http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ Crooked Hearts Have Character » Recent Posts en-US Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:03:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/search.php http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/trying-to-compare-two-apples#post-1664 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:17:08 +0000 CrookedHeart 1664@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Competition is a false sense of scarcity. One can not even compare two apples. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/what-does-a-fulfilled-expectation-accomplish-for-human-development#post-1663 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:05:20 +0000 CrookedHeart 1663@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Realizing a fully satisfied expectation is a perception that is a personal choice. If we choose to realize our highest self in all that we do...happiness is guaranteed. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/spiritual-and-physical-practice#post-1660 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:14:52 +0000 CrookedHeart 1660@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>A spiritual practice is a commitment to higher understanding.  Our human experience is fulfilled through realizing the meaning in our actions.  Our physical practice is a spiritual practice of the body.  </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/the-ego#post-1638 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:54:41 +0000 CrookedHeart 1638@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>The ego is sly and versatile. It seeks to establish existence. It seeks to influence the outcome, all for the sake of love or what we need in order to exist. It is wielding and easily excited. It is the monarch in our hierarchy and the foundation of our will. When we surrender we accommodate the ego to exist in harmony with other willing beings. Surrendering is an awareness to receive energy. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/freedom#post-1637 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:54:25 +0000 CrookedHeart 1637@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Freedom is a realization that experience is a choice. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/occupy-the-world#post-1636 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:00:17 +0000 CrookedHeart 1636@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.<br /> Abraham Lincoln </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/existence-creation-experience#post-1635 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:41:13 +0000 CrookedHeart 1635@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Existence begins with a thought.<br /> Creation begins with a need.<br /> Experience begins with an intention. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/a-common-challenge#post-1634 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:04:47 +0000 CrookedHeart 1634@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Definition of unconditional love: To continue to love endlessly without thought of self, and without thought of if the love is being returned or appreciated. To love without expectation of receiving.</p> <p> It's easy in some cases but can be difficult in others. It's always healthy to love unconditionally but unhealthy when expectations are involved, especially if they aren't met. Can we love everything without expecting a return, which is something we've been taught shows appreciation for our love </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/breathe-life#post-1633 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:07:19 +0000 CrookedHeart 1633@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Community is a co-creation, your practice is personal. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/what-does-a-fulfilled-expectation-accomplish-for-human-development#post-1627 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:12:41 +0000 CrookedHeart 1627@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Entirely fulfilling an expectation can mean an empowering arousal of satisfaction for an individual. A fully satisfied expectation is a creation of something. This accomplishment is a realization that serves to establish identity in the highest self because the same energy that creates life can be traced in the energy that creates anything. Creating your highest self is a reflection of a fully satisfied intention. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/we-can-learn-from-them#post-1625 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:00:14 +0000 CrookedHeart 1625@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>The tipping point of expanded human consciousness is already showing results. Today more and more young people are starting to ask themselves tough questions. Let's learn from them. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/0-1#post-1619 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:17:34 +0000 CrookedHeart 1619@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>If the human race was enlightened we would be a permanent movement that strips away expectation from the human experience. We would peacefully fade away as an enlightened race that lived its purpose to mean something to something, which doesn't exist anymore. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/a-misguided-occupation#post-1615 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:03:07 +0000 CrookedHeart 1615@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>To occupy is to control. In reality we control everything, in actuality we control nothing. Everything we do in life is in cooperation with the universe. </p> <p>What exactly are you occupying? If we don’t start asking ourselves tough questions then we are subject to more of the same struggle in due time. When we blame something else for our troubles we serve to alienate our personal truth. The gravity in movement is founded on grounded intentions. We’re not going to create any movement until we change from the inside out. The movement within begins with brutal honesty and provokes the senses to consider their existence. </p> <p>Occupy Wall Street has taken monumental strides to create an awareness of something everyone can relate to: standing in misunderstanding. Now that we stand naked before ourselves let’s own this moment. What is your purpose? </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/and-so-we-shall-repeat#post-1613 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:00:57 +0000 CrookedHeart 1613@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Now, while we may all be full of it! we're doing what we've dreamed of since our ancestors struggled under the same weight. And i believe that we are making a difference in our lives and in those around us.