phone call from Francis himself--who consoled the woman and told her, You are not alone.

Source: catholicvirtue .org
8. He snuck out of the Vatican to feed the homeless

6. Source: newsfirst.lk

More recently, it has been discovered that Pope Francis regularly leaves the Vatican at night to feed the homeless. Dressed as an ordinary priest, he joins Archbishop Konrad Krajewski to feed the poor of Rome.

Source: huffingtonpost .com
9. He auctioned his motorcycle to benefit the homeless

7. Source: dailymail.co.u k

In October, Francis donated his own Harley Davidson motorcycle to fund a hostel and soup kitchen in Rome.

Source: ncregister.com
10. He acknowledged that atheists can be good people

mujica-pope-francis Source: mercopress.com

Earlier in 2013,  Pope Francis spoke out against the common interpretation within the Church that atheists, by nature, are bad people. He stated that, Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good. After meeting the Pope, the openly atheist president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, compared Francis to a friendly neighbor.

Source: theguardian.co m
11. He condemned the global financial system

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In May, Francis denounced the global financial system for tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. He believes that, Money has to serve, not to rule!"

Source: timesofmalta.c om
12. He fought child abuse

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The Catholic Church has been rocked in recent years by allegations and admissions of child abuse by members of the Church. Pope Francis became the first Pope to take effective action against such atrocities. He ammended Vatican law to make sexual abuse of children a crime, and he also established a committee to fight abuse.

Source: bbc.co.uk
13. He condemned the violence of the Syrian civil war

12. Source: blogspot.com

In regard to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, Pope Francis asked for peace and declared that, "War, never again. Violence never leads to peace, war leads to war, violence leads to violence.

Source: reuters.com
14. He redirected employee bonuses to charity

pope-francis-2013-2 Source: ibtimes.com

When a new Pope is elected, Vatican employees receive a bonus. Upon his election, the extra money was given to directly to charity instead.

Source: washingtonpost .com
15. He spoke out against the Churchs obsession with abortion, gay marriage and contraception

15. Source: indiatimes.in

In a voice of reason, Francis shocked the Catholic world when he stated that the Church was an unhealthy obsession with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception. He criticized the Church for putting dogma before love, and for prioritizing moral doctrines over serving the poor and marginalized.

Source: nytimes.com
16. He called for cooperation between Christians and Muslims

Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead Angelus at Vatican Source: catholicsun.or g

During his Angelus address, Francis paid respect to the end of Ramadan. He stated that both Christians and Muslims worship the same God, and he hoped that Christians and Muslims would work together to promote mutual respect.

Source: catholicherald .co.uk
17. He took part in a selfie

17. Source: telegraph.co.u k

In what might be his most progressive feat of all, Pope Francis met with youngsters to be part of a truly remarkable selfie. His is embracing the present, and he is undoubtedly taking the Church to a more loving and accepting future.

Source: telegraph.co.u k
18. He invited homeless men to his birthday meal

Pope Francis and archbishop Konrad Krajewski welcome some homeless men at the Vatican Source: theguardian.co m

On December 17, Pope Francis invited a group of homeless men and their dog into the Vatican to share his birthday meal along with his staff. The Pope had decided that he wanted a small birthday event, which would do some good, rather than a large and expensive event.

Source: theguardian.co m
19. He refused to send away a child who had run on stage to hug him

enhanced-buzz-4836-1383073705-19 Source: buzzfeed.com

During the Year of Faith Celebrations, a young boy ran on stage as the Pope was giving a speech. When assistants tried to remove the boy, Francis allowed him to stay.
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Post by: couchpotato on December 21, 2013, 07:42:31 AM
I agree about this new pope. I like how he is not untouchable. He loves the way Jesus showed us and taught us to love. What a breath of fresh air for Catholics. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 07:43:40 AM
We are all Walter Mittys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD6cy4PBQPI#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD6cy4PBQPI#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 08:00:55 AM
A sad letter someone wrote on youtube (stuck in my memory).

Why did you leave me?  What didnt I do right?
I was here for you always.
Everyday and everynight.
I stayed faithful and loved you.
But yet my heart you tore.
Im trying to get over it but
Im so lost without you.
Dont you realize you were all I had?
Ive never been hurt so bad.
How could you leave me?
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 08:14:28 AM
You Mustn't Quit
Taken from The Book Of Virtues by William J. Bennett

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must -- but never quit.

Life is queer, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with one more blow.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt--
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worse that you mustn't quit.


What is it that you mustn't quit on?  "Yourself."
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 09:54:31 AM
One of the nicest things my ex-wife said about me was.....that Valentines Day wasn't me, it's for the other men......
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 09:55:35 AM
I was about to do something very stupid and emotionally attached because my mind thought of it until I got to reading one of my favorite books again.  I should read it more often.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2013, 10:11:28 AM
For all the guys out there that do not know what to give to your girlfriends, here is an idea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WmTlHvTSm4#noexternalembed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WmTlHvTSm4#noexternalembed)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2013, 07:01:41 PM
For the first time in my life, I was given the sobriety test last night.  I am glad to have passed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2013, 09:18:19 PM
To the girl that keeps stealing a look at me last night.  Let's bump into each other again.  Yes!!!! I think we will be a good fit.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 23, 2013, 10:20:23 AM
"Life, you hit like a little b1tch."
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 23, 2013, 04:57:11 PM
I was busy driving around doing this and that, until I sudden realized that today was my wedding anniversary.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 23, 2013, 05:01:45 PM
Today.....so you know I do miss you and I realize that I do make you happier by allowing to vent and talk with me or put your head on my shoulder, but as I said, I have a different goal for the next year, one that will be very different from this year.  I would like to be your friend, but let me give it some thought away from you.  I hope you are enjoying each moment of your day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKaToL98es# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKaToL98es#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2013, 11:02:39 AM
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny. - C.S Lewis
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2013, 01:47:22 PM
~Merry Christmas to you and your family~

Thank you very much.  Merry Christmas to yours too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2013, 01:48:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0#)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2013, 01:54:56 PM
I just realized within the last couple of days that I know so little about you, because you tend to hide things, but you do give it away with your emotional actions.  This is not the kind of relationship that I want to be in from the very start.  Please find your better self, be clear and honest, because you will need it for the long road.  Have a wonderful journey next year, and you will always be a good friend to me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2013, 02:28:58 PM
For once upon a roof top, on a bridge on Friday night, a bright sunny day near a lake, a sensual kiss by your work place......and so much more.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2013, 10:27:16 AM
Have you drove in the morning when all its quiet and then you hear a song, that's different, but captures your thoughts and emotions.  And when that similar occurs, you will always remember those moments.  I have driving home this morning, and I heard a song, I forgot what it was actually, but it reminded me off these songs from my past.

I was driving from work, after an all nighter, knowing that I had found the person that I want to spend my life with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xU6Tw9RtTk# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xU6Tw9RtTk#)


These next two are a little unique, because they have no additional emotional ties to them, but they took place on a quiet Saturday morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ#)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMEEvmfyQU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqMEEvmfyQU#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2013, 10:28:12 AM
The Universe is very patient....... .you (or I) should practice it too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2013, 10:31:30 AM
Mike Tyson

Once there was a time when Mike Tyson was thought to be unbeatable.  He had an aura of invincibility (and with it confidence) that made him to tough to beat and in the minds of the other fighters, until a guy name Buster Douglas who just gotten out of alcohol rehab beat him in Tokyo.  Mike Tyson never regained his mental form and confidence.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2013, 10:51:28 AM
Peaceful Warrior, this itself is a test for your next great journey in life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2013, 05:42:49 PM
 Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is an ancient and eternal law.
-Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 30, 2013, 08:22:31 PM
Howard Zinn on optimism. "small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world."
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 09:42:01 AM
Revenge heals a small pain, but destroys and turns us into monsters.  I will learn from 2013 and be very good in 2014.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 09:47:00 AM
The Buddha's Last Words

After the conversion of Subhadda, the Buddha spoke again to Venerable Ananda. "It may be, Ananda, that some of you will say, 'without the Buddha, the Sublime Teacher, there is no teacher for us'. No, Ananda, you should not think in this way. Whatever doctrine and discipline taught and made known by me will be your teacher when I am gone."

Then the Buddha, addressing the other monks said, "If any amongst you has any doubts as to the Buddha, the teaching, or the order of monks, ask me now so that afterwards you may have no cause to regret that you did not ask me while I was still with you."

But at these words, none of the monks said anything. None had any questions, and all of them were silent. For the second and third time the Buddha addressed the monks in this way. And for the second and third time, all the monks were silent.

The Buddha said, "Perhaps it may be out of respect for the teacher, that you do not question me. Let a friend, O disciples, tell it to another friend." Still the disciples remained silent.

Then Venerable Ananda spoke to the Buddha, "It is wonderful. It is marvellous, Lord! I do believe that in all this great company of monks there is not a single one who has doubts or questions about the Buddha, the teaching or the order of monks, or the path and the method of training and conduct."

"With you, Ananda," said the Buddha, "this may be a matter of faith and belief. But, Ananda, I know that not one single monk gathered here has any doubt or question about these things. Of all the 500 monks here, Ananda, he who is the most backward is a sotapanna, not subject to fall back to a lower state of existence, but is certain and destined for enlightenment."

Then the Buddha addressed all the monks once more, and these were the very last words he spoke:

"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation."

Then the Buddha lapsed into the jhana stages, or meditative absorptions. Going from level to level, one after the other, ever deeper and deeper. Then he came out of the meditative absorption for the last time and passed into nirvana, leaving nothing whatever behind that can cause rebirth again in this or any other world.

The passing away, or the final nirvana of the Buddha, occurred in 543 BC on a full-moon day in the month of May, known in the Indian calendar as Vesak.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 09:49:06 AM
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/buddha (http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/buddha)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 09:51:07 AM
http://buddhist-meditation-techniques.com/buddhist-quotes/ (http://buddhist-meditation-techniques.com/buddhist-quotes/)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 09:52:02 AM
"Therefore, Ananda, be a lamp unto yourself, be a refuge to yourself. Take yourself to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the Truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourself. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead shall be a lamp unto themselves, who take themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, shall not look for refuge to anyone beside themselves, it is they who shall reach the highest goal." ~Mahaparinibbana Sutta
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 09:53:47 AM
I was too easily distracted because I am not strong enough yet.  My mind still has yet to be discipline further.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 11:07:33 AM
I can relate to this statement.  :P  Happy New Year!

There is only one place to be in life and that is to be good regardless of what is happening around you. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2013, 03:39:28 PM
Most of the times certain dishes taste better in the past.  Our emotional memory skews it making us think that its very good when it no longer is.  This pertains to many of things as well  Thank you for reminding me.

Having tasted it, I will never cook that dish again.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2014, 06:28:51 PM
To a distant fading memory.  Please take care of yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2014, 06:44:16 PM
The discontentment in your heart is preventing you from find true joy and happiness.‏  Please it from the inside first.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2014, 06:45:13 PM
Thank you so much for stressing me out all of last year.......bec ause it will lead to a better me for the future.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2014, 07:50:31 PM
I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering. -  The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2014, 08:53:22 PM
From a FB friend.

6 Harsh Truth that will make you a better person.

6. The world only cares about what it can get from you.

5. The Hippies are wrong.

4. What you produce does not have to make money, but it does have to benefit people.

3. You hate yourself because you don't do anything.

2. What you are inside only matters because of what it makes you do.

1. Everything inside you will fight improvement.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2014, 09:01:44 PM

http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm (http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm)

This song will remind me of you for a long time.  We could have met much sooner, it wouldn't have worked out, but we would have met.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2014, 01:43:23 PM
Laugh the world laughs with you.  Weep and you weep alone. - Ella Wheeler Cox
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2014, 08:18:24 PM
What am I doing?  I cannot let my thoughts out of control.  I am suppose to be your champion, but this is not what I want.  I sense revenge in me......I need to contain that thought before I hurt you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2014, 06:36:39 PM
I was hoping for someone special to come into my life, I hadn't figure on training you for the Olympics.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2014, 06:37:07 PM
Wish for Wisdom......no thing more.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2014, 06:37:43 PM
You can run faster with 100 who wants to go than one with a Ring around your neck.  - Les Brown.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2014, 08:14:17 PM
I am complaining too much about things that do not matter.  I am talking too much about things that are nobody's business.  As before, silence is GOLDEN.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2014, 08:23:49 PM
Solution:  I cannot listen to one more lie that you have to tell again.......it s all been nothing but lies since the beginning.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2014, 09:42:59 PM
I made a list of the logic of the decision and it all becomes very clear....just have to execute it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2014, 06:29:46 PM
The suffering last night brought about an epiphany....I think I am no longer asking anything of you....I am free....Thank you for everything.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2014, 01:23:15 PM
You are a funny guy....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJLoxdoI-Q#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJLoxdoI-Q#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2014, 01:28:54 PM
We have a regular broad based, slender neck bottle. We take a little tiny goose and put it thru the neck into the broad body of the bottle and proceed over the next few days/weeks to feed and nurture it. Over time, it grows in size until one day it fills the entire area of the broad section of the bottle.

Now the riddle goes, how do we remove the goose alive safely out of the bottle without harming the goose in any way. Take note, breaking the bottle in any way may run the risk of hurting the goose.

Through Bliss's example with her mom, we had the goose out.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2014, 06:11:42 PM
Wish for Wisdom......no thing more.

Wow, little scorpion you sure know how to sting.  Please be careful and do not get yourself sting, I do worry about you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2014, 06:22:03 PM
Thank you for a wonderful and exciting day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2014, 07:50:01 PM
When to cut a loss in stocks......be fore you enter a trade.  Put in your stop loss and when it gets triggered let it.  Otherwise you would bought a great stock like CSCO at 50 because its a great deal down from 80.  Held on to it for 13 years and now its at 22.5.

When to cut a loss in a relationship.. ....when they tell you the first lie.....or else the lie will get bigger and bigger until one day you wake and you have been in there for so long you don't know how to leave....

I am learning in both.  Thank you for my lesson in humility.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2014, 07:50:48 PM
When I had a wife.....my wife was the best woman in the world.....I wanted no other, because she was the only one for me.  I will never settle.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2014, 09:36:01 PM
Thank you for the kind and loving thoughts.  There's no other way to live.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2014, 09:16:48 PM
The Queen of diamond will smile on me again very soon.....becau se I have earned her love and trust through hard work (HBLM Capital).‏

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmaNK7M-iM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmaNK7M-iM#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2014, 12:18:19 PM
Just so you know, the more you fight back...the more fun it becomes because it is now both fighting and make up love all in one session.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2014, 12:19:59 PM
One of the most amazing thing that I was able to come across and hope to learn is, "The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart."
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2014, 05:44:54 PM
What if the fear of death itself, is a tool for survival.  We are conditioned to fear death only so that we will live in this life and fulfill our purpose.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2014, 12:07:16 PM
Neat opening scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXUDwIOSE4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXUDwIOSE4#)
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Post by: WordGirl on January 20, 2014, 05:28:45 PM
What if the fear of death itself, is a tool for survival.  We are conditioned to fear death only so that we will live in this life and fulfill our purpose.

Hi,

I read this the other day and thought to myself, very true. I thought about it today and it makes me angry, it made me break down, and cry.  :-[

I’m heartbroken today because life can be taken away from us so quickly and without warning. A tool for survival…do you realize how many people live believing their purpose is yet to come? How many people tell themselves death can be the release from life’s purpose? What about the people who LIVED because someone was their purpose? What happens when death decides to take your purpose for living?   :'(

Sorry, for the emo rant! Thank you for letting me type...for making me cry. I needed it. So, thank you! 
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2014, 06:53:41 PM
We defend our lives, because it's the only thing that we ever knew so far. It's us as far as we can remember, but there's more.‏  We cannot be allowed to know that which is more or else we may give this life and move on.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2014, 06:57:07 PM
Hi,

I read this the other day and thought to myself, very true. I thought about it today and it makes me angry, it made me break down, and cry.  :-[

Im heartbroken today because life can be taken away from us so quickly and without warning. A tool for survivaldo you realize how many people live believing their purpose is yet to come? How many people tell themselves death can be the release from lifes purpose? What about the people who LIVED because someone was their purpose? What happens when death decides to take your purpose for living?   :'(

Sorry, for the emo rant! Thank you for letting me type...for making me cry. I needed it. So, thank you! 

The purpose has to come from within through understanding, then it can never be taken away.  That is why I wrote it.

You're welcome.  I also believe when we cry something dies and a new door opens, I hope your opens up for you as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2014, 06:16:38 PM
Wow...
 
I didn't know it's now classed as mental illness.

http://screen.yahoo.com/new-york-times/china-39-junkies-124730949.html (http://screen.yahoo.com/new-york-times/china-39-junkies-124730949.html)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2014, 06:40:49 PM
The monster in me is very contained, through my understanding that we all will get nothing in the end of this journey and it best to give all the love and kindness that we have, so please stop rattling the cage.  Because it will not work. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 23, 2014, 07:35:26 PM
I heard this one lazy Saturday morning, and it got stuck in my head.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VMYLniuDk#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VMYLniuDk#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2014, 08:17:39 AM
I think for the first time in my life, I finally met the personificatio n of EVIL, and I am telling you that it does not wear a hood and a scarred face or carry a sword ready to strike, it's looks is very deceiving and very easy on the eyes and very innocent, but it lacks a conscience and will say and do anything to anyone at anytime.  As there is no real evil in the world, the formal psychology term for it is NPD.

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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2014, 09:53:24 AM
The Buddha explained how to handle insult and maintain compassion.

One day Buddha was walking through a village. A very angry and rude young man came up and began insulting him. "You have no right teaching others," he shouted. "You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake."

Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man "Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and that person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong?"

The man was surprised to be asked such a strange question and answered, "It would belong to me, because I bought the gift."

The Buddha smiled and said, "That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger.

If you become angry with me and I do not get insulted, then the anger falls back on you.

You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself."

"If you want to stop hurting yourself, you must get rid of your anger and become loving instead. When you hate others, you yourself become unhappy. But when you love others, everyone is happy."

The young man listened closely to these wise words of the Buddha. "You are right, o Enlightened One, "he said. "Please teach me the path of love. I wish to become your follower."

The Buddha answered kindly, "Of course. I teach anyone who truly wants to learn. Come with me."
Read more at http://www.funzug.com/index.php/stories/how-to-handle-insult-maintain-compassion-story.html#4E3RHMXmKBxUwYxM.99 (http://www.funzug.com/index.php/stories/how-to-handle-insult-maintain-compassion-story.html#4E3RHMXmKBxUwYxM.99)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2014, 09:58:24 AM
Lack of empathy is one of the most striking features of people with narcissistic personality disorder. It's a hallmark of the disorder in the same way that fear of abandonment is in borderline personality disorder.

"Narcissists do not consider the pain they inflict on others; nor do they give any credence to others' perceptions," says Dr. Les Carter in the book Enough of You, Let's Talk About Me (p. 9). "They simply do not care about thoughts and feelings that conflict with their own." Do not expect them to listen, validate, understand, or support you.

This is exacerbated when the person has a touch of antisocial personality disorder. Then it becomes frightening, as in this all-too-common example. A woman says:

    He would abuse the dog in front of his 11-year-old daughter by repeatedly pushing the shocking collar and making the dogs wail. The daughter would scream and wave her hands and if I hadn't been there to take the control away from my husband I don't know how long he would have kept doing it.

Let's look at what this means on a more moderate basis. Here are examples from partners of narcissists:

    He would actually get mad at me if I was sick. I said, "I sat here with you for days when you were depressed and couldn't get out of bed. And now you can't even be a little nice to me when I am sick?"
     My partner would hurt my feelings just when things were going well. When I would question him about it, he would make up excuses and tell me I'm wrong for feeling the way I did, and if I didn't like it there was something wrong with me.
    I could spend an hour detailing how I felt hurt and she would sit there, cold as ice. When it was her turn to speak, she tore down every word that came out of my mouth until I had to apologize for expressing how I felt. I ignored this red flag and made excuses to myself and others.

Note that narcissists can pick up on social cues and can "fake it" when necessary. Aside from looking "normal," the hope is that they will get something back. Partners said:

    He has made adaptations that allow him to "appear" to be thoughtful and concerned about others. Early in our marriage, he would ask me what I would like to do. Then one day it dawned on me that while he asked, we never ended up following my suggestions! When I mentioned this to him, he had a crestfallen appearance and behaved like child who had been caught doing something wrong.
    I think that faux empathy stems from a number of things. A need to fit in, socially--to appear like a feeling, caring person is certainly one of them. In some cases, it's probably an acquired social skill, albeit a superficial one. Like learning which utensil to use when dining in polite company. In other cases, it's a means to getting what you want from people.
    She had "intellectual" empathy:  almost as if she knew she should react that way. She didn't feel it at the soul/being level. She knew the words, but couldn't hear the emotional music of our relationship.

This lack of empathy is so foreign to us--even some animals show evidence of empathy--that shocking instances can break through the denial and the hoping that one day we will get our turn. While it may leave us outraged, hurt, and feeling betrayed, it can be an eye-opening incident that we really need to acknowledge the limitations of individuals with NPD. As painful as it can be, though, we no longer feel as confused by the push-pull (or in some cases, just the push).

In my own life, my moment of truth came when an arsonist burned down my garage to the bare foundation. It happened in the middle of the night, and my family practically had PTSD from awakening in the middle of the night to see flames shooting up to the sky. The neighborhood lost power. We lost both cars and everything stored in the garage, including some priceless sentimental objects. The insurance only paid half of what we needed to put up a new garage.

After I mentioned this twice to the NP in my life on the phone, s/he got bored and made it clear s/he wasn't interested in prolonging the topic. Although s/he lived 20 minutes away from me, s/he never bothered to come over and see the damage or see how my family was doing.

Since this way of living is so foreign to us, if we have someone with NPD in our life, we need to understand how they think. One NP explains it this way:

    People are tools to be I use to get what I want. No one cares what a hammer or nail thinks, nor do we even notice anything unique about them unless they don't work right. The only nail I would notice is one that bent when I hit it with a hammer. Just as it should be. Really I was not that callous, but if I could use someone to get me what I wanted, I would. And rarely would I feel guilty about it. I mean if I played you, you should have been paying more attention. You'll get over it.

Narcissist and author Sam Vaknin (Malignant Self Love--Narcissism Revisited) reveals:

 The narcissist lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.

 I am aware of the fact that others have emotions, needs, preferences, and priorities - but I simply can't seem to "get it into my mind." There is an invisible partition behind which I watch the rest of Mankind and through which nothing that is human can permeate. I empathize more with my goldfish than with my "nearest and dearest."

    To me, all people are cardboard cut-outs, sophisticated motor contraptions, ersatz and robotic. I know how I should feel because I am well-read--but I cannot seem to bring myself to emote and to sympathize. I care more about my material possessions and belongings than [almost] any man or woman alive.

    Over the years, I have deciphered the code. I have learned to imitate and emulate expertly the more common affect and expressions of one's inner landscape. But this veneer is easily breached when I am frustrated or humiliated ("narcissistic injury"): the mask slips and the real Me is out: a predator on the prowl.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2014, 10:07:15 AM
"Why lack of empathy is the root of all evil."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-a-lack-of-empathy-is-the-root-of-all-evil-6279239.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-a-lack-of-empathy-is-the-root-of-all-evil-6279239.html)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2014, 04:28:39 PM
"All emotions are positive.....t hey point at a need that needs filling."
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2014, 12:19:08 PM
Rule 1. Understanding is for love and kindness, not for being right.

Rule 2. Please refer back to Rule 1.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2014, 02:12:45 PM
To the man responsible for breaking up my relationship.  Thank you for teaching me that I do not have enough love and kindness in me yet, and that is why I failed.  That I need to grow to be more understanding, loving, and kind at all times, regardless of what is happening.  I will take that lesson to the next relationship.  I really do admire your demonstration of love and kindness for our funny friend.  Please continue to give all the unconditional love that she needs.

"Hatred (anger) never ceases hatred (anger), but only through love that is the eternal and ancient rule." - The Buddha.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2014, 03:24:16 PM
:(

It took me a very long time to arrive at that conclusion.  Then everything cleared up, and I began to hope and want to learn to be a better man.  Yes, heavenly criticizing others is just that, no matter what is going on.  It's saying I don't have to change.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 29, 2014, 06:12:55 PM
To once upon a rainstorm on a bridge and a distant fading memory....


http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm (http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 29, 2014, 06:20:10 PM
Thank you for a clear head today.  Love and kindness is the way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2014, 07:31:12 PM
Love requires a synchronizing of hearts, morals, and understanding, because that is require to build trust for the long road.‏ 
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2014, 04:11:11 PM
You came into my dream last night and ask me to forgive you because you want to tell me something.  Then you sang me a song....that ended with goodbye.  Goodbye to the girl who had asked me to marry her.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2014, 06:24:01 PM
My mind was free.....becau se I stopped thinking, but enjoying each moment that was given to me.  I stopped asking all the Whys, what ifs, but accepted it and for that my mind because free.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2014, 06:26:30 PM
Recently, I realized that no matter what is happening thoughts of kindness and compassion immediately gives the peace that I am looking for.  The negative thoughts, however creates frustrations and more negative thoughts.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2014, 06:33:17 PM
No Attachment to Dust

Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:

Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.

When witnessing the good action of another encourage yourself to follow his example. Hearing of the mistaken action of another, advise yourself not to emulate it.

Even though alone in a dark room, be as if you were facing a noble guest. Express your feelings, but become no more expressive than your true nature.

Poverty is your teasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

Virtues are the fruit of self-discipline and do not drop from heaven of themselves as does rain or snow.

Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. Let your neighbors discover you before you make yourself known to them.

A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.

To a sincere student, every day is a fortunate day. Time passes but he never lags behind. Neither glory nor shame can move him.

Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.

Some things, though right, were considered wrong for generations. Since the value of righteousness may be recognized after centuries, there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation.

Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2014, 07:30:00 PM
In human relationships, do NOT bring discipline others to the equation, unless you're in the military.  Bring love and kindness, and it will last and grow.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2014, 07:33:41 PM
The moral story of Adam and Eve.

Once we all lived in Paradise, were made for another, we were clear, naked and exposed to one another without fear.  Our love was made in heaven and will last forever into the many lives to come.  Then one cheated, because he or she thought they knew better or listening to the temptations of others.  As a result, we came ashamed to show ourselves and hid ourselves behind clothing and leaves.  We then, forever, lost our paradise, and can never return.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2014, 08:48:11 PM
The moral story of Adam and Eve.

Once we all lived in Paradise, were made for another, we were clear, naked and exposed to one another without fear.  Our love was made in heaven and will last forever into the many lives to come.  Then one cheated, because he or she thought they knew better or listening to the temptations of others.  As a result, we came ashamed to show ourselves and hid ourselves behind clothing and leaves.  We then, forever, lost our paradise, and can never return.

Yes that is my story too and all the stories of the divorcees out there.  Let's all find and live in our paradise again, because it lives in us, not out there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2014, 08:51:02 PM
A beautiful song I bought from someone who claims to be Thom Pace himself.  He actually signed the CD, and it only cost $5.00.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFvWU7KfNxw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFvWU7KfNxw#ws)

It reminds me that I am so free right now.  A huge weight was lifted off of me.  Thank you for your interference, and I know you don't what you're getting yourself into, but everyone has to learn.  Thank you my friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2014, 09:26:38 PM
Thank you and check your inbox tomorrow. ;)

OK, I will.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2014, 09:27:38 PM
You have to have seen the episode from "how I met your mother" to really appreciate this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgmSA6uL5z4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgmSA6uL5z4#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2014, 05:07:37 AM

"Therefore, Ananda, be a lamp unto yourself, be a refuge to yourself. Take yourself to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the Truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourself. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead shall be a lamp unto themselves, who take themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, shall not look for refuge to anyone beside themselves, it is they who shall reach the highest goal." ~Mahaparinibbana Sutta
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2014, 05:09:49 AM
If you really want change, please change your emotion understanding or else they will overwhelm you on your journey to change.   Make sure that change is good all those around you.

My emotion understanding is getting there....
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2014, 05:18:26 AM
I think I am becoming a monster....... I better deter myself from that path very quickly.

I have been thinking about this and yes there is a monster in all of us, but I realized that mine is very contained by understanding, because the monster is very wrong.  And I don't want to be wrong.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2014, 10:56:54 AM
Karma has came back to get me.....Sorry R. You also experience your own karma revenge too.  Karma always takes it course.‏  It's not what is out there, but when we think we can change the rules, something inside us changes making other perceive us so, and treating us in such a way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2014, 03:30:03 PM
Love making is an expression of freedom....we become transparent at the moment and we have nothing hide.  We are free and open.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2014, 03:30:41 PM
Real test of a person's strength is not how hard you can hit back, but how much you can restrain yourself when hit.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2014, 11:07:10 AM


My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends
It gives a lovely light.
Edna St. Vincent Millay

But oh my friends, do not burn your candle at both ends,
Just for a lovely light
Because when tomorrow comes
You will need it for another night
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2014, 06:28:25 PM
The beginning of finding a true sense freedom comes, out of love and kindness, asking what can I do for those around me. If you ask whats in it for me, you're already blinded by desire
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2014, 06:29:09 PM
Did you write this? Very nice.

BTW, thank you.  ;)

I wrote the second part.  The first is a real poem.

When say live life to fullest, because it could be your last day.  That is not true.  We don't when the last day is.  Live as if you will live forever.  Do not burn your candle away at both ends.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 10, 2014, 05:23:12 PM
Oh yes....ROSA LOPEZ, I have earned her trust this time around so she will have a reason to stay for good.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 11, 2014, 05:57:10 PM
The other I was recording a song from Youtube to my little recorder, and my daughter said "Dad" in the background.  I shush her, but it's my favorite part of the song when I am listening to it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 11, 2014, 07:23:13 PM
Thank you for a wonderful peaceful day.....I am getting there, slowly but surely.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2014, 09:17:05 PM
I came out alone on my way to my tryst.
But who is this that follows me in the silent dark?

I move aside to avoid his presence but I escape him not.

He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger;
he adds his loud voice to every word that I utter.

He is my own little self, my lord, he knows no shame;
but I am ashamed to come to thy door in his company.

Rabindranath Tagore
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2014, 06:00:21 PM
Thank you for a wonderful and peaceful day.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2014, 06:09:23 PM
Freedom is being happy wherever you are, even just in the moment.  See, now you are free.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2014, 06:10:03 PM
Thank you for continually teaching me "love and kindness" and craziness too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2014, 06:10:32 PM
Anger never ceases anger, but only through love that is the eternal and ancient rule.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 10:15:26 AM
Since it is Valentines Day, once my ex-wife wrote in her journal that Valentines Day is not for me.  It is for the all the other men who needed it to make it up to their wives.  I already make very day feel like Valentines Day.  That was a very long time ago.

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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 10:31:23 AM
My favorite teachings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 10:41:44 AM
I am forgiving you for the dis-clarity that you planted in our garden.  I will continue to live with clarity all my life, because it what brings me peace.  It is what will empower me to be my best and allow me to live leading with love and kindness.  Your lack of clarity are not mine to keep, but thank you for the lesson.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 10:56:09 AM
I don't know why this silly song is stuck in my head, have to post it once.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aieNz3Y79eY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aieNz3Y79eY#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 11:00:34 AM
I don't know why this silly song is stuck in my head, have to post it once.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aieNz3Y79eY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aieNz3Y79eY#)

Okay that was a really bad song and idea, but I will live with it on my blog.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 11:13:46 AM
I came out alone on my way to my tryst.
But who is this that follows me in the silent dark?

I move aside to avoid his presence but I escape him not.

He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger;
he adds his loud voice to every word that I utter.

He is my own little self, my lord, he knows no shame;
but I am ashamed to come to thy door in his company.

Rabindranath Tagore

I will rid myself of my own little self so that I won't be ashamed to come to thy door.  He has no place in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 11:17:48 AM
A great mentor.....Jim Rohn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb6GY-mMILw# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb6GY-mMILw#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 05:55:52 PM
Just in case the video is hard to understand, the son was actually the one that passed away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68xBh2ZklL8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68xBh2ZklL8#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 05:58:51 PM
In the long run, life, like the stock market, reason and logic triumphs because it makes sense.  In the short, we act on our emotions because it gives understandable and immediate satisfaction.  Charge our emotions to completely understand reason and logic, and we will find performing tough tasks for long term success easier.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 06:02:45 PM
I was spending with my daughter today and MOA.  She showed me a really sad video, and then she showed me a bunch of pictures of anime that she likes.  In one of the anime was the name Honda......the n something occurred to me.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2014, 08:24:06 PM
For ST, one of my favorite stories on physical beauty:

Ryonen's Clear Realization

The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she was serving the empress as one of the ladies of the court. Even at such a youthful age fame awaited her.

The beloved empress died suddenly and Ryonen's hopeful dreams vanished. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. It was then that she desired to study Zen.

Her relatives disagreed, however, and practically forced her into marriage. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. Before she was twenty-five she had accomplished this condition. Then her husband and relatives could no longer dissuade her from her desire. She shaved her head, took the name of Ryonen, which means to realize clearly, and started on her pilgrimage.

She came to the city of Edo and asked Tetsugyu to accept her as a disciple. At one glance the master rejected her because she was too beautiful.

Ryonen then went to another master, Hakuo. Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble.

Ryonen obtained a hot iron and placed it against her face. In a few moments her beauty had vanished forever.

Hakuo then accepted her as a disciple.

Commemorating this occasion, Ryonen wrote a poem on the back of a little mirror:

    In the service of my Empress I burned incense to perfume my exquisite clothes

    Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to enter a Zen temple.

When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem:

Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing scene of autumn

I have said enough about moonlight, Ask no more.

Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars when no wind stirs.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2014, 10:45:34 AM
Love is giving.....and sometimes we need to find love so that we can give.  Not having someone to give it to, the love sits inside and can eat us up too, as well as the negative emotions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2014, 12:05:12 PM
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marianne_williamson.html#5UtHIwDPqgZC5h28.99 (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/marianne_williamson.html#5UtHIwDPqgZC5h28.99)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2014, 12:06:26 PM
A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passer her tests. She has suffered and grown more beautiful because of it. She has proved she can hold her kingdom together. She has become its vision. She cares deeply about something bigger than herself. She rules with authentic power.
― Marianne Williamson
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2014, 12:08:36 PM
 Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
-Marianne Williamson
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2014, 05:46:24 PM
Forgiveness - Giving all hopes for a better past.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2014, 05:48:18 PM
Last night, I couldn't sleep.....unti l I chose to give up the thing that was keeping me awake.  I became at peace and was able to fall asleep.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2014, 05:50:34 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_z3fzQEmCw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_z3fzQEmCw#ws)

A song I heard from a long time ago.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2014, 05:51:24 PM
If you desire something with all your heart....the universe conspires to give it to you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2014, 05:52:15 PM
I need to give something to the boys......befo re I leave, if I leave......
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2014, 07:50:03 PM
Thank you for the clarity of thought today.......
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2014, 08:29:36 PM
NE, Something occurred to me today.....is that why you wanted a girl?
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2014, 08:32:16 PM
My addiction was swelling up until something occurred to me again.  Then I gained a handled it and came home in peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2014, 08:39:48 PM


 1 And the Lord sent aNathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor mans lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

 5 And Davids anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

 6 And he shall restore the lamb afourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I aanointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

 8 And I gave thee thy masters house, and thy masters wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

 9 Wherefore hast thou adespised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast bkilled cUriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his dwife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast adespised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

 11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up aevil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will ado this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have asinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also bhath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to ablaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriahs wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David afasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his aapparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst afast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.



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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2014, 09:27:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKf84RgSx7E#noexternalembed-ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKf84RgSx7E#noexternalembed-ws)

The pearl of wisdom.....if you don't want to watch the whole thing....watch the last 6 minutes.

Wisdom cannot be stolen.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2014, 10:07:04 PM
Listening to the Temptations of the serpent will break your paradise forever, until you repent.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2014, 10:11:56 PM
I am running across evil and I do not know what to do about it.  At least I recognize it for what it is, but at this point, I have no wisdom to deal with it, except keep myself in check and at safe distance.  Not sure to help and yell and scream, "evil."
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 19, 2014, 05:38:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl7aM3nCqC0# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl7aM3nCqC0#)

To Jacques Cousteau...... a life of service for others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2014, 05:49:15 PM
Despite being right, I was wrong, because I should have lead with kindness...... ..kindness will lead to building a tomorrow.  It is like calling a thief a thief, nothing good will come out of it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2014, 05:49:51 PM
It's never too late to stop trying to fix it and let an old problem go.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2014, 05:52:39 PM
I was reading a book on trading and the author was getting coached by a world class teacher.....sh e had everything and the position was working, suddenly the market changed and it reversed.  She called over her teacher and asked what's going on.....he looked at it then, "There are more buyers than sellers."

Whether it be people or bets in the markets....som etimes we have to let people or positions go, because they no longer belong there despite how much we wish it would work out.  Bets in the market and people create desires that overwhelm our sense of logic.  How to over come that is, exit rules.......

I will not look back or dig two graves but reflect on positive and constructive course of actions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2014, 05:55:20 PM
Great scene from one of my favorite movies.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYkuJb40J0#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYkuJb40J0#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2014, 07:03:50 PM
Came so close to having a car accident yesterday, while slipping and turning....my mirror clipped another vehicle's tail light.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2014, 08:01:06 PM
Wow that comment really silenced you....I must have touched on something very close. I am sorry to discover your intentions.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2014, 08:18:35 PM
Very scary. Glad it wasn't major.  :)

I give it a lot of room, but it was much more slippery than I thought.  At the last moment, I definitely thought I would hit that car.  Believe it or not, my mirror survived completely intact too.  I thought I saw parts fly.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2014, 08:19:05 PM
huh? are you referring the above statement to me? ???

Not at all, but now that you mention it, Still NO. :)

It's darker and meant for someone else.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2014, 08:43:08 PM
While aimlessly driving our late last night, I got a chance to do some good chores.  I helped dug out my neighbor, because they were stuck in their driveway.  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to help.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2014, 11:00:12 AM
Interesting journey.  May I come along?

Which journey, the people, the market, or the amazing and exciting journey to stars?  Either way of course, because it is our journey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2014, 11:03:01 AM
This was just in my head recent, "why is good stronger than evil?"  Evil is ruthless and will do anything to destroy others, but good stronger because evil has a huge ego, thinking that he can do anything.  As good, one realizes that it requires thinking, planning, and executing something that works.  Good is stronger than evil because of love, caring and kindness for others.  Evil has a huge ego that will eventually lead to its destruction.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2014, 02:58:38 PM
It's just occurred to me that the timing of the moment is so soft and perfect now.......it can only get worst.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2014, 07:00:03 PM
Stop persecuting this kid, and take a look at who you have become. - Anne Butterfield, Endless Love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2014, 07:00:47 PM
Change is the only constant in the Universe...... .Rivers do not flow back up and you cannot step into the same river twice.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 23, 2014, 01:19:22 PM
Every chain is only as strong as the weakest link.....there fore if you want your chain to be strong then fill it with strong links.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 23, 2014, 01:23:58 PM
Law of Life:  Survival of the fittest.  Law of the Universe: A generous heart, kindness speech, and a life of service and compassion to others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 05:13:14 PM
Today, I am questioning the validity of my philosophy a little.  I should not though, because there is nothing wrong with forgiveness, love, and kindness.
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Post by: LadyLionness on February 25, 2014, 05:21:09 PM
What makes you question your own philosophy?
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
In Failure, do not ask why you failed, but what you can do better next time.  There's no failure, except not to try.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 05:27:27 PM
What makes you question your own philosophy?

The questioning is only a temporary moment.  There's no other philosophy I would take.  To answer your question, extreme volatility in results vs. expectations of other people. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 05:28:25 PM
The real first question is:  What can I do to make others lives better?
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 05:54:02 PM
There are no demons in us, except for Mara the Tempter.  I hope you reach that conclusion one day, my goofy friend.
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Post by: LadyLionness on February 25, 2014, 06:38:38 PM
Results and Hypothesis (i.e. Expectations) rarely match in real life.  Even in science, we were taught to throw out the data points that were too off base...


This was a good lesson Don Juan taught me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 06:54:38 PM
Results and Hypothesis (i.e. Expectations) rarely match in real life.  Even in science, we were taught to throw out the data points that were too off base...


This was a good lesson Don Juan taught me.

That is the way it should be.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 08:18:41 PM
The questioning is only a temporary moment.  There's no other philosophy I would take.  To answer your question, extreme volatility in results vs. expectations of other people. 

I forget how beautiful life is.....and how beautiful the path I have chosen.  There is no other path, I would rather take in this life and the next.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2014, 09:19:00 PM
The Frog and the Scorpion

Two strangers met along the banks of the St Croix one late Summer.  They both were different, but they see a lot of similarities in each other.  They see that each was very unique and different, and filled with a zest for life.  Despite their different pasts and beliefs they became friends and lovers.  She said she was looking for a home, and he was looking for someone special to provide a home to.  He rarely looks, because theres no one out there to find.  They both were hoping to find the best in each other, however they carried their pasts, present and future with them and some of the parts and paths do not agree.  They made the best of the journey and enjoyed each others company for a while.  She was a great cook and he loves to cook and help her clean.

The past caught to them and the journey became very turbulent at times.  He stuck in there for much longer than he wanted, because through each set back, she help made him a better and stronger person.  She taught him forgiveness, love and kindness. He believed that certain ways will lead to success, she believed in living in the moment as if tomorrow may not exist.  When their constant disagreements became too much for the relationship, the frog and the scorpion parted ways, never to be lovers again, but good friends from a distance, and help council each other from time to time.  They forgave each other for all the frustrations and realized that they were not made for each other at this time or maybe this life.  They became true friends at last.

In time, the frog found a wife and had a good career that he was starting to develop when he met her.  He had two more sons and for the first time his only son had brothers in his life.  He retired at 70, and when his wife passed away due to an unforeseen illness, and his kids are all now grown up, left for Northern India. He became a monk at a temple near the birthplace of the Buddha.  When his friend the scorpion gave birth to her only daughter, he came by to bless the beautiful child and congratulate her on her long awaited joy.

She started to listen to her friend the frog, who became more objective now and was always considered wise anyway, she quiet down her thoughts and met a very loving man.  She gave up a life of independence and invited Allura into her life.  She was filled with joy for the first time in her life.  She found the contentment that Lao Tzu reminds her every day.  She became an awesome mother and Allura became a very strong young woman.

When Allura grew up and became a woman, the scorpions restless spirit renewed and she separated from her husband to live a life of independence again.  She visited her good friend in India and spent a year goofily mimicking the life of a monk.  She even shaved her head and put on an orange robe.  Despite enjoying her friends companionship, that was not the life for her so after a year, she left India and came back to support her kids and be a loving mother and grandmother.  Five years later, she passed away from contentment, as she has finally found the peace she was looking for at last.  The Frog in his 80s came back to see her friend off.  She was cremated and, as wished, was distributed into the St Croix.  The Frog cried for the first time in a very long time, but happy to see his very good friend finding true peace at last.  The Frog went back to India, gave up the life of a monk and became a servant of the people to help others.  He passed away 10 years later, and per his wish, was brought back to the US.  He was cremated and distributed into the St Croix.  Being a strong swimmer in life, his ashes caught up to hers in the river.His consciousness found hers in the infinite universe.  They were united again in this life and the next.  In life, they could not be united, but in death the frog and scorpion were able to shed their earthly definitions, past and desires became one.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 26, 2014, 04:59:21 PM
Results and Hypothesis (i.e. Expectations) rarely match in real life.  Even in science, we were taught to throw out the data points that were too off base...


This was a good lesson Don Juan taught me.

Which Don Juan?

Don Juan Demarco?
Don Juan Quixote?
Don Juan Corleone?
Or Don Juanson?

:)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2014, 06:49:26 AM
LOVE the story!!! Thanks for sharing. Awesome, I wish for it to happen to true love.

Thank you for taking the time to read it....
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2014, 06:31:57 PM
A long time ago, my one and only wife, at time, went out with her friends and back drunk.  I was asleep and were visiting family from out of town so she didn't have a key.  She rang the door bell and my dad answered the door. "Nyab koj pais dab tsis."  She didn't answer, but just came.  He went up stairs, and so being so drunk she started crawling to bed.....she crawled and crawled suddenly the floor got slippery and cold and then she hit her head on the commode in the bathroom. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2014, 06:36:05 PM
About three months ago, I went to a funeral home.  They were not planning to be opened all night so they didn't buy any cards.  Suddenly there are too many people and they decided to open.  Well they asked me to go and buy cards and so I did.  I bought 8 decks from the local CVS.  I didn't want to spend that much money, but I figure if they are going to use it then I should.  When I got they only use one deck.  Three people were playing a game and the other 10 were watching them play.  I felt so bad.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 28, 2014, 06:58:20 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAplLy3tzmI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAplLy3tzmI#)

A song my beautiful daughter and kind daughter just shared with me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 28, 2014, 07:17:17 PM
How to escape Samsara.....in this life.‏.....The Suffering is all inside.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2014, 05:51:36 PM
A thousand candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2014, 06:00:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehlw-9PJkIE#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehlw-9PJkIE#ws)

If it's true, then our thoughts have much more powerful than we think.  We know so little about our world and universe.

Dr. Masaru Emotos Rice Emotions Experiment
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2014, 06:05:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaHDCcUcmc0#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaHDCcUcmc0#ws)

Success: Progressively realizing a worthy idea.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2014, 06:09:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaHDCcUcmc0#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaHDCcUcmc0#ws)

Success: Progressively realizing a worthy idea.

Key to Success: We become what we think about. Believe and succeed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2014, 07:15:12 PM
I am finding that I am learning so much about myself, success, and failures recently.  I do want to learn from my failures and catapult them into success.  I have been naive to think that I am there, but I am and always will be a student.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2014, 10:47:27 AM
Logically, I knew I did not want to live in the bottle any longer, but emotionally I still was, until you can along and helped me to sort it out live without the bottle.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2014, 10:50:21 AM
The Fact that Sidartha experienced both extreme pleasure and extreme pain helped him on his journey to understanding.  I think he was so seeking to find a path to his mother who had died giving birth to him. Understanding gave him a path to everything. If he had a mother and been born poor and desired wealth from childhood, he might have simply ended up a rich man, and nothing more.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2014, 05:55:55 PM
I asked my very tough and spirited daughter the other day.  I asked her, "When you do you think you can say, "I have made it.""

She gave me something about paying off her student loan and so on and so on.  I said no, when you can get each day and have full confidence that you can handle each day, live each day with love and kindness, and if you have happen to run into a problem that you can't solve and lose your life, gladly accept it, then you have made.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2014, 06:03:59 PM
I used to have bad dreams regarding my 2nd house in Texas.  It was old and I put so much work into that house.  It was hot in the Summer and cold in the winter. The pool cracked and I kept having to buy new pool cleaners.  It was also there that my wife and I decided to part ways.  I kept having bad dreams like sometimes even moving back there, until I apologized to my house and thanked it for sheltering me during the hot Texas summers and cold Texas winters.  I accepted responsibility for what went wrong.  Apologizing and thanking brought my subconscious mind peace and my bad dreams went way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2014, 06:04:45 PM
Okay, beautiful and handsome warriors, let's play monopoly. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2014, 06:05:11 PM
Mantras for her inner peace. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 05:58:11 PM
Maybe I am not giving enough credit to MKT patterns in MKT, like I do in stocks. 

Making all my variables add up to 1.1 is not the key either.  The key might in using the VIX better.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 06:00:12 PM
When will I be able to say that I have made?  When I know that I will be able to handle each day with full confidence in everything I do, independent of results, and always with, empowering others, love, kindness and forgiveness.  Then I will have made it. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 06:01:46 PM
I will default back to the calm dream that I had of you.  The dream I had after a couple of crazy days, even you proposing to me.  When I woke up, everything was so peaceful and made perfect sense to me.  I was even very calm the next day, until I started listening to you again.  The dream made perfect sense and was filled with clarity, logic, and love. It is the reality that has gone way beyond help.  Thank you for coming into my dream and into my life.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzF_y039slk#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzF_y039slk#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 06:21:29 PM
Thank you for teaching me Jim Rohn's "Resilience."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAk3ovFaKEM# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAk3ovFaKEM#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 07:24:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DoARSlv-HU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DoARSlv-HU#)

It shrinks.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 08:37:19 PM
One first time in a very long time, I am feeling compassion for you, as a true friend.  I hope you are doing well and are happy tonight.  Have great night.  I hope you get some rest for another long day tomorrow, because you work so hard. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2014, 08:40:41 PM
I dreamed about you last night.  You actually said, "I have moved on to bigger and better things."  In reality, I believe you think you have.  I can read through the situation, and it is that you are still stuck in the same pattern I found you, except now you are so use to it, and it belongs to you now, not up for negotiation.  I hope you peel back the ego a little and compromise on your still long journey ahead. 

I haven't thought of it in awhile, but you said, "You're Crazy." (with sort of a smile) to me, hugged me and then left.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 05:23:31 PM
When will I be able to say that I have made it?

When I have full confidence that I will handle each day with nothing but joy and contentment to best of my ability, independent of results or actions of others, always with empowering others, with kind speech, with love, with kindness, and with forgiveness.

Then I will be able to say that I have made it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:42:57 PM
What soap is to the body, soap is to the soul. - A Yiddish Proverb
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:43:35 PM
I like the night.  Without dark, we'd never see the stars. - Stephanie Meyer
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:44:45 PM
If you had the biggest sign in the World, what would it say?

Mine would say, I understand what is my purpose in life now.  Thank you to all my mentors that gave it to me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:45:36 PM
We had only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snow flake. - Marie Beyman Ray
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:46:15 PM
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. - William Shakespeare
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:47:00 PM
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:47:24 PM
You have to harness your will to challenge yourself. - Les Brown
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2014, 07:48:23 PM
Hatred darkens life, love illuminates it. - MLK

Hatred never ceases hatred, only through love, that is the eternal and ancient rule. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:00:06 PM
MATAJURA wanted to become a great swordsman, but his father said
he wasn't quick enough and could never learn. So Matajura went to
the famous dueller Banzo, and asked to become his pupil. "How long
will it take me to become a master?" he asked. "Suppose I became
your servant, to be with you every minute; how long?"

"Ten years," said Banzo.

"My father is getting old. Before ten years have passed I will
have to return home to take care of him. Suppose I work twice as
hard; how long will it take me?"

"Thirty years," said Banzo.

"How is that?" asked Matajura. "First you say ten years. Then when
I offer to work twice as hard, you say it will take three times as
long. Let me make myself clear: I will work unceasingly: no
hardship will be too much. How long will it take?"

"Seventy years" said Banzo. "A pupil in such a hurry learns
slowly."

Matajura understood. Without asking for any promises in terms of
time, he became Banzo's servant. He cleaned, he cooked, he washed,
he gardened. He was ordered never to speak of fencing or to touch
a sword. He was very sad at this; but he had given his promise to
the master, and resolved to keep his word. Three years passed for
Matajura as a servant.

One day while he was gardening, Banzo came up quietly behind him
and gave him a terrible whack with a wooden sword. The next day in
the kitchen the same blow fell again. Thereafter, day in, day out,
from every corner and at any moment, he was attacked by Banzo's
wooden sword. He learned to live on the balls of his feet, ready
to dodge at any movement. He became a body with no desires, no
thoughts - only eternal readiness and quickness.

Banzo smiled, and started lessons. Soon Matajura was the greatest
swordsman in Japan.

Success comes after total dedication and practice with detachment to results.

What is it that you want to do and be the best in the land at it?  I know I what I want, and I have taken my beating on the head and backs for it.  I am close, thank you these inspirational stories......b ecause the pattern of success is the same everywhere.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:01:53 PM
Musashi and The Book of Five Rings........a ttention to details, discipline, control your emotions, and practice.  Success has the same formula no matter what.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:19:29 PM
The Sun, the stars, and the sky lives forever, because they give, no matter what, without asking for anything in return. If you want immortality, then give all you have and ask for nothing.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:20:12 PM
You just asked me one of the most silly questions I can think of.....to put you ahead of my number one and maybe only purpose in life.‏

I think you're the real mentor between us, and I the mentee.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:20:39 PM
Sometimes I enjoy it when things are not working, because it is an opportunity to learn. You can't learn from success, but from failures alone.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:26:27 PM
If you want something with all your heart, the Universe conspires to give it to you.

What is it that you want with all your heart?
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:34:01 PM
Once I was successful, but I could not tell you how I got there or what my daily plans are for success, and eventually I failed.  Now I am broke, but my thoughts are very clear and I have all the details to rise back up and stay there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 06:37:10 PM
Stewart McPhee - Key to success is a Trading Plan and sticking to it, no matter what.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkXllWe3mY#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkXllWe3mY#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 07:56:19 PM
Can't say it.

I am not saying it either, because my heart already knows. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 07:58:56 PM
I was gonna text this to you, but I will just put it here. Once I saw you put a post on Facebook that you're happy that your prayers are finally answered.  Thank you for thinking that I was worthy of your friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 08:02:01 PM
What I want, it's not obtainable.

I see and I understand.

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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2014, 08:54:26 PM
Do you have a song that takes you to a special place and time.  They say emotions have their own memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktAYHSq6T9k# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktAYHSq6T9k#)

Every time I hear this song it takes me to Belle Isle in Detroit, MI a long time ago, when I was very in love with my then wife.  We were driving around at night and this song came on the radio.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2014, 09:10:38 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G7oGm2AFMo# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G7oGm2AFMo#)

Funny  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2014, 09:12:33 PM
Is that song by Anne Murray? If so, this is one song that will always bring me memories of my past. I remembered driving over the hills to Los Angles and this song was playing in our car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZi6qNi9TeU#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZi6qNi9TeU#ws)

No, it's by Rita Coolidge.  Thank you for sharing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2014, 09:13:49 PM
If someone was able to steal your SO away, then she deserves to be stolen away, because she doesn't belong with you anyway.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2014, 09:15:27 PM
You have to harness your will to challenge yourself. - Les Brown

Harnessing your will is not enough, you have to harness the power of your subconscious mind.  Harnessing your will implies that you do not totally believe what you are doing to be a great or awesome adventure yet.  Harness your subconscious mind and it will all become very easy, because you absolutely believe that it is the only way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2014, 09:22:08 PM
When will I be able to say that I have made it?

When I have full confidence that I will handle each day with nothing but joy and contentment to best of my ability, independent of results or actions of others, always with empowering others, with kind speech, with love, with kindness, and with forgiveness.

Then I will be able to say that I have made it.

When will I be able to say that I have made it.

When I have full confidence that I will begin and end each day with clarity, humility and calm, and bring joy, laughter and contentment to myself and others, and then give the best of me, independent of results, to myself and others always with empowering, with kind speech, with love, with kindness, with compassion, with understanding and with forgiveness.

Then I will be able to say that I have made it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2014, 12:30:46 PM
The Goose in a bottle Zen Koan,

The Goose will be free when you finally realized that you are more than all that you have ever been taught, and you start living it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 04:35:36 PM
Why are you talking to yourself?  ;D

Was talking to you. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 05:17:35 PM
Harnessing your will is not enough, you have to harness the power of your subconscious mind.  Harnessing your will implies that you do not totally believe what you are doing to be a great or awesome adventure yet.  Harness your subconscious mind and it will all become very easy, because you absolutely believe that it is the only way.

It has played its course a very long time ago, even before I knew it.  No matter how much I adjust, it will not bloom to become something that I can water everyday or enjoy it peacefully.  I have my own journey to travel.  I am on an amazing journey to the stars and I have to go, TODAY.  This is the message that my subconscious mind needs to accept.  Thank you for a very interesting and enlighten adventure.

I will honor myself and my own journey from now on with no distraction.  I am so close to kick starting a new exciting chapter in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 05:40:52 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw#ws)

To my very strong, kind, and compassionate daughter.  You are so much stronger than I could ever become.  I know you are on a spiritual journey to strengthen your soul.  For that I am so proud of you.  You are my friend and sometimes my council.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 07:36:35 PM
Druckenmiller's flexibility on Black Monday.

A monkey will do better than a human in trading, because we seek comfort. - Bill Eckhardt

What is the rallying cry of a losing trader?  I will get out when I am even.  - Marty Schwartz

I am not concern about losses along the way, because my methodology will win in the long run....that is all that matters.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 07:41:06 PM
Today, I am reminded of this poem by Rabindranath Tagore

I came out alone on my way to my tryst.
But who is this that follows me in the silent dark?

I move aside to avoid his presence but I escape him not.

He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger;
he adds his loud voice to every word that I utter.

He is my own little self, my lord, he knows no shame;
but I am ashamed to come to thy door in his company.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 07:42:12 PM
The Tongue like a sharp knife kills without drawing blood - The Buddha

Anger will never disappear as long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.  Anger will disappear as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. - The Buddha

If you speak and act with a polluted mind suffering will follow you as surely as the oxcart follows the ox - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 07:47:18 PM
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others.  Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone. - The Buddha

Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself and purge them like bad blood. - The Buddha

Since you cannot tame the mind of others until you have tamed your own, begin by taming your own mind. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2014, 07:50:22 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 11, 2014, 07:40:22 PM
a CTA could have all good years, and more than 50% of the accounts closed could be losers, because they cannot stand the draw down.  They start changing plans and getting out.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 11, 2014, 07:41:53 PM
I was stressed out over something that I did over something really unworthy of my time......I cannot put myself in a situation like that again.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2014, 04:55:17 PM
It is my pure wisdom mind that tells me you're insane, and my judgmental perception that is constantly wrong thinking there's someone worth saving in you that I can reach.  There is, but it will not be done until you have come to your own understanding.  May peace and happiness be with you always, and if not may you find it one day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2014, 07:24:00 PM
The Sermon on the Mount

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Q69QJkYLM#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Q69QJkYLM#ws)

Seek first the Kingdom of God....Thank you for the teaching.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2014, 07:24:58 PM
It is my pure wisdom mind that tells me you're insane, and my judgmental perception that is constantly wrong thinking there's someone worth saving in you that I can reach.  There is, but it will not be done until you have come to your own understanding.  May peace and happiness be with you always, and if not may you find it one day.

My constantly wrong perception created a suffering which needed to be filled, but was doomed to be unfulfilled. Thus making everything deteriorate in all directions. May we find true friendship one day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2014, 07:35:46 PM
I am beginning to study again which I neglected for a long time....I am happy that I am.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2014, 07:40:06 PM
The true never ending pleasure in life is becoming someone you are proud of everyday.‏

I am not and will not become a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2014, 06:01:15 PM
There's almost nothing more fun than having pink eye :)‏


Waaaaaayyyyyyy y after you have had it.  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2014, 06:03:26 PM
I am able to see a small glimpse of eternity, but of course I cannot understand it in this form. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2014, 07:13:22 PM
Sorry this song was on my mind today. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l-vJ4fdac8#noexternalembed-ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l-vJ4fdac8#noexternalembed-ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2014, 12:51:08 PM
Is that what you had? I've never had it before.. how is it?

It was actually a long time ago, but it's so much worse than you could imagine.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2014, 01:25:03 PM
I heard it's contagious.. How are you today?

I am home, and not working today.  I am contemplating my how to be better.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2014, 01:26:55 PM
I hate being right and wrong at the same time.  I am right because its the only way for success, and I am wrong because I fail to act or lead with kindness.  I believe in kindness first before being right, because the kindness will resolve everything.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2014, 03:50:34 PM
I have to remember this as my ultimate goal every day.

When will I be able to say that I have made it.

When I have full confidence that I will begin and end each day with clarity, humility and calm, and bring joy, laughter and contentment to myself and others, and then give the best of me, independent of results, to myself and others always with empowering, with kind speech, with love, with kindness, with compassion, with understanding and with forgiveness.

Then I will be able to say that I have made it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2014, 04:07:04 PM
It failed it lately because, for many reasons including that its a bad model, but mostly because I have wanted it to fail for along time now, because I was scared it would work and I would have to live with a model that is constantly unnecessarily tested too often for silly reasons.  That is why it failed recently, I was the cause of the failure.  My thoughts and wishes were for failure. The law of attraction prevails.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2014, 06:09:35 PM
I will continue to push for success everywhere else in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2014, 08:30:11 AM
glad that you had the day off to think about life... Have an awesome weekend!  O0

Thanks you too. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2014, 08:30:54 AM
Get the toxic people out of your life, they're no good for you. - Les Brown
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2014, 09:15:22 AM
glad that you had the day off to think about life... Have an awesome weekend!  O0

It was very good to take the day off to reflect and how to be able to stay on path that I have chosen and want to go.  Have an awesome and amazing weekend too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2014, 09:23:01 AM
Once I wrote, we have to forgive all those that trespassed against us.  The harder it is to forgive, the more should because it shows your strength..... Therefore I apologize for bringing a little heat and I forgive you T.  You should know that when we start something with untruths and hidden agenda, that the results will usually be unpleasant for everyone.  There are many concerns that has nothing to do with me, but it seems you keep wanting to journey.  I forgive you and you can have your journey because I have my own amazing journey to the stars already.  May you have better success than I did and take care my friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 17, 2014, 05:11:27 PM
I don't think I have ever met the girl that wanted to go the stars with me.  I think she couldn't wait for me and died a long time.  It is her ghost that I see, but she was gone way before I got there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 17, 2014, 07:16:53 PM
Crazy psychotic ex-girl friends please get out of my dreams.  You're no longer welcomed there too. :)

Sorry had a bad dream last night.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 17, 2014, 07:46:12 PM
Do you have a moment when time freezes for you but yet passed away so quickly that you wished you could bottle it and enjoy it again.  The first time, I sat at a park with my ex-wife.  She was dropped off at her cousin's house to go to work and she was late so she was just standing there.  I asked her if I could walk her home and she said yes...I chose the route that would take us to a park.  We sat there for a couple of hours, all that time, I was just looking at those lips.  We talked about everything from ghost to aliens and I am thinking, why is it that its me that is here.  It should have been someone else better.  Then she had a small gap on her upper tooth and a mole by eyes.  Everything about her was perfect, including her small feet and her dirty work clothes.  I am looking at her and she was so contented to be with me too.  I knew I had to kiss her before I let her go, so after being there for a couple of hours, I asked to kiss her on the cheeks.  She said yes, so when she closed her eyes I completely missed her cheek.  No I do not want to bottle it up, because then it wouldn't be special anymore.  It is moments like that that helped made my life more complete and content.  I didn't miss out on the prettiest and one of the smartest girl of my time.

I am sorry we went our separate ways, but I told you it wasn't wise.  It's okay though, because I needed to find my own journey too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 17, 2014, 07:50:31 PM
I know now that what I did is nothing compared to what because "An sincere friend is more to feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an insincere friend will wound your mind and your hear." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2014, 07:46:18 PM
hahahaha.. you and me!  ;D
Awww... The first time I met my ex.. it was by accident but we did take a long walk to the park and spend a few hours taking pictures and enjoying the moment there. Looking back, I do not regret a single memories.

If everyone kept these memories near our hearts at all times, no would be no EXes, but we would all be in Eden.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2014, 08:37:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCzIzeW4cA# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCzIzeW4cA#)
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Post by: Wi_sweetguy on March 18, 2014, 11:54:49 PM
If everyone kept these memories near our hearts at all times, no would be no EXes, but we would all be in Eden.

It's funny how people sacrifice everything for that special moment in time, but as soon as they are together, they have already forgotten about their sacrifices. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2014, 05:58:49 PM
I was put hold today and this song was playing.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4BbDbsC9w# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN4BbDbsC9w#)

"Love Will Keep Us Alive"

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive

Don't you worry
Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride
The world is changing
Right before your eyes

Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

Now I've found you
There's no more emptiness inside
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive

[Solo]

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there's nothing I wouldn't do

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive
When we're hungry, love will keep us alive
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2014, 06:01:09 PM
Last night, for the first time in a very long time, I was so happy I couldn't sleep.‏  Wasn't thinking about tomorrow, but just happy. I know what the reason is.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2014, 06:02:42 PM
When we say I am happy.....what do we mean.. (I am glad to be here....I have everything I need or want...and I will have a better tomorrow)‏.  That kind of says it for me, doesn't it for you too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2014, 06:04:16 PM
True happiness lies in Freedom.... Do not go out there to get freedom, but free your inner self from constricting thoughts.  The freedom cannot be taken away then, by time and space.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2014, 06:06:47 PM
Life is amazing full of joy, peace, calm and happiness when you get rid of the toxic people out of your life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2014, 05:40:17 PM
I AM (fvcking) KRAZY.....and so are you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2014, 06:54:01 PM
Am I adjusting the curve too much in my trading plan. The most recent change does make a lot of sense to me, but am I killing it too?
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 06:16:54 PM
I was wondering why I am so sleepless the last couple of nights when my mind was very clear.  It is because I am so filled with energy. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 06:17:22 PM
Don't ever forget that I am Neiman Marcus and Tiffany and nothing less.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 06:23:06 PM
I do not really know you at all. The only way I knew you, was by looking at your shadow and how it moves.  I hope you know yourself, because you will need your best.‏  Let me ask you, what is dream?  What is your five year plan?
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 11:07:04 PM
The Fault in Our Stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Li8uojsfGc#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Li8uojsfGc#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 11:08:08 PM
Be wakeful and think.  Never let the fears or desires overwhelm your sense of logic.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 11:10:38 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIdOZsEubYc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIdOZsEubYc#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2014, 11:11:23 PM
Thank you for a wonderful week of rediscovering my principles.  I haven't been here in a very long time now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2014, 10:33:15 AM
Had a great time with the cousins and the near adult and young nieces and nephew at Fun Zone.  Thank you to my youngest daughter for showing your best the entire night.  You are so amazing at times.  Thank you to my eldest daughter for being so classy and calm.  We were even treated to some dramatic entertainment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2014, 03:15:56 PM
The Picture of Dorian Gray  - Oscar Wilde

In the end of the book, when Dorian stabs his cursed picture: Does it mean his soul is pure again, for his dead body now endures his age and sins while the picture that represented his soul is young again, or it's just about his curse being broken?
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2014, 03:18:24 PM
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemoller
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2014, 03:20:36 PM
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪ ˈboːnhfɐ]; February 4, 1906 April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi, and founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and many have labelled his book The Cost of Discipleship a modern classic.[1]

Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer became known for his staunch resistance to the Nazi dictatorship. He strongly opposed Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews.[2] He was also involved in plans by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and executed by hanging on April 1945 while imprisoned at a Nazi concentration camp, just 23 days before the German surrender.



Without a purpose.  There's no reason for continuation of life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2014, 03:25:40 PM
Hey Hello in there, hey - what's so important, what you got here that's worth living for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X90qKQAMh8A# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X90qKQAMh8A#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 05:12:11 PM
GC, I think it's your work with people that you're able to see human nature better.  You made the correct decision from the start.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 05:13:27 PM
Sometimes...on e has to be embarrassed and felt shame to learn - Yawg Soob Ntxawg.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 05:20:30 PM
I change my mind....I am not fvcking Krazy but have the clearest perception on my journey through life and I intend to use it for maximum love, kindness, and understanding for everyone, including for myself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 06:27:03 PM
You cannot step into the same river twice - Heraclitus
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 06:27:33 PM
No I am not in love.  I just remembered this song from a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c7CAvIAD4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_c7CAvIAD4#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 06:29:17 PM
I love this song the first time I heard it along time ago.  It reminds of a wonderful future I would have meeting and spending a life with the love of my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvDwr9-MlfE# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvDwr9-MlfE#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 07:03:23 PM
To an amazingly talent person I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKh1eTWlhE# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKh1eTWlhE#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 08:05:39 PM
Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."[4]
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 08:08:07 PM
Christina's World.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Christinasworld.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Christinasworld.jpg)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 08:33:29 PM
Don't ever forget that I am Neiman Marcus and Tiffany and nothing less.

Therefore act like it.  If someone wants to trade down to KMart and Wedding Day Diamond, let them and move on, because I know my worth and my value. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 24, 2014, 09:06:50 PM
Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl" said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't go near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2014, 06:17:15 PM
Be independent of the good and bad opinion of others. - Wayne Dyer
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2014, 07:53:23 PM
I have made it as a beautiful strong soul, because

I have full confidence that I will begin today
and end today with clarity, humility and calm, and
I will bring joy, laughter and contentment to myself and others,
and I will give the best of me, independent of results,
to myself and to those around me always with empowerment,
with kind speech, with love, with kindness, with compassion,
with understanding and with forgiveness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2014, 08:40:14 PM
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!

Friedrich Nietzsche

Interesting!!!


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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2014, 09:13:40 PM
To an amazingly talent person I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKh1eTWlhE# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKh1eTWlhE#)

I never knew you at all, I wished you had trusted me enough to allow me to get to know and you .....to know me.

May you find your happiness and peace every single day.

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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2014, 09:35:40 PM
There is no death......but a transformation of our energy, what we can and cannot see, into a form which no longer make sense in this world and in our human form.  Life is eternal and beyond our simple understanding.

Our fear of death is only fear of the unknown and our attachment to our familiar world.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2014, 09:36:35 PM
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!

Friedrich Nietzsche

Interesting!!!





So that is what was happening..... .I get it now........ Thank you so much Mr. Nietzsche for clarifying it for me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
Confidence needs to be backed up with thoughts and hard work, or else it's only ego and rude.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 05:26:24 PM
Have you ever thought, what if you're already in heaven....your wanting to be there or thinking that you're not there is making you not there.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 05:28:01 PM
No one ever crosses me without my permission.... therefore no one can cross me at all.‏  Whatever they want to do, they can and I will walk away if it gets stupid enough, because you do not have my permission to rile me up.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 05:30:36 PM
Come with a clear conscience with no expectations, but with reason and logic and you will not have suffering caused by the difference between expectations and reality.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 08:03:16 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEXkaow0ko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEXkaow0ko)

Discovering Buddhism Module1
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 08:08:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVF6IZ0M_hU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVF6IZ0M_hU)

Discovering Buddhism Module 2: How to meditate.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 09:21:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItX3PfZ2ZL4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItX3PfZ2ZL4)

Discovering Buddhism Module 3: Presenting the path.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 09:24:22 PM
The Buddha may not have achieved enlightenment if he had not been born rich....If he was born poor, he may have used that extra ordinary intelligence and insight to become rich.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2014, 09:41:38 PM
My ex-wife use to tell me she loves me by saying "you're dumb."
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2014, 06:10:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0CMdNtbbo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0CMdNtbbo)

Discovering Buddhism Module 4: The Spiritual Teacher.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2014, 08:46:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9GnNOjFOP8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9GnNOjFOP8)

Discovering Buddhism Module 5: Death and Re-birth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2014, 08:46:59 PM
Why? I don't get it. Isn't that a put down?  >:(

You should know, it's not what people say, but how they say it. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2014, 08:53:36 PM
Continuity of consciousness. ......Buddhist idea.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2014, 08:54:47 PM
Ah, I see... Do you miss it?

