Sharing the Ascension Experience
Definition: (1) conveying knowledge; serving to educate or inform <often suggests methodical or formal teaching>; professorial; (2) to edify <improve someone morally or intellectually> Quotes:• Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn’t understand and … Read more
Definition: inspired or activated by a natural tendency or propensity; arising spontaneously; being independent of logical judgment or premeditated willful action Synonyms: automatic, inborn, intuitive Quotes:• For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth 40 of it for real unerringness. — Mark Twain [born Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American humorist• Indecision may come … Read more
Divine Definitions: (1) Filling with the spirit; (2) Encouraging others to do and be their best; (3) The compelling influence to creative thought and action; (4) Persuading by positive means to be good, recognize beauty, and know truth; (5) Stimulating to service Familial Quality: Theopneustic <the process by which the Holy Spirit reveals truth> Comments:• … Read more
Definitions: (1) having the power to see into a situation; penetrating; perceptive; (2) the ability of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively Synonyms: acumen, clever, discerning, introspective, keen, perspicacious, shrewd, Prajna <direct insight (Buddhism)> Balancing Quality: Prayerful Quote:• One thing you find out when you leave something is which of your … Read more
Definitions: (1) having the power to see into a situation; penetrating; perceptive; (2) the ability of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively Synonyms: acumen, clever, discerning, introspective, keen, perspicacious, shrewd, Prajna <direct insight (Buddhism)> Balancing Quality: Prayerful Quotes:• One thing you find out when you leave something is which of your … Read more
Definitions: (1) seeking knowledge by discussion, investigation, or observation; (2) given to research; (3) eager for information and understanding; curious Compatible Quality: informative Too Far: busybody Quote:• There’s nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. — Frank A. Clark (1911–1991) American cartoonist• Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every … Read more
Definition: able to transform or alter yourself or the situation by introducing something new or unique Derivation: Latin, “to renew, restore, or change” Compatible Quality: cooperative Quotes:• When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts. — Lawrence Joseph Ellison (1944-) American businessman• Discovery consists of seeing what everyone has seen, and … Read more
Definitions: (1) free from guilt or sin <especially through lack of knowledge of evil>; blameless; guiltless; faultless; (2) without guile or cunning; lacking sophistication; ingenuous Synonyms: clean-handed, immaculate, pure, simple, spotless, undefiled, virtuous Quotes:• Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world. — Eartha Mae Kitt [born Eartha Mae Keith] (1927-2008) American … Read more
Definition: guided in thought and action primarily by one’s own scale of values as opposed to external norms; predilection; (2) preference to a deliberate steady pace Parental Quality: faith Quotes:• Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality. — Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Alsatian polymath [seven disciplines]• Being … Read more
Definitions: (1) taking the first step(s) or move(s); responsible for beginning an action; to inaugurate; (2) the attribute of originating new ideas or methods; inventive; (3) thinking and acting without being urged; enterprising; a go-getter Balancing Qualities: courage, experience, insight Quotes:• Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. — Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French playwright• The biggest things are always … Read more