posted November 02, 2005 10:48 PM         

A bit of fun!

posted November 02, 2005 10:53 PM         

This is the most simple of truths and the most difficult to attain, because in order to do so, you must let go of the one burden which continually holds you down: your ego. It is ego which scoops a handful of water from the sea and claims to now own all the oceans of the world. It is no different with any living creature, as we are all part of nature, and nature cannot be possessed. It is the same with ideas. To hold on to an idea is to deny the basic truth about life of any kind, whether it is mental or something easily held in the hand: nothing stays the same; change is inevitable.

By choosing both simplicity and agreement, your lessons are not as many as others on the same path, but they still exist. In this life, you must learn that letting go of something completely is tied in with the other end of this truth: you must live and feel and love completely as well.

posted November 02, 2005 11:44 PM         

I forgot to paste mine.

You very much want to believe, without a doubt, that what you know and feel is the ultimate truth. But far too often, you allow yourself to be shaken loose by others with a stronger opinion, a more personal agenda, or a desire to win just for the sake of winning. Since you dislike conflict and arguments of any kind, you often find it easier just to give in to others, and then satisfy yourself with the knowledge that you have a truth far more special than what they believe, but because they are such jerks, they will never get to taste any of it.

Your lesson in life is to learn you don't have to live with continual resentment. So what if someone doesn't understand what you are saying or refuses to validate what you believe? Does that make it any less meaningful to you? Does it lose something without social approval. Not if it is really your own truth. Nothing can shake it from you, not even your own doubts and insecurities.

Your task in this life is to not give up so easily. Share some of your own truths, and if necessary, defend them. Think of your personal truths as close friends for whom you'd do anything to keep from harm. Since you are generally a peaceful sort, visions of violence won't be part of your defense. You are much more clever and smart than that. Use your mind where others use their fists, and your calm presentation of what you believe will be far more convincing than any forced feeding of ideas into someone's reluctant brain.

posted November 03, 2005 12:16 AM         

""Your pragmatism is a serious thing, far too serious most of the time. You are uncomfortable with chaos, whether it is internal or external. You dislike small talk and petty chatter, and are often the one in the crowd who sits observing in silence. But you don't miss a thing with your silence. Every detail, every mannerism, every word spoken, goes into your own personal memory banks and waits there until the time comes to retrieve it. This ability keeps you from ever suffering boredom as you can turn the most tedious situation into an information gathering expedition.

Your lesson in this life is to learn that constant questioning is not the same as nagging, but is the way most sentient beings gather their own information. It is merely a matter of different techniques with the same result.

posted November 03, 2005 02:15 AM         

Admirable as this ability may seem, it does act at times as a sort of blinder to things which can't be easily defined. Sometimes it take going back to an idea or a work of Literature to measure your changes against any new perceptions. Nothing stays the same forever, no matter how much you wish it to be so.

Your lesson in this life is to be a little more generous in your judgements and criticisms. While it is true you are often correct, sometimes you are too brutally right. By refusing to see the gray areas, you tend to frighten and alienate those who have something to teach you about the valid perceptions of those who dwell between black and white realities.

posted November 03, 2005 03:38 AM         

There are those who think you are naive for going through life with your heart wide open, but you've learned an important secret: the wounds are worth it because they lead to self-awareness. Because you know yourself so well, you've developed an ability to make others feel accepted and known by you. You probably have the most loyal friends in the world, and this is in no small way, a direct result of who you are, a complex stew of everyone and everything you've ever loved. When people are in your presence, they sense this stew slowly simmering and anticipate at long lost their inner hunger will be fed. You rarely disappoint them.

Your lesson in life is to understand you are most definitely on the right path, but that does not mean it will always be a helpful path. No matter how reluctant you are to admit such things, there are monsters behind some of the rocks, and you cannot be a friend to the entire world. Some people are simply not good for you, and no matter how much you love and accept them, at some point they will take something away from you.

Your task in this life is to decide what you can afford to lose to such people. They will demand their offering and if you realize you must give something up to them, then at least allow yourself to choose which piece to give away. You may need or want to keep something they demand belongs to them. Learn to say no to such people. Invite them to look inside themselves for what they demand from you. In this way, you can still see everyone as having something worth knowing, and convey this to them, without it making it so easy to take from you, they never look inside themselves at all for what they need.

posted November 03, 2005 04:10 AM         

Your lesson in this life is to take a little time getting to know these uninvited truths better before you give them the best seat in the house. Use books and teachers as a beginning for your explorations instead of as a substitute for them. Trust your own eyes more. Believe your own heart more.

posted November 03, 2005 11:16 AM         

Your lesson in this life is to accept your own truths and the wisdom contained in them, are as relevant as those of your favorite characters. You don't have to be them, nor think like them, nor wish to be in their world. Learn that your own world has plenty of rewards for those like you who do not fear change in either yourself or others.

posted November 03, 2005 03:00 PM         

There is nothing you love better than a good, philosophical, passionate argument. If someone says the sky is blue, you feel obligated to say it is brown. What others fail to understand about you is that the color of the sky is meaningless. What you cherish is the verbal tennis playing of stimulating conversation. You don't want things to be accepted as either this or that, because truth is a multi-layered, multi-dimensional reality to you. You sincerely believe that is why we were given mouths and brains, so that we could endlessly and joyfully argue over everything others have accepted as ultimate and final truths.

Your lesson in this life is to accept that while change is inevitable, and nothing is the same day after day, especially ideas, that only experience can change someone's mind. All your words and clever arguments are meaningless to someone who has no personal experience of what you are trying to convince them is the truth.

Your task in this life is to show more and tell less. Let people see how your ideas have made you who you are. Show them what you have of value inside yourself as a result of your visions. Live what you speak and others will hear it much clearer than if you argued with them for eternity.

posted November 03, 2005 11:13 PM         

Your lesson in this life is to find some way to express your inner truths, and to give up the need to have others validate what you see and feel. They never will because they are not seeing with your eyes.

posted November 04, 2005 02:33 AM         

The correct description of you should be "philosopher-scientist," because you see with the clearest of eyes. And yet what you see is impossible to convey to others. If it was a simple thing to describe to others all that you have seen, then you would not stand out as so wonderfully unique. People come to you seeking advice, and yet leave more confused than when they arrived. This is good. This teaches them to question the truths defined and set in place by others. More than anything, you are a questioner, and it is this you convey well to others.

Your lesson in this life is to not let the limitations of others drag you down to where they are. Spread those wings and continue to soar across the sky just for the sheer joy of feeling the wind touch the magic in your soul. Be an example of what the rewards are for not accepting someone else's truths, and teach others in this way that the truths inside themselves have a power they will one day learn to appreciate.

Your task in this life is to teach others that limits are destructive to their personal growth. Do not give up telling people that the moment they allow themselves to be captured by someone else's reality, they lose a valuable piece of themselves. It doesn't matter if they don't understand immediately, because years from now, they will remember the one person in their life who had the wisdom and courage to live authentically. Let that be enough.

posted November 05, 2005 02:12 AM         

By choosing both simplicity and agreement, your lessons are not as many as others on the same path, but they still exist. In this life, you must learn that letting go of something completely is tied in with the other end of this truth: you must live and feel and love completely as well.