Excerpts from the book: Transcendence

 The below consist of excerpts from the book, Transcendence (c)copyright 2013hamdani

It is good that we can sometimes feel but not define because we do not own the experience or its definition, just the teaching.  Once wisdom is structurally defined, the present reality will have already changed. Once you see your area of growth you will have already advanced. Once you know, that which is known will have already elevated to bestow a greater meaning, a greater more developed you; therefore, a defined you becomes trapped in yesterday. This is the perspective that defines the present moment…it is moving and never still. Moving water does not freeze. That which we know can only be seen behind our shoulders; it has already happened but we are not looking backward.

Life is an amazing progression, an adventure in learning. It involves both joy and pain. We survive because we find meaning in the struggle.

The very entity of self-actualization and creation consist of superior phenomena, all working together. These realities combined are Appearance, Nature, Entity, Power, Influence, Internal Cause, Relation, Opposites, Agency, Nature, Belief, Resistance, Seduction, Latent Effect, Manifest Effect and their consistency from beginning to end. Some of these factors represent a lesson taken from the pages of......

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Barry Writes: #philosophy... Opposition: A Tool

Barry Writes:#Opposition: A Tool: Opposition is a spiritual reality wisely woven into the canvas of our lives that we may come to know character .Opposition can be an effecti...

Opposition: A Tool

Opposition is a spiritual reality wisely woven into the canvas of our lives that we may come to know character .Opposition can be an effective tool in the mind of the enlightened individual as it is with God whose character is without question. Opposition creates focus and may highlight either fear or confidence. The very will of God rides on the back of opposition and so does your own. Without opposition one cannot effectively make this measurement. Without opposition greatness can have no acclaim.
The muscles of stoic resolve thrive on accomplishments in the face of opposition and cause the courageous to elevate in the eyes of the observer [The book, Transcendence, describes the observer as an elevated state of individual awareness]. Opposition wears a badge to proclaim past victories over the unenlightened and demonstrates an equal admiration and praise for the strong who employ opposition with an understanding of its transient nature.  The limited spirit of opposition can be useful in the journey through life as we know it and beyond.

TRANSCENDENCE (c) copyright hamdani 2013 is a book about that journey.

Perspective

(C)copyright2013hamdani

Sometimes the things we think we see are not so. Sometimes the traits we think we recognize in others are not there. Often the #judgments we make of ourselves are not real.

In my upcoming book, Transcendent Reality, we explore the gravity of the human spirit in its relation to perspective. I admit, it is a grand topic; however, the principles outlined in the text will inspire you to know more...about yourself, about God and about the universe in which we live.

Perspective is about the lens in which we view life. The lens does not discover life, it simply identifies the beliefs of the viewer. What is the real perspective of your characters?

Poems By S. Barry Hamdani

     (c)copyright 2013 Hamdani

                                           Anointed Pen

Oh God…if you will anoint this pen to be a blessing upon the hearts of many men,

That people may grow to see that you are friend to all who seek truth to know you from within.

A world that pulls upon desire and lead to a massive nowhere,

A most compelling spirit it is to foe and heir.

Words pitched by spirits without names, names unknown to man,

Spirits without a father they sell a lying wonder, but joy to those who know

That God’s voice wields truth like thunder, and the power of lighting spoken
 by youth to bring a liar under…God’s judgment.

Pride dies hard and is buried in the tomb of regret,
 its destiny preserved in darkness forever,

For destruction is not yet obliterated until the proud,
 stops and bows for the eyes of the wise

 are concentrated on humility.

The voice of pride begets and audience large and small,
 enticing it to a place undefined,

A place of its fall and great is that fall…
seen by all and the audience departs, 
quietly…a wake…a burial…a stake in wisdom.

Tell me, please, what you think is happening within the higher conscious ( the sub-conscious mind )which is inferior to nothing except God. I humbly submit that we may find the so called sub-conscious mind  is superior to present conclusions (sometimes confused with the concept of awareness). Conclusions to present awareness has to be inferior because life is a process that has not yet been completed.