It gives me a smile thinking about it, sometimes, but it's lost forever in the swamp.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2014, 09:13:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8MOMmk0KM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8MOMmk0KM)

Discovering Buddhism Module 6: All About Kharma
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 07:15:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226w04QMPzQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226w04QMPzQ)

Discovering Buddhism Module 7:  The three jewels.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 07:25:24 PM
You  brought so much negative kharmic actions out of me, I couldn't believe it.  Thank you for testing me to show that I am still very vulnerable if I am not careful.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 07:39:31 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226w04QMPzQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226w04QMPzQ)

Discovering Buddhism Module 7:  The three jewels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226w04QMPzQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226w04QMPzQ)


Discovering Buddhism Module 7:  The three jewels.
[/quote

Listening to the these Buddhist teaching recently, I am seeing the carrot and the stick.  That's not true, but something for childish conditioning only.

I would hate to have the need to wear an orange robe all my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 10:01:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1S5ZVjN3J4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1S5ZVjN3J4)

I have been wanting to watch this movie for a while now.  Finally watched it tonight.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 10:02:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjlUj7Czlk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjlUj7Czlk)

My favorite Ethan Hawk movie.  Movie is better than the trailer.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 10:04:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cqJG-fOoTM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cqJG-fOoTM)

Favorite scene from one of my favorite movies of all time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 10:07:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwmJpSjhNI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwmJpSjhNI)

My bags are packed for your exciting journey to the stars.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 10:10:00 PM
Maybe it's best to stay in the swamp.

It's more than that.  It's ancient history.  It's another time, another place, and in another dimension now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2014, 10:12:40 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ws04VqqiZY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ws04VqqiZY)

Discovering Buddhism Module 8:  Establishing a daily practice.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 09:57:48 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU8B4XDI3Uw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU8B4XDI3Uw)

Just saw the singer hosting SNL.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 10:01:40 AM
But on you will go
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though my enemies prowl.
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak.

- From Oh the Places you'll Go by Dr. Seus
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 10:08:09 AM
Suffering = Difference (Reality - Expectation)

The greater the difference the greater the suffering, and we will do just about anything, and in most case our efforts are useless, to gap the difference by trying to change the reality to our sometimes miss guided expectation.  Suffering can easily be created with a lie from outside or inside.  That is why we get so mad when some tells us a lie.  It creates a gap in reality and expectations.  What is the real answer?  Maybe to manage our own internal Suffering (difference between reality an expectation), instead of worrying about someone.  Let us be our own judge, instead of judging someone else.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 03:02:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNkP-lOZxrk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNkP-lOZxrk)


She's got your eyes, she's got my nose
Oh and I get high just watching her grow
We always dreamed we'd live in a castle, oh but
We're in the same old shack


This song reminds me of my daughter and her wonderful journey to grow as a strong, kind, and wise individual.




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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 03:15:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283of7l320E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283of7l320E)

Hooked on a feeling - Blue Swede
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 07:27:44 PM
No matter how bad things are, we can begin to immediately make tomorrow with our thoughts. No matter how good things are, we can begin to immediately make tomorrow with our thoughts.  Therefore, we can always begin to make things better tomorrow with our thoughts.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 08:03:45 PM
I was watching this the other day, and I thought it was so funny.

https://screen.yahoo.com/dateline-chopped-guy-000000353.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 08:07:58 PM
Channing Tatum hosts SNL.

https://screen.yahoo.com/channing-tatum-monologue-customers-000000644.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 08:14:41 PM
Steve Buscemi hosts SNL.

https://screen.yahoo.com/steve-buscemi-snl-skits/steve-buscemi-monologue-improvisation-000000546.html

https://screen.yahoo.com/steve-buscemi-snl-skits/steve-buscemi-monologue-character-actors-000000703.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 08:28:08 PM
Chris Farley: Down By The River.

https://screen.yahoo.com/chris-farley-snl-skits/down-river-000000356.html


Chris Farley: Chippendales Audition

https://screen.yahoo.com/chris-farley-snl-skits/chippendales-audition-204009746.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 08:43:59 PM
How to pick up chicks from 'Scarface'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORQJtxicrA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORQJtxicrA)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2014, 08:48:44 PM
John Forbes Nash JR "let's skip to the sex."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN-CVQuBR8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN-CVQuBR8)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 31, 2014, 05:14:23 PM
You Mustn't Quit
Taken from The Book Of Virtues by William J. Bennett

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must -- but never quit.

Life is queer, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with one more blow.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt--
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worse that you mustn't quit.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 31, 2014, 05:15:20 PM
You Mustn't Quit
Taken from The Book Of Virtues by William J. Bennett

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must -- but never quit.

Life is queer, with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won if he'd stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with one more blow.

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt--
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worse that you mustn't quit.

What mustn't you quit on?  Finding and being your best self.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 31, 2014, 05:36:39 PM
HV, I have never told you this because we have never really talked, but I am so proud of you.  You have reached out with love and kindness and become a permanent part of our family. You're such a happy and friendly person, and a role model for us all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 31, 2014, 08:32:31 PM
I am concern about you tonight.....yo u are so strong and for you to feel off, I am a little concern.  I hope you will come out of this much stronger than before, as usual.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 31, 2014, 09:33:10 PM

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.  ― Norman Vincent Peale
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2014, 09:17:58 PM
I am concern about you tonight.....yo u are so strong and for you to feel off, I am a little concern.  I hope you will come out of this much stronger than before, as usual.

I was glad and relieved to hear you sounding much better.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2014, 09:20:02 PM
You told me that you do not feel guilty because you haven't done anything wrong......I know...... because I arrived at that conclusion awhile ago too.  You will be jeopardizing only your future, because that is what you will also attract to you.  People who have no guilt returning your negative favors.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2014, 09:23:11 PM
To an old friend, thank you for stopping by to visit.  I hope that I have answered all your questions.  I hope you know that it will be a very difficult road ahead, if you should chose this endeavor. It was great to see you and your wife together.  That is how couples should be all their life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2014, 09:57:31 PM
Food is a substitution for the love that we are craving from our love ones, especially as children.  If we receive an abundant source of love and is happy.....we do not need food.  If we do not have that love, then we will fill it with food, and that may be a conditioning in our mind all our lives.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2014, 06:49:21 PM
My fortune for the day "You will have an exciting business adventure."

Thank you for taking the time to have dinner with me, my beautiful strong warrior.  You are so strong, smart, and wise.  I get high thinking about your beautiful future.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2014, 06:52:41 PM
I wrote this for my daughter and then I told her when I met her:

Suffering comes from difference between expectations and reality.  Therefore, if you want you an easier life, expect a hard and challenging life.  If you want a life filled with compassion and love, then expect to give the best of you to those that you meet, and expect nothing in return.  Challenge life and give, and you will have a very easy life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2014, 06:54:23 PM
What is the worst thing that can happen to you in life? A meaningless life.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2014, 09:53:15 PM
https://screen.yahoo.com/christopher-walken-snl-skits/more-cowbell-174128899.html

Could I get a little more cowbell?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2014, 10:01:14 PM
https://screen.yahoo.com/snl-current-season-skits/louis-monologue-061239778.html

Louis CK's SNL Monologue.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 03, 2014, 04:43:29 PM
Who am I really?.....the more negatively emotional charged I am, the more I am ground to this reality and will miss the overall picture.  I will miss the truth that love and kindness really drives all good things.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2014, 05:12:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOGQqwg0Tw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkOGQqwg0Tw)

I was walking outside and watching the snow melt.  The water were all running with no effort all and Bruce Lee's quote came my mind, but more I suddenly realized, "learn the subtle rules of success."  Be water and it all becomes effortless.  One needs no effort, because it will flow like water.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2014, 10:13:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20zF8Ug0MjM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20zF8Ug0MjM)

Tears into pearls
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2014, 10:33:52 PM
Haha I was just thing about Bruce Lee today too. I was thinking about his quote  "Be like water"

Really?  What made you think of that quote?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2014, 10:34:33 PM
Blaine the Train is Insane.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 05, 2014, 06:47:04 PM
I want to know if his theory or philosophy is accurate.!

Did you see and feel his influence in the World?
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 05, 2014, 08:17:59 PM
As age catches up with me, I am beginning to bend and become like water. 

Hello, Ajax.  My name is ButterflyKisse s.  You have beautiful insights into human nature.  What is the most profound thing you have discovered since you started on this journey to the stars?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 05, 2014, 10:34:11 PM
As age catches up with me, I am beginning to bend and become like water. 

Hello, Ajax.  My name is ButterflyKisse s.  You have beautiful insights into human nature.  What is the most profound thing you have discovered since you started on this journey to the stars?

It's a big of a question.  Thank you for the kind compliment, but I don't have answer or maybe I am too embarrassed to give you an answer. Sorry. :)
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 05, 2014, 10:41:50 PM
Your writing and the clarity of your thoughts left me with nothing to say and nothing to add.  Very few people have the ability to make me speechless. 

I have only read a few of your writings, but it has touched me in a profound way.  I will be back to read the rest. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 06, 2014, 08:25:56 AM
As age catches up with me, I am beginning to bend and become like water. 

Hello, Ajax.  My name is ButterflyKisse s.  You have beautiful insights into human nature.  What is the most profound thing you have discovered since you started on this journey to the stars?

No we become like water, not because of age, but because it's the way for effortless success.  That was what came to my mind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 06, 2014, 08:32:47 AM
Your writing and the clarity of your thoughts left me with nothing to say and nothing to add.  Very few people have the ability to make me speechless. 

I have only read a few of your writings, but it has touched me in a profound way.  I will be back to read the rest. 

Sometimes, you will find that I am a jumbo mess and that is why I write, to find patterns in the mess.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 06, 2014, 06:05:42 PM
My beautiful strong daughter who's a vegetarian made us Ratatouille tonight.  It was very interesting.  Thank you Bxxxx. 
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 06, 2014, 10:39:52 PM
No we become like water, not because of age, but because it's the way for effortless success.  That was what came to my mind.

Most of my life, I have been like an ice cube, but over the last few years, I have begin to learn to be more malleable, more like water. 

So what do you consider success?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 07, 2014, 11:06:25 AM
Most of my life, I have been like an ice cube, but over the last few years, I have begin to learn to be more malleable, more like water. 

So what do you consider success?

It depends, internal or external success.  One should always start with Internal.
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 07, 2014, 04:54:48 PM
It depends, internal or external success.  One should always start with Internal.

Internal success has always been very personal and is often different for each person.  External success is a little bit more universal. 

What is one internal success that you have reached and how did you get there?  For me, it's understanding what it means to love me.  It is not the same as being selfish, but it could look like that to those looking in.  Like a lover whom we seek to please, the same concept should be applied to ourselves.  Love really is the greatest of all.  It is the foundation for such basic needs as joy, happiness, patience, tolerance, generosity, kindness, etc.  However, contrary to the popular belief that the love of a great woman or a great man is what makes all of these possible, it is the love of oneself, caring for oneself, meeting our own needs that cultivate a heart, mind, and soul that becomes the fertile ground to growing everything else.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 07, 2014, 04:58:33 PM
Internal success has always been very personal and is often different for each person.  External success is a little bit more universal. 

What is one internal success that you have reached and how did you get there?  For me, it's understanding what it means to love me.  It is not the same as being selfish, but it could look like that to those looking in.  Like a lover whom we seek to please, the same concept should be applied to ourselves.  Love really is the greatest of all.  It is the foundation for such basic needs as joy, happiness, patience, tolerance, generosity, kindness, etc.  However, contrary to the popular belief that the love of a great woman or a great man is what makes all of these possible, it is the love of oneself, caring for oneself, meeting our own needs that cultivate a heart, mind, and soul that becomes the fertile ground to growing everything else.

Wow, you have been doing some thinking.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 07, 2014, 04:59:50 PM
I do pride myself on clarity of thought, but I still need work on clarity of action regarding certain small areas of my life.  That is the truth.
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 07, 2014, 05:08:50 PM
So, these thoughts, do you put them on a shelf and admire them from time to time?  Or do you plant them into your heart, water it, and hope that they take up roots and growing into something tangible that can benefit you and those around you?  For me, an idea, no matter how great it is, if not applied, it is nothing more than just an idea. 

Often times, when I talk to people, they always say, "I know.  I know." 

Great!  I am glad you know.  But are you using it?  Are you doing anything about it?  It's actions that give life to an idea.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 07, 2014, 05:31:31 PM
No matter how bad things are, we can begin to immediately make tomorrow with our thoughts. No matter how good things are, we can begin to immediately make tomorrow with our thoughts.  Therefore, we can always begin to make things better tomorrow with our thoughts.

I am reminded of the application of the above phrase today.  Thank you to myself for having wrote so that I could reference for this day. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 07, 2014, 07:18:02 PM
I am putting the dishes away, and I am reminded that those dishes were passionately washed by my beautiful girls yesterday.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 07, 2014, 07:25:47 PM
Thank you for teaching me that I should always follow my instincts when things do not make emotional sense.  It is less stressful and will generally lead to happiness for everyone in the long run.

I guess here we are.....thank you again.
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 07, 2014, 09:37:48 PM
The little things we do are the ones that leave behind an impression and remind people of us long after we are gone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 05:17:09 AM
"An insincere friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound body, but an insincere friend will wound your your heart and your mind."  - The Buddha

I have to accept that I cannot deal with an insincere friend and that I need to turn away immediately.  No you did not wound my heart or mind, I just naively thought that I can heal your pain.  We are exactly where I wanted to be lately and that makes me absolutely filled with joy.  Best wishes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 04:12:43 PM
Why is it that I failed....I wanted to satisfy my emotional suffering base on hope.... and I did not act on the beauty of sound reason and logic.  That is why I failed and that is why most people fails in the stock market. 

I will not fail, but excel in the market.  I will use that lesson and succeed where once I failed recently based on hope too. 

Cutting losers, and accepting losses, is the key to winning in the market..Cuttin g losers is also the key to personal success too.
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 08, 2014, 04:22:46 PM
The stock market is pretty scary.  If I have the chance, I would like to get into some real estate investment.  But I need to settle down in one place first.  Do you have anything in the real estate or only in the stock market?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 04:40:46 PM
The stock market is pretty scary.  If I have the chance, I would like to get into some real estate investment.  But I need to settle down in one place first.  Do you have anything in the real estate or only in the stock market?

We are scare of what we don't know.

My only focus is the stock market, and in the 2 weeks time frame period.  The only thing you really need to know about the stock market is that it's participants are people.  They drive the moves in the market.
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 08, 2014, 04:43:00 PM
My only focus is the stock market, and in the 2 weeks time frame period.

Really?  Just 2 weeks time frame period.  Is this what you do professionally or more on your personal time?  To play the market like that, you must have a lot of finesse. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 04:50:59 PM
Really?  Just 2 weeks time frame period.  Is this what you do professionally or more on your personal time?  To play the market like that, you must have a lot of finesse. 

I took the conversation private. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 04:59:06 PM
Re: The scorpion and the frog.

We needed to end because we are different, but thank you for coming and staying awhile.  Please have a blast and an exciting adventure while away from me.  I will too.

In this change, I am reminded of this quote from the Buddha, it will help me keep my solitude.  Everything changes, we should not desire to hold on to anything of this world.

"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgmSA6uL5z4&list=PL8F29888A9D718594 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgmSA6uL5z4&list=PL8F29888A9D718594)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 05:10:39 PM
Someone once very close gave me this song a long time ago, and it clicks in my head every now and then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3HkriqdGQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3HkriqdGQ)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 05:17:18 PM
The Buddha's Last Words

After the conversion of Subhadda, the Buddha spoke again to Venerable Ananda. "It may be, Ananda, that some of you will say, 'without the Buddha, the Sublime Teacher, there is no teacher for us'. No, Ananda, you should not think in this way. Whatever doctrine and discipline taught and made known by me will be your teacher when I am gone."

Then the Buddha, addressing the other monks said, "If any amongst you has any doubts as to the Buddha, the teaching, or the order of monks, ask me now so that afterwards you may have no cause to regret that you did not ask me while I was still with you."

But at these words, none of the monks said anything. None had any questions, and all of them were silent. For the second and third time the Buddha addressed the monks in this way. And for the second and third time, all the monks were silent.

The Buddha said, "Perhaps it may be out of respect for the teacher, that you do not question me. Let a friend, O disciples, tell it to another friend." Still the disciples remained silent.

Then Venerable Ananda spoke to the Buddha, "It is wonderful. It is marvellous, Lord! I do believe that in all this great company of monks there is not a single one who has doubts or questions about the Buddha, the teaching or the order of monks, or the path and the method of training and conduct."

"With you, Ananda," said the Buddha, "this may be a matter of faith and belief. But, Ananda, I know that not one single monk gathered here has any doubt or question about these things. Of all the 500 monks here, Ananda, he who is the most backward is a sotapanna, not subject to fall back to a lower state of existence, but is certain and destined for enlightenment."

Then the Buddha addressed all the monks once more, and these were the very last words he spoke:

"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation."

Then the Buddha lapsed into the jhana stages, or meditative absorptions. Going from level to level, one after the other, ever deeper and deeper. Then he came out of the meditative absorption for the last time and passed into nirvana, leaving nothing whatever behind that can cause rebirth again in this or any other world.

The passing away, or the final nirvana of the Buddha, occurred in 543 BC on a full-moon day in the month of May, known in the Indian calendar as Vesak.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 06:20:59 PM
A long time ago, I woke up to song playing, and it got trapped, programmed, or hypnotized into my subconsciousne ss mind, well because my conscious mind was asleep.

I woke up in the bedroom of my teenage wife then too.....so I am always reminded of our youth and what wonderful things would come our away....unfort unately now I know, both good and bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6VaeFCxta8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6VaeFCxta8)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 06:28:41 PM
I am getting a two year stress free opportunity in personal development.  I am so looking forward to making the best of it.  Because somewhere in there, I will launch HBLM too. Thank you so much now and hopefully I will thank you in the future that you would like too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 07:08:56 PM
I failed miserably today.. I'm so disappointed in myself. I will have to start next week. It's someone's birthday and I'm taking that person to eat dimsum this Saturday.  :P

And to think, my tough little thing did it for 28 days.  She is as tough as nails though.  You're funny.

You will succeed, but remember that is not something I would advise.  I prefer a more balance and happy route, with lasting quality.

Thank you for the update.  I am still cheering for you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 08:21:47 PM
Field of Dreams and a different path.

Dr. Graham: It was like coming this close to your dreams and then watch them brush past you like a stranger in a crowd. At the time, you don't think much of it. You know, we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, 'Well, there'll be other days.' I didn't realize that that was the only day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 08:26:00 PM
Be wakeful and think.  Never let the fears or desires overwhelm your sense of logic.

A wonderful reminder.....t hat will get drowned in alcohol.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2014, 08:35:53 PM
Karma - Law of cause and effect.

Review the negative and positive actions of the day. Purify what needs to be purified.
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Post by: ButterflyKisses on April 09, 2014, 09:06:32 AM
Love, like unforgiveness, has the ability to make us prisoners of our own mind.  While the other person lives freely and happily, we shackled ourselves to the prisons of our minds.  The kicker is that we hold the key to our freedom. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2014, 06:12:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnGo6Qm0Wt8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnGo6Qm0Wt8)

Sometimes it makes me wonder. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2014, 06:18:00 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HenZ4Z7w0qM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HenZ4Z7w0qM)

One of my favorite scene from this movie.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2014, 06:19:21 PM
Your thirst can only be quench by your understanding, not by drinking more....seek understanding and not more water, and you'll be absolutely content.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2014, 06:20:21 PM
Saving aggravation why am I still pushing it, EGO or the reasons for many destructive behaviors, nothing left to win, except to lose.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2014, 04:48:20 PM
Life Lessons From Marina Keegan's Posthumous Book of Essays

1. Dont be afraid to recalibrate your goals.
In her introduction, Fadiman recounts a story told to her by Keegans parents, about a sailing competition Keegan had entered when she was 14. Though she was a junior sailor, Keegan believed she could beat everyone, no matter how much more experienced they were. But the day was stormy, with 40-knot winds and 3-foot waves that caused her boat to capsize repeatedly. Marinas original goal had been to win, Fadiman writes. Her new goal was to finish. She came in second to last, to incredulous applause. She was soaking wet, her hair was bedraggled, and her hands were bloody from gripping the lines.

2. Youre not alone in thinking youre unworthy. Just keep it in perspective.
Im so jealous. Unthinkable jealousies, jealousies of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Im reading and the Oscar-winning movie I just saw. Why didnt I think to rewrite Mrs. Dalloway? I should have thought to chronicle a schizophrenic ballerina. Its inexcusable. Everyone else is so successful, and I hate them. But, she adds, someday the sun is going to die and everything on Earth will freeze. This will happen. I used to think that printing things made them permanent, but that seems so silly now.

3. You dont have to pursue goals that you despise.
What bothers me is this idea of validation, of rationalizatio n. The notion that some of us (regardless of what we tell ourselves) are doing this because were not sure what else to do, she writes in an essay about how 25 percent of Yale grads would enter the consulting or finance industry. Thats super depressing! I dont understand why no one is talking about it. I feel like we can do something really cool to this world. And I fear at twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five we might forget.

4. Value life all of it.
People are strange about animals. Especially large ones, she writes in one essay. Daily, on the docks of Wellfleet Harbor, thousands of fish are scaled, gutted, and seasoned with thyme and lemon. No one strokes their sides with water. No one cries when their jaws slip open. I worry sometimes that humans are afraid of helping humans. Theres less risk associated with animals, less fear of failure, fear of getting too involved.

5. Its never too late (even if youre not in your 20s).
What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds, she writes in the books titular essay. We can start over. Get a post-bac or try writing for the first time. The notion that its too late to do anything is comical. Its hilarious. Were graduating from college. Were so young. We cant, we MUST not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, its all we have.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2014, 05:27:28 PM
Re: Scorpion and Frog,

No matter what has happened, I do truly wish you a bright and wonderful journey.  You and I need to stay away from each other and stop talking for awhile.  Your family and your happiness will always be in mind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2014, 05:29:08 PM
Zen in Trading:  "Just like archery, whenever there is effort, force, struggling, straining, or trying, it's wrong"  Trader X, by Jack Schwagger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2014, 05:32:34 PM
"Even if I do tomorrow I have no regrets, because I have you." - From a beautiful life

Who can you say that about?  The only persons I can think of, with all my heart and no reservations at all, are my wonderful and strong kids.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2014, 07:39:44 PM
I still want to hear more of that story that you told.. I love that story... about the woman that became a monk.  :'(

I think I wrote the best that I could now it's time to write it in real life so hopefully one day, she will find true happiness.  Thank you for the encouragement.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2014, 09:20:12 PM
Untruths make matters three times worst.  The truth makes a bad situation half as bad immediately. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 06:43:45 PM
"Only a man who has been defeated can come up with the extra ounce of energy it takes to win." - Muhummad Ali
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 06:53:55 PM
"Once a story is told, it can never grow old." - From a song

"You can't step into the same river twice." - Heraclitus


Our story has been told and we can't step into it again.....I guess that is it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 06:55:44 PM
Genes get turned off and on in one life time, if it's not use.  Fish has gone blind by being in darkness.  Children has become for prone to heart conditions through lack of love.  Love, kindness, and giving are keys to making the next generation stronger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 06:57:44 PM
Why do I shut this to the max...because there is a very dark side of you, not worth keeping who has the wonderful person hijacked.  That is why.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 07:00:05 PM
One day two women[a] came to King Solomon, 17 and one of them said:

Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. Not long ago my baby was born at home, 18 and three days later her baby was born. Nobody else was there with us.

19 One night while we were all asleep, she rolled over on her baby, and he died. 20 Then while I was still asleep, she got up and took my son out of my bed. She put him in her bed, then she put her dead baby next to me.

21 In the morning when I got up to feed my son, I saw that he was dead. But when I looked at him in the light, I knew he wasnt my son.

22 No! the other woman shouted. He was your son. My baby is alive!

The dead baby is yours, the first woman yelled. Mine is alive!

They argued back and forth in front of Solomon, 23 until finally he said, Both of you say this live baby is yours. 24 Someone bring me a sword.

A sword was brought, and Solomon ordered, 25 Cut the baby in half! That way each of you can have part of him.

26 Please dont kill my son, the babys mother screamed. Your Majesty, I love him very much, but give him to her. Just dont kill him.

The other woman shouted, Go ahead and cut him in half. Then neither of us will have the baby.

27 Solomon said, Dont kill the baby. Then he pointed to the first woman, She is his real mother. Give the baby to her.

28 Everyone in Israel was amazed when they heard how Solomon had made his decision. They realized that God had given him wisdom to judge fairly.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 07:19:48 PM
Everything you want is as a result of the fact that you think you are a human being....what if you are more...what would you want?‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 07:20:17 PM
I am sorry I couldn't help us, but that is what happens when our entire relationship was laced with untruth. I don't even know who we were.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2014, 07:21:55 PM
Out of our team of 25 people, I am connectedness at the highest level of 5, the next closest person is a 3.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:01:47 PM
Confidence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQutReRyF70&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQutReRyF70&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:02:54 PM
Failure.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__V6z-ZzDRU&index=7&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__V6z-ZzDRU&index=7&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:03:48 PM
Courage.

If you're not courageous enough to take risk, you will accomplish nothing in this life. - Muhammad Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskfUWDO5AU&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskfUWDO5AU&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:06:59 PM
Perseverance.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcv7U8juFOg&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcv7U8juFOg&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:29:05 PM
I know I am in love when I don't want to sleep, because my life is better than a dream.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5-6W_h3-o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5-6W_h3-o)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:30:44 PM
There are two kinds of failure: Those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. - Lawrence J Peter.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 12, 2014, 06:36:51 PM
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare...It is because we do not dare that things are difficult. - Seneca
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 10:28:55 AM
When the body suffers and weakens, the soul and the mind strengthens get stronger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 10:30:56 AM
Keep a memory of me, not of the half enlighten being or someone on an amazing journey to the stars, but as a man fallable and flawed. - adapted from Beowulf
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 11:01:38 AM
Love Jason Segel, from How I met your mother.


https://screen.yahoo.com/jason-segel-muppets-monologue-000000113.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 11:05:16 AM
Jonah Hill....


https://screen.yahoo.com/snl-monologues/jonah-hill-monologue-082210620.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 11:06:07 AM
Jim Parsons...


https://screen.yahoo.com/snl-monologues/jim-parsons-monologue-075825028.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 12:58:53 PM
Bob Procter.....

"Thought waves are cosmic waves that penetrate all time and space."  - Bob Procter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MulLAfffQoQ&list=PL2E27A774527CAA92 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MulLAfffQoQ&list=PL2E27A774527CAA92)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 09:10:52 PM
I still think you are truly amazingly talented.  Wished we could have met, built trust, and I would have gotten to know and you me too.  You would have found out that I could have saved you.

You invested so much in me, for your own good, I wish you hadn't thrown it away the next day. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2014, 09:39:45 PM
Because the manager is compensated with a profits interest in the fund, the bulk of its income from the fund is taxed, not as compensation for services, but as a return on investment. Typically, when a partner receives a profits interest (commonly referred to as a "carried interest"), the partner is not taxed upon receipt, due to the difficulty of ascertaining the present value of an interest in future profits.[5] Instead, the partner is taxed as the partnership earns income. In the case of a hedge fund, this means that the partner defers taxation on the income that the hedge fund earns, which is typically ordinary income (or possibly short-term capital gains), due to the nature of the investments most hedge funds make. Private equity funds, however, typically invest on a longer horizon, with the result that income earned by the funds is long-term capital gain, taxable to individuals at a maximum 20% rate. Because the 20% profits share typically is the bulk of the managers compensation, and because this compensation can reach, in the case of the most successful funds, enormous figures, concern has been raised, both in Congress and in the media, that managers are taking advantage of tax loopholes to receive what is effectively a salary without paying the ordinary 39.6% marginal income tax rates that an average person would have to pay on such income.[4] To address this concern, Congressman Sander M. Levin introduced H.R. 2834, which would eliminate the ability of persons performing investment adviser or similar services to partnerships to receive capital gains tax treatment on their income.[6] However, the Treasury Department has suggested, both in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee[7] and in public speaking engagements,[8] that altering the tax treatment of a single industry raises tax policy concerns, and that changing the way partnerships in general are taxed is something that should only be done after careful consideration of the potential impact.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2014, 06:55:39 PM
Never borrow your friends money, but give it to them.   - Oprah Winfrey
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2014, 09:03:25 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/hedge-fund-tax-loophole-is-outrageous-2012-1 (http://www.businessinsider.com/hedge-fund-tax-loophole-is-outrageous-2012-1)

Carried Interest, instead of fees.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2014, 09:05:06 PM
http://www.nationalmemo.com/its-time-to-get-rid-of-americas-most-indefensible-tax-break/ (http://www.nationalmemo.com/its-time-to-get-rid-of-americas-most-indefensible-tax-break/)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2014, 05:13:00 PM
Can you give me some $$$? hehe  how are you tonight?

That's if, if I have some money....The money ran out a long time ago.  That is why I ran out of friends too. :)

I think you need some food, instead.

I am doing very good and you?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2014, 05:21:15 PM
Sad that people only know you when you can help them out.  :'( I guess, its good to be poor so no one depend on you or bother you. I am doing well. Nice day with a slight breeze. Are you at home?

I am home studying..  I am just kidding about the money and the friendship.  Don't be so sad.  Yes it is a very nice day, and I hear tomorrow will even be nicer.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2014, 06:13:18 PM
Just know that I don't care if you don't have a penny to your name, I would still be your friend. lol I have not watch the news yet.... I've been so out of these days.

I didn't watch the news either.....I actually went online for a five day forecast. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2014, 09:56:16 PM
Lately, I am reminded of this quote:

An insincere friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an insincere friend will wound your heart and your mind. - The Buddha.

I should not have taken this warning too lightly.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2014, 09:58:28 PM
Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to create good karmic actions tonight.  I know I am good, and thank you for the opportunity to demonstrate it, because I needed it. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2014, 10:23:15 PM
Red Flag....Funny


https://screen.yahoo.com/red-flag-000000452.html

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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2014, 10:24:43 PM
Laser Cats 7, with Steven Spielberg


https://screen.yahoo.com/digital-short-laser-cats-7-000000999.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2014, 10:45:35 PM
We both are were stuck in Karma fluctuations.. ..karma cannot be stopped with force, but like anything with understanding. ....It will stop, because nothing good will come from further karma fluctuations between us.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2014, 10:45:58 PM
If we go, let's all die on our feet and on the field, not on our knees and in the stand watching.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2014, 10:46:30 PM
Should I paint it in the sky for you...that dwelling on your past will destroy your future.?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2014, 10:47:04 PM
What is a good indication of a good and decent human being.....havi ng awesome and empowered kids.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:21:12 PM
The reason we'll win for decades or 100 years to come is that human emotions are much stronger than reason and logic in the short run......It is part of our subconscious mind.‏

Through each day in the market, we capture the difference.  When I really think about it, that is what all the great investors and traders do anyway.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:22:30 PM
People do not die of old age or sickness , but of shame.....or they ran out of ideas and reasons for living.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:22:56 PM
My view of life is very clear and it all rests on love and kindness...and it will stay that way for the rest of my life.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:24:25 PM
There is a balance in nature and in life that cannot be easily......ov ercome and if overcame will have repercussions down the road which we did not expect or want, because we would destroyed the balance in nature, our reason to live.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:27:27 PM
Thank you to my beautiful strong warrior for inviting me to Northrop Auditorium to see Condaleezza Rice speak.  Thank you to Condaleezza Rice for taking your time to stop by and emphasizing the next civil rights movement.  Hopefully maybe I can find a purpose out of your enlightening talk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:30:34 PM
Anyone ever taken the Strength Finder......

Out of the four themes that was given to us (I am not sure if there's more).

I am the only one who was 5 on the Impacting Theme, the next closest in our group of 30, was a 3.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 07:32:23 PM
Yesterday, I saw a play....called 'The Shadow War' about the Hmong Secret War in Laos.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/581017 (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/581017)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 09:02:10 PM
Only a man whos been defeated can come up with the extra ounce of energy it takes to win. Muhammad Ali
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 17, 2014, 09:05:57 PM
Ask yourself, "what kind of person am I becoming because of this relationship?" - Les Brown
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 06:17:57 AM

I see.. are we expecting any rain this week? I want to go walking again... when the weather is nice.

Haven't you heard of?  "Do not wait for the storm to pass, but learn to dance in the rain."
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 07:20:58 AM
Have you ever wanted to be one of the best in the world at something?

If nothing comes to your mind for now....be a world class person.

I do and I know what that is.....no it's no free solo climbing, but that is only an aspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1jwwagtaQ)

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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 10:49:19 AM
Since it's divided we stand, and united we fall:

Beautiful warrior, on your exciting and awesome journey to the stars, have an amazing time away from me. Your peace, happiness, and laughter will be in my thoughts always.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 10:53:17 AM
A video from my sister this morning....Tha nk you loving me enough to cut me down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8xvw0cgw0#t=35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8xvw0cgw0#t=35)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 10:55:51 AM
Persistence: My amazing journey to the stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3C9SP8xRE&index=4&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ3C9SP8xRE&index=4&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 11:14:55 AM
Adam Hewison: 10 Golden Rules of Trading.

1.   You must have a game plan
2.   Follow the game plan
3.   Stop losses
4.   Diversifying in markets that arent correlated
5.   Filter your trades an edge, capture the big moves
6.   Trade with the trend, we trade with that and the emotions of the market
7.   Do not listen to the news, just pay attention to what the market itself is doing at that moment.
8.   Do not listen to your brokers
9.   Money management
10.   Discipline, all we do is discipline to our game plan
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 11:16:33 AM

A video from my sister this morning....Tha nk you loving me enough to cut me down.

Willing to accept and seek corrections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8xvw0cgw0#t=35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8xvw0cgw0#t=35)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 11:19:29 AM
Partake and enjoy the abundant feast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV2YlnbXgAs&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV2YlnbXgAs&feature=youtu.be)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 12:04:10 PM
A thousand candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shorten. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 18, 2014, 12:27:07 PM
Thank you to a stranger, Kathy, I met for allowing me the opportunity to help you.  I hope you are having an awesome day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:24:32 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwqdA7_4lo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwqdA7_4lo)

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:29:37 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM)

"A Horse With No Name"

On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After nine days I let the horse run free
'Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
there was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with it's life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Horse_with_No_Name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Horse_with_No_Name)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:35:54 AM
Do not ever become emotionally desperate for someone or take advantage of someone else' emotional desperation... .
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:36:44 AM
Everyone wants to become legit....just be legit in the first place.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:44:28 AM
The Yoda Effect:

Luke Skywalker, "I can't believe it."

Yoda, "That is why you fail."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EwcYwax4Oo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EwcYwax4Oo)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:46:55 AM
The Butterfly Effect: The little butterfly from your past that I asked you to not bring into our relationship, flapped its wing....in time it brew and grew into a storm, and here we are.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2014, 08:50:15 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXTa8taaNvI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXTa8taaNvI)

Elton John's music on my mind today:  I guess that's why they call it the blue.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 20, 2014, 07:36:31 PM
Do not completely track people's communication, but their course of actions.  Their communication could contain beautify lies, while their actions dictates what is in their hearts.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 20, 2014, 09:11:45 PM
Make people feel good for having met you, and do not take advantage of their emotional desperation.

Do not become desperate, or I will be taken advantage of, always maintain my internal calm.  Don't let anyone put me in a bind.

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Post by: Ajax616 on April 20, 2014, 09:12:15 PM
The more you say no, the more they want it. - From American Hustle.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 20, 2014, 09:33:37 PM
Thank you to my beautiful and handsome warriors for running with me today.  Thank you to my big beautiful warrior for taking charge and running yesterday with your sister and then again with me in the evening.  You make me proud every day.  I get high watching you become a wise and strong human being and also watching your amazing journey to the stars.

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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 04:08:46 PM
 Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road

Gudo was the emperor's teacher of his time. Nevertheless, he used to travel alone as a wandering mendicant. Once when he was on his way to Edo, the cultural and political center of the shogunate, he approached a little village named Takenaka. It was evening and a heavy rain was falling. Gudo was thoroughly wet. His straw sandals were in pieces. At a farmhouse near the village he noticed four or five pairs of sandals in the window and decided to buy some dry ones.

The woman who offered him the sandals, seeing how wet he was, invited him in to remain for the night in her home. Gudo accepted, thanking her. He entered and recited a sutra before the family shrine. He was then introduced to the women's mother, and to her children. Observing that the entire family was depressed, Gudo asked what was wrong.

"My husband is a gambler and a drunkard," the housewife told him. "When he happens to win he drinks and becomes abusive. When he loses he borrows money from others. Sometimes when he becomes thoroughly drunk he does not come home at all. What can I do?"

"I will help him," said Gudo. "Here is some money. Get me a gallon of fine wine and something good to eat. Then you may retire. I will meditate before the shrine."

When the man of the house returned about midnight, quite drunk, he bellowed: "Hey, wife, I am home. Have you something for me to eat?"

"I have something for you," said Gudo. "I happened to be caught in the rain and your wife kindly asked me to remain here for the night. In return I have bought some wine and fish, so you might as well have them."

The man was delighted. He drank the wine at once and laid himself down on the floor. Gudo sat in meditation beside him.

In the morning when the husband awoke he had forgotten about the previous night. "Who are you? Where do you come from?" he asked Gudo, who was still meditating.

"I am Gudo of Kyoto and I am going on to Edo," replied the Zen master.

The man was utterly ashamed. He apologized profusely to the teacher of his emperor.

Gudo smiled. "Everything in this life is impermanent," he explained. "Life is very brief. If you keep on gambling and drinking, you will have no time left to accomplish anything else, and you will cause your family to suffer too."

The perception of the husband awoke as if from a dream. "You are right," he declared. "How can I ever repay you for this wonderful teaching! Let me see you off and carry your things a little way."

"If you wish," assented Gudo.

The two started out. After they had gone three miles Gudo told him to return. "Just another five miles," he begged Gudo. They continued on.

"You may return now," suggested Gudo.

"After another ten miles," the man replied.

"Return now," said Gudo, when the ten miles had been passed.

"I am going to follow you all the rest of my life," declared the man.

Modern Zen teachings in Japan spring from the lineage of a famous master who was the successor of Gudo. His name was Mu-nan, the man who never turned back.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 04:16:14 PM
Sidartha,

I think one of your greatest attribute is your generosity. Thank you for sharing your awesome insight of awakening.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 05:19:57 PM
The True Destination in life is the becoming of a confident, kind, and empowered individual.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 06:11:09 PM
Sometimes I think you're afraid of me, because you think I would take away your freedom.  If only you realize that it is my intention to truly give you your freedom.  Freedom cannot be taken, but only achieved through understanding.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 06:13:10 PM
Something borrowed Flashback and Rejection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3OGivKM-6M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3OGivKM-6M)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 08:29:05 PM
Life is not define by the number of breaths that we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away. - XXXXXXXX
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 08:31:21 PM
Emotional decisions are reckless (WOW).....that is what I have been learning so far.  Emotions has to be a slave to reason and logic, or else the consequences will be disastrous.  Charge your emotions to be in sync to reason and logic.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 08:53:39 PM
Musashi VS Demon of the western provinces

Muhammad Ali VS George Foreman

Me VS the stock market


Well thought out strategies and its executions wins.  Emotional decisions, no matter how strong it seem or good intention, loses.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 09:00:12 PM
Something borrowed:  First Love Confession.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkurfHbLXH4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkurfHbLXH4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 09:14:42 PM
Matt Foley in Prison

https://screen.yahoo.com/matt-foley-motivational-speaker-snl-skits/matt-foley-prison-000000871.html
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2014, 09:19:27 PM
Buddha's Goal: Ultimate freedom and benefit all living beings.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 22, 2014, 04:44:43 PM
Confidence makes things come true:  Thank you Mxxxx for showing me that, when the Easter Bunny showed up.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 22, 2014, 09:48:18 PM
I am learning so much from my study of the market....and I am thinking that I need to turn that inquisitive mind inward on my failure of the last two relationship.  Part of the failure is my inability to properly do what I should have done, until it's too late.

X, I should not have dug that one up.  That one was best left alone as it was.  I dug that one up to deal with Y.
Y, Two lies and I should have been gone.  Untruth creates too much gap in reality and expectations, a painful gap.
 
As with the market, use reason and logic to guide my actions and at the same time, never break a rule of love and kindness and of the ways of life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2014, 05:46:33 PM
I am wrong, because I destroyed too much on my way out.....I have to preserve what is worth preserving.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2014, 05:47:21 PM
I need to overcome such silly situations as the one last time by walking away......walk ing away.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2014, 05:48:56 PM
Hey you....why is life so hard and difficult....."It's because I can't do what I need to do, due to the fact I wanted an easy life."‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2014, 05:49:26 PM
People who live in fear and darkness only understand fear and darkness, that is why they need protection.... live in the light and nothing will harm you.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2014, 07:23:42 PM
I live in the world of "I can"

I live in the world of "I will give"

I have no excuses to fail from within.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2014, 09:47:29 PM
There is no failure in life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__V6z-ZzDRU&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60&index=7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__V6z-ZzDRU&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60&index=7)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2014, 04:47:51 PM
I pulled something - from Something Borrowed


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxjQ6E0Bu4c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxjQ6E0Bu4c)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2014, 08:35:50 PM
I hardly regret much, because I am too busy thinking about today and tomorrow, but my few regrets are not showing enough kindness and not using enough of my mind to end unpleasant friendships.

I have to learn to be better when walking away to walk away with kindness and dignity, doesn't matter how bad the other has been.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2014, 08:58:05 PM
Guardians of the Galaxy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3isCLVghoI&list=PL8F29888A9D718594 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3isCLVghoI&list=PL8F29888A9D718594)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2014, 09:13:54 PM
Thank you for my continue growth and understanding in the stock market.  It is all making so much sense to me now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2014, 09:36:04 PM
I started watching this show while flying back and forth between Dallas and  Minneapolis.  Now I finally met the mother.

http://www.cbs.com/shows/how_i_met_your_mother/video/eIyUVM06lfYl5givPuYutzDDDq3wkTwV/how-i-met-your-mother-last-forever-parts-one-and-two/ (http://www.cbs.com/shows/how_i_met_your_mother/video/eIyUVM06lfYl5givPuYutzDDDq3wkTwV/how-i-met-your-mother-last-forever-parts-one-and-two/)

And I just learned that all this time that he's telling the story the mother has been gone for 6 years now. :(
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 24, 2014, 09:44:32 PM
Tell them why gut feel is wrong.....buyi ng on dips and selling into rallies.‏  It's a poor excuse for lacking a complete strategy for entry....and for exit too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:07:23 PM
I knew I was the greatest even before I became the greatest - Muhammad Ali
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:11:12 PM
All our problems stem from the fact that we are not doing or cannot bring ourselves to do what we should do and accept doing what everyone else is doing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:11:33 PM
How do you know when you are full?‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:12:14 PM
JNPR be more aggressive? Because TGT entry was lower?‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:13:25 PM
It's not how good you are that matters....it's people's perception of how good you are that matters. We are all colored or blinded by our misguided perception.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:13:44 PM
My biggest regret regarding you is that I did not have the wisdom to stop a thief from stealing her future away.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:14:01 PM
Once an entry gets trigger, the order will mostly be filled too.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:14:43 PM
Lesson from Walden.....you can do whatever you want as long as it makes sense to you.‏  Or even change your mind later.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:15:26 PM
Suffering...th e suffering is internal (heart and mind) and not external (physical world). solve it inside and you will solve it outside with ease.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 25, 2014, 08:18:40 PM
This is so much more funny in the theater


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevoRUakA88 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevoRUakA88)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 26, 2014, 09:43:31 AM
Re: The Scorpion and the Frog:

Believe it or not, I am trying to learn to be a better man out of this.  I have so much time now to study the market, thank you for that, and I am reflecting on it and actually asking what I can do or how I can be better.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 26, 2014, 02:52:49 PM
The Turbulence of going up - by Les Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttCafmyrY84&list=PL0D1ED2508404C02C (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttCafmyrY84&list=PL0D1ED2508404C02C)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 27, 2014, 10:25:33 AM
Dare and the World yields, or it it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. - William Makepeace Thackery
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 27, 2014, 03:24:48 PM
DARE:

Great results require great ambitions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 27, 2014, 03:37:24 PM
"If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it,
to work day and night for it,
to give up your time, your peace and your sleep for it......

If all that you dream and scheme is about it,
and life seems useless and worthless without it....

If you glad sweat for it and fret for it and plan for it,
and lose all your terror of the opposition for it....

If you simply go after that thing you want,
with all of your capacity, strength and sagacity,
faith, hope and confidence and stern pertinacity... .

If neither cold, poverty, famine, nor gout,
sickness nor pain, of body and brain,
can keep you away from the thing that you want...

If dogged and grim, you beseech and beset it,
with the help of God, you will get it!"

- Les Brown
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 27, 2014, 07:33:08 PM
I wish you and I could watch Cosmos together so that we could come to the understanding of where we came from, discover our beginning together so that we would have the same understanding  of where we are going, together.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 27, 2014, 10:02:00 PM
To L,

I think you are very strong and getting stronger with each day.  Thank you for running with me in the rain today. I hope you embrace new things and new understanding and continue to grow each day.  You are one of the kindest person I have ever met.  You are such a beautiful person that sometimes I find it hard to imagine that you do not know how beautiful you are, and it almost makes me laugh.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2014, 04:39:28 PM
When someone cries.....some thing inside dies and something else, that will not make them cry, is born.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2014, 04:41:06 PM
Patterns may change, like the January effect, but the essence of our trading strategy will not change......as long as people make trading decisions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2014, 04:42:25 PM
I think the reason that I am feeling a little low is that sometimes I forget "Silence is Golden."  Let it stay inside, if its wonderful.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2014, 04:43:06 PM
Could it be as easily as power corrupting a woman's mind.....if you want to test someone give them power?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2014, 04:43:29 PM
Religion tries to create both the sickness and the cure at the same time.....creat ing a suffering that can be met through a given cure, theirs.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2014, 04:44:34 PM
It, being wonderful, will only exist in my heart, because that is where it counts the most. To say it, will easily bring in the EGO.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2014, 04:50:07 PM
Define OEXT for different VIX situations, an error on the side with VIX.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2014, 05:01:17 PM
"If we could bring ourselves to state the truth about a situation, then as the old saying goes....the truth shall set us free." - Jim Rohn

The truth was that it really, for lack of a better word, sucked.  That is why it is no longer here.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2014, 08:41:17 PM
Soft landings is best, as the FED would say.  That was a hard landing, but regardless a landing. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2014, 08:43:50 PM
I will have made it as a world class trader when I am able to execute my trading plan and allow the market to judge my trades, without interference or expectations.‏ As Stephen Cohen would say, trade my theory and let the market tell me if I am right or wrong.  Then complete accept all results.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2014, 08:45:40 PM
The person that will come into my life will be special and I will not settle for less than that. She will challenge me to be better person and stronger person.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 30, 2014, 09:14:39 PM
Mark Douglas:

1. Anything can happen
2. You don't need to know what is going to happen next in order to make money
3. There is a random distribution between wins and losses for any given set of variables that define an edge
4. An edge is nothing more than an indication of a higher probability of one thing happening over another
5. Every moment in the market is unique
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2014, 08:33:13 PM
With people who lies, there's no need to ask for the truth, because there isn't any truth, but it is best for everyone, to walk away immediately.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 01, 2014, 08:33:26 PM
Mark Douglas: Rigid Rules and Flexible Expectations
The best traders have evolve to the point where
they believe, without a shred of doubt or internal
conflict, that Anything can happen.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 08:20:24 PM
While having lunch with my daughter, my fortune cookie read "The current year will bring you much happiness."
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 08:27:53 PM
Thank you to my beautiful strong warriors for an awesome and challenging time this weekend.  You're all so strong and smart, and it makes me proud.  Thank you and have a wonderful week.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 08:29:45 PM
How to not get your a$$ kicked by the police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQDvYOt_iA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQDvYOt_iA)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 08:50:19 PM
Chris Rock: White girls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dVc2btTSQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3dVc2btTSQ)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 08:53:41 PM
"Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche

That is why my methodology will work for the next 100 years and beyond.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 09:07:26 PM
Invictus

 
     Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2014, 09:07:37 PM
Quotes of the day:

"We have to serve ourselves many years before we gain our own confidence."   - Henry S. Haskins

"The Keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities." - Sophocles

"Everyone is perfectly willing to learn from unpleasant experience-if only the damage of the first lesson could be repaired." - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

"A loving person lives in a loving world.  A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror." - Ken Keyes Jr.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 05, 2014, 04:38:33 PM
Only a man who's been defeated can come up with the extra ounce of energy it takes to win......The story of Genghis Khan's triumph over his long friend and rival.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 05, 2014, 08:35:24 PM
Your heart can only be strengthen through falling or failing.....th at is a law of life. Do not seek comfort, but challenges every day.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 05, 2014, 08:36:04 PM
The way to peace and true happiness is through clarity and honesty and even if you fail to find happiness, the happiness will be in your heart knowing that you were honest and clear.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 05, 2014, 08:38:41 PM
This song came to my head today at work, and I was thinking, "could sweet pure physical love be a thing of the past for me?‏" 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjS0pzH1r24 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjS0pzH1r24)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 05, 2014, 08:46:02 PM
A co-worker told me today, a beautiful co-worker, that finding your soulmate is like finding a great pair of shoes.  It may not look much on the outside, but it feels totally comfortable.  She got it from a Korean Drama.  Then I thought of my Bruno Magli shoe that I fell in love with.  It was beautiful and stylish.  It had buckles and everything, unfortunately it was a size seven and a half, and sometimes 8 is tight for me.  I love to wear to it, but I know I was going to be in pain for the next 4-5 hours.  I finally got tired of looking at it and hoping that one day, it would "break in" and be comfortable, so I donated it.  Good bye to my Bruno Magli, I don't think I have thought about it much since.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 05, 2014, 08:48:25 PM
Dr. Doom:

This guys has the funniest nick name on Wall Street.....He finally turn bullish on the global economy.  Now that is scary.  I don't know why anyone would invest with him at all.


http://www.cnbc.com/id/101305199 (http://www.cnbc.com/id/101305199)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 06, 2014, 04:17:43 PM
People are so beautiful. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 06, 2014, 09:58:53 PM
My recent study from yesterday shows.....go with the trend.  The counter trend plays (P3) are really a waste of time and interfere with more productive patterns.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2014, 08:05:24 PM
The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart. - The Buddha

Add desire to it too, and there lies my failure.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2014, 08:19:28 PM
Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yut9qPyT9jE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yut9qPyT9jE)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2014, 08:21:07 PM
There are only two mistakes one can make on the road to the truth, not going all the way, and not starting at all. - The Buddha.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 08, 2014, 05:40:59 PM
Confidence makes things happen, and is also contagious.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 08, 2014, 09:50:01 PM
I am getting rid of P3 because

1. It is a waste of capital.  The positions result in zero profits.
2. It is an indication of wanting to call the bottom or top
3. I rather leave the capital to trade more profitable trades.
4. I have done my study and it is no longer needed in my patterns.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 08, 2014, 09:54:34 PM
While Studying the market:

I am reminded of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's take on success and failures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__V6z-ZzDRU&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60&index=7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__V6z-ZzDRU&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60&index=7)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2014, 09:51:43 PM
Why did I change my system:

1.  It is not trading with the trend...I am shorting too much and looking too much for shorts in a rising MKT.  I am not making the best use of the low VIX.
2. My Longs were highly profitable, and I am 60% short in this MKT.. Against VIX and MKT.
3.  It is more simple to use.  All the MA and S&R will be adjusted by VIX, not by me.
4.  It will be more useful when comes time to short as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2014, 09:54:47 PM
xxx xxx xxx,
Do you know that I love you

...
...
...
...
You are so fine
Like the Sunshine
Or like the sand
In a far away land
You're like a shining star,
Except you're very close to me, not far.

Thank you for the beautiful poem (from a long time ago), and I am glad you got your miss-understanding cleared up.

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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2014, 09:56:16 PM
Nyob zoo tus phoojywg. How are you liking the rain?

I love the rain...my daughter and I were walking around Lake Calhoun yesterday, and we got caught in the rain, but we took our time walking through it.

What about you?
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2014, 09:56:46 PM
Thank you to my beautiful strong warrior for spending the weekend with me.  You are so patient, kind and wise.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2014, 05:40:26 PM
I finally realized why today, why I was wrong.  I was wrong, because I was lacking the higher truth of kindness. I was acting on values and beliefs that I will always hold on to, but they are very distant second to the truth of kindness.  That is why I failed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2014, 05:42:13 PM
Put in Extra-ordinary efforts in life, and think and put in extra-ordinary efforts again, and sooner or later you will get extra-ordinary results.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2014, 05:42:54 PM
In the long run, wisdom can guide us for a happy life, but we can't live on wisdom alone.  That is why I will invite the queen of diamond back into my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2014, 05:43:43 PM
Why did I change my model? Because I want to capture the VIX and trade with trend of the MKT....instead of anticipating reversals.‏

It's a lot more simpler now, I am looking forward to implementing it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2014, 08:06:32 PM
Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone
It's a lonelier place
I kiss the morning goodbye...
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
I have:

1. Included 100 MA and gave it twice 40 MA, because it sends a signal where the trend is going.
2. Include .6*VIX (S&D) because I believe that it increase the influence on the MA and should be included.
3. Taken away OEXT - because it is still calling tops and bottoms.  Something, I want to stay away from.
4. Taken away TOBB, because it is too hard too define, and adds confusion to the importance of the trend.
5. Increase the Support and decrease resistance, because trending stocks will not need resistance.
5. Made OEXT a function of 60/40 S&R and BB, because they define the true range.  Made S&R 70%, because it's more stable
6. All prior changes were to MKT Criteria.  Stock remains the same, including a 90 S&R.
7. Changes 1-5 were made to simplify MKT criteria and stay with trend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2014, 08:47:10 PM
Truth of kindness is greater than truth of honesty, although I will always hold honesty very close.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2014, 08:57:16 PM
"A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 14, 2014, 05:35:45 AM
How do I know that I am right on my patterns?

Because even my shorts make money in this environment.

How do I know that I am wrong on my market criteria?

Because I am generating too many shorts in this market environment.

I want to make the adjustment so that my market criteria is more MKT FRIENDLY, with reason, logic, and commonsense, and without going over board.

My aim is to trade with:
1. The Emotion content of the market
2. The Trend of the market
3. and with my Stock Patterns (p1-p2, s1-s2)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 14, 2014, 06:10:41 AM
I have:

1. Included 100 MA and gave it twice 40 MA, because it sends a signal where the trend is going.
2. Include .6*VIX (S&D) because I believe that it increase the influence on the MA and should be included.
3. Taken away OEXT - because it is still calling tops and bottoms.  Something, I want to stay away from.
4. Taken away TOBB, because it is too hard too define, and adds confusion to the importance of the trend.
5. Increase the Support and decrease resistance, because trending stocks will not need resistance.
5. Made OEXT a function of 60/40 S&R and BB, because they define the true range.  Made S&R 70%, because it's more stable
6. All prior changes were to MKT Criteria.  Stock remains the same, including a 90 S&R.
7. Changes 1-5 were made to simplify MKT criteria and stay with trend.

1.  I am uncapping S&R, because I do not need a double break, BB is already breaking it for me.
     a.  This will allow me to stay with the trend better, and will value the trend and instead of trying to predict it's end.
2.  I am no longer using .6*VIX(S&D) for now, because it will double up on MKT Criteria.  I am already adding VIX(S&D) to my MKT value, there's no need to double up.
3.  I am still dfinitely including 100 MA, because that is going with the trend.
4.  I am using OEXT, because it's easy to understanding.
5.  I am using RC, because it's a strong quality that I want to see and use.
6.  The Stock Criteria remains the same, because it is working, even the shorts make money.  It remains the same too, because stocks will fluctuate more than the MKT when it trends.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 14, 2014, 06:26:38 AM
1.  I am uncapping S&R, because I do not need a double break, BB is already breaking it for me.
     a.  This will allow me to stay with the trend better, and will value the trend and instead of trying to predict it's end.
2.  I am no longer using .6*VIX(S&D) for now, because it will double up on MKT Criteria.  I am already adding VIX(S&D) to my MKT value, there's no need to double up.
3.  I am still dfinitely including 100 MA, because that is going with the trend.
4.  I am using OEXT, because it's easy to understanding.
5.  I am using RC, because it's a strong quality that I want to see and use.
6.  The Stock Criteria remains the same, because it is working, even the shorts make money.  It remains the same too, because stocks will fluctuate more than the MKT when it trends.

The MKT Criteria and OEXT Range, will determine when I enter a trade or not.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 14, 2014, 06:44:30 AM
Authenticity is always in style, it never left. - From a Swiss Watch commercial.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 14, 2014, 10:36:43 PM
Thank you for a beautiful day of volunteering work with wonderful co-workers and out to dinner with my awesome kids.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 15, 2014, 04:41:46 PM
You will see how beautiful the world is when you open to love and kindness and the world of I can....‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 15, 2014, 06:45:31 PM
BB's portion of OEXT is highly volatile.....i t may be too much to handle.

100 MA => 80 MA, 100 takes too long to turn.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2014, 11:21:23 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4FbRl1Lms4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4FbRl1Lms4)

Amanda
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2014, 11:22:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS9Qmgk4aR0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS9Qmgk4aR0)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2014, 11:43:59 AM
How to design your destiny - Brendon Burchard

Thank you....

We get three things all the time, and the question is what will we do with them.
1. Struggles and suffering - How will I define myself during these moments?
2. Good things
3. Love and lost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjEMRNGApBk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjEMRNGApBk)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2014, 04:49:58 PM
How about you?

I wrote it because it's for me too.  I am still learning to be a better person everyday.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2014, 05:46:08 PM
Out of the trails in this life, there is one that matters most, the trail of a true human being.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTc0o-S7tgQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTc0o-S7tgQ)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 19, 2014, 09:01:53 PM
I have been thinking lately on KINDNESS, in all situations.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 20, 2014, 06:27:57 PM
THV, I am amazed every time I meet you.  Thank you for being a wonderful, kind, and strong person, all in one, and showing that love and kindness is the way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 20, 2014, 06:37:29 PM
Why is the rabbit not afraid of the panther?
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 20, 2014, 06:53:58 PM
Trust is the foundation for all relationships. ..without it don't bother with the relationship at all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 21, 2014, 05:05:02 PM
His motto, he told Guinness World Records, is that one should "always pursue what one loves and is passionate about." - Alexander Imich
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 23, 2014, 12:01:22 PM
People are so beautiful, kind, and loving.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 24, 2014, 06:58:53 AM
Given that you can correct anything in your life, what is it that you want to do right now?
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 24, 2014, 10:21:39 AM
Matsuo Bash: Frog Haiku

The ancient pond
A frog leaps in
The sound of the water.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 24, 2014, 10:25:15 AM
Old Pond is Bash's most famous poem. The speaker of this haikai is a person sitting by an old pond listening to the sound the water makes as a frog jumps in. An old pond is usually a quiet place where one can relax without the worry of much sound. By saying it is an "old pond" in line one, Bash suggests that the water is completely still to begin with, and that the frog leaping in causes the speaker to focus on the sudden splash. In line two, Bash states that "a frog jumps in". A frog in Japan is a symbol of the spring, so by this he indicates the approximate time of year. Line three, "the sound of water", indirectly implies a surrounding silence simply because the speaker is able to hear the sound clearly. This obviously indicates that there is hardly any noise in the background.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 24, 2014, 10:36:46 AM
Literal
Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)
(Fumiko Saisho)

Figurative (various)
The old pond;
A frog jumps in
The sound of the water.
(Robert Aitken)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2014, 12:44:30 PM
What is meant by "As long as grass grows and waters flow"
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 26, 2014, 09:46:47 AM
Not all. If that was the case this world would be paradise.

This world is paradise and heaven all combined.  Do not think otherwise, because you will create that reality too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2014, 04:04:12 PM
Everything is perception.... .including the concept of exiting Samsara.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2014, 10:06:06 PM
Sarah,

When are you going to make your decision to come here and go on exciting journey with me?

Because I get the feeling that you are seriously considering it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2014, 10:18:27 PM
I believe the changes that I made to my trading plan has brought me closer to where I want to be, if not there already.  Thank you to reviews and studying the plan over time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2014, 04:33:07 PM
I finally get it when they say, "If you commit a sin, you are condemned to Hell."
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2014, 04:36:53 PM
Today, I had a really strong urge to write a book.......and then somewhere in the afternoon, it went away. "To Infinity and Beyond."
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2014, 09:36:35 PM
LHV, thank you for the dances last week.  I hope you joyous time and successes in whatever you do.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 31, 2014, 09:37:46 PM
From a Txiv Cob Txheeb:  Three things for successful marriage.
1. Ntshai, ntshais tsam yus tus txiv tsis yuav yus
2. Ntshaws, ntshaws kom yus neej zooj
3. Txaj muag, txaj muag rau yus niam yus txiv ib tsam yus lub neej tawg
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 31, 2014, 09:45:11 PM
I better stop flirting with my very hot and (and recently) dressing more sexy co-worker because she's married, before I lose control of my emotions, and use my reason and logic to justify my hijacked emotions.  Thank you J, but I have to back off, because it's not a place I want to go with anyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 01, 2014, 04:21:50 PM
White Elephants

A white elephant symbolizes something no one wantsin this story, the girls unborn child. The girls comment in the beginning of the story that the surrounding hills look like white elephants initially seems to be a casual, offhand remark, but it actually serves as a segue for her and the American to discuss their baby and the possibility of having an abortion. The girl later retracts this comment with the observation that the hills dont really look like white elephants, a subtle hint that perhaps she wants to keep the baby after alla hint the American misses. In fact, she even says that the hills only seemed to look like white elephants at first glance, and that theyre actually quite lovely. Comparing the hillsand, metaphorically, the babyto elephants also recalls the expression the elephant in the room, a euphemism for something painfully obvious that no one wants to discuss.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 01, 2014, 04:53:17 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation." - The last words of the Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2014, 04:23:11 PM
White Elephants

A white elephant symbolizes something no one wantsin this story, the girls unborn child. The girls comment in the beginning of the story that the surrounding hills look like white elephants initially seems to be a casual, offhand remark, but it actually serves as a segue for her and the American to discuss their baby and the possibility of having an abortion. The girl later retracts this comment with the observation that the hills dont really look like white elephants, a subtle hint that perhaps she wants to keep the baby after alla hint the American misses. In fact, she even says that the hills only seemed to look like white elephants at first glance, and that theyre actually quite lovely. Comparing the hillsand, metaphorically, the babyto elephants also recalls the expression the elephant in the room, a euphemism for something painfully obvious that no one wants to discuss.

Do not end up being a white elephant.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2014, 04:23:59 PM
What I learn from my funny adventure with you is this:  Kindness trumps all the other principles, even honesty and clarity.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2014, 04:52:54 PM
I now know what I have to do with you, my beautiful lost friend.  You will help me fulfill my destiny as a good and kind soul.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2014, 04:56:00 PM
All the patterns to life, success, joy, peace and happiness is already in nature and inside of us. There's no need to seek or look for man created toys or dreams, they are so childish compared to nature's ambition.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2014, 06:20:06 PM
Truth: Despite my male pride of pretending that there's none, I still do have a little animosity left to be confessed to and to dissipate away.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2014, 10:48:43 PM
Sometimes we can't see around the corner because we are blinded by our hopes, fears, and desires, which may or may not be real.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2014, 10:49:03 PM
The law of the Universe applies to all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2014, 10:49:20 PM
Angels: What will be left of us is an energy signature independent of our desires and fear conditioned from this world.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2014, 04:43:42 PM
For a woman, maybe love and kindness is even stronger than physical attraction.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2014, 10:22:43 PM
Thank you for saying hello, but we still need further distance of time.  Take care of yourself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2014, 10:33:01 PM
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion for others.....Thi s is what renews humanity. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2014, 11:19:28 AM
Question to me:  Am I happier now than three months ago, six months ago, and/or a year ago?

If so, what has changed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2014, 04:46:22 PM
Hijacked: Emotions overwhelming reason and logic, due to fear, stress or desire.  As a result, actions are no longer controlled by reasons and common sense, but my uncontrollable emotions, and will have exaggerated impact, more frequently negative than positive.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2014, 04:47:02 PM
Reason and logic will save us, because it always makes the right choice, use emotions as slave to reason and logic, not the other way around.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2014, 06:40:00 PM
Hatred (or anger) never ceases hatred (or anger), but only through love, that is the eternal and ancient rule.  - The Buddha

This applies to our relationship as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2014, 06:53:49 PM
You do not need to seek to know the truth out there as long as you know the truth in the heart, because it is what is in the heart that creates the truth out there.  Curiosity will only create disturbances for everyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2014, 06:56:19 PM
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods."[4]

- Horatius
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2014, 07:57:29 PM
Only a fool thinks he can control the temptations in his heart, if he succumbs.  We are all fools, just don't be a fool too many times.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2014, 08:30:08 PM
Remember this:  Your only job in on-going relationships is to make the other person feel good, in all sorts of ways.  If you do that the other person, will move heaven and earth to come to you or stay with you.  If you do not do that, then eventually they will leave.  Trust, honesty, clarity......a ll that will pales in comparison to the power of making the person feel good.  If you complain and put down the relationship, it will evaporate much quicker as well.  It doesn't matter, if you are right or wrong or they are right or wrong.......If you result, then there's only one rule.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 09, 2014, 09:08:16 PM
Suffering is the difference between expectation and reality.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 10, 2014, 06:28:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGYfxnnyIuE&list=PLzGib8vBOqpJSi1GcY3i5n41AfiLbBHSX&index=5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGYfxnnyIuE&list=PLzGib8vBOqpJSi1GcY3i5n41AfiLbBHSX&index=5)

Thank you for your encouragement.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 10, 2014, 06:41:24 PM
May flowers line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you, every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue.
And may gladness fill your heart each day, your whole life through.

 - An Irish Blessing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 01:56:08 PM
My inability to diffuse our situation to a logic conclusion is what I will take from my interesting journey with you.  Thank you for the lesson.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 01:57:22 PM
I know now what it is that I want to be:  Be someone who brings out the best in others, no what the circumstance.  A coach, a life coach, or a very good friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 01:57:59 PM
Be more aggressive with S1 Positions..... .from .5VIX to VIX.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 01:58:43 PM
Tending to my Fears' needs fulfills my life's purpose.

My fear keeps me alert and fresh, I will never want to get rid it, but learn to live in harmony with it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 02:00:38 PM
When do we get to meet God?  When we have no fear left in us, and only what is left is Love, Kindness, and Joy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 02:01:19 PM
You cannot know the strength of your faith, unless its been tested.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2014, 09:30:33 PM
A great leader is when the job is done.....the people says "We did it." - Lao Tzu
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2014, 04:05:51 PM
"When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground." - An African proverb

Thank you Yawg Soob Ntxawg for being a torch bearer for our people's culture and identity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2014, 08:38:25 PM
When two people are shouting at each other from a distance, it is because they are far apart.  When two people are showing at each other at close distance, it is because their hearts are far apart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 18, 2014, 08:19:55 PM
Inner Peace = Perception of reality - Physical Reality + (Return of positive or Negative Karma)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 18, 2014, 08:35:26 PM
I am not disappointed in you, but in me.  You were going to be you and I could have acted better, and that is why I am disappointed in me.  My actions would never have resulted in a better you, but generate more negative karma that would result in a horrible you and me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 18, 2014, 09:35:49 PM
"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination." - Earl Nigtingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 18, 2014, 09:37:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DqsD2s5V8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DqsD2s5V8)

The Strangest Screcet - By Earl Nightingale.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 19, 2014, 08:18:23 PM
WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK ABOUT. - The Budddha, Marcus Aurelis, Earl Nightingale (Law of Nature)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 19, 2014, 08:25:04 PM
As you believe so it shall it be done onto u. - Jesus
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 19, 2014, 08:37:52 PM
You can only enrich yourself by enriching others.   Law of Success by Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 19, 2014, 10:18:47 PM
One Word Problem - Monkey Mind
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 20, 2014, 08:25:30 AM
There's an a negative energy inside of me, because I belittled someone, very tough, who I should not have.  I understand my fault now, so please let the negative energy decay away quickly.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 20, 2014, 08:38:03 AM
Go read your pm.  ;)

Thank you, I have been SLEEPLESS in my HEART waiting for your PM. :)

I will response later when I get home.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 20, 2014, 10:32:22 PM
The Hardest Things To Do in Life are what we all should be doing., because it is hard and can only make us stronger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 01:28:40 PM
I was at a park the other day.  I must have driven by that park dozens of time, but never stropped there.  I decided to stop there with my kids, and we saw a large fallen tree.  It fell because it was rotten on the inside.  The law nature, like gravity, knows no boundary, and is everywhere.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 01:31:19 PM
Men need women, to know they are appreciated and to know that they are loving and kind.

Women, need a good man to lead, because we are ashamed of failures.

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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 03:27:26 PM
I want to raise a strong and kind human being and give him/her to the world.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 03:32:25 PM
"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal." - Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 03:34:32 PM
The Opposite of Courage is not Cowardice, but Conformity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 03:37:57 PM
The Key to Success is having Goals. - Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 03:58:47 PM
The architect of the Universe didn't build a stair leading to no where. - From The Strangest Secret.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 04:00:34 PM
We can achieve nothing without paying the price. - From Sir Isaac Newton
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 04:08:56 PM
Ask and it shall be given. - The Sermon on the Mount
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2014, 04:11:24 PM
Making money is a result of success.
Success in direction proportion to serving others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 04:13:59 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation." - The Buddha

I finally get it now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 04:14:53 PM
I'm up for adoption!  ;D jk Does it take strong parents to raise strong children? ???

