Positive Qualities – Goofy & Powerful

Dear Folks,
Image is thought. Thought is image. Our reality is based on how we think and image things. — The Power of Music: How to Use Sound for Relaxation, Concentration, and Healing, Don G. Campbell, Author
All qualities live with other qualities. Most qualities need some balancing qualities to give them some equilibrium. We need to be confident, direct, and Powerful. But it is also important to be relaxed, Goofy, and lighthearted. Qualities are gregarious; they all work together.
Peace,
Jim
            GOOFY
Definition: silly; good‑hearted
Balancing Quality: thoughtful
Compatible Quality: good timing
Too Far: absurd
Quote:
No matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a special friend to act goofy with. — James Montgomery Halstead (1936-2010) American Industrial Engineer
Exercise: Watch Goofy cartoons.
            POWERFUL

Definitions: (1) having great physical prowess; strong; able to exert intense force; mighty; (2) being a brilliant moral influence; (3) able to persuade or convince the minds of others; (4) possessing great energy; producing enormous effects

Balancing Qualities: An overabundance of the desire for safety and security leads people to focus on the qualities of power and strength. These, if not balanced with the qualities of compassion, kindness, thoughtfulness, generosity, and gentleness, lead to violence.

Too Far: The positive qualities of desire and power taken too far end in greed. Every action can be and is justified by pointing to positive qualities.Motto:
Cedant arma togae (Latin): “Let arms yield to the toga” [Let military power give way to civil power]. — Wyoming state motto
Quotes:
It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, it is the cleaving to life and wealth and power. — Siddhartha Gautama [The Buddha] (c. 563-483 bc) Nepali-Indian Guru

Non‑violence is more powerful than all the armaments in the world. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man. — Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Leader

Consideration: If a person who is immature, insecure, and fear‑ridden is given power, the power will have to live within that person’s emotional limits, and will be subject to the constraints of their developing personality. Decisions made reflect the character of the decision maker.
Observation: Power can be impersonal – like the power of the ocean – or it can be personal. If personal, it can be negative or positive.
Comments:
• The powerful are often intent on retaining their own power. And to that end, all else becomes subordinate.
• We are still in the age of “might is right,” and will be for hundreds of years. The question is how, in the face of power, to do what you know is right. Sometimes it takes great courage.
• The temptation to enhance those qualities serving only our personal needs is great, and the rewards for doing so are seductive. If we choose our needs unfairly over the needs of others, the results will also be unfair.
• If the consciousness of the governed outgrows the consciousness of those in power, there is a rupture of some sort. This turmoil results in one of two possibilities: a crackdown to hold the old way in place – for a time – or the birth of a new system.
Colors: golden orange, orange
Symbols: 1) gold; 2) a crown; 3) a hammer; 4) the crocodile; 5) the Emperor (tarot); 6) the whip (Egyptian)