# HG changeset patch # User Henry S Thompson # Date 1705569461 0 # Node ID 8a0f5facb73a307e39979af844e3af866df65d82 # Parent 0de8487d68b2dd6fd1efa4143dbd9266843a5a48# Parent 1f9ffcef94d8187d071ef7700cbac6fe0fd5fdbc merge diff -r 0de8487d68b2 -r 8a0f5facb73a A_Guide_for_Living.html --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/A_Guide_for_Living.html Thu Jan 18 09:17:41 2024 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ + + +A Guide for Living

A Guide for Living

Henry S. Thompson
17 Jan 2024
Copyright © 2024 Henry S. Thompson CC-BY-SA

1. Introduction

I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity +(in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity. +"... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I +strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right +..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P

Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what +follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to +self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously.

2. Specifics

  • Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what +opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short. End most days +with some form of [Ignatian] Examen
  • Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest +attempt to look good/earn brownie points.
  • Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects +
    • For those +already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or +pulling out +
      • CCrawl research paper
      • Grant proposal
      • PDF project
      • CDX project
      • WebArch book
      • Move south
      +
    • For candidates, +prioritise +
      • CCrawl whitepaper
      • Middle Way project
      • Autobiography
      • Group of N
      +
    • [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on +those I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects before I +embark on new ones"]
    +
  • Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) +Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of +others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in +mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"]
  • Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner
  • Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two
  • Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google +[volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of +opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer
  • Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my +aggressive responses +
    • To Catharine
    • To (motor)cyclists
    +
  • Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter. +[ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard +newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.]
  • Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the +comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and +the blessings of my family.
  • Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not +dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does +this build community?" Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to +rest? Russian History Early years of marriage Timanous
  • Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand.
\ No newline at end of file diff -r 0de8487d68b2 -r 8a0f5facb73a A_Guide_for_Living.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/A_Guide_for_Living.txt Thu Jan 18 09:17:41 2024 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +*Towards a Guide for Living* + +I shold be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my +humanity (in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), +grounded in Christianity. "... 'Live up to the light thee hast and +more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I strove to lead a more Christian +life, in unison with what I knew to be right ..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 +in QF&P + +Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, here +are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to +self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously. + + * Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, + what opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling + short. + + End most days with some form of [Ignatian] Examen + + * Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest + attempt to look good/earn brownie points. + + * Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects + * For those already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for + declaring victory and/or pulling out + * CCrawl research paper + * Grant proposal + * PDF project + * CDX project + * WebArch book + * Move south + * For candidates, prioritise + * CCrawl whitepaper + * Middle Way project + * Autobiography + * Group of N + + [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on those + I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects + before I embark on new ones"] + + + * Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) + Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and + the faith of others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who + would want to participate in mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the + future of Quakerism"] + + * Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner + + * Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two + + * Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity + Samaritains? Google [volunteer counselling opportunities + edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of opportunities + + Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer + + * Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my + aggressive responses + * To Catharine + * To (motor)cyclists + + * Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as + clutter. [ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments + ... no longer hoard newspapers/cuttings and printed matter + generally.] + + * Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for + "the comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence + entails" [BPD] and the blessings of my family. + + * Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not + dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it + helpful?" and "Does this build community?" + + Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to rest? + Russian History + Early years of marriage + Timanous + + * Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand. + + + diff -r 0de8487d68b2 -r 8a0f5facb73a A_Guide_for_Living.xml --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/A_Guide_for_Living.xml Thu Jan 18 09:17:41 2024 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ + + + + + + A Guide for Living + Henry S. Thompson + 17 Jan 2024 + + +
+ Introduction +

I should be continually striving to fulfill the potential of my humanity +(in general) and my particular gifts (in particular), grounded in Christianity. +"... 'Live up to the light thee hast and more will be granted thee'. ... [so] I +strove to lead a more Christian life, in unison with what I knew to be right +..." Caroline Fox, 26.04 in QF&P

+

Accepting that I will fail again, while trying to fail better, what +follows are some specific actions or goals, which I may use "as an aid to +self-discipline" [BPD]> if I take the above seriously.