No, it just takes wanting strong kids....and then everything else will follow.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 06:12:25 PM
A ship with guidance and a destination, will reach it's goal 99.99% of the time.  Now look at ourselves.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 07:44:29 PM
Yes. I want to set sail. ;) The sea is calling my name.

Write it down, your goals and your destination.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 09:57:24 PM
 29.   No Water, No Moon

When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku she was unable to attain the fruits of meditation for a long time.

At last one moonlit night she was carrying water in an old pail bound with bamboo. The bamboo broke and the bottom fell out of the pail, and at that moment Chiyono was set free!

In commemoration, she wrote a poem:

    In this way and that I tried to save the old pail
    Since the bamboo strip was weakening and about
       to break
    Until at last the bottom fell out.
    No more water in the pail!
    No more moon in the water!
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 09:59:44 PM
No Loving-Kindness

There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. "Go and embrace him," she told her, "and then ask him suddenly: 'What now?'"

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

"An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter," replied the monk somewhat poetically. "Nowhere is there any warmth."

The girl returned and related what he had said.

"To think I fed that fellow for twenty years!" exclaimed the old woman in anger. "He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion."

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 10:01:01 PM
The Giver Should Be Thankful

While Seisetsu was the master of Engaku in Kamakura he required larger quarters, since those in which he was teaching were overcrowded. Umezu Seibei, a merchant of Edo, decided to donate five hundred pieces of gold called ryo toward the construction of a more commodious school. This money he brought to the teacher.

Seisetsu said: "All right. I will take it."

Umezu gave Seisetsu the sack of gold, but he was dissatisfied with the attitude of the teacher. One might live a whole year on three ryo, and the merchant had not even been thanked for five hundred.

"In that sack are five hundred ryo," hinted Umezu.

"You told me that before," replied Seisetsu.

"Even if I am a wealthy merchant, five hundred ryo is a lot of money," said Umezu.

"Do you want me to thank you for it?" asked Seisetsu.

"You ought to," replied Uzemu.

Why should I?" inquired Seisetsu. "The giver should be thankful."
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 10:06:50 PM
A Drop of Water

A Zen master named Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath.

The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over.

"You dunce!" the master scolded him. "Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple?"

The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui, which means a drop of water.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 10:08:19 PM
In Dreamland

"Our schoolmaster used to take a nap every afternoon," related a disciple of Soyen Shaku. "We children asked him why he did it and he told us: 'I go to dreamland to meet the old sages just as Confucius did.' When Confucius slept, he would dream of ancient sages and later tell his followers about them.

"It was extremely hot one day so some of us took a nap. Our schoolmaster scolded us. 'We went to dreamland to meet the ancient sages the same as Confucius did,' we explained. 'What was the message from those sages?' our schoolmaster demanded. One of us replied: 'We went to dreamland and met the sages and asked them if our schoolmaster came there every afternoon, but they said they had never seen any such fellow.'"
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 23, 2014, 10:20:16 PM
The First Principle

When one goes to Obaku temple in Kyoto he sees carved over the gate the words "The First Principle". The letters are unusually large, and those who appreciate calligraphy always admire them as being a mastepiece. They were drawn by Kosen two hundred years ago.

When the master drew them he did so on paper, from which the workmen made the large carving in wood. As Kosen sketched the letters a bold pupil was with him who had made several gallons of ink for the calligraphy and who never failed to criticise his master's work.

"That is not good," he told Kosen after his first effort.

"How is this one?"

"Poor. Worse than before," pronounced the pupil.

Kosen patiently wrote one sheet after another until eighty-four First Principles had accumulated, still without the approval of the pupil.

Then when the young man stepped outside for a few moments, Kosen thought: "Now this is my chance to escape his keen eye," and he wrote hurriedly, with a mind free from distraction: "The First Principle."

"A masterpiece," pronounced the pupil.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 24, 2014, 06:40:54 PM
We become what we think about..... A Law of the Universe according to Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 24, 2014, 09:58:23 PM
Thank you for a day of understanding and such quiet peace today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 07:17:47 AM
How to overcome boredome?  Grow every day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 05:36:46 PM
Create your own new product - Elon Musk and Tesla
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 05:41:44 PM
Jeff Bezos Cares about his customers more than his stock holders.....th at is why he succeeds, being customer focus.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 05:42:49 PM
No matter how much I have been hurt, I will never try to hurt anyone back, because it is useless and meaningless, and can only hurt people starting with me. The most I will do is show kindness and walk away.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 05:44:19 PM
Why do you want Superman's powers so you can fly like a bird?  So you can crush your enemies?  Or so you serve and give of yourself to others?  The key to Superman's power is his heart.  He has been cloned before, but the clones were easily defeated by Lex Luthor.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 05:47:47 PM
No loving kindness, illustrates the point that...Kindnes s trumps all the other virtues.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 05:48:48 PM
Hold your goal before you and everything else will take care of itself. - Earl Nightingale.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 06:04:36 PM
CH with VIX, SVIX = .02, trade CH Patterns.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 08:12:13 PM
Thank you for this amazing day. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 25, 2014, 08:45:31 PM
Thinking and Doing will lead to success.  Talking loudly is just talking loudly, and has nothing to do with success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:53:53 PM
Understanding leads to wisdom and discipline.  It is the way to free the goose from the bottle.  Discipline on it's own, will not work without understanding.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:54:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGT1AcMRV9w# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGT1AcMRV9w#)

I have Meat Loaf stuck on my mind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:55:54 PM
Thank you to my cousin Neej Yias for helping me to understand success.  I will add your distinctivenes s to my own (j/k).  I have forgotten what it was like to be in a loving home for a while now, thank you for opening up yours.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:56:23 PM
Legal Zoom
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:57:30 PM
I have to be a great speaker....... I want to make them laugh, cry and be inspired while I am on stage.  I want to get my point clearly across to win their hearts and their minds.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:57:45 PM
I will fly because I can.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 06:58:50 PM
We make mistakes and sometimes out of that mistakes comes the most amazing things. - from Transformers Age of Extinction
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 07:01:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPRTI40x5U#t=39 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPRTI40x5U#t=39)

A great teacher to learn from
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2014, 08:52:51 PM
I have to be a great speaker....... I want to make them laugh, cry and be inspired while I am on stage.  I want to get my point clearly across to win their hearts and their minds.

Ask and it shall be given to me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2014, 06:17:38 AM
CH with VIX, SVIX = .02, trade CH Patterns.

Trade all patterns with with OEXT = .50 - 1.5 Total VIX.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2014, 05:23:05 PM
We become what we think about. - Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2014, 05:36:21 PM
I need to find the difference between egotiscal and confidence really quick and stay in confidence, and not wander into egotistical.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2014, 05:37:42 PM
Do be afraid to contribute to the whole because that is part of me also. My fear to contribute, will create fear and greed among everyone, and will lead to more fear and greed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2014, 09:29:29 PM
Something occurred to me this month that, fundamentals will always be right.  If it didn't start out right, it will not end right or it cannot blossomed into something wonderful and special.  Therefore my journey with you, is and always will be now a fading distant memory.

I will never break my fundamentals for anyone again.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 30, 2014, 09:50:21 PM
Thank you for a continue growth in understanding. .....
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2014, 09:10:02 PM
I need to be good, very good and kind at all times.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2014, 09:10:25 PM
I have to earn my Red Badge of Courage.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2014, 09:11:03 PM
I am missing playing TR+1....needs to be with very strong situations. MKT RC...VIX....MK T MA80......and Stock RC‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2014, 04:55:00 PM
I am most in pain, not of the things that they have done to me, but of the things that I have done to them because they have hurt me. Therefore it is up to me to correct and ease my own pain.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2014, 04:56:47 PM
Reason and logic tells me that you're still continuing to disturb the field.  A jug fills drop by drop.  Please be careful and I hope you find true peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 02, 2014, 09:32:33 PM
Create a Hunger inside you, and it will naturally get filled.  Make sure that hunger is good for your future and for those around you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2014, 12:09:47 PM
When I was younger my feelings were never troubled. - Meena from Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 03, 2014, 12:11:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI&list=PL8F29888A9D718594&index=46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI&list=PL8F29888A9D718594&index=46)

The answer is not blowing in the wind, but in each of us.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 04, 2014, 08:23:35 AM
The difference between someone who does it and can do it and someone who can't is their beliefs that they can and cannot do it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 04, 2014, 08:25:01 AM
Nyob zoo tus phoojywg,

Doing anything exciting for July 4th weekend?

Why is the best yet to come?  Are you planning for it and preparing to receive it?  Or you just hoping that it will be true?
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 04, 2014, 08:35:21 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano)

Thank you!
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 04, 2014, 10:31:53 AM
You don't respect the chair, do you know why?  Because you're not ready for it. - Captain Christopher Pike
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 04, 2014, 10:44:03 AM
Hello P,

I just realized the other day that your failure, was my failure and started with me. I wasn't aware and I did not charge our journey with enough love, kindness, and positive encouragement.  I am sorry but I learning.  I hope you are doing well and living the life that your heart wanted.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2014, 06:54:12 AM
Short term hunger and long term hunger:

Our short term hunger and inexperience blind us to our long-term hunger.  It is our long term hunger that we must understand and cultivate so that we are driven to naturally satisfy it, and make sure it serves a purpose and is good for us.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2014, 05:51:09 PM


        O God, give me the serenity to accept what cannot be changed,
        The courage to change what can be changed,
        and the wisdom to know the one from the other

                                                                   - Reinhold Niebuhr
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2014, 05:53:28 PM
A sentient being's chance of maximizing his utility is a long and prosperous life. - Spock from Star Trek Into Darkness
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 03:05:52 PM
Act as if it were impossible to fail. - the Strangest Secret
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 03:11:37 PM
Prosperity is founded on the law of mutual exchange. - from The Strangest Secret
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 06:57:41 PM
Thank you for a wonderful and challenging life. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 08:51:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2XKt2N8fs&list=PL8F29888A9D718594&index=48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud2XKt2N8fs&list=PL8F29888A9D718594&index=48)

Have you ever heard a song and it captivated you right away?
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:00:50 PM
Nothing Exists

Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku.

Desiring to show his attainment, he said: "The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is emptiness. There is no relaization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. There is no giving and nothing to be received."

Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry.

"If nothing exists," inquired Dokuon, "where did this anger come from?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:05:37 PM
I realized that thoughts of you are still creating a suffering in me everyday and that is the truth.  Despite my claim of understanding, I am still attached to the gap in reality and perception that you created while you were here.  You created a sickness of which you were the cure, either that or true understanding.  I no longer wanted the cure to be you and so I reached for understanding.  Being human my mind has yet to be tamed enough to reach that understanding.  I am running through habits of yesterday, but I am making up my mind to dwell in happiness and understanding.  Through each passing day, I am wishing you greater joy so that I can be free as well.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:07:54 PM
Non-Attachment

Kitano Gempo, abbot of Eihei temple, was ninety-two years old when he passed away in the year 1933. He endeavored his whole like not to be attached to anything. As a wandering mendicant when he was twenty he happened to meet a traveler who smoked tobacco. As they walked together down a mountain road, they stopped under a tree to rest. The traveler offered Kitano a smoke, which he accepted, as he was very hungry at the time.

"How pleasant this smoking is," he commented. The other gave him an extra pipe and tobacco and they parted.

Kitano felt: "Such pleasant things may disturb meditation. Before this goes too far, I will stop now." So he threw the smoking outfit away.

When he was twenty-three years old he studied I-King, the profoundest doctrine of the universe. It was winter at the time and he needed some heavy clothes. He wrote his teacher, who lived a hundred miles away, telling him of his need, and gave the letter to a traveler to deliver. Almost the whole winter passed and neither answer nor clothes arrived. So Kitano resorted to the prescience of I-King, which also teaches the art of divination, to determine whether or not his letter had miscarried. He found that this had been the case. A letter afterwards from his teacher made no mention of clothes.

"If I perform such accurate determinative work with I-King, I may neglect my meditation," felt Kitano. So he gave up this marvelous teaching and never resorted to its powers again.

When he was twenty-eight he studied Chinese calligraphy and poetry. He grew so skillful in these arts that his teacher praised him. Kitano mused: "If I don't stop now, I'll be a poet, not a Zen teacher." So he never wrote another poem.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:09:58 PM
Teaching the Ultimate

In early times in Japan, bamboo-and-paper lanterns were used with candles inside. A blind man, visiting a friend one night, was offered a lantern to carry home with him.

"I do not need a lantern," he said. "Darkness or light is all the same to me."

"I know you do not need a lantern to find your way," his friend replied, "but if you don't have one, someone else may run into you. So you must take it."

The blind man started off with the lantern and before he had walked very far someone ran squarely into him.

"Look out where you are going!" he exclaimed to the stranger. "Can't you see this lantern?"

"Your candle has burned out, brother," replied the stranger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:11:33 PM
How do I find the peace that I am looking for?  TOTAL DETACHMENT.

It is my detachment that's creating a gap in reality and expectations.  Therefore I will chose peace and be totally detached.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:45:28 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation." - The Last Words of the Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:49:26 PM
Thank you for coming into my dreams, a long time ago, and telling there where you could tell me in the awaken world.  I appreciated it and I am always happy for you.  Then at that moment, I too realized that I am very far apart from where I want to be, regarding our garden, and I will replant it with a tree, instead of flowers.  A tree that may grow and shade us both in times of sunshine and/or rain. A tree is best because it does not require constant watering, and it doesn't grow thorns, and will survive cold extreme cold winters and hot summers.  Best wishes and thank you for coming to tell me. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:50:59 PM
SB,

Despite it having should not have been, thank you because it was very wonderful.  May your days be filled with sunshine.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2014, 09:53:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH35Iz9veM0&list=PL5786CD2E89264F69 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH35Iz9veM0&list=PL5786CD2E89264F69)

People make the difference and are the greatest assets of any enterprise.  Thank you for this great advice Sir Richard Branson.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2014, 09:18:14 PM
"Skills and knowledge are nothing unless you apply them." - Bruce Lee

I have a skill to break habits, and I know that you're not ready for me, and have not been so and will not be so.  The only solution is to wish you well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2014, 09:19:26 PM
The greater Jihad is to conquer oneself. - muhammad
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2014, 09:20:07 PM
It is hard to deal with negative emotional pressures, therefore plan for it and do not put yourself there in the first place. Walk away. when you still have objectivity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2014, 09:20:37 PM
Detachment.... the truth path to freedom.....th e truth path to happiness.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2014, 09:21:30 PM
I know why you caused me so much pain now....it is because you were in a lot of pain yourself....I forgive you and so I hope you're happy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2014, 06:39:03 PM
When I look back, if I didn't allow you to talk me back each time, we would have had more to save in our relationship or for a future friendship. That is still true today, therefore we will have more by not saving this relationship any longer.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2014, 06:40:51 PM
Once I saw a Christian rally on TV against a Muslim community in Michigan and it became apparent that all the Muslims had to do to win was to walk away and the lone speaker will be without an audience, and the whole thing will be neutralized. Instead, they stayed and got themselves all worked up and before you know it, many of them were arrested, while the real monster makes out like a hero.  I told my daughter that if we ever came across such a scene, we will laugh at it and walk away.  I met another monster, but I couldnt walk away.  I stayed and I listened, because I was hoping that it would hear me and when it did, it would change.  As a result, the monster came out looking like a hero, and I the villain, because I stayed long enough to get emotionally all riled up to take inappropriate actions.  These are the both the same, but desire blinded me in the second.  I will walk away from both, next time.  That is the best course of action.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2014, 08:46:44 PM
No man can enrich himself without enriching others. - Law of Success by Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 06:32:18 PM
D,

I don't know what happen and why you left, but it was very good and fun working with you.  Best wishes my friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 06:37:10 PM
I need to find the difference between egotistical and confidence really quick and stay in confidence, and not wander into egotistical.‏   Confidence is much more kind than egotistical.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:04:07 PM
Anyone who contributes to prosperity must prosper himself. - Law of Prosperity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:19:24 PM
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. - Horace Mann
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
What would the world be like if everyone lived their dream. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:21:30 PM
Live Full and Die Empty.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:32:06 PM
Life is short and unpredictable, eat the desert first. - Helen Keller
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:43:29 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlOv-jlX-As (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlOv-jlX-As)

This song reminds me of when I was going to graduate school a long time ago.  I didn't finish.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:49:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6wCjIMxnrY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6wCjIMxnrY)

Have you ever listen or heard a song and then called someone to tell them that you love them.  This was my song.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:50:51 PM
I know now what power I would wish for if I was given a choice....the power to make those around me happy (smile).
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 07:58:53 PM
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. - Walt Disney

Walt Disney filed for bankruptcy 7 times and had two nervous breakdowns.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 08:00:49 PM
Obedience

The master Bankei's talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras not indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of his listeners.

His large audience angered a priest of the Nichiren sect because the adherents had left to hear about Zen. The self-centered Nichiren priest came to the temple, determined to have a debate with Bankei.

"Hey, Zen teacher!" he called out. "Wait a minute. Whoever respects you will obey what you say, but a man like myself does not respect you. Can you make me obey you?"

"Come up beside me and I will show you," said Bankei.

Proudly the priest pushed his way through the crowd to the teacher.

Bankei smiled. "Come over to my left side."

The priest obeyed.

"No," said Bankei, "we may talk better if you are on the right side. Step over here."

The priest proudly stepped over to the right.

"You see," observed Bankei, "you are obeying me and I think you are a very gentle person. Now sit down and listen."
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 08:01:25 PM
If You Love, Love Openly

Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master.

Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting.

Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written to her, she said: "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 08:18:14 PM
A big, tough samurai once went to see a little monk.

    "Monk!"

He barked, in a voice accustomed to instant obedience.

    "Teach me about heaven and hell!"

The monk looked up at the mighty warrior and replied with utter disdain,

    "Teach you about heaven and hell? I couldn't teach you about anything. You're dumb. You're dirty. You're a disgrace, an embarrassment to the samurai class. Get out of my sight. I can't stand you."

The samurai got furious. He shook, red in the face, speechless with rage. He pulled out his sword, and prepared to slay the monk.

Looking straight into the samurai's eyes, the monk said softly,

    "That's hell."

The samurai froze, realizing the compassion of the monk who had risked his life to show him hell! He put down his sword and fell to his knees, filled with gratitude.

The monk said softly,

    "And that's heaven."
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 08:19:13 PM
Joshu's Zen

Joshu began the study of Zen when he was sixty years old and continued until he was eighty, when he realized Zen.

He taught from the age of eighty until he was one hundred and twenty.

A student once asked him: "If I haven't anything in my mind, what shall I do?"

Joshu replied: "Throw it out."

"But if I haven't anything, how can I throw it out?" continued the questioner.

"Well," said Joshu, "then carry it out."
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 09, 2014, 08:19:46 PM
Joshu's Zen

Joshu began the study of Zen when he was sixty years old and continued until he was eighty, when he realized Zen.

He taught from the age of eighty until he was one hundred and twenty.

A student once asked him: "If I haven't anything in my mind, what shall I do?"

Joshu replied: "Throw it out."

"But if I haven't anything, how can I throw it out?" continued the questioner.

"Well," said Joshu, "then carry it out."

Zen = Clearing your mind?
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2014, 02:21:37 PM
http://www.4shared.com/audio/74Wl7hd4/Ncaim_Mus_Tsis_Qhia.htm?locale=en (http://www.4shared.com/audio/74Wl7hd4/Ncaim_Mus_Tsis_Qhia.htm?locale=en)

The first time I heard this song, I actually thought of you and the demise of our once wonderful journey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2014, 08:12:13 PM
The Law of love and kindness is above all the other things that I have learned so far.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2014, 08:12:50 PM
The Law of love and kindness is above all the other things that I have learned so far.

Extends into plants and animal as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2014, 08:18:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuMYaEB35U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTuMYaEB35U)

My little sister sent me this on near death experiences.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2014, 06:26:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxjl_2a-gFM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxjl_2a-gFM)

Don't cry for me Argentina..... even though I was rooting for you to win the World Cup.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2014, 06:29:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uPmeWiFTIw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uPmeWiFTIw)

We are all subjected to pigeon superstition.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2014, 06:31:29 PM
When lost in the woods, or in woods of life, why and how do we die of shame?  We give up on the inside first and mantra ourselves to death.......ch ose to mantra yourself to never give up.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2014, 06:34:37 PM
While market making, I was better than the average.  Everyone had access to the same tools and resources and I was better than the average, in fact very good and consistent at times.  I got that way through role modelling and accidentally discovering the emotional intelligence for success.  I remember losing the emotional intelligence for success in trading and wondering what I was going to do.  I think I now know how to find all of it now, the role modeling, the emotional intelligence, and how to keep it, a formula for success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 14, 2014, 08:23:17 PM
I'm not the type to give up. In fact, I'm the type to seek answers and solutions. Btw,  how are you on this gloomy day? Hope all is well with you.  :)

I am doing very good.  I hope you are doing good as well. Yes, it is unseasonably cool today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 14, 2014, 08:25:06 PM
What makes you strong and keeps you staying strong?  Never compromising your principles for anyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 14, 2014, 08:26:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-tTWHU278 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM-tTWHU278)

Just finished watching a great movie, with my beautiful kids.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 14, 2014, 08:44:02 PM
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/after-scandal-sac-capital-begins-to-fade-to-black/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/after-scandal-sac-capital-begins-to-fade-to-black/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0)

I understand that you are mortal now. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 14, 2014, 08:47:09 PM
"Skills and knowledge are nothing unless you act on them." - Bruce Lee
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2014, 04:34:12 PM
We are being born into this life and understanding. ....we didn't bring it with us.....what did we bring then?‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2014, 04:36:13 PM
Some people already know the extent of the darkness of their hearts, do not try to persuade them to be good or you will be disappointed.  Just give them love and kindness and let them go on their way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2014, 04:52:45 PM
Karma is law of cause and effect, and it's implications are experienced over time.  That is why some people think that Karma is only a myth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2014, 06:24:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLMGBwAbhA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHLMGBwAbhA)

Words
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2014, 06:40:04 PM
Emptiness: The Most Misunderstood Word in Buddhism

"Emptiness" is a central teaching of all Buddhism, but its true meaning is often misunderstood. If we are ever to embrace Buddhism properly into the West, we need to be clear about emptiness, since a wrong understanding of its meaning can be confusing, even harmful. The third century Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna taught, "Emptiness wrongly grasped is like picking up a poisonous snake by the wrong end." In other words, we will be bitten!

Emptiness is not complete nothingness; it doesn't mean that nothing exists at all. This would be a nihilistic view contrary to common sense. What it does mean is that things do not exist the way our grasping self supposes they do. In his book on the Heart Sutra the Dalai Lama calls emptiness "the true nature of things and events," but in the same passage he warns us "to avoid the misapprehensio n that emptiness is an absolute reality or an independent truth." In other words, emptiness is not some kind of heaven or separate realm apart from this world and its woes.

The Heart Sutra says, "all phenomena in their own-being are empty." It doesn't say "all phenomena are empty." This distinction is vital. "Own-being" means separate independent existence. The passage means that nothing we see or hear (or are) stands alone; everything is a tentative expression of one seamless, ever-changing landscape. So though no individual person or thing has any permanent, fixed identity, everything taken together is what Thich Nhat Hanh calls "interbeing." This term embraces the positive aspect of emptiness as it is lived and acted by a person of wisdom -- with its sense of connection, compassion and love. Think of the Dalai Lama himself and the kind of person he is -- generous, humble, smiling and laughing -- and we can see that a mere intellectual reading of emptiness fails to get at its practical joyous quality in spiritual life. So emptiness has two aspects, one negative and the other quite positive.

Ari Goldfield, a Buddhist teacher at Wisdom Sun and translator of Stars of Wisdom , summarizes these two aspects as follows:

    The first meaning of emptiness is called "emptiness of essence," which means that phenomena [that we experience] have no inherent nature by themselves." The second is called "emptiness in the context of Buddha Nature," which sees emptiness as endowed with qualities of awakened mind like wisdom, bliss, compassion, clarity, and courage. Ultimate reality is the union of both emptinesses.


With all of this in mind, I would like to highlight three common misunderstandi ngs of emptiness: emotional, ethical and meditative.

Emotional

When we say "I feel empty," we mean we are feeling sad or depressed. Emotionally speaking, "emptiness" is not a happy word in English, and no matter how often we remind ourselves that Buddhist emptiness does not mean loneliness or separateness, that emotional undertow remains. At various times I have looked for a substitute translation for the Sanskrit sunyata -- I have tried "fullness," "spaciousness," "connectedness," and "boundlessness" -- but as Ari Goldfield points out, "emptiness" is the most exact translation. "Emptiness" is also the term that my own teacher Shunryu Suzuki used, though he usually added context. Once, speaking of emptiness he said, "I do not mean voidness. There is something, but that something is something which is always prepared for taking some particular form." Another time, speaking of the feeling tone of emptiness, he said, "Emptiness is like being at your mother's bosom and she will take care of you."

Ethical

Some Buddhist students rationalize or excuse bad behavior of their teacher by asserting that through his understanding of emptiness the teacher is exempt from the usual rules of conduct. One student said, "Roshi lives in the absolute so his behavior can't be judged by ordinary standards." While it is true that Buddhist teachers sometimes use unusual methods to awaken their students, their motivation must come from compassion, not selfishness. No behavior that causes harm is acceptable for a Buddhist practitioner, teacher or otherwise.

Meditative

Some Buddhist students think that a meditative state without thought or activity is the realization of emptiness. While such a state is well described in Buddhist meditation texts, it is treated like all mental states -- temporary and not ultimately conducive to liberation. Actually emptiness is not a state of mind at all; it is, as the Dalai Lama says, simply "the true nature of things and events." This includes the mind. Whether the mind of the meditator is full of thoughts or empty of them, this true nature holds.

Conclusion

Finally, since emptiness seems so difficult to understand, why did the Buddha teach it at all? It is because of his profound insight into why we suffer. Ultimately we suffer because we grasp after things thinking they are fixed, substantial, real and capable of being possessed by ego. It is only when we can see through this illusion and open ourselves, in Ari Goldfield's words, "to the reality of flux and fluidity that is ultimately ungraspable and inconceivable" that we can relax into clarity, compassion and courage. That lofty goal is what makes the effort to understand emptiness so worthwhile.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2014, 07:24:40 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLeDe5yRi8s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLeDe5yRi8s)

One day I got to listening to Kris and Rita.....Pleas e don't tell me how the story ends.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 16, 2014, 06:51:10 PM
We keep searching for life out there in the universe...... .that's just for curiosity only.  The real question is how to take care of all the lives on this planet.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2014, 04:25:10 PM
If we error a lot and experiences a lot of pain, it is because our understanding is not matched to the world. The world is what it is and it will be right, it is better to change our perception.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2014, 04:26:39 PM
To my daughter Megan,

Thank you for a wonderful evening at Tango. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2014, 04:27:30 PM
The imprinting thing....we are so imprinted in all sorts of ways, like all life forms.  It is a necessary for survival.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2014, 09:08:54 PM
For MKT RC > 3.5 (VIX > .03), then OEXT P1 = 2.5  and OEXT P2, S1, S2 = 1.5

And TR+ entries
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2014, 09:10:12 PM
Or else OEXT P1 = 2*VIX and P2, S1, S2 = 1*VIX

I am still far from where I want to be because I am learning how about the market through each failure.....bu t I am learning and growing now so that I will not have to fair later.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2014, 10:35:22 PM
Can you pass the marsh mellow test?
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 20, 2014, 05:13:54 PM
Because we aren't born with a clear path and well defined purpose in life, I am finding myself scrambling to find one, through mistakes small and large.  That's OK, because as they say, better late then never.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 20, 2014, 07:27:16 PM
My bad testing results are my TED talk disagreements, that are meant and designed as a challenged to get better.  I am learning from each failure.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 20, 2014, 09:10:48 PM
Thank you for an awesome weekend in a wonderful Summer with the people that I enjoy spending with.  Thank you for giving me breathing rooms to reflect on my past errors or things that I may have done right and allowing me to design a better tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymXQhnHL55Y#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymXQhnHL55Y#ws)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2014, 04:30:57 PM
Change is the only constant in the universe....be cause I hardly recognize the Union Depot parking garage anymore.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2014, 08:01:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkHJMxR-l0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkHJMxR-l0)

The genius of Allan Turing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2014, 08:03:07 PM
After reading Market Wizards by Jack Schwager, I knew what I wanted to become.  On the way there, I stopped to explore being a market maker, although it is close enough, it is not the same thing....My career was stalled, when both market making worked and did not work. Once more, I am resuming my journey to become a market wizard.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2014, 09:44:40 PM
Lesson from a gambling whale:  To win you will need every edge possible (including promotions) and then the discipline and balls to execute your edge exactly the way you wanted. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2014, 09:50:34 PM
I was talking to my daughter on the lesson I learned from watching a preacher who preached hate and got a Muslim all riled up that they got arrested and made the preacher looked good.  Given that circumstance, I will laugh and walk away.....More personal, when faced with a situation that will get me stupidly riled up for nothing or for no one worth it, I will laugh and walk away too when I still have my objectivity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2014, 09:51:11 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation." - The Buddha


Thank you so much.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 24, 2014, 09:29:49 PM
No matter how much I am right or not matter how much they are wrong, I have failed when I allow my emotions, especially negatively charged emotions to dictate my actions, instead of using reason and logic.‏  Success and being right is having control of me at all times.  That is the ultimate joy and unending happiness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 25, 2014, 10:27:50 PM
You are an awesome and very much love child of the universe...don't ever forget that.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 07:53:24 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsfIkk1CjTw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsfIkk1CjTw)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I)

I heard this song in the credits while watching City of Ghost and I just realized that you gave me the gift of having been on "Both Sides Now".  Thank you and I hope you are doing wonderful.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 08:18:20 AM
Listening to my cousin and my uncle talk very critical yesterday, as well as others, I realized that those that are often very loudly critical achieve so little meaningful objectives in life.  They are too busy criticizing others and feeling good in the process.  Those that achieves success are too busy to be criticizing others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 08:19:08 AM
Go confidently in the direction of your Dreams. - Henry David Thoreau
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 10:00:28 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrEqIpi6sg)

Thank you Joni Mitchell.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 10:08:12 AM

Go confidently in the direction of your Dreams.  Live the life you've imagined. - Henry David Thoreau
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 10:13:15 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtJPs8IDgU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtJPs8IDgU)

Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJWwWP1g7w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJWwWP1g7w)

Late last night I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi carried off my old man


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIytTS1FXUc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIytTS1FXUc)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 27, 2014, 09:32:40 PM
The external or physical manifestations is created by the inner or out internal thoughts and emotion definitions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2014, 03:52:56 PM
Wings weren't made to fly and carried birds into the wind away from their enemies.....th ey just made it so through trial and error and found a new freedom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2014, 08:18:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVYzhWHg34 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVYzhWHg34)

Failure is the key to success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2014, 05:06:49 PM
Everyday our routines are filled with things we should do, in summary, for success.  Then it is also filled with the reasons or execuses of why we can't do it.

Take out the excuses, all the excuses, and all you'll have left an awesome routine filled with exciting things to do for success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2014, 05:09:54 PM
Do you know why I do not gamble, because I realized that I can get all riled up and create a bad dark habit too.  It's the same reason, I cannot indulge in habits that I cannot see a long term plan for.  I am not discipline enough to rise above because I am just like everyone, but I can come to an understanding to not do it.  The understanding is much stronger than the discipline.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2014, 05:01:32 PM
How to make life so less boring each day, and therefore exciting? Grow a little each day, internally.‏  Each day will be new.....and be thankful.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2014, 06:30:48 PM
People will find it difficult to resist your propositions.  - From a fortune cookie.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2014, 06:39:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFrB1Iujyk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFrB1Iujyk)

Scroll1: Today, I begin a new life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2014, 06:49:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=021Uadf5Cz4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=021Uadf5Cz4)

Scroll 2: Love in my heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2014, 06:55:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPK3pVsrrvA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPK3pVsrrvA)

Scroll 3: I will persist until I succeed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2014, 07:02:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQUCborAw88 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQUCborAw88)

Scroll 4: I am nature's greatest miracle.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 31, 2014, 06:43:31 AM
Mandino composed The Legend Of The Ten Scrolls. They are:

Scroll I - The Power of Good Habits
Scroll II - Greet Each Day With Love In Your Heart
Scroll III - I Will Persist Until I Succeed
Scroll IV - You Are Nature's Greatest Miracle
Scroll V - Live Each Day as if it Were Your Last
Scroll VI - Master Your Emotions
Scroll VII - The Power of Laughter
Scroll VIII - Multiply Your Value Every Day
Scroll IX - All is Worthless Without Action
Scroll X - Pray to God for Guidance
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 31, 2014, 06:08:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSaJE2rqxU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSaJE2rqxU)

I get it now....it is what we must do for a calling to serve, no matter how crazy it may seem to everyone else.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 31, 2014, 09:33:38 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamora)

Oh Gamora!
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 01, 2014, 04:51:12 PM
OEXT is a guideline and not absolute, but it is a guideline for success, and so my purpose, it is absolute.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 01, 2014, 04:57:04 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/man-writes-his-own-comical-obituary-192334441.html (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/man-writes-his-own-comical-obituary-192334441.html)

Write your own obituary...... but in a more empowering way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2014, 11:36:52 AM
Twenty newborn infants were housed in a special facility. They had caregivers who would go in to feed them, bathe them and change their diapers, but they would do nothing else. The caregivers had been instructed not to look at or touch the babies more than was necessary, and they never spoke to them. All their physical needs were attended to scrupulously, however. The environment was kept sterile; the babies were never ill.

The experiment was halted after four months. At least half of the babies had died at that point, at least two more died even after being rescued and brought into a more normal environment. There was no physiological cause for the babies' deaths; they were all physically very healthy. Before each baby died, there was a period where they would stop verbalizing and trying to engage their caregivers, and just stop moving, never cry or change expression. Death would follow shortly. The babies who had "given up" before being rescued died in the same manner, even though they had been removed from the experimental conditions.

The conclusion was that nurturing is actually a very vital need in humans.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2014, 05:48:54 PM
What about those that do not possess the mental or emotional ability to transform for higher life in the next?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2014, 05:49:25 PM
My life is so perfect the way it is right now......I can't ask for more.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2014, 07:49:11 PM
Ideas are worthless, unless we act on them. - Earl Nightingale
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2014, 06:49:50 AM
To an old friend from another time, my thoughts and prays are with you in your time of drastic change.  I know you will rise up and redefine your life for love, happiness, and success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2014, 04:30:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29VsG35DQM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29VsG35DQM)

Practice, practice, practice....is the key to success.

A huge ego is the key to failure.

Thank you AI, for the lesson.  Funny Stuff.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2014, 05:54:38 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29VsG35DQM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d29VsG35DQM)

Practice, practice, practice....is the key to success.

A huge ego is the key to failure.

Thank you AI, for the lesson.  Funny Stuff.

Success is won or loss in the practices.  In reality, we play out what we have practiced.  If we haven't practiced for success, then we have nothing of ourselves to give for success in reality.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2014, 06:33:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNQgln6TL0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNQgln6TL0)

Love what you do.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2014, 09:44:01 PM
Why does someone with emotional strength succeed?    Because we act from our emotions, not from reason and logic.  Be emotionally strong, and everything will take care of itself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2014, 09:45:38 PM
I know I am not getting the results that I want, but I am learning so much about my variables.  Through each failure, my chances for future success increases tremendously through my growth.

I am at the tail end of my practice and will apply it soon.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 06, 2014, 09:16:38 PM
Thank you to the beautiful girl that came knocking on my door and allowed me to make a small donation to the karma bank.  Have a good night.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 06, 2014, 09:22:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRydundnt8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRydundnt8)

Funny scenes from The Room.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 07, 2014, 05:06:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRydundnt8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRydundnt8)

Funny scenes from The Room.

Sorry, it wasn't that funny....maybe I just don't get it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 07, 2014, 07:39:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i3eUjeE0Pc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i3eUjeE0Pc)

Awesome scene!
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 07, 2014, 10:31:02 PM
Why do people who loves to read succeed?  It is because they get to learn new materials, but more than that it is because it takes emotional strength to sit there and read boring materials and find excitement in it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 07, 2014, 10:31:50 PM
Thank you for an activity filled day.....I had no time to rest at all, but I did all that I wanted to do and needed to do.  Have a good night.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 08, 2014, 08:45:05 PM
If you envision it and build it, they will come.‏

If you build a better mouse trap, the world will be a path to your door.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 08:28:54 AM
I am experiencing so much joy each day and each moment that I no longer have a need for habits that will slow me down.  I will give up consuming alcoholic beverages, outside of weddings and funerals.

1. I see no purpose for its use.
2. It will lead to numbing of my sense of logic and deterioration of my will and understanding of peace and happiness.
3. It will poison my body and defeat my intention for joy in each moment.
4. .....

Therefore, I will no longer consume alcoholic beverages, outside of weddings and funerals.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 08:29:48 AM
Strong, beautiful, and handsome warriors, on our exciting and fantastic journey to the stars, have an awesome and amazing day today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 08:31:09 AM
When Solomon became King, what is the one thing that he asked God for......Wisdo m, and with it, he became the most prosperous king in the bible.

Ask for wisdom in your life and everything else will be attracted to it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 12:52:09 PM
Why do Traders use trading stops?  Not to save money....but to save their sanity, so they will have objectivity and make correct decisions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 12:53:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT09-rFEeIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT09-rFEeIY)

You shouldn't have sung this duet with me.  But that's okay, I received so much more because of it.  It is our time of hardships that we are able to receive the gift of wisdom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 12:54:03 PM
Is there life after death?........this is a silly question, on many dimensions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 12:56:08 PM
Would I invest in MSFT?  It is a great company.  No, because I am about the future and not the past.  Therefore in my personal life, as well, I will focus on actions that will lead to a better tomorrow.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 01:59:46 PM
Success through a positive mental attitude. - W. Clement Stone
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 02:31:20 PM
True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.

For he who has never failed has never tried.

Failure will never overtake me, if my determine to succeed is strong enough.
           
                                                   - The Greatest Salesman in The World.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy3JnxaimUs&list=PLzGib8vBOqpJBg3yhgyAFgD6fZCJOvea6&index=5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy3JnxaimUs&list=PLzGib8vBOqpJBg3yhgyAFgD6fZCJOvea6&index=5)

Scroll Five 1:30
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2014, 03:34:54 PM
The Way is Not in the Sky, The Way is in the Heart. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2014, 11:12:50 AM
Success through a positive mental attitude. - W. Clement Stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds8-nAjracM&index=2&list=PL201EC110C4E2E70B (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds8-nAjracM&index=2&list=PL201EC110C4E2E70B)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2014, 11:31:55 AM
Success through a positive mental attitude by Napoleon Hill and W Clement Stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs9htH_7hRk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs9htH_7hRk)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2014, 06:53:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvkCS0ZGPU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvkCS0ZGPU)

The people that are crazy enough to change the world are the ones that do. - Steve Jobs
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2014, 06:59:48 PM
If I build it, they will come. What am I building:

1. A fund that will manage their financial future, which will be clear and put the investor's needs first.  Their success will be ahead of mine.
2. A trading methodology based on human emotions in the market, that will work for the next 100 years.
3. A trading methodology based on two weeks time frame, that will move and change with the changing market.
4. A trading methodology intended to trade with strength and the direction of the market.
5. A Fund that is designed to put my investors at ease at all times.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2014, 08:36:45 PM
The concept of existence may be for this world and universe only.....Exist ence involves time..in a timeless environment existence may totally be different.

This came to my mind when people tell that once they go under the knife....they lost time.  They remember nothing, but getting up right away.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2014, 08:37:31 PM
Why does great performing stocks trade at a high PE....and value stocks trade at a low PE? Because it is the nature of our human emotions, and it will not go away, including the human nature that will make my system work.  It will work for a hundred years or more.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2014, 09:32:08 PM
"I am in love with my wife.  From the first day I met her until the day I die, she's the only one." - Edward Bloom, 'Big Fish'
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2014, 10:08:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIRME3EpFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIRME3EpFY)

Goodbye Mork
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2014, 06:11:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQU3EphIpMY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQU3EphIpMY)

Dead Poet Society
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2014, 06:43:17 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyx5OzqnBOk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyx5OzqnBOk)

This song was on suddenly on my mind today.  Sadly, I cannot locate someone I would dedicate this song to at this moment.  There's one at fault, but the man I see in the mirror everyday.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2014, 06:46:47 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIRME3EpFY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIRME3EpFY)

Goodbye Mork

Like trading, people fail when they cannot admit fault and accept that they are wrong.  Once we accept that we wrong, changes becomes easier, because none of us wants to be wrong.  We keep deceiving ourselves that we are not that bad yet.

That is why during confessions, they always start out with "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned."
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2014, 06:47:15 PM
Ryonen's realization is also mine, except she made a much stronger and harder decision to separate herself from this world.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2014, 06:48:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-AFkS3zlI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-AFkS3zlI)

I use to listen to this song and dream of when you would come into my life.  You came and left already and now I am stuck with only a song from a distant past. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2014, 09:31:52 PM
Love and Kindness is the true virtue, because without it all else will decay.

"A Generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion for others.  This is what renews humanity." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2014, 08:31:38 PM
In our lessons of life and suffering, with our egos, people tend to escalate issues and criticize others.  With the passing of time, weaken our resolve and become less than what we can be.  The true journey in life is love and kindness, and opening our hearts to forgive.  The toughest to forgive, shows how strong our hearts can be.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2014, 08:32:43 PM
People's dying wish is for peace...how do you get peace?‏ Give all that you can so there's no regret left, because we haven't given enough.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2014, 08:33:40 PM
Thank you for the wisdoms that the bible teaches us.

I never thought I would utter these words, until suddenly today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 14, 2014, 07:02:50 PM
The baboon social experiment.  When the dominant emotional content of the group is permanently silence....A new social emotions take over and is born, and a new change takes over.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 14, 2014, 09:05:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSxuvNGSrmc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSxuvNGSrmc)

Again?  That's okay.  I finally came to the understanding that when someone did you wrong and it hurts or doesn't make sense.  It really is who they did, not you.  Always act with dignity and forgiveness. My best wishes to you and your journey.  I am and will always will be thankful that you were a part of my journey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 14, 2014, 09:06:04 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation."
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 14, 2014, 09:46:02 PM
Thank you....for a wonderful and exciting day in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2014, 04:17:54 PM
Double check BB short....entry . I think my OEXT criteria is not correct.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2014, 04:18:53 PM
Since everything is interchangeabl e, let something wonderful go and something even more wonderful and new can will grow in its place. :)‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2014, 04:34:36 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path)

Monsters are created from a lack of love, anguish and revenge.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2014, 10:17:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfL_Id7rhSw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfL_Id7rhSw)

To fight monsters, if we are not careful, we sometimes become monsters ourselves.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2014, 04:00:32 PM
My curiosity has been answered about the past, accidently.  I have many questions to ask you, but I will bite my tongue, because nothing good will come from dwelling about the past and they serve no purpose, except for curiosity.  I hope you are happy and hopeful for a wonderful future.  It is what I would want for you, a better tomorrow.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2014, 07:15:11 PM
Double check BB short....entry . Double check to make sure my OEXT range makes sense for both short and longs.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2014, 07:39:37 PM
Do not ask people to change, because I could hardly change myself. By asking, I will be creating expectations that will fall short and thereby disturbing the Inner Peace Equation.  Give them love and kindness and let them make their own decisions.  If their values are too far apart, simply enjoy their compassion as friends, with no expectations. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 08:10:39 AM
I'm sleepless tonight. ;)

You should have called my Heart then..... :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 08:13:54 AM
I have to be good all my life with my inner intentions of my heart, and I have to be very good with my daily routines.  I will never want someone to cry or become hurt because of me, but I want them to be glad for having me be a part of their lives.  I never want myself to cry and regret because I didn't try hard or give enough to myself and others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 10:55:10 AM
I'm sleepless tonight. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhNtXGnRI4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhNtXGnRI4)

Last night I didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
I lay awake and watched until the mornin' light
Washed away the darkness of the lonely night (lonely night)

Oh, and last night I got to thinkin' maybe I, I, I
Should call you up and just forget my foolish pride
I heard your number ringin', I went cold inside
And last night I didn't get to sleep at all

I know it's not my fault, I did my best
God knows this heart of mine could use a rest
But more and more I find the dreams I left behind
Are somehow too real to replace (to replace)

Oh, last night I didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
The sleepin' pill I took was just a waste of time
I couldn't close my eyes 'cause you were on my mind
And last night I didn't get to sleep, didn't get to sleep
No, I didn't get to sleep at all at all

[Instrumental Interlude]

But more and more I find the dreams I left behind
Are somehow too real to replace (to replace)

Oh-uh-oh last night I didn't get to sleep at all no, no
The sleepin' pill I took was just a waste of time
I couldn't close my eyes 'cause you were on my mind
And last night I didn't get to sleep, didn't get to sleep
No, I didn't get to sleep at all at all

No, no, no
No, no, no

Last night I didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
Last night I didn't get to sleep at all
(oh, oh)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 12:00:16 PM
The funny and psychotic love story of Bruno Mars....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5GNZR0szE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5GNZR0szE)
Meeting and falling in love with an amazing girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qim0Fzozd3Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qim0Fzozd3Q)
Making all sorts of demand on her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJT0Suanqhg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJT0Suanqhg)
Now she's gone and he's regretting it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 12:02:39 PM
Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.


"The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 12:17:23 PM
To my strong and wonderful son, soon to be on an exciting and fantastic journey to the stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wte8dY_9uo0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wte8dY_9uo0)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 07:29:27 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHOF_0-6Hg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHOF_0-6Hg)

Once, I felt that this was a very romantic song.  The feeling is still mummified in me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 07:30:01 PM
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 07:33:26 PM
There's the old testament...
Then the new revelation taught by Jesus Christ...
Then the new revelation taught my Muhammad...
Then there's the new revelation call Science...
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2014, 07:41:37 PM
"Failure is man's inability to reach his goal in life, whatever they may be." - Og Mandino
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2014, 04:15:29 PM
"What are you still doing here?" - Steve Jobs
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2014, 10:02:11 PM
Thank you for this awesome and amazing day....
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2014, 06:11:19 PM
What's your reason for living?  What's so important that you have to live for?

I have yet to fly.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2014, 06:13:47 PM
One of my favorite song.

survivor " The search is over"

http://youtu.be/ZOnjglu2bpM (http://youtu.be/ZOnjglu2bpM)

I love this song too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2014, 05:17:53 PM
Skills and knowledge are nothing unless you apply them....how to apply them?‏

By convincing your subconscious mind that it is absolutely awesome and great for your future.  Your subconscious mind believes anything you tell it with enough repitition.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2014, 08:58:51 PM
It's commitment to your goal and determination, that enables you to attain success. - Mario Andretti
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2014, 09:00:03 PM
Try....try.... try....Keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. - W Clement Stone
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2014, 09:02:38 PM
Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be. - W Clement Stone
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2014, 09:40:58 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ5vRS_YWmQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ5vRS_YWmQ)

What do great leaders actually do?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2014, 09:43:07 PM
Time runs at different speeds for the body (physical) and the consciousness (perception).......and they do drag or pull on each other as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 06:06:52 PM
I love this quote.  O0 Nyob zoo rau koj. Happy Friday! Going to the fair?

I am not planning, I think my next two weekends are somewhat booked. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 06:07:24 PM
I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you. Genghis Khan

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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 06:09:09 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation."  - The Last Words of the Buddha


Change is the only constant....go odbye my Mongolian friend.  You are very talented and hardworking, you will do awesome in life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 06:10:20 PM
If we take away the ego's self need for attention and importance, there's nothing left except wonderful love and kindness.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 06:11:08 PM
When the girls go back to school, I will dedicate an hour a day to writing my book.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 08:29:17 PM
There is a pressure in life call Survival of the Fittest.  At each moment, life is in balance.  To break that balance takes extraordinary efforts, because you are going against the balance in nature itself. However, it will require you to get stronger, than you have ever been before.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
Why is happiness the way?

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Post by: Ajax616 on August 22, 2014, 09:03:09 PM
http://www.authorhouse.com/LP04F01C033.aspx?Cat=PPC&LS=SearchEngine&SRC=Google&KW=Content-DCO&GKW=DCOAdGroup&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Content-DCO&utm_content=DCOAdGroup&gclid=CIm9u76lqMACFSpp7Aod8SkAbA (http://www.authorhouse.com/LP04F01C033.aspx?Cat=PPC&LS=SearchEngine&SRC=Google&KW=Content-DCO&GKW=DCOAdGroup&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Content-DCO&utm_content=DCOAdGroup&gclid=CIm9u76lqMACFSpp7Aod8SkAbA)

For when I complete my book. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2014, 09:30:56 AM
When we carry something heavy, it stresses our body, and our body (and mind) adjusts by getting stronger.  Wouldn't it make sense that we need to keep stressing our body and mind, so that it becomes stronger.  Therefore do more, and carry a heavy load everyday and become strong.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2014, 07:40:39 AM
Why do we seek or think a prior time is simpler and more at peace?

"Rosebud."

It really isn't.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2014, 07:53:52 AM
http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/ (http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/)

Trust is absolutely necessary for a system requiring an ongoing relationship.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2014, 09:04:40 PM
Thank you for helping me find a compromise that hopefully can grow and last and bring out the best of us.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2014, 09:05:20 PM
Thank you for a weekend of growth and hard work. I am at peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 25, 2014, 06:37:05 PM
When trying to get someone in an emotional state to change......do not bombard him/her with reason and logic, but bombard him with love and kindness.  His mind is not listening, but his heart may be.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 25, 2014, 06:37:57 PM
We are all subject to pigeon superstitions.  Do not become a pigeon, but rather use your higher self and your mind to get your results.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:16:12 PM
For success, you're going to step in all areas of your life, because growth will be internal, not external.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:17:44 PM
Inner Peace = Reality - Expectations or perception of reality

fluctuations in reality makes creates confusion in the equation and will lead to confused action and results.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:19:43 PM
What is Inversion in the macro business sense?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:20:20 PM
Warren Buffet makes money now, because he's a bully who can negotiate better deals and his understanding how the brands work to help each other.‏  It's plain common sense, no longer the stuff of brilliance.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:20:52 PM
Everything in this world is for this world only......even our human experience.‏   So what is beyond this world, or not?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:22:30 PM
No Loving Kindness

There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. Go and embrace him, she told her, and then ask him suddenly: What now?

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter, replied the monk somewhat poetically. Nowhere is there any warmth.

The girl returned and related what he had said.

To think I fed that fellow for twenty years! exclaimed the old woman in anger. He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion.

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.



Kindness is the true virtue
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:23:32 PM
Enlightenment may be like heaven, a need to understanding it all, that it makes sense no matter how bad it has been.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:24:13 PM
Do you feel that frustration... .anguish.....i t is a message.....do you feel that joy.....peace. ...calm......i t is also another message.‏  Pay attention to the message.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2014, 09:25:04 PM
The lesson from the Beyonder.....t o all of us. Desire...‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2014, 09:51:26 PM
Make no mistake your only objective in life is happiness and/in the service of others.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2014, 04:30:17 PM
Why "Like Water"?

Because it accomplishes everything it needs to do, without straining, by simply complying with the law of physics.  It cannot be stopped.  It's life giving and nurturing, and always usually clear.  It purifies itself through evaporation.  It seems subtle yet very strong, it can destroy a mountain.  It's very persistence.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2014, 04:32:30 PM
I don't know what you guys think or remember...but I woke up in this body, thinking that I am Hmong, human, male.....Those were taught to me by others, my environment, or genetics, but what am I really?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2014, 04:40:27 PM
I found this read this to an interesting lesson.

I studied engineering, not English. I still cant find a job.
 
When I graduated from Penn State a year ago, I thought I was perfectly prepared to succeed in the business world. Id worked hard, graduated at the top of my class in computer science and managed to acquire lots of experience with the sorts of industry software that I was sure hiring managers were looking for. Id even chosen a STEM degree, which according to just about everyone is the smartest choice to plan for the future (8 out of the 10 fastest-growing job occupations in the U.S. are STEM jobs).
 
I felt like the job market was mine for the taking. I was very, very wrong.
 
Despite diligent studying, the only real-world business skills Id learned at college were how to write a rsum and operate three-fifths of the Microsoft Office suite. My college education left me totally unprepared to enter the real workforce. My degree was supposed to make me qualified as a programmer, but by the time I left school, all of the software and programming languages Id learned had been obsolete for years.
 
To find real work, I had to teach myself new technologies and skills outside of class, and it wasnt easy.
 
My experience is far from unique. Despite rising tuition rates, graduates are finding it increasingly difficult to land jobs (53 percent of college grads under 25 are unemployed or underemployed). More and more graduates are finding that their conceptually-based college educations leave them ill-equipped to handle real-world jobs so much so that, according to some experts, most companies no longer care what their recruits majored in, since they know theyll have to extensively train them regardless. This is even more poignant in the tech sector in fact, 47 percent of the technology jobs in New York City no longer require any college education at all. Across the country, only half of high-tech workers have graduated college.
 
Businesses arent looking for college grads, theyre looking for employees who can actually do things like build iPhone apps, manage ad campaigns and write convincing marketing copy. I wish Id been taught how to do those things in school, but my college had something different in mind.
 
At least 90 percent of my college education (and that of so many others) boiled down to pure terminology, or analysis of terminology. My success in any given class was almost wholly based on how well I could remember the definitions of countless terms like the precise meaning of computer science or how to explain project management in paragraph form, or the all-too-subtle differences between marketing and advertising.
 
Our future marketers dont need to know the differences between advertising and marketing, they need to know how to sell things. Our future programmers dont need to be able to define computer science, they need to know how to program computers. Those are the skills that are most important, and theyre precisely the things that arent being taught in large part because schools dont hire professors who know how to teach them.
 
There are plenty of requirements for the average professorship, but job experience generally isnt high up on the list in fact, a 2006 study of college professors in STEM fields showed that a whopping 59.8 percent hadnt had any job experience in their industry. That means that a large portion of the professors tasked with teaching college grads how to become marketers, managers and salespeople have never marketed anything, managed anyone or sold anything at all. Our professors teach what they know, and after years spent steeping in theory, its no wonder that they put such an emphasis on conceptual learning.
 
To me, this is the root of our college problem: The average college student is paying $30,000 a year for the chance to learn valuable skills from professors who  havent had the opportunity to learn those skills themselves. Maybe its a crazy idea, but if youre going to spend all that money for a college education, shouldnt you expect to learn real-world skills from people who know what theyre doing?
 
In our current framework, that idea sounds like fantasy but what if we tried something different? What if we came up with a new way of hiring teachers, and a new outlook on how to develop college courses?
 
In an ideal world, business students would learn how to succeed in business by actually running their own businesses Cedarville University (based in Cedarville, Ohio,) is allowing them to do just that. Each fall, the school issues a challenge to their junior class: come up with a viable idea for a business and make it a reality.
 
Unlike most college business simulations, Cedarvilles program has students develop business ideas on their own, acquire real funding from local banks and use real money and manpower to run the business over the course of the semester. Every business major gets involved marketers run legitimate ad campaigns, accountants keep track of income and student managers are elected to oversee the project. The result: a concrete learning experience that allows students to try their hand at their field of study, and actually apply some of the concepts theyve learned.
 
Programs like Cedarvilles (along with existing college internship programs) are smart ways to impart real-world knowledge while in school. If colleges spent more time on this sort of practicum, and less time on rote terminology, we might see more well-rounded graduates.
 
Solving the issue of inexperienced teachers may be even simpler: have schools relax academic requirements for professors and focus far more on hiring effective businesspeople . With a little more leeway, academically-minded candidates will have more freedom to gain job experience, and schools may even attract more talent directly from the business world. Success in business and success in the classroom are certainly different things, but Id wager that its a lot easier to show an accomplished businessperson how to teach than it is to show a teacher how to be an accomplished businessperson .
 
Admittedly, these are simple ideas and represent only a small portion of the problem, but theyre a start. With better teachers and more hands-on material, I like to think that our graduates would be better equipped to succeed in the workforce, and that earning a bachelors degree might someday hold the same status that it used to. But what would I know? Im just a college grad.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2014, 09:01:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFG3oyr5mE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRFG3oyr5mE)

The Wedding Bride, How I met your mother.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2014, 09:03:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQrSAC2LVsA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQrSAC2LVsA)

Alternate ending, How I met your mother.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2014, 09:34:00 PM
The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart. - The Buddha

What does that mean to you?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2014, 10:19:38 AM
Have a great labor day weekend!

Thank you....have a wonderful labor day weekend also.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2014, 10:20:22 AM
Find Synergy or a strong need....invest in it and give love and kindness, and it will blossom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2014, 03:58:45 PM
In nature, there's seems to be an oscillation of rest and growth, is death or disappearance of the consciousness from this world a resting of the consciousness?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2014, 04:00:00 PM
Words, like a sharp sword can draw blood and kill, or it can also heal.  Please be careful in how you use speech. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2014, 12:14:45 PM
Why does oil cost so much and in such high demand? Because it serves‏.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2014, 02:36:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itKaF6Y_81c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itKaF6Y_81c)

This song kind of reminds me of you, but every situation really is different, different from our expectations.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2014, 10:14:31 AM
Benjamin Franklin asked himself the same self-improvement question every night: "What good have I done today?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2014, 10:16:12 AM
"I read an hour almost every night. It's part of falling asleep." - Bill Gates
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2014, 10:50:57 AM
I never thought I would say this, but I really do love my job, my manager, my awesome coworkers, and the purpose of my team's function at work. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2014, 05:45:54 PM
To some amazing and strong warriors, thank you for sharing a wonderful summer with me.  As I told you that there's a pattern of rest of growth in nature, we have rested this Summer, now let's grow this coming fall, winter, and spring, and be stronger than ever.  Let's grow to become strong, kind, and giving beings ready to serve our purpose and others.  Best wishes....
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2014, 06:10:33 PM
If I had stayed invisible, the truth would remain hidden, I couldn't allow that. - Sonmi 451, 'Cloud Atlast'
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2014, 09:58:32 PM
Thank for all the wonderful and amazing gifts in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2014, 08:40:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ8S8_O0OYM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ8S8_O0OYM)

Troy
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:33:55 PM
My Ego is manifestation of my defense of the self.  If there's truly no self, then there's no EGO and no defense, and all that is left is love and kindness for all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:35:07 PM
The Desire in all of us creates a gap that needs to be filled.  On our journey to fill this gap, we grow and become stronger and so does everyone around us to.  Desire in the long run becomes survival of the fittest.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:36:24 PM
When people are trying to bend reality to fit their perceptions, it will not work, and it will lead to lying to others or one self.  Perceptions needs to be bent to meet and fit reality.  There's more work here, but it will be worth it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:37:25 PM
We all have so many habits of learned helplessness from being hurt before.....Be Free of the past.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:38:44 PM
Stocks rise on Hopes for Ukraine....... I saw this news yesterday, and I say bologna.  Stock rose, because it is the path of least resistance.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:40:55 PM
The art and science of life.‏ I wrote this yesterday, but I forgot what inspired me to write then.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 04, 2014, 09:42:18 PM
Happiness is getting exactly what we want....more is incorrect, less is worst...‏

Therefore..when real results meets expectations.that what you normally have..be happy with what you have..there is when the happiness equation becomes zero and happiness is achieved.

Happiness = Reality - Expectations of Reality

Happiness = 5 - 5 = 0, zero is the best outcome, because we getting exactly what we think we are getting.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 05, 2014, 09:53:24 PM
I have to honor the trend of the 80 and VIX more.  My 80 MA combined with a bullish VIX, makes this market float higher, and will also deteriorate when combined with a negative 80 MA, and a VIX4-5.  Therefore, it will be taken into account for in the Stock side also.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2014, 10:28:34 AM
Survival of the fittest is a law in the Universe, in a universe without sentient enlighten intellect.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2014, 10:54:03 AM
On my journey to becoming a market wizard, like all successful processes like casinos, investments, or investments, I am betting on the statistical long term emotional actions of the crowd.  Understanding their emotional content at the time, and where the actions of that emotion will lead, and then staying with them is the reason why I will succeed.  Of course, I will be flexible  to accommodate changing psychology or emotions of the crowd.
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Post by: pievang on September 07, 2014, 01:46:49 PM
Hey genius why not look into the work of Aleister Crowley....  I beat him...mauhaha. ..I know more truths to the universe than any of you book worms would ever figure out...  Watch me put up both my arms as proof and power, right ect..... I won it because I contacted gods-goddess and summon demons....unli ke crowley I don't go into detail with my work....  I don't need the rest of them knowing what I know for it's like the simple truth to the universe...So smart one from Hmong people how can air molecules go through solid stone walls?...answer me....if you know that then you know how black magickians stick rocks into people or into solid objects...
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2014, 06:25:23 PM
Hey genius why not look into the work of Aleister Crowley....  I beat him...mauhaha. ..I know more truths to the universe than any of you book worms would ever figure out...  Watch me put up both my arms as proof and power, right ect..... I won it because I contacted gods-goddess and summon demons....unli ke crowley I don't go into detail with my work....  I don't need the rest of them knowing what I know for it's like the simple truth to the universe...So smart one from Hmong people how can air molecules go through solid stone walls?...answer me....if you know that then you know how black magickians stick rocks into people or into solid objects...


Spoken like a true master.  I am glad to hear of your accomplishment s.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2014, 06:27:16 PM
Survival of the fittest is for the specie or individual.... Love and kindness for all is for all living beings and interconnected ness.  It is the higher revelation.
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Post by: pievang on September 07, 2014, 06:31:23 PM
Spoken like a true master.  I am glad to hear of your accomplishment s.
Thank You😀
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2014, 06:46:01 PM
How come we can't see more of the universe?  How can we see and understanding what we are not aware of that exists.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2014, 09:28:28 PM
It doesn't matter where you are, but where are you going? .....the 50 million dollar example.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 08, 2014, 04:29:53 PM
Sometimes, I would like to know where I am going. If I have a direction, then I wouldn't be so confused.  :P

"The Queen of your Heart" doesn't know where to go next....then we are all in trouble.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 08, 2014, 04:32:25 PM
Sometimes, I would like to know where I am going. If I have a direction, then I wouldn't be so confused.  :P

Go in the direction of happiness.

What is the direction of happiness? freedom, giving the best of you and growth to become the person you want to be.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 08, 2014, 09:42:28 PM
Thank you for a better day than yesterday. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 09, 2014, 10:39:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgOwX72fLI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDgOwX72fLI)

This song was on my mind today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 09, 2014, 10:52:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhueyC70cU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhueyC70cU)

I met a girl last night. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 07:49:07 PM
From Taxi:

Latka Gravas:  Momma I am going to America.
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His Mother: Look at this skinny American woman, she's can't chop your wood.
Latka Gravas: But she can light my fire.
His Mother: My son has grown up.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 09:01:59 PM
Goofy,

Thank you for a soft landing.  Let's never let there be another hard landing again.  I will keep my words to you and nothing more, or less.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 09:04:08 PM
Imagine if your success is guaranteed, what a boring world that would be.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 09:52:38 PM
"The Greatest Thing in life is finding someone who knows all your mistakes and differences and still finds you absolutely amazing." - From a friend
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 09:55:02 PM
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 09:55:34 PM
Thank you for all my friends, my family, and everyone that I meet.  Thank you for coming into my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2014, 10:03:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano)

Timeless teachings for finding happiness, strength, and purpose.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2014, 06:44:45 PM
"Happiness is never decreased by being shared."  - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2014, 06:51:40 PM
"If you can see the miracle clearly, then your life will change." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2014, 06:53:40 PM
"Neither fire nor wind, birth or death can erase our good deeds." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2014, 06:56:29 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erhVhsjeA0M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erhVhsjeA0M)


"A wise man recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, thus he escapes the suffering." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2014, 08:30:43 AM
"Forgiveness is giving all hopes for a better past." - Marianne Williamson

Forgiveness will free us from our past, and open up a wonderful future.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2014, 08:32:20 AM
Recent Goofy activities is for kindness as well as egotistical reasons, and I need accept that.  I am still trying to prove that I am right, when I really need to only show kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2014, 08:40:07 AM
Rosebud, a simpler time.  There's no simpler time.  It only seems like it is simpler, because we are looking back and think we can reap the benefits without the work.

There's no simpler time in the past, so make up your mind that this is the best time, and that tomorrow will be better, even after death itself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2014, 08:42:39 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erhVhsjeA0M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erhVhsjeA0M)


"A wise man recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, thus he escapes the suffering." - The Buddha

Why is the world an illusion, when it is so physically real.  It is not the world that we are living in, but our perception of the world that we are living in, and that perception is our illusion.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 09:15:34 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZp6pmgbZyU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZp6pmgbZyU)

267 Texts exchanged, between 1 and 5:30 am.  That is mad, don't you think?  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 09:18:13 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvaoYHpQpk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvaoYHpQpk)

Koj yog kuv txoj sia - Paradise.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 09:25:42 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYz9WfXdgiw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYz9WfXdgiw)

Just for love. - Destiny
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 09:31:58 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ikuoWWaZE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ikuoWWaZE)

Nkauj Hmoob - Reflection
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 01:34:58 PM
There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. "Go and embrace him," she told her, "and then ask him suddenly: 'What now?'"

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

"An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter," replied the monk somewhat poetically. "Nowhere is there any warmth."

The girl returned and related what he had said.

"To think I fed that fellow for twenty years!" exclaimed the old woman in anger. "He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion."

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.


Thank you for allowing me to save something. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 06:49:39 PM
Thank you soldier for your services.  Please love and protect your new friends and family at your destination.  I will see you when you come home.  I am so proud of you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 06:50:19 PM
To my beautiful warriors,

Thank you for being in my life.  I am so proud of all of you, as you all are so strong.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 06:51:14 PM
When I asked her for a date.  Here's her reply: "You intrigued me at hello, yes we can do dinner sometimes."
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 06:52:35 PM
Thank you for a wonderful, kind and loving weekend, with the wonderful people that is in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 07:16:03 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/watch-cris-carter-take-an-emotional-stand-against-child-abuse-on-espn-153242374.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/watch-cris-carter-take-an-emotional-stand-against-child-abuse-on-espn-153242374.html)

Wow Chris Carter.....Tha nk you for your stand.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 07:23:15 PM
Act though it were impossible to fail. - from the book, 'Wake up and Live."
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2014, 07:27:13 PM
"Give me heat and then, I'll add the wood."  Expecting success without understanding it first.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 15, 2014, 10:30:00 AM
The Girlfriend Letter

Would you like to plant a flower garden with me,
Our garden, well put it beneath the cooling shades of an oak tree.

We'll water it every day, with laughter and affectionate warm smiles,
and when the world is against us, well come to relax in it for a long while.

Our beautiful flower garden, we will put it by a clear lake.
In time, well build a house with it to enjoy the views, when we wake.

Well tend to our flowers and our children with love and warmth,
So they both will flourish and grow beautifully, but yet exceptionally strong.

Come, build this garden with me, so that we can enjoy it together each quiet evening,
it will be our wonderful journey of returning back to our, once lost, Garden of Eden.

Come, build this garden with me, you neednt be alone,
At last you have found me again, please come home.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 15, 2014, 04:29:42 PM
Hahaha, only I could write such funny things.  Thank you for enjoying it with me.

The Final Version has a place for a signature and date. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 06:06:33 PM
What is love, but a disturbance in the happiness equation? Is that why it hurts so much, and has the potential to easily hijack our minds and emotions?
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 07:41:15 PM
Have you ever wanted to stand up at yell out something funny at Theater?  I want to do it once. :) 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 07:41:53 PM
Stop thinking so small....stop thinking that you're human.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 07:44:50 PM
Embrace forgiveness and do not end up fighting the last war....the world has moved on, so should you too.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 07:45:15 PM
Like the stock market, or a marathon, if you have to try really hard in a relationship, then it is wrong.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 08:34:32 PM
Why is love stronger than hate, good stronger than evil?  Because if it's not, we all would be dead already instead prospering through the last million years of our history.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 08:53:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpJSJNJ26Rw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpJSJNJ26Rw)

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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 09:40:55 PM
You should. And what would you say?

My daughter and I went to watch The Legend of Hercules.

When she asked him how did he keep her pendant safe all these years, I wanted to stand up and yell, "He kept it up his a$$."
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2014, 09:41:25 PM
Hey you can't steal my favorite song.  ;D

We do have something in common.  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 17, 2014, 04:07:52 PM
It is never what you say, but how you say it that matters, because it is not the intention that you're masking in the physical world, but the intention in your heart that comes through that is seen and felt by others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 17, 2014, 07:41:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gre4DZuA6k4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gre4DZuA6k4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOK4U_pSxGA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOK4U_pSxGA)


To my goofy friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 04:41:41 PM
http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm (http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=647&pos=13&title=14-ib-tag-hmo-lawm)

Sleepless...do not claim this as yours too, OK?  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 04:51:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM)

Luv this version.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 05:10:16 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kkx2m-JSg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1kkx2m-JSg)

The Big Blue Marble.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 06:33:00 PM
If you can die rich and powerful and have achieved great things in life, but your kids would wind up being broken and unable to do much, or if you can die poor, but have raised your kids well and they are empowered and able to give giving lives, which would give you the most peace at death?.....To die poor, therefore that is better road.  Not that you'll be poor, but chose a life of empower your kids.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 07:27:01 PM
Do you know why we are monsters inside? Because the monster asks about me? It will be silence when you are able to ask, what can I do to make the situation better.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 07:27:31 PM
The art of problem solving...if i hadn't so blinded by negative emotions, I would have been able to solve our problem constructively .‏ Sorry, learning.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 07:28:07 PM
K, Thanks to you, I now know it best to wait to get into another relationship.. .because it will be more special.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2014, 07:53:44 PM
Our emotions decays over time.....that is why emotional junkies seek new thrills, because the same one is not enough anymore.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 19, 2014, 05:43:20 PM
Since you also love oldie songs. I'll share one of my favorite oldie classic band "Loj Leeb"

Thaum I
http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?pos=-2281 (http://www.ehmongmusic.com/displayimage.php?pos=-2281)

Thank you for hurting my ears.....j/k.  I have never heard of this song before.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2014, 08:28:50 AM
I rather raised my kids to have a better life than the one that I have if my life was poor.  :-\

What is a better life, and what is a poor life? :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2014, 09:03:23 AM
What do I want to do with the rest of life....I want to fly in the limitless imaginations of my mind and heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2014, 02:16:54 PM
A poor life doesnt necessary mean not having money. A happy life living poor is better than having $$$ but living miserably.

