Calvin is on the right.

When I made my Oath* of Mentorship in the Prosperos, which I did not do lightly (12 years in the process) I did so realizing that our community can be truly empowered to overcome any obstacle by sharing our ideas, resources, and information with one another, under the context of a “Prosperos System” that produces a balanced Mental/ Emotional Intelligence that will become the norm for all of our people.

For me, when I knew I was ready to commit and made my oath it was in the context of a “Prosperos System” that provided a working system that produced a mental/emotional balance. That kind of system is what I want to pass on to new students and have them supported in.

Along the way, what I learned from my Teacher & Mentors:

• Know thy Self, warts and all.
• Know you live on several plains of existence, two, for example, is: Mental (theory) and Practical (applied theory).  I like the phase: as above so below), so if your thoughts are heaven but your day to day existence is hell something is wrong.
• We serve or our ministry is on three levels- Ourselves, What we call family, and the World.  If all you can think or talk about is you and your problems, never how you help a family member or contributed to the betterment of the world, then there is something is wrong.

Further, I learned from ongoing personal study and observations:

·        Maybe we are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots. – Calvin

·        “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain

·        “Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature.” ~ David Hume

·        “If you have no actions to go with what you have learned, then you have learned nothing.” – Buddha

·        Behavior is a mirror in which everyone displays his own image.” ~ Johann Goethe

·        What I have discovered is ‘the Secrets to Success’ is through – Preparation, Perspiration, and what you learn to do differently from mistakes. – Calvin Harris, H.W., M

In conclusion, life is beyond good or bad, more in the fact about finding what is our place here? Paying attention to the fact that life is not free. It demands that you somehow, some way show up, pay your dues, and be of service to yourself and others.

I call that, Social Vibrancy, a result of the startling act of service to self and others. A cross-cultural masquerade. That with some effort, transport’s one to the heart of Truth, the presence of at once being earthy and ethereal. That gives an illuminated portrait of the Self as a nuanced beyond a complicated life to a life engaging, involving, intelligent, fascinating. I am grateful for all that I have, all that I am, and all that is. Never underestimate the therapeutic power of our priceless gifts.

Blessing to you all

Calvin

*Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon āð, also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise with wording relating to something considered sacred as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to give an affirmation instead.