October 26, 2011

• The path to mastery

  Path to Mastery

  Tagged - Seven random facts about me

  I was #tagged by @Shining_Garnet to participate in sharing  seven random facts about myself. Tagging and sharing is what is making #Xanga a great online community. If anybody really reads my blog they know all that is important to me. I asked to share seven facts but I decided to use a systematics model called the pentad as base model and share less randomly. The pentad consists of five terms. 1) the world of sources  2) the factual world 3) your essential world 4) the world of values and 5) the world of your ideals, hope and dreams. The pentad is used in systematics to express potential so to complicate the scenario I wanted to look at what I have mastered in life....and put that into perspective. So although all 5 facts are known about me, this might help to create a fairly new picture of the Warrior-Wizard in totality.

  1) Source - I am ... a Master in #Industrial_engineering. Everything I have been able to do in my life was due to my education. I gained my Masters degree in Industrial engineering in 1996. I put this as my source since this has defined much of my life, career and way of thinking. I might be employed in various positions but my professional approach would always be influenced by the systemic approach I was taught as an Industrial Engineer. Without my Industrial engineering and career I would not have the means to fund my quests of mastering other disciplines.

  2) Fact - I am ... a #Runemaster. I became a Runemaster  in the Armanen tradition in 2010. I have interests in a wide variety of esoteric disciplines and/or systems like astrology, alchemy, Tarot, I-Ching etc. These were all born from my interest in system - a love that drew me to Industrial Engineering. As Runemaster I work with the runes on a daily basis doing stav for physical health, rune meditations for the mind and I use runes as tools to focus my will and I even sing galdr and rune songs. I put it on the point of fact because through the use of the runes I have a model for establishing a relationship between my inner and outer worlds.

  3) Essence - I am ... a #Rosicrucian. The essense are the core of one's being....and my core is the divine eternal flame that burns within me. I started on the Rosicrucian mystical path in 2005 and found all the answers I need at this point of my life. It was a logical path following from a Christian background and being influenced by Gurdjieff's 4th way teachings.  Sure it is a unique view because it recognizes one's right to an individual experience of the divine. I have found the value in the practices of personal contemplation, frequent cosmic attunement, and service to humanity and made it foundational principles of my life.  

  4) Values - I am ... a #Toastmaster. In 2009 I attained the certification as a Distinguished toastmaster from Toastmaster International. I place it in the values domain because this is where I serve and play my role in my community. My passion is to equip people with leadership and communication skills. People empowered to communicate and lead will make a contribution to the world. Toastmasters International has a wonderful set of values based on service leadership which I aspire to follow in my own life. 

  5) Ideals - I will be  ... A doctor in Philosophy. I am not there yet and this is a key goal at this point in my life. I am doing my doctorate of philosophy in Industrial engineering. I have a dream of transforming the way Parliaments accross the world work. If my research is successful it will equip countries to improve their democratic processes through the use of technology.

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  6) I AM NOT rich....Never managed the art of letting money flow in mass in my direction. I survive almost always have just enough but seldom enough to do what I want to do...Maybe one day I will master the art of money.

  7) I had a ragged doll since 1996 which a friend gave to me, who died. She had been sitting in my office since then. 

  So there is my pentad of Mastery through which I am expanding my own sense of being in a constant pledge to live a meaningful life. I hope that was insightful. 

  I would like to tag the following people to join me in making Xanga a wonderful community by sharing seven random facts about themselves on Xanga:

  @RestlessButterfly, @GoodGuyTheBoss, @dirtbubble, @PatentMagician, @tychecat, @TheSutraDude  and @Oceanstar

  I would have love to tag some people but who are already tagged: @The_Eyes_Of_A_Painter, @C_L_O_G , @songoftheheart ,and @AdamsWomanFell 

  I wish these people are around then I would have loved to tag them: @everyday_yogi and @baldmike2004

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