I like that.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 08:20:13 AM
http://money.msn.com/investing/the-10-most-powerful-women-in-business (http://money.msn.com/investing/the-10-most-powerful-women-in-business)

What is success?
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 06:15:01 PM
I will be very good in the heart, so I can be good in the sky.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 06:15:54 PM
Start something for love and kindness for everyone. - Lesson learn from KG's Father
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 06:17:01 PM
Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion for others, this is what renews humanity. - The Budddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 08:31:39 PM
Luag hais tia, no noj ces yuav taug cav, ua tshoob ua kos ces yuav nrhiav neej nrhiav tsav......you have a wonderful family.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 08:33:09 PM
To a brother in-law, you are right for success, you need a strategy that can be carried out.  A strategy that has been tested, therefore, you'll have full faith.  Even though, your strategy is for drinking, the idea can be transplanted into other areas.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2014, 08:36:29 PM
Amazing....my email was lacking energy....that was why it may fail.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 23, 2014, 06:23:26 PM
I have to keep my expectations in check, so we both do not get hurt.  Something I thought I could overcome in the prior relationship, but can't.  I have to take my foot off the gas pedal for awhile.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 23, 2014, 07:59:30 PM
I have to keep my expectations in check, so we both do not get hurt.  Something I thought I could overcome in the prior relationship, but can't.  I have to take my foot off the gas pedal for awhile.

Solution, thanks to talking with my friend Sleepless is to lower the expectation to a 2.5.

Happiness = Reality - Expectations of Reality

Thus Happiness = 2 - 2.5  = -.5, which a lot more bearable than -6.5.  Thank God for the Happiness equation to make help make sense of it all, when I am confused.

Now I am more at peace, but then her Happiness equation maybe a mess. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2014, 06:37:15 PM
Thank you for coming into my life.  I think you are amazing in so many ways, and so much of the family puzzles fits already too.  Thank you for toasting to our amazing journey to the stars last night.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2014, 06:39:10 PM
Go at a slow speed for now. The road might be bumpy for a while but it will get better ahead.  O0

Yes, and flexible expectations.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2014, 07:23:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUhHQDUumFM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUhHQDUumFM)

Thank you for the sweet dedication.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 25, 2014, 06:25:50 PM
Kids raised by dogs can never come back to becoming a normal person.  The information conducted in the early education is permanently ingrained in the subconscious mind of the individual. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2014, 06:35:54 PM
Do not take some else'.  Do you know why, because if they could be taken, they are not worth it and everyone ends up getting hurt by someone so worthless.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 27, 2014, 02:47:20 PM
There's no such thing as one time.  That is just the lie we tell ourselves, a false promise.  "One time" is the beginning of the corruption of our heart.  One time is the beginning that will lead to waking up one day in jail or worst.  There's no such thing as one time, but the path is never compromising your values and principles for never any moment. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 27, 2014, 03:15:34 PM
http://living.msn.com/family-parenting/raising-kids/best-of-dads-playbook#4 (http://living.msn.com/family-parenting/raising-kids/best-of-dads-playbook#4)

Success masters.

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." - Vince Lombardi, legendary Green Bay Packers head coach

"Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." - John Wooden, member of both the Basketball and College Basketball Halls of Fame

"Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit." - Bear Bryant, longtime University of Alabama football coach

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There is no such thing as life in-between." - Pat Riley, five-time coach of NBA champions

"I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done." - Mike Ditka, Super Bowl title-winner as player, assistant coach, and head coach

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." - Lou Holtz, famed University of Notre Dame football head coach

"Nobody who ever gave their best regretted it." - George Halas, exChicago Bears player, coach, and owner

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination." - Tommy Lasorda, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers

"Don't worry about losing. Think about winning." - Mike Krzyzewski, head coach, Duke University basketball and 2012 USA Olympic Team
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 27, 2014, 03:50:51 PM
At this moment, I am having a hard time balancing the calm confident me who is on an exciting journey to the stars, with the vulnerable me, who is blinded by desire and a vision that we are very good together, and then trying to convince you of that while you are nursing a deep wound. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VMYLniuDk&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE&index=14 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8VMYLniuDk&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE&index=14)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 28, 2014, 03:10:34 PM
I guess it is true that "Forgiveness" removes the blockage and allows love to flow.   Thank you Marianne.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 28, 2014, 07:29:30 PM
Teach this triple Truth to All: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity.  - The Buddha. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 28, 2014, 08:29:16 PM
I need better emotional control of my imagination regarding K, because that is the only place where the failure exist. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 28, 2014, 08:30:16 PM
Thank you for everything that is in my life, including my amazing, fun, and challenging job.  I enjoy working with my team and my manager.  Such an awesome team.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 28, 2014, 10:44:12 PM
Thank you for a very good and long conversation.. .. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 04:20:40 PM
I do apologize very much so for hurting you....knowing you brought out something else.  I should be more careful and keep it very much professional.  I will be your coworker and friend with nothing, but empowerment, because that is what you need from me. Thank you for kindly letting me know that I was wrong.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 04:21:49 PM
I do apologize very much so for hurting you....knowing you brought out something else.  I should be more careful and keep it very much professional.  I will be your coworker and friend with nothing, but empowerment, because that is what you need from me. Thank you for kindly letting me know that I was wrong.

Get up when you fall and learn something from it.‏  Accept responsibility for your actions and wonderful things will happen.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 06:30:11 PM
Muddy Road

Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling.

Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection.

"Come on, girl" said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could restrain himself. "We monks don't go near females," he told Tanzan, "especially not young and lovely ones. It is dangerous. Why did you do that?"

"I left the girl there," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 08:03:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN-CVQuBR8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN-CVQuBR8)


The John Forbes Nash JR proposition.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 08:18:58 PM
Thank you for a wonderful day of love, kindness, and learning today at home and work.  I am so thankful for all the events of today. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 08:20:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQBHkzOYvw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQBHkzOYvw)

I want to be a better man for you, because you have been so patient in waiting for me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2014, 08:32:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Q69QJkYLM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Q69QJkYLM)

The Sermon on the Mount.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 01, 2014, 10:19:10 AM
Anton Freeman: Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back.
Vincent: It's too late for that. We're closer to the other side.
Anton Freeman: What other side? You wanna drown us both?
Vincent: You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.

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Post by: Ajax616 on October 01, 2014, 08:54:24 PM
K, I think you're an amazing person on many dimensions.  I hope you're not a brilliant disguise.  All signs point to that you're very real.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 03, 2014, 05:58:59 PM
She said, it was my first text that intrigued her.  Do want to know what I said? 

"Hello, this is Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx.  My uncle and aunt, also your aunt, thinks I should say hello to you because you're exceptionally mature. Hello."

Uh oh, I think I got the wrong person.  Is this PajHnub Megan Xiong?
 
Haha, J/K.
 
They also said that you provide an exceptionally awesome dining companionship, and that I should find out for myself.  Would you like to do dinner sometimes?
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 03, 2014, 06:01:09 PM
Whatever trust or unconditional love that I wished I had given to Xxxxxx, for her peace and happiness, I will give to my current situation. I will not let thorns or the mistakes of the past grow here, and this is an amazing and beautiful person.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 03, 2014, 06:14:51 PM
"A man's success has a lot to do with the kind of woman he chooses to have in his life." - From a very good friend
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 04, 2014, 09:24:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0)

Field of Dreams
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 04, 2014, 09:38:01 AM
Don't hold back.

Yes, don't save anything for the swim back.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 04, 2014, 09:48:11 AM
Are we born human beings or did we learn to be human beings?   Either way, what were we before?
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 04, 2014, 07:47:26 PM
Is Empathy destroyed by human pain and betrayal?  If so, I need to get over these pain and betrayal, because I need to keep my Empathy for it is my connection to other souls and living beings.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 04, 2014, 11:46:46 PM
Thank you for a wonderful unexpected date.....that says it all. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 05, 2014, 10:11:13 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrSYqiqvzc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrSYqiqvzc)

**** in a Box.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 05, 2014, 01:05:30 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sryOCnuj7c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sryOCnuj7c)

I have always liked this song, but it's not for me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 05, 2014, 06:57:50 PM
It occurred to me that CANSLIM is a system for investing that use multiple variables (and try to quantify it) for success, similar to my idea although mine has no fundamental variables.  It has no fundamental variables, because it is very short and cannot sit in it long enough for the fundamental factors to kick in.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 05, 2014, 08:33:10 PM
Thank you for quiet and wonderful weekend with family and friends.  Thank you for an awesome week with my co-worker family, you are all amazingly talented. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2014, 04:30:29 PM
Glad things are going great for you. I'm happy to see that you are happy.  ;)

Thank you my friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2014, 04:31:00 PM
I do still need to consistently think better and more empowering thoughts. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2014, 04:33:25 PM
Perhaps, I am trying to reach the next chapter too fast.  I need reflect on why I am here.  I am not here for me, but what I can and should bring or contribute.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2014, 07:53:17 PM
Weak are those that allows his thoughts to control his actions.  Strong are those that forces his actions to control his thoughts. - Og Mandino
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2014, 11:33:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46keEUbWOIA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46keEUbWOIA)

A life lived in fear is a half life half lived.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2014, 08:32:39 AM
Thanks to u for making me think again about us.  Today is a special mark in our relationship, & thus is a very important day.  As mentioned, unless it's an urgent matter, our night can not be canceled.  & although there are things I should be doing tonight, it's not urgent.  In fact, there's nothing more urgent then to be & to find that happiness with someone special by the name Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx. ;) 

......because when I'm with him, it's nothing but happiness. :)

So Cosmo it is.  See u tonight.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2014, 08:33:12 AM
Thanks to u for making me think again about us.  Today is a special mark in our relationship, & thus is a very important day.  As mentioned, unless it's an urgent matter, our night can not be canceled.  & although there are things I should be doing tonight, it's not urgent.  In fact, there's nothing more urgent then to be & to find that happiness with someone special by the name Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx. ;) 

......because when I'm with him, it's nothing but happiness. :)

So Cosmo it is.  See u tonight.

Oooooh, you should have seen my super hot date last night.....:)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2014, 12:29:10 PM
Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2014, 06:26:14 PM
Yes. I saw a kdrama movie that can associate to your passage above.

I am actually the moon, on many occasions. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2014, 08:45:58 PM
Thank you for all that is my life.  Law of attraction.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 09, 2014, 07:24:05 AM
If You Love, Love Openly

Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master.

Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting.

Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written to her, she said: "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 09, 2014, 05:11:15 PM
Why is that? Why not be the star for once?

According to the quote I was the moon. They lost the moon, while counting the stars.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 10, 2014, 06:55:06 PM
I Love My Husband, But Here's Why I Want to Cheat


I'm one of the lucky ones: I'm married to my soul mate.

The first time I ever saw Nige, my heart caught in my throat and my stomach dropped faster than you can say "love at first sight." I was captivated, awed and knocked sideways by the depth of my attraction to him.

We met during a life-changing workshop. He was an assistant, I was participating. Having clawed my way to life over the previous two year from an disorder that ravaged my soul and filled me with shame, I had learned to practice radical honesty -- especially when I didn't want to.

"Secrets keep you sick," my mentors said. I didn't want to be sick, so I went against all my instincts and told Nige and the group members in the therapeutic community he was co-leading of my attraction.

There was never an agenda for me other than to feel better.

Somehow, my honesty made way for love to enter. Four years after that first moment, we went on a date. Eight years after that first encounter -- almost to the day -- we got married.

My commitment to honesty means that I share the secrets and dark thoughts that would otherwise quietly eat away at my sense of self-trust and integrity.

Today, my secret is this: I love my husband, but I often want to cheat.

Recently, I met K while walking the dog. We just... clicked. The conversation flowed easily, we shared doggy jokes and I walked home a little taller, a little bit excited. I checked in with myself: Do I fancy this man? The answer was a resounding 'No.' I wasn't physically attracted to him.

Yet, I was happy when we bumped into each other on the field from time to time. I lingered longer than I normally would. He seemed kind of troubled, unclear about his life. His dissatisfactio n with the world, his relationship and himself leaked out through seemingly innocuous comments. No, I wasn't attracted.

Then, one day, we spent two hours together. The evening was chilly. Normally I would have gone home, but I didn't. Neither did he. We just... stayed. Talked, joked, hung out.

2014-09-30-sunongrass.jpg

A fellow dog walker asked us if we were married. Alarm bells went off. I thought of Nige and a quiet guilt nagged at me. This had become a secret.

Over the following days, I obsessed over K, wondering whether I'd see him. I was confused -- I wasn't attracted to this man physically, yet I was getting off on the idea that he liked me.

Here's what I don't want you to know: I started walking Molly past his house, hoping to "accidentally" bump into him.

I "coincidentally" walked the dog at the time he walked his -- 6 p.m.. I felt disappointed each time I didn't see him.

I thought about him a lot. At work, on the way to work, on the way home, at home, in the morning, while walking, while spending time with Nige.

His name even came to mind while my husband and I were having sex. I mentally ejected him from my thoughts -- I wasn't even attracted to him, and I had never fantasized about anyone else while being intimate with Nige.

The cumulative impact of these behaviors -- these secrets -- on my sense of integrity was indubitable.

I felt guilty and ashamed of myself.

I also felt scared: Taking the next step felt so... easy. So close. I knew that I could up the ante just a little bit and find myself in deep waters.

It frightened me that my hunger for a cheap thrill had the power to overshadow the vows I took on March 16, 2012. To throw away the trust, intimacy and love that we'd worked so hard to build felt unnervingly easy, so easy to throw away.

Part of me was actively fuelling the obsession. Part of me wanted to cheat.

What was happening in my marriage, that this might be sparked?

Little things. A courageous conversation or two was needed, but it was nothing drastic -- honestly.

What was happening in me, that this might be sparked?

Ah. Here is where the juice was.

I was afraid of love. I know it might look like I was looking for love, but I was really following what A Course in Miracles describes as "the ego's dictate": seek and do not find.

What drove this attraction, as it has done many others before, was a hidden belief that love is dangerous. That if I fully dive into my love for my husband, it will engulf me, swallow me whole. There'll be no "me" left. Just like when I was a young girl and my mum's alcoholism drowned the whole family in her sorrows.

What drove this attraction was the possibility that I might be deeply, unwaveringly loveable. That it might actually be possible to be in love, on purpose and successful.

What drove this attraction was a subconscious drive, handed down through generations of women in my family, to sabotage happiness and push love away. I'm one of the lucky ones, married to my soul mate. This cannot possibly last. I must create trouble at base camp.

The work I live by and teach reminds me daily that I have a choice about who I want to be in the middle of my struggle. Deny what is happening inside of me, and I set myself up for a fall.

Tell the truth, and I make way for love.

So I shared it with Nige. All of it. It was hard. I felt swamped with shame. But I did it anyway. I probably saved my marriage in the process, and I'll do it again if I have to.

I want to cheat on my husband some days.

But I want to know him, and to be known by him, more than I want to prove my fears right.

And that, my friends, is why I tell the truth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 11, 2014, 12:30:20 PM
Thank you for the milk......I sent that text to my sister by accident. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 11, 2014, 12:32:09 PM
I have always known you were in love with me, but you're scared, but I have just noticed that you are breaking free of that fear and falling in love with me in the last week or so.  Thank you for coming out.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 12, 2014, 09:38:34 PM
My heart is designer, it's Buddha.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 13, 2014, 09:49:30 PM
Thank you for this day to serve and help others.  I am reminded that change is the only constant in the universe. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 14, 2014, 09:55:54 AM
Never take anything for granted, for when its gone, its gone.  - From a Co-worker.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 14, 2014, 05:11:47 PM
Thank you mom, for helping me rescue something wonderful with your wisdom.  I am continually learning from you yet, still.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 14, 2014, 05:12:40 PM
Are you almost to the stars?

I have to buy the stars first.  But I am the only buyer at this point. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 14, 2014, 06:25:58 PM
Dont wait too long. Someone might steal your star.

You should know, there's no worthy of it, just me.  However, I still have to earn it. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 14, 2014, 06:28:10 PM
Among many other things good in life, in order to push forward and become better, one has to be able to feel a shame. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 15, 2014, 07:28:56 AM
What did he say to you?  Be the best!  - From Men of honor
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 15, 2014, 07:29:17 AM
Thought of the day:

There are some of us who would refrain from being traditional, not out of wisdom, but out of ignorance, without understanding that being traditional is about love and kindness.  Who would give up all the good things associated with love and kindness but someone egotistical enough to think that hes above the traditional law of love and kindness, which has been use for hundreds of thousands of years.   As humans, we like to believe that we are above nature (possibly created by specifically by God in Gods image) and the other species, as we are self-aware and can communicate in more complex ways.  However, the way of nature is still the traditional way, and to think that we are above it may only imply our egotistical thinking as a group and thinking we are better than the law of nature, which has been there since the beginning of time itself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2014, 06:30:46 PM
Thank you for amazing peace of tonight!  I haven't felt this peaceful and focused in a very long time.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 16, 2014, 08:09:41 PM
 Eagle and Rabbit Story
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"
The eagle answered, "Sure , why not."
So the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested.
All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story: ''To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up .
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 17, 2014, 07:40:58 PM
I allow my negative imagination to get the best of me and it led me to walking down a silly path on wednesday.‏  It's not who I want to be.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 17, 2014, 07:42:58 PM
If you want to be doctor, then you go to medical school.  If you want to be a lawyer, then you go to law school. Why do you seek happiness and success, with your limited understanding of the topic and without guidance from people who has achieved success and happiness?
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 18, 2014, 02:30:58 PM
I don't know why I these songs suddenly popped into my head, and I then I am reminded of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GoKTRMMko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GoKTRMMko)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXtAZLUxiw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmXtAZLUxiw)

Even though the book's now closed, there's no one like you in my life.  Without you, I would never have felt completely loved.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2014, 09:07:00 AM
OK, the failure is always just in my mind, never out there.  I need to understand that and take charge of my mind for success.  Love and kindness already makes it successful.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2014, 09:08:28 AM
Will Smith on the law of attraction.

http://consciouslifenews.com/will-smith-law-attraction/# (http://consciouslifenews.com/will-smith-law-attraction/#)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2014, 07:48:34 PM
Thank you for a wonderful weekend, and thank you for interesting me to many wonderful people. :)

Thank you for my amazing job with all its amazingly talent people.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 20, 2014, 06:51:15 PM
I want to travel to the stars too. :'( :'(

Remove tears from your screen name. :)

How about Sweet Sensation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2014, 04:54:42 PM
I use to dislike this song, because I don't believe in looking back.  Then I understood that the message is that make sure you marry the one love and do not become full of regrets like me.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOlKYF_-WA&index=10&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOlKYF_-WA&index=10&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2014, 08:51:43 PM
Thank you for amazing day of understanding and peace. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2014, 09:04:57 PM
Thank you to my mother for your kindness, understanding, and wisdom.....You are also my hero, good friend, and council.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 23, 2014, 07:31:49 AM
A goal without a time set simply becomes a dream.  - The ever wise Xao Vang
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 23, 2014, 08:44:09 PM
My mom's very wise advise to me on the day I got married a long time was, "Please chew with your mouth close."  Because she realizes that I will be eating with strangers now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 25, 2014, 11:41:05 AM
Your thirst can only be quench by your understanding, not by drinking more....seek understanding and not more water, and you'll be absolutely content.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 25, 2014, 11:41:15 AM
We had only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snow flake. - Marie Beyman Ray
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 26, 2014, 06:38:11 PM
K, Thank you for your kindness, understanding, forgiveness, and jealousy.  I appreciate it all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2014, 11:38:38 AM
Dont believe those who tell you they love.  Believe those who show you they do. From my love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2014, 11:39:07 AM
Two Travelers and a Bear
Two Men were traveling in company through a forest, when, all at once, a huge Bear crashed out of the brush near them.

One of the Men, thinking of his own safety, climbed a tree. The other, unable to fight the savage beast alone, threw himself on the ground and lay still, as if he were dead. He had heard that a Bear will not touch a dead body.

It must have been true, for the Bear snuffed at the Man's head awhile, and then, seeming to be satisfied that he was dead, walked away. The Man in the tree climbed down. "It looked just as if that Bear whispered in your ear," he said. "What did he tell you?" He said, answered the other, "that it was not at all wise to keep company with a fellow who would desert his friend in a moment of danger."

Moral Lesson : "Misfortune is the test of true friendship."

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Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2014, 06:16:36 PM
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/31/crisis-changed-pope-francis-279303.html?piano_t=1 (http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/31/crisis-changed-pope-francis-279303.html?piano_t=1)

Pope Francis
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2014, 08:48:46 PM
"Teach this triple truth to all:  A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 29, 2014, 09:57:13 PM
Law of Attraction: Will smith....You get what you focus on in life. That was why I failed this weekend and things spun out of control.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2014, 03:54:50 PM
http://www.themirrorpost.com/2014/10/7-definite-signs-your-man-truly-loves.html?m=1 (http://www.themirrorpost.com/2014/10/7-definite-signs-your-man-truly-loves.html?m=1)

Thank you so much for this.....I don't know what to say, but thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 31, 2014, 04:59:44 PM
Happiness = Reality - Expectation (of Reality)

Why does desire create suffering?  Because one's expectations of reality is already set above that reality.  There's already a gap, and the larger the gap, the greater suffering.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 01, 2014, 05:03:24 PM
If you try to find stability in this world, you will fail and be very disappointed and hurt.  If you accept chaos and change as a constant, then you will find stability and peace.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 01, 2014, 05:04:07 PM
When does it become wrong or insensitive... ..it is when if the other person does it, it would not make us happy as well....
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2014, 06:24:57 PM
"The Way is not in the Sky, the Way is in the Heart."  - The Buddha

I suddenly realized that it can also imply that no matter what is happening out there, I am the master of my heart and its perceptions and I can chose more empowering perceptions for love and kindness.  For one thing it eases my heart right away.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2014, 07:52:28 PM
K,  Thank you for coming into my life and bringing so much goodness and kindness.  Yes, we have different habits, but I believe you are genuinely a very good and kind person, and very amazingly energetic and talented as well.  I love your shape.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 02, 2014, 08:08:49 PM
I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. - William Ernest Henley
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2014, 08:37:04 PM
K, I am proven every time I doubted you. I have to have more faith in your beautiful and kind heart, and you have to have more faith in my clarity of thought.  - K
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 05, 2014, 09:19:39 PM
Thank you for a beautiful and amazing day, with work, family and friends..... Thank you so very much.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 06, 2014, 09:55:15 AM
One of the best secret that I believe I have become aware of is this (I use aware is because each time the lesson is still different, and therefore slow to be absorb):  A whole wonderful universe opens up when I realized that I was wrong or I had lost because of my actions.  Once I accepted that, then I can begin to heal and fix the part of me that is responsible for such undesired results.  When I keep thinking that it is someone elses fault, then I only remain an egotistical, little and small me. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 06, 2014, 05:07:41 PM
Why in general, are Japanese people are so successful.... .Shame.....‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 06, 2014, 05:15:15 PM
1. Why do you love me?
People seem to feel this is a question that doesnt especially need answering. Most will say we love others simply because we love them a horrible answer. All people need to know exactly why it is that they love the people they love.
Loving someone is a very selfish act, and its okay. You love the person you love for what that person does for you and how he or she makes you feel.
We may all have slightly different answers as to why we love someone, but if we arent able to exactly define the parameters of our love, then were likely to struggle later on once the initial intensity dies down. If your partner cant answer why he or she loves you now, then imagine the inevitable uncertainty down the road.
2. Why do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?
Because I love you is not a good answer. Life is a journey one that is best not traveled entirely alone. However, not everyone has the same destination in mind. Wanting to take different pit stops along the route is one thing. Wanting different things out of life is another entirely.
Your partner should be able to tell you what life experiences he or she hopes to share with you. Its these little goals you set for yourselves that make your life special.
3. Will you do your best to keep the romance alive?
Keeping the romance alive is not an easy task. Yes, its all mental, but keeping interest for such a long time is difficult. It takes a lot of work and creativity. It takes the other person regularly trying to please and impress you, which in itself becomes increasingly difficult with each new year.
Romantic love cannot survive on its own; both of you are going to have to maintain it constantly. Is your partner willing to keep the romance as one of his or her main priorities?
4. Will you grow with me, and not away from me?
We may not know exactly where our lives will take us and what we will learn who we will become along the way, but we can make a conscious effort to grow closer together and not apart.
Most people grow apart over the years because they feel like theyve accomplished everything in their relationships that needs accomplishing.
This is one main reason marriages end up being so horrible people think that there is no greater peak to climb than the one their relationship is already resting on. Marriage shouldnt be the end, it should be the beginning.
5. Will you stick through the rough times?
The good times are a piece of cake. The difficult times, however, will destroy your relationship if you allow them to. There comes a point in every relationship when you have to make a decision. Its a decision that, if made, is only made once.  You will reach a point where you will either decide you are going to be there for this person for the rest of his or her life, or not.
If you decide youre going to stick with this person then you cant allow any tragedy or outside force to shake that decision. This is one of the most important decisions we make in our lives or, as it often turns out, fail to make decisively. Has your lover made the decision? Have you?
6. Are you willing to lose some battles in order to keep the peace?
The key to a successful marriage is taming your ego. No matter how competitive we are, sometimes you just need to pick your battles. Sometimes the arguments and the stress just arent worth it.
What you need to understand is that 99 percent of arguments arent arguments over fact, but rather over opinion. An opinion is neither right nor wrong. Sometimes you just have to let things be.
7. Can you promise to put us ahead of everything else?
Life has a lot to offer. And if youre anything like me, you have a very large appetite. We want everything life has to offer, and then some. The problem is we dont have enough time to have it all; our lives are too short. We can only pick a few things we consider important and do our best to flourish in those areas.
The beauty of marriage is that it can be used as a base to build the rest of your life on. Your partner should be just that: your partner. Your relationship is the most important thing in your life because its what makes the rest of your life possible.
8. Will you be a great parent?
Again, how could anyone know he or she will be a great partner? Easy. You just decide youre going to be. Thats it. No tricks. No gimmicks. Just a decision and then action.
Some things dont need too much thinking involved. Youre going to be great because you decided you will be. Will your lover do the same and be a great role model for your children?
9. Will you be sure to remind me how much you love me regularly?
People not only want, but need to hear it. We need to be reminded you love us because we know that love doesnt always last forever. We want to hear the words and then have that reassurement reinforced with actions showing how much you love us.
It really is enough just to love us, but understand you need to love us the way we need to be loved just like we need to love you the way you need to be loved in order for you to be happy.
10. Can you promise to do all you can to keep that spark alive?
Sparks dont spark on their own. Think about how a lighter works. You have a spark that lights the fuel, which creates a flame. But how does that spark, spark? You have to create a force that will result in the energy creating a spark.
Just the same, you cant expect sparks to keep flying if youre not trying. If you want to have a happy and healthy marriage, then you need to find someone willing to devote the necessary energy.
11. Will you support me if I cant support myself?
Not just financially, but mentally. Maybe even physically if necessary. No one knows what life holds. The unexpected happens, often leaving us weak, hurt or even permanently damaged. Will your partner carry you when you cant walk?
Will your partner support you when youre weak at the knees? Will your partner carry the family youve created until you regain your strength? Is your partner capable of mustering the strength to fight battles for the both of you?
12. Will you promise to continue to pursue your personal goals and dreams?
Marriage is not entirely the end of the person you were and the start of a new you. Sure, being in a serious relationship does require a person to change in many ways.
Yet, theres a part of us we can never, under any circumstance, let go of. The dreams, wants and hopes we have our personal goals must stay alive.
When we lose them, we lose ourselves and inevitably lose the person we love. Marriage isnt just an us. Its also a you and him/her. You have to juggle being the person you have always been with being a part of a larger whole. Its not easy. But it is necessary.
13. Will you not allow yourself to let go?
Will your partner take care of him or herself by eating healthy and exercising? Will your partner get regular checkups and take vitamins? This may sound silly, but Ive seen what letting yourself go can do to a marriage.
Moreover, Ive seen how not maintaining your health can make the lives of those closest to you incredibly difficult.
Yes, your family should take care of you when you need to be taken care of but its your responsibility first and foremost to take care of yourself. No people should become a burden to those they love.
14. If Im the first to go, will you be there with me until the end?
Will your partner hold your hand when youre too weak to hold it back? Will your partner kiss your forehead and tell you he or she loves you, that you made life worth living? That, because of you, life made sense? Will your partner be there for your last breath, when you find yourself pressed betwixt fear and content?
No one should leave this world alone. Its said that we leave it the way we come into it, but even when we come into it, theres someone there to hold us. I understand most people dont like to think about death, but seeing as its an inevitability, its better to plan ahead.
15. Can you promise me that if my time is cut short, youll continue to live on for the both of us?
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 07, 2014, 07:04:21 PM
Thank you for keeping on proving me wrong....I love it.....Please don't ever prove me right...:)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2014, 08:31:27 AM
Thank you for keeping on proving me wrong....I love it.....Please don't ever prove me right...:)

Thank you for proving me that I am wrong.  When I realized and accept that I am wrong, a whole new universe opens up, because then I can begin to change and become better.  The pattern or belief was incorrect that was why I was getting horrible results, and with my new belief and pattern, I will be getting awesome results.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2014, 08:55:01 AM
This song reminds me of the returning of Karma, the return of my negative karmic actions......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z73peECJGso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z73peECJGso)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2014, 09:38:04 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8AR_ovbwXI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8AR_ovbwXI)

I don't know when I heard this song for the first time, but it reminds of goodbyes, some forever.

Trees swayin' in the summer breeze
Showin' off their silver leaves
As we walked by

Soft kisses on a summer's day
Laughing all our cares away
Just you and I

Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights
Gazing at the distant lights
In the starry sky

They say that all good things must end someday
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn't have to go
No, no, no, no

And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you

They say that all good things must end someday
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn't have to go
No, no, no, no

And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
And dream of you

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Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2014, 07:48:53 PM
I am thinking of getting rid of RC in MKT (for strength purposes).  I am still keeping RC MKT to track entry for turtle rules Trade....
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 10, 2014, 07:12:03 PM
Good morning K,

I hope you are keeping warm today. It was beautiful but cold. Have a great day!

Thank you.  By now, I hope you had a great day too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2014, 08:26:28 AM
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=scenic+view&find_loc=Minneapolis%2C+MN (http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=scenic+view&find_loc=Minneapolis%2C+MN)

Scenic Views in Minneapolis, MN.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2014, 08:32:47 AM
I have to take the change in VIX more seriously..... .2 and 1.75, because other wise, I will be going against changing VIX (changing emotions of the market).
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2014, 10:00:38 AM
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2014, 10:01:50 AM
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."  - Thomas A. Edison

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Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2014, 08:34:32 PM
There's alot of places on that map that I have not been to. Have you been to most of it?

Maybe 4 of 10.  I wasn't aware of it, otherwise I might have made the trip this Summer.  These are Summer places, and so I guess, I will have to wait until next year.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 12, 2014, 08:36:16 PM
PD vs CH

BL vs KN

This really shows that love from parents makes all the difference.  The marsh mellow test, being able to defer gratification, does make a difference in one's lives.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 13, 2014, 05:43:19 PM
My sister L told me that if you really want to hurt someone, just ignore them.......
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2014, 08:36:57 AM
That was crazy......
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 17, 2014, 07:05:09 PM
Thank you for this amazing day....I appreciated every minute of it.....Thank you to my amazing co-workers and friends.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 19, 2014, 08:41:03 AM
We are so conditioned to received and ask whats in it for us, it is a condition for survival, but it is really what we give to others and when were able to ask how can we make this situation better for everyone, especially those around us, that love is restored, humanity is renewed and gets stronger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 23, 2014, 07:21:50 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFoY_adzvH8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFoY_adzvH8)

Favorite scene from 50 1st date.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2014, 05:19:25 PM
K, Thank you for being the wonderful and amazing person that you are.  I am so glad that you came along.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 05:09:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwmJpSjhNI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfwmJpSjhNI)

To all the wonderful fathers out there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 05:11:42 PM
The Hare and the Tortoise by Aesop.

I became the hare, when I must be and always should be the tortoise.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 05:12:13 PM
Parenting ..... is the most important thing we do all our lives, even the animals know that.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 05:16:23 PM
I was a Church function on Saturday, when I kept hearing the term the Kingdom of Heaven, and it finally occurred to me that "The Kingdom of Heaven" is not some place over the rainbow, but it is a place to attain in the heart, once we make all the correct decisions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 05:24:11 PM
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."

Jimmy Dean

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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 05:57:41 PM
K, thank you for saving our night in such an awesome and amazing way.....:)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 06:17:30 PM
The vision of Sushi Tango‏:  It gives us an awesome place to hangout and enjoy a meal with our good friends.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 06:18:18 PM
I can't stand the shame, it will never happen again.....it all started from anger and desire....from now on, it will all start from positive emotions and kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 06:18:40 PM
How did I lose my mojo.....expec tations and not keeping my emotions in check.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 06:19:21 PM
I am still not there yet, because....I am not doing all I need and want to do everyday yet.....‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 06:19:42 PM
I am not there yet.....becaus e my negative emotions still get to my from time to time....It is still now mine to resolve and make better, but I have to do it with all positive forces....no matter what.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 06:20:21 PM
Regarding K, I see my father in me, but I want to see more of your father in me.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 08:51:20 PM
To my awesome and amazing nephew who just got baptized.  I am so excited to see your unfolding life. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCTPeEAfBbo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCTPeEAfBbo)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 30, 2014, 09:13:57 PM
The Market will always rise, because love and kindness or hopes and dreams are greater than evil and negative thoughts.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2014, 04:24:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEvlnOkJ4W0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEvlnOkJ4W0)

The Gift My Father Gave Me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 01, 2014, 06:37:41 PM
For those of you who do not know what to give her for Christmas, here is something which she'll usually like....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrSYqiqvzc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrSYqiqvzc)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 02, 2014, 07:09:51 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/health/its-not-news-that-soda-is-bad-for-us-but-it-is-104089767387.html (https://www.yahoo.com/health/its-not-news-that-soda-is-bad-for-us-but-it-is-104089767387.html)

10 coke a day.....for 30 days = 23 lbs.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 03, 2014, 10:16:15 PM
SB, If we are not careful, we become as small as those that we trust our hearts to.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2014, 07:34:31 PM
"I imagine that yes is the only living thing." - e. e. cummings
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2014, 07:35:39 PM
K, what I learned from you is that positive thoughts will lead to more positive emotions, and negative thoughts will lead to more negative emotions....We ll, I am not after positive emotions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2014, 07:38:32 PM
BM, thank you for showing us all the way of success, which always starts inside.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2014, 10:00:23 PM
Thank you for an amazing and awesome time with family and friends.....I couldn't have ask for more from the wonderful people in my life.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2014, 09:28:17 PM
Thank you for proving me wrong....I am loving it. :)‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2014, 09:29:38 PM
Life as we know it: With a sentient robot, humanity may become extinct. - Stephen Hawkins‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2014, 09:30:29 PM
[On what love is like]

Danny: You know how when you're listening to music playing from another room? And you're singing along because it's a tune that you really love? When a door closes or a train passes so you can't hear the music anymore, but you sing along anyway... then, no matter how much time passes, when you hear the music again you're still in exact same time with it. That's what it's like.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 11, 2014, 08:40:11 PM
I need to re-focus and dedicate more time and love to my awesome and wonderful kids. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 12, 2014, 07:18:42 PM
I finally realized how wrong it was now.  Thank you very much.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 12, 2014, 07:20:23 PM
Please heal yourself so that you can stop hurting yourself and as well as others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2014, 07:53:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQC6efK2JU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQC6efK2JU)

I will search for you through a thousand world and ten thousand life times, until I find you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2014, 07:55:36 PM
To destroy a monster, we run the risk of becoming a monster ourselves.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2014, 07:59:02 PM
Dynamic VIX....I need to incorporate this Dynamic VIX in to BB, patterns, S&R, or Candle Triggers.  I think BB is where it needs to be incorporated into.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2014, 07:59:31 PM
Everything in this world is for this world only......
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 15, 2014, 09:20:57 PM
A strong marriage doesn't always have two strong people at the same time.  It is a husband and wife who takes turn being strong for each other in the moments while the other one feels weak.  - From a friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 15, 2014, 09:21:57 PM
I am ashamed because......
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 16, 2014, 07:01:03 PM
When people are barking at you, judging you for this or that....it's a wonderful gift because they are right.....Than k you for the gift that you gave me. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 17, 2014, 06:43:52 PM
http://www.food.com/recipe/easy-one-pan-steam-lobster-tails-with-wine-butter-garlic-sauce-501919 (http://www.food.com/recipe/easy-one-pan-steam-lobster-tails-with-wine-butter-garlic-sauce-501919)


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    5 lobster tails
    1 cup white wine (I used Chardonnay)
    3 garlic cloves (Chopped)
    1 1/2 cups butter (I use Salted)

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    First you will need a sauce pan that has a steamer basket. If your lobster tails are frozen thaw them out. Cut the top of the lobster tail enough to allow expansion of the meat. In the sauce pan - on a medium low heat mix together the garlic, butter and white wine stirring occasionally. Once the butter wine mix comes to a boil, place the steam basket and cover. Let the Lobster tails steam for 8 minutes. They will turn bright red. Set aside. Using a strainer, pour the butter wine mixture into serving cups. Use the butter wine mixture to dip the lobster tails inches I hope you enjoy it!

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Post by: Ajax616 on December 17, 2014, 07:56:27 PM
Because God is everywhere, the law of god is universal and not dictated by our petty little opinions or threats.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 17, 2014, 07:57:36 PM
True Clarity of Thought requires clarity of actions.....ot herwise it's BS.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 17, 2014, 07:58:15 PM
I love my mom's discussion of shame....thank you mom for sharing.....I am shameful because of you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 17, 2014, 09:19:06 PM
I am ashamed because......

Why am I ashamed.....be cause my mouth is bigger than my acted ambition at the moment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2014, 06:41:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z73peECJGso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z73peECJGso)

Both sides then and now too. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2014, 08:18:22 PM
The Most Honest Three Minutes in Television History.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3qYHWRIZk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3qYHWRIZk)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2014, 08:37:09 PM
The awesome and amazing Chris Rock....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGhsRsHXP8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGhsRsHXP8)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2014, 08:44:58 PM
Honor and Shame.....Heav en and Hell....condit ioning for success and social control.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2014, 08:45:51 PM
We do everything or many things because of emotions.....w hat if emotions were given or programmed into us to make use do things?
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 08:14:12 PM
http://www.wired.com/2014/12/mathematicians-make-major-discovery-prime-numbers/ (http://www.wired.com/2014/12/mathematicians-make-major-discovery-prime-numbers/)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 09:39:37 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjuna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagarjuna)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 09:46:29 PM
"The one thing to be attained is essentially void and compassionate. Let me explain.
The realisation of voidness is the absolute spirit of enlightenment; it is seeing that all things are unborn.
Compassion is the relative spirit of enlightenment; it is reaching out in love to all beings who have yet to realise that they are unborn.
Those who follow the Mahayana path should develop these two forms of the spirit of enlightenment."

- Part of the emptiness teachings.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 09:48:18 PM
http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/wisdom_emptiness.html (http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/wisdom_emptiness.html)

Although Albert Einstein was certainly not a Buddhist, these statements sound much like it:

    "A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'universe', a part limited in time and space.
    He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest
    - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
    This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affectation for a few people near us.
    Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion
    to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

    "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

From Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh:

    "Enlightenment for a wave in the ocean is the moment the wave realises that it is water."
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 09:49:37 PM
Ultimate wisdom (jana in Sanskrit) refers to a direct realisation which is non-dualistic, and contradicts the way in which we ordinarily perceive the world. The experience of ultimate truth, selflessness or or emptiness is beyond duality.
It is important to remember that emptiness here does not refer to nothingness or some kind of nihilistic view. Emptiness refers to the fact that ultimately, our day-to-day experience of reality is wrong, and is 'empty' of many qualities that we normally assign to it.

Describing this non-dual experience in words is not really possible, as language is based on duality and contrasts. Trying to explain this experience - which contradicts our normal perception - is a bit like explaining colors to someone who is born blind; difficult to say the least.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 09:52:31 PM
Lady luck is unfaithful.... do not ask for her love or you'll be burn.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 10:02:34 PM
You were broke a long time in the mind before you became broke in the physical world....you just needed to run out of money.  It works the same way with being rich too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 10:03:27 PM
Dogs get arthritis and become diabetics too.  The flaw is in the biology of this world, not in the specie.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 22, 2014, 10:05:24 PM
Moonshine was so ahead of checkers in business, and being a cool place to hangout, but its lack of love from its many owners resulted in its demise.  Love was the missing ingredient for lack of success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 25, 2014, 10:18:55 AM
Business is a sport.....- Mark Cuban

Thank you for the inspiration.  You didn't lucky.  You were in the right place at the right time, but you were destined and driven for success.  Thank you for inspiring the rest of us. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 25, 2014, 09:21:14 PM
Water is the source of life....as there are no water in the desert, there is little life there and there is an abundance of water in the Amazon, there is plenty of life there....
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2014, 04:09:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRedicQ5NaM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRedicQ5NaM)

What is emptiness...
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2014, 04:54:41 PM
I disagree with your philosophy, but you are always so honest, kind, gentle, and open.  Thank you for being such a good person and a model of morality for me. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2014, 03:21:33 PM
"I am trying to sleep. PLS don't call or text it's distracting." 

Wow.......I am sorry you couldn't get in touch with me.  I was sleeping.  I hope I didn't keep you up all night. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2014, 05:28:19 PM
Thank you for making my life so complete.  Like a river, our moment has moved on and I will too.  I hope you are getting all you wish this year and in all the years of your life to come.  Take care and be happy, please.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 27, 2014, 05:30:33 PM
K,  this song is coming to my mind right now.  Goodbye is always hard and strange, isn't it?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB2YyAgg9Z4&index=19&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB2YyAgg9Z4&index=19&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE)
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2014, 03:20:31 PM
When it comes to success, am I just like my father?  All talk and no carry through?  I cannot be so.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2014, 06:10:42 PM
"I am trying to sleep. PLS don't call or text it's distracting." 

Wow.......I am sorry you couldn't get in touch with me.  I was sleeping.  I hope I didn't keep you up all night. :)

I finally get why you were so mad now.  Thank you for teaching me why I was wrong. :)

I will try to be better for you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2014, 09:37:02 AM
http://www.noble-buddhism-beliefs.com/buddha-quotes.html (http://www.noble-buddhism-beliefs.com/buddha-quotes.html)

I am Awake

A Brahman saw the Buddha resting under a tree in meditation. The Brahman was impressed with the Buddha's disposition and demeanor.
 
He asked, "Are you a god?"

"No, Brahman, I'm not a god."

"Are you an angel?"

"No", replied the Buddha.

"You must be a spirit then?"

"No, I'm not a spirit," said the Buddha.

"Then what are you?"

"I'm awake."
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 31, 2014, 09:43:46 AM
"Merry christmas" belated to you and your family. May the NY bring you much happiness and peace, always. 

Sleepless.  ;)

No.....I will bring much joy and happiness to the new year, its not the other way around. :)

But thank you my good friend.  May you bring much joy and happiness to your new year of 2015 as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 09:54:54 PM
Suav:  Ua haul lag luam, twb tsis yog dej xwb, hlauv taws los yeej taug taus.  - From my grandma's experience
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 09:55:31 PM
How to become the Mayo Clinic....one of the best in the world at what you do.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 09:55:55 PM
The Tortoise and the Hare for investment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 09:57:41 PM
Why is both extreme pain and pleasure required for enlightenment?   Because one will do what ever it takes to avoid one and gain the other.....that will take extreme ingenuity and ultimately understanding.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 10:10:35 PM
Teach this triple to all:  A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 10:35:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIsxb6ef0LA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIsxb6ef0LA)

Failure and getting up.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 01, 2015, 10:55:50 PM
Courage:

"If you're not courage enough to take risk in life, you will accomplish nothing." - Muhammed Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskfUWDO5AU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskfUWDO5AU)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2015, 09:14:31 AM
Jordan Gray says that the daily maintenance of a relationship is so much easier when you employ even a few of these twelve phrases.



There are things that your partner needs to hear you say on a consistent basis in order to feel deeply loved.

Some of which they know about, and some of them, they dont.

Communication is key in intimate relationships and it helps to be intentional about telling your partner what they need to hear from you.

Behold! A concise reminder of things that your partner would love to hear, and hear often.

Focus on bringing these tips into your relationship and see your partner open up like never before.
1. That You Want To Make Their Life Easier

I am a firm believer in the concept that a thriving relationship occurs when two independent, emotionally stable people decide that they want to help each other live the most fulfilling lives possible.

One way to communicate that is by saying any variation of I want to help you in any way that I can.

Please dont hesitate to let me know if you feel like I could make your life easier in any way.

I want to always be a positive influence in your life. Is there anything I could do today that would take some pressure off of you?

Even something as simple as picking up their dry cleaning could have a measurable impact on their stress level on a certain day so keep your ears out for things that you can do to help them.
ADVERTISEMENT

Im not suggesting that you need to take on their responsibiliti es or moods as your own, but being willing to help them out (and communicating that mindset) is always appreciated.
2. That You Want To Keep Dating Them

Just because youre in a relationship with them doesnt mean you get to stop dating them.

Whether its pre-planned or (better yet) a surprise, taking your partner out on dates will keep your connection growing over time.

Not sure what to do on your big night out?

Try an activity date like bowling, rock climbing, or taking a cooking class. Want something a bit more romantic and intimate? Turn off your phones, remove any technology from your evening (except for the music), light some candles, and have some dedicated connection time in your bedroom.

Whether you engage in a dedicated sex date or just want to discuss your lives, ambitions, and relationship, actively dating your partner will make them feel loved and appreciated.
3. That You Like Having Them Around

Many people assume that just because they are in a relationship with someone, their partner knows that they must enjoy their company.

While this is often the case, a simple I love having you around. Just seeing your beautiful face makes my heart warm can go a LONG way with certain people.

Try it out. Your partner might respond better than you thought possible.
4. That You Want To Know About Their Day

One cornerstone of communication is the daily catch up.

While these dont necessarily need to happen on a daily basis, showing that you genuinely care about what is going on in your partners life is a nice gesture.

The key to making this work? Asking How was your day? and then listening all the way through.

Listen attentively, give positive reinforcement (Thats so great that you finished that project on time. Im not surprised at all because youre so hard working, but still well done!), and help them solve their problems if they ask you to.
5. What They Bring To Your Life

Presumably you are in a relationship with your partner because you like them and they bring value to your life in some way. So tell them about it!

A basic script could play out like Because you are so (character trait), I constantly feel (what you feel) in our relationship. And I thank you for that.

Because youre so generous with your loving energy, I constantly feel taken care of and loved in our relationship.

Because youre so driven and hard working, I constantly feel pushed forward and motivated in my own life.

If what they bring to your life isnt immediately apparent, take the time to write down a few ideas, and then commit to telling them about what you came up with in the next few days.
6. That You Support Them And Their Decisions

Your partner wants to feel like youre on their side (at least the majority of the time).

Sprinkling hints of You were right/allowed to do that/totally in the right in that situation throughout your conversations shows them that youre on their team.

She asks if you can do her a favour? You answer I can do you two favours.

She says I felt like I had been good all week so I had a cupcake with lunch? You reply with Good for you. You could have had ten if you wanted.

Be on their side. Support them in their decisions.
7. That You Find Them Attractive

You find your partner attractive on multiple levels.

You can compliment their physical appearance (You look mesmerizing/beautiful/fantastic/stunning/ridiculously cute. I love your hair/outfit/legs/hips/nose so much.)

Or you can compliment their character and personality (I love how caring/nurturing/open minded/communicative you are.)
8. That You Find Their Choices Attractive

Your partners choices tie back to who they are at a deeper level. By noticing those choices and verbalizing your appreciation, they will feel seen and loved.

Examples of physical appearance compliments: Your hair/outfit/dress/lips look/looks really sexy right now. Seriously, I love it.

Examples of lifestyle/character compliments: I love that you were able to get yourself up out of bed and going for a run/workout/exercise so early in the morning. I find that incredibly sexy that you take care of yourself like that.
9. That They Are A Priority

Its easy to let your partner become less of a priority on your list when you slip from a wanting mindset to a having mindset.

Tell them I will always put you first, and if I ever forget please give me a nudge to wake me up to reality. You are the most important person in my life and I want to make sure you always feel like you are.
10. That You Still Appreciate Them

Dont take your partner for granted.

Tell them Im so glad youre my girlfriend/wife/partner. Sometimes I see you from a distance and Im like Wow, that is one ridiculously beautiful and classy looking woman. And then I realize that Im already dating you and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.
11. Im Sorry

Its inevitable that you are going to mess up. Make sure you are clearing the air with them when you do.
Young Woman with Silk Valentine Heart
12. I Love You

I left the most obvious (and most important) for last. This little phrase cant be said enough. Say it upon waking, before they leave for their day, via text while youre apart, after you kiss, and before you go to sleep.

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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2015, 09:15:16 AM
Jordan Gray says that the daily maintenance of a relationship is so much easier when you employ even a few of these twelve phrases.



There are things that your partner needs to hear you say on a consistent basis in order to feel deeply loved.

Some of which they know about, and some of them, they dont.

Communication is key in intimate relationships and it helps to be intentional about telling your partner what they need to hear from you.

Behold! A concise reminder of things that your partner would love to hear, and hear often.

Focus on bringing these tips into your relationship and see your partner open up like never before.
1. That You Want To Make Their Life Easier

I am a firm believer in the concept that a thriving relationship occurs when two independent, emotionally stable people decide that they want to help each other live the most fulfilling lives possible.

One way to communicate that is by saying any variation of I want to help you in any way that I can.

Please dont hesitate to let me know if you feel like I could make your life easier in any way.

I want to always be a positive influence in your life. Is there anything I could do today that would take some pressure off of you?

Even something as simple as picking up their dry cleaning could have a measurable impact on their stress level on a certain day so keep your ears out for things that you can do to help them.
ADVERTISEMENT

Im not suggesting that you need to take on their responsibiliti es or moods as your own, but being willing to help them out (and communicating that mindset) is always appreciated.
2. That You Want To Keep Dating Them

Just because youre in a relationship with them doesnt mean you get to stop dating them.

Whether its pre-planned or (better yet) a surprise, taking your partner out on dates will keep your connection growing over time.

Not sure what to do on your big night out?

Try an activity date like bowling, rock climbing, or taking a cooking class. Want something a bit more romantic and intimate? Turn off your phones, remove any technology from your evening (except for the music), light some candles, and have some dedicated connection time in your bedroom.

Whether you engage in a dedicated sex date or just want to discuss your lives, ambitions, and relationship, actively dating your partner will make them feel loved and appreciated.
3. That You Like Having Them Around

Many people assume that just because they are in a relationship with someone, their partner knows that they must enjoy their company.

While this is often the case, a simple I love having you around. Just seeing your beautiful face makes my heart warm can go a LONG way with certain people.

Try it out. Your partner might respond better than you thought possible.
4. That You Want To Know About Their Day

One cornerstone of communication is the daily catch up.

While these dont necessarily need to happen on a daily basis, showing that you genuinely care about what is going on in your partners life is a nice gesture.

The key to making this work? Asking How was your day? and then listening all the way through.

Listen attentively, give positive reinforcement (Thats so great that you finished that project on time. Im not surprised at all because youre so hard working, but still well done!), and help them solve their problems if they ask you to.
5. What They Bring To Your Life

Presumably you are in a relationship with your partner because you like them and they bring value to your life in some way. So tell them about it!

A basic script could play out like Because you are so (character trait), I constantly feel (what you feel) in our relationship. And I thank you for that.

Because youre so generous with your loving energy, I constantly feel taken care of and loved in our relationship.

Because youre so driven and hard working, I constantly feel pushed forward and motivated in my own life.

If what they bring to your life isnt immediately apparent, take the time to write down a few ideas, and then commit to telling them about what you came up with in the next few days.
6. That You Support Them And Their Decisions

Your partner wants to feel like youre on their side (at least the majority of the time).

Sprinkling hints of You were right/allowed to do that/totally in the right in that situation throughout your conversations shows them that youre on their team.

She asks if you can do her a favour? You answer I can do you two favours.

She says I felt like I had been good all week so I had a cupcake with lunch? You reply with Good for you. You could have had ten if you wanted.

Be on their side. Support them in their decisions.
7. That You Find Them Attractive

You find your partner attractive on multiple levels.

You can compliment their physical appearance (You look mesmerizing/beautiful/fantastic/stunning/ridiculously cute. I love your hair/outfit/legs/hips/nose so much.)

Or you can compliment their character and personality (I love how caring/nurturing/open minded/communicative you are.)
8. That You Find Their Choices Attractive

Your partners choices tie back to who they are at a deeper level. By noticing those choices and verbalizing your appreciation, they will feel seen and loved.

Examples of physical appearance compliments: Your hair/outfit/dress/lips look/looks really sexy right now. Seriously, I love it.

Examples of lifestyle/character compliments: I love that you were able to get yourself up out of bed and going for a run/workout/exercise so early in the morning. I find that incredibly sexy that you take care of yourself like that.
9. That They Are A Priority

Its easy to let your partner become less of a priority on your list when you slip from a wanting mindset to a having mindset.

Tell them I will always put you first, and if I ever forget please give me a nudge to wake me up to reality. You are the most important person in my life and I want to make sure you always feel like you are.
10. That You Still Appreciate Them

Dont take your partner for granted.

Tell them Im so glad youre my girlfriend/wife/partner. Sometimes I see you from a distance and Im like Wow, that is one ridiculously beautiful and classy looking woman. And then I realize that Im already dating you and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.
11. Im Sorry

Its inevitable that you are going to mess up. Make sure you are clearing the air with them when you do.
Young Woman with Silk Valentine Heart
12. I Love You

I left the most obvious (and most important) for last. This little phrase cant be said enough. Say it upon waking, before they leave for their day, via text while youre apart, after you kiss, and before you go to sleep.

Too many rules for a man to remember. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2015, 09:01:14 AM
Thank you for amazing day of understanding and peace. :)

Yes thank you for amazing time in my life. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2015, 09:02:25 AM
'I am not, I will not be.
I have not, I will not have.
This frightens all children,
And kills fear in the wise.'

Nagarjuna
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2015, 05:12:32 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/style/11-pretty-cool-things-you-didnt-know-about-106616804873.html (https://www.yahoo.com/style/11-pretty-cool-things-you-didnt-know-about-106616804873.html)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2015, 07:58:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4yd2W50No (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ4yd2W50No)

"There is no try." - Yoda
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2015, 06:37:11 PM
To my friends and family, thank you for being so wonderful and amazing, and always giving your best.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2015, 09:59:05 PM
K, thank you for your honesty and love.  It makes me very happy.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2015, 10:05:15 PM
I am ashamed that:
1. I no longer have a house (or really home)
2. I am no longer in charge of my finances
3. I am not kicking my plan fast enough.....
4. I still compromise my clarity of thought
5. I am so under-utilizing my confidence


I am proud the fact that:
1. I am more loving and kind now
2. I know that the future is beautiful in many ways (physical and meta-physical)
3. I am more confident and mature now
4. I love my clarity of thought
5. I am more in charge of my emotions
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 07, 2015, 06:17:04 PM
http://m.tickld.com/x/45-man-tips (http://m.tickld.com/x/45-man-tips)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 07, 2015, 06:17:51 PM
I am happy for the fact that we have passed Winter Solstice and the days are getting longer. In a month, we'll be talking Spring. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2015, 05:53:03 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNlz005Adk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNlz005Adk)

"As hearts cold and love grows old, and memory fades, in distant time, you'll love another and I will never have a love that once was mine."
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2015, 09:59:34 PM
Thank you for a wonderful weekend with family and friends. It couldn't have been better. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Blind desires will turn us into thieves and

We will shred someones 1,500.00 + value into 150.

Our desire should be to turn their 1,500 value into 15,000.00.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2015, 05:39:26 PM
Joan Clarke: "Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." - from Imitation Games
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2015, 05:41:50 PM
True measure of success is happiness..... not financial.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 12, 2015, 05:43:09 PM
To my beautiful kids:  The greatest measure of my success is how strong and kind you guys are.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 13, 2015, 06:48:33 AM
Everything is always in balance, including nature and our physiology, except it's a new balance and the old one may be a thing of the past, lost forever.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2015, 05:21:14 PM
 Billy Sunday: What the hell did he ever say to make you try so hard?

Carl Brashear: Be the best.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2015, 08:23:43 PM
Business is fiercely competitive, because survival of the fittest (a law of the universe) lives there too. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2015, 08:24:13 PM
Billy Sunday: What the hell did he ever say to make you try so hard?

Carl Brashear: Be the best.

Be the best in business.....N ever rest, but keep offering better products and services.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2015, 08:52:20 PM
It is not how you start, but how you finish.....Yaw ng Tswb and King Croesus.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 14, 2015, 09:21:45 PM
Thank you for an amazing day at work with awesome co-workers and work at home in peace.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 15, 2015, 05:29:53 PM
Business is fiercely competitive, because survival of the fittest (a law of the universe) lives there too.

That is why the best can never rest at all. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 15, 2015, 09:10:59 PM
Most cannot win in the market without having experienced the emotional pain gained through pain and suffering.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2015, 09:48:03 PM
BB, I still think you are awesome and amazing, so clever and talented, kind and compassion, and I am so glad you're in my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2015, 09:51:16 PM
http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/product/magazines/national-geographic-traveler/national-geographic-50-places-of-a-lifetime-special-issue (http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/product/magazines/national-geographic-traveler/national-geographic-50-places-of-a-lifetime-special-issue)

One of them is in Minnesota.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2015, 08:10:01 PM
Just because something itches does not mean you scratch, because scratching it will make it worst.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2015, 06:03:04 PM
"The fault does not lie in our stars, but in us."
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2015, 10:02:38 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNlz005Adk&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE&index=22 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNlz005Adk&list=PLE9F58720B0ED5BFE&index=22)

Good bye K, I know you don't believe it, but I did give you my best and wanted to give it all to you for the rest of my life, but because you didn't believe it, I started believing you too.  Thank you for having been in my life for a little while.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2015, 10:04:42 PM
To win in game of chances like gambling or the stock, it is very simple......Ap ply a winning system at all times, regardless of the result.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 22, 2015, 09:24:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt4qUxGBmwk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt4qUxGBmwk)

Funny stuff
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 22, 2015, 09:25:50 PM
https://twitter.com/9gag/status/405063632524165121

A man's day, a woman's day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2015, 07:44:50 PM
The Goose in a bottle zen koan:  The reason the use a goose is that goose are easily imprinted with environmental information. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2015, 08:43:10 PM
Mantra base meditating:  One word and over and over again. The word itself is "Release."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2mY36Ho1Sk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2mY36Ho1Sk)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2015, 06:41:14 PM
"Who become is a result of our discipline actions." - Brendon Burchard

How do you get discipline actions, only from contentment and joy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2015, 06:47:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LfM9ZPGmVY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LfM9ZPGmVY)


How successful people think. - Brendon Burchard
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2015, 06:52:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZiK8zyC_g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZiK8zyC_g)


Words of Wisdom from Billionaires
Title: Re: On our amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2015, 09:01:50 PM
The true secret of Superman's power is in his heart, not his Kryptonian genes.  It is in his Kansas upbringing.  Superman can easily overpower the average thug, but he has face super powerful beings, sometimes more than one, and the difference has been the courage of his heart.  It represents the 75% the secret of his strength, while 25% is in his alien genes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2015, 09:07:55 PM
My brother, thank you so much for your patience and kindness.  I will always appreciate it.  Thank you again for being so patient and kind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2015, 11:03:31 PM
In light of a grossly unexpected distasteful result from a discussion with an ex, the only solution is the focus on the process of success....of what I can do for a better tomorrow.  I cannot let such smallness become me.  Thank you for the feedback.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2015, 06:22:57 AM
In light of a grossly unexpected distasteful result from a discussion with an ex, the only solution is the focus on the process of success....of what I can do for a better tomorrow.  I cannot let such smallness become me.  Thank you for the feedback.

Thank you for teaching the futility of a verbal contract.  That is why written stops in trading is a must,  because perceptions can easily get clouded by greed and fear.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2015, 07:10:15 AM
Thank you for teaching the futility of a verbal contract.  That is why written stops in trading is a must,  because perceptions can easily get clouded by greed and fear.

But the fault is mine and no one else.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2015, 07:11:48 AM
I am lost in the woods now and I need to look for the sun to find east and west and figure my way.  I am ashamed that I got myself lost.  I will not die in shame as I am not a samurai, and I have not dishonored anyone, but myself at this point.  Thank you for the wisdom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2015, 07:09:43 PM
Thank you for a peaceful and productive day.  Thank you for my awesome and amazing friends and family. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2015, 09:23:31 PM
Seeing the volatile move in the SPY in October, I understood the losses were necessary now.  I think I have taken steps to adjust to such large movements in the VIX.  Whenever my system runs into a snack, I have adjusted, because some element is missing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2015, 09:29:36 PM
Seeing the volatile move in the SPY in October, I understood the losses were necessary now.  I think I have taken steps to adjust to such large movements in the VIX.  Whenever my system runs into a snack, I have adjusted, because some element is missing.

I am loving my system.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 07:41:19 PM
It is not what you get in life that matters, but it is who you become.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 07:44:33 PM
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2014/What-Happened-to-Motorola/ (http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/September-2014/What-Happened-to-Motorola/)

Why Motorola failed?  It is due to it's leadership's lack of vision.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 07:51:21 PM
In the end, the smartphone market was BlackBerrys to lose. And it did. By dismissing new competition, the company became complacent and sluggish. Instead of reacting faster and more intensely, BlackBerry faltered with a few quick-fixes that failed. Jumping into the tablet market with an unfinished product further hurt the companys outlook, and taking too long to deliver the real challenger to iOS and Android namely, BlackBerry 10 made customers lose faith that BlackBerry could deliver a compelling product.

https://gigaom.com/2013/10/01/blackberry-the-one-time-smartphone-leader-its-fall-and-the-comeback-that-never-happened/
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 08:46:28 PM
Visions become the future, but like anything else is born from within.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 09:07:33 PM
"You're  Bruce Lee, why do you let him treat you like that?.....Because that is why I am Bruce Lee." - Bruce Lee
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 09:09:15 PM
I was driving and I realized that we need something wonderful and ultra positive in our life.  The world will give us enough of the negative things, but we one thing that will always bring us peace, and it cannot be taken away.  I love the stock market and I love people.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2015, 09:13:53 PM
I think she and I have healed, and let it be in the past, for it can only make everything much worse for others and myself.‏ Thank you for allowing us both to heal.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 29, 2015, 05:57:46 PM
A challenging and trying relationship is like an itch.....the more you scratch the worst it gets.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 30, 2015, 06:23:34 PM
I had a dream about you last, and you weren't in good shape, but as the elders say, the real world is opposite the dream.  Therefore, I am glad to know that you are in awesome shape and are very happy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 04:28:09 PM
There's a song that goes that it's in his kiss....but for a woman, I was able to tell that she loves me by the look of contentment in her eyes when she's with me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 04:30:27 PM
I am sorry my dear uncle.....I was so hoping that I would be good enough for your daughter.  Thank you for teaching your kids to be such good and outstanding human beings.  I wish I had known some of your secrets sooner.  Rest in peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 06:43:10 PM
As bad as it may initially seem, we did need a little bit of salt in it, to make sure we keep us in check to make sure if it's what we really want.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 06:44:18 PM
I have asked for wisdom.....now as Bruce Lee says, use it or it becomes nothing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 06:45:28 PM
I learned ignoring from you.  I am not sure whom you learned it from, but it will stop with you and only you.  I am not about ignoring.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 06:46:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKlqMs19tU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKlqMs19tU)

Be honest....

For "Three things can't stay hidden for long, the sun, the moon, and the truth." - The Buddha

Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 06:49:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzuNKgTFkw8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzuNKgTFkw8)

I hardly ever felt it.  I just imagined it and fooled myself, because I wanted you to feel my love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 06:50:22 PM
Why do I put up with it?  It is because I thought you needed a good man in your life.  Thank you for reminding me that I am putting up with it, unnecessarily.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 09:23:02 PM
As bad as it may initially seem, we did need a little bit of salt in it, to make sure we keep us in check to make sure if it's what we really want.  Thank you.

There's nothing like a little salt to separate undesired bonds.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 02, 2015, 09:24:01 PM
Thank you for an awesome and amazing day overall.  Thank you for the trying periods, as well as the acceptance of needs to move on and what to keep in our lives.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2015, 09:08:37 PM
How are monsters created?  Through torture by other monsters...... this is a path of the conduction of emotional energy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2015, 10:40:23 PM
What does it mean to conquer yourself?  Your emotions will dictate your actions so make sure to control your thoughts so that they charge you with ever positive emotions, so that your actions will result in positive results for everyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2015, 08:44:56 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNLpPbmB8go (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNLpPbmB8go)

Stuffed her like a turkey
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2015, 08:45:26 PM
Thank you for an awesome and amazing day with friends, family, and my awesome co-workers.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2015, 08:56:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHwf7eAH0I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHwf7eAH0I)

Roast
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2015, 09:40:36 PM
I need to stop complaining and creating all sorts of havoc and unwanted scenarios.  She's very hardworking, loving, kind and honest, and wants a better tomorrow.  That is all I need to know, and that is enough. ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2015, 09:55:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKo_-iapP1A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKo_-iapP1A)

I never really liked this song or thought of it much, until I saw her sung it on a late night show. I fell in love with the song because she was confidence and flirtatious when singing it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2015, 09:58:03 PM
"There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2015, 12:34:33 PM
The Drowning Man (It occurred to me the other day that is is not a joke, but a fable)

A fellow was stuck on his rooftop in a flood. He was praying to God for help.

Soon a man in a rowboat came by and the fellow shouted to the man on the roof, "Jump in, I can save you."

The stranded fellow shouted back, "No, it's OK, I'm praying to God and he is going to save me."

So the rowboat went on.

Then a motorboat came by. "The fellow in the motorboat shouted, "Jump in, I can save you."

To this the stranded man said, "No thanks, I'm praying to God and he is going to save me. I have faith."

So the motorboat went on.

Then a helicopter came by and the pilot shouted down, "Grab this rope and I will lift you to safety."

To this the stranded man again replied, "No thanks, I'm praying to God and he is going to save me. I have faith."

So the helicopter reluctantly flew away.

Soon the water rose above the rooftop and the man drowned. He went to Heaven. He finally got his chance to discuss this whole situation with God, at which point he exclaimed, "I had faith in you but you didn't save me, you let me drown. I don't understand why!"

To this God replied, "I sent you a rowboat and a motorboat and a helicopter, what more did you expect?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2015, 12:35:38 PM
Anger never ceases anger, but only through love and kindness, this is the eternal and ancient rule. - Adapted from the Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2015, 03:42:51 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky)

Meyer Lansky

There was also an absolute rule of integrity concerning the games and wagers made within their establishments . Lansky's "carpet joints" in Florida and elsewhere were never "clip-joints" where gamblers were unsure of whether or not the games were rigged against them. Lansky ensured that the staff (the croupiers and their management) actually consisted of men of high integrity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2015, 07:42:44 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqphlLgOlEM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqphlLgOlEM)

I only have my words and my balls and I break them for no one. Tony Montana
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2015, 07:47:27 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MStKYMF0ISY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MStKYMF0ISY)

Honesty and honor means everything, even among the most violent. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2015, 07:42:41 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/man-was-trapped-in-his-own-body-for-12-years/vi-AA92oMk (http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/man-was-trapped-in-his-own-body-for-12-years/vi-AA92oMk)

Interesting read
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2015, 07:17:13 PM
No one ever says, I am so happy that I am going to knock him out or beat him up.
Title: Re: On My Amazing Journey to the Stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2015, 09:14:56 AM
"I am a man of my word."   
Title: Re: On my awesome and amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2015, 03:31:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUKGTkiWik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUKGTkiWik)

"I don't believe it." - Luke Skywalker

"And that is why you fail." - Yoda
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2015, 08:53:10 PM
Know that there is such a thing as a Law of Attraction:  What you think you will get, so if you want positive, wonderful, and happy things in your life, then you better think those thoughts.
Title: Re: On my awesome and amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2015, 08:54:27 PM
There is something wrong with my ranges, that is why I am not attracting the the necessary trades.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2015, 10:25:08 PM
Last night I dreamed that I went to Spokane or Seattle, WA and there catching fish was really easy......Beca use as fish like to swim up stream, they have an artificial cascade for the fish to swim up which dead ends.  Then suddenly they turn off the cascade and the fish are just trapped there waiting for anyone who wants it.  I wonder what it means.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2015, 11:18:26 AM
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2013/01/09/holiday-bucket-list-50-places-to-see-before-you-die-holiday-ideas/# (http://travel.aol.co.uk/2013/01/09/holiday-bucket-list-50-places-to-see-before-you-die-holiday-ideas/#)!slide=aol_1245112
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2015, 11:19:21 AM
Survival of the fittest is an observation, but also a law of nature.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2015, 09:11:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg)

On the eve of Valentine's Day, thank you for loving me so completely once.  It made my life complete.  All the rest are jokes compared to you.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2015, 09:12:21 PM
Survival of the fittest is an observation, but also a law of nature.

