Good Will Hunter

                                                           I'm a 'word guy' and therefore a 'BOOK Guy'  but I KNOW reading books is not as "IT" once was ---  We, as in our Society, has now leaned toward a return to {believe it or not} the "ORAL TRADITION", meaning many of Us would rather LISTEN to readers than actually BEING a >Reader< --- "so it goes' .   I am reluctant to use my personal Library to influence my Gentle Readers ---it may be too self-indulgent .   I CAN "resort to" films, however, since they represent the "sugar" in "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" .   We can observe HOW and WHY individuals are the way they are in Hollywood Glamor that reeks of 'blue collar'  'empiricism' by viewing perhaps the Greatest Film of its Time, "Good Will Hunting"--- an Academy Award Winner of "Best Original Screenplay" by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon .   It's like the Bible, it has EVERYTHING inside .

                          Here we have Matt as "Will" ,  Ben as "Chuckie" and Minnie [Driver] as "Skylar' .   Matt is the one with the "Gift", Ben is strictly "Blue Collar" and Minnie is a "trust fund" rich-kid .    It's a small range of characters but they are all we need to inspect the Conditions of their Past as they relate to their Future .    

                          I urge my Gentle Readers to view "Stigmata" as well .   My FAVORITE Actress, Ms. Patricia Arquette, portrays a POSSESSED Hairdresser, whose line, "I LOVE being who I am" DEFINES a level of Existence most common and UN-COMMON in the Realm of Ordinary Work-a-Day .   As a kwik* aside, Gabriel Byrne is MAGNIFICENT as Father Andrew Kiernan .

                        I need Examples with whom my Readers can relate .   The above will do nicely .

"All things from Karma"

                                                           I was not one who was attracted to "The American Dream", which included, wife, kids, house and a job that paid for "a good living" .   I mean, it was 'out there' but not for me .   The American Dream was a manifestation of "The Declaration of Independence" which seems like a s--t--r--e--t--c--h , {it is} .    My Guy Ben Franklin used it as did "Mark Twain" .   The American Dream appeared to some of us as nothing more than the Status Quo, a Status Quo that registered as "The Natural Order" of Society and Civilization .   Like the V---A---S---T majority of some of us, I didn't know what I wanted, but a wife and kids was NOT among my Future Desires .    BUT    WHERE did that leave me ?  What ELSE was "Out there" ???   Good Question .

                            I may or may not be "different", but there was something INSIDE me that did NOT "like" the Status Quo , and I can only attribute    this   to Karma .    In Buddhist Dogma  this :   "All things from Karma" .    I was born with >somethings< and these somethings influenced my Life, THAT'S what 'somethings' DO .   It is being aware of these Somethings that will aid in the attainment of "One's Own" .

What's inside and What "out there"

                                                           We must establish a few 'things' before we get "underway" .    To have "One's Own" isn't just about receiving a "Gift" from the Realm of the Super-Natural, although that DOES figure prominently in the Over-All Plan {Process} .   Elsewhere I have championed Dr. William Jame's Cosmic Assertion that "Life is what you MAKE it" .   We can extrapolate that 'Life' is [therefore] constructed :  we say that we build a Life , and we must build Life from what already exists within our "Realm" ;   in the 70's >that< was 'heard' as "Ya-gotta go with what ya got" .   When we graduated High School we have a diploma, but not much else .   SOME of us DID enter the "Job Market" early on, and that is most definitely commendable, but some of us 'did' sports, which, precluded outside activities especially Work .   I didn't want to work, I wanted to play ----------and I did .   My goal at that Time was to get into a college, somehow,,, NOT to suit MY "Ambition" {I had none} but to satisfy my Parents .   2 words :  weird .

                               We must correctly identify those 'things' with which to build a Life , these >things< include an Existential Understanding of What Life IS .   What is the Nature of Life (?) is intimately connected to What is the Nature of BEING .   I hazard that most High School Grads don't have a fucking CLUE about the True Nature of Existence, shit, did ANYBODY our age "have a clue" ?   Doubtful, but there were Those that knew EXACTLY what they wanted to do {become}, and got on a Path whose goal was that "End" .  I'm thinking of Teachers, and the so-called High School "Future Teachers of America" .   Many of us Others did NOT, as I mentioned above, and Life was a {fucking} Mystery .   Question is , How do we find [locate] those 'things' and then, How do we use them ?   

"No Beginning --- No End"

                                                          I'm not going to write extensively this morning --- I have a cement/concrete project to execute and I'm brimming with enthusiasm to begin .   