+
+
+ Specifics + + Start most days with some quiet time, prayer for the day ahead, what +opportunities/risks it may offer for doing good/falling short. End most days +with some form of [Ignatian] Examen + Apologise less, and only when it's genuine, and not a dishonest +attempt to look good/earn brownie points. + Enumerate specific concrete goals/projects + + For those +already underway, describe/identify KPIs/criteria for declaring victory and/or +pulling out + + CCrawl research paper + Grant proposal + PDF project + CDX project + WebArch book + Move south + + + For candidates, +prioritise + + CCrawl whitepaper + Middle Way project + Autobiography + Group of N + + + [ref. BPD "[C]omplete all tasks I take on and only take on +those I truly feel I can carry out. To finish current major projects before I +embark on new ones"] + + + Start a House Group dedicated to Good Old Fashioned (Christian) +Quakerism [ref. BPD "[M]ake a commitment to discuss my faith and the faith of +others each week"; "[A]ttempt to find others who would want to participate in +mutual guidance"; "[T]hink about the future of Quakerism"] + Start having people in for lunch (Bonnie?) or dinner + Ask Mark if we can start having lunch every week or two + Look for a way to volunteer in a helping capacity Samaritains? Google +[volunteer counselling opportunities edinburgh] suggests there are _lots_ of +opportunities Reconsider my unwillingness to serve as an Overseer + Anger management: try harder to own the weaknesses that fuel my +aggressive responses + + To Catharine + To (motor)cyclists + + + Declutter, including reclassifying much long-held-on-to as clutter. +[ref. AW "[Release] many possessions and attachments ... no longer hoard +newspapers/cuttings and printed matter generally.] + Practice explicit humility and thanksgiving, giving thanks for "the +comforts [I] enjoy and the responsibilities [my] affluence entails" [BPD] and +the blessings of my family. + Aim for honesty and integrity, not forgetting the that tact is not +dishonesty: "Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary, is it helpful?" and "Does +this build community?" Things to document/confess/seek to redress, or lay to +rest? Russian History Early years of marriage Timanous + Try not to dismiss suggestions/opportunities out-of-hand. + +
+ + diff -r 0de8487d68b2 -r 8a0f5facb73a Penny_Brohn_notes.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Penny_Brohn_notes.txt Thu Jan 18 09:17:41 2024 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +*Day 0* + +I had missed the 'rule' part! +Wrt what would I be willing to be held to account? +What kind of intentional community might be situated within a Quaker +meeting? + +Alex Wildwood: + Connection: participation/communion/community + Reflection/meditation/contemplation: Stilling the monkey mind; + self-enquiry: what are we led to do + Service: Action of love [12 step]; work, creativity and caring; + aliveness is relational + Serving the great works of justice, peace and love + +Aka connection/consciousness/compassion + +Power and presence that is greater than us + +Ego, seeking self-validation. "I don't like change" + +--------- + +Ben PD: + +"A succession of very unhappy people, nothing to do with me" ! +??? hedonism. + +Faithfulness: What does it feel like to be faithful, how do I know +what is an authentic spiritual impetus? + +Keep practicing a life as ministry; Remember the principle of Act as If. + +Look for a feeling, and look at the fruits. + +Holy moments, right place/right time, a _thin_ place + +Good questions to ask about authentic decision making + +Amish decision: does this build community? + +Ever vigilant, and recognise the need for help. + +*Day 1* +---------- + +Be prepared to wait. Sometimes one has to just get out of the way. + +G. MacLeod: "I don't believe in coincidences, but when I stop praying +they stop happening". + +"Fold the wings of the intellect" + +"God is reached by love, not navigation" Augustine + +---------------- + +But sometimes pain is just painful... + +"There is a power and presence by which we live" _The_ Quaker +testimony, per Jocelyn Burnell, allegedly + +curl -o ewa ftpes://hsthompson:eebaephai4Ae@resources.elda.org/ + +-------------Rules---------- + +What is the aim of the spiritual life: to realise the full potential +of my humanity. + +Noticing how we sabotage our best intentions + +*Day 2* + +----------Rule for me------- + +Substantive, realistic, ministry + +[use positive language] + +How without a community? + +If I'm not keeping a rule maybe _it_ needs to change + +Don't set oneself up to fail "I have not gone after things to great, +or marvels beyond me". + +QF&P/A&Q as a rule: how to make it more personal [substantive, +realistic, ministry] + +What's already underway w/o problems may not need to be in there... + +Be careful about inviting ways to work around bits + +Use the stairs as a physical cue, morning and evening, to set the +day's goals; to acknowledge the goods/fallings short. + +Thich Nhat Hanh puts value on 'solidity': that resonates, but what +_is_ it? + +St. Francis: "[E]liminate the ways we may manipulate others to ur own + ends." + +I'm going to write this without assuming that I'm ready to adopt it, +call it... + +[See A_Guide_for_Living.{txt,xml}]