<br /> This is a great time, like any other, to get honest. If we can show the world that honesty will never fail then i believe we serve the greatest gift of the human experience.<br /> Everyone is scared of honesty because we have relied so much on suffering for so long.<br /> Maybe this is a turning point of the human experience to reach a higher plane of consciousness that serves to project humanity to the universe as an example of love.<br /> Maybe this is that time, or maybe not. Maybe this wares off and if in a hundred years if Mother Nature hasn't sealed our fate, we repeat this process again. Maybe we are a gear coming around again.<br /> We are meaning making machines. And it is meaningless. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/occupy-space#post-1612 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:52:24 +0000 CrookedHeart 1612@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Let's occupy the space in our heart and occupy a higher degree of awareness that is more fulfilling than what we have created. Let's stand in our full potential to create Life in a way never experienced before. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/pillar-of-progress#post-1611 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:07:55 +0000 CrookedHeart 1611@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Pillar of progress is the will of good people who stand grounded for human rights in the face of challenge. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/and-so-we-shall-repeat#post-1610 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:55:44 +0000 CrookedHeart 1610@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>There are no gurus, yogis, shamans, mystics, leaders, rulers, dictators, fathers, mothers, workers or any other identification you can imagine. There are those who are honest and those who are dishonest. Honesty is an unspoken place that they know; whether in the company of many or in solitary confinement. Truth has the power to relieve anyone of suffering and misunderstanding in life and relationships. </p> <p>Let's practice honesty. Everyone plays a part, nobody and everything is sacred. Nothing is better than anything else and everything is just as present as reality. Everything is love if we choose it to be and everything is what we choose it to be. In the great reflection of our moment; look around and see yourself suffering and loving and lying and telling it with integrity. Opinion is worth the warm breath of air that breathes it. Fact is forever, history sows truth and lies for us to repeat; and so we shall repeat over and over again. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/meditation-for-unity#post-1609 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:56:37 +0000 CrookedHeart 1609@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>In the great expansion of 2011 we are committed to conscious freedom. Human kind lives without fear; empowered with un-clenched hearts. Together, we harness the passion of humble beginnings for a brighter tomorrow. Together, we gather for us, I and you cannot do this alone. Our collective intention speaks to the basis of our existence and we meditate to ground in solution so that we all live in love. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/to-the-nypd#post-1603 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:38:48 +0000 CrookedHeart 1603@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>New York City Police Department,<br /> It is now clear; the peaceful public meditations downtown serve to bring understanding and meaning to the Peoples voice. We appreciate your cooperation to facilitate our Human Rights and yours alike. Even if it is not obvious; we are together in this effort. Thank you. – Anthony Finno <a href="http://www.citylifewellness.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.citylifewellness.com</a> </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/message-to-elected-officials#post-1598 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:32:40 +0000 CrookedHeart 1598@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Elected officials: Leadership begins at home when we serve the needs of the people in our communities first. Communities are empowered by laws and policies that improve the availability of wholesome food, clean water, fresh air and personal health. Job creation is inevitable if we stick to creating a policy of sustainable economics through education in sustainable practices and investments in sustainable industries. Let's create an awareness of the matters that define our well being such as education, health care, sustainable environments and spend less energy on propping up actions and initiatives that no longer serve the needs of the people in our country. - Anthony Finno. <a href="http://www.citylifewellness.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.citylifewellness.com</a> </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/to-those-who-dont-want-change#post-1597 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:10:41 +0000 CrookedHeart 1597@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>To those who don't want change:</p> <p>We are dishonoring ourselves when we abuse Earth, pollute Water and oppress other Human Beings. This is happening right now. We ask you to consider change because we are killing people. </p> <p>People are protesting because they have lost their right to eat healthy food, drink clean water and live in peace. These are basic rights we can all relate to. </p> <p>Not being open to an idea of change is like not being open to the weather. Change is a constant existence. The overwhelming majority of people are moving to change because their lives are threatened. The voice of change will not diminish until we are all living in harmony.