As we are also a part of nature, Survival of the Fittest is also part of our everyday lives.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2015, 03:45:34 PM
My funny friend with all the rules for your benefit, I hope you are doing OK this Monday afternoon. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2015, 03:48:20 PM
Thank you for an awesome day with family and friends, and also with my amazing co-workers and my manager.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2015, 06:59:49 PM
I better be very careful, because I no longer feel safe doing what I use to.  I can sense someone that maybe much more aggressive and ruthless than I ever expected.
Title: Re: On my exciting and amazing journey to the stars.....
Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2015, 07:13:51 PM
I think my range and support/resistance definition makes more sense now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2015, 07:17:26 PM
We all know there are laws of physics, what if there are laws of emotions which we are not discovering because we are not looking for them. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2015, 08:40:35 PM
I hope your meeting is going very well for you and getting resolved in a healing way for everyone.  Considering the accusations, I am not sure how it will, but hopefully those that have spoken carelessly will find a way to heal it completely.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2015, 09:21:18 PM
If you have an itch in life or your body and you want it to go away.....no matter how tempted you, DO NOT SCRATCH.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 19, 2015, 09:50:08 PM
Thank you for a very productive and healing day for everyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 19, 2015, 09:52:06 PM
Silence the curiosity inside regarding the truth, because the ultimate truth is kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2015, 10:46:52 AM
On a lazy Sunday morning, two lovers and friends met
For some waffles and pancakes, coffee, and tea, but no omelet

They were treated to the last goodbye for Carrie by Europe and
Then to Dan Fogelbergs tribute to his father, The Leader of The Band

They were told its Safe to Dance by Men Without Hats
And also Peaches and Herb were Reunited and were glad

The moment was filled with laughter and smiles
And cherished moments to last a short while

The service at IHOP was slow, but the clock ran fast
Even though time stood still, the moment did not last

They went out to start their car so they could begin their day
They hug, kiss, waved goodbye, and drove away.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZoSGL96CzQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZoSGL96CzQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzpiwKNecHc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzpiwKNecHc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pOq4hyoX9g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pOq4hyoX9g)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uvmh75xxs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1uvmh75xxs)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2015, 10:53:03 AM
And what if you scratch it?  :D

It's not a friendly advice, but a WARNING.  If you keep on scratching, it will start to bleed and get bigger and bigger.  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2015, 11:04:35 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYTmEVFL_NA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYTmEVFL_NA)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2015, 11:11:30 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK0-ImFaSG4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK0-ImFaSG4)

The magic bullet
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 22, 2015, 12:43:41 PM
This is the designer item that I want most in my life:  I want a designer heart, Buddha.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2015, 04:57:14 PM
If you give your heart to a monkey, and the monkey throws it around, steps on it and throws away, don't blame the monkey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2015, 07:04:41 PM
Trying to find peace and salvation from someone who demands so much from you is really insanity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2015, 07:05:32 PM
A Drop of Water


A Zen master named Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath.

The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over.

"You dunce!" the master scolded him. "Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple?"

The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui, which means a drop of water.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2015, 07:06:59 PM
Two men were arguing about a flag flapping in the wind. "It's the wind that is really moving," stated the first one. "No, it is the flag that is moving," contended the second. A Zen master, who happened to be walking by, overheard the debate and interrupted them. "Neither the flag nor the wind is moving," he said, "It is MIND that moves."
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2015, 08:28:11 PM
I was about to say "I have a magic bullet" too but when I clicked on the thread, it was not the magic bullet I was thinking of. ;D

Sorry to have disappointed you.  My ex-gf had a magic bullet too.  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2015, 08:39:42 PM
I was responsible for the demise of my marriage, because I didn't put enough fun into it. :(
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2015, 08:46:55 PM
For Success and Peace, you can take the initiative or wait for it to fall into your lap.  It is your choice.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2015, 08:48:17 PM
Develope an awesome core of values and energy and let it explode onto the world, independent of fear and desire.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2015, 08:49:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8gg1fQsFI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8gg1fQsFI)

I still remember when you lied to me decades later.  Thank you for making it so memorable.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2015, 08:51:12 PM
Life is a life long lesson in humility - James M Barrie

Why is that so...because we are all egotistical, but we can only reach others' hearts through love and kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2015, 07:19:56 PM
Let's try to learn from other people's mistakes....co ntrol your emotions before it hijacks you into doing something really dumb that will change your life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2015, 10:02:05 PM
I have been enlighten.  Thank you very much.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2015, 07:08:12 PM
My silly and goofy friend, I hope one day you won't have to realize that:

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity." - The Buddha

Because, as Aeshyllus would say such a lesson sometimes can only come out of suffering, and I wouldn't want you to suffer, because you have suffer enough.

Farewell on your journey of happiness. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOlKYF_-WA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOlKYF_-WA)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2015, 08:16:53 PM
I am sorry to disappoint you mom and dad, but my way is of the heart, and her way is of the sky.  May she find someone as she describes and will bring you both peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2015, 09:59:08 PM
When is it rude to text:
 
1. When you are at movie theater
2. When you are on a date
3. Texting other men when on a date with me

You did all three that night.  I was trying my best not to lose it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2015, 09:59:43 PM
Thank you for an awesome and amazing day of clarity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2015, 05:41:25 PM
My friend who has never really stood up for me and has put me last many times, I will stand with you in your time of trials and challenges, until proven that you're wrong and I shouldn't, and then I will stand even more for and with you.

And if it proven that you're right all along, I will be very happy for you, for being so honorable as was taught to you by our parents.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 07, 2015, 08:31:49 AM
My brother, I have been trying to wake you, but I can't seem to do so, and it is only irritating you.  I should stop and let you sleep and rest.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 07, 2015, 08:35:54 AM
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/100074 (https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/100074)


The Wisdom of Lao Tzu
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 07, 2015, 08:40:17 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMMJ8prd88g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMMJ8prd88g)


"Then tolerate the misunderstandi ngs of those in your world."  Lao Tzu to Confucius
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 07, 2015, 08:17:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxNc36-Jk2E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxNc36-Jk2E)

This is so funny. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 08, 2015, 08:17:45 PM
The Force is the Execution of the Plan or information.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2015, 10:22:18 PM
Ntshaw, ntshai, thiab txaj muag.  That is the key to making a marriage work. - From a Txiv Cob Txheeb blessing a wedding
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2015, 09:20:09 PM
Ntshaw, ntshai, thiab txaj muag.  That is the key to making a marriage work. - From a Txiv Cob Txheeb blessing a wedding

I understand how it works too.  The first two are good cop and bad cop to get a result.  The third presents shame, if it does happen, and so it must happen, because some culture will rather die than experience the shame.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2015, 09:25:20 PM
Mom,

Thank you for shedding light on my situation.  I think I am already there, but I do thank you for input, because I do not want to create anymore stress for you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2015, 09:25:57 PM
Thank you for an awesome and amazing day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 11, 2015, 08:11:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTi0A3BF0i4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTi0A3BF0i4)

Steven Seagal
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2015, 06:52:17 PM
I usually speak to my youngest daughter every morning before she goes to school.  I am usually already at work then.  After one recent conversation, I looked and I saw a co-worker and he looked at and said, "I wished my father would talk to me like that, I would have gone much farther in life."  Thank you Eric for your words of encouragement.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 12, 2015, 07:22:40 PM
The Three Jewels of Buddhism:
1. Wisdom
2. Generosity
3. Love

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Jewels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Jewels)

Wikepedia disagrees.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2015, 03:48:37 PM
"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." Wayne Gretzky
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2015, 03:49:14 PM
Does the stomach have it's own happiness equation, with growing expectations, if unchecked?
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2015, 03:52:26 PM
The best donut that I never had was when I was around 6 and I went with my father for a walk in Vib Nais.  We walked by a couple of food stands and I asked him to buy me a donut, it was a sugar donut.  I never received it, and the memory stayed with me, until this day, as how tasty it could have been. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2015, 03:42:47 PM
Money is not the root of all evil.  I have heard it said that "lack of empathy" is the root of all evil.

Money attracted to emotional intelligence, even more than regular intelligence.  Such traits, as love and kindness, honesty and integrity, or hard work.  These are traits that attract money.  Everyone else is just criticizing those that have money, because it makes them feel better for being poor. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2015, 08:20:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNsLGHs89iM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNsLGHs89iM)


This song was stuck in my head....
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2015, 08:37:52 PM
I am here in this miserable state, because I was not open minded or hungry enough to realize and see the potentials as well as the pitfalls.  I am responsible for my current state.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 07:50:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wd4vTnqTEk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wd4vTnqTEk)

FS: Why didn't you fend off my sword?

BS: So that you would believe me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 07:56:45 PM
Live in joy and happiness:

Do not live in:
1. Fear
2. Anger
3. Hatred
4. Desire

You'll create your own emotional prison.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 08:23:42 PM
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

Edgar Fiedler

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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 08:39:59 PM
My friend, you are looking for unicorn.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 08:40:39 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/adventuretravel/most-beautiful-bridges-around-the-world/ss-BBi6iT0%E2%80%8F (http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/adventuretravel/most-beautiful-bridges-around-the-world/ss-BBi6iT0%E2%80%8F)

Awesome bridges.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 08:41:13 PM
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 08:41:30 PM
http://www.lexiyoga.com/lao-tzu-quotes (http://www.lexiyoga.com/lao-tzu-quotes)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2015, 08:44:42 PM
I know why I am a little irritated now, you expect and are trying to tip the abundance equation in your favor, creating a gap in my happiness equation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2015, 06:57:35 PM
I do not do take backs, because it will create a paradise lost scenario.  It needs to be paradise.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2015, 10:08:24 AM
Thank you.  ;)

You're very welcome Sweet Sensation! :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2015, 07:18:00 PM
No getting we desire creates a disturbance in the happiness equation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2015, 07:24:07 PM
A light bulb takes both electricity and an equipment to run it.  We are also run by electricity. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2015, 09:09:34 PM
I guess my kindness and my imagination failed me this time, again.  That is the lesson that I will take this time.  Fair or not, I needed to have lead with kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2015, 09:10:25 PM
  No Loving-Kindness

There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. "Go and embrace him," she told her, "and then ask him suddenly: 'What now?'"

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

"An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter," replied the monk somewhat poetically. "Nowhere is there any warmth."

The girl returned and related what he had said.

"To think I fed that fellow for twenty years!" exclaimed the old woman in anger. "He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion."

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 03, 2015, 06:54:58 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare)

I heard of this story when I was seven or eight, and it took until I was 45 to understand it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2015, 03:28:31 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egd8e0LSMII (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egd8e0LSMII)

The Break Up, by Bryan Vue
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2015, 03:31:07 PM
  No Loving-Kindness

There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. "Go and embrace him," she told her, "and then ask him suddenly: 'What now?'"

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

"An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter," replied the monk somewhat poetically. "Nowhere is there any warmth."

The girl returned and related what he had said.

"To think I fed that fellow for twenty years!" exclaimed the old woman in anger. "He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion."

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.

The moral of this story is that discipline, principles, reaching internal peace is less than kindness.  Therefore kindness is the strongest of all the virtues in life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2015, 03:32:56 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDlX2JdfCHs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDlX2JdfCHs)

Reminiscence, by Bryan Vue
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 04:05:03 PM
When I realized that you could be crazy, then it all makes sense and I am able to find peace and love for you too. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 08:23:07 PM
We were taught to create stability in an ever changing world, and this is why so much stress is created.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 08:24:07 PM
Hope it's a good crazy and not the pyschotic crazy. hehe

Crazy is crazy, but as long as you know it's crazy then you can adjust. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 08:26:01 PM
The dis-clarity of thought is not out there, but in here so it is my opportunity to clean it up. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 08:32:37 PM
To Megan,

The failure is mine as well, and I am disappointed in myself to.  Let's work together to understand success and a better tomorrow.  I love. you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 08:39:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXUDwIOSE4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXUDwIOSE4)

Lucky You opening scene and the happiness equation.....m uddle up the expectation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 08:41:42 PM
How does extreme gravity slow down time......does it make the particles heavier thereby slowing it down.....and then time itself slows down?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:00:04 PM
I have a history of jealousy that needs to be overcome.  Nothing useful comes out of it, except belittling of people that I want to convince there is love here.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:01:14 PM
I am afraid of time. - From Interstellar.

When you want nothing, then you're free from such fears.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:07:43 PM
Why was marriage invented hundreds of thousands of years ago.so that we dont kill each other like the lions, rams or elephants.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:25:53 PM
I am most happy when I am not at rest, but when I am of use to others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:27:23 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-did-amazon-employee-230006758.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-did-amazon-employee-230006758.html)

"It cost a lot was a big number," Shouraboura says with a slight laugh. "That's customer obsession for you. That situation taught me a lot very quickly. They still adhere to that philosophy today."

Its all about the customers.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:28:52 PM
Enlightenment is understanding. ...it is being able to remove all your fears, desires, and egos aside to make a decision with objectivity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 08, 2015, 09:35:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp0LhDc61u8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp0LhDc61u8)

Journey to the Fallen Skies.  I have not seen it yet.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 10, 2015, 07:26:12 PM
Got my Tradestation back.  Will test for one more month, and then hopefully, I will be ready to launch.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2015, 09:31:09 PM
I get spook when I was reviewing this trailer a long time ago. I have not seen it either. I don't think they have the full version on youtube. I've been wanting to see this movie but ntshai nthai pog ntsoog.

I didn't know it was about that, but I am getting a small glimpse of it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2015, 09:31:44 PM
Applying the Happiness Equation:

H = R E(R)

My E(R) = 6, I will not settle for it to be less than that or else, I will stop.  In reality, I want E(R) of 8, but I know that that is not realistic now. 

When you are with me and vying for my attention and saying all that good stuff, it makes it seem like its a 9.  Then you turn around later and tells me that you did and this or that, and someone said something about you, and I am thinking why would you put yourself in that situation, my reality becomes -4, because mistrust and confusion has set in.  Our overall reality becomes (9-4)/2 = 2.5.

H = 2.5 6 = -3.5.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2015, 09:33:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOje9FYOXww (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOje9FYOXww)

My favorite Wiggles song, from having to watch countless hours of it with my girls.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2015, 09:38:49 PM
Applying the Happiness Equation:

H = R E(R)

My E(R) = 6, I will not settle for it to be less than that or else, I will stop.  In reality, I want E(R) of 8, but I know that that is not realistic now. 

When you are with me and vying for my attention and saying all that good stuff, it makes it seem like its a 9.  Then you turn around later and tells me that you did and this or that, and someone said something about you, and I am thinking why would you put yourself in that situation, my reality becomes -4, because mistrust and confusion has set in.  Our overall reality becomes (9-4)/2 = 2.5.

H = 2.5 6 = -3.5.

How can I make this better for everyone?

IF I were to move to friendship only, then my Happiness Equation becomes:

H = R E(R)

My E(R) = 0, because I want nothing from you.  Our contribution our friendship will be greater than zero, lets call it 1.

H = 1 0 = 1, almost perfect.

I can't love you anymore, let's smooth it over and become friends only, unless you work at it and help me to correct reality.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2015, 10:17:50 PM
How can I make this better for everyone?

IF I were to move to friendship only, then my Happiness Equation becomes:

H = R E(R)

My E(R) = 0, because I want nothing from you.  Our contribution our friendship will be greater than zero, lets call it 1.

H = 1 0 = 1, almost perfect.

I can't love you anymore, let's smooth it over and become friends only, unless you work at it and help me to correct reality.

You are unfair my silly friend. Regardless, I want to preserve the friendship and friendship only. 

Listening to too many people has led you to skew your expectations.  These things will correct itself.  It is the law of life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2015, 08:11:10 PM
Are you talking to yourself?  :-X

I am solving a math problem, for the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2015, 08:11:48 PM
Thank you for amazingly peaceful and productive day.

I hope you are doing having the same.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2015, 09:47:24 PM
My cousin called our late aunt to ask for help in ceremony to fix grave for his dad. In modesty (the Hmong way), my aunt said, I don't know how to do it.  My numb nut cousin took it literally and said, you got just got to try.  You're already old, gotta try and learn.  My aunt lost it.  My other cousin had to go put out the fire.  :2funny:
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2015, 09:51:22 PM
One Saturday, I called my so-call girlfriend at the time and say hey do you want to meet up before I have to head to a funeral home?  She said, sure let's meet up at so and so, a restaurant, however I won't be able to kiss you because I am grungy (she actually used another similar word).  She got just got done doing some sales work.  She's never grungy, I was so tempted to say, why would you bring that up and ask me to not kiss you, did you just got done sucking someone's long john silver (of course I wasn't going to use long john silver either).  ;D

But I kept my tongue in check and I didn't.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2015, 09:52:32 PM
"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others.  This is what renews humanity." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 14, 2015, 09:54:23 PM
If You Love, Love Openly

Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master.

Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting.

Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written to her, she said: "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."


Thank you for helping to teach me. I should have listened. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2015, 09:25:46 PM
Why one should not add fuel to the fire:

Because it is during an unwise time when things can get escalated easily, save your contribution for kind speeches, instead of trash talks.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2015, 09:30:46 PM
Wisdom is a currency without end.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 15, 2015, 09:34:49 PM
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Helen Keller

All greatness comes from joy and happiness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2015, 06:41:11 PM
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." - Helen Keller

All greatness comes from joy and happiness.

Supposedly the quote that lead Conrad Hilton, to built the Hilton hotel empire.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2015, 06:48:54 PM
Do you want to go to the stars?  Then you need the heart to push through.  You can start by listening to this three videos, twice a day, everyday, for a year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LfM9ZPGmVY&index=1&list=PLzGib8vBOqpLU0EwBcacO8AjJpLCDPlEn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LfM9ZPGmVY&index=1&list=PLzGib8vBOqpLU0EwBcacO8AjJpLCDPlEn)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZiK8zyC_g&index=2&list=PLzGib8vBOqpLU0EwBcacO8AjJpLCDPlEn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lZiK8zyC_g&index=2&list=PLzGib8vBOqpLU0EwBcacO8AjJpLCDPlEn)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjjYVROiJIA&index=3&list=PLzGib8vBOqpLU0EwBcacO8AjJpLCDPlEn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjjYVROiJIA&index=3&list=PLzGib8vBOqpLU0EwBcacO8AjJpLCDPlEn)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 16, 2015, 07:26:00 PM
To the beautiful girl with the amazing smile who asked for my name at my cousin's restaurant, aren't you going to come back to meet me again?

We both know you want to.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2015, 11:11:06 AM
"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others.  This is what renews humanity." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2015, 11:11:56 AM
Thank you for an awesome day filled peace, joy, and happiness today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2015, 11:15:36 AM
No Loving-Kindness

There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. "Go and embrace him," she told her, "and then ask him suddenly: 'What now?'"

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

"An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter," replied the monk somewhat poetically. "Nowhere is there any warmth."

The girl returned and related what he had said.

"To think I fed that fellow for twenty years!" exclaimed the old woman in anger. "He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion."

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.


Kindness is even better than Buddhist mental and emotional discipline.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2015, 11:17:08 AM
My ultimate endeavor:

Dhammapada: 26, The True Master

Wanting nothing with all your heart, stop the stream. When the world dissolves, everything becomes clear. Go beyond this way or that way, to the farther shore where the world dissolves and everything becomes clear.  Beyond this shore and the father shore, beyond the beyond, where there is no beginning, no end.
Without fear, go.  Meditate.  Live purely.  Be quiet.  Do your work, with mastery.  By day the sun shines, and the warrior in his armor shines.  By night the moon shines, and the master shines in meditation.  But this day and night the man who is awake shines in the radiance of the spirit.  A master gives up mischief.  He is serene.  He leaves everything behind him.  He does not take offense and he does not give it.  He never returns evil for evil.  Alas for the man who raises his hand against another, and even more for him who returns the blow.  Resist the pleasures of life and the desire to hurt - till sorrows vanish.  Never offend by what you think or say or do. 
Honor the man who is awake and shows you the way.  Honor the fire of his sacrifice.  Matted hair or family or caste does not make a master but the truth and goodness with which he is blessed. Your hair is tangled and you sit on a deerskin.  What folly!  When inside, you are ragged with lust.  The master's clothes are in tatters.  His veins stand out, he is wasting away.  Alone in the forest he sits and meditates.  A man is not born to mastery.  A master is never proud.  He does not talk down to others.  Owning nothing, he misses nothing.  He is not afraid.  He does not tremble.  Nothing binds him.  He is infinitely free.  So cut through the strap and the thong and the rope.  Loosen the fastenings.  Unbolt the doors of sleep and awake.  The master endures insults and ill treatment without reacting.  For his spirit is an army.  He is never angry.  He keeps his promises.  He never strays, he is determined.  This body is my last, he says!  Like water on the leaf of a lotus flower or a mustard seed on the point of a needle, He does not cling.  For he has reached the end of sorrow and has laid down his burden.  He looks deeply into things and sees their nature.  He discriminates and reaches the end of the way.  He does not linger with those who have a home nor with those who stray.  Wanting nothing, He travels on alone.  He hurts nothing. He never kills.  He moves with love among the unloving, with peace and detachment among the hungry and querulous.  Like a mustard seed from the point of a needle hatred has fallen from him, and lust, hypocrisy and pride.  He offends no one.  Yet he speaks the truth.  His words are clear but never harsh.  Whatever is not his he refuses, good or bad, great or small.  He wants nothing from this world and nothing from the next.  He is free.  Desiring nothing, doubting nothing, beyond judgment and sorrow and the pleasures of the senses, he had moved beyond time.  He is pure and free.  How clear he is.  He is the moon.  He is serene.  He shines.  For he has travelled life after life the muddy and treacherous road of illusion.  He does not tremble or grasp or hesitate.  He has found peace.  Calmly he lets go of life, or home and pleasure and desire.  Nothing of men can hold him.  Nothing of the gods can hold him.  Nothing in all creation can hold him.  Desire has left him, never to return.  Sorrow has left him, never to return.  He is calm.  In him the seed of renewing life had been consumed.  He has conquered all the inner worlds.  With dispassionate eye he sees everywhere, the falling and the uprising.  And with great gladness he knows that he has finished.  He has woken from his sleep.  And the way he has taken is hidden from men, even from spirits and gods, by virtue of his purity.
In him there in no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today.  Possessing nothing, wanting nothing.  He is full of power.  Fearless, wise, exalted.  He has vanquished all things.  He sees by virtue of his purity.  He has come to the end of the way, over the river of his many lives, His many deaths.  Beyond the sorrow of hell, beyond the great joy of heaven, by virtue of his purity.  He has come to the end of the way. All that he had to do, he has done.  And now he is one.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 20, 2015, 05:23:56 PM
As I was getting my car fixed, I finally realized today that I became free of you.  It was through understanding that you are a glass half empty person wanting everything from everyone, and not being able to give, and that was why we had such a difficult time understanding the relationship.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2015, 09:39:22 PM
Soft landing:

Thank you for the kind words again. You are my very wise uncle Neej Fwms amazing daughter.  I am very glad we met and I got to know your family better.  I love you very much and I will miss you and our unorthodox dates.  Maybe one day, you will return to me, and we will have amazing dates, awesome times together, and a journey to last a life time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_NQHqzcIfM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_NQHqzcIfM)

Until then, please take care.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2015, 10:02:10 PM
When we blame others, we get satisfaction for the ego, but we missed out on the amazing and awesome gift of internal growth and adjustment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2015, 10:03:28 PM
Poob Plig - Learned helplessness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2015, 10:05:25 PM
Just because I look like a rug and is on the floor, dont walk all over me, because I could be a magic carpet.  I could take you to amazing places, beyond our wildest dreams.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2015, 10:06:22 PM
The failure is mine to accept, appreciate, learn from it, and become stronger and/or amazing as a result of it.  It is my blessing for future success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 21, 2015, 10:11:05 PM
People who give stuff, to impress, just give stuff, so that they don't have to do the real work of actually putting their heart into it. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 22, 2015, 08:49:49 PM
Thank you for an amazing day of peace, productivity, and empowerment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2015, 05:13:56 PM
I am think I am not walking the path of peace today.  I double check myself, because my path is of peace and happiness only. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2015, 08:04:18 PM
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. - Blaise Pascal
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - Lao Tzu

Stop
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2015, 08:05:50 PM
You can't step in the same river twice. - Heraclitus
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2015, 09:05:35 PM
Be able to step out of your emotional conditioning and chose whatever beautiful emotions you want with you your thoughts, and you will have achieved conquering yourself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2015, 09:06:03 PM
Stop thinking like a human, you have become very small.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 08:08:30 PM
Hello my old friend SB,

I have no intention of stepping in the same river twice, because it serves no purpose.  I do appreciate all the awesome contributions you made into my life and I will always cherish.  I said what I said, because I just wanted to normalized our friendship for awhile, and I also wanted to let you win, so you can be happier.  For the rest of my life, I wanted to be really good and that needs to start with my heart and intention.  There's no other journey for me.  Thank you for everything.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 09:12:03 PM
Thank you for an awesome and amazing day of peace and joy. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 09:41:30 PM
 1.   They eat together

Whether its for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or all four, happy couples take time out of their busy schedules to sit down together and refuel. Growing up, my parents cooked a big meal almost every night, bringing the whole family into the kitchen for dinner. Looking back, I realize now that we were doing more than just sharing a meal; we were allotting ourselves time to bond and really get to know each other.

We tend to be happiest while feeding our hunger, which makes us more apt to open up and share whats going on in our lives. Thats why going out to eat is such a popular pastime. Its not just about the food; its about the company we keep while were there, which helps strengthen our relationship.

2.   They check in  (Communication)

It doesnt have to be every five seconds. Happy couples check in just enough to know that theyre there it might be a little I miss you or Thinking of you message sent in the midst of a hectic workday. It doesnt have to be flashy or super original, as long as its thoughtful.

3.   They laugh

This might seem obvious, but real laughter is less common than you may think. And cackling at your girlfriends expense, or pity laughing at your boyfriends new joke, doesnt count. It should come naturally.

One of the most important characteristic s people look for in a partner is a good sense of humor. And most couples stay together when they know how to tickle one anothers funny bone. Life shouldnt be serious all the time, especially when you have someone to help you find the humor.

A relationship without laughter is like a plant without water: its either dead or its dying.

4.   They listen (Communication)

No matter how tired, how stressed or how busy, happy couples listen to each other, especially when something is truly bothering the other person. Ive observed unhappy couples at restaurants, who not only arent listening but arent even looking at each other! Theyre either on their phones or staring out of the window, seemingly wishing to be anywhere else but at dinner together.

What is it keeping these kinds of people in relationships? Is it boredom? Fear? Its certainly not happiness.

The greatest, most eye-opening conversations you may ever have with your partner could happen when you least expect it. It could be at 3AM, when you both happen to turn over in bed, or at a bar in the midst of a rowdy crowd of people. If your ears arent always open, you might just miss the best thing theyve ever said.

5.   They touch each other

It doesnt have to be excessive; in fact, it probably shouldnt be. No one wants to watch you making out at the movies. Holding hands is enough. Kissing each others forehead is sufficient. As long as there is some physical exchange of love, both partners will feel secure in the relationship.

6.   They say goodnight (Communication)

Even after a big fight or from 100 miles away. They want to be the last person to say it before laying their head to rest. They say goodbye like its the last time because they know how unpredictable life can be. And they dont take each others presence for granted.

7.   They root for each other

Whether its wishing good luck at a job interview or supporting the decision not to leave bed all day, happy couples back each other up 100% of the time. Thats the whole reason we seek out relationships, isnt it? To find someone who will stand beside us no matter what, who will motivate us when the voices inside our own head arent helping? Theyre meant to be our #1 fans. They are our biggest support system. They make us happy every single day and for that, we make them happy back.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 09:46:25 PM
Don't go to the Human Society and adopt a pet and expect that pet to be like Lassie. It has been emotionally abused and will not be able to shake out it. That animal will bite whenever it gets a chance.  It won't suddenly wake up and appreciate it's now surrounding.

Don't try to love someone who's been abused emotionally, ethically, or physically.  It's the same thing with a person.  Unless they are really over the past and have actually forgive those that have hurt them.  You will get shock, especially to find out that they also have learned helplessness and keeps going back to the ones that have hurt them, in spite of your contribution to their life.

Sorry, we are part of the animal kingdom, and it's an animal emotional reflex. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 09:48:24 PM
I don't have enough clarity to balance my happiness equation.....t he e (R) is too unpredictable.‏ I am sorry.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 10:21:27 PM
We have to realize what we do get in the bigger scheme of things.... (whatever this means, because I forgot.)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 10:24:40 PM
Our understanding and strong values only serves the purpose of our Hmong life.  If we want more, we have to borrow from more ancient understandings and teachings.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 10:25:29 PM
I want to live a life.....that if a wise man looked upon it, it would be deem a happy life in the service of others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2015, 10:27:23 PM
I know now why I refuse to try to earn your love.....to try is to imply that I do not have it. I am already there, it is you who needs to adjust your lenses to be able to see and feel my love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2015, 08:23:26 PM
A silly and dumb mistake for many lives, including your own.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/ex-nba-player-crittenton-gets-23-years-in-prison-for-atlanta-shooting-death/ar-BBiS5zW (http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/ex-nba-player-crittenton-gets-23-years-in-prison-for-atlanta-shooting-death/ar-BBiS5zW)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 05:04:53 PM
Thank you to you Kia for speaking so highly of me, without even having a conversation with me.  What you say will become your reality.  It is call the law of attraction.  Thank you for having confidence in me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 08:43:30 PM
The way is not in the money, the way is not in education, the way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 08:44:51 PM
Time moves forward, so should too with your ideas, understanding, emotions, and love of people too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 08:49:44 PM
The kids are more right than we are, because with each passing day, it is becoming more and more their world and less and less ours.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 08:53:20 PM
I am the type to go on a trip, and you can have total faith in me that I will stand up for you and us.  You have no fear, because I am here and that is what I do. When I say I love you, it means that I want to make your world better for today and tomorrow, so why would I do something that contradicts "I love you."  I am ashamed that my "I love you" was stepped on by as you say someone you never deemed a future with, someone who family has offended yours, for a cheap tab.  I am so ashamed of myself for loving you with all the integrity of my being.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 08:58:43 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/george-soros-may-face-a-monster-tax-bill/ar-BBiVTa5 (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/george-soros-may-face-a-monster-tax-bill/ar-BBiVTa5)

George Soros Tax Bill
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:01:08 PM
Don't believe people's reason and logic, but pay attention to their emotional response. They represent what is closer to the truth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:02:15 PM
Our desires, past, fear, and association blinds us to our true selves, our true amazing selves by creating tunnel visions.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:03:54 PM
When the mind (or hear) is pure joy follows like a shadow that never leaves (05/01 - I finally saw a glimpse of it, but as of right now (05/04), I forgot what it is)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:06:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-S_c98FLE8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-S_c98FLE8)

One of my favorite movies of all time:  Miller's Crossing

Believe it or not, that is the full movie.  It will get deleted soon.  At least catch the opening scene. :)


Eddie Dane: "Where is Leo hiding?"
Guard: "How would I know if I told you the truth, you wouldn't kill me afterwards?"
Eddie Dane: "If I found out you were lying to me, I wouldn't get to come back and kill you again."
Guard: "Leo is hiding out at......."
Eddie Dane, Kills guard...."I believe you."
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:33:22 PM
Thank you for an amazing day of productivity, calm, peace and joy.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:41:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIB6QfO2GE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIB6QfO2GE)

Tsis tau pom dua
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2015, 09:48:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe2yIQdU5zo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe2yIQdU5zo)

Tsis tau pom dua - Lis Pos
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 06, 2015, 08:24:28 PM
Don't just enjoy life at 5 stars, but enjoy all the enjoy the other stars too, from 1 to 4 stars.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 06, 2015, 08:56:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nkTZKiOLzI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nkTZKiOLzI)

I saw this movie playing today, and I am reminded of my life at that time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2015, 08:49:10 PM
Helen Keller was born blind and deaf, but she experienced an amazing life filled with such clarity of thought that most of us with sight and hearing will never compare.  Could it be that she achieved that clarity of thought because she never saw enough of the world to desire so much of it and never saw enough to hate it or experience anger?
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 07, 2015, 08:52:01 PM
Everything is best in nature.  It is our human perception that judged it and lessened it to otherwise.


Everything Is Best

When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.

"Give me the best piece of meat you have," said the customer.

"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher. "You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best."

At these words Banzan became enlightened.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 07:56:07 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/05/07/mcdonalds-was-there-for-me-when-no-one-else-was/ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/05/07/mcdonalds-was-there-for-me-when-no-one-else-was/)

James Franco and McDonalds, I am loving it.  Thank you for the inspirational story that we have to do anything for success, by making ourselves better.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 07:58:56 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9f8eQC7QUo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9f8eQC7QUo)

One of the reasons why I couldn't take Gods and Kings, I couldn't take John Tuturo as the aging pharoah. 

I like him too much as the sleezy bookie in Miller's Crossing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 07:59:33 PM
To myself, you will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 07:59:58 PM
What will happen to the institution of marriage as independence becomes a goal, and not stability.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 08:00:14 PM
A True Sentient AI will not destroy life....only a program will.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 08:00:46 PM
Your work is to discover your world and then give all of your heart to it. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2015, 08:09:09 PM
Yesterday, it finally occurred to me that when we talk to dumb people, we start having dumb conversation, and then we ourselves become dumb.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2015, 09:42:02 PM
Thank you for an amazing day of peace, joy and productivity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2015, 09:53:23 PM
Today at work, we had to sign a going away card for a team member who was leaving.  I wasn't paying attention to the email so I thought it was a birthday card.  So I signed it "XXX, Happy Birthday, - Me"
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 12, 2015, 09:57:11 PM
At the funeral home on 52 this weekend.  I went to help out the relatives by thanking those that had contributed money.  While I was thanking him with the usual thank you verbiage, I heard the guy said "txawj ua lub neej ces yuav muaj nyuj phij tsab nees phij cuam", I started to crack up on the inside. That is for weddings reply during thank yous for the dowry.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 17, 2015, 08:15:13 AM
The reason why my car engine is blown is because it was my fault.  I kept pushing a situation I do not completely understand.  I have now gain the expertise, but I have lost the opportunity to resolve it now.  I have to take it to a professional to resolve matters that are beyond me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 19, 2015, 08:51:27 PM
 Best Answer:  IF TEN SECONDS OR MORE ELAPSE BETWEEN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS,YOU WILL NEED TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.PREPARE VEHICLE BY CLOSING AND LOCKING ALL DOORS EXCEPT DRIVER'S DOOR SHOULD BE OPEN AND UNLOCKED.
1)STICK KEY IN AND OUT OF THE IGNITION CYLINDER TWICE WITHOUT TURNING IT.
2)CLOSE AND OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR TWICE ENDING IN OPEN DOOR.
3)STICK KEY IN AND OUT OF THE IGNITION CYLINDER ONCE WITHOUT TURNING IT.
4)CLOSE AND OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR TWICE ENDING IN OPEN DOOR.
5)STICK THE KEY IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER.(DO NOT REMOVE OR TURN KEY)
6)CLOSE DRIVER'S DOOR.
7)TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION ON AND OFF TWICE AND REMOVE KEY FROM THE IGNITION.
(AT THIS POINT IF EVERY STEP WAS DONE CORRECTLY,ALL DOORS WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK TWICE TO LET YOU KNOW THE SYSTEM ENTERED THE ADD MODE)
8)PRESS BOTH LOCK AND UNLOCK BUTTONS ON YOUR REMOTE SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR ONE SECOND.
9)WITHIN THREE SECONDS PRESS THE LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR REMOTE FOR ONE SECOND AND RELEASE.
(VEHICLE WILL BEEP TWICE TO LET YOU KNOW IT HAS ACCEPTED THE NEW REMOTE.)
TO EXIT ADD MODE OPEN AND CLOSE DOOR AND TEST REMOTE OPERATION.
Source(s): TOYOTA MASTER DIAGNOSTIC TECHNICIAN
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 19, 2015, 10:16:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB1JdXFktsQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB1JdXFktsQ)

This song came on the radio the other day, and suddenly It came onto my head to have sex to it.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 21, 2015, 09:35:30 PM
Be careful when seeking pleasurable activities, because the pleasure will be too good to give up later on.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 21, 2015, 09:36:18 PM
A learned behavior is much stronger than a conditioned behavior, because we have pleasure and pain that are more recent to go with it. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2015, 06:35:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT5rEU6pqM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT5rEU6pqM)

Hips don't lie babie
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2015, 06:37:09 PM
We both have agreed that we believe in different ways of love. I hope that we both make this break up last for good. We deserve to get out of each others hair.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2015, 07:28:19 PM
The other day, my mind was wondering and I wonder why and how could I have climaxed on a wall?  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2015, 07:35:18 PM
Hannibal Lecter: Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse. Billy hates his own identity, you see, and he thinks that makes him a transsexual. But his pathology is a thousand times more savage and more terrifying.

Monsters are created and not born.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2015, 11:55:31 PM
Thank you for the family meeting......n ow my head is extra clear......I am headed in the right direction..... I am always very happy.  Thank you again for an amazing day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 26, 2015, 06:34:52 AM
My cousin said something that brought me peace last night.....He said that your cousin said you are very aggressive (heev heev).  Everything became very clear to me why it worked out the way it did.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2015, 04:43:09 PM
A Drop of Water

A Zen master named Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath.

The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over.

"You dunce!" the master scolded him. "Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple?"

The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui, which means a drop of water.


Please think about the meaning of this story, because It is beautiful.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 28, 2015, 04:44:04 PM
My cousin said something that brought me peace last night.....He said that your cousin said you are very aggressive (heev heev).  Everything became very clear to me why it worked out the way it did.

Its all about you, and that is why it is dying.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2015, 09:35:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_3m1R1odE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_3m1R1odE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHekNnySAfM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHekNnySAfM)


Bob Marley
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2015, 10:15:30 PM
If you love, love openly, because then the perception will be closer to reality and no one will be deceived or hurt.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 29, 2015, 10:17:26 PM
Emotions has its own memory, and it remembers awesome feelings from childhood and wants to live it again and again.  It also remembers fears and shuns from it, even though it no longer serves any purpose.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2015, 08:13:20 PM
When the mind is pure, joy follows like shadow that never leaves. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2015, 08:32:50 PM
I love Summer in Minnesota.  There's no better place in the world, I rather be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxp8ZJQ6d0Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxp8ZJQ6d0Q)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2015, 08:36:25 PM
There was a time when I thought the grass was greener on the side, while in MN, Texas, and while in Texas, MN.  The only reason why I was thinking so was because of fear, uncertainty, and wishful thinking.  I didn't have it to want to be at where I was.  When you have it, you only want to be where you are.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2015, 08:50:55 PM
What if entropy corrects itself, but the process and time transcends the life of the universe.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2015, 08:51:50 PM
Once I was driving high....and it took really long to get from place to place.  I kept prematurely turning into streets. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 03, 2015, 08:20:03 PM
To my amazing and very talented daughter B, you are priceless.  I think you have the potential to be one of the most beautiful people in the world.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2015, 08:03:32 PM
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2014-05/30/content_17552659.htm (http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/us/2014-05/30/content_17552659.htm)

I jacked this story from another forum.  The success is the transformation of a man, not the money.   
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2015, 08:04:18 PM
entropy
ˈentrəpē/
noun
noun: entropy; plural noun: entropies; symbol: S

    1.
    Physics
    a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
    2.
    lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
    "a marketplace where entropy reigns supreme"
    synonyms:   deterioration, degeneration, crumbling, decline, degradation, decomposition, breaking down, collapse; More
    disorder, chaos
    "life is a struggle against entropy"
    3.
    (in information theory) a logarithmic measure of the rate of transfer of information in a particular message or language.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2015, 08:33:12 PM
Book of Samuel Chapter 12

1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 04, 2015, 09:11:46 PM
http://www.jrladetroit.com/ (http://www.jrladetroit.com/)

Jalen Rose
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2015, 07:29:46 PM
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+14&version=NKJV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+14&version=NKJV)

The parting of the red sea.

I have been thinking about this story in the context of it being a moral story, and I an getting close to something I like. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2015, 10:22:35 PM
Teaching the Ultimate

In early times in Japan, bamboo-and-paper lanterns were used with candles inside. A blind man, visiting a friend one night, was offered a lantern to carry home with him.

"I do not need a lantern," he said. "Darkness or light is all the same to me."

"I know you do not need a lantern to find your way," his friend replied, "but if you don't have one, someone else may run into you. So you must take it."

The blind man started off with the lantern and before he had walked very far someone ran squarely into him.

"Look out where you are going!" he exclaimed to the stranger. "Can't you see this lantern?"

"Your candle has burned out, brother," replied the stranger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 17, 2015, 10:23:53 PM
Did you know that Alligators have not evolved since the time of the dinosaurs?  They have basically been the same for over 100,000,000 years.  Alligators is the hare in the tortoise and the hare.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:18:41 PM
Gravity was discovered by viewing nature.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:19:19 PM
What does it mean to be like water......obe y the laws of the universe.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:20:12 PM
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:21:57 PM
http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=255724.2400;last_msg=4757420 (http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=255724.2400;last_msg=4757420)


"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." Steve Jobs
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:23:49 PM
Did you know that Alligators have not evolved since the time of the dinosaurs?  They have basically been the same for over 100,000,000 years.  Alligators is the hare in the tortoise and the hare.

Species evolve to adjust to the pressure of new environments.  Otherwise they become extinct if they do not get tested.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:24:21 PM
Why trading became very difficult....b ecause desire blinds one to the true path for success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:28:25 PM
http://www.ibtimes.com/native-americans-tragedy-alcoholism-214046 (http://www.ibtimes.com/native-americans-tragedy-alcoholism-214046)

Alcoholism on reservations. Lost of purpose.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:29:11 PM
Many things or actions that leads to survival has pleasurable sensual feelings or tastes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:31:10 PM
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/recent/10_things_you_must_know_before_shorting_a_stock-677802.html/2 (http://www.tradingmarkets.com/recent/10_things_you_must_know_before_shorting_a_stock-677802.html/2)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:31:57 PM
How did we learn to fly, we did so by learning from and mimicking nature.  Nature has the answer.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:45:16 PM
Vacuum, I have to think about what I need to do before doing it, to ensure success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2015, 08:48:51 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/generalmoney/13-famous-company-logos-with-hidden-messages/ar-BBjnc1G#page=6 (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/generalmoney/13-famous-company-logos-with-hidden-messages/ar-BBjnc1G#page=6)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2015, 10:45:16 AM
I wished I know how to fly. I would fly away from here.

Where would you go?
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2015, 10:45:38 AM
I wished I know how to fly. I would fly away from here.

What makes you think you cannot fly?
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 28, 2015, 11:01:10 AM
Some place that is peaceful.
My wings are broken.  :-[

Peace begins within, don't seek it without. - The Buddha

There is no place to go, because "The Zen you find on top of the mountain is the Zen you brought with you."

Your imagination is your wing, and it can never be broken.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2015, 06:46:40 PM
Thank you my good friend, your words of wisdom is very helpful to me. Have a wonderful Sunday!

I hope you an awesome Sunday as well. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2015, 09:45:09 PM
I know what I am looking for now.  I am looking for a happy person.  Someone who's happy with herself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2015, 06:45:17 PM
You are nothing but a carcass unless you serve a purpose.  :2funny:
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2015, 09:09:51 PM
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/rumi.html (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/rumi.html)

Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2015, 09:13:44 PM
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.
Rumi

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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2015, 09:14:39 PM
Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, for that tongue of yours is the enemy of the soul, my friend. When the lips are silent, the heart has a hundred tongues.

Rumi

I should tell someone this.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 01, 2015, 09:15:26 PM
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Rumi

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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2015, 07:36:14 AM
I like this quote.  :) Have a great July 4th weekend with your loved ones. Enjoy, the weather is going to be awesome!

I like that one too.  Thank you.  I hope you an amazing time as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2015, 09:16:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o)

Why did she have to go?  Because she thought someone had kinder words for her than I did.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2015, 09:18:01 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0)

The waking of a nation to formally accept an idea who time has come. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2015, 09:19:18 PM
https://www.google.com/search?q=rumi+quotes+images&biw=1024&bih=1146&tbm=isch&imgil=2mJzkS9DGJ-fLM%253A%253BjOSb8BKCgRaFgM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fquotesnsmiles.com%25252Fpicture-quotes%25252Fimages-31-rumi-picture-quotes-for-self-realisation%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=2mJzkS9DGJ-fLM%253A%252CjOSb8BKCgRaFgM%252C_&usg=__vuS7SsgOmxA4D61VogD0_zJxSwI%3D&ved=0CDUQyjc&ei=Y4OWVYGPG4fVoASmopfYBQ#imgrc=2mJzkS9DGJ-fLM%3A&usg=__vuS7SsgOmxA4D61VogD0_zJxSwI%3D (https://www.google.com/search?q=rumi+quotes+images&biw=1024&bih=1146&tbm=isch&imgil=2mJzkS9DGJ-fLM%253A%253BjOSb8BKCgRaFgM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fquotesnsmiles.com%25252Fpicture-quotes%25252Fimages-31-rumi-picture-quotes-for-self-realisation%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=2mJzkS9DGJ-fLM%253A%252CjOSb8BKCgRaFgM%252C_&usg=__vuS7SsgOmxA4D61VogD0_zJxSwI%3D&ved=0CDUQyjc&ei=Y4OWVYGPG4fVoASmopfYBQ#imgrc=2mJzkS9DGJ-fLM%3A&usg=__vuS7SsgOmxA4D61VogD0_zJxSwI%3D)

Rumi is where poetry meets religion
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2015, 09:21:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o)

Why did she have to go?  Because she thought someone had kinder words for her than I did.

Ur so amazingly beautiful.  ;)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2015, 09:21:34 PM
Teach this to amazing kids....I will not be defeated.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2015, 09:24:31 PM
Do not appreciate things that make you more comfortable, but appreciate things that make you more efficient.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:02:00 PM
http://www.fastcompany.com/3028712/7-habits-of-highly-emotionally-intelligent-people (http://www.fastcompany.com/3028712/7-habits-of-highly-emotionally-intelligent-people)

1.            Focus on the positive

2.            Surround themselves with positive people

3.            Are able to set boundaries and be assertive when necessary

4.            Are Forward thinking and willing to let go of the past

5.            Look for ways to make life more fun, happy, and interesting

6.            Chose how they expand their energy wisely

7.            Continually learning and growing towards independence
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:03:44 PM
I fell short because of my lack of optimism on myself and my lack of imagination in my failure to give my customers the best.‏ I fell short due to my lack of desire and enthusiasm for my customer's happiness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:05:01 PM
It is people's greed, drive to search for awesome returns, and fear of losing money that creates trends. (Trading)‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:07:16 PM
The real world, the zoo, the home life, and schooling.....‏

Schooling, even at the college level is like a zoo, and the real world is like the jungle.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:22:50 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/24/us/tsarnaev-boston-marathon-bombing-death-sentencing/ (http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/24/us/tsarnaev-boston-marathon-bombing-death-sentencing/)

At the end of the day, everyone still wants peace and the internal truth to come.  The truth shall set us free and bring peace.  How that is done is through apologizing what was done wrong.

One shouldnt have to have to come to an apology for irreparable damage or hurt to others, if one keeps in mind that

Teach this triple truth to all:  A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity. The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:24:31 PM
Do you want clarify of thought?

Then eliminate from you anger, hatred, desire, and fear.  Then all you'll have left is love and clarity of thought, and that will never lead you wrong.  O0
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:27:02 PM
Billionaire Sam Adams founder explains why 'getting rich is life's biggest booby trap'


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-sam-adams-founder-explains-160400736.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-sam-adams-founder-explains-160400736.html)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:28:40 PM
Everything in life fulfills a purpose or it becomes worthless..... including a Mercedes 550 SL or you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:32:44 PM
Zen Stories

http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl (http://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:34:02 PM
Open Your Own Treasure House

Daiju visited the master Baso in China. Baso asked: "What do you seek?"

"Enlightenment," replied Daiju.

 You have your own treasure house. Why do you search outside?" Baso asked.

 Daiju inquired: "Where is my treasure house?"

Baso answered: "What you are asking is your treasure house."

Daiju was enlightened! Ever after he urged his friends: "Open your own tresure house and use those treasures."
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:34:51 PM
Match External to Internal, and then perceptions would be closer to reality, happiness and peace will follow like a shadow that never leaves.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:36:53 PM
In the movie the Princess Bride, why is the man in black better than the Spaniard?  It is because he practices in the real world, the jungle.  The Spaniard has only been studying fencing for 20 years.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:38:06 PM
Moses and the red sea, the Buddha, and Fidel Castro.  What do they all have in common.  They help freed a lot of people against great odds.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:39:04 PM
To my awesome and amazing kids....how are we going to carry ourselves at all times....with self respect, dignity, and erroring on love and kindness for others.  Our motto will be "I will not be defeated."
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:41:07 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-980-pound-man-adjusts-after-a-difficult-skin-operation/ar-BBl8Xkt (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-980-pound-man-adjusts-after-a-difficult-skin-operation/ar-BBl8Xkt)

He substituted food for love.  Love with all you have and they will never find a substitute in food.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:44:03 PM
What is the one thing you want to do before you die...achieve enlightenment as to what is the purpose of life and then give all your heart and soul to it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:45:00 PM
4 signs the person you're with isn't right for you.‏

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/divorced-moms/4-signs-the-man-youre-wit_b_7459162.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/divorced-moms/4-signs-the-man-youre-wit_b_7459162.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 08, 2015, 09:47:26 PM
I am not a fan of Tiger Woods, because he's a cheap person that has no love for others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2015, 07:54:16 PM
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+helena+montana&biw=1280&bih=781&tbm=isch&imgil=geVT2he3_pY6HM%253A%253B5o4A-npG5c54_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.tripadvisor.com%25252FTourism-g45212-Helena_Montana-Vacations.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=geVT2he3_pY6HM%253A%252C5o4A-npG5c54_M%252C_&usg=__bXxPtCPT5gRjDO_6OISr_X651Ik%3D&ved=0CCkQyjdqFQoTCNXdj5202cYCFUM7Pgodhc8M1A&ei=f12kVZWiA8P2-AGFn7OgDQ#imgrc=geVT2he3_pY6HM%3A&usg=__bXxPtCPT5gRjDO_6OISr_X651Ik%3D (https://www.google.com/search?q=images+helena+montana&biw=1280&bih=781&tbm=isch&imgil=geVT2he3_pY6HM%253A%253B5o4A-npG5c54_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.tripadvisor.com%25252FTourism-g45212-Helena_Montana-Vacations.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=geVT2he3_pY6HM%253A%252C5o4A-npG5c54_M%252C_&usg=__bXxPtCPT5gRjDO_6OISr_X651Ik%3D&ved=0CCkQyjdqFQoTCNXdj5202cYCFUM7Pgodhc8M1A&ei=f12kVZWiA8P2-AGFn7OgDQ#imgrc=geVT2he3_pY6HM%3A&usg=__bXxPtCPT5gRjDO_6OISr_X651Ik%3D)

After a Summer trip to Yellow Stone and Glacier National Park, I think I am falling in love with Montana.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2015, 07:34:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY)

Runaway Train
Song by Soul Asylum
Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep
It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With Full lyrics on Google Play
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2015, 07:42:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtWiTpZL8FE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtWiTpZL8FE)

Little Finger
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2015, 07:51:04 PM
Publishing the Sutras

Tetsugen, a devotee of Zen in Japan, decided to publish the sutras, which at that time were available only in Chinese. The books were to be printed with wood blocks in an edition of seven thousand copies, a tremendous undertaking.

Tetsugen began by traveling and collecting donations for this purpose. A few sympathizers would give him a hundred pieces of gold, but most of the time he received only small coins. He thanked each donor with equal gratitude. After ten years Tetsugen had enough money to begin his task.

It happened that at that time the Uji Rive overflowed. Famine followed. Tetsugen took the funds he had collected for the books and spent them to save others from starvation. Then he began again his work of collecting.

Several years afterwards an epidemic spread over the country. Tetsugen again gave away what he had collected, to help his people. For a third time he started his work, and after twenty years his wish was fulfilled. The printing blocks which produced the first edition of sutras can be seen today in the Obaku monastery in Kyoto.

The Japanese tell their children that Tetsugen made three sets of sutras, and that the first two invisible sets surpass even the last.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2015, 10:04:08 PM
A girl is hitting on me and asking me to go to her house.....funn y stuff.  She's pretty hot too, but I cannot at the moment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 21, 2015, 10:16:54 PM
Do you know why I miss you?  Because of the way you love me.  There's no one better than you so far.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2015, 09:17:13 PM
The Moon Cannot Be Stolen

Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.

Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift."

The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.

Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon."


I was reflecting on this Zen Story I sent you a long time ago, and I finally realized that its not about a thief stealing clothes, but its about all the short cut people take in taking others and thinking that happiness can be had, and they forget to realize how beautiful things are already in their lives. The appreciation itself will lead to peace and happiness.  The lack of the appreciation will lead to curiosity and searching for things out there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2015, 09:18:52 PM
What remains constant is the fear, love, greed, desire, anger, and hatred.  The ways of the heart.

What changes is the sky, because someone is always looking to make changes for theirs and others' benefit.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 28, 2015, 09:20:03 PM
Free all souls so that they can be free to live as sentient beings, including our other halves.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2015, 09:12:38 PM
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2015, 09:14:22 PM
When someone truly love us, it does make us feel so much better about ourselves. Our demeanor changes. Our outlook on life changes. Our spirit light up. We are always smiling even when there's nothing to smile about. Have you reach this happiness stage yet in your relationship?

The relationship is really sucky, cheating and telling me it's not cheating, wanting me to change and step when I say then that would not be me then.....I was making reference to once upon a roof top.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2015, 09:15:49 PM
One of the greatest samurai that ever lived was Miyamoto Musashi.  He never lost a battle, at least for his life.  He fought great and legendary opponents and his secret to defeating them was not in the skills, but in destroying their emotions to get them to become very angry by showing late and sometimes very late.

In one of the most famous duel in the history of Japan, Musashi went against a samurai known as the demon of the western provinces.  Musashi showed 4 hours late and the other samurai was furious that he attacked Musashi while he was still on the boat.  Musashi beat him with a wooden sword that was designed to be longer than his opponent's sword.  Musashi killed him with a wooden stick.

Thank you for helping us make better decisions today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2015, 09:16:39 PM
My Happiness Equation:  H = R E (R)

R = -4 for Teng and -3 more for Dave, including birthday = -7

E(R) = 6, because it is good enough to keep.

It is = -13 right now, deep in unwanted territory almost hijack mode.


That will be the last thing I do regarding this relationship.  It is getting absurd right now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2015, 09:20:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGB4p9Ybww4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGB4p9Ybww4)

Let me win, or if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 29, 2015, 09:22:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jgma--0WYU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jgma--0WYU)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2015, 08:43:50 PM
"Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars."
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2015, 08:45:16 PM
Boredom is emotional pain.  I am not sure why I wrote for a note, but boredom is lack of control of your mind and an unhappiness or appreciative of the current situation. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2015, 08:48:49 PM
Leopold and Whiplash

Funny stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX1ljYx3g3k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX1ljYx3g3k)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAsABdkWSc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAsABdkWSc)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2015, 08:49:37 PM
Grow your internal to become beautiful and your external will be beautiful.....
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2015, 08:55:27 PM
I was going to write a poem "The Magic Carpet", but I had better use of my time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 03, 2015, 08:56:54 PM
Some say you should let go the traumatic or bad events of the past, forgive and let it go.  I think you should also let go of the good moments of the past.  Otherwise, you will be reliving the past and cannot let go as well.  You will not be able to enjoy the amazing current and future.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2015, 06:42:02 PM
Please do write. I have not seen one of yours for a long time now.  :)

It's too specific and not worth dwelling on at the moment. I will think about it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2015, 06:43:56 PM
Mom and dad, I apologize for inconveniencin g your spirits, but please know that I do have her best interest at heart.  Please watch over her and guide her as well.  May you both rest peacefully as you have given so much to all of us.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 04, 2015, 07:49:19 PM
No Loving-Kindness

There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time.

To find out, she obtained the help of a girl rich in desire. "Go and embrace him," she told her, "and then ask him suddenly: 'What now?'"

The girl called upon the monk and without much ado caressed him, asking him what he was going to do about it.

"An old tree grows on a cold rock in winter," replied the monk somewhat poetically. "Nowhere is there any warmth."

The girl returned and related what he had said.

"To think I fed that fellow for twenty years!" exclaimed the old woman in anger. "He showed no consideration for your needs, no disposition to explain your condition. He need not have responded to passion, but at least he should have evidenced some compassion."

She at once went to the hut of the monk and burned it down.




Kindness is the best of all virtues.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2015, 08:21:16 PM
What would make you super happy?.....understan ding or enlightenment. ...because the way is not in the sky, but the way is in the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2015, 08:21:57 PM
I actually had a dream about you last night and it wasn't that bad so I hope you are doing well and happy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2015, 08:23:33 PM
When you are upset or is blind by very strong emotions.....s eek calm and objectivity before making a decision.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2015, 08:24:40 PM
Do not pay attention to what people say, but pay attention to what people do.  They will follow their hearts desire.  It will not be denied.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2015, 08:26:03 PM
My conversation with a brother in-law.

Siab tawv, emotional intelligence, or book smart, normal intelligence.  You need siab tawv or emotional intelligence to execute a book smart strategy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 05, 2015, 09:29:01 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence-machine-consciousness-expert-stuart-russell-future-ai-2015-7 (http://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence-machine-consciousness-expert-stuart-russell-future-ai-2015-7)

Artificial Intelligence
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:17:07 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoUlSSWUsI&list=PLzGib8vBOqpJSi1GcY3i5n41AfiLbBHSX&index=4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoUlSSWUsI&list=PLzGib8vBOqpJSi1GcY3i5n41AfiLbBHSX&index=4)

Some people are not good for you.  Get them out of your life.  - Les Brown

Energy Drainers, get them out of your life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:20:00 AM
Very strong emotional energy needs time to diffuse....do not act on strong negative emotions....it will not be good for anyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:20:50 AM
SB,

Karma got me again.  I deserve it and everyone will get theirs as well.  I will be the best that I can going forward. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:21:41 AM
It is not whether you get knocked down, its whether you get up. - Les Brown
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:22:27 AM
I will accept responsibility for this situation and bring better wooohoooo to all situations. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:25:03 AM
Perception is stronger than reality, even if it is based on a lie.  Because it is what people believe.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 09, 2015, 11:27:32 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI&index=9&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI&index=9&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60)

Thank you my mentor for your hard work and helping us all achieve true happiness..... peace.

For all my life, I will carry your teaching with me and be a kind, loving, and giving human being to everyone, even those that have trespass against me.  I will forgive them for they know not what they do.

Thank you very much for your wisdom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2015, 07:08:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM7OjeakVPI&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM7OjeakVPI&feature=youtu.be)

Interesting.  Thank you for your contribution into my understanding.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2015, 07:17:44 PM
I am so reminded of this teaching at this moment.

Teach this triple truth to all:  A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity. The Buddha

If someone is not interested in renewing humanity, it will be a very long road.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2015, 07:19:20 PM
The world needs to know about the Happiness Equation.  I will bring it to them.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2015, 07:29:05 PM
The joy of the moment cannot last nor can the suffering of the moment as well.  However, because we have a desire to exit the suffering, our desire makes the suffering longer.  Our desire to make the joyful moment last, makes it shorter.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2015, 08:05:12 PM
Deep psychological problem....You are absolutely right.  The amazing girl that forgot she was amazing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 10, 2015, 08:09:32 PM
Thank you my uncle for confirming that the way is not in the sky, but the way is in the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2015, 07:41:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o)


What a sorry song.  I know why she had to go, because my amazing is waiting to come into my life.

Good luck and take care of yourself.  Thank you very much for the fun, loving, crazy, and unique memories.  Your joy and happiness will always be in my thoughts.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:19:21 PM
I enjoy misunderstood people testing my emotions to the max because it means that I will get stronger.‏

Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:20:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI&index=9&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI&index=9&list=PL59CD0CF2AD5EDD60)

Avoid all conceited, hotty, proud and arrogant minds, and remain peaceful and subdued.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:21:40 PM
I need to learn from failures..lear n from my foes.‏

In some case, it failed because it needed to fail.

In some case, it failed, because the failure is mine to learn from.

In some case, it failed, because it is both.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:22:41 PM
Because I won my wife by unfair tactics. I nearly lost my wife to someone who will say anything to be cool as well.  I am very cool, but I keep losing to deceivers, I must add a different level to my game.

I lost two addition relationship by trying to be fair.  I should have lost them anyway, but I lost them to someone who will pretend to do anything for that relationship. I need to realize that I need to imply that I will do anything for that relationship by making them feel really special that they will never leave.

Do not bicker reason and logic about what is right and wrong.it will simply fall on deaf ears.  Just learn to play the game and make them feel really special.  I lost to someone who will make them cry, but they would rather have that than honesty.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:24:50 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qcia2VhGsY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qcia2VhGsY)

My embarrassing moment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:25:10 PM
Thank you for coming into my life and challenging me to be a better man.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:26:35 PM
I am not expectations oriented, but process oriented.because it is a good process that will eventually produce positive results.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:27:00 PM
I look better than I did 12 years ago....of course with a little less hair of course.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:28:31 PM
One day my very smart and clever girl came to me and said dad I just want to tell you that I am failing algebra.  I said, "I am glad that you told me, and that is very important to me.  I don't care if are failing all six classes.  I care about you and thank you for telling.  Now what can we do about it."
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 17, 2015, 08:30:10 PM
The joy of the moment cannot last...the suffering of the moment cannot last either.  Our wanting joy to last, makes it shorten.  Our wanting suffering to end makes it last so long.  Our desire clouds everything.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2015, 08:49:16 PM
Thank you my master.  It's too close to home but I will detach and no longer make my contribution there anymore.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2015, 08:50:32 PM
D, I don't blame u and I forgive you.  I always make the person next to me accountable.  She's the one that hurt others that she thought was worthless. She needed to find her own happiness.  Have fun.  I am sorry for saying too much, and please forgive me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2015, 09:12:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRz4FY0ZcwI&list=PLBA58262679B594D3&index=17 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRz4FY0ZcwI&list=PLBA58262679B594D3&index=17)

Superman is a chapter in my book
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2015, 09:17:40 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PLBA58262679B594D3&index=22 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w&list=PLBA58262679B594D3&index=22)

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Post by: Ajax616 on August 19, 2015, 08:36:17 PM
Teaching the Ultimate

In early times in Japan, bamboo-and-paper lanterns were used with candles inside. A blind man, visiting a friend one night, was offered a lantern to carry home with him.

"I do not need a lantern," he said. "Darkness or light is all the same to me."

"I know you do not need a lantern to find your way," his friend replied, "but if you don't have one, someone else may run into you. So you must take it."

The blind man started off with the lantern and before he had walked very far someone ran squarely into him.

"Look out where you are going!" he exclaimed to the stranger. "Can't you see this lantern?"

"Your candle has burned out, brother," replied the stranger.


What does this story tell you?  For me, it means do not try to enlighten those that do not want to be enlightened.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:23:07 PM
If someone truly love you, you can never lose them to someone else. No matter what other people do or say to her/him, they will always remain by your side and never fall for words of deceits.

Good morning my friend. How have you been? It's getting cold.  :hello:

I am doing very good, and I hope you are well also.  Thank you very much, and of course I agree with you complete.  No one can be stolen from me which did not want to be stolen. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:29:41 PM
Someone once told me that, "I need to love a woman how she wants to be loved." 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:30:24 PM
I am meant to fly and soar with the eagles. I need to stop crawling with the worms.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:31:07 PM
"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion to others, this is what renews humanity."

Kind speech renews humanity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:31:29 PM
"There is no sickness like hunger of the heart." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:33:55 PM
It doesnt matter what you did to me. What matters is that I did not do it to you.  For that I am happy and at peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2015, 09:38:44 PM
A Drop of Water

A Zen master named Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath.

The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over.

"You dunce!" the master scolded him. "Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple?"

The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui, which means a drop of water.


Don't waste an ounce of energy in the service of life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2015, 08:44:19 AM
"Where ever you are, be the soul of that place." - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2015, 08:54:07 AM
No matter how bad things are or is, the best solution is always to solve problems of the heart with love, understanding, kindness in favor of others over us, instead of dwelling in the negative energy of anger and hurt and what you have done to hurt me. It is the only way.  Thank you continually teaching me this.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2015, 09:02:18 AM
The Moral Compass


I think someone must have driven over our moral compass. Its not lost its broken.

When I was a boy of 12 at camp, I took a skills course in orienteering. I remember learning how to use a compass and being amazed at how it worked. I grew to trust it. No matter how turned around I got in the Northern Saskatchewan bushland, I could find my way (eventually) through uncharted territory because of my compass. It was reliable it never changed. It was anchored to True North I was told. I would never get lost.

Problem. Where it really matters our lives and most significant relationships we have more than lost our moral compass. It has been trashed by humanism and driven over by hedonism. We have become our own authorities our own True North. We do whats right for us not what is right. We do what gives us the greatest pleasure regardless of the consequences to others.

My concern grows for our future as a society. The effect on marriages and family relationships is so devastating. I see the disappointing and destructive choices that people are making up close and personal in the lives of the many I counsel. Its tragic.

The moral compass is broken!

Its beyond people just losing their way. I see blatant disdain for absolute values. People seem to have simply gotten hard and more callous. Truth is what works for me, is in essence what they say, regardless of the consequences regardless of the relational collateral damage in the home.

Little wonder many are off track in our culture when you have politicians lying, presidents being impeached and having sex with Whitehouse staff and police in alliance with drug lords. We see celebrities cheating on their spouses, sports icons being charged with spousal abuse and murder, and corporate heads embezzling fortunes.  Even Pastors are found compromising their lives by leaving their spouses for those in their congregation and so on and so on and so on. Face it it is happening all the time. And people who call themselves Christians live anything but like one. Just yesterday, I heard the tragic story of a man being taken for thousands of dollars by a Sunday go to church kind of Christian. Its not a slippery slope anymore; its an avalanche.

The truth is, this moral relativism is nothing really new we see evidence of it in Scripture centuries ago. Israel completely fell away from what God wanted because every man did that which was right in his own eyes (Judges 21:25). Thats where the trouble begins.

The compromise at first is subtle. Shadows of truth are mixed into a mirage of deception. You can mislead many people for a while and from a distance but those close to you either know intuitively or will discover soon enough. The closer others get, the more they can see its not at all how they were led to believe. Count on this Be sure your sins will find you out! (Numbers 32:23).

In spite of this, selfishness seems to drive people to please themselves and do stupid things. Without a moral compass, they disregard honorable boundaries. They lie with a straight face. Some cheat with no sense of conscience. They repeat self-stimulating addictions to their own peril. They think unethical or even blatantly corrupt choices are okay as long as others dont find out. After all, to put it in the cultural vernacular, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! Garbage. Too often people dont count the cost of their selfishness. They deeply hurt the ones they say they love the most in completely unconscionable ways. They destroy their own lives in the process.

This compass-less behavior is often defended as situational ethics. People are called upon to reason what would be the best thing to do under certain circumstances. Yet from what I see, its a very flexible, self-motivated situational ethics, where people are virtually saying, In the right situation, I will lose my ethics. Sad. And yes, the relational chaos is enormous.

Lets look at what we have lost.

    We have lost our sense of right and wrong. Decisions are based on what works for me on convenience and on compromise not timeless truth. Ultimate standards are replaced by our own ethics. We bend the rules to suit our needs. We become a law unto ourselves. We reason that its okay as long as no one finds out.

    We have lost our personal integrity. That characteristic is when a person is quality to the core. You can trust this guy. Without integrity in business dealings, rather than God-honoring principles being lived out, people are cut throat, lying and breaking contracts. They will say whatever it takes to get a sale. Pragmatism whatever works wins out over principle. A persons word means almost nothing now.
    We have lost our ability to empathize. Our self-centered orientation trumps the perspective of others. We have grown callous. We have quit asking how our choices are going to affect someone else. We no longer do unto others as we would have them do unto us (Matthew 7:12).

    We have lost our conviction of commitment. Breaking contracts in business is common. Giving up on a marriage without work is the new norm. If its not working push the eject button. We take the easy path not the right path. We dont follow through on our commitments if they dont make us happy. I am done if theres discomfort, work or it might cost me something.

    We have lost our absolute standard of truth. People arent reading and studying the Scriptures like they used to. I have seen the changes over three family cycles. Previous generations wore out their Bibles, memorized verses more, attended weekly study groups and generally cared about what God said. Remember the mid- 70s saying God said it. I believe it. That settles it. You likely dont but thats how people felt.

How can we turn this around? Without a huge move of God, we likely wont see changes in the current generation in their state of compromise. But, here are 5 things wise parents can do to strengthen the moral compass for their kids the next generation.

1. Understand the Sway of Your Conviction Parents, what would you pound the table for? What are you passionate about? Kids sense your intensity about things. They can tell what matters to you. They feel it in your tone. Resolve to do what is right even if it costs you. You need to hunger about living in a way that honors God and call others to it. Be convinced and then live consistently to your moral compass.

2. Grasp the Impact of Your Example Living consistently. Wow so hard but so key. If kids only hear about how to live morally and dont see it, theres a good chance that they will miss it. Your example is not about perfection though but it is about direction. They can see where your life is heading. Children need to see that parents are called to a higher standard. Living the truth is your platform for teaching the truth.

3. Hold Fast to the Anchor of Gods Truth I am not a legalistic redneck but the 10 Commandments arent the 10 Suggestions. Gods got a plan we need to trust. When we are careless with His standards, we arent merely breaking Gods laws they are breaking us. We are becoming less of the person He wants us to be. READ YOUR BIBLE DAILY. Teach your children whats right and wrong that its not determined by consensus or convenience rather than conviction this is what God wants! Frankly, do a better job of knowing and teaching what the Bible says.

4. Maximize the Strength of Your Reinforcement Remind kids often about whats right and wrong. Coach daily that Gods way is best and that compromise is wrong. Refresh their memory often on why your family does it Gods way. Reiterate the difference Jesus wants to make in a persons life. Repeat this message often. Show them in the Bible where you get your convictions. Memorize it. Reinforce your moral and ethical values over and over and over again. If you live it first, you can say it often. Do.

5. Practice the Power of Prayer Pray that you as parents will keep a soft heart toward God and His Word. Pray that you will walk by faith and live out what you believe. Ask God to convict you of compromise and callousness to His truth. Ask God to help you teach it to your children faithfully and sensitively. Pray that your children would all grow in their love for Jesus. Pray that His moral compass would ignite in them. PRAY. PRAY. PRAY.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2015, 07:24:50 PM
Perception is stronger than reality, because perception is the person's reality.   Make sure you create the best perception in their eyes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2015, 07:25:59 PM
Does it really matter what's going on?  What really matters is how are you going to handle it? 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2015, 07:52:24 PM
I need to practice my delivery with Miss Mai Kia.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2015, 07:53:28 PM
Because we not step into the same river twice.

