Saturday, October 18, 2014

Writing out of love about responsiblity.

Do you think you are a responsible person? Can others depend on you to do what you say you will do? Or you are one of those who rather not say anything and not do much? Does responsibility mean we take on what is ours to do with commitment and reliability? Or does it mean taking on another's spiritual  work?
If you take on another's spiritual work wouldn't that deprive you both?

What do you do when you make mistakes? Do you have the courage to change for the better? Or do you analyze it over and over and at the end he/she is the one whom you blame? :)

 I read on my Virtues card  I picked today that responsibility is when we have the ability to respond ably.

Sometimes there are offers that come to us and we say "no" to them because we really know we can't do it and by that I mean we have done the same thing many times and haven't been able neither to produce a good job nor enjoyed the process. That's ok to say no. But, when there is a new journey life is offering it is good to say "yes" and see if I can enjoy the way I am dealing with it and, who knows, the end product might be more than expected :)

In another word, accept the responsibility to what I have said yes, do my best and have faith! Or is there something I am missing here? I probably am missing whole lot of things...LOL!

I love this below quote by Ron Baron and it has come to me several times.When this happens I know it can be either a confirmation or something I need to work on, it goes like this:

"My life is an influence on every life mine touches. Whether I realize it or not, I am responsible and accountable for that influence."

 It seems to me there is not much we can do in this world without influencing each other. Even an act as innocent as brushing my teeth, if the water is left flowing, wastes 16- lit of water!

 Now, in Norway, we believe, we have water and we can let it flow for no reason, in Israel or in Africa you have to be careful with water usage. Can I, in Norway, be careless about that just because in my part of the Earth there is lots of water and in the other part there is little?
What if my loved ones , my family members live in there? Would my feeling of responsibility grow?

To be honest, I don't know what I should do in Norway. And I am with you, if in your part of the world you don't know how you should deal with usage of water or anything else.

It seems to me that we need certain universal policies and principle, policies we all agree, for the sake of humanity, for the sake of love. Because as a responsible person we are accountable for what we do and we can give excellence to all that we do, we just don`t always know to what we should give excellence : )
 Meanwhile I remember to focus on my own part, not someone else's.

 You figure out for yourself what you want to do because I brush my teeth for 3 minutes and that is 16 liter of water if left flowing :)



Monday, October 13, 2014

Art and becoming one with what is!

What kind of artistic performances do you prefer? Paintings, theater, music, dance, singing, poetry or sculpture? Do you like classical art or the modern ones?

 There is so much this world offers when it comes to art and whatever awakens the sense of beauty, awe, harmony, grace and meaningfulness in you and calls your attention towards the creativity of the person who did it, can be considered art. That is my opinion and the rest I believe it is the matter of taste.

 Have you ever watched a dance where you have felt that the dancer is in complete harmony with the universe?I have, many times, felt humbled watching a play but at the dance of Moshkin Ghalam the Iranian choreographer and modern dancer I didn't want to blink. I had watched some of his interviews and heard him say since he was a child the dance has been with him, as if the dance found him :)
I want to believe that but a part of me wants to give credit to his zeal and hard work. He must have practiced a lot to be who he is today.

Some people are talented & genius and I could imagine Moshkin Ghalam is one of them. Watching him dance you will find the story he is trying to tell, it resonates with what you have in your heart and mind, what you may have experienced in your homeland or learned from history. He is trying to bring Iranian literature and art closer to those of us who, may have, lost interest in our own language and art. The way he speaks Persian blows my mind and I told him I was intimidated to even open my mouth and speak in his presence.

 Outside the stage his open spirit and humor makes anyone feel comfortable around him, unless one suffers from "laughter intolerance" you know a disease where the enzyme "laghterase" is missing and often these people suffer from extreme constipation and tightness in the muscle of the lips! :)

I have been to artistic performances or art galleries where I have not really enjoyed what I have seen, I have however given those arts a second chance and still haven't regret, but definitely have promised myself that I will not take myself to a third one.

With Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam I wish everyone could see him perform, mostly because he really really seems to enjoy himself on the stage, he becomes one with whatever is and I have a feeling he may worry the moment he ends and I tell you he has no reason whatsoever. If there was a place I experienced the complete harmony between feminine and masculine energy, it was his dance.

I generally enjoy laughing with people and I am at awe with good artists, With Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam I found a person with whom I could laugh and be at awe. That's what we call light upon light "Nur ala Nur"!

"Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul."
@Charles Buxton