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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 4:34 pm
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See, i hit it from the other side. I'd slice it into a million pieces if a better understanding helped me to make it happen more often.
Quote:Point being that I don't see a big involvement in faith there -- not that you were saying that.
Yeah, nor do I, even as defined by Benny. My level of confidence with improv doesn't seem to have anything to do with whether or not any given bit of improv is genuinely decent. Either it's off or it's not, it's improv either way.
When it's off...I just call it jazz and demand that the people around me recognize my brilliance. 
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 5:15 pm
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 5:20 pm
If the placebo can help me negotiate a ii-V7-I better, I'll consider it. Right now, solid practice seems to help a hell of a lot more.
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 5:37 pm
(August 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm)Jesster Wrote: I am fine with my perfectly secular sources.
What are some secular sources of encouragement would you recommend? I'm always on the look-out for such things whatever the source. Most of what I've seen promoted as secular inspiration are pop psychology 'self-help' books.
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 5:42 pm
(August 16, 2016 at 5:37 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: (August 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm)Jesster Wrote: I am fine with my perfectly secular sources.
What are some secular sources of encouragement would you recommend? I'm always on the look-out for such things whatever the source. Most of what I've seen promoted as secular inspiration are pop psychology 'self-help' books.
Like I said, it matters to the individual. I personally believe in myself and humanity. I take inspiration from people who have done great things before me. The friends and family who are still there for me always have my back and I know by now I can rely on them just like they know they can rely on me.
Do you though. This is just part of what inspires me when I need it. If you want more, look up secular humanism.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 6:08 pm
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 6:23 pm
Marijuana worked for Hendrix. Just saying...
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 6:41 pm
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(August 16, 2016 at 6:23 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: Marijuana worked for Hendrix. Just saying...
Yeah, for sure. LSD, too. I never got much inspiration from pot, but LSD. . . leaping lizards!
By the way, here's a quote from Hendrix:
Quote:"I believed in myself more than anything. And, I suppose in a way, that’s also believing in God. If there is a God and He made you, then if you believe in yourself, you’re also believing in Him…That doesn’t mean you’ve got to believe in heaven and hell and all that stuff. But it does mean that what you are and what you do is your religion… When I get up on stage—well, that’s my whole life. That’s my religion. My music is electric church music, if by ‘church’ you mean ‘religion’, I am electric religion."
I wouldn't say this represents a belief in God. However, I think he definitely felt that music was an interface between himself and something deeper.
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RE: Faith and achievement
August 16, 2016 at 6:46 pm
Actually, Benny, listening to music is great training, the same way we humans learn speech by listening to others.
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