</p> <p>-Anthony Finno<br /> <a href="http://www.cityLifeWellness.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cityLifeWellness.com</a> </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/what-is-one-love#post-1596 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:38:01 +0000 CrookedHeart 1596@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>One love refers to the bond of human existence; an unspoken common intention that every human being can relate to. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/original-essence-1#post-1595 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:38:21 +0000 CrookedHeart 1595@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Original essence is the definitive self realized through conscious choice. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/notes-on-acceptance-for-occupy-wall-street#post-1594 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:57:47 +0000 CrookedHeart 1594@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>We all play a part in this global misunderstanding. If we alienate, single out, point a finger or make wrong then we serve to provoke more of the same practices. Those who are struggling within a fear based reality can make irrational decisions. In one way or another we can all relate to feeling scared, desperate, confused, angry and intolerant. </p> <p>As we turn focus inward let's hold space for an open forum where constructive conversation grows. The time to empower each other is now, let's manifest prosperity. Let's bring conscious voice into an organized public forum that is global and available without limitation; a New Assembly on Freedom. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/making-meaning#post-1551 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:29:12 +0000 CrookedHeart 1551@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>If we make meaning of everything we experience then we are meaning making machines. Meaning only serves to define the human experience. In order for us to experience a purpose for living, other than survival, we create meaning. The human experience is meaningless until we make meaning of it. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/making-meaning#post-1550 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:28:31 +0000 CrookedHeart 1550@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>please elaborate. - Anonymous </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/making-meaning#post-1549 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:28:05 +0000 CrookedHeart 1549@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>We are meaning making machines. And it is meaningless. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/heal-the-world#post-1508 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:11:41 +0000 CrookedHeart 1508@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Our experiences shape how we perceive love. Now, in this moment love can be an embrace of humanity, in whatever shape, size and form we create. Our ability to love is a matter of fact. In this time we have our greatest opportunity yet: the possibility to love each other and live in letting-go of the wrong to exist in the Now. Our passion to carry our purpose to the people of light will burn just as bright. </p> <p>Let's accept each other for our unique gifts and let's empower one other to be individuals without harm to person or to environment. </p> <p>This place is just ahead of us because our time has come. Let our truth be known, because our truth is as true as the sun shines on us. Bring the love, heal the world. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/quiet-beauty#post-1507 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:32:59 +0000 CrookedHeart 1507@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>A quite beauty often has so much to give, within the essence of his/her soul speaks loudly the words love and understanding. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/quiet-beauty#post-1506 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:03:51 +0000 CrookedHeart 1506@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>A quiet beauty: refined purity of mind, body and soul. Delicate essence of fortitude and patience. Your being is mine and mine is yours; we are one love. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/evolution#post-1488 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:40:43 +0000 CrookedHeart 1488@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Evolution is the product of unfulfilled expectations. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/present-in-passion#post-1486 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:59:48 +0000 CrookedHeart 1486@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Being present in passion is a perspective to fully absorb experience. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/taking-initiative#post-1485 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:16:39 +0000 CrookedHeart 1485@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Taking initiative is the first act of service. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/consider-the-inconceivable#post-1483 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:24:11 +0000 CrookedHeart 1483@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Inexpectation is what you're not considering can happen. Will it take us until its too late to consider the inconceivable. I request your consideration for what can happen if we don't start loving each other more now. </p> http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/topic/a-tragic-event#post-1482 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:12:15 +0000 CrookedHeart 1482@http://crookedheartshavecharacter.com/ <p>Inexpectation is what you're not considering can happen. Will it take us until its too late to consider the inconceivable. I request your consideration for what can happen if we don't start loving each other more now. </p>