If you fall in love with someone just stay there..forever.  Once you break up and go back, it will never be the same again, especially over sensitive issues.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2015, 04:53:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l6DhSziW9I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l6DhSziW9I)

Musashi, thank you for teaching me that I need to carry myself with dignity and grace at all times.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 28, 2015, 04:49:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMN693-F3U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMN693-F3U)

The moral of this movie is that do not kill or destroy things that you fear, but learn to live with it, because they will keep you sharp and on your toes.  They will make you stronger. The Tiger is the fear.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2015, 02:19:35 PM
One good thing about music.  When it hits, u feel no pain. - Bob Marley
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2015, 02:23:21 PM
Built trust through genuine kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2015, 02:24:56 PM
Perception is stronger than reality.....lo ok at Bernie Maddoff.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2015, 02:25:39 PM
The wound is the place where the light enters you. - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2015, 02:26:51 PM
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart. - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2015, 02:27:38 PM
Raise your words, not your voice.  It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 30, 2015, 09:15:34 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-znjDGubE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-znjDGubE)

I failed because I mantraed it to death a long time ago based on my perception of principles, and then I got scared and started saving my strength for the swim back.

I never saved anything for swim back in general but for us and you I did.  I never have to try, because inside I know I am good enough for anything under the sun.  I actually stopped trying with you.  It is not a mistake that I will make a gain with anyone else I deemed worthy.  I am still not sure if you're worthy, as I said there is something amazing about you.  However you are not realizing your growing changes yourself as well.

It is my lesson to learn for myself only.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2015, 06:57:28 PM
"It is better to conquer than to win a thousand battles, because then it cannot be taken away by angels, demons, heaven or hell." - The Buddha


It just occurred to me that angels are sweet temptations, demons are mean people, heaven is a joyful state, and hell is a very negative state.  Once you have conquered you can master your mind in each of those states.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2015, 07:01:24 PM
Forget safety, live where you fear to live.  Be notorious.  Destroy your reputation. - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2015, 07:18:37 PM
If you have a battle plan, do not share it with someone who is close with the enemy because they will give it away.  I think they both are close with enemy. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2015, 08:50:25 PM
Next time I need to get here sooner.  I need to get to a peaceful state much sooner than I did the last time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2015, 09:47:14 PM
What a beautiful quote.  O0

I love Rumi.  He's an enlighten individual and also a poet.  His messages are so beautiful and mesmerizing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2015, 09:48:34 PM
I heard this from one of the Play with your schlong to make it grow website.  Lose weight and your d1ck will grow about an inch.  I think that is one of the funniest thing I heard.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2015, 09:49:16 PM
My overall game needs to be at its best at all times.  I cannot lose to liars and cheats again or if I do, then my half wasn't worth it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2015, 09:52:30 PM
There is no sickness like hunger of the heart. - The Buddha

Your reason and logic and common sense can free you of it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2015, 08:17:28 PM
Don't wait to find out the truth...people's hearts and habits do not change from you.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2015, 08:24:28 PM
My negative energy made it worst and better for others. I have to be aware of that.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2015, 08:25:15 PM
I have to stop talking to people with questionable hearts....I will be misled in multiple ways
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2015, 08:26:25 PM
I could not talk to her when things are good, why now.  I think we left it well enough.  Let it be that.  I need my sleep and my thoughts.  I was very OK, until I got the invite to go to tango.  I have wonderful soulmates to tend to at home, instead of worrying about someone who is, although misled, very happy where they are, but would like to drag me along so that she knows that I am still occupy. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 08, 2015, 08:00:05 PM
http://www.cracked.com/article_21309_6-incredible-ways-you-can-use-words-to-brainwash-people_p2.html (http://www.cracked.com/article_21309_6-incredible-ways-you-can-use-words-to-brainwash-people_p2.html)

http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-and-Avoid-Brainwashing (http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-and-Avoid-Brainwashing)

Brainwashing people.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 08, 2015, 08:46:25 PM
Confession: Not that I wished things were different, but my wife left, because I dwell in negative emotional energy and contaminated the entire relationship with negative energy.  That is why everyone will leave you, if you dwell in negative emotional energy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 09, 2015, 09:35:36 PM
http://economyandmarkets.com/exclusives/critical-warning-from-rogue-economist-harry-dent-this-is-just-the-beginning-of-a-nightmare-scenario-as-dow-crashes-to-6000/?z=405498 (http://economyandmarkets.com/exclusives/critical-warning-from-rogue-economist-harry-dent-this-is-just-the-beginning-of-a-nightmare-scenario-as-dow-crashes-to-6000/?z=405498)

Fun reading.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 09, 2015, 09:36:15 PM
At least you recognized what you were doing wrong. Some people don't. I want to live or have a relationship that is free of negative energy. How can we obtain one?

I am not sure, but I think its a learning process. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 10, 2015, 03:50:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMN693-F3U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMN693-F3U)

Be thankful of the challenging obstacles in your life, even one similar to being on a boat with with a tiger.  The tiger is only the fear that you have not yet mastered.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2015, 08:27:08 PM
I have to be a better man for all of those around me, including those that disagrees with me on at a strong level.  They are only challenging me to be a better man.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 16, 2015, 09:59:19 PM
I suddenly remember a cheater saying that, it doesn't matter if you are poor, but if you are poor in spirit and have no kind words for your wife and S/O, and a Mexican comes along and tells her how beautiful she is, you will lose.  Therefore always have kind words for your wife and S/O, even when you have nothing or is already irritated by the situation. Kind words will save you from making a situation worse and losing someone who will only use them temporarily.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2015, 04:01:55 PM
I suddenly remember a cheater saying that, it doesn't matter if you are poor, but if you are poor in spirit and have no kind words for your wife and S/O, and a Mexican comes along and tells her how beautiful she is, you will lose.  Therefore always have kind words for your wife and S/O, even when you have nothing or is already irritated by the situation. Kind words will save you from making a situation worse and losing someone who will only use them temporarily.

Don't get me wrong, many of them cannot be saved, but the advice is for those that can be saved.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2015, 04:03:04 PM
A mexican? LOL I believed in kind words. I hope to find a s/o where we will always speak kind words to eachother. Opened up to eachother. Help eachother grow. I don't ever want to hear another bad words from my s/o. I understand that sometimes we will get upset and lashed out with unkind words but I will bite my tongue before I ever cursed him with words that I could never take back.

Those were his words.  I was just conveying the lesson.  However, I get the impression that he is the Mexican, himself as well.  He sounds too good.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2015, 09:36:58 PM
http://www.motivationtoday.com/motivation_articles/success_after_failure_even_genghis_khan_lost_some_early_battles.php (http://www.motivationtoday.com/motivation_articles/success_after_failure_even_genghis_khan_lost_some_early_battles.php)

This is a very good read on Ghengis Khan
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2015, 08:50:14 AM
Make sure you take chances, because you really suck when yo up play it safe. - A line from a movie I watched this morning.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2015, 07:45:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVAHHBOYTM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVAHHBOYTM)

Dale Carnegie

How to win friends and influence people
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2015, 08:21:35 PM
It is still my lesson to learn, but if she had been good, then I would feel more the pain of failure.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2015, 08:36:31 PM
When I was watching the movie "Interstellar" and the main character was shown a blotch on the screen.  He immediately said,"That's a worm hole."  I am thinking dude, "you have never seen a worm hole before, why would you say that."
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2015, 08:00:08 AM
Ralph Waldo Emerson, his son, the cow, and the Irish Maid.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 07, 2015, 07:13:44 PM
Care to explain this line for me. Why would it be a failure on your part?

I didn't say failure, but a lesson to learn.  Too many times, we blame others and miss out on our chances for internal growth. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 07, 2015, 07:14:04 PM
Whatever I was looking for was always in you. - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 06:37:35 PM
Always make the other person feel more important. - Dale Carnegie
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 06:46:31 PM
The last time I felt so lucky to be with my ex-wife was when we went to a French restaurant in Dallas and she had on a flowery dress.  Whatever I suggested, except for dinner, she willingly complied making it seem like I was the luckiest man in the world.  Don't worry, she was amazing looking.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 06:51:52 PM
Appreciation and encouragement, and never criticize.  - Charles Schwab 

From Dale Carnegie's how to win friends and influence people.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 06:53:36 PM
I will never retire, but I will reach 92, fall over and die. Until the, I will work to the max of my ability and that will make me happy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:06:02 PM
My kids bash me all the time.  My amazing middle girl even called me a hypocrite, but they love and I give permission to talk back to me. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:08:01 PM
To my brother....god speed on your recovery and journey back to us. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:09:28 PM
On many days, my socks do not even match, but on most days the intention in my heart matches, and that brings the greatest joy to me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:10:49 PM
I think you should push yourself to level of being uncomfortable and learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable. That is where personal grow flourishes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:14:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbiDj6vJfug (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbiDj6vJfug)

I thought this scene is so funny...
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:14:56 PM
I had a  dream of cooking crab in natural hot waters in the Seattle area.‏
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2015, 07:16:13 PM
Working out is the one thing that I get to do for myself...why wouldn't I put in the best effort day in and day out......with no excuse. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2015, 02:42:38 PM
It it with deep sadness that I am letting you know that the material and energy that once made up my father is slowly being returned to the Earth and the Universe and that the undefined and possibly eternal eternal energy within him has now been transformed into something which we no longer understand, or see, or interact with.  My father passed away on 11/03/2015.  Rest in peace and may you get all you desire in the next life, which that you did not get it in this.  Thank you so very much for being a great father to us all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2015, 03:35:24 PM
The Final Balance: 3,711.17. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 24, 2015, 04:10:39 PM
Is that how much you are making on stock?

I'm sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family.

That is the balance of my father's checking account.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 26, 2015, 12:12:52 PM
Is that how much you are making on stock?

I'm sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family.

Thank you my friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2015, 06:09:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving  to you and your family. :)

Thank you...the same to you and yours too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2015, 06:12:22 PM
My one minute inspirations.

I ran into an awesome Hmoob girl at the supply store that made me want to be young again.  Her looks and demeanor made me wish that I was young again. Thank you for the kind service.

Thank you to the awesome and amazing nurse who was totally beautiful inside and out who performed her task with so much love, care, and warm.  You are rare and exceptional.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 15, 2015, 09:25:47 PM
To my father,

You must be proud of all the people that came to visit you for a last goodbye.  So many of your friends and family came.  Strong and handsome warrior, have an exciting and amazing journey to the stars.  Thank you for all your love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2016, 07:51:11 PM
K, Have a Merry Christmas and New Year!

You too my dear friend. I hope you get all your wishes in 2016.
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Post by: Dok_Champa on January 06, 2016, 02:59:26 PM
Ajax616, your writings are inspiring (from glimpsing the 1st page).

I noticed you started this thread about 4 years ago and good you still kept it going.  A thought occur to me, how are you different today from the you 4 years ago, if any? Ex:  R u still optimistic?  became less?  became more? What have you learn about life these past 4 years that you didn't know back then?



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Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2016, 10:04:36 PM
Raising Happy Kids

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/the-secret-to-raising-a-happy-kid-182004999.html?nf=1 (https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/the-secret-to-raising-a-happy-kid-182004999.html?nf=1)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2016, 10:21:09 PM
An email from an outgoing co-worker....R. Miller

"Thank you man it was really a joy working with you and all the best in your endeavors man. You are designed for greatness just strive for excellence, put God first and he will do the rest. I will always remember you and if we dont meet again on this earth we will meet on the earth made new."
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2016, 07:13:53 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG07WSu7Q9w)

Holding Back the Years
Simply Red
Holding back the years
Thinking of the fear I've had so long
When somebody hears
Listen to the fear that's gone
Strangled by the wishes of pater
Hoping for the arms of mater
Get to me the sooner or later
Holding back the years
Chance for me to escape from all I've known
Holding back the tears
Cause nothing here has grown
I've wasted all my tears
Wasted all those years
And nothing had the chance to be good
Nothing ever could yeah
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
So tight
I've wasted all my tears
Wasted all of those years
And nothing had the chance to be good
Cause nothing ever could oh yeah

I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
I'll keep holding on
Holding, holding, holding
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2016, 07:15:07 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoebZZ8K5N0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoebZZ8K5N0)

I was watching this movie with my family the other day....and all I could see was the Buddhist angle. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2016, 09:07:25 AM
I enjoy running because it is just me and all the beautiful natural elements.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2016, 09:37:29 AM
Wow, I have never met anyone like you.  You give all you have out of love.  I am so glad that you came into my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 18, 2016, 06:48:55 AM
Respect and Trust is needed and required for a successful journey together.....w e lost trust.  I do have the greatest respect for your drive and for your ambition.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2016, 10:06:39 PM
http://www.sapphyr.net/buddhist/buddhist-quotes.htm (http://www.sapphyr.net/buddhist/buddhist-quotes.htm)

Pearls of Wisdom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2016, 10:08:12 PM
It is said that Lao Tzu was leaving and was at the western gate before he was asked or persuade to write "The Tao Te Chinge." Was that a nice way saying that he was dying.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2016, 08:07:49 PM
I think that I am may be living K drama right now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2016, 08:31:09 PM
When others drink badly, we can refrain or drink, we have excuses for both.

When others hurt us badly, we can refrain or hurt others, we have excuses for both.

The choice then becomes clear...refrai n from hurting others as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2016, 08:39:38 PM
Nature rests and grows through nights and days, winters and summers, then what if death is a resting of the soul as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2016, 09:08:11 PM
Madison Steiner - A purposeful life

https://www.choprafoundation.org/speakers/madison-steiner/ (https://www.choprafoundation.org/speakers/madison-steiner/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc98vMlOotc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc98vMlOotc)


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Post by: Ajax616 on January 21, 2016, 09:18:13 PM
Tashi and the Monk

http://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2014/12/31/tashi-and-the-monk-a-social-experiment-in-the-foothills-of-the-himalayas/#68c4514514aa (http://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2014/12/31/tashi-and-the-monk-a-social-experiment-in-the-foothills-of-the-himalayas/#68c4514514aa)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 23, 2016, 06:42:15 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGnfqRR509M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGnfqRR509M)

Eva Cassidy, Imagine

Imagine
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2016, 08:07:01 PM
Connie, You are truly one the most wonderful, loving, capable, amazing, beautiful and kind person that I have ever met. You surpass all the the criteria.  I know why my subconscious mind keeps sabotaging us.  It does make sense to me in the long run.  One day, hopefully, you will understand it as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2016, 08:08:57 PM
I wrote this myself yesterday: I am feeling sick today, because I did something which is not OK with my internal system. I hurt someone who is all good and exceptional and loves every moment of being with me. I love you forever.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2016, 08:56:50 PM
While I am here writing the happiness equation, I am thinking of the negative emotions that I have created in one of the most beautiful person that I have ever met.  I feel like such fool and a disgrace to my principles for this failure.  However, it does make sense to me, why this is the lesser of the suffering, with that I do have some peace. I do miss those dimples Abi.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2016, 09:41:08 PM
"Becoming awake involves seeing our confusion more clearly." - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2016, 09:58:25 PM
Do you believe it?  My girlfriend gave me a gold necklace for our first Christmas.  I still could not believe it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 27, 2016, 10:25:24 PM
To my amazing daughter Lxxx, you are such a blessing in my life, even from an early age.  You are very talented, beautiful inside and out, compassionate, a deep thinker, and I think you will be an amazing being of this planet when your life is done.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 30, 2016, 07:34:06 AM
A long time ago, I bought a beautiful pair of Bruno Magli at size 7.5 for $175.00 because that is actually a discount.  It was beautiful with buckles and all.  I was in pain every time I wear it because it was .5 size too small and it never stretched to fit me despite all my pain and suffering.  One day, I gave up and donated it.

Now I have come to appreciate getting larger dress shoes, I get them larger at 9 now.   ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 01, 2016, 09:23:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Wocfr75kg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Wocfr75kg)

Yellow
Coldplay
Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah they were all yellow
I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow
So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
You know you know I love you so
You know I love you so
I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do
Cause you were all yellow
I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow
Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know
For you I'd bleed myself dry
For you I'd bleed myself dry
It's true
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
Look how Full lyrics on Google Play
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 01, 2016, 09:25:04 PM
I am sorry.....but believe me, it was the best decision for us.  You can't see the ways of heart, but that is all I see now a days. I told myself that I will have peace in 2016, and I meant it.  I will not be unkind in 2016.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 03, 2016, 09:06:53 PM
Fudge.....Some people just don't know how to quit and take no for an answer.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 04, 2016, 08:42:36 PM
My beautiful angel, I hope the stars will forgive me for hurting you, but it is for peace for others.  I will always love and cherish our memories and your love for me.  When there's peace, I will find you and make it up to you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2016, 11:14:11 PM
When I hurt someone as beautiful as you, I am wrong....When you say you're hurt.....I am wrong.  That should be the law of life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2016, 11:25:30 PM
Ryonen's Clear Realization

The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she was serving the empress as one of the ladies of the court. Even at such a youthful age fame awaited her.

The beloved empress died suddenly and Ryonen's hopeful dreams vanished. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. It was then that she desired to study Zen.

Her relatives disagreed, however, and practically forced her into marriage. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. Before she was twenty-five she had accomplished this condition. Then her husband and relatives could no longer dissuade her from her desire. She shaved her head, took the name of Ryonen, which means to realize clearly, and started on her pilgrimage.

She came to the city of Edo and asked Tetsugyu to accept her as a disciple. At one glance the master rejected her because she was too beautiful.

Ryonen then went to another master, Hakuo. Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble.

Ryonen obtained a hot iron and placed it against her face. In a few moments her beauty had vanished forever.

Hakuo then accepted her as a disciple.

Commemorating this occasion, Ryonen wrote a poem on the back of a little mirror:

    In the service of my Empress I burned incense to
        perfume my exquisite clothes
    Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to
        enter a Zen temple.

When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem:

    Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing
        scene of autumn
    I have said enough about moonlight,
    Ask no more.
    Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars when no
        wind stirs.

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Post by: Ajax616 on February 05, 2016, 11:29:31 PM
Ryonen's Clear Realization

The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she was serving the empress as one of the ladies of the court. Even at such a youthful age fame awaited her.

The beloved empress died suddenly and Ryonen's hopeful dreams vanished. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. It was then that she desired to study Zen.

Her relatives disagreed, however, and practically forced her into marriage. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. Before she was twenty-five she had accomplished this condition. Then her husband and relatives could no longer dissuade her from her desire. She shaved her head, took the name of Ryonen, which means to realize clearly, and started on her pilgrimage.

She came to the city of Edo and asked Tetsugyu to accept her as a disciple. At one glance the master rejected her because she was too beautiful.

Ryonen then went to another master, Hakuo. Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble.

Ryonen obtained a hot iron and placed it against her face. In a few moments her beauty had vanished forever.

Hakuo then accepted her as a disciple.

Commemorating this occasion, Ryonen wrote a poem on the back of a little mirror:

    In the service of my Empress I burned incense to
        perfume my exquisite clothes
    Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to
        enter a Zen temple.

When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem:

    Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing
        scene of autumn
    I have said enough about moonlight,
    Ask no more.
    Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars when no
        wind stirs.

Ryonen, I feel your suffering.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2016, 09:55:22 AM
What entices cancer to grow uncontrollably?  Does it have its own urge and incentive to thrive and grow, and perhaps we are trying to treat it from the outside, rather than balance that urge.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2016, 10:08:17 AM
The Bhagavad Gita:  The song of the lord or the song of the spirit.

http://www.yogananda-srf.org/hidden_truths/the_hidden_truths_in_the_bhagavad_gita.aspx (http://www.yogananda-srf.org/hidden_truths/the_hidden_truths_in_the_bhagavad_gita.aspx)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2016, 10:09:02 AM
Thank you my beautiful angel, for your amazing strength of the heart and your love and kindness. I will learn from you. I am enjoying your last gift of love to me at this moment.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2016, 10:10:59 AM
Do you have kids, because you enjoy the sense of love making, but because you want to raise empowering beings of this planet and you will find all the wisdoms to do so.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2016, 10:35:29 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

At 15 minutes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2016, 03:12:20 PM
My beautiful angel, I have seen your private thoughts and actions for me.  I am so blessed to have someone like you love me.  I also feel your pain due to your love for me. You are the best in the world for me, but there things which your love for me has blinded you.  As I told you, when there's something greater than love, one of them is peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2016, 03:15:27 PM
http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html (http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html)

Maslow
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 07, 2016, 03:16:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

At 15 minutes.

41 minutes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2016, 09:24:36 PM
http://abc7ny.com/news/peyton-manning-very-much-at-peace-after-super-bowl-win/1191731/ (http://abc7ny.com/news/peyton-manning-very-much-at-peace-after-super-bowl-win/1191731/)

See, Peyton Manning wants peace too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2016, 09:33:05 PM
Thought of the day:  To think we are more and deserves more is a mistake, but to give more never is.

I accidentally typed this in an text and my sister quickly said that that is what John Rockefeller said as well.

We we think we are more, we be little others and hurt their ego. How could rise up to give.  When we give more, it entices others to rise up and give also and everyone will have plenty to go around.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2016, 09:35:58 PM
One who is free from fear, desire, and anger is always liberated. - The Bhagavad Gita
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2016, 09:50:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

At 15 minutes.

1 hours 02 minutes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2016, 10:11:39 PM
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2018&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2018&version=NIV)

Sodom and Gomorrah
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2016, 06:42:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

At 15 minutes.

1:14 minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2016, 10:15:09 PM
Thought on Cancer: Us being motivated by subconscious greed and pleasure: is the cancer cell someone programmed by subconscious greed and pleasure to suck up the pleasure of everyone as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2016, 10:17:28 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/el-chapo-guzm-n-willing-221537504.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/el-chapo-guzm-n-willing-221537504.html)

Desiring the sun for more than an hour a day and social contact.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2016, 10:29:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

At 15 minutes.

2:20 Minutes
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Post by: Dok_Champa on February 10, 2016, 09:13:16 AM
Thought of the day:  To think we are more and deserves more is a mistake, but to give more never is.
To give-especially for good causes- is never a mistake.  There are so many ways one can give:  Your time, skills, talents, and if you have financial mean, your wealth to do good things in the world. 

The greatest joy in having $$ is to put them to good use and the greatest tragedy is to hoard- What a waste!
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 10, 2016, 08:56:46 PM
Renunciation of the fruits of labor, one will attain peace of mind. - The Bhagavad Gita

That is interesting.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 11, 2016, 08:51:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czkJYLqylzs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czkJYLqylzs)

Amazing Street Musician
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 11, 2016, 08:58:54 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk)

2Cellos

These last two are recommended by my little daughter
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2016, 08:47:59 PM
http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/history-of-yoga/duryodhana/ (http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/history-of-yoga/duryodhana/)

Arjuna chose wisdom over a force of an army of 10,000 men.  He chose Krishna himself who will not fight, but only act as counsel.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 05:38:05 AM
True Religion and Adriano Goldschmied
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:33:09 PM
http://nypost.com/2016/02/18/nypd-blue-creator-gambled-away-100m-on-horse-racing/ (http://nypost.com/2016/02/18/nypd-blue-creator-gambled-away-100m-on-horse-racing/)

How a man gambled away his life's work.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:34:35 PM
What if Hara-kiri was meant for deterrence, became conditioned to be exercised over time through beliefs.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:36:33 PM
On 02/17/2016, I realized Ghandi, MLK, Jesus, Musashi, Dale Carnegie, Charles Schwab, Andrew Carnegie, Siddartha Gautama all combined into one.....Peace
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:40:31 PM
Because of the Bhagavad Gita, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, I am swearing to non-violence.  I dont beat my kids, I cannot beat other peoples kids as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:41:10 PM
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/16/466618817/sue-klebold-mother-of-columbine-shooter-carries-him-everywhere-i-go-always (http://www.npr.org/2016/02/16/466618817/sue-klebold-mother-of-columbine-shooter-carries-him-everywhere-i-go-always)

Columbine Violence
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:42:08 PM
Love never dies of starvation, but of indigestion. - Ninon De L'Encios
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:48:19 PM
No Attachment to Dust

Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:

Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.

When witnessing the good action of another encourage yourself to follow his example. Hearing of the mistaken action of another, advise yourself not to emulate it.

Even though alone in a dark room, be as if you were facing a noble guest. Express your feelings, but become no more expressive than your true nature.

Poverty is your teasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

Virtues are the fruit of self-discipline and do not drop from heaven of themselves as does rain or snow.

Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. Let your neighbors discover you before you make yourself known to them.

A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.

To a sincere student, every day is a fortunate day. Time passes but he never lags behind. Neither glory nor shame can move him.

Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.

Some things, though right, were considered wrong for generations. Since the value of righteousness may be recognized after centuries, there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation.

Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:50:17 PM
http://www.coastalseafoods.com/2015/05/joes-stone-crab-mustard-sauce/ (http://www.coastalseafoods.com/2015/05/joes-stone-crab-mustard-sauce/)

Stone Crab Mustard Sauce
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 18, 2016, 10:53:20 PM
Love is suffering. One side always loves more.  - Catherine Deneuve
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2016, 06:52:19 AM
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+knows+one+has+enough+lao+tzu&biw=1280&bih=1433&tbm=isch&imgil=xKklnoMlCJZrhM%253A%253BkJQiughR-RlCZM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.prettythingsblog.com%25252F2012%25252F11%25252Fwhere-lao-tzu-and-i-battle-depression.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=xKklnoMlCJZrhM%253A%252CkJQiughR-RlCZM%252C_&usg=__cPdfxhZzPIuuoLV8Aq4AhmCMNKY%3D&dpr=0.8&ved=0ahUKEwiJ5-iDioTLAhUMwGMKHW-xB9YQyjcIJw&ei=FizHVomEHoyAjwPv4p6wDQ#imgrc=YghBeaYEjFQIIM%3A (https://www.google.com/search?q=when+knows+one+has+enough+lao+tzu&biw=1280&bih=1433&tbm=isch&imgil=xKklnoMlCJZrhM%253A%253BkJQiughR-RlCZM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.prettythingsblog.com%25252F2012%25252F11%25252Fwhere-lao-tzu-and-i-battle-depression.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=xKklnoMlCJZrhM%253A%252CkJQiughR-RlCZM%252C_&usg=__cPdfxhZzPIuuoLV8Aq4AhmCMNKY%3D&dpr=0.8&ved=0ahUKEwiJ5-iDioTLAhUMwGMKHW-xB9YQyjcIJw&ei=FizHVomEHoyAjwPv4p6wDQ#imgrc=YghBeaYEjFQIIM%3A)

The wisdom of Lao Tzu
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2016, 06:57:26 AM
There's no greater misfortune than not knowing what is enough.  There is no greater flaw than wanting more and more.  Whoever knows contentment is blissful at all times. - Lao Tzu's Tao Te Chinge


This sometimes reminds me of a short story we read a long time ago called "How much land does a man need."
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2016, 06:58:28 AM
If you are depressed, you are living I the past, if you are anxious, you are living the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present. Lao Tzu

 

To know when you have enough is to be rich beyond measure. Lao Tzu

 

Be content in what you have; rejoice in the way things are.  When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 20, 2016, 07:02:30 AM
When will we stronger. When we spend $5,000.00 for our business of love and kindness here instead of taking that $5,000.00 to spend it on business of pleasures in Laos.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 23, 2016, 09:44:43 PM
Do not hurt others physically or result to violence....an d to do so, start with do not hurt others emotionally.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 24, 2016, 08:14:15 PM
My beautiful angel. Thank you for giving me so much.  I will always remember your special love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 24, 2016, 09:18:30 PM
I am not proud of myself for hurting my beautiful angel.....perh aps, I need to reflect some more on my journey of love and kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 24, 2016, 10:14:41 PM
I am not proud of myself for hurting my beautiful angel.....perh aps, I need to reflect some more on my journey of love and kindness.

I am so ashamed for not standing up for you and us, when you have planned your whole life around me and have been waiting for me for the last 10 years.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2016, 10:06:25 PM
Word of the day: Anagnorisis (/ˌnəɡˈnɒrᵻsᵻs/; Ancient Greek: ἀναγνώρισις) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 27, 2016, 02:52:00 PM
If you are a squirrel, then be a squirrel, not a fish.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 28, 2016, 03:27:35 PM
The reason is they are free from passion, fear and anger. Passion is the extreme mental attachment to objects cherished with intense desire with the intention of never letting possession of these objects be discontinued. Fear is the pain caused from the approaching agony arising from separation from what is cherished. Anger is a specific mental attitude which appears in one who experiences separation at the time of loss of cherished objects. These three passion, fear and anger all arise due to the lack of discrimination regarding the eternal nature of the soul. - The Bhagavad Gita

Be free from Fear, Desire, and Anger.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 04:33:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wd4vTnqTEk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wd4vTnqTEk)

Broken Sword and Flying Snow
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 08:38:21 PM
What is the his father's, the king, attempt to shield Siddartha from the truth made him curious to seek the truth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 11:05:58 PM
The real voyage of discovery consists in not seeking not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 11:07:03 PM
The magic of love is our ignorance that it can never end. - Benjamin Disraeli
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 11:10:41 PM
There's no knowledge without sacrifice.  In order to gain, one has to lose everything. - From Sidhartha's journey
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 11:36:08 PM
He looked within and trust himself, instead of searching for the answer outside. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 03, 2016, 11:36:40 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc)

45th minute
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2016, 08:22:39 PM
The Buddha's witness deep sadness for the destruction of the ants due to the planting.

The underlying fabric of this world is that joy.  41st minute.

Accepting the rice is a joy toward life, and accepting help.

You are not a separate being. You are that universe.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 04, 2016, 08:42:49 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc)

45th minute

55th Minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2016, 03:27:56 PM
The Buddha's witness deep sadness for the destruction of the ants due to the planting.

The underlying fabric of this world is that joy.  41st minute.

Accepting the rice is a joy toward life, and accepting help.

You are not a separate being. You are that universe.

At this moment, all beings and I awaken together. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 05, 2016, 03:31:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc)

45th minute

58th minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2016, 09:44:25 AM
When you feel the feeling of your hand, you do not put it in the oven. - From the life of the Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2016, 11:26:18 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc)

45th minute

1:18th minutes. 

"Nirvana, my mind is free." - From the story of the Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 06, 2016, 11:56:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWPFYygGPc)

"Remember me as the one who woke up." - Siddhartha Gautama
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 09, 2016, 05:54:36 AM
Blue jeans are better bought used
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2016, 09:12:43 PM
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 10, 2016, 09:24:53 PM
It is not our desires that creates suffering....i t is our misunderstood desires that creates suffering, because we are constantly trying to create an imbalance in the happiness equation in our favor.  By wanting to bring positivity to it without earning it.  We are hoping and creating an imbalance in the happiness equation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2016, 10:17:20 PM
My tough little girl, surprisingly asked me "Have people made the world better?" 

In which I told her, we are learning to be better.  You can help make the world better too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2016, 10:18:06 PM
It's OK to make a mistake.  It is the only way to truly learn sometimes.  Make sure you know and admit that it is a mistake, so that you can reap the benefits of learning.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2016, 10:27:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB1OISnCt6s&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB1OISnCt6s&feature=youtu.be)

My ex-girlfriend who wants things to work between us sent me this video.  Thank you for thinking of us, but I don't know how to get back to you.

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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2016, 10:45:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe7G8iCN_nM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe7G8iCN_nM)

Don't make me your b1tch!
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 21, 2016, 09:45:31 PM
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+3 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+3)

Solomon asked God for wisdom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 23, 2016, 10:16:40 PM
My beautiful angel, I am missing your dimples and your love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 25, 2016, 11:48:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIUiL3k0hY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIUiL3k0hY)

Desperado
Eagles
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the Queen of Hearts is always your best bet
Now, it seems to me some fine things
Have been laid upon your table,
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2016, 08:25:27 AM
 Yudisthira at Heavens Gate

The great king Yudhisthira had ruled over the Pandava people for many years, and, among his many achievements had waged a successful war against the forces of evil. It was time for him to withdraw from the world, and to enter the Celestial City of the Immortals.

King Yudhisthira set off on the long journey into the northern mountains, along with his four brothers and his beloved wife Drapaudi. They were soon joined on their journey by a small, ill-kempt stray dog.

The journey was hard. They tired. And in the course of the journey first one brother and then another, then the third and then the fourth, fell, exhausted, and died. Unable to do anything for them, Yudhisthira and Drapaudi continued on the journey, followed by the dog. Eventually Drapaudi, too, fell by the wayside and died.

With utmost sadness, Yudhisthira turned and continued, the dog faithfully keeping pace. At last Yudhisthira and the dog reached the gates of the Celestial City, home of the Immortals. Yudhisthira bowed humbly and asked to be admitted. The great sky God Indra arrived to meet Yudhisthira and to welcome him to heaven.

But then Yudhisthira said that without his beloved wife and his four brothers, he did not have the heart to enter. Indra replied that these loved ones were already in Heaven, they had come before him.

This lifted Yudhisthira's heart, but he had one more request.
"This dog has faithfully accompanied me on this long journey, never left my side. I cannot leave him now outside heaven's gate. My heart is full of love for him."
Indra shook his head. The earth quaked.

"You, Yudhisthira, through your goodness and courage, and by enduring this long and difficult journey, have earned your way into heaven. But you cannot bring a dog into heaven. A dog would pollute the Celestial City. Leave the dog behind Yudhisthira. It is no sin."

"But where would he go? He has given up the pleasures of the earth to be my companion. I cannot desert him now." Yudhisthira turned to leave.

Indra asked, astonished, "You would abandon heaven just for the sake of a dog?"
Yudhisthira declared that long ago he had vowed never to turn his back on anyone needing his protection and help. "And so," he concluded, "I will not abandon my loyal friend."
Yudisthira turned from heaven's gate and began to walk away.

At that moment a remarkable thing happened. The faithful dog was transformed into the god Dharma, the god of righteousness and justice.

And Indra declared, "You are a good man, Yudhisthira. You have shown loyalty and love to a small, faithful dog and compassion for all creatures, ready to renounce for yourself all the rewards of heaven for this humble dog's sake. You shall be honored in heaven!"

And so Yudhisthira entered heaven and was reunited with his wife and with brothers to enjoy eternal happiness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 26, 2016, 08:26:54 AM
My beautiful angel,  I read the above story and I realized that I will not peace if I do not acknowledge your loyalty.  I am at Heavens gate and I will never be able to enter, if I do not acknowledge your very special contribution into my life.  I am so bless to have experienced your love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 05:34:24 AM
Is That So?

The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life.

A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child.

This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.

In great anger the parent went to the master. "Is that so?" was all he would say.

After the child was born it was brought to Hakuin. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. He obtained milk from his neighbours and everything else he needed.

A year later the girl-mother could stand it no longer. She told her parents the truth - the real father of the child was a young man who worked in the fishmarket.

The mother and father of the girl at once went to Hakuin to ask forgiveness, to apologize at length, and to get the child back.

Hakuin was willing. In yielding the child, all he said was: "Is that so?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 05:37:34 AM
 Great Waves

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.

O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public he was so bashful that his own pupils threw him.

O-nami felt he should go to a Zen master for help. Hakuju, a wandering teacher, was stopping in a little temple nearby, so O-nami went to see him and told him of his trouble.

"Great Waves is your name," the teacher advised, "so stay in this temple tonight. Imagine that you are those billows. You are no longer a wrestler who is afraid. You are those huge waves sweeping everything before them, swallowing all in their path. Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land."

The teacher retired. O-nami sat in meditation trying to imagine himself as waves. He thought of many different things. Then gradually he turned more and more to the feeling of the waves. As the night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flowers in their vases. Even the Buddha in the shrine was inundated. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.

In the morning the teacher found O-nami meditating, a faint smile on his face. He patted the wrestler's shoulder. "Now nothing can disturb you," he said. "You are those waves. You will sweep everything before you."

The same day O-nami entered the wrestling contests and won. After that, no one in Japan was able to defeat him.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 05:51:43 AM
Shoun & His Mother

Shoun became a teacher of Soto Zen. When he was still a student his father passed away, leaving him to care for his old mother.

Whenever Shoun went to a meditation hall he always took his mother with him. Since she accompanied him, when he visited monasteries he could not live with the monks. So he would built a little house and care for her there. He would copy sutras, Buddhist verses, and in this manner receive a few coins for food.

When Shoun bought fish for his mother, the people would scoff at him, fo a monk is not supposed to eat fish. But Shoun did not mind. His mother, however, was hurt to see others laugh at her son. Finally she told Shoun: "I think I will become a nun. I can be vegetarian too." She did, and they studied together.

Shoun was fond of music and was a master of the harp, which his mother also played. On full-moon nights they used to play together. One night a young lady passed by their house and heard music. Deeply touched, she invited Shoun to visit her the next evening and play. He accepted the invitation. A few days later he met the young lady on the street and thanked her for her hospitality. Others laughed at him. He had visited the house of a woman of the streets.

One day Shoun left for a distant temple to deliver a lecture. A few months afterwards he returned home to find his mother dead. Friends had not known where to reach him, so the funeral was in progress.

Shoun walked up and hit the coffin with his staff. "Mother, your son has returned," he said.

"I am glad to see you have returned, son," he answered for his mother.

"Yes, I am glad too," Shoun responded. Then he announced to the people about him: "The funeral ceremony is over. You may bury the body."

When Shoun was old he knew his end was approaching. He asked his disciples to gather around him in the morning, telling them he was going to pass on at noon. Burning incense before the picture of his mother and his old teacher, he wrote a poem:

    For fifty-six years I lived as best I could,
    Making my way in this world.
    Now the rain has ended, the clouds are clearing,
    The blue sky has a full moon.

His disciples gathered around him, reciting sutra, and Shoun passed on during the invocation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 06:00:14 AM
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/index.htm (http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/glg/index.htm)

The Gateless Gate
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 02:19:31 PM
The specialness of real love.  It makes you want to take a deep breath and go wow, so that you could bottle up the moment forever in your mind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 02:25:45 PM
Will

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You will be what you will to be;
Let failure find its false content
In that poor word "environment,"
But spirit scorns it, and is free.

It masters time, it conquers space,
It cows that boastful trickster Chance,
And bids the tyrant Circumstance
Uncrown and fill a servant's place.

The human Will, that force unseen,
The offspring of a deathless Soul,
Can hew the way to any goal,
Though walls of granite intervene.

Be not impatient in delay,
But wait as one who understands;
When spirit rises and commands,
The gods are ready to obey.

The river seeking for the sea
Confronts the dam and precipice,
Yet knows it cannot fail or miss;
You will be what you will to be!
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 02:42:56 PM
It is the Buddha's compassion that made a difference in his journey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 02:46:14 PM
Loneliness is thinking you're lacking something which you THINK should be there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 02:53:45 PM
Moses' wife and how he picked her.  - A Note to myself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 03:25:26 PM
Will

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;
All things give way before it, soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the mighty force
Of the Sea-seeking river in its course,
Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.
Let the fool prate of luck.  The fortunate
Is he whose earnest purpose never swerves,
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The one great aim.  Why, even Death stands still,
And waits an hour sometimes for such a will.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2016, 03:26:24 PM
Interesting poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Will. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 29, 2016, 08:18:53 PM
http://www.answers.com/article/30874339/9-things-girls-wish-their-dads-knew?param4=ysa-us-demo-gut&param1=347565287 (http://www.answers.com/article/30874339/9-things-girls-wish-their-dads-knew?param4=ysa-us-demo-gut&param1=347565287)

Nine things that girls wish their dad knew.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2016, 05:51:44 AM
If I change my last name, it would to "Hardon," so you can call me Mr. Hardon.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 01, 2016, 11:06:00 AM
Found $40.00.
I rushed to give the money back before I am tempted to spend it. That is better than spending, but it is not the best course of action, because it allow the temptation of others to get involved.  The correct course of action is to give my number to the store clerk letting know that I have found some money, and if anyone comes looking, then they can call me, and let me know how much they have lost, and if accurate, I will give it to them.  If I do not hear it from anyone in 2 weeks, then I will donate the funds to someone needy.

The answer lies in not rushing to do the right or the wrong thing, but thinking about it so that its best for everyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2016, 05:51:23 AM
Toro

Fat tuna is most prized by the Japanese.  Since Tuna live in schools and need to constantly hunt for food, the fact that some are more fat than others is implied in their genes.  Therefore there are genetic diversity for physical in all of us.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2016, 05:59:22 AM
Toro

Fat tuna is most prized by the Japanese.  Since Tuna live in schools and need to constantly hunt for food, the fact that some are more fat than others is implied in their genes.  Therefore there are genetic diversity for physical in all of us.

But genetics can be altered in one life time through love or in negative ways, without love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 06, 2016, 10:36:39 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HVMHn_OEo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HVMHn_OEo)

So I wouldn't have to watch you throw it all away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqoSxVf4qTY&ebc=ANyPxKob-hVRMwfBCz1WSU7MHmygKR6RULJ-Hc1oW4-mEVrEhntTDlNV0KoZETKCnFNeJG9KKYvDis6hwM9KUavmurjwXriGzw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqoSxVf4qTY&ebc=ANyPxKob-hVRMwfBCz1WSU7MHmygKR6RULJ-Hc1oW4-mEVrEhntTDlNV0KoZETKCnFNeJG9KKYvDis6hwM9KUavmurjwXriGzw)
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2016, 09:25:49 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BakWVXHSug (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BakWVXHSug)

She once was a true love of mine.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 09, 2016, 09:30:26 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yrupye7B0)

It was like coming this close to your dreams... and then watch them brush past you like strangers in a crowd. You know we just don't recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. Back then I thought, well, there'll be other days. I didn't realize that that was the only day. - Moonlight Graham
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2016, 10:32:39 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/man-studied-rich-people-5-163000701.html (https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/man-studied-rich-people-5-163000701.html)

They stay away from pessimists.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2016, 10:33:24 PM
"If you have no confidence in you, you are twice defeated in the race of life." - Marcus Garvey
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 11, 2016, 10:37:44 PM
"Don't talk about yourself, it will be done when you leave." - Wilson Mizner
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2016, 08:43:34 PM
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. - Thomas Jefferson
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2016, 08:45:42 PM
Arjuna and Duryodhana

http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/history-of-yoga/duryodhana/ (http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/yoga-meditation/history-of-yoga/duryodhana/)

This is a story of Humility.  The personificatio n of God, Krishna, which peace, is neither asleep or awake, but only pretending to be asleep, which means everyone around you is aware your ego or humility.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 13, 2016, 10:35:54 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/5-former-ivy-league-admissions-officers-talk-about-college-admissions-essays-2016-4 (http://www.businessinsider.com/5-former-ivy-league-admissions-officers-talk-about-college-admissions-essays-2016-4)

A lesson in writing an essay.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 19, 2016, 10:22:37 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUb0JUINjM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUb0JUINjM)

A song from Pride Festival 2015
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2016, 09:09:22 PM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/27/violent-rhoden-brothers-met-a-violent-end-in-ohio-massacre.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/27/violent-rhoden-brothers-met-a-violent-end-in-ohio-massacre.html)

A violent person will come to a violent end....it is called the law of attraction.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2016, 09:10:42 PM
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html (http://www.biographyonline.net/people/women-who-changed-world.html)

Influential women of history.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2016, 09:16:34 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/women-currency-treasury-harriet-tubman.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/us/women-currency-treasury-harriet-tubman.html?_r=1)

I am glad a champion of human freedom is being celebrated for her humanitarian work.  This goes to show that anyone can do anything, especially if it out of love for others.

Quotes, Harriet Tubman
 
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 
I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
 
I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2016, 09:19:06 PM
If you are in a position to prevent further violence, strike first, strike hard - Dalai Lama

From the movie "Savages", but did he really say it?
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 28, 2016, 09:21:43 PM
The Dalai Lama has some very insightful verses. Ive gathered my favorite quotes from the Tibetan leader about a variety of topics such as love, compassion, peace, humanity, violence, and the environment. Its a very interesting read. Enjoy 😉 :

1- Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

2- If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

3- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

4- My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

5- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

6- The ultimate authority must always rest with the individuals own reason and critical analysis.

7- We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

8- We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

9- Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

10- If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.

11- If you dont love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.

12- Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, I am of no value, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

13- We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of one person or nation is the happiness of humanity.

14- Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

15- As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.

16- To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

17- There is a saying in Tibetan, Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, thats our real disaster.

18- The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

19- A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise mans wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

20- In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 29, 2016, 05:53:06 AM
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/27/violent-rhoden-brothers-met-a-violent-end-in-ohio-massacre.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/27/violent-rhoden-brothers-met-a-violent-end-in-ohio-massacre.html)

A violent person will come to a violent end....it is called the law of attraction.

If a violent person will come to a violent end, why do we persist in allowing it to happen to us.  Our need of self importance blinds us to the true nature of life which is the service of others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 02, 2016, 09:13:46 PM
To my future wife, I had a dream of you last night.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 02, 2016, 09:31:59 PM
I went to sushi Tango tonight I got a compliment on how good I look.....from a guy.  :2funny:
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 10, 2016, 08:58:46 PM
"Good Job KH"
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 10, 2016, 09:03:15 PM
Yudisthira at Heavens Gate

The great king Yudhisthira had ruled over the Pandava people for many years, and, among his many achievements had waged a successful war against the forces of evil. It was time for him to withdraw from the world, and to enter the Celestial City of the Immortals.

King Yudhisthira set off on the long journey into the northern mountains, along with his four brothers and his beloved wife Drapaudi. They were soon joined on their journey by a small, ill-kempt stray dog.

The journey was hard. They tired. And in the course of the journey first one brother and then another, then the third and then the fourth, fell, exhausted, and died. Unable to do anything for them, Yudhisthira and Drapaudi continued on the journey, followed by the dog. Eventually Drapaudi, too, fell by the wayside and died.

With utmost sadness, Yudhisthira turned and continued, the dog faithfully keeping pace. At last Yudhisthira and the dog reached the gates of the Celestial City, home of the Immortals. Yudhisthira bowed humbly and asked to be admitted. The great sky God Indra arrived to meet Yudhisthira and to welcome him to heaven.

But then Yudhisthira said that without his beloved wife and his four brothers, he did not have the heart to enter. Indra replied that these loved ones were already in Heaven, they had come before him.

This lifted Yudhisthira's heart, but he had one more request.
"This dog has faithfully accompanied me on this long journey, never left my side. I cannot leave him now outside heaven's gate. My heart is full of love for him."
Indra shook his head. The earth quaked.

"You, Yudhisthira, through your goodness and courage, and by enduring this long and difficult journey, have earned your way into heaven. But you cannot bring a dog into heaven. A dog would pollute the Celestial City. Leave the dog behind Yudhisthira. It is no sin."

"But where would he go? He has given up the pleasures of the earth to be my companion. I cannot desert him now." Yudhisthira turned to leave.

Indra asked, astonished, "You would abandon heaven just for the sake of a dog?"
Yudhisthira declared that long ago he had vowed never to turn his back on anyone needing his protection and help. "And so," he concluded, "I will not abandon my loyal friend."
Yudisthira turned from heaven's gate and began to walk away.

At that moment a remarkable thing happened. The faithful dog was transformed into the god Dharma, the god of righteousness and justice.

And Indra declared, "You are a good man, Yudhisthira. You have shown loyalty and love to a small, faithful dog and compassion for all creatures, ready to renounce for yourself all the rewards of heaven for this humble dog's sake. You shall be honored in heaven!"

And so Yudhisthira entered heaven and was reunited with his wife and with brothers to enjoy eternal happiness.

Loyalty to those that loves you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 10, 2016, 09:17:44 PM
http://radio.cbssports.com/2016/05/04/feinstein-tiger-woods-father-ruined-his-life/ (http://radio.cbssports.com/2016/05/04/feinstein-tiger-woods-father-ruined-his-life/)

"Tiger Woods Father ruined his life."

Interesting read.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2016, 10:12:00 PM
"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliott
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2016, 10:12:48 PM
"The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much." - Amelia Barr
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2016, 08:33:42 PM
Our good deeds create goodwill.  Don't spend it foolishly by reminding others that we have done goodwill and they need to reciprocate. That will be spending our goodwill foolishly.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2016, 08:51:56 PM
"When you judge others, you do not define them, but you define yourself." - Wayne Dyer

"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can win." - Paul Tournier

"At the center of non-violence, stands the principles of love." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 13, 2016, 09:47:40 PM
The true power of water. - Emoto
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2016, 10:20:58 PM
Hais ib yam ua ib yam
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2016, 10:48:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KP9sXDqrU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6KP9sXDqrU)

The True Power of Water
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2016, 09:21:52 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uak_97-tqxo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uak_97-tqxo)

Dr Wayne Dyer
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2016, 09:23:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAk9gpeGNes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAk9gpeGNes)

This song keeps reminding me of people who are on the verge of letting life go to "fly away."
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 30, 2016, 08:25:05 PM
If you have to worry about the position and wished you could execute your trades at the low and high, then you're not there yet, because your desire will rip you apart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2016, 08:10:47 PM
To my Yang parents,

I am wrong, and I am trying to undo it so that I do not open Pandora's Box. I hope you both understand.  Please forgive me.  I am so bless to have been in your shadow.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 02, 2016, 08:57:05 PM
Hot Stuff,

I know you won't understand, but it is the best course of action for us all for now.  I do regret you not being in my life, especially how you want it so much and want to love me this year by wanting to be with me.  I am not doing this for revenge, but I do feel uncomfortable giving my trust to you again.  I hope in time, we can heal to become casual friends so that I can invest your money for you and you can relax and enjoy your trips and shopping.  Best of luck hot stuff. I will always love and care about you and your family.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2016, 07:32:51 AM
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-alis-hometown-louisville-honors-late-boxer-our-inspiration-n585816 (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-alis-hometown-louisville-honors-late-boxer-our-inspiration-n585816)

My hero.  Thank you for your courage, strength, wisdom, and how you made this world better for us.  On your exciting and amazing journey to the stars, may you be at peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2016, 08:23:14 AM
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-alis-hometown-louisville-honors-late-boxer-our-inspiration-n585816 (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/muhammad-alis-hometown-louisville-honors-late-boxer-our-inspiration-n585816)

My hero.  Thank you for your courage, strength, wisdom, and how you made this world better for us.  On your exciting and amazing journey to the stars, may you be at peace.

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.


Thank for speaking for all of us, so they no one came for the rest of us, because you made it difficult for them to come for already.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2016, 08:47:56 AM
"Conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust." - Lord Krishna, from the Bhagavad Gita
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2016, 09:51:50 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

I am at the 1:22 minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2016, 10:10:53 AM
I might be abandoning my current trading plans, for two reasons.

1. The leverage is too strong or heavy and I am unable to get the diversificatio n that I need.
2. The options market makers may not be fair with my orders.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 05, 2016, 11:21:33 AM
There's an old Hmong saying "Txhob cias poj niam hla hla yus tob hau."  I never really understood it until recently.

Theory and experimental.  ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2016, 09:22:25 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

I am at the 1:55 minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 06, 2016, 10:11:31 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Y-0Pun2Eg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Y-0Pun2Eg)

When I watch this I am inspired by Jack Ryan, that in the face of death, he will still try to find a way to save us all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2016, 05:49:06 AM
Bhagavad Ghita: Demoniac Quality

Chapter 16, Verse 1-3

The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, purification of one's existence, cultivation of spiritual knowledge, charity, self-control, performance of sacrifice, study of the Vedas, austerity and simplicity; nonviolence, truthfulness, freedom from anger; renunciation, tranquility, aversion to faultfinding, compassion and freedom from covetousness; gentleness, modesty and steady determination; vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, freedom from envy and the passion for honor-these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.
Chapter 16, Verse 4

Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness and ignorance-these qualities belong to those of demonic nature, O son of Pṛthā.
Chapter 16, Verse 5

The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demonic qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of Pāṇḍu, for you are born with the divine qualities.
Chapter 16, Verse 6

O son of Pṛthā, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demonic. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.
Chapter 16, Verse 7

Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.
Chapter 16, Verse 8

They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust.
Chapter 16, Verse 9

Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world.
Chapter 16, Verse 10

The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent.
Chapter 16, Verse 11-12

They believe that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus there is no end to their anxiety. Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification.
Chapter 16, Verse 13-15

The demoniac person thinks: So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my enemy, and I have killed him; and my other enemy will also be killed. I am the lord of everything, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I shall rejoice. In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance.
Chapter 16, Verse 16

Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, one becomes too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and falls down into hell.
Chapter 16, Verse 17

Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes perform sacrifices in name only without following any rules or regulations.
Chapter 16, Verse 18

Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in his own body and in the bodies of others, and blasphemes against the real religion.
Chapter 16, Verse 19

Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life.
Chapter 16, Verse 20

Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence.
Chapter 16, Verse 21

There are three gates leading to this hell-lust, anger, and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul.
Chapter 16, Verse 22

The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kuntī, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination.
Chapter 16, Verse 23

But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.
Chapter 16, Verse 24

One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 07, 2016, 05:56:40 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/outrage-in-stanford-rape-case-over-dueling-statements-of-victim-and-attackers-father.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/outrage-in-stanford-rape-case-over-dueling-statements-of-victim-and-attackers-father.html?_r=0)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2016, 05:45:17 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0FW407FVs)

I am at the 2:20 minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 13, 2016, 06:04:25 AM
What a very small person who became an animal.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 13, 2016, 09:47:23 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Y-0Pun2Eg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Y-0Pun2Eg)

When I watch this I am inspired by Jack Ryan, that in the face of death, he will still try to find a way to save us all.

I want to give my dying breath for love and kindness for others in this world.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 13, 2016, 10:16:53 PM
The way may never go back to what it was before because the ways of the heart has changed.  And the heart runs everything.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 13, 2016, 10:17:47 PM
Universal Law for the proliferation of life.  What is there is such a law out there for such thing and we have yet to discover it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 06:02:58 AM
River of Change

Due my changing desk, I fell upon many of my documents and memories from 2-3 years ago with many different team members.  I am suddenly overcome with emotions of all the wonderful memories that I shared with many talented and giving individuals, who are now all over the place.  I am reminded that the river of life is ever flowing and that I need to make stronger preparation for all the changes that is to come into my life and for those that I love as well, for their better tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hN4gfT7yLA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hN4gfT7yLA)

It finally occurred to me now that I have not prepped for a better tomorrow at work and therefore I am reminded of my childhood filled with all sorts of positive expectations of a bright tomorrow from yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmkHsa3iCk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmkHsa3iCk)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 06:09:23 AM
River of Change

Due my changing desk, I fell upon many of my documents and memories from 2-3 years ago with many different team members.  I am suddenly overcome with emotions of all the wonderful memories that I shared with many talented and giving individuals, who are now all over the place.  I am reminded that the river of life is ever flowing and that I need to make stronger preparation for all the changes that is to come into my life and for those that I love as well, for their better tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hN4gfT7yLA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hN4gfT7yLA)

It finally occurred to me now that I have not prepped for a better tomorrow at work and therefore I am reminded of my childhood filled with all sorts of positive expectations of a bright tomorrow from yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmkHsa3iCk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmkHsa3iCk)

Prepare for a better tomorrow today.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 07:47:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEXkaow0ko&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEXkaow0ko&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5)

Wake up and embrace your journey to becoming a magnificent oak tree.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 09:49:22 PM
What is it like to be awakened?  It is having the clear mind to make all the correct decisions for the rest of your life, because you will not be swayed by fear, desire or ignorance.  It is like having a billion dollars and spending it all to the maximum of your ability with clarity and making each dollar count.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 09:49:50 PM
http://www.cummingsmobility.com/Express2.0/vehiclemain.php?vehicleid=1200&page=1&time=1465958749 (http://www.cummingsmobility.com/Express2.0/vehiclemain.php?vehicleid=1200&page=1&time=1465958749)

Cummings Mobility
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 09:58:58 PM
I am so proud of my two little girls for working so hard at schooling this year.  I went to the school conference for my youngest last year and the teachers were very afraid, because she got 2 Bs, 3Cs and a D.  Even my little girl was nervous and wanted to sugar coat it.  I told her that I am very proud of her and all her efforts.  I know that she's got the heart of lion and that if she didn't get awesome grades, a reason was that the teachers didn't communicate well with her in letting her know what is expected of her. She made me so proud this year.

Thank you little girls.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 14, 2016, 10:19:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0CMdNtbbo&index=4&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0CMdNtbbo&index=4&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5)

14th minute of the 4 section, Guru.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 15, 2016, 07:04:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0CMdNtbbo&index=4&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa0CMdNtbbo&index=4&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5)

14th minute of the 4 section, Guru.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8MOMmk0KM&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5&index=6 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy8MOMmk0KM&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5&index=6)

Beginning
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 08:32:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_uLxKmhc8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_uLxKmhc8)

Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 09:45:24 PM
Is That So?

The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life.

A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child.

This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.

In great anger the parent went to the master. "Is that so?" was all he would say.

After the child was born it was brought to Hakuin. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. He obtained milk from his neighbours and everything else he needed.

A year later the girl-mother could stand it no longer. She told her parents the truth - the real father of the child was a young man who worked in the fishmarket.

The mother and father of the girl at once went to Hakuin to ask forgiveness, to apologize at length, and to get the child back.

Hakuin was willing. In yielding the child, all he said was: "Is that so?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 10:02:11 PM
I saw a block of bird evading a predator and it was such an amazing sight.  They weren't flying away, but flying in a pattern going back and forth to create confusion in the hawk that trying to attack them.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 10:09:48 PM
One day an inner universe will be born.  One that we cannot understand because we cannot experience.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 10:13:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gre4DZuA6k4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gre4DZuA6k4)

Thanks for the story Jessie, but you always do this to me. I am sorry for turning you down.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 10:33:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ws04VqqiZY&index=8&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ws04VqqiZY&index=8&list=PL3ZEkiewOoFB_QAOwmU0PMU5JDvLTAHg5)

In the beginning minutes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 10:35:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDA0Hecw1k (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDA0Hecw1k)

To my father on father's day.  May you rest in peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 21, 2016, 10:36:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg)

Once upon a roof top.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 22, 2016, 05:57:19 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPKNiUFPls (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPKNiUFPls)

Pursue your dream and destiny with all the love from yesterday, today, and tomorrow you can stop singing this song.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2016, 11:01:31 AM
I am pausing my real trading due to being not well capitalized and over leverage.  I need to be better capitalized to be able to trade in the way that I want to.  I will continue my simulation for the rest of the year to better understand my variables.     In addition, my fills in the options market has the potential to be manipulated by the option market makers.  06/26/2016
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2016, 11:09:57 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngH1OFQKnB0&list=PLrLynWf5FszM-8iaP-2gpOb4mZxbuiRFM&index=4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngH1OFQKnB0&list=PLrLynWf5FszM-8iaP-2gpOb4mZxbuiRFM&index=4)

4th module 2:30 minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2016, 01:31:43 PM
I am at home writing with my tough little girl and I am in heaven as I have been so many other times when I am in her presence.  She's an angel that was sent to be in my care and guidance.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 26, 2016, 01:52:12 PM
http://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/abhidharma-tenet-systems/time-the-universe/the-fourteen-questions-to-which-buddha-remained-silent (http://studybuddhism.com/en/advanced-studies/abhidharma-tenet-systems/time-the-universe/the-fourteen-questions-to-which-buddha-remained-silent)


The Fourteen Questions to Which Buddha Remained Silent
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 27, 2016, 05:43:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0eTvbhXXMQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0eTvbhXXMQ)

I went to watch X-Men Apocalypse and I ended up walking out.  I think the movie above is better.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 29, 2016, 11:06:06 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYHr7Aj9DtQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYHr7Aj9DtQ)

Relaxing music for when I work.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2016, 10:05:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOUDtOWwU4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOUDtOWwU4)

Zig Ziglar: The Shame Sale
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 05, 2016, 10:19:26 PM
I was walking around Lake Phalen and I came across three people spreading and sharing the words of Christ and they emphasized the prayer.

The Prayer:

I know that I'm a sinner and I need your help.  I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Your Son, that he died on the cross for my sins and God raised Him from the dead.  Jesus, right now I open my heart and invite You to come in.  Make yourself real to me.  Take control of my life.  Keep me from evil and make me the person you want me to be.  Be my lord and savior.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 06, 2016, 10:39:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE4wtPaano)

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

An insincere friend is more to feared than a wild beast. A wild beast may wound your body, but an insincere friend will wound your heart and mind.

- The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 07, 2016, 08:55:21 PM
One of my favorite Zen stories.

Is That So?

The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life.

A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child.

This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.

In great anger the parent went to the master. "Is that so?" was all he would say.

After the child was born it was brought to Hakuin. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. He obtained milk from his neighbours and everything else he needed.

A year later the girl-mother could stand it no longer. She told her parents the truth - the real father of the child was a young man who worked in the fishmarket.

The mother and father of the girl at once went to Hakuin to ask forgiveness, to apologize at length, and to get the child back.

Hakuin was willing. In yielding the child, all he said was: "Is that so?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2016, 10:41:10 PM
http://www.fulfillmentdaily.com/how-to-walk-away-with-strength-when-things-arent-working-out/ (http://www.fulfillmentdaily.com/how-to-walk-away-with-strength-when-things-arent-working-out/)

Strength is knowing when to walk away.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2016, 10:43:22 PM
Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
mastering yourself is true power.

- Lao Tzu
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 12, 2016, 10:53:06 PM
My thoughts for the day (Part of the happiness equation)

I want to be:
 
1.       Is that so? which will lead to joy that never leaves and an understanding of purpose
2.       Live that that of the turtle
3.       The teachings given to an emperor or a king or an enlighten being or a being of the universe
4.       Always error on love, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion
a.       I want my thoughts and actions to reflect this.
5.       I want to be in balance with nature
a.       By taking care of my vehicle
b.      By taking care of my mind
6.       I want to have clarity and make my decisions on clarity for everyone involve, instead of desire based, I want process and system based
7.       I want my kids to become stronger than me so that they can continue to grow and be good for the world
8.       I want to build a better tomorrow for everyone
9.       I want to continue to grow by accepting differences and different ideas that I didnt before
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2016, 07:43:25 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/opinion/donald-trump-is-right-about-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/opinion/donald-trump-is-right-about-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg.html?_r=0)

Lady, thank you for saying what is in your heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2016, 09:24:59 PM
No Water, No Moon

When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku she was unable to attain the fruits of meditation for a long time.

At last one moonlit night she was carrying water in an old pail bound with bamboo. The bamboo broke and the bottom fell out of the pail, and at that moment Chiyono was set free!

In commemoration, she wrote a poem:

    In this way and that I tried to save the old pail
    Since the bamboo strip was weakening and about
       to break
    Until at last the bottom fell out.
    No more water in the pail!
    No more moon in the water!
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2016, 09:41:10 PM
http://www.yelp.com/biz/fika-minneapolis?osq=Swedish+Restaurant (http://www.yelp.com/biz/fika-minneapolis?osq=Swedish+Restaurant)

Must tried Swedish Restaurant this Summer
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2016, 09:43:23 PM
Summer to do list:

Saints game in St Paul

Rent a boat or pontoon at Lake Minnetonka
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 13, 2016, 09:49:07 PM
To my beautiful kids,

We will never be defeated in the heart.  I know you will continue to strengthen your heart all your life.  You will become a giving individual, filled with peace, joy at all moments, filled with joy that never leaves.  You will rise up to your destiny to serve others in life.  If you should suffer setbacks, you will pick yourself, learn from your mistakes and become even better for the next level. You will come to understand that it is the setbacks that polish you to become a diamond. You will never feel sorry for yourself or look back to yesteryears, but always looking forward to see what you can do and contribute to all those that are in your lives. You will have an exciting and fantastic journey all your life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 15, 2016, 05:04:43 PM
Nicole O,

I just hoping that we would together well.  I don't want anything to jeopardize the relationship between our two departments or our two teams. Please have a great weekend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 17, 2016, 06:36:38 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffYM7zPOW_c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffYM7zPOW_c)

I can't believe you walked out on my friendship, so that is why I left too.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2016, 09:19:39 PM
http://www.livescience.com/55429-philistines.html (http://www.livescience.com/55429-philistines.html)

The biblical Philistines.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2016, 09:24:16 PM
When people throw you the word honest in a conversation, they are liars.  When people throw you the word trust in a conversation, do not build trust with them.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2016, 09:49:08 PM
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessing. - Eric Offer

Because we are confident enough to quantify it. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2016, 09:49:35 PM
Give me love and work, these two only. - William Morris
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 18, 2016, 09:56:02 PM
There's something with your character if opportunity controls your loyalty.

Stay real, stay loyal, or stay away from me.

I reward loyalty with loyalty, disloyalty with distance.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 19, 2016, 05:39:07 AM
One of the greatest journey in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a crap. - J.A. Konrath
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2016, 09:12:35 AM
My vision for trading:

I will be venturing into trading.  I have been developing a complete plan that understand the market and incorporate fundamental rules for success.  I will start with $100,000.00.  In 10 years, it will be a $5.5 million dollar fun, and in 15 years, it will be $50.00 million.  The fund will make 60 - 80% or more each year, because it is designed to trade both longs and shorts and it will trade the most liquid and volatile names in the market.  Once it grows to $100 million, due to our short term, we may have maxed out our growth to become bigger, and will need to diverse the winnings into other projects.  Once at at $100 million, the fund will generate $50 million in capital for other investments, investments designed for other people ease and joyous life.  This is my vision of my trading future.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2016, 09:14:38 AM
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17124739/dennis-green-former-minnesota-vikings-arizona-cardinals-coach-dies-age-67 (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/17124739/dennis-green-former-minnesota-vikings-arizona-cardinals-coach-dies-age-67)

Good bye my friend. Thank you for taking us all so close to a championship game.  May you rest in peace, because you have worked hard all your life and you have earned it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2016, 12:52:44 PM
Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. - Lord Byron
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2016, 12:53:34 PM
It is not so much our friend's help that help us, but the confidence of their help. - Epicurus

Epicurus (/ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs/ or /ˌɛpɪˈkjɔːrəs/;[2] Greek: Ἐπίκουρος, Epkouros, "ally, comrade"; 341270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher as well as the founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism. Only a few fragments and letters of Epicurus's 300 written works remain. Much of what is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later followers and commentators.

For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxiapeace and freedom from fearand aponiathe absence of painand by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. He taught that pleasure and pain are measures of what is good and evil; death is the end of both body and soul and should therefore not be feared; the gods neither reward nor punish humans; the universe is infinite and eternal; and events in the world are ultimately based on the motions and interactions of atoms moving in empty space.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 23, 2016, 12:56:52 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/roger-ailes-rise-and-fall-120731345.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/roger-ailes-rise-and-fall-120731345.html)

The fall of Roger Ailes, learn from the success and failures of others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 30, 2016, 06:53:56 AM
Thank you my beautiful kids for a wonderful Summer vacation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on July 31, 2016, 08:33:28 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRVhtVCfzo8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRVhtVCfzo8)

Wyatt Earp is my friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSeFaApcTco (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSeFaApcTco)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 01, 2016, 10:19:00 PM
It is better to die saving lives than to live taking it. - Star Trek Beyond
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 11, 2016, 05:47:25 AM
"Look for the answer inside your question." - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 12, 2016, 04:51:47 AM
 No Attachment to Dust

Zengetsu, a Chinese master of the T'ang dynasty, wrote the following advice for his pupils:

Living in the world yet not forming attachments to the dust of the world is the way of a true Zen student.

When witnessing the good action of another encourage yourself to follow his example. Hearing of the mistaken action of another, advise yourself not to emulate it.

Even though alone in a dark room, be as if you were facing a noble guest. Express your feelings, but become no more expressive than your true nature.

Poverty is your teasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.

A person may appear a fool and yet not be one. He may only be guarding his wisdom carefully.

Virtues are the fruit of self-discipline and do not drop from heaven of themselves as does rain or snow.

Modesty is the foundation of all virtues. Let your neighbors discover you before you make yourself known to them.

A noble heart never forces itself forward. Its words are as rare gems, seldom displayed and of great value.

To a sincere student, every day is a fortunate day. Time passes but he never lags behind. Neither glory nor shame can move him.

Censure yourself, never another. Do not discuss right and wrong.

Some things, though right, were considered wrong for generations. Since the value of righteousness may be recognized after centuries, there is no need to crave an immediate appreciation.

Live with cause and leave results to the great law of the universe. Pass each day in peaceful contemplation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 13, 2016, 09:24:07 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJphXRp0sRI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJphXRp0sRI)

George Foreman vs Ali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj3IdV_KELU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj3IdV_KELU)

Foreman on ALi
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2016, 09:54:35 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Library_100_Best_Novels

Stuff to read
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2016, 10:10:12 PM
Success are two things:
1. A sound plan
2. Execution of that plan

Long-term success are three things
1. A sound plan
2. Execution of that plan
3. Learning from and adjusting to changes
      a. How has the climate changed
      b. What can we do better for our customers
      c.  What better products can we offer for our customers
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2016, 10:11:12 PM
Mean and loud people:

Don't let their smallness become you by letting them keep it over there.  Act on your honor, dignity, and reason and logic.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 15, 2016, 10:13:44 PM
Vision, Products, and Service for others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2016, 07:36:21 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2mY36Ho1Sk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2mY36Ho1Sk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjEMRNGApBk&index=5&list=PLrK9K_IANCy-BfFkJocWnu3UPWlDup5Fd (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjEMRNGApBk&index=5&list=PLrK9K_IANCy-BfFkJocWnu3UPWlDup5Fd)

The amazing guru Brendon Burchard
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2016, 09:05:00 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbe2DAs39M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILbe2DAs39M)

Yes, I have been waiting for you all my life.  I see in my dreams every now and then, and one day I finally bumped into you at the right place, time and purpose. Thank you for finally coming into my life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2016, 09:25:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTfPO1SKIs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTfPO1SKIs)

The bear is worst. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2016, 09:29:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yluZgzkA8MM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yluZgzkA8MM)

A better actor.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2016, 09:50:50 PM
My beautiful and amazing kids.  Thank you for the opportunity to be a father to such kind, strong, passionate and smart souls.  It is my blessing in this life.