                             I give my Gentle Readers a "Heads uP" that in the upcoming days I plan to explore the Nature and VALUE of "Having One's Own" , and also the Commitment REQUIRED .   Also, I intend to alter my own Writing so as to include the >>>WAY<<< in which I Think --- an Effort to provide example of "Critical Thinking" as it relates to >>>Problem Solving<<< , not just in GRANDIOSE EXTRAVAGANZAS , but in every-day situations, the littlest shit that most of us find either troubling or bothersome .  Note that even severe trivialities  are a form of Suffering, and that to find methods to alleviate the slightest Suffering can and SHOULD lead to the alleviation of BIG-TIME Suffering---which is the Goal of the Noble 8 Fold Noble Path .   

                           We're gonna start with this ;   "Looking into One's Self---{and the Attainment of Buddhahood"}  the third definition of Zen .   

"WHOA NELLIE " !!!

                                                          I had a rough plan to write about Nellie Korda, the Winner of the Women's U.S. Open Golf Tournament, so that I could feature a lyric from an old song, {Ancient, really} which is "God Bless the child that's got his own" .   Korda "comes from" a rather wealthy family of Champions, her father (Petr Korda) the most notable, who achieved MAJOR Success as a Tennis Pro as well as her Mom (Regina Rajchrtova) .   Apparently, Nellie had little interest in Tennis and chose Golf as her "OWN" .   THAT'S the Point rite there, to Have "One's Own" .    Question :  What is 'One's Own'  ?

                               Based on all of Dr. Carl Jung's Teachings, I am firmly convinced that EVERY ONE can and SHOULD "Have his/her Own" .   One's Own is best described as a "Gift"---we speak of those that have been "given" "Gifts", we assume from Heaven .   Nellie Korda has the "Gift" of "DOING" Golf at the highest level, indeed, she is presently # 1 in all the Rankings .   Are we to expect that each of US can be a # 1 ?    I suppose, but THAT isn't the Point of "One's Own" .   Some Folks are simply FABULOUS at what they "DO" ,  they make super-difficult actions appear as EFFORTLESS because they are so in tune with said activity, and that it 'appears' as "Second Nature" .   Their "expressions" ARE them, their Expressions >DEFINE< WHO they ARE, and of What they are made .   We can look at any TOP PRO to record affirmation .    

                              The "Job-of-Life" is to FIND "One's Own" .   It ain't EZ, nor should it be .

"The Heart of Rock and Get ROLLED "

                                                           Certainly the report of Ukrainian Success is >heartening< { GOD I love that word, heartening} .   I wish that we could receive a report of american success, a report that would indicate that america is actually doing SOMETHING to neutralize trump and in so doing CHANGE the so-called "Course of History" .  Sadly ---> NOPE .   

                            American B-R-O-A-D-casters and media in general, is preparing for the upcoming anniversary by labeling it with >>>CELEBRATION<<<  .   I mean, HOW THE FUCK CAN THAT BE ???

                             We are in the midst of WAR ,  trump and his have draaaaaaged us into a NO WIN CONDITION , a "condition" that has effected the entire WORLD .   Trump has DESTROYED AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, almost SINGLE-HANDEDLY, and is "On course" to PLUNDER american taxpayer wealth, and disperse it among HIS family members, and loyalists in a STAGGERING Display of UNRESTRICTED CORRUPTION .    

                          I mean SHIT ,,,, WE'RE GONNA >CELEBRATE<  >>>THAT<<< ???????

"I Want To Believe"

                                                           Reports that "Ukraine is WINNING " have surfaced evidenced by the drone strikes in St. Petersburg, putin's HOME-TOWN .   The Strikes occurred during putin's "Davos" a russian economic forum where several nations attended .   Further, Outside Monitors of putin's War have reported that Ukraine is killing russian soldiers faster than putin can recruit.  86,000 dead but only 80,000 recruited, so they say .   I Believe them because "I want to believe" .   

                         Somehow Ukrainians have developed a Drone Attack System that not only neutralized that of putin, but in many instances, exceeded expectations .    Ukraine has  manufacturing that builds these drones for around a "grand" , whereas russia spends at least THREE Times THAT .    Putin is losing soldiers, and going broke in the process .   2 words :  WOW .

                         I mean ya jus'-gotta shake your head in overwhelming APPRECIATION for Ukrainian TENACITY and Forbearance .    We must also FULLY Appreciate the EU and their commitment to Ukraine, to the tune of some ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS in Aid and all its manifestations .   

                         ...And what about those MAGNIFICENT Albanians who FROZE  kushner's assets in PROTEST of his attempt to SEIZE Albanian Property and  make it his own ???   

                                                              Ya jus'-gotta LOVE IT !!