Definition: familiar because of attentive study or close association; skilled; experienced

Quotes:
• Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers. — Confucius [born Kǒng Qiū] (c.551-479 BC) Chinese ethical philosopher
• What is the Tao Te Ching? Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tse in ancient China dictated 81 verses which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of existence. — Wayne Walter Dyer (1940-2015) American self-help author

Definition: prone to taking risks in spite of possible danger or loss; eager for adventure; daring

Synonyms: bold, brave, courageous, intrepid

Compatible Quality: lucky

Quotes:
• The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs. — Vance Havner (1901-1986) American preacher
• Religion leads to serving men, thus creating ethics and altruism. Wisdom leads to the higher and better fellowship of both ideas and one’s fellows. Revelation liberates men and starts them out on the eternal adventure. (102:3.6) — The Urantia Book {1955}

(A coined word)
Definitions: (1) having the ability to bring a fresh point of view into a situation, the talent to breathe new life into <as a ballplayer who makes a great play and inspires his or her teammates to excel>; (2) marks the act of bringing something out into the open <as a grievance or a problem>; (3) describes the person who, when angry, frustrated, or immature, has the capacity to vent his or her negative energy in a positive direction <usually in the form of some physical or social activity; or by vocalizing with a friend or professional counselor>

Derivation: Latin, “the wind”
     Note: from ventilate: a circulating and refreshing air in a space <thus driving out staleness>

Familial Quality: stress hardy, spacious <room to move>

Quotes:
• I always leave a window open. — Pope John XXIII [born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli] (1818-1963) [When asked how the “ventilious” ideas which he initiated in the Church came to him.]
• Where there is no ventilation, fresh air is declared unwholesome. — George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright

Inspiration: The following is written in the style (personifying qualities) of Janet Ruth Gendler in The Book of Qualities {1984}.
     Ventilious entertains at children’s parties with ventriloquism, juggling, and clowning around. She creates wind sculptures and kites. She works as a volunteer for the Better Air Campaign.
     Ventilious is a much sought-after arbitrator. Her fresh point of view and sense of humor make her perfect for the job. If you feel cluttered and confused, she will be glad to introduce you to Clarity.
     She’s hoping to, someday, combine the just-right essences in a bouquet, the fragrance of which will clean the head and open the mind.

Observation: An artist will often describe their inspiration as arriving as if from a muse. When action is taken one is turning oneself into a window through which the inspiration can manifest.

Comments:
• Venting, if directed toward the positive, helps to neutralize negative energy focusing the mind on possible solutions.
• Frustration is the result of feeling trapped. You may feel trapped by circumstances outside of your control, or you could be trapped because you have not developed the ability to deal with a situation in a creative and appropriate manner. If you hold in your frustration, you are susceptible to anger. Anger has only negative consequences; it will manifest as some physical or mental disease, often depression. If you vent with hatred, someone will get hurt.
• When you need to be ventilious, don’t hold back. Throw yourself into the activity with your whole heart. If you have to sneeze, sneeze all the way. Holding back just makes the pressure release somewhere else.

Definitions: (1) having qualities worthy of esteem; being highly thought of; considered a treasure; (2) having significant worth monetarily, emotionally, personally, or spiritually; (3) the embodiment of all virtue; attractive; appealing

Synonyms: admirable, cherishable, estimable, irreplaceable, precious, priceless, probity

Quote: We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. — Edward Estlin [e. e.] Cummings (1894-1962) American poet

Consideration: Cloistered nuns and monks spend their whole lives in silence, praying. They pray for the pope, starving children, and the good of the planet. They believe they are having a positive effect. And yet, by all popular accounts, things are getting worse. So, are they wasting their time? No, because they are being positive. All positive energy has a dual effect. First, on a personal level, it is making them more real because they are becoming closer to the qualities that make up the universe. Those positive choices are of value in and of themselves. And second, the prayer energy is being used for something. It is positive energy; therefore, it must have a positive effect.