Thank you for the wonderful Summer of 2016 and the wonderful memories you have given me.  I am very happy to have you all with me.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 16, 2016, 10:02:30 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppNyUlVWTv0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppNyUlVWTv0)

England Dan and John "Just tell me you love me."
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 18, 2016, 10:33:53 PM
Seven Deadly Sins
1.   Lust
2.   Gluttony
3.   Greed
4.   Sloth
5.   Wrath
6.   Envy
7.   Pride
 
Do you know why it is called the Seven Deadly Sins? 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2016, 03:23:11 PM

The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

― Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Author of this child will be great)
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 20, 2016, 03:24:45 PM
"I asked for permission." From the movie Pompeii, even trust is needed between different species, much less between humans.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 21, 2016, 03:21:03 PM
 Seven Sins & the Early Church

Please note, the early church classified the seven deadly sins as cardinal sins or capital vices and taught that they could not be forgiven. However, according to the Bible these 7 deadly sins are completely and totally forgivable by God, but this doesnt give free license to commit these sins. Biblically, the only sin that cannot be forgiven is complete rejection of Gods grace which is outright rebellion against God, also known as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
7 Deadly Sins List:

    Envy = the desire to have an item or experience that someone else possesses

    Gluttony = excessive ongoing consumption of food or drink

    Greed or Avarice = an excessive pursuit of material possessions

    Lust = an uncontrollable passion or longing, especially for sexual desires

    Pride = excessive view of one's self without regard to others.

    Sloth = excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize ones talents

    Wrath = uncontrollable feelings of anger and hate towards another person



The Seven Virtues

The seven virtues were originally defined in the poem, Psychomachia, by Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a Christian governor who died around 410 A.D. Because of the poems prevalence the concept and idea of the seven virtues spread throughout Europe. The following is a listing of the seven virtues and how they cure each of the seven deadly sins:

    Kindness = Cures envy by placing the desire to help others above the need to supersede them

    Temperance = Cures gluttony by implanting the desire to be healthy, therefore making one fit to serve others

    Charity or love = Cures greed by putting the desire to help others above storing up treasure for ones self

    Chastity or Self-control = Cures lust by controlling passion and leverages that energy for the good of others

    Humility = Cures pride by removing one's ego and boastfulness, therefore allowing the attitude of service

    Diligence or Zeal = Cures slothfulness by placing the best interest of others above the life of ease and relaxation.

    Patience = Cures wrath by taking time to understand the needs and desires of others before acting or speaking.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2016, 05:32:03 AM
http://michaeljohnsonperformance.com/ (http://michaeljohnsonperformance.com/)

So, you have found the next chapter in your life.  Congratulation s my friend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2016, 09:52:14 PM
"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy." - Lao Tzu
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 23, 2016, 10:01:37 PM
https://www.amazon.com/How-Made-000-Stock-Market/dp/1614271690 (https://www.amazon.com/How-Made-000-Stock-Market/dp/1614271690)

How I made $2,000,000.00 in the stock market. - By Nicolas Darvas

The principle is sound, so what is wrong with this book?
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2016, 05:34:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcI6n3L5NI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcI6n3L5NI)

Goodbye Spice
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2016, 09:26:25 PM
Great Waves

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.

O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public he was so bashful that his own pupils threw him.

O-nami felt he should go to a Zen master for help. Hakuju, a wandering teacher, was stopping in a little temple nearby, so O-nami went to see him and told him of his trouble.

"Great Waves is your name," the teacher advised, "so stay in this temple tonight. Imagine that you are those billows. You are no longer a wrestler who is afraid. You are those huge waves sweeping everything before them, swallowing all in their path. Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land."

The teacher retired. O-nami sat in meditation trying to imagine himself as waves. He thought of many different things. Then gradually he turned more and more to the feeling of the waves. As the night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flowers in their vases. Even the Buddha in the shrine was inundated. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.

In the morning the teacher found O-nami meditating, a faint smile on his face. He patted the wrestler's shoulder. "Now nothing can disturb you," he said. "You are those waves. You will sweep everything before you."

The same day O-nami entered the wrestling contests and won. After that, no one in Japan was able to defeat him.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2016, 09:26:58 PM
Great Waves

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.

O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public he was so bashful that his own pupils threw him.

O-nami felt he should go to a Zen master for help. Hakuju, a wandering teacher, was stopping in a little temple nearby, so O-nami went to see him and told him of his trouble.

"Great Waves is your name," the teacher advised, "so stay in this temple tonight. Imagine that you are those billows. You are no longer a wrestler who is afraid. You are those huge waves sweeping everything before them, swallowing all in their path. Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land."

The teacher retired. O-nami sat in meditation trying to imagine himself as waves. He thought of many different things. Then gradually he turned more and more to the feeling of the waves. As the night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flowers in their vases. Even the Buddha in the shrine was inundated. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.

In the morning the teacher found O-nami meditating, a faint smile on his face. He patted the wrestler's shoulder. "Now nothing can disturb you," he said. "You are those waves. You will sweep everything before you."

The same day O-nami entered the wrestling contests and won. After that, no one in Japan was able to defeat him.

Before you can win, you will have to conquer yourself first.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 24, 2016, 09:43:27 PM
The Taste of Banzo's Sword

Matajuro Yagyu was the son of a famous swordsman. His father, believing that his son's work was too mediocre to anticipate mastership, disowned him.

So Matajuro went to Mount Futara and there found the famous swordsman Banzo. But Banzo confirmed the father's judgment. "You wish to learn swordsmanship under my guidance?" asked Banzo. "You cannot fulfill the requirements."

"But if I work hard, how many years will it take me to become a master?" persisted the youth.

"The rest of your life," replied Banzo.

"I cannot wait that long," explained Matajuro. "I am willing to pass through any hardship if only you will teach me. If I become your devoted servant, how long might it be?"

"Oh, maybe ten years," Banzo relented.

"My father is getting old, and soon I must take care of him," continued Matajuro. "If I work far more intensively, how long would it take me?"

"Oh, maybe thirty years," said Banzo.

"Why is that?" asked Matajuro. "First you say ten and now thirty years. I will undergo any hardship to master this art in the shortest time!"

"Well," said Banzo, "in that case you will have to remain with me for seventy years. A man in such a hurry as you are to get results seldom learns quickly."

"Very well," declared the youth, understanding at last that he was being rebuked for impatience, "I agree."

Matajuro was told never to speak of fencing and never to touch a sword. He cooked for his master, washed the dishes, made his bed, cleaned the yard, cared for the garden, all without a word of swordsmanship.

Three years passed. Still Matajuro labored on. Thinking of his future, he was sad. He had not even begun to learn the art to which he had devoted his life.

But one day Banzo crept up behind him and gave him a terrific blow with a wooden sword.

The following day, when Matajuro was cooking rice, Banzo again sprang upon him unexpectedly.

After that, day and night, Matajuro had to defend himself from unexpected thrusts. Not a moment passed in any day that he did not have to think of the taste of Banzo's sword.

He learned so rapidly he brought smiles to the face of his master. Matajuro became the greatest swordsman in the land.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 26, 2016, 05:29:17 AM
Because we reap what we sow, I will be having a talk with you my brother and my daughter.  We need to start sowing so we can reap.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 06:14:50 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6VaeFCxta8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6VaeFCxta8)

This song always take me when I woke up from an afternoon during a time that I had just gotten married to my young beautiful wife. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 06:17:59 AM
The most successful of the turtles is not the the most aggressive one, but the one that was very business minded and professional.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 06:27:53 AM
Gisho's Work

Gisho was ordained as a nun when she was just ten years old. She received training just as the little boys did. When she reached the age of sixteen she traveled from one Zen master to another, studying with them all.

She remained three years with Unzan, six years with Gukei, but was unable to obtain a clear vision. At last she went to the master Inzan.

Inzan showed her no distinction at all on account of her sex. He scolded her like a thunderstorm. He cuffed he to awaken her inner nature.

Gisho remained with Inzan thirteen years, and then she found that which she was seeking!

In her honor, Inzan wrote a poem:

This nun studied thirteen years under my guidance.
In the evening she considered the deepest koans,
In the morning she was wrapped in other koans.
The Chinese nun Tetsuma surpassed all before her,
And since Mujaku none has been so genuine as this Gisho!
Yet there are many more gates for her to pass through.
She should receive still more blows from my iron fist.

After Gisho was enlightened she went to the province of Banshu, started her own Zen temple, and taught two hundred other nuns until she passed away one year in the month of August.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 06:28:19 AM
Gisho's Work

Gisho was ordained as a nun when she was just ten years old. She received training just as the little boys did. When she reached the age of sixteen she traveled from one Zen master to another, studying with them all.

She remained three years with Unzan, six years with Gukei, but was unable to obtain a clear vision. At last she went to the master Inzan.

Inzan showed her no distinction at all on account of her sex. He scolded her like a thunderstorm. He cuffed he to awaken her inner nature.

Gisho remained with Inzan thirteen years, and then she found that which she was seeking!

In her honor, Inzan wrote a poem:

This nun studied thirteen years under my guidance.
In the evening she considered the deepest koans,
In the morning she was wrapped in other koans.
The Chinese nun Tetsuma surpassed all before her,
And since Mujaku none has been so genuine as this Gisho!
Yet there are many more gates for her to pass through.
She should receive still more blows from my iron fist.

After Gisho was enlightened she went to the province of Banshu, started her own Zen temple, and taught two hundred other nuns until she passed away one year in the month of August.

It makes me want to be a Zen Master and start a school
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 10:31:38 PM
https://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl (https://www.ibiblio.org/zen/cgi-bin/koan-index.pl)

The Gateless Gate
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 10:32:26 PM
The Zen School that I will be starting will be called "Blue Jeans School of Happiness"
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 10:40:50 PM
https://www.thestreet.com/story/13444692/3/20-reasons-why-sears-is-the-worst-stock-in-the-world.html (https://www.thestreet.com/story/13444692/3/20-reasons-why-sears-is-the-worst-stock-in-the-world.html)

The demise of Sears.  It is an idea who's time has come.  When a retail company is run by a hedge fund manager.  A company has to be run with love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 27, 2016, 10:52:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYn0OaSo10k&index=45&list=PL8F29888A9D718594 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYn0OaSo10k&index=45&list=PL8F29888A9D718594)

Sek Loso
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2016, 08:45:08 PM
Blue Jeans School of Happiness

 
Help others cross into the freedom of the mind.

 
1.       Basic Needs:
a.       Physiological needs: Food, water, warmth, and rest
b.       Safety Needs: Security, safety

2.       Psychological needs
a.       Belongingness and love needs: Intimate relationship, friends
b.       Esteems needs: Prestige and feeling of accomplishment

3.       Self fulfillment needs
a.       Self actualization: achieving ones full potential, including creative activities
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 29, 2016, 09:19:54 PM
Growth is very exciting, because tomorrow will be better.  The best growth is on the inside, because it means, it will last a life time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on August 31, 2016, 05:18:21 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal

It's pattern is every in nature from mountains to even cotton prices.  It's the same pattern between the small and the large.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2016, 10:01:18 PM
We have always heard "can't take it with you."  They are referring to the gold or money. What if we can take nothing with us, including our memories, because it is linked to the physical mind.  Then what is the purpose for all this?  It is what we leave behind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 01, 2016, 10:02:41 PM
"It is dangerous to not evolve."  - Jeff Bezos founder of Amazon, one of the most successful enterprise of our time which started by selling books online.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2016, 05:13:46 AM
http://finance.yahoo.com/m/0759a0ba-e945-3065-b572-8da59297f545/trader-bets-%241.2-million-on.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/m/0759a0ba-e945-3065-b572-8da59297f545/trader-bets-%241.2-million-on.html)

Analysis of a silly trade, but it is with the trend.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 02, 2016, 05:41:02 AM
http://finance.yahoo.com/m/0759a0ba-e945-3065-b572-8da59297f545/trader-bets-%241.2-million-on.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/m/0759a0ba-e945-3065-b572-8da59297f545/trader-bets-%241.2-million-on.html)


Find your destiny or else someone else will find it for you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 05, 2016, 08:53:33 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/m/0759a0ba-e945-3065-b572-8da59297f545/trader-bets-%241.2-million-on.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/m/0759a0ba-e945-3065-b572-8da59297f545/trader-bets-%241.2-million-on.html)

Analysis of a silly trade, but it is with the trend.

And the stock closed at 16 making the options expire worthless, no silly gains.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 05, 2016, 08:56:40 PM
Thank you to family and extended family members from far and near that came to support our family event.  It is a festive event, a celebration filled with promises for tomorrow.

Thank you everyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 05, 2016, 08:59:52 PM
My brother has a message for you.  He asks me to tell you to enjoy everyday of your life, because he can't enjoy his.  He is bedridden for nearly 24/7 and can't take care of himself.  He wishes how he could run across a field filled with flowers, bask in the warmth of the sun or enjoy a stroll around a park or a lake or a walk in the rain. You can do all that so please appreciate what you have you every day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 05, 2016, 09:18:19 PM
20 Wise Quotes from the Dalai Lama


1- Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

2- If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

3- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

4- My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

5- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

6- The ultimate authority must always rest with the individuals own reason and critical analysis.

7- We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

8- We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

9- Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

10- If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.

11- If you dont love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.

12- Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, I am of no value, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

13- We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of one person or nation is the happiness of humanity.

14- Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

15- As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.

16- To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

17- There is a saying in Tibetan, Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, thats our real disaster.

18- The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

19- A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise mans wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

20- In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 05, 2016, 09:36:40 PM
And you?  When will you begin that long journey into yourself? - Rumi
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 05:11:36 AM
Richard Branson: 'I don't believe that retirement should be the goal'

Since leaving school at age 16 to start his first business, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson has overseen hundreds of companies and accumulated a fortune of approximately $5 billion.

The self-made billionaire could retire at the drop of a dime but retirement is the last thing on the 66-year-old's mind.

"I don't believe that retirement should be the goal," he wrote in a recent blog post.

Branson's perspective is inspired by British philosopher Alan Watts, who discouraged people from thinking of life as a journey. A journey implies a destination or some sort of arrival but no epic "thing" is coming in life, Watts said.

"He explains that traditional systems of education have skewed the meaning of life (towards arriving at a destination) by placing too much importance on progressing through school and college to a career," Branson wrote. "And makes his point by saying that far too many people live to retire and therefore cheat themselves of an exciting existence."

That's why Branson doesn't think retirement should be the goal. "Instead, I think happiness should be," he wrote.

"I've never thought [of] work as work and play as play; to me, it's all living and learning. The way I see it, life is all about striving and growing. I never want to have made it; I want to continue making it!"
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 05:20:21 AM
In my future businesses, I will find happy workers or workers who make happiness a journey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 09:28:38 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkXllWe3mY&list=PL27A57E6E911D7E52 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkXllWe3mY&list=PL27A57E6E911D7E52)


Complete Trading Plant
Mindset
Methodology
Money Management
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 09:35:48 PM
I had this thought the other day while watching a cult.  How to tell a false prophet.
1. He will want to have s3x with you or with your wife or your child and tell you that it is God's will.
2. He will want you to do things for him because it is God's will.
3. He will make you fill guilty or worst make you feel like you turned your back on God.
4. He will ask you to close your minds, empty it and believe only what he is teaching you.

A true leader will empower you to love others, everyone good or bad.
A True leader will appreciate your differences, will make you feel good for being who you are.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 09:37:44 PM
Have you ever sad that if you had a wish or a magic word to change a heart of a mind, you would use it now.  You do not want to change someone's heart with that wish.  You are hurting, because they have turned their back or throw something at you which you did not expect.  You are not at peace and all you really want is peace.  Peace will come when you rise up inside to attain it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 09:38:38 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEArG8ebxAg&index=11&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEArG8ebxAg&index=11&list=PLA309A4411A1164A4)

10 golden rules of trading.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 09:55:37 PM
Towards the end of my marriage, I had some money, but that quickly evaporated.  It evaporated because:
1. I lacked a tested methodology for keeping the money that I had and or increasing it.
2. I lacked the strength of heart required to take command to find objectivity and clarity for a better tomorrow.

That was why I failed.  I failed then, because there was no method,  no heart and no clarity for success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 09:57:33 PM
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm (http://www.ushistory.org/documents/amendments.htm)

The bill of rights and later amendments.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 06, 2016, 10:15:54 PM
The next step in the freedom is the freedom of the mind. The Red Sea will will part for that human journey of the freeing of our minds.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2016, 09:36:08 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/person-interest-1989-abduction-appear-court-143607756.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/person-interest-1989-abduction-appear-court-143607756.html)

This is what happens when you have sick desires that you are weak enough to act on.  It creates pain and suffering in all directions for decades.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 07, 2016, 10:14:28 PM
Michelle uses Maslow's and the joy of freedom to hijack his followers, or really his victims.  He's a false prophet.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 08, 2016, 10:20:45 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/opinions/dark-matter-analysis-lincoln/ (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/opinions/dark-matter-analysis-lincoln/)

The mysterious dark matter is too mysterious for scientist to figure out and find.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 09, 2016, 05:37:09 AM
What did Mao Ze Dong and Joseph Stalin do right....They have a genuine love and passion for their country.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2016, 08:34:25 AM
To my beautiful kids, it has been my pleasure and privilege to be your father and guide to such amazing and beautiful souls in this life time. You are on an amazing journey that will take you very far from me, in physical space, time, understanding and knowledge and the ways of the heart.  Please always remember to lead with and end with kindness and love.  Let others eat first for people are loving and will always be considerate of you as well.  Take refuge in knowing that you are strong on the inside and no one can ever take away no matter how much someone may unknowingly hurt you on the outside.  Please have an awesome and amazing day everyday of your journey here on Earth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2016, 10:11:15 PM
Zen in a Beggar's Life

Tosui was a well-known Zen teacher of his time. He had lived in several temples and taught in various provinces.

The last temple he visited accumulated so many adherents that Tosui told them he was going to quit the lecture business entirely. He advised them to disperse and to go wherever they desired. After that no one could find any trace of him.

Three years later one of his disciples discovered him living with some beggars under a bridge in Kyoto. He at one implored Tosui to teach him.

"If you can do as I do for even a couple of days, I might," Tosui replied.

So the former disciple dressed as a beggar and spent a day with Tosui. The following day one of the beggars died. Tosui and his pupil carried the body off at midnight and buried it on a mountainside. After that they returned to their shelter under the bridge.

Tosui slept soundly the remainder of the night, but the disciple could not sleep. When morning came Tosui said: "We do not have to beg food today. Our dead friend has left some over there." But the disciple was unable to eat a single bite of it.

"I have said you could not do as I," concluded Tosui. "Get out of here and do not bother me again."
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2016, 10:14:30 PM
Killing

Gasan instructed his adherents one day: "Those who speak against killing and who desire to spare the lives of all conscious beings are right. It is good to protect even animals and insects. But what about those persons who kill time, what about those who are destroying wealth, and those who destroy political economy? We should not overlook them. Furthermore, what of the one who preaches without enlightenment? He is killing Buddhism."
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 11, 2016, 10:33:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxjQ6E0Bu4c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxjQ6E0Bu4c)

I pulled something....
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2016, 05:38:10 AM
Zen in a Beggar's Life

Tosui was a well-known Zen teacher of his time. He had lived in several temples and taught in various provinces.

The last temple he visited accumulated so many adherents that Tosui told them he was going to quit the lecture business entirely. He advised them to disperse and to go wherever they desired. After that no one could find any trace of him.

Three years later one of his disciples discovered him living with some beggars under a bridge in Kyoto. He at one implored Tosui to teach him.

"If you can do as I do for even a couple of days, I might," Tosui replied.

So the former disciple dressed as a beggar and spent a day with Tosui. The following day one of the beggars died. Tosui and his pupil carried the body off at midnight and buried it on a mountainside. After that they returned to their shelter under the bridge.

Tosui slept soundly the remainder of the night, but the disciple could not sleep. When morning came Tosui said: "We do not have to beg food today. Our dead friend has left some over there." But the disciple was unable to eat a single bite of it.

"I have said you could not do as I," concluded Tosui. "Get out of here and do not bother me again."

So what is the significance of this story?  Happiness is being happy independent of expectations and circumstance.  The story takes it to extreme to illustrate a point.  No matter what is happening, they still service life by taking the time to bury their fellow beggar.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2016, 05:48:21 AM
There is a very large difference between being carefree and happy and being careless by doing anything your that comes to your mind and calling it freedom thinking that it makes you happy.  Being carefree and happy still implies discipline, being careless discipline and principles of love many times get thrown out.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2016, 05:00:49 PM
Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. He gave me this advice, his companion replied. Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger.

From Aesop
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 12, 2016, 05:02:46 PM
Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. He gave me this advice, his companion replied. Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger.

From Aesop

The Anti Bear,

We are also deserted or sold away in times of promises of wealth.  In the case of the bear, fear is so much more stronger than greed and our companion may have no time to react, but flee, but in times promises of wealth, we are definitely betrayed because they have time to think about selling us out and then acting on it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2016, 09:27:28 PM
A long time ago, I ran into fish.  I remembered it was in the late afternoon and I had traveled farther than I did from the refugee camp.  You know how you always get excited about catching a fish.  It wasn't that big of a fish.  Then I saw and this fish had only one eye.  I felt so sorry and compassionate for it that I let it go immediately.  When my memories come across it, I still remember the compassion that I felt then.  I guess emotions have their own memories.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2016, 09:41:00 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/30/former-marines-sentenced-for-brutally-beating-man-who-had-an-affair-with-one-of-their-wives/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/30/former-marines-sentenced-for-brutally-beating-man-who-had-an-affair-with-one-of-their-wives/)

Do not alter the wonder path of your life, by giving into anger and revenge by allowing someone impulsive behavior to change your destiny forever.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2016, 10:06:19 PM
You haven't stopped your bad habits yet, because you have not come to the conclusion that it is bad for your future. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2016, 10:21:12 PM
Whenever I start any project, it will be fun. It will be filled with what I love to do and what I believe in.  It will be filled with growth opportunities so that tomorrow will be better. It will have these three things and some more.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 13, 2016, 10:30:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN2X72jrFk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN2X72jrFk)


Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2016, 09:53:40 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/alien-megastructure-circling-giant-star-isnt-a-dyson-sphere-but-a-swarm-2016-9 (http://www.businessinsider.com/alien-megastructure-circling-giant-star-isnt-a-dyson-sphere-but-a-swarm-2016-9)

A Dyson Sphere, the future of our energy needs.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 14, 2016, 10:12:04 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/carl-icahn-herbalife-gave-me-a-lot-of-gas-but-i-might-buy-more-shares-224617111.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/carl-icahn-herbalife-gave-me-a-lot-of-gas-but-i-might-buy-more-shares-224617111.html)

This is an example of someone with a large position bluffing the market so that they can sell some.  Just like people, never pay attention to what they are saying, but pay attention to what they are doing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 15, 2016, 05:48:02 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muW9Ob7V7ME (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muW9Ob7V7ME)

My favorite scene from the Kite Runner is when as they were fleeing Afganistan and they were stopped by a Russian soldier. The Russian sold wanted to have s3x with one of the women, and the father intervene.  The Russian soldier was going to kill the father, in which the father, you better hope you kill me, because I will tear you apart.  Later on the husband thank the father for his help and he simply reply that it was hardly worth a thank you.

Humility
Defending others who cannot defend themselves
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 15, 2016, 10:39:49 PM
The lord has not given permission to torture any of his creation, on his behalf or for our pleasure.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 15, 2016, 10:40:21 PM
Living expense of three times the average household income should be sufficient.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 17, 2016, 05:46:33 AM
For my AGSMR calculations, for MM1 and MM2, if it breaks the 100 MA, then I use the stock support.  The reason, I do not go to zero and uses the stock support is that, it breaks below, then it could be a sign of weakness, and therefore support should be adjusted by the new AGSMR.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2016, 08:36:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTDQZzQMKk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTDQZzQMKk)

Space Balls, "do something"
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2016, 08:40:41 AM
Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. - Rumi

Innovation that excites.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2016, 02:18:11 PM
One day, I will tell you about my failure at the county.  It made me realize that we are meant to succeed in all that we do. We will not be confident in everything that we do.  If we are lucky, then we will succeed in something that we love doing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2016, 02:31:51 PM
I am sorry little brother.  It is I who needs to adjust to our different perceptions of the world.  It is who needs to be sympathetic to our different understandings .  Thank you to the little girls for being strong enough to come and tell me that.  I will make the adjustment. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 18, 2016, 10:09:25 PM
The reason that they Chinese Emperors became extinct is the same reason the Japanese Shogun became extinct. They were no longer serving the people in the best for a better tomorrow.

The reason the French King Louis XVI lost his head was that due to circumstances beyond his control, his people was suffering and starving and they deemed him unworthy of watching out for their best interest.  He and the french line of Kings became extinct.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 19, 2016, 09:35:27 PM
I had a cousin that wanted Hmongs to have 1000 millionaires.  So he came up with idea, that you go and find 1000 Hmong people.  Then each of those people would contribute 1000 a month for a 1000 months.  In 83.333 years, Hmong would have 1000 millionaires.  :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2016, 09:35:25 PM
I have to find an endeavor that I love doing.  There's no other way around it.  If I do not, I will only make myself miserable.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2016, 09:40:56 PM
Whats the advice of great CEOs, including Vanguard Groups Jack Bogie, when it comes to admitting mistake? Do it.

Admitting a mistake makes you look better. John Bogie
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2016, 09:47:00 PM
How much land does a man need.  Don't be impress by how much some has, but how well they use, weather it be wealth or a large p3nis.  The impression is in the strength of the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2016, 09:49:10 PM
Do you notice that many of the American terrorists have daddy issues?  They are not true terrorists, but acting in defiance of the belittling or disapproval from their daddy, who could not bridge the changing cultural difference to plant love and peace in the hearts of their sons.  They then tried to tied their self importance to the radical causes of the world so that they can show their daddy how important they have become.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 20, 2016, 09:53:50 PM
A mind that dwells in happiness and goodness is the mind of a genius.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 21, 2016, 08:10:03 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen_hypothesis

The Red Queen Hypothesis.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 22, 2016, 09:55:29 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/boone-pickens-obama-has-been-a-complete-loser-for-energy-135919168.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/boone-pickens-obama-has-been-a-complete-loser-for-energy-135919168.html)

I think he has his own agenda for dissatisfactio n. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2016, 04:54:08 AM
My current support criteria = (P5 + 06)/.5

P5 = (Regular Support + Bullish/Bearish VIX + RC)
O6 = AGMS/R

I understand the rest, but I am not sure why I use the .5 to double the value, before I take .3 of it.

=O3*((0.4*(O8+P8)+0.3*O7+0.3*(P5+O6))/0.5)+O11+O10

=(O3/0.5)*(0.4*(O8+P8)+0.3*O7+0.3*(P5+O6))+O11+O10 - This makes more sense because the .5 is where it belongs to make the market stronger.  The value is still the same.


Now my market support factors are:

P5 = (Regular Support + Bullish/Bearish VIX + RC)
O6 = AGMS/R
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2016, 04:56:57 AM
My current support criteria = (P5 + 06)/.5

P5 = (Regular Support + Bullish/Bearish VIX + RC)
O6 = AGMS/R

I understand the rest, but I am not sure why I use the .5 to double the value, before I take .3 of it.

=O3*((0.4*(O8+P8)+0.3*O7+0.3*(P5+O6))/0.5)+O11+O10

=(O3/0.5)*(0.4*(O8+P8)+0.3*O7+0.3*(P5+O6))+O11+O10 - This makes more sense because the .5 is where it belongs to make the market stronger.  The value is still the same.


Now my market support factors are:

P5 = (Regular Support + Bullish/Bearish VIX + RC)
O6 = AGMS/R

My OEXT are just the support + the AgMS/R
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 24, 2016, 08:47:58 AM
SUCCESS celebrates and remembers the life of Jim Rohn with 10 of his most beloved quotes:
1. Dont wish it was easier, wish you were better. Dont wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Dont wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.
2. The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
3. We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
4. Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.
5. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment .
6. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
7. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
8. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
9. Dont join an easy crowd; you wont grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.
10. Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 05:30:09 AM
I did something very mean as a child a long time ago in elementary school.  I checked out books in other kids name, kids that I do not like, and never returned them.  Sometimes those kids haven't even done anything wrong, except they uncool.  I am so wrong to be mean to people and do things like that.  I am sorry, Craig, Janice, and Christina.  I know its a very long time ago, but it just came across my mind and I realized how cruel it was. I am learning to be a better person.  I hope you all are doing very well in life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 05:41:04 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASAU1KJcp6I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASAU1KJcp6I)

Les Brown explains the Chinese bamboo tree.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 05:43:42 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASAU1KJcp6I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASAU1KJcp6I)

Les Brown explains the Chinese bamboo tree.

I think I am watering a Chinese bamboo tree in my trading.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 08:06:22 PM
I haven't had a thought or dreams of you in years.  I googled your name and realized how so right you did and how so wrong I did it.  You still have your peace, love and happiness, and I am half on my way to enlightenment.  I almost felt like I am missing something.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 08:32:32 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/hedge-fund-legend-leon-cooperman-charged-with-insider-trading-154626154.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/hedge-fund-legend-leon-cooperman-charged-with-insider-trading-154626154.html)

Do you really have to cheat?
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 08:46:40 PM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/30/former-marines-sentenced-for-brutally-beating-man-who-had-an-affair-with-one-of-their-wives/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/30/former-marines-sentenced-for-brutally-beating-man-who-had-an-affair-with-one-of-their-wives/)

Do not let revenge and negative emotions change the course of your lives.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 08:54:59 PM
http://www.forbes.com/sites/curtissilver/2016/08/15/are-earth-humans-the-aliens-early-to-the-universes-life-party/#7c7c55f37113 (http://www.forbes.com/sites/curtissilver/2016/08/15/are-earth-humans-the-aliens-early-to-the-universes-life-party/#7c7c55f37113)

Life in the universe
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 09:10:07 PM
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/8/12351824/gun-control-sweden-solution (http://www.vox.com/2016/8/8/12351824/gun-control-sweden-solution)

Power and responsibility .
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 09:30:21 PM
Assalamualaikum
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 09:32:44 PM
Walaikumassalam
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 26, 2016, 09:36:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDaBZGNjo_6ak&v=A_vJUf5FvQY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDaBZGNjo_6ak&v=A_vJUf5FvQY)
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 28, 2016, 08:54:43 PM
I once had a nightmare and I woke up with a cold sweat thinking I am so glad it was only a nightmare.  Then years later, my nightmare came true.  It's so funny now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2016, 07:40:59 PM
In trading or other chance endeavors, we  can look back and say we should have done this or that and it would saved or made more money.  But that is not trading.  It is only wishful thinking.  It is that thinking that will derail any trading ambition.  Real trading is absolutely discipline to your trading rules and accepting all results, because you have complete faith that that action alone will lead to long term positive results.
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Post by: Ajax616 on September 29, 2016, 09:53:12 PM
Some of the greatest gamblers die broke and alone.  Perhaps it is an ambition with a dead end, no matter how good you are, the nature of it will lead to ruin.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 01, 2016, 03:58:51 AM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/behind-life-death-star-money-150343506.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/behind-life-death-star-money-150343506.html)

I know you must be really talented in many ways to achieved your success, but your success was achieved without conquering yourself.  You will be missed in your circles.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 01, 2016, 09:57:21 PM
I had a friend of friend from a long time ago. Their family is very wealthy.  I think their money ties back to the 3M money.  He's still works even though he doesn't need to.  He worked hard and became a pilot.  He still serves life, even though he could rest. Awesome character.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 01, 2016, 10:09:20 PM
I have been taught to fear large positions.  However that fear is missed place, because of all the stocks in the world someone owns them all.  Large positions are to be feared when they are accumulated without a plan, or the plan has been abandoned.  They should not be feared if they serve a purpose of the plan, and will be exited according to the plan.

Therefore only fear large positions when they were acquired by fear or desire. When they are acquired to a well tested plan, then there's no need to fear negative consequences or desire positive results, because both will take care of itself according to the plan.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 01, 2016, 10:10:52 PM
Due to a high number of signals, I missed some good ones and got into some slow ones, but overall, I am learning and I am enjoying applying the trading plan.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 02, 2016, 08:32:10 AM
Evil will not come in the form a black hood carrying a reaper with a scarred face with a raspy voice.  If evil came in that form, we all would recognize it and stay far away.  Evil will come in the form of a beautiful girl, a handsome look man, with gifts or someone who promised to fulfill all our dreams and desires and will protect us from evil. How can you tell the difference?

Pay attention that person's past actions.  If you do not like what they done to others, then if you are not careful, you will be the next victim.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 04, 2016, 09:05:22 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-philip-esformes-jailed-met-20161002-story.html (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-philip-esformes-jailed-met-20161002-story.html)

Greed, thoughtless desires will get the best of you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 05, 2016, 05:35:42 AM
"There are over one million youth lost on the streets of America." - Runaway Train by Soul Asylum

There are even more youth lost in the homes of America.  The ones that runaway are the smart one who decides that they want change, instead of being lost at home among those that are suppose to love them.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2016, 09:04:05 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/leon-coopermans-epiphany-hedge-funds-after-hearing-a-futurist-speak-142954537.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/leon-coopermans-epiphany-hedge-funds-after-hearing-a-futurist-speak-142954537.html)


Cooperman pondered what the futurist said, and he identified a parallel between the impact of automation on jobs and passive investing on the hedge fund industry.

Sharing an epiphany.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 06, 2016, 09:36:50 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/ray-kurzweil-most-extreme-predictions-2015-11/#by-the-2030s-nanobots-will-plug-our-brains-straight-into-the-cloud-1 (http://www.businessinsider.com/ray-kurzweil-most-extreme-predictions-2015-11/#by-the-2030s-nanobots-will-plug-our-brains-straight-into-the-cloud-1)

Predictions of a futurist.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 08, 2016, 09:48:36 AM
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/aos/5818594206.html (http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/aos/5818594206.html)

Timing Belt
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 09, 2016, 01:48:02 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/leon-coopermans-epiphany-hedge-funds-after-hearing-a-futurist-speak-142954537.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/leon-coopermans-epiphany-hedge-funds-after-hearing-a-futurist-speak-142954537.html)

I have been thinking about your Epiphany, and my answer that Indexing will go out of style sooner or later as well.  Nothing is ever permanent in the market.  I think indexing is a child of the low interest rate the Fed put on us for the last 8 years to undo the emotional damage that the 2008 melt down caused.  Of course, there will always be indexers going forward, but the market will learn that that is not the answer as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 10, 2016, 05:23:03 AM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/breed-hedge-fund-become-popular-162800731.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/breed-hedge-fund-become-popular-162800731.html)

Quantamental investing has been driven in part by the rise of so-called alternative data. Fund managers can now study everything from social-media data to predict footfall in a location or sentiment around a new movie, to the number of cars in a mall parking lot.

(Investors have used big data to predict sales at Chipotle.Thoms on Reuters)
The amount of data sources doesn't stop there; it's endless, with new possibilities coming out all the time, and making the constant influx unlikely to become commoditized.

The New Masters of the Universe.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 10, 2016, 08:40:00 PM
I am working a place and they have a wonderful recipe, but I realize that there are processes for success, which are no longer managed effectively.  The lesson to learn from this is to never let a situation get out of hand by allowing it to manage itself.  Should always manage it proactively for empowerment and success of the entity, and leading by example from the top.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 11, 2016, 09:57:50 PM
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your unguarded thoughts. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 12, 2016, 05:11:38 AM
In life you will realize that there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you and some will teach you. But most important are the ones who bring out the best in you, respect you, accept you for who you are. Those are the ones worth keeping around...♥ ~
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 12, 2016, 05:18:01 AM
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your unguarded thoughts. - The Buddha

Therefore "Pain is certain, Suffering is optional." - The Buddha

We suffer from our thoughts.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 12, 2016, 05:19:31 AM
Therefore "Pain is certain, Suffering is optional." - The Buddha

We suffer from our thoughts.

Because "Happiness does not rely on what you have or who you are.  It solely relies on what you think." - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 12, 2016, 08:10:14 PM
"I never take risk with my money ever.  I wait and wait until I see a pile of money lying in the corner, and I walk over to pick it up." - Jimmy Rogers
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 18, 2016, 09:32:18 PM
To our world leaders, I hope you will create an wonderful and exciting vision for humanity by allowing to grow emotionally, spiritually, and mentally.  I hope you will see that as a species, we are growing to become one and I hope that you will foster that growth so that we will have our place in the universe.   I hope you will focus on an exciting future instead of taking us back to the past, which didn't work before.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 19, 2016, 09:54:56 PM
https://100swallows.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/giottos-o/

Giotto's perfect circle.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 20, 2016, 09:55:23 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jim-chanos-explains-why-tesla-is-not-a-high-tech-company-150938017.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jim-chanos-explains-why-tesla-is-not-a-high-tech-company-150938017.html)

The reason and logic against Tesla.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2016, 11:50:50 AM
Because I will trading the trend, for 40/80 (MA), the extra assignment in the stock, will be .12, not .1.  It is the equivalent of a high value RC.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2016, 02:04:05 PM
The Taste of Banzo's Sword

Matajuro Yagyu was the son of a famous swordsman. His father, believing that his son's work was too mediocre to anticipate mastership, disowned him.

So Matajuro went to Mount Futara and there found the famous swordsman Banzo. But Banzo confirmed the father's judgment. "You wish to learn swordsmanship under my guidance?" asked Banzo. "You cannot fulfill the requirements."

"But if I work hard, how many years will it take me to become a master?" persisted the youth.

"The rest of your life," replied Banzo.

"I cannot wait that long," explained Matajuro. "I am willing to pass through any hardship if only you will teach me. If I become your devoted servant, how long might it be?"

"Oh, maybe ten years," Banzo relented.

"My father is getting old, and soon I must take care of him," continued Matajuro. "If I work far more intensively, how long would it take me?"

"Oh, maybe thirty years," said Banzo.

"Why is that?" asked Matajuro. "First you say ten and now thirty years. I will undergo any hardship to master this art in the shortest time!"

"Well," said Banzo, "in that case you will have to remain with me for seventy years. A man in such a hurry as you are to get results seldom learns quickly."

"Very well," declared the youth, understanding at last that he was being rebuked for impatience, "I agree."

Matajuro was told never to speak of fencing and never to touch a sword. He cooked for his master, washed the dishes, made his bed, cleaned the yard, cared for the garden, all without a word of swordsmanship.

Three years passed. Still Matajuro labored on. Thinking of his future, he was sad. He had not even begun to learn the art to which he had devoted his life.

But one day Banzo crept up behind him and gave him a terrific blow with a wooden sword.

The following day, when Matajuro was cooking rice, Banzo again sprang upon him unexpectedly.

After that, day and night, Matajuro had to defend himself from unexpected thrusts. Not a moment passed in any day that he did not have to think of the taste of Banzo's sword.

He learned so rapidly he brought smiles to the face of his master. Matajuro became the greatest swordsman in the land.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2016, 02:18:37 PM
Winning is not everything but making the effort to win is. Vince Lombardi
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2016, 02:21:00 PM
"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." - Babe Ruth
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2016, 02:27:14 PM
You will never wake and be exceptionally good at something which is difficult. Somethings may seem easy, like playing poker or trading, but that is because you are failing to see the difficult emotional control it takes to win.  That emotional control and discipline comes from absolute understanding of the discipline required, which takes work and set backs and a genuine effort push forward. Therefore, you will never wake up and be great at something without work.  Luck has nothing to do with long term success.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 22, 2016, 10:58:07 PM
http://www.livescience.com/56351-nobel-prize-winners.html (http://www.livescience.com/56351-nobel-prize-winners.html)

Bob Dillon wins the Nobel Prize in literature.  Awesome!!!
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2016, 05:06:44 AM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-jamie-dimon-warren-buffett-on-business-success-164836050.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-jamie-dimon-warren-buffett-on-business-success-164836050.html)

Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet and Jamie Dimond - Customer First is the priority of business,
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2016, 05:23:06 AM
Q12 Initial

A happy worker is a productive worker and it builds rapport.  A happy worker has fun and choices.  Therefore allow fun and give choices at work.  If I start, it will have those two attributes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 24, 2016, 10:17:14 PM
There's an old Hmong saying, allowing woman to hla hal yus tob hau makes everyone dumb.  Money is a beautiful woman that knows no loyalty, except who could woo her the best.  No wonder everyone becomes dumb when it comes to the temptation of money.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 25, 2016, 09:57:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY)

Why are the over one million youth lost on the streets of America?  Because there one million set of parents that neglected their duty of the sun.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 26, 2016, 05:08:47 AM
I had a friend who was a very good trader said "Trading is an art, not a science."  I actually wrote down the quote.  It is only recently that I realized that I disagreed.  Trading is a science, not an art. Trading is deal with and understanding social science.  Trading deal with and accepting statistics which is a science.  Trading is also managing your portfolio for money management risk, which is much more an science than an art.  Therefore trading is an science, than an art.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 26, 2016, 05:14:57 AM
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/25/apples-tim-cook-were-returning-to-growth.html (http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/25/apples-tim-cook-were-returning-to-growth.html)

In the hands of these managers, Apple will sooner or later become a so so company with a great history.  They will manage their product lines against the competitors for minimum risk.  Take risk, but take calculated risk.  In time Apple will become like IBM or less.  One should always innovate to excite the customer.  It is excitement that drives the heart.

It is actually funny how Tim Cook says "We're returning to growth." like a politician talking up a crowd.  Everyone is always returning to growth.  The question is what are you doing about it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 27, 2016, 05:24:08 PM
http://www.ecowatch.com/ruffalo-solar-dakota-access-pipeline-2066031293.html (http://www.ecowatch.com/ruffalo-solar-dakota-access-pipeline-2066031293.html)

Thank you for standing up others and being a loud voice for injustice and greed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2016, 06:23:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBQVKzNpW4s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBQVKzNpW4s)

I am reminded that my marriage is no longer here, because it did not start out right.  Your marriage has stood the test of time, because it started out right and filled with love.  Most of the time I do not think about it, but sometimes when I hear the right song I am reminded that you are living a dream that a part of me envied from a long time ago.  For that I am happy for you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2016, 02:23:28 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjz-M_6eN8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjz-M_6eN8)

Don't ever time wear you down.  It can only do so because you keep thinking you haven't had enough or if you keep wanting more.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2016, 02:45:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMT3iWo1SXo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMT3iWo1SXo)

Arjuna and Duryodhana go to Krishna
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 30, 2016, 02:54:47 PM
https://www.wakeupcloud.com/bruce-lee-successful-life/ (https://www.wakeupcloud.com/bruce-lee-successful-life/)

Bruce Lee's Quotes
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 31, 2016, 08:56:54 PM
In the end, only three things matter: How much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go things not meant for you. The Buddha.
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Post by: Ajax616 on October 31, 2016, 09:38:53 PM
A long time when I was barely a teenager, we were at a gym.  There was a man with a bag of chips that was opened.  He was eating it and I asked for some.  He gave me some, but then an older Hmong guy (older than me) that was working there came and yelled at me for "thov khawv."  I never did that again, but I do not remember his kindness, because I would have phrased it better and then would offer to buy someone a bag of chips for someone I just scolded.   I only remember his judgemental words.  I was embarrassed but in someway it was a good thing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 01, 2016, 09:51:44 PM
Please do not judge someone by what they say can do for you, but pay attention to how they treated others, because that is their nature and that is how they will treat you when you are not looking.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 01, 2016, 10:20:13 PM
The violence in Chicago.  In the absence of love in the upbringing, our subconscious mind will revert to our animal instinct for survival. That instinct for survival is ruthless to others, because it is without conscious thought.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 05:06:17 AM
We Should Talk about This Problem

We Should Talk about This Problem
Hafiz

There is a Beautiful Creature
Living in a hole you have dug.

So at night
I set fruit and grains
And little pots of wine and milk
Beside your soft earthen mounds,

And I often sing.

But still, my dear,
You do not come out.

I have fallen in love with Someone
Who hides inside you.

We should talk about this problem---

Otherwise,
I will never leave you alone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 05:17:57 PM
http://nypost.com/2016/11/01/poker-pro-bursts-into-tears-pleading-guilty-to-31m-scam/ (http://nypost.com/2016/11/01/poker-pro-bursts-into-tears-pleading-guilty-to-31m-scam/)

Not conquering your misunderstood desires will lead this result.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 08:03:35 PM
What I learned from this month of Trading.
1. Orders in waiting, when a stock is up on news, down on news, down on a large bar or up on a large bar.  The order becomes invalid and I can move on to the next. (INTC, EBAY)
2. The larger the the Bollinger Band, it's not necessarily better.  Therefore expanding, but very large BB only get a rating of .85, because it shows the potential of a new trend against my entry. (X)
3. For BB trades, the final candle has to be .6 or greater.  That candle has such influence that a .55 candle will pass, but will not really have trigger an entry. (HLF, NUE)
4. The BB pattern has to be beautiful, meaning the large trigger has to be close to the BB, not somewhere in the middle (CME)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 08:03:59 PM
What I learned from this month of Trading.
1. Orders in waiting, when a stock is up on news, down on news, down on a large bar or up on a large bar.  The order becomes invalid and I can move on to the next. (INTC, EBAY)
2. The larger the the Bollinger Band, it's not necessarily better.  Therefore expanding, but very large BB only get a rating of .85, because it shows the potential of a new trend against my entry. (X)
3. For BB trades, the final candle has to be .6 or greater.  That candle has such influence that a .55 candle will pass, but will not really have trigger an entry. (HLF, NUE)
4. The BB pattern has to be beautiful, meaning the large trigger has to be close to the BB, not somewhere in the middle (CME)

What I have left will be beautiful patterns to trade
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 08:11:26 PM
In the end, only three things matter: How much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go things not meant for you. The Buddha.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 09:15:44 PM
Why Trust is the most expensive thing in the world, because it cannot be bought with all the money in the world.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 09:34:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CkXVF-Q8M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CkXVF-Q8M)

Before the Flood with Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 03, 2016, 09:41:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0eTvbhXXMQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0eTvbhXXMQ)

X-Men: Apocalypse the movie

20th minute
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 04, 2016, 06:23:27 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3i3TfNg-I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3i3TfNg-I)


120th minutes, Confucius with Nanzi
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 07, 2016, 08:48:13 PM
People do not do things from reason and logic, but because they are drawn or pulled by it. Make sure you drawn clarity of process and systems, because your processes need to be make it better for the systems that you serve.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 08, 2016, 09:08:46 PM
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/10/25/rciahrd-branson-entrepreneur-erin-burnett-out-front.cnn (http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/10/25/rciahrd-branson-entrepreneur-erin-burnett-out-front.cnn)

This goes to show me that I can be a billionaire.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2016, 09:00:13 PM
To my past,

You still come into my dreams every now and then and when I find myself there the old emotions always stirred up. You came into my dream last night.  It was during a transitory time in my life.  I had just left a dream job and you came along.  I was looking for stability and you showed up. Even though a part of it implied stability, like anything else in life, it comes with a price and learning curves.  I just want to thank you for being there to challenge me and stretch me, to frustrate me, to show me all sorts of character, to make me wish that sometimes I never met you.  However, now I am very glad for meeting you.  You taught me how tough life really is and that every new journey must have a dream or vision to go with it or else, it will simply be living day to day.  Thank you for showing me that certain paths are not meant for me, and its OK to try it to learn about myself, but my long term journey is else where.   Thank you and goodbye. :)
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 09, 2016, 09:33:24 PM
My dreams are telling me that there are places that I do not want to go back to and that I need to work diligently for salvation because I am very close or mostly there, but I am not all there yet.  Therefore I need to do a better and more thorough job to make sure I get there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 10, 2016, 09:27:38 PM
To J Kirk, an exotically beautiful and amazingly strong girl that is leaving my presence.  When I heard that you were leaving, I was a little torn at my sudden realization of constant change.  Thank you for the smiles, the stares, and the inspiration.  May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 10, 2016, 09:31:02 PM
To my old beautiful house, I still dream about you from time to time, and my dreams would always include some changes and some being the same.  I think my subconscious is drawn to emotional times from my past, and you were a good and peaceful time from my past. I want to let you know the peace that I am in now is the peace that I have been looking for and therefore my past will stay in the past.  I am ever focus on a better tomorrow for those around me and myself.  No matter how how wonderful things may seem in the past, that is all there is so thank you for sheltering me for a while and being so amazing, but I am not returning as I will be focusing on a tomorrow here. Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 10, 2016, 09:34:33 PM
Please don't tell anyone you're superman, because they would envy you or bring kryptonite to your presence.  You would only be telling them out the need for your ego's self importance.  There is great beauty in humility.  Superman is beautifully humble, therefore do not tell anyone you're superman.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 10, 2016, 09:36:46 PM
Phalen/Como, because we need to stop limiting ourselves by our imagination, fear, desire or past conditioning or physical, mental, or emotional.  We need to unleash our beautiful self for anything wonderful beneath the sky.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 11, 2016, 06:11:26 AM
As a whole, our fear has a lot of energy and it needs to be tamed it through love and through clarity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 13, 2016, 02:02:01 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpawdA34HNk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpawdA34HNk)

Be careful to not unleash the leviathan onto others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 13, 2016, 02:19:58 PM
BB value for Swing is now .70-.90

and the Wing aggregate, will be total + .05 for consideration.   All trades will be 3.85 for consideration.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 14, 2016, 06:45:42 PM
In times of crisis or strong need, we turn to God, but in times of abundance, we sometimes forget our humility.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 15, 2016, 05:00:43 PM
The Rock is the sexiest man alive, that is very interesting and deservingly so.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 16, 2016, 08:11:55 PM
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. Bob Marley
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 16, 2016, 08:17:04 PM
Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 17, 2016, 08:38:15 PM
Your philosophy and your understanding or perception will carry you all your life.  Now how strong are they?
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2016, 05:06:52 AM
You came into my dream last night, and he had fun and then towards the end I could not find anymore.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2016, 05:10:07 AM
You came into my dream last night, and he had fun and then towards the end I could not find anymore.

Maybe you're not really a girl, but only a manifestation of the goal that I have been pursuing, that had a temporary set back.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2016, 09:08:26 PM
Today, I finally got the story of Jesus and why.  Part of his story of "Is that so?"
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2016, 09:11:32 PM
When George Soros shorted the Thai Baht and created the Asian currency crises.  He saw an imbalance in the true value and emotional value and he shorted emotional value, because he realizes that in the long run, the currency will move to its true value.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 18, 2016, 09:12:11 PM
When George Soros shorted the Thai Baht and created the Asian currency crises.  He saw an imbalance in the true value and emotional value and he shorted emotional value, because he realizes that in the long run, the currency will move to its true value.

I like to think my trading is similar to that, because it's going with the larger value.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 20, 2016, 10:26:00 PM
Energize your sister's life.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2016, 10:00:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhmHkZhPu8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhmHkZhPu8)

Ruben Gallego, thank you for speaking out for us all.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 21, 2016, 10:02:41 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkYQqbrjSc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkYQqbrjSc)

Time
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 22, 2016, 10:23:24 PM
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stephen-hawking-worried-about-advanced-alien-civilisations-should-we-really-fear-unknown-1592697?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stephen-hawking-worried-about-advanced-alien-civilisations-should-we-really-fear-unknown-1592697?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=/rss/yahoous/news&yptr=yahoo)

Advance intelligent life in the Universe
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 23, 2016, 05:27:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0b4eZTlrA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0b4eZTlrA)

Amazing grace
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 25, 2016, 05:28:56 PM
Sharon Osborne on getting Ozzie Osborne to quit drugs and alcohol, They cant get better until you find your spiritual health.  Your love of them is not enough.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 25, 2016, 08:40:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q)

Leonard Cohen
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 27, 2016, 10:31:56 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4M-SI_KChI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4M-SI_KChI)


Graves of the Firefly

11th minute
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 28, 2016, 10:11:13 PM
Praise your amazing kids for growth mindset, for things they tried and pursued, even if they failed.

Do not praise your kids for fixed mindset, for what they already have, their intelligence, looks etc.


What if I were to tell you that you could increase the odds that your kids will achieve great success in life--maybe greater success than you've had--simply by making a small change in how you praise them and talk about achievement?

It turns out, you can. What's more, this change flies in the face of almost everything we've been told by so-called experts about raising successful kids--at least for the past 15 years or more.

It's all about how we praise our kids for their accomplishment s. An emerging and exciting body of research on the subject suggests several key things we might not have realized otherwise:

    Praising kids merely for their innate abilities, such as their intelligence, actually makes it less likely that they'll grow up to enjoy learning and to excel.
    Praising kids instead for the strategies and processes they develop to solve problems--even when they don't fully succeed--makes them more likely to try harder and ultimately achieve.
    And--perhaps the kicker--the effects of these praise strategies can be quantified even when we're talking about children as young as 1 to 3 years of age. (So once again, my 15-month-old daughter will get the benefit of something I've learned while writing for Inc.!)

As you might imagine, this would mean that the so-called experts who told us to praise our kids endlessly (part of the "everyone gets a participation trophy" movement) were dead wrong. (I've written a lot this subject at Inc. and put together a free e-book: How to Raise Successful Kids.)

How does it all work? We'll talk below about two studies involving school-age children, both led by Carol Dweck, a professor of psychology at Stanford University. First, however, let's examine the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, which underlies the whole thing.
Fixed vs. growth mindset

This is really what this research is all about--teaching kids to develop growth mindsets rather than fixed mindsets.

When it comes to beliefs about human achievement, a fixed mindset is the belief that intelligence, for example, is almost entirely innate. Either you're born with great smarts and the ability to achieve, or you're not.

A growth mindset, on the other hand, is the belief that achievement (again, for our purposes in the intellectual realm) is much more variable, and that intelligence and problem-solving abilities can be developed over time.

You might summarize the whole thing by thinking of Albert Einstein, Dweck suggests. A person with a fixed mindset might say, "Einstein was brilliant." A person with a growth mindset might observe that Einstein solved some incredibly difficult problems.

As for teaching growth mindsets, writer Angie Aker summarized Dweck's work and put it like this on Upworthy: "Praise your child explicitly for how capable they are of learning rather than telling them how smart they are."
The seventh-graders

Back to Dweck's research. A few years ago, she and her team took 373 middle school students, and identified those who exhibited fixed mindsets and those who exhibited growth mindsets.

Then, the followed them for two years--from the start of seventh grade to the end of eighth grade. The dichotomy was stark.

"By the end of the first term, their grades jumped apart and continued to diverge over the next two years. The only thing that differed was their mindsets," Dweck said in a video. As you might expect, the ones who exhibited growth mindsets achieved more than their classmates who had fixed mindsets.

Dweck said she has identified several key differences between the two types of students.

1. Goals

Students with a fixed mindset had one goal in mind: "Look smart at all times and at all costs." That meant they worked to avoid any task that might show they weren't as smart as they thought they were.

Students with a growth mindset, on the other hand, didn't care if their mistakes were revealed to their peers; they saw this as inevitable and nothing to be ashamed of, because their goal was to "learn at all times and at all costs."

2. Attitudes toward effort and failure

Students with a fixed mindset viewed effort and failure as bad things, because the mere fact that someone worked hard or came up short demonstrated (to them) that the person didn't have innate ability. Growth-mindset students, on the other hand, believed that effort was what was required to unlock ability.

Dweck says the notion that effort is a bad thing "is one of the worst beliefs that anyone can have."

3. Boredom and difficulty

Students who demonstrated a fixed mindset were far more likely to complain of being bored in school, Dweck found. They seemed to get into a cycle in which they used boredom as a cover to suggest why they wouldn't try things that they found difficult; in the process they actually became bored.

Growth-mindset students, on the other hand, looked at schoolwork as a series of challenges and puzzles to figure out. They were also less likely to complain that a teacher, or a course, or another external factor, was responsible if they had difficulty.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2016, 05:13:32 PM
To Sharon,

I am sorry for not following through on my humility and respect of your pain and suffering. I was very wrong and I will be better for tomorrow.  I hope you are doing well, growing and becoming better every day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2016, 08:53:49 PM
In the movie, Wolf Children, the father dies and the mother is left raising the kids.  In a movie, I saw recently, the mother dies, and the father is left raising their daughter.

Life goes on, what we have done in the past sometimes, catches up and we check out of this world unexpectedly.  Before doing so, make sure we leave genuine love behind.
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Post by: Ajax616 on November 29, 2016, 08:58:16 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/27-banks-rejected-daymond-john-170000162.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/27-banks-rejected-daymond-john-170000162.html)

The power of broke. :)

And have some skin in the game.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2016, 09:24:58 PM
http://blog.nativepartnership.org/alcohol-its-different-for-native-americans/ (http://blog.nativepartnership.org/alcohol-its-different-for-native-americans/)

It occurred to me that a part of our Hmong family is succumbing to this disease as well.  Everyone seems to think that every night is a party night and every weekend is New Years eve.

It is  disease of the mind that sneaks up on you, family, and society.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 05, 2016, 09:47:45 PM
The Nash Equilibrium

In game theory, the Nash equilibrium is a solution concept of a non-cooperative game involving two or more players in which each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players, and no player has anything to gain by changing only his or her own strategy.[1] If each player has chosen a strategy and no player can benefit by changing strategies while the other players keep theirs unchanged, then the current set of strategy choices and the corresponding payoffs constitutes a Nash equilibrium. The reality of the Nash equilibrium of a game can be tested using experimental economics methods.

Stated simply, Amy and Phil are in Nash equilibrium if Amy is making the best decision she can, taking into account Phil's decision while Phil's decision remains unchanged, and Phil is making the best decision he can, taking into account Amy's decision while Amy's decision remains unchanged. Likewise, a group of players are in Nash equilibrium if each one is making the best decision possible, taking into account the decisions of the others in the game as long as the other party's decision remains unchanged.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2016, 06:25:39 PM
Joshu's Zen

Joshu began the study of Zen when he was sixty years old and continued until he was eighty, when he realized Zen.

He taught from the age of eighty until he was one hundred and twenty.

A student once asked him: "If I haven't anything in my mind, what shall I do?"

Joshu replied: "Throw it out."

"But if I haven't anything, how can I throw it out?" continued the questioner.

"Well," said Joshu, "then carry it out."
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 07, 2016, 09:19:56 PM
To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever. - Bruce Lee
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 10, 2016, 02:15:43 PM
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Carl Jung
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 12, 2016, 09:58:41 PM
Without sacrifice, there can be no victory. - The Buddha
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 12, 2016, 10:08:49 PM
My father's letter for the next life, details his desires, fear, and solution to over the fear and attain the desire.  It shows an incomplete life and so he asked for it in the next life.  In the next life, he wanted to be large tiger in a large forest, or an eagle high above a cliff, or an important person of position with three wives.

So he can be free from fear, attain his desire, and be respected.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2016, 09:18:01 PM
http://blog.nativepartnership.org/alcohol-its-different-for-native-americans/ (http://blog.nativepartnership.org/alcohol-its-different-for-native-americans/)

It occurred to me that a part of our Hmong family is succumbing to this disease as well.  Everyone seems to think that every night is a party night and every weekend is New Years eve.

It is  disease of the mind that sneaks up on you, family, and society.

While rereading this, a thought had occurred to me that it is the ego that knows no shame.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 13, 2016, 09:19:57 PM
I had a couple of cousins that went to jail for a couple years and when they came out.  Wow, discipline and in shape. Then they started enjoying life became drunks and is a shell of their former self when they came out.

Freedom without discipline is more dangerous than discipline without freedom.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2016, 05:19:21 AM
My prayers are with you.  You have done a lot of good for the community.  I hope its a mere misunderstandi ng rather than a real crime and that you will be exonerated and be back again serving the community soon.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2016, 06:17:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILUFrrBg8w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yILUFrrBg8w)

15 best banned commercial
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 14, 2016, 10:08:57 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCzZ7me0PwQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCzZ7me0PwQ)

Sexy Funny Commercials
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 18, 2016, 03:21:59 PM
 Farmer and a wise man - inspirational story

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy.One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and

the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country. And then he went away.

That night the farmer couldnt sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy.The next morning h
e made arrangements to sell off his
farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds.
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He looked all over Africa and couldnt find any. He looked all through Europe and couldnt find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.
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Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm.
Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, Is Hafiz back? The new owner said, No, why do you ask? The wise man said, Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.
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The man said, no, thats just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, Ill show you. There are many more. They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.
What is the moral of this story? There are five morals:
1. When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds. Opportunity is always under our feet. We dont have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.
2. The grass on the other side always looks greener.
3. While we are dyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are dyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.
4. When people dont know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.
5. The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 20, 2016, 09:06:21 PM
To my very beautiful ex-wife,

I am sorry for being a deceiving artist on our dying days.  I am learning to be a better person by taking the fight to a lot less than it should or not fighting at all, but letting others win to be the bigger person.  You were the most beautiful woman that I ever met and that is why I was so hurt.  Breaking free from us made me realize that I have many questions that needed answering.  I needed to answer questions regarding my purpose here and even questions as how to give my best to our very wonderful and talented kids.  I am finding some peace and I hope you are too.  I am sorry that our journey was cut so much shorter than I had wanted to in the beginning.  Perhaps we had unfinished business from another time and that was it.  Again, I am sorry I couldn't honestly handle your dying days well and I hurt you in return.  Please have an awesome journey.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 20, 2016, 10:07:41 PM
I dreamed about you last night (and someone else too).  I am very glad to be dreaming in peace.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2016, 09:42:51 PM
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedomsto choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose ones own way.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Viktor Frankl
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 21, 2016, 09:45:13 PM
Quotes from Man's Search for Meaning

1. "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

2. At such a moment, it is not the physical pain which hurts the most (and this applies to adults as much as to punished children); it is the mental agony caused by the injustice, the unreasonablene ss of it all.

3. "Don't aim at success the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run in the long run, I say success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it."

4. In some way, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.

5. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

6. But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

7. Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

8. It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds.

9. Mans main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.

10. Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!

11. The more one forgets himself by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself. What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.

12. Mans search for meaning may arouse inner tension rather than inner equilibrium. However, precisely such tension is an indispensable prerequisite of mental health. There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that so effectively helps one to survive even the worse conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in ones life.

13. "The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity even under the most difficult circumstances to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not."

14. He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. Nietzsche

15. Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.

16. "...the story of the young woman whose death I witnessed in a concentration camp. It is a simple story. There is little to tell and it may sound as if I had invented it; but to me it seems like a poem. This young woman knew that she would die in the next few days. But when I talked to her she was cheerful in spite of this knowledge. 'I am grateful that fate has hit me so hard,' she told me. 'In my former life I was spoiled and did not take spiritual accomplishment s seriously.' Pointing through the window of the hut, she said, 'This tree here is the only friend I have in my loneliness.' Through that window she could see just one branch of a chestnut tree, and on the branch were two blossoms. 'I often talk to this tree,' she said to me. I was startled and didn't quite know how to take her words. Was she delirious? Did she have occasional hallucinations? Anxiously I asked her if the tree replied. 'Yes.' What did it say to her? She answered, 'It said to me, I am here I am here I am life, eternal life.'"

17. One should not search for an abstract meaning of life. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life to carry out a concrete assignment which demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyones task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.

18. Pleasure is, and must remain, a side-effect or by-product, and is destroyed and spoiled to the degree to which it is made a goal in itself.

19. "Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him."

20. "A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way an honorable way in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment. For the first time in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the words, 'The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory.'"
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 26, 2016, 09:30:58 PM
Invisible Gorillas and Humility

The Monkey Business Illusion
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 28, 2016, 08:52:11 PM
SUCCESS celebrates and remembers the life of Jim Rohn with 10 of his most beloved quotes:
1. Dont wish it was easier, wish you were better. Dont wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Dont wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.
2. The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
3. We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.
4. Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.
5. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment .
6. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
7. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
8. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
9. Dont join an easy crowd; you wont grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.
10. Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
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Post by: Ajax616 on December 29, 2016, 07:38:48 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Wayne

Ronald Wayne....misse d out on the ride of a lifetime, because he sold it away for $800.00.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2017, 07:08:49 AM
To my very beautiful ex-wife,

I am sorry for being a deceiving artist on our dying days.  I am learning to be a better person by taking the fight to a lot less than it should or not fighting at all, but letting others win to be the bigger person.  You were the most beautiful woman that I ever met and that is why I was so hurt.  Breaking free from us made me realize that I have many questions that needed answering.  I needed to answer questions regarding my purpose here and even questions as how to give my best to our very wonderful and talented kids.  I am finding some peace and I hope you are too.  I am sorry that our journey was cut so much shorter than I had wanted to in the beginning.  Perhaps we had unfinished business from another time and that was it.  Again, I am sorry I couldn't honestly handle your dying days well and I hurt you in return.  Please have an awesome journey.

I final realized why you left.  You left, because you wanted to visit Oz, like of all us.  Even though the Wizard is fake, everyone needed to make that journey to realize it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2017, 05:21:04 PM
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

- Immanuel Kant
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2017, 05:22:31 PM
Sorry for your loss. I'm sure she's in a better place.  Nobody can ever replace her, Ajax616!

She's not, but now she knows and isn't curious anymore.   ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2017, 06:45:47 PM
Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and moral law within me. Immanuel Kant
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2017, 08:09:26 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZtQXteAE-w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZtQXteAE-w)

Immanuel Kant

Philosophy and Metaphysical

'Critique of Pure Reason'
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 02, 2017, 09:14:31 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15OI3Ns7Z-M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15OI3Ns7Z-M)

Immanuel Kant

The moral law within
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2017, 05:13:06 AM
https://www.brainyquote.com/slideshow/authors/top_10_immanuel_kant_quotes.html (https://www.brainyquote.com/slideshow/authors/top_10_immanuel_kant_quotes.html)
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2017, 05:14:39 AM
"It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably."

Immanuel Kant

All that dept of thinking and you did not find that true happiness and peace are the same thing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2017, 05:05:33 PM
- Savitribai Phule

Go, Get Education

Be self-reliant, be industrious

Work, gather wisdom and riches,

All gets lost without knowledge

We become animal without wisdom,

Sit idle no more, go, get education

End misery of the oppressed and forsaken,

Youve got a golden chance to learn

So learn and break the chains of caste.

Throw away the Brahmans scriptures fast.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2017, 10:27:54 PM
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

- Saint Francis of Assissi
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2017, 10:38:31 PM
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/12-st-francis-quotes-will-challenge-way-you-live-your-faith (http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/12-st-francis-quotes-will-challenge-way-you-live-your-faith)

Saint Francis of Assisi
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 03, 2017, 10:39:30 PM
"You must show the audience gratitude." - The Walk
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 04, 2017, 09:27:34 PM
I will end up being a freedom fighter in this life time.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2017, 09:51:10 PM
"A former high school classmate said that despite Roof's (Dylann Roof) racist comments, some of his friends in school were black."

This is what happens when a kid is raised without love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2017, 10:10:12 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1Mu3yM-uc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj1Mu3yM-uc)

From the movie 'Wild'

"Red River Valley"
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2017, 10:14:45 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-QLr6aBaw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1-QLr6aBaw)

"Red River Valley"- Michael Martin Murphey


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8jlctRPpg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8jlctRPpg)

"Red River Valley" - Suzy Bogguss
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 05, 2017, 10:28:18 PM
Our physical universe grows and evolves, what if our conscious universe grows and evolves as well.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 06, 2017, 05:14:14 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRC2AcJDg9Y&list=PLNEs8ExFijSBQF9y8p32wUDBYols6NcQt&index=9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRC2AcJDg9Y&list=PLNEs8ExFijSBQF9y8p32wUDBYols6NcQt&index=9)

Tougher than the rest
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 07, 2017, 07:20:20 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2vqqEkncU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2vqqEkncU)



Slevin's Girlfriend: [after Slevin walks in on her cheating on him] This is an accident.

Slevin: What, like... He tripped, you fell?
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 07, 2017, 07:24:22 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2vqqEkncU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2vqqEkncU)



Slevin's Girlfriend: [after Slevin walks in on her cheating on him] This is an accident.

Slevin: What, like... He tripped, you fell?

Why did Mr. Goodcat save the child Slevin.  It is probably because he was an orphan himself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 08, 2017, 10:21:30 PM
I will be a fancy sideshow with a few scriptures to quote and moral stories to tell, unless I start living the life that I wanted to and start doing and completing the work that I set out to.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2017, 09:41:33 PM
Thoughts of the day.

The Mongols disappeared from the world stage, because:

1. They forgot that it was love that made them great
2. Their success and power made them fall by attacking Japan
3. The world eventually caught up to their skills
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 10, 2017, 09:43:29 PM
"They say" = "Luag hais tias"
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 11, 2017, 10:05:03 PM
I was thinking about Cuba today and I was thinking about Male lions coming into a pride and defeating the reigning Male Lion to take over the pride and then living off of it. 

Castro went in under the disguise of a freedom fighter defeat the reigning male and has been living off of the pride which is Cuba.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 16, 2017, 07:55:55 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ynqmyL_q0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ynqmyL_q0)

You're making me fall in love with you!
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 17, 2017, 07:03:16 PM
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.
- The Buddha

fake Buddha Quote, but it sounds so good.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 17, 2017, 09:52:50 PM
Thought of the day,

The power in the west overcome the might of Islam because it unleashed the freedom of others to think. It freed it's women to think as well as men.  Due to ancient teachings which may no longer have a place in the world, Islam is holding back  its women from contributing to the intellectual pool of its development.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 17, 2017, 10:07:50 PM
Yesterday's thought of the day.

Our social evolution has led to a lesser need for a dominant male protector, but the protector remains like a Ronin.

The Ronin and the modern male protector. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 19, 2017, 09:40:04 PM
I just suddenly realized why we fall in love and become blind.  We are lonely need companion ship.  We are crazy about passion (for us).  Put the two together and it fills the loneliness and at the same time, it meets our desire for passion for us as well.  No wonder, we get lost in love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2017, 05:19:15 AM
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way. The Buddha

Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on what you think. The Buddha

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them. Steve Maraboli
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 20, 2017, 05:26:28 AM
Omar Khayyam

Persian polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet (05/18/1048 12/04/1131)

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life

Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 22, 2017, 02:53:40 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KufFjcWOUQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KufFjcWOUQ)

The Impossible Dream

Andy Williams

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
And to run where
The brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
And to love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march,
March into hell
For that heavenly cause
And I know
If I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart
Will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 22, 2017, 03:16:30 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj_i7YqDwJA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj_i7YqDwJA)

Where science and Buddhism meet
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 23, 2017, 09:02:30 PM
Thought of the Day, Passion is very contagious.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 23, 2017, 09:04:25 PM
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." -  Harriet Tubman
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2017, 08:43:50 PM
Because Of Our Wisdom - Hafiz

In many parts of this world water is
scarce and precious

People sometimes have to walk
a great distance

Then they carry heavy jugs upon their
heads.