The Inner Voice of Wisdom

The beauty of contentment is access. The inner voice is the entity that is accessed as we create. It offers a complete composition of...something.

The expression of the inner voice is without emotion yet it reveals sources of discontent: phobias, loss, addictions or anger. The inner voice overlooks those potential points of confusion (irrelevant energy) and is totally disconnected to both the emotions and reasons behind an intuitively led action.

Intuition in this case is simply an authority within regarding the unknown. Intuitive thought is ultimately an act of faith based on premonition. It is certainty without shape or form. It is wisdom standing in a shadow. There are no distractions in this zone. We hear noise along the peripheral but the inner eye does not blink. We are connected. Intuition. The lyrics of its' silent music are about the subject of oneness.  We hear what is there...a thing not yet manifested. It is the source of creative productivity; the engine that propels the wheels of providence: the result of relevant thinking.

Unfold the Mystery of Colorful Writing

Sometimes we add life to our stories by creating different avenues by which the reader comes to understand the unique nature of the character. Sometimes we express background through dialog, sometimes by narrative and sometimes through the view of other characters. The magic to characterization is conflict that falls within one of three distinct categories:

(a) there's how the world sees us.
(b) there's the way we see ourselves (self image).
(c) there's who we really are and who we choose to become (self-esteem).

When who we really are is consistent with what we think of ourselves, point (a) above, loses both   its'  appeal and its' power, therefore the beholder is empowered.

If you can write a story that expresses this principle you will have created great characterization because the reader will have followed the character through her points of conflict, through bad choices and will have prevailed through its consequences. This process guides one to the point of it all: self-actualization.

Has your main character been self-actualized?

Employ a catalyst to trigger character development
 I like to expose character by having the reader pursue an article (on the internet or by newspaper), or they might pursue a question or challenge an existing set of assumptions which causes one's character to unfold. A useful catalyst can be any event that prompts your character to action or to respond. It is usually a binary expression, a relationship between to entities, persons or ideas. A binary relationship means if a particular thing happens then your character will likely do or say a particular thing. Below is an example expressed through dialog.

"Did you know that Janice is going to the party?"
 "No. But I know what it means. Do you."
"T-r-o-u-b-l-e. Big trouble."

Sometimes, a poem or a letter -even if written to oneself -may be equally effective. To ensure magnificent impact of character it is good to display inner conflict.  Here's how.

(1) Establish inner conflict, preferably of a moral nature.
(2) Write from the abstract, leaving readers with small hints of the character's likely resolution.
(3) Allow the conflict to evolve around the character's need to resolve it but be sure the conflict grows with every attempt to resolve it.

In the below example, you will notice elements of both conflict and the abstract. You can make it mean whatever is right for your character. The below example is based on the feelings this writer experienced at the beginning of a new and meaningful relationship. The character is expressing feelings that only you, the writer can interpret.

Tell me, please, what you think is happening within the higher conscious ( the sub-conscious mind )which is inferior to nothing except God. I humbly submit that we may find the so called sub-conscious mind  is superior to present awareness. Present awareness has to be inferior because life is a process that has not yet been completed.

                                                              The Silent Drummer

Do you think that I'm expressive or, do you wonder why I beat my drums?

Because there are rooms in my heart. What's behind the doors?  Those doors are reservedly closed, a place where the most expressive of men falter, closed, yet unlocked.

What are those rooms like?
When I get to know you, the existence of that very discussion will speak to the elevation of our relationship. I know what lurks behind the door and how it is likely manifested.

Is it something bad?
It is not judged. It is simply a child's vision of the world, part of which remain with us forever,m a sensitive door at times whose bell does not always ring to relevance, where fear despises reason and courage excels them both; courage given legs not in spite of fear but invigorated by its' presence. Courage, the only antidote to fear; A silent room in spite of the beating of the drums.

There is a place in the soul, a place scarred and healed, remnants of a broken heart...the process of life filtered by pain, the ingredients of self-actualization, a place where the voice of the whisperer within is given base and the genius of wisdom flows, like a typewriter in your head, you read and remember every sentence, every promise of God regarding you and it seems a stroke of genius.

In reality you have become empowered by the need to love again.