Observations:
• You are valuable. Recognition of your value may be external; you believe the evaluation of another because they love you. Or you can take an honest, private assessment of your own inner value.
• Einstein said you can only chase down the facts by what is observable. Science depends on it. On the level of being, the level of experience, you can actually get inside what you are observing via feelings and recognition of values. You can be on both sides of facts and truth. Observation can be both external and insightful.

Question: How do I experience experience?
     Note: By being existent on a higher level of reality. By embodying the higher values of positive qualities.

Divine Definitions: (1) Worthy of profound respect; noteworthy; (2) Worthy of worship or adoration; (3) Worthy of praise; laudable; (4) Worthy of appreciation; thankworthy; (5) Worthy of being enshrined; sacred; (6) Worthy of devotion; hallowed; (7) Worthy of reverence; blessed; (8) Deserving of deference; exalted; (9) Of the most holy stature; sacrosanct

Comment: Genuine supreme spiritual experience is beyond emotion, tradition, or philosophy. Once we know God, even to the small extent possible for humans, we realize He is worthy of worship by all intelligent beings.

VENERABLENESS
Human Definitions: (1) worthy of honor or respect because of meritorious distinction; noteworthy; (2) deserving of deference; exalted; (3) worthy of admiration or reverence because of recognized goodness <often mingled with a degree of awe>; (4) worthy of praise; laudable

Quotes:
• Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American Author
• Religion is among the most beautiful and most natural of all things – that religion which ‘sees God in clouds and hears Him in the wind,’ which endows every object of sense with a living soul, which finds in the system of nature whatever is holy, mysterious, and venerable, and inspires the bosom with sentiments of awe and veneration. — William Godwin (1756–1836) English philosopher & novelist

Symbol: an older person

Definition: possessing a strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter difficulty with courage; bold or determined in facing danger

Derivation: Old French, “to be of worth”

Synonyms: brave, fearless, heroic, intrepid, knightly, stout

Quotes:
• Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back. — Publilius Syrus (85–43 bc) Latin writer
• Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. — Carl August Sandburg (1878 –1967) American poet & journalist

Symbols: 1) the lion; 2) the wolf

Mythological Figure: Hector was the most valiant of the Trojans and their noblest hero. — Homer (c. 751-651 BC) The Iliad {762 BC}

Definition: having the power to produce good or profit; beneficial; helpful; service giving

Quotes:
• What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us. — Dorothea Lynde Dix (1802–1887) American advocate for the mentally ill
• Joy, feeling one’s own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul. — Maria Montessori (1870-1952) Italian physician and educator

Consideration: There are many ways to enliven and direct the innate urges of curiosity, adventure, and discovery into useful and progressive paths of growth. It begins by looking around and seeing what interests you.

Definition: (1) possessing the quality or property of being useful; (2) utilitarianism: an ethical doctrine that seeks the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people

Quotes:
• Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. —   William Morris (1834–1896) British textile designer, poet, artist, & fantasy writer
• To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected. — Peter Albert David Singer (1946-) Australian moral philosopher

Definition: having integrity; upright; honorable; straightforward

Quotes:
• Get up, stand up. Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up. Don’t give up the fight. — Robert “Bob” Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican songwriter
• Always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. Sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right even if you have to stand alone. — Claudette Colvin (1939-) American Civil rights pioneer

Symbol: a tall tree

Definition: having polite manners; courteous; civil; suave; elegant or refined; sophisticated; polished and poised; pleasantly tactful

Quotes:
• If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. — Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British philosopher and statesman
• Every peasant has a lawyer inside of him, just as every lawyer, no matter how urbane he may be, carries a peasant within himself. — Miguel De Unamuno y Jugo (1865-1936) Spanish writer & poet

Comment: We can fool ourselves into thinking that when we are doing well, well, are cultured and sleekly urbane that we do not have to bother with growing our soul. Life soon plays its little tricks to get us to grow again.