Because of our wisdom
we will travel far for love.

All movement is a sign of thirst,

Most speaking really says,
"I am hungry to know you."

Every desire of your body is holy;
every desire of your body is holy.

Dear one, why wait until you are dying
to discover that divine truth?
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 24, 2017, 09:48:15 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2XD341xHo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D2XD341xHo)

A Summer Song
Chad & Jeremy

Trees swayin' in the summer breeze
Showin' off their silver leaves
As we walked by
Soft kisses on a summer's day
Laughing all our cares away
Just you and I
Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights
Gazing at the distant lights
In the starry sky
They say that all good things must end some day
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn't have to go
No no no no
And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
They say
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2017, 09:18:04 PM
My thought of the day:

Y = AX2 + BX + C is a simple Quadratic Equation, what if change the quadratic equation to become Y = AX1^2 + BX2 + C to differentiate the differences between X1 and X2, because we will be using different inputs.
A = Factor strength of the heart
B = Factor strength of intelligence
C = Physical strength
X1^2 *A = Results of the heart
X2 * B = Results of the mind
C = Results of the physical

The pull of the heart will have much more influence than the mind and the physical, because it controls their activity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 25, 2017, 10:04:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gre4DZuA6k4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gre4DZuA6k4)

You are so amazing on many dimensions.  In fact, I had been waiting for someone like you for a very long time.  Maybe all my life.  I know you have been asking for me to give you a second chance.  But you see, I hardly remember anything good about our first journey.  I can't see any loving purity for me to hang on to.   I can't find a reason to put myself in those emotional states again.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2017, 05:07:07 AM
A poem on on the joy and contentment of achieving clarity of thought


The Small Table Of Time And Space - Hafiz

 
I am a Golden Compass
Watch me whirl.
 
To the east and to the west,
To the north and to the south,
In all directions I will true your course
Toward laughter and unity.
 
To everywhere I will deliver enlightenment
On the backs of camels, birds
And strong pilgrims.
 
Into every country
I will carry the Holy Names and dance
And dance.
 
 I am a Golden Compass
Watch me sing and spin
Illustrious strands of lyrics and truth.
 
I am a divine Agent.
Your passage to light, your ticket,
May need my stamp.
 
My feet and verse are now ecstatic
And midair;
Just place your self beneath our leaping arch
We will sweetly rain upon you.
 
Watch me whirl into nothingness
Your fears and darkness
Just keep tossing them onto my golden plate.
 
I am a Holy Instrument always tuned by God
I live beyond every dimension.
 
I have been lifted drunk off the floor
In a Magnificent Tavern.
 
Now at my seat upon Divine Love
I gaze at Everything with brilliant, clear eyes.
 
I can so easily lean my cheek across this small table
Of time and space
 
And let you touch my beautiful laughing
Wooly beard.
 
Hafiz is an Emerald Compass.
My knowledge will put manna in your purse.
 
My only duty that now remains
 To this world
 
Is from every direction
To forever serve you wine and
Hope.
 
Hafiz is a Golden Skirt
The Beloved has lifted off a magnificent floor
And has tied around His waist.
 
Watch us whirl, whirl,
Whirl!

 
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 26, 2017, 07:27:21 PM
It finally occurred to me that today, yes there are life on other planets or systems.  In fact, the entire universe is teeming with wonderful and amazing life.  We can't see, because our Ego makes us blind to other life in the universe.  Some how, we are still holding to our special in the universe, instead of our place in the special universe.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 28, 2017, 07:26:20 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1u4ka8T8-Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1u4ka8T8-Q)

Gwen Stacy's speech.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 29, 2017, 02:40:00 PM
After watching the movie Split,

I am intrigued to so I am googling this.

http://listverse.com/2015/03/16/10-famous-cases-of-dissociative-identity-disorder/ (http://listverse.com/2015/03/16/10-famous-cases-of-dissociative-identity-disorder/)

The underlying factor for cultivating the multiple personalities is childhood trauma through abused or other reasons.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 30, 2017, 09:16:33 PM
Spongebob,

Thank you for my piece of art.  It is the best birthday present that I ever received.  I will always cherish.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2017, 08:19:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHvKviaeulg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHvKviaeulg)

The music and this movie reminds me of the passage of time, and asks me what are you going to do with your time while you have the light?
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2017, 08:59:57 PM
I make love everyday....to myself.   ;D
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2017, 09:02:01 PM
Do not wait to hit bottom so that you can bounce knowing there is no way to go but up, because sometimes you go through the bottom.  Even though you're alive, there is no coming back ever.  Wake up, intervene on yourself, and muster the internal strength to not allow yourself to count on the bottom catching your fall.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2017, 09:48:18 PM
The last few days, I have had a pretty difficult problem bugging me and stressing me out.  I thought and I thought, and suffered and suffered as well,  ;D, then I reached clarity of thought and heart.

I thought of the Buddha and Ghengis Khan, and how they would resolve this issue.

I realized that I am recovering much faster.  I am erring in favor of love and kindness much faster.  It does take work and a desire to want peace, because you want to resolve without retaliation to hurt the other party as well, even when they are hurting you.

I reached peace and it makes me happy and filled with joy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on January 31, 2017, 09:58:13 PM
One thing you can say about Trump is that he got big giant balls.  Stupid idiotic mind, but balls.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2017, 09:25:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pyC7WnvLT4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pyC7WnvLT4)

This song is about freedom, facing your fears, taking chances, failing, and then mustering up the strength to finally succeed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 06, 2017, 09:48:40 PM
A note I wrote my self.  The reason that I chose or advocate not playing around with enemies is not done out of jealousy or fear, but to prevent harm, and there are better to things to do with my time, besides you should have honored the friendship.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 08, 2017, 07:56:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNlz005Adk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNlz005Adk)

Goodbye Jugs.  Thank you for trying so hard for my heart.  You are definitely worth it, except that if I journey with you, it would mean that I have to undo the gift you gave me.  You gave me the gift of strength and I like to keep it for my coming journey of the next 50 years of my life.  I hope you make better decisions for yourself going forward as well.  I would hate to see you hurt, but you made the decision yourself.

Perhaps another time and another place, we will meet again as true friends.  As I always tell you, I do love you and I hope you make a choice for someone amazing to come into your life.  As for me, I have clarity of thought and your gift to carry me.  I will miss the girl who kept chasing me for over a year and finally gave up.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2017, 09:34:00 PM
To my beautiful kids, it has been my pleasure and privilege to be your father and guide to such amazing and beautiful souls in this life time. You are on an amazing journey that will take you very far from me, in physical space, time, understanding and knowledge and the ways of the heart.  Please always remember to lead with and end with kindness and love.  Let others eat first for people are loving and will always be considerate of you as well.  Take refuge in knowing that you are strong on the inside and no one can ever take away no matter how much someone may unknowingly hurt you on the outside.  Please have an awesome and amazing day everyday of your journey here on Earth.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2017, 10:00:00 PM
Ryonens Clear Realization
The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a granddaughter of the famous Japanese warrior Shingen. Her poetical genius and alluring beauty were such that at seventeen she was serving the empress as one of the ladies of the court. Even at such a youthful age fame awaited her.
The beloved empress died suddenly and Ryonen's hopeful dreams vanished. She became acutely aware of the impermanency of life in this world. It was then that she desired to study Zen.
Her relatives disagreed, however, and practically forced her into marriage. With a promise that she might become a nun after she had borne three children, Ryonen assented. Before she was twenty-five she had accomplished this condition. Then her husband and relatives could no longer dissuade her from her desire. She shaved her head, took the name of Ryonen, which means to realize clearly, and started on her pilgrimage.
She came to the city of Edo and asked Tetsugyu to accept her as a disciple. At one glance the master rejected her because she was too beautiful.
Ryonen then went to another master, Hakuo. Hakuo refused her for the same reason, saying that her beauty would only make trouble.
Ryonen obtained a hot iron and placed it against her face. In a few moments her beauty had vanished forever.
Hakuo then accepted her as a disciple.
Commemorating this occasion, Ryonen wrote a poem on the back of a little mirror:
In the service of my Empress I burned incense to
    perfume my exquisite clothes
Now as a homeless mendicant I burn my face to
    enter a Zen temple.
When Ryonen was about to pass from this world, she wrote another poem:
Sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the changing
    scene of autumn
I have said enough about moonlight,
Ask no more.
Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars when no
    wind stirs.


Look to nature for peace, tranquility and understanding.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 09, 2017, 10:01:03 PM
I am currently at page 39 of My Failure (09-18), I will continue "The Next Business Day."
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2017, 07:30:46 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8)

My beautiful angel,  I heard that you found "The One".  Let me say that I am very happy for you that you found some peace.  My marriage didn't work out and without you, I would have never felt what is like to be truly loved by a woman.  Thank you for loving me so deeply briefly.  I know you will be very happy with your journey.  You have my complete blessing from the bottom of my heart for a journey filled with love, joy, happiness and peace for all of your lives together.

On your exciting and amazing journey to the stars together, may it be filled with happiness, understanding, and love every single day.

Because you have found someone and will be leaving my heart.

May flowers line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue
And may love and happiness fill your heart each day, your whole life through
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2017, 07:55:59 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8)

My beautiful angel,  I heard that you found "The One".  Let me say that I am very happy for you that you found some peace.  My marriage didn't work out and without you, I would have never felt what is like to be truly loved by a woman.  Thank you for loving me so deeply briefly.  I know you will be very happy with your journey.  You have my complete blessing from the bottom of my heart for a journey filled with love, joy, happiness and peace for all of your lives together.

On your exciting and amazing journey to the stars together, may it be filled with happiness, understanding, and love every single day.

Because you have found someone and will be leaving my heart.

May flowers line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue
And my love and happiness fill your heart each day, your whole life through

Every moment with you, including our last can of coke together on a perfect Summer day, was a life time of love.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2017, 02:47:59 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Fv9JFUI3c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Fv9JFUI3c)

I water your plant that you gave me today.  I will continue to water every time I think of you and I will hope you are happy.

I reread the wonderful letters you wrote me and I am reminded of how much I am loved in this life for just being me.  I still have yet to open some.  I will save them for a beautiful Summer day to read the rest.  I will keep them to be reminded of how I was loved.

I will be working my best to accomplish my goals and dreams and also to be a good being of the planet in honor of your love and sacrifices.

Thank you my beautiful angel.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 12, 2017, 02:49:18 PM
Today is my day and last day to reflect on us for awhile.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2017, 07:43:00 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/pardoned-suburban-man-i-got-my-name-back-says-pence-abandoned-me/ar-AAmOEPy (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/pardoned-suburban-man-i-got-my-name-back-says-pence-abandoned-me/ar-AAmOEPy)

It shows people's nature to deny a wrongly accused man his right to fairness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 13, 2017, 08:46:15 PM
Page 56 of my failure (09-18)
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 14, 2017, 08:19:07 PM
Jugs, your dragging us there only shows that I have yet to conquer and our nature are not a good match, even though our surface may seem like it does.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2017, 08:48:15 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/you-dont-know-what-misery-is-britains-youngest-euromillions-winner-blasted-by-loose-women-viewers-after-moaning-about-her-riches-again/ar-AAmYDer (https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/you-dont-know-what-misery-is-britains-youngest-euromillions-winner-blasted-by-loose-women-viewers-after-moaning-about-her-riches-again/ar-AAmYDer)

If money has ruined your life, then give it all away.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 15, 2017, 09:40:59 PM
Time if flying by very fast, what am I doing to make tomorrow better?  Am I contributing enough love for the next generation.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 16, 2017, 07:26:18 PM
"Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of an unlived life." -  from Tuck Everlasting
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 17, 2017, 06:04:34 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2yiIoEtXw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2yiIoEtXw)

The Fantastic Debbie Reynolds
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2017, 08:51:08 PM
While I am here writing the happiness equation, I am thinking of the negative emotions that I have created in one of the most beautiful person that I have ever met.  I feel like such fool and a disgrace to my principles for this failure.  However, it does make sense to me, why this is the lesser of the suffering, with that I do have some peace. I do miss those dimples My Abi.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 21, 2017, 08:55:07 PM
The Happiness Equation 3-25, page 1.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2017, 08:05:28 AM
Animals learn defense and protection, because they lack the greatest skills which possess and they do not, communication. We should learn love and kindness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 25, 2017, 08:22:34 AM
Page 25 of 3-25, will continue another day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 26, 2017, 09:10:15 AM
http://yscouts.com/interviews/karl-eller-interview-integrity/ (http://yscouts.com/interviews/karl-eller-interview-integrity/)

Karl Eller on Integrity
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Post by: Ajax616 on February 26, 2017, 09:16:38 AM
When you are looking at the characteristic s on how to build your personal life, first comes integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth understanding; fifth, knowledge, and last and least, experience.

Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind.  Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all other qualities.

Make absolute integrity the compass that guides you in everything you do.  And surround yourself only with people of flawless integrity.  - Karl Eller 1999, Eller School of Management, The University of Arizona.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2017, 08:41:59 PM
I am under utilizing my capacity.  I need to make a list so that I can maximize contribution every single day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 01, 2017, 08:58:01 PM
The more pain you want to give to someone because of the pain that they have caused you only shows how weak you are in not being able to control your mind and thoughts to achieve objectivity so that you can make better decisions for all, including yourself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2017, 05:17:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZY4i4Kg3s#t=147.799931 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZY4i4Kg3s#t=147.799931)

Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhism in China
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 02, 2017, 09:04:18 PM
Page 85 of 3-25, will continue another day.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2017, 05:14:00 PM
Hello Lady Luck,

Thank you for letting me know that I have better and more constructive things to do with my time.  You are always very tempting. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2017, 05:30:35 PM
Hello Lady Luck,

Thank you for letting me know that I have better and more constructive things to do with my time.  You are always very tempting.

I am sorry I doubted my earlier intuition.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2017, 07:09:43 PM
I messed up due to too much guilt of the mind from having to neglect all the other wonderful and purposeful duties of my being.  That is why I failed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2017, 07:41:30 PM
"Shoot for the moon, and even if you miss, you will land on the stars." - Norman Vincent Peale
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 13, 2017, 07:48:27 PM
The gold that I want to give to my kids are empowerment and wisdom.  There is no other better treasure.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 14, 2017, 05:01:12 AM
With guidance by peace, I am trying to starve the Minotaur to death.  In a way, I am trying to slay the Minotaur and rid us of the dark untruth that would devour our future.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2017, 04:50:26 AM
The starvation of the Minotaur is going better now.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 15, 2017, 04:51:36 AM
Thoughts of the day:  We can't travel faster than light, because light is part of the fabric of space and time itself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2017, 05:02:43 AM
Thoughts of the day.  Always correct fundamental for peace, harmony and success at all times.  There is no other way.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 16, 2017, 04:16:35 PM
Every time that I am with you, you make all my fantasies come true.  Without you, I would have know what it was liked to be loved by a woman.  Thank you for daring birthday present.  I will always treasure it.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 17, 2017, 04:50:23 PM
Through my suffering of the heart from the last week or so, I have gained wisdom which I will be able to use all my life.  That is priceless.

I am at peace in the heart.

Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2017, 06:35:36 AM
Confession:
Forgive me for I have sinned.  I have had un-cleaned thoughts.  I have had thoughts of taking other peoples money and bringing misery and sadness to them.  I have thoughts of letting go of my principles and not being able to bring joy and happiness to all those that I meet.  I have had a temporary lapse in being able to control my thoughts and my actions.  I have let go of my responsibiliti es of my very well oiled machine in discipline and thoughts.  For a couple weeks, I gave in to temptations.  I took time away from the responsibiliti es of my duty to my family and work.  In my temptations, I have had to hide the truth at times of where my about or intention.
It all started a couple of weeks ago when against my better judgment, and I went to friendly home poker game where I cleaned everyone out.   I have known for a long time now that I do not ever want to gamble for all the reasons above and more.  But after doing so well, I thought I might have gained my control and discipline back and wanted to test it at the casino.  So I went and did poorly, then very well, then very poorly, OK, and then OK, but poorly.  I think I could be a good player, but my subconscious mind is sabotaging me.  I started energetic and passionate, which could be both good and bad, but now I am very in control.  I still need to be able to think in fear and desire better, but when I am calm, I do have really good thoughts on the strength of my hand and others.  That all does not matter, not even my losses or wanting to make the game work or wanting to prove that I can win for my ego, because I do not have any passion for it any longer.  But through my experience, I have found some peace in my thoughts and my understanding.  What matters is this: it is not a vision of my life which I want to contribute to the world that I am a poker player, because:
Poker is too much too close to gambling.  Gambling wreaks havoc on every ones lives, except the casinos.
It is taking time away from my contributions of love and kindness to others.
If I win, I am taking other peoples money and making them sad.
If I lose, I am losing precious money that could serve my familys daily needs.
I am taking time away from my contribution to my own purpose and destiny.
By being there, I have lost control of my thoughts and my actions already.  Despite the temporary relapse, I will conquer myself.
But mostly, I am drawn to a purposeful life and destiny, and such a time wasteful pursuit will take away precious time from my life and destiny.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 18, 2017, 06:44:13 AM
In gambling, you always lose.  Even when you win money, you still lose.  You lose something much more precious than money.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 19, 2017, 06:25:22 AM
I saw my beautiful first cousin (of course different last name) last night and my mind started fantasizing about her.  I think she has a crush on me.  So you know what happened? I dreamed about her last night in erotic ways.

Do you know why?  It is because our dreams are our subconscious mind's attempt to solve our emotional problems. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2017, 05:18:11 AM
Perhaps the night before his enlightenment is not literally, like all the other moral stories, but metaphorically only.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2017, 08:30:40 PM
I know my number goal in life.  It's to strengthen the future, especially the next generation, and keep on working at it until the day I am no longer connected to this body.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2017, 09:41:48 PM
Thoughts of the day:  What if our emotional energy is spilling into this Universe?
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2017, 09:42:23 PM
Be very passionate in what you do, because passion is very contagious. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 20, 2017, 09:43:01 PM
If you build it, they will come.  If you envision it, you will create a vision for tomorrow.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 27, 2017, 05:00:02 PM
Hi Allgood,

Wishing you an exciting journey ahead in all the dimensions that you hopeful, in new and exciting places too.  Thank you for working so hard and diligently with us for a short while. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 28, 2017, 05:00:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhueyC70cU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhueyC70cU)


To the very hot and amazing girl that I was dancing with a couple of nights ago.  I hope you will open up to the idea of us.  If not, we will always have Troy.
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Post by: Ajax616 on March 30, 2017, 10:23:14 PM
After being on this planet for nearly or more than half of my life, I am finally discovering how to love.  That is fantastic.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 02, 2017, 06:53:54 AM
I once saw a NOVA program that says that our dreams are our subconscious mind's attempt to solve our problems while our conscious mind is resting.  My dreams came into my dream last night and it told me to hurry up and stop stalling executing of my dreams and my goals.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 03, 2017, 05:01:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOajzx-W1rI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOajzx-W1rI)

In Star Trek, they have much more advance technologies, but even more important, their philosophies are stronger than ours as well.  We need to grow our strength of hearts to accommodate our growing technological changes.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 03, 2017, 05:11:46 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBTwUhtd3KM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBTwUhtd3KM)

Be like Marianne Beausejour, except that make sure to leave your past behind you so that it doesn't come back to harm you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2017, 08:33:02 PM
Despite disastrous results, it is still a very good experience full of learning opportunities.  I have learned so much from my failures.  Thank you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2017, 08:53:09 PM
We believe we are on this planet and in this universe due to the ability of our senses to detect the universe.  What if there are countless other forces, particles which we do not yet or know how to detect.  We have not yet evolved to be there yet or have not developed the capability to do so yet.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2017, 08:58:29 PM
We perceive closing our eyes at death and darkness overcoming us, but darkness is our perception and is still a manifestation of this world.  Therefore our senses keeps us attached to this physical world.  Release ourselves from it and will be free, truly free.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 04, 2017, 09:22:49 PM
"Everyday is day 1" - Jeff Bezos


"For years I kept a sign on my desk that helped me maintain the right perspective concerning yesterday. It simply said, Yesterday Ended Last Night. It reminded me that no matter how badly I might have failed in the past, its done, and today is a new day. Conversely, no matter what goals I may have accomplished or awards I may have received, they have little direct impact on what I do today. I cant celebrate my way to success either."
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 05, 2017, 08:35:20 PM
I use to sometimes run across angry memories, embarrassing memories, shameful memories or even egotistical memories. They all embarrass me at how little I was or how it would still brew anger inside of me.  Then small minded thoughts come into my head thinking that I should have showed them by doing this or that.

Then I finally have a solution.  Laugh at my immature self back them.  No matter what I did or felt, it is no longer me.  It is part of the growing process of my internal self.  When I encounter an emotionally difficult situation as such, I will immediately think how we can resolve it for joy and laughter through humility and letting others win.  The wager is too small.  It is always small.
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Post by: Ajax616 on April 23, 2017, 07:53:16 AM
It is me that creates the disturbances in my life and especially in my heart by desiring that which does not belong with me, but to a child that wanted it a long time ago without thought.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 02, 2017, 08:15:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniAamEGHXs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bniAamEGHXs)

Thank you my beautiful love for sharing your wonder experiences of growth. I knew you would be special the first time I met you.  All your life, you have never disappointed me yet.  I know you will continue to excel and awe me for all of our lives to come.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 02, 2017, 08:34:01 PM
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNGuiKPGfM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNGuiKPGfM)

30th minutes
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 08:06:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_47J6sy3A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_47J6sy3A)

Epicurus, the ways of happiness.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 08:59:03 PM
Power has always and will corrupt the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:02:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_47J6sy3A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_47J6sy3A)

Epicurus, the ways of happiness.

So what would make us happy according to Epicurus?

He believed there were 3 key components of a happy life:

    Friendship
    Freedom and Self-Sufficiency
    Philosophical Thought

In order to better understand his philosophy, it is best to look at the school he created. The school was called The Garden (and it was actually set in a garden) and it can be thought of as the very first commune.

Epicurus purchased a large plot of land and build a house with several rooms and common areas. He and all of his friends would live there.
1. Friendship

One of the keys to happiness for Epicurus was having friends, but the friends that we see occasionally is not what will make us happy. He thought that we should see our friends every day and spend time with them everyday.

The house in The Garden had individual rooms for privacy, but there were common areas throughout the property where everyone would spent time together.

Friends and like minded individuals bring us so much happiness and we need to spend more time with them. Friendship is very different from romantic relationships. Friendships are supportive, positive and fun, while romance can lead to negative feelings.
2. Freedom and Self Sufficiency

Freedom and self-sufficiency are other components of happiness. We want to be free to do the things we like and also be able to live sufficiently among friends. What does this mean though?

Looking at the community that Epicurus developed, everyone worked to sustain the community. There were farmers, tailors, wood workers, etc. The work they did was meaningful and needed by others. They therefore, felt good about the work they did.

It is true they may not have had a lot of money, but all of their needs were met and they had time and freedom to do the things they enjoyed with their friends. That is, they had freedom and self sufficiency.

Living in this community today

It would be quite different from the life we are used to. We would have to do something about all of the things (material possessions) we are used to having.

The question is, are all of these things making us happy? We seem to have a hard time understanding how to be happy. Maybe some of this advice could be helpful?
Desire

Epicurus realized there was a problem with desire. We want things in life because we think that they will bring us happiness. The problem is they only bring us temporary happiness, but nothing long lasting.

What are we to do? He believed that our focus needs to be on moderating and limiting our desires.

There are 2 ways to deal with desire:

1) strive until we fulfill the desire, or
2) curb or eliminate the desire.

The second method is the recommended way to deal with desire. If we lower our desires then it is easier to reach them and therefore, we will be happier. If we strive to attain our desire we often find that we are not happy and only desire more.
Types of Desires

According to Epicurus, there are 3 types of desires:

1.      Natural and Necessary
2.      Natural but not Necessary
3.      Vain and Empty

Natural and necessary desires must be met. They are things like food, shelter, and the like. It is natural to want these things and it is necessary for our survival.

Natural but not necessary desires are desires for a particular sort of thing luxury food, for example. We certainly need food, but we dont need a gourmet meal. If this is what you desire, but its not available, then you will be disappointed and unhappy.

The point is to enjoy something while it is available, but recognize that it is not necessary and should never be counted on. If we focus on meeting our basic needs of simply eating the food that is available, we will always be rich. That is, we become rich by desiring less.

Vain and empty desires are desires for power, wealth, fame, etc. Epicurus said that these sorts of desires are difficult to satisfy because they have no limit. Meaning, if you desire wealth and you attain it, you can always desire more. Once one sees that they can get more, they will want more.

These are not natural desires, but they are a part of our society. Epicurus believes that we have been fooled into thinking that they will bring us happiness. How can something that has no limit make us happy? These desires should be eliminated.

Can you see the difference in these types of desires? If you are hungry and desire food, thats natural, but once you satisfy your limited hunger you will be happy. The other desires can never be satisfied and you will therefore never be happy.

If we learn to desire less, we will always meet our desires and be happy and tranquil.

One thing to note is that not all pleasures are good and all pains evil. We need to think about our life in the long term and calculate what is in our best interest.

That is, what will bring us long term happiness and not merely short term, immediate happiness? Here is where Epicurus clearly parts ways with the traditional hedonist who will eat, drink and be merry for all the days.

We cant eat whatever we want because it is not good for our body in the long run. We shouldnt drink a bottle of wine everyday for fear of becoming a drunk.
3. Philosophical Thought

The final component of the happy life is engaging in philosophical or rational thought. Image of The Thinker from Rodin That is, living an analyzed life.

Epicurus believed that it was important to think about our life and examine our thoughts and feelings. Even though we try to limit our desires and do the things that make us happy, we may still occasionally feel anxiety and fear.

If we want to be happy, we need to explore these things and understand them.

This is something that everyone could benefit from examining and contemplating life and exploring our thoughts and feelings. Nothing but good can come from this.

Epicurus knew that many people feared death a fear of the unknown. But he said if we engage in philosophical thought and really look at death there is nothing to be afraid of. He says,

    Death does not concern us because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

 

Try this: Think of what your life was like before you were born. You cant because there is no life before you were born. Just as there is nothing when you die. There is nothing to fear because death is what happens when you are dead and it has nothing to do with life.
Summary

Here is what an Epicurean community would look like:

    A bunch of friends living in a big place together
    They all do work to support the community and feel good that they are working for a cause
    They have lots of freedom and time to do what they want
    They realize that material things will not bring them lasting happiness, so they dont desire them
    They talk about life in order to understand themselves, their fears, feelings, and emotions so they can master over these things and maintain their happiness.

Strange community? They were very popular throughout the Mediterranean and you can still find Epicureans today.

One thing that does seem obvious is that we are not very good at making ourselves happy.

Might there be something to this philosophy? How can we apply this to our life today? Most of us will probably not want to live in a commune type situation, but what about the core concepts?

    Spend more time with like-minded people (friends)
    Do work that makes us feel as though we bring value to the world
    Realize that material possessions do not bring long-term happiness
    Live a simple life, with few possessions
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:13:11 PM
"The price of freedom is loneliness." - My ex-wife's cousin

No the price of misunderstood physical freedom is loneliness.  True freedom is on the inside and it's amazing.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:15:19 PM
God, Family, then Business.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:17:33 PM
As life, in this or the next is just a journey so are lives, ideas, philosophies or civilizations.  There is no final transformation of our human evolution.  In the vastness of time and space, we will continually struggle and eventually grow stronger and then do it again. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:23:10 PM
I had a friend that was introduced to what seem to be an amazing girl from a strong family.   This was mid-life so both of them were married once already.  She was very loyal even when her marriage was falling apart.  Through it my friend never had any peace.  He had to travel to see her because he was in another state.  She saw him sometimes and sometimes not, even though he came into to two just to see her.  Once had got into a car accident and totaled his rental.  She thought he was just joking and refused to see him, until her friend told her what had happened.  You see, love is like a very comfortable pair of shoes.  It makes you feel totally at peace.  If you are struggling inside, then it is not love and so get rid of it, no matter how good it looks from the outside.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:33:46 PM
My beautiful and amazing love, I am going to anchor you into this beautiful world, because I do not know of any other.  You are so amazing and I want your strength for yourself and to give to others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:41:56 PM
Please help and grant me the peace and serenity to make decisions for the systems and larger systems and larger systems upon which I serve.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 03, 2017, 09:42:27 PM
I am asking for wisdom to guide my family.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2017, 08:52:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-2Dg2CJdw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90-2Dg2CJdw)

The amazing Matsuo Basho

Muga - Losing of one self.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2017, 09:00:14 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9JCwkx558o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9JCwkx558o)


Kierkegaard... .the father of existentialism .
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2017, 09:09:24 PM
The courageous and brilliant Stephen Hawkins said that we have 100 years to colonize another planet or our life on earth will end due to over population, diseases, climate change or AI.  I disagree.  There are many variables of the heart that Stephen Hawkins is not taking into account.

We may not find a planet in our entire galaxy which will accept us the way we are. It will take 10,000 years just to teraform a plane to suit our biology and at the same time destroying the biology that existed there.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2017, 09:18:16 PM
Social systems that are designed out of fear will fail.  Fear cannot unleash the power which is Excalibur.  Empower the system....empo wer everyone.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 04, 2017, 09:32:36 PM
johann wolfgang von goethe

The master philosopher and poet


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBxA16At2OU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBxA16At2OU)

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Post by: Ajax616 on May 08, 2017, 09:58:35 PM
I walk around the lake and I saw a love story that touched my heart.  There was a male duck by himself.  A pair of ducks, male and female, flew by and landed within the vicinity.  The lone male duck flew towards the pair, wanting to hit on the female.  She took off, again and again, wanting only her partner and no other attention.  Lucky ducky.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 10, 2017, 09:31:50 PM
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-moral-twelfth-night-184123 (https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-moral-twelfth-night-184123)

I have to watch Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2017, 09:39:27 PM
I walk around the lake and I saw a love story that touched my heart.  There was a male duck by himself.  A pair of ducks, male and female, flew by and landed within the vicinity.  The lone male duck flew towards the pair, wanting to hit on the female.  She took off, again and again, wanting only her partner and no other attention.  Lucky ducky.
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When you meet the right person/being to love all your life, they will make you want to be a better person and they will give you peace.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2017, 09:46:26 PM
Epicurus: The ways of happiness.

1. Friends
2. Freedom/self control
3. Philosophy
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 11, 2017, 09:51:58 PM
New years resolution:  Find something that draws you.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 17, 2017, 08:17:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZHcKqc_8r8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZHcKqc_8r8)

Its a beautiful song for the young.  For most of us, our love and trust was destroyed a long time ago by other people's lack of contentment, ego or curiosity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 17, 2017, 08:20:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gfiet4PtI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gfiet4PtI)

That is a very not well thought out request.  I do not want to grow old with you.  I want to grow with you for a better tomorrow.  I want to grow in all the dimensions of the heart and the mind and/trust.  Through understanding and contentment, we will grow but be young forever.  So no I do not want to grow old with you. I want to grow in all the other dimensions with you, but not old. That will take care of itself.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 17, 2017, 09:17:16 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gfiet4PtI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gfiet4PtI)

That is a very not well thought out request.  I do not want to grow old with you.  I want to grow with you for a better tomorrow.  I want to grow in all the dimensions of the heart and the mind and/trust.  Through understanding and contentment, we will grow but be young forever.  So no I do not want to grow old with you. I want to grow in all the other dimensions with you, but not old. That will take care of itself.

My body can't help but grow old, but my mind can help itself to growing wise and staying young.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 18, 2017, 06:02:57 PM
What brings you joy, drive and zest everyday.  It is doing something that you LOVE and filled with purpose for others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2017, 08:44:16 PM
After such a long time, I finally understand Jesus's teaching.  It is the next step in our social evolution to make us a more effective species. 
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2017, 08:46:17 PM
After such a long time, I finally understand Jesus's teaching.  It is the next step in our social evolution to make us a more effective species.

It may be better and more evolved than our Hmong traditional culture, because it gives without expectation of reciprocation.  The reciprocation and the deed is given God and therefore it is not expected back.  Our Hmong traditional culture expects it back.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2017, 08:57:30 PM
There are things which we do which incorrect or may have even hurt others.  We have to laugh at our stupid self and apologize for it and accept our responsibility .  This will free us up to make better decisions and take better actions because we have accepted our actions as unhealthy and learned from them.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 22, 2017, 09:02:50 PM
What would complete your life?
1. Wisdom
2. Doing work that you love
3. Grow each day, mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually
3. Help others through empowering them to strengthen the heart.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 25, 2017, 10:16:36 PM
Reflecting on Aaron Hernandez today, I realized that our laws make our world tame.  Prison is without laws and so everyone revert back to wild animal laws.  You could be strong in the tame world, but vulnerable in the wild animal world of prison.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 26, 2017, 07:48:32 PM
Elon Musk reads everything.  That is a key ingredients for success.  The material knowledge is only part of the reason for the success, but it is the demonstration of the strength of heart to find excitement in such a boring and laborious task as reading that is the key to reading being a key to success.


http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/the-2-fiction-books-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-made-him-more-successful.html (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/the-2-fiction-books-tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-made-him-more-successful.html)
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 26, 2017, 07:50:01 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/%e2%80%98i-guess-you-are-here-for-the-opium%e2%80%99-investigator-stumbles-across-dollar500-million-in-poppy-plants/ar-BBBwST5 (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/%e2%80%98i-guess-you-are-here-for-the-opium%e2%80%99-investigator-stumbles-across-dollar500-million-in-poppy-plants/ar-BBBwST5)

The tell tale heart gave you away.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 26, 2017, 07:51:18 PM
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-prison-chief-gets-nearly-20-year-sentence/ar-BBBvcRW (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-prison-chief-gets-nearly-20-year-sentence/ar-BBBvcRW)


Temptation gets all of us.  For many of us, it is just NOT as big as yours.  It is the flaw of the average human heart that makes us justify temptations.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 26, 2017, 07:59:43 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2buWlNyM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2buWlNyM)

Remember When....it is a long time ago for me now.  Because you left, my journey in life has changed.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 30, 2017, 08:04:33 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-znjDGubE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-znjDGubE)

Don't save anything for the swim back.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 30, 2017, 09:07:20 PM
Political ideas, ideas for economics or social growth, separates brothers and families, North and South Korea.

Religious ideas, ideas for peace of the heart, separates brothers and families, Pakistan and India.

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Post by: Ajax616 on May 30, 2017, 09:16:45 PM
Aaron Hernandez could not cope with prison, because prison is for wild animals.  As strong as he is in the tamed world with his physical attributes, he could not survive in the world of wild animals.
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Post by: Ajax616 on May 31, 2017, 07:35:08 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnXsvj4Awa0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnXsvj4Awa0)

You could be my Silver Springs
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 01, 2017, 10:23:37 PM
Because you will not have enough time to do everything, the secret to success is developing the ability get others to do it through empowering themselves through love and caring.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 08, 2017, 11:47:59 PM
My old friend,

You came into my dreams and talked to me last week, asking for a small favor.  Now I hear that you are in ICU.  I haven't met you in my dreams in a very long time.  At this time, your peace is my thoughts Goofy.  No matter what is going in your life, including now, be at peace and accept that nature will take its course do what it has to do. We can chose peace in our hearts or not, and I hope you have peace in yours at these moments.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 09, 2017, 05:22:16 AM
3 'really bad facts' are hurting the US economy, according to JPMorgan CEO Dimon
Jeff Cox Wed, Jun 7 9:15 AM CDT

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon runs the largest bank in the country but is frustrated by obstacles he sees keeping young people from having bright futures and workers from getting higher pay.

Speaking Wednesday at a Business Roundtable summit, Dimon implored the public to focus on "three really bad facts" that are limiting growth for the U.S. economy.

    Some 70 percent of young men are ineligible for military service "because of either education they can't read or write or health, mostly obesity and diabetes. That's an unbelievable number," Dimon said. The number comes from a Pentagon study a few years back that said the military won't take 71 percent of males aged 17 to 24 for the reasons Dimon cited, as well as taking prescription drugs for ADHD, or having inappropriate tattoos or piercings.
    "Half the kids in inner city schools don't graduate," he said. "Even those who graduate, they're not able to work a proper job." That number could come from a study nearly a decade ago that said the graduation rates in the nation's top 50 cities was 53 percent, against 71 percent for suburbs.
    The labor force participation rate among American men has fallen sharply over the last generation or so. Government records show that the rate among men ages 25 to 54 has fallen from 96 percent in 1970 to 88.4 percent in May.

In addition, Dimon blasted the regulatory climate in the U.S., saying small-business formation has been limited and prospective homebuyers can't get access to mortgages. He said there are multiple obstacles that are keeping wage growth low around 2.5 percent now and showing little signs of breaking out.

"I could go on and on and make a list of all the things that have slowed us down and held us back and affected jobs and wages," he said. "I think America has got to get its act together about a bunch of stuff, not just one."

Dimon has been an advocate for changes to the tax system as well. The roundtable reported Tuesday that business confidence is at a three-year high but CEOs remain concerned about inaction from Congress on President Donald Trump 's pro-growth agenda.

Dimon chairs the roundtable, a consortium of U.S. CEOs aimed at promoting job growth and economic prosperity.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 11, 2017, 06:53:57 AM
My old friend,

You came into my dreams and talked to me last week, asking for a small favor.  Now I hear that you are in ICU.  I haven't met you in my dreams in a very long time.  At this time, your peace is my thoughts Goofy.  No matter what is going in your life, including now, be at peace and accept that nature will take its course do what it has to do. We can chose peace in our hearts or not, and I hope you have peace in yours at these moments.

My old friend,

I heard that the divine energy which was you and in the physical body which we all know to be you has left the physical body.  Due to its frail state, your body could no longer contain the divine energy and both are being returned to the universe, one more slowly than the other.  The body, families and love ones can still see, but they can longer interact with the divine energy, the internal you.

You were exceptionally talented and kind, and because of your premature departure, you will me missed by many.   Now you are no longer limited by our human perception and connection, but your perception is infinitely more.  Please continue to love and watch over your boys from the new plan of existence. 

Like Hawkins radiation, we pop into existence and then in the blink of an eye, we also leave.  On your next wonderful and exciting voyage, I bless upon you an existence of peace, contentment and enlightenment.  That is my wish for you.

Here is an old song which the first time I heard it, it was in your presence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IXEqpRps4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_IXEqpRps4)
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 04:23:08 PM
3 'really bad facts' are hurting the US economy, according to JPMorgan CEO Dimon
Jeff Cox Wed, Jun 7 9:15 AM CDT

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon runs the largest bank in the country but is frustrated by obstacles he sees keeping young people from having bright futures and workers from getting higher pay.

Speaking Wednesday at a Business Roundtable summit, Dimon implored the public to focus on "three really bad facts" that are limiting growth for the U.S. economy.

    Some 70 percent of young men are ineligible for military service "because of either education they can't read or write or health, mostly obesity and diabetes. That's an unbelievable number," Dimon said. The number comes from a Pentagon study a few years back that said the military won't take 71 percent of males aged 17 to 24 for the reasons Dimon cited, as well as taking prescription drugs for ADHD, or having inappropriate tattoos or piercings.
    "Half the kids in inner city schools don't graduate," he said. "Even those who graduate, they're not able to work a proper job." That number could come from a study nearly a decade ago that said the graduation rates in the nation's top 50 cities was 53 percent, against 71 percent for suburbs.
    The labor force participation rate among American men has fallen sharply over the last generation or so. Government records show that the rate among men ages 25 to 54 has fallen from 96 percent in 1970 to 88.4 percent in May.

In addition, Dimon blasted the regulatory climate in the U.S., saying small-business formation has been limited and prospective homebuyers can't get access to mortgages. He said there are multiple obstacles that are keeping wage growth low around 2.5 percent now and showing little signs of breaking out.

"I could go on and on and make a list of all the things that have slowed us down and held us back and affected jobs and wages," he said. "I think America has got to get its act together about a bunch of stuff, not just one."

Dimon has been an advocate for changes to the tax system as well. The roundtable reported Tuesday that business confidence is at a three-year high but CEOs remain concerned about inaction from Congress on President Donald Trump 's pro-growth agenda.

Dimon chairs the roundtable, a consortium of U.S. CEOs aimed at promoting job growth and economic prosperity.

We as a nation are becoming the Hare, and we need to empower and encourage ourselves to rise above that portion of human nature.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 08:37:50 PM
There are many of us that wants to travel to stars.  Our material body has been constructed on this world after a billion years of evolution.  Who is to say that our internal self, our consciousness, did not develop along with this planet and the field of consciousness cannot be cultivated far from its source, our planet.  What if our consciousness is tied to the planet, because it developed along with the our physical evolution.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 09:04:01 PM
Those that blame others will always blame others for the short fall.  As the result of blaming others, negative energies are created and those that are busy dishing out the blame will not work for their salvation, but put down others.  Therefore resolution in raising ourselves, but not blaming others.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 09:18:20 PM
A true leader will come into your life to clear your vision the way you want and will empower you, not give false hope to trap and cage your hearts.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 09:20:52 PM
One day soon enough, you will be a corpse and your internal energy will no longer be able to interact with your external physical self.  That will come soon enough. What do you intend to do between now and then.  What do you intend to give or do you intend to take thinking that it would a difference, to peace in your heart, to satisfy your senses.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 09:33:00 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q89_4gL0M2M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q89_4gL0M2M)

Because you are leaving this valley.  For all those that have left the valley that is my life.  The river of life keeps running through and keeps on bringing change.
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Post by: Ajax616 on June 12, 2017, 09:51:42 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eCmSkVk0UY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eCmSkVk0UY)


"Remember me as the one who woke up." - The Buddha
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 01, 2021, 05:35:55 AM
Thank you to those that continually read the comments that I wrote here from time to time.  It really has inspired me to see that the number of views continue to grow over time.  It has inspired me on my recent project.  I lost my password so I created a new name.
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Post by: theking on July 06, 2021, 03:51:29 PM
Ditto per Dark Angel's post so welcome back Ajax, I mean DH and I agree with the quote below:

"Those that blame others will always blame others for the short fall.  As the result of blaming others, negative energies are created and those that are busy dishing out the blame will not work for their salvation, but put down others.  Therefore resolution in raising ourselves, but not blaming others."
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 20, 2021, 06:44:19 AM
Nice to see you here again. It's been a while. Too long actually.

Thank you Dark Angel.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 22, 2021, 09:12:54 PM
What is life but a brief moment in time. 
The duration of our life is a mere drop in an ocean upon oceans of time.
We come into this world from the mysterious beyond and then we leave just as mysteriously.
While here, we touch others hearts and they will always remember us until they leave too.
While here, we can only to hope to love others and be love in return.
We thank you for coming into our lives and into the lives of Jubu, Beapop, and Gilfroy.
Thank you for filling our daily lives with beauty, excitement, and love.
Today, we lay to rest your body, but your soul will travel to another dimension, to another space time.
In another life, in another distant time, we will find each other, and we will enjoy each others loving friendship and company.
We will miss you. May you rest in peace Queen La Quinta.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on November 26, 2021, 02:17:59 PM
It is finally finished and available for sale at Amazon. I hope you like it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09M4YJRCK/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1637809626&sr=8-2 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09M4YJRCK/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1637809626&sr=8-2)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 18, 2022, 07:08:51 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y)

Life is a candle problem
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 20, 2022, 07:49:31 AM
Why Scientist would ever think that the explosion from the Big Bang would slow down like an apple thrown into the air would slow down and fall back to Earth?  In a Big Bang, there's no Earth left to fall back down to because the whole thing exploded in a big bang already.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on February 19, 2022, 06:39:18 AM
Life is exciting because of all the things we didn't get to do or to be, as much and as hard as we tried.  Thus, the excitement is in the expectation that we may get to do or be in the future.  It's like the space between the notes that becomes the music.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 07, 2022, 06:05:38 AM
When people say "Trust me, I know!" Don't talk with them anymore.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 07, 2022, 07:25:49 AM
Do you want to live a normal life?

Go to school, go to college, get a job, get married, work for 30 years, save money, and then retire.

Or do you want to touch the sky?

Live life to the fullest every day and struggle.  In your struggle, each year, you become better, and one day one of the best in the world.  You will touch the sky.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 07, 2022, 08:31:15 AM
There's a strong tendency to ask what's in it for me?  We are asking what is in it for us so that we will participate, we hold ourselves back from the tasks that will make better for tomorrow.

When we ask what's in it for me, we will take from others and make excuses that it is okay because that will be the answer that comes from the question "what's in it for me?"
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 21, 2022, 07:30:23 AM
Everything in the universe appears to be rotating and spinning.  Does the universe itself also spin?  If so, how do we detect if the universe also spin?  Because if the universe spin, it would explain the effect, we call dark energy.  It would also account for Albert Einstein's cosmological constant. A spinning universe would cause all the the materials like galaxies to fly outward into space. Thus, it would not fall back on itself due to General Relativity.

What directions do the planets, suns, solar systems, and galaxies spin?
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 21, 2022, 07:50:11 AM
What is the one question you would ask God?
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 06, 2022, 07:34:48 PM
The Bullet Cluster: Two colliding galaxy clusters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_Cluster
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 09, 2022, 08:00:44 AM
"violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 21, 2022, 09:38:34 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsZiNkp5cY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsZiNkp5cY)


All the challenges in our lives are nothing but mere obstacles. 

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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 25, 2022, 07:52:58 AM
What do you want to do that is world-class for others?  And what do you think it will take from you? Now you have found your purpose and it will lead to your inner strength.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 27, 2022, 03:26:20 PM

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/archegos-founder-bill-hwang-hit-115714831.html

In addition to ViacomCBS, which has since been renamed to Paramount Global, the securities allegedly manipulated by Hwang were Discovery Communications Inc., Tencent Music Group, Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. and Rocket Companies Inc.


Now that's why these stocks ran up. 
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Post by: Cali Guy on April 29, 2022, 04:20:19 PM
It is finally finished and available for sale at Amazon. I hope you like it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09M4YJRCK/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1637809626&sr=8-2 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09M4YJRCK/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1637809626&sr=8-2)

Will pick up a copy at Barnes and Noble since I frequent the few remaining book stores around here.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on May 16, 2022, 07:25:03 PM
Will pick up a copy at Barnes and Noble since I frequent the few remaining book stores around here.

Thank you for your support, but it's not popular enough to be in store yet.  It is available on Barnes and Noble's website though.


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-deliciously-cheesy-happiness-equation-duke-thao/1140783587?ean=9781736584910 (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-deliciously-cheesy-happiness-equation-duke-thao/1140783587?ean=9781736584910)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 14, 2022, 06:57:27 AM
I realize where the error is now. My desire for 25,000 caused my early exit from a great trade.  That's how the desire and the fear got me to sway from reason and logic this time.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 14, 2022, 06:59:29 AM
I came out alone on my way to my tryst. But who is this that follows me in the silent dark?

I move aside to avoid his presence but I escape him not.

He makes the dust rise from the earth with his swagger; he adds his loud voice to every word that I utter.

He is my own little self, my lord, he knows no shame; but I am ashamed to come to thy door in his company.

-Rabindranath Tagore

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 "because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."

He was also knighted, but later renounced it in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36913.Rabindranath_Tagore (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36913.Rabindranath_Tagore)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 14, 2022, 07:00:35 AM
I had a dream last night that I was getting annoyed by others to the point of kicking someone.  In the dream, I wasn't even sure who exactly was intentionally annoying me. It appeared to be coming all around me. It goes to show, I am still seating in darkness under the bodhi tree.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 16, 2022, 09:02:22 PM
I am still a little surprised at how large the error turn out to be.  The error could have been avoid through applying fundamentals instead of hope, desire, or fear. It further reaffirms a complete need for the following three discipline below. 


1.  Trade according to the design I created, including, entry, stop, exit, and timeframe.

2. All longer timeframe hold needs to be with the MKT 80 MA, to stay with the trend.

3. All positions need a moving stop, to avoid turning into a disaster.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 27, 2022, 01:48:28 PM
There's only one journey in life, and it is the taming of our heart's energies. It will drive everything we do, thus we must be in charge of our heart's energies so that we can touch the sky.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 27, 2022, 02:19:26 PM
If you ride the tiger, it will kill you and you will die.  If you do not ride the tiger, you will still die. Therefore, you must ride the tiger.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 28, 2022, 10:38:50 PM
For number 2:

https://www.halhigdon.com/training-programs/marathon-training/intermediate-1-marathon/ (https://www.halhigdon.com/training-programs/marathon-training/intermediate-1-marathon/)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on June 30, 2022, 06:08:50 AM
The blind men and the elephant: Is perception reality?

A long time ago six blind men lived in a village in India. The men had heard stories about elephants from the other villagers, and they were very curious.

One day the villagers arranged for the men to visit the palace and experience an elephant for themselves. Each of the blind men approached, and then touched, the part of the animal that was closest to them.

The first man put his hand on the elephants side. Oh, of course! The elephant is just like a wall!

The second man felt the elephants tusk. You are wrong. The elephant is like a spear.

The third man touched the elephants trunk. Youre both wrong. The elephant is obviously like a snake.

The fourth man grabbed one of the elephants legs. I understand perfectly! Its clear the elephant is like a tall tree.

The fifth man was tall and reached for the elephants ear. You are all mistaken! The elephant is like a huge fan.

The sixth man was only able to grasp the elephants tail. How could you all be so wrong?!?! Anyone with any sense would see the elephant is just like a rope.

Long after the elephant moved on, the blind men continued to argue about what an elephant was. They called each other names, accused the others of lying, and scoffed at their stupidity.

Each was convinced they were right and the others were foolish. Of course, each man was partly right, but all were wrong.  Listening to each others perspectives would have helped them better understand the true nature of an elephant.

We are all more blind than we realize. Our subjective experiences are limited, and yet were often convinced theyre the absolute truth. But being overconfident prevents us from learning or changing our mind. If our goal is to better understand the true nature of reality, we must recognize that our perceptions are incomplete, flawed, and biased, and be open to hearing the experiences of others.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 07, 2022, 09:52:37 AM
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain." - Vivian Greene

Don't just enjoy good tasting food, but enjoy the not so tasty food in front of you.

Don't wait to go on vacation to enjoy yourself, but enjoy yourself in each moment. :)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 12, 2022, 03:10:59 PM
"Ideology is the primary motivating factor." - Brian James, former white supremacist
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 12, 2022, 07:27:50 PM
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/ask_astro/

Ask an astrophysicist a question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_Earth
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 13, 2022, 09:53:32 AM
"When you want something with all your heart, the universe conspires to give it to you." - From a Hindi movie

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." - Paul Coelho
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 13, 2022, 01:52:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o58OJJT37Nk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o58OJJT37Nk)


Simon Sinek's Life Advice
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 18, 2022, 02:21:57 PM
Lewis Hamilton: Take every opportunity, or else don't trade.
Wayne Gretzky: Practice all the time
Richard Branson: Think big and do it for other's happiness

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Post by: Deliciously Happy on September 23, 2022, 05:49:17 AM
Every now and then I dream of you. I had a dream about you again last night. At the end of the dream, I asked you how old you were, and you gave it to me in a riddle or math problem. You said, you started coming to this park three years after you turned 21, and that was 2 years ago. Thank you for the brief visit, but you left me a little lonely in the morning once I work up.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on September 26, 2022, 09:25:53 AM
https://news.umich.edu/the-universe-may-have-been-born-spinning-according-to-new-findings-on-the-symmetry-of-the-cosmos/


The researchers found evidence that galaxies tend to rotate in a preferred direction. They uncovered an excess of left-handed, or counter-clockwise rotating, spirals in the part of the sky toward the north pole of the Milky Way. The effect extended beyond 600 million light years away.

The excess is small, about 7 percent, but the chance that it could be a cosmic accident is something like one in a million,

The Spinning Universe

Regarding Galaxy Spins: About half of all spiral galaxies appear to be rotating clockwise and the other half counterclockwi se. The direction a galaxy rotates depends on your perspective. As an analogy, consider a spinning bicycle wheel. When you look at a spinning wheel from one side, it looks like its spinning clockwise. But if viewed from the other side, it looks to be spinning counterclockwi se.

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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 12, 2022, 05:44:02 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTg62vsV4U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTg62vsV4U)

I'm Thinking of Ending Things - A Netflix Movie

People like to think of themselves as points moving through time, but I think it's probably the opposite. We're stationary and time passes through us. Blowing like cold wind, stealing our heat. - The Young Woman
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 25, 2022, 01:40:27 PM
A journalist asks Cristiano Ronaldo:
"Why does your mother still live with you?
Why don't you build her a house?"
Cristiano Ronaldo replies:
"My mother raised me and she dedicated her life for me. She would go to sleep hungry, just to let me eat. We had no money at all.
She worked 7 days a week and nights as a maid to buy my first shoes so I could be a player. All my success is dedicated to her and because of her and as long as she has a life, she will always be by my side, she has everything I can give.
She is my refuge and my greatest gift."
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on November 09, 2022, 06:06:27 AM
"You're not poor because you don't have money. You're poor if you don't have a dream." - Success Life
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on November 11, 2022, 06:11:10 AM
Elon Musk: It took me 7 year to learn this but Ill teach you in 3 minutes.
1.   A salary is the drug your employer gives you to forget your dreams.
2.   If you continue to wait for the right time, youll waste your entire life and nothing will happen.
3.   Even when you trust your close friends and family, let them know nothing about you.
4.   Youll lose 99% of your close friends if you start upgrading your life.
5.   Government and politicians are one giant scam thatll never save you from your problems.
6.   Youll be 10x happier if you forgive your patents and stop blaming them for your problems.
7.   Train yourself to let people win arguments on purpose to conserve your mental health.
8.   You become more mature when you train yourself to take nothing personally.
9.   By age 25, your inner circle should be more focused on making money, building their body and starting a family.
10.   You dont need 100 self-help books, all you need is action + self-discipline.
11.   Skills and financial education will make you win over 97% of college graduates.
12.   You cant expect honesty from people who even lie to themselves.

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Post by: Deliciously Happy on November 17, 2022, 10:54:18 AM
"Write your truth and believe in it." - Walter Mosley

Story is what happened.  Plot are the reasons why it happened when it is revealed to the reader.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 03, 2023, 05:19:20 AM
Riemann hypothesis

https://interestingengineering.com/science/maths-professor-solved-riemann-hypothesis?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Dec31&fbclid=IwAR26JKe3r_fI4YHBaUYMLSENUZBOPZn0-_tUhdji1F_YCumvX7wvgAhWKZY


In 2013, Zhang shocked the world with his twin prime conjecture, which proposed that there were an infinite pair of prime numbers that differed by two. Prior to this, Zhang had achieved only one publication.

A manuscript that is allegedly written by Zhang has now surfaced in the mathematics research community and has proof related to the Riemann hypothesis. Although the paper has not been peer-reviewed or verified by Zhang himself, if found accurate by the mathematical community, it would mean the end of another famous mathematical hypothesis, the Landau-Siegel conjecture.

Named after mathematicians Edmund Landau and Carl Siegel, the conjecture speaks about the existence of zero points of type of L-functions in number theory. Simply put, the conjecture provides counterexample s to the Riemann hypothesis.

Zhang is expected to present his work at a lecture at Peking University today, and the publication could possibly enter the peer review process this month, the SCMP report said. The outcome of the process will be known in a few months' time, and if found accurate, could land Zhang a $1 million prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute.

This is not the first instance of a claim made for the Clay Institute's prize. Last year, media reports suggested that a mathematics professor in India had submitted such proof, while another famous mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah made similar claims in 2018. The Clay Institute has rejected both claims and confirmed that the Riemann hypothesis remains unsolved.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 06, 2023, 07:09:52 PM
https://jbjsoulkitchen.org/

Jon Bon Jovi: What an amazing human being.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 07, 2023, 09:14:20 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKLBDlAh8tg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKLBDlAh8tg)

Understanding gout like a profession.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 09, 2023, 07:32:02 PM
Understanding Prime Riemann Hypothesis

and Zeta Functions (7:15) and non-trivial zeros on the critical line at 1/2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlm1aajH6gY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlm1aajH6gY)

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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 16, 2023, 07:18:51 AM
I will always treasure our special story, and all the moments we gave to each other. I will never share those moments with anyone else because they are ours only. I will never take someone else to places that we went, because they belong to us. This was harder for me than you think, but I know this was much harder for you, and I am sorry. If we stay, in the future, it would even be harder. Maybe this is only a temporary break and we will meet again better, and maybe not. I will always love you through all the many upcoming journeys of my life. I will carry you in my heart, and when I come upon places that you and I have been, I will miss you very much. Thank you for agreeing to be friends.  - Love always,
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on January 30, 2023, 07:36:57 PM
Long long time by Linda Ronstadt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on February 04, 2023, 08:08:39 AM
Sugar is Not a Treat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tic7X3ET4gE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tic7X3ET4gE)

Start your day is protein instead of sugar.

Reducing sugar in your diet and protect your beta cells
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 09, 2023, 09:57:49 AM
"You shall live to see this day renewed" - King Theoden, Return of the King Movie
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 07, 2023, 07:37:17 AM
You came into my dream last night. Thank you for the passionate kisses, it was wonderful. It is everything I ever wanted. Thank you for visiting me in the dream. 
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 21, 2023, 07:46:00 AM
"All it takes is 20 seconds of INSANE COURAGE and great things will happen. I promise." Benjamin Mee
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on April 24, 2023, 07:31:01 AM
My new phrase to slowdown and diffuse an uncomfortable situation: "I was thinking that..."
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 17, 2023, 03:13:37 PM
You came into my dream last night. Thank you for the passionate kisses, it was wonderful. It is everything I ever wanted. Thank you for visiting me in the dream.

Hot and Sweaty, I guess we finally really met in reality and shared a couple wonder days together.  Then through our better communication, I finally got to know you better. I am sorry you have to go and take care of your business, and I have to go and things to do as well.  Thank you for all the sweet kisses. Take care and I wish you all the success you dream.

I will carry fond memories of us as I travel through time. If I should go to William O'Brien State Park on day, I will see us as we were that Sunday, enjoying a carefree afternoon practicing PDO. Thank you for making it possible.

I finally figured why you are wired like that, and now I have a clear understand to give me peace. You're a psychopath, but you're an amazing psychopath.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on July 24, 2023, 08:14:15 AM
When I say shes a narcistic psychopath, everyone gets jumpy assuming that I am name-calling. I meant it in a clinical sense. Shes actually an amazing psychopath, but knowing so has helped me to better understand her unique and different emotional responses that I am not used to. So, you can better understand me my unique and different emotional responses, I am also an egotistical sociopath, in a clinical sense.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 01, 2023, 05:53:02 AM
A great lesson from the story of THE LEGLESS BEGGAR
One day, a rich kid was walking with his dad when he saw an old legless beggar on the street, begging for alms. The boy stopped his dad immediately and walked up to the disabled beggar.
"Hey sir, can I ask you a question?" he asked him.
"Yes you can" the old man replied.
Then the boy said.
"What happened to your legs? Why are they missing?"
A look of shame showed on the dad's face as he whispered into his son's ears.
"Hey, you should never ask people inappropriate questions"
The old man heard it. He paused for a moment, then said to the little boy.
"Can I tell you a short story?"
The boy nodded his head. Then old man said.
"It's a true story about a young boy, and you should pay keen attention"
"Okay"
The old man started speaking.
"There was a boy who had a donkey he loved so much. He called him Banjo, and he was his best companion. One day, he went to bathe in the river and had taken the donkey with him for a bath. Unfortunately, a huge crocodile suddenly leaped out of the water and grabbed the donkey, dragging him deep in the water. The boy couldn't save his donkey. He screamed so hard as he watched poor Banjo being killed. He became so angry like a volcano. Burning with anger, he must wreak vengeance, so he jumped into the river to fight the ferocious crocodile. But it didn't turn out good as another crocodile attacked the boy and started devouring him... The end"
Having listened to the story, the kid wagged his head, then asked.
"So, what happened to the boy afterwards? Or was he also killed?"
The old man paused for a moment, then said.
"Over the years, that boy has grown into an old man and he is now me. I just told you a story about myself, thereby answering your question. I survived but lost both legs from the incident"
Both the father and son were marveled. Then the old beggar concluded.
"My story has a powerful lesson about anger and revenge, you should take away. You should learn to control your anger, or else you would be pushed to inflict vengeance, which would not only hurt others, but also yourself. I was so angry and desperate, I wanted that revenge so bad that I didn't realize how stupid I was. Anger can make you take stupid actions that you would live forever to regret. You see, if I had controlled my anger and walked home after the crocodile ate my donkey, I wouldn't be the 'legless beggar' you see today. It's important you learn to forgive those who hurt you, and move on with your life. Not because they deserve it, but because you deserve peace.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 07, 2023, 08:28:21 AM
https://mypoeticside.com/poets/li-po-poems


Among the blossoms waits a jug of wine.
I pour myself a drink, no loved one near.
Raising my cup, I invite the bright moon
and turn to my shadow. We are now three.
But the moon doesnt understand drinking,
and my shadow follows my body like a slave.
For a time moon and shadow will be my companions,
a passing joy that should last through the spring.
I sing and the moon just wavers in the sky;
I dance and my shadow whips around like mad.
While lucid still, we have such fun together!
But stumbling drunk, each staggers off alone.
Bound forever, relentless we roam:
reunited at last on the distant river of stars.

Li Bai (aka Li Po), poet from the Tang Dynasty
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 11, 2023, 05:20:41 AM
What is worse than loosing all your money in gambling or in the stock market is not the money, but the emptiness inside of not being able to play anymore. You are out of the game. You can't play anymore because you do not have a stake. The feeling of emptiness inside of not being able to play anymore is what makes it unbearable.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 17, 2023, 09:56:22 PM
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh)

Vincent Van Gogh is considered one of the best painter ever. His painting sunflowers sold for $40 million in 1987. His paintings are ugly looking. It looks like an amateur painted it.

In the movie 'At Eternity's Gate,' while talking to a priest, he admitted that his paintings are ugly.  However, he said was put on Earth to paint. Thus, maybe god is punishing him.

To appreciate Van Gogh's paintings, you have to understanding his life and his suffering. Van Gogh's paintings are beautiful not because they are artistically beautiful to look at.  His paintings are beautiful because Vincent Van Gogh paints life's suffering and happiness into them. Because he love painting, he passionately painted his happiness, sadness, and loneliness into all his paintings. It's not what we see but what we feel when we look at a Van Gogh painting that makes his paintings great.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 19, 2023, 08:10:02 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

My favorite poet is Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet from the 13th century.  His poetry does not rhyme at all, is complicated like some western poems, and they do not try to address certain human issues.   They are only a couple of lines lone and is more like a quote. but they show us how beautiful we are and how beautiful the world is. By knowing so, we are free to live beautiful lives. One of my many favorites is:

"Don't you know it yet, it is your light that lights the world." - Rumi

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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 26, 2023, 08:11:00 AM
Per aspera ad astra: Through suffering to the stars

Romelu Lukaku: I remember the exact moment I knew we were broke. I can still picture my mum at the refrigerator and the look on her face.
I was six years old, and I came home for lunch during our break at school. My mum had the same thing on the menu every single day: Bread and milk. When youre a kid, you dont even think about it. But I guess thats what we could afford.
Then one day I came home, and I walked into the kitchen, and I saw my mum at the refrigerator with the box of milk, like normal. But this time she was mixing something in with it. She was shaking it all up, you know? I didnt understand what was going on. Then she brought my lunch over to me, and she was smiling like everything was cool. But I realized right away what was going on.
She was mixing water with the milk. We didnt have enough money to make it last the whole week. We were broke. Not just poor, but broke.
Then Id come home at night and the lights would be shut off. No electricity for two, or three weeks at a time.
Then Id want to take a bath, and there would be no hot water. My mum would heat up a kettle on the stove, and Id stand in the shower splashing the warm water on top of my head with a cup.
There were even times when my mum had to borrow bread from the bakery down the street. The bakers knew me and my little brother, so theyd let her take a loaf of bread on Monday and pay them back on Friday. I knew we were struggling. But when she was mixing in water with the milk, I realized it was over, you know what I mean? This was our life.
I didnt say a word. I didnt want her to stress. I just ate my lunch. But I swear to God, I made a promise to myself that day. It was like somebody snapped their fingers and woke me up. I knew exactly what I had to do, and what I was going to do.
I couldnt see my mother living like that.
I kept my promise to myself for a while. But then some days Id come home from school and find my mum crying. So I finally told her one day, Mum, its gonna change. Youll see. Im going to play football for Anderlecht, and its going to happen soon. Well be good. You wont have to worry anymore.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on August 30, 2023, 10:07:38 PM
My vision is to be able to trade 10,000 QQQ contracts per trade intraday in the future.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on September 01, 2023, 05:48:12 AM
"I can do anything, and I will do it in this life time. Find yourself first and I will live inside of you." - The Deliciously Cheesy Happiness Equation
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on September 15, 2023, 06:55:31 AM
"Love is my religion. I could die for that." - John Keats
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on September 24, 2023, 02:58:16 PM
When things do not make emotional sense, trust your instincts and back off. When someone is not making sense, they are deceiving you and wanting something which they are not telling you.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 13, 2023, 07:45:26 AM
There's a different between having a very IQ, being smart, and being a genius. The genius has focus and heart to use the smart to overcome all the obstacles to achieve his revolutionary task.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 13, 2023, 07:48:44 AM
Other women do get why I am not hooked on to them, while I am hooked onto you. They give all sorts of excuses, and they complain about the sun, the moon, and the stars. Each time I am with you, you simply ask me "How do you want to come?" Thus, that is why I am hooked.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 13, 2023, 07:53:34 AM
"If I asked customers what they wanted, they would told me a faster horse. People don't know what they want until I show it to them." - Henry Ford
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 13, 2023, 08:02:39 AM
"If you're not busy being born, you're busy dying." - Bob Dylan

"The universe is either expanding or contracting." - Albert Einstein
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on October 17, 2023, 08:14:12 AM
In light of of the recent conflict in Israel and Gaza, here is a thought from one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. He, himself, was a Jew. Yet, he was equally sympathetic to both causes.

"Should we be unable to find a way to honest cooperation and an honest pact with the Arabs, then we have learn absolutely nothing in our 2000 years of suffering." - Albert Einstein

Einstein proposed a privy counsel of 4 Jews and 4 Arabs, all independent minded, be set up to resolve any disputes.

"The two great Semitic people have a great common future. If the Jews do not assure that both sides live in harmony, the struggle would haunt them in the decades to come." A warning from Albert Einstein to friends in the Zionist movement.

Einstein was labeled naive.

From the book 'Einstein' - by Walter Isaacson
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on November 14, 2023, 06:50:48 AM
Decisions:  Is it a two doorway or one doorway decision?

Operational Failure (bad failure) vs Experimental Failure (great failure).

Our regrets are the things we didn't try.  They haunt us.

- Jeff Bezos
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on December 18, 2023, 09:15:48 PM
The Three Year Plan

2024 Position Size Growth
January 50 Contracts
February 60 Contracts
March 70 Contracts
April 80 Contracts
May 90 Contracts
June 100 Contracts
July 120 Contracts
August 140 Contracts
September 160 Contracts
October 180 Contracts
November 200 Contracts
December 220 Contracts

2025 Positions Size Growth
January 260 Contracts
February 300 Contracts
March 340 Contracts
April 380 Contracts
May 420 Contracts
June 500 Contracts
July 600 Contracts
August 700 Contracts
September 800 Contracts
October 900 Contracts
November 1000 Contracts
December 1100 Contracts

2026 Position Size Growth
January 1300 Contracts
February 1500 Contracts
March 1700 Contracts
April 1900 Contracts
May 2100 Contracts
June 2300 Contracts
July 2700 Contracts
August 3100 Contracts
September 3500 Contracts
October 3900 Contracts
November 4300 Contracts
December 5000 Contracts
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on December 19, 2023, 05:28:54 AM
"My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn." - Michael Jordan
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on December 21, 2023, 04:48:32 AM
"One day you will wake up and there will be no more time to do the things you have always dreamed of. Do them now." - Paulo Coelho
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on December 31, 2023, 07:05:31 AM
If you want to show your love for someone, use kind words, and they will remember your love and kindness all their lives. If you want to hurt someone, also use kind words, and they will hurt themselves all their lives as they will miss your love and kindness from their lives. Therefore, whether you want to show love or whether you want to hurt someone, always use kind words. 
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on February 01, 2024, 07:08:20 AM
Question of the day: "Do you actually have a plan that will work when applied, or you can learn from to make it better, or are you just hoping that it will work?"
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on February 01, 2024, 08:58:39 PM
"What will I do with no fear?"
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on February 02, 2024, 08:28:15 AM
Per the book '101 Essays that will change the way you think' by Brianna Wiest, our minds do not know the difference between right and wrong. It only knows the difference between comfortable and uncomfortable. Thus, we will reach for comfortable, even when it's wrong.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on February 28, 2024, 07:36:27 AM
A poem shared by my amazing date last night.

I dont love you as if you were a rose


I dont love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz,
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as one loves certain obscure things,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesnt bloom but carries
the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself,
and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose
from the earth lives dimly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you directly without problems or pride:
I love you like this because I dont know any other way
        to love,
except in this form in which I am not nor are you,
so close that your hand upon my chest is mine,
so close that your eyes close with my dreams.

Pablo Neruda
1904 1973
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 07, 2024, 06:56:57 AM
One of my favorite lines from a movie:

"How did you just become more beautiful in the last 20 seconds?" - from the movie, 'The Space Between us'
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 07, 2024, 11:56:58 AM
A goodbye from a someone who is leaving my life:

"You are the greatest thing to have happened to me during my lowest point and I will always be grateful to have shared that journey with you."

Instead of allowing our unhappiness to grind love and friendship to zero or less, we should learn to leave things so that we remember each other well for our journey in which time passes through us.
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 09, 2024, 07:17:22 AM
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" - Isaiah 6:8-13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwsOdsxDZh0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwsOdsxDZh0)
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Post by: Deliciously Happy on March 14, 2024, 09:50:24 PM
The following are my trading strategies

1. Day Trading Strategy
2. OEXT
3. Super pattern
4. ND1 and ND2
5. Spy Major
6. SOX (SOXL and SOXL)