tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73537370385608848662024-01-02T09:10:36.372-08:00The small blog of soul rulesThe small blog of soul rules... For after all, we are not human beings living spiritual lives; rather we are spiritual beings living human lives.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-46734183880551731212023-11-02T08:26:00.001-07:002024-01-02T09:10:04.979-08:00SecuritySecurity depends more upon what you can do without, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/n83wul8r26h7kqr/printDocs.txt?dl=0">rather</a> than what you have.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-89247950606393729022023-03-01T12:00:00.001-08:002023-11-02T08:26:46.754-07:00HealingBecause we are connected, souls have a natural desire to heal the suffering in other souls. Love, tenderness, and prayers heal from lovers to strangers.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-63657455582242976042022-10-17T09:11:00.005-07:002022-12-21T16:16:53.997-08:00Purpose of ArtThe purpose of art is to move souls. How does it do this? By encapsulating the small simulacra of souls, for our comparison.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-7932683564794425612022-07-02T08:03:00.001-07:002022-07-06T10:06:05.691-07:00Healing GriefGrieving helps us recover from bereavement. The large magnificence of nature (the ocean, the stars) are part of this process. Sharing the grief with similarly affected souls is also part of the process.
Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-83019931433761799382022-03-26T09:41:00.001-07:002022-03-28T13:26:22.463-07:00Love is Souls TalkingSouls communicate with one another via packets of love.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-39071506465167259932021-11-02T15:37:00.001-07:002021-11-19T09:21:20.472-08:00SharingWhen we touch other souls we recognize their experiences that we have also had ourselves. This sharing strengthens our anchoring.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-60082794401869220402021-07-11T06:37:00.002-07:002021-07-31T10:52:48.413-07:00BalancedWhether or not a soul is balanced reveals itself through the eyes of its container. Non-animal souls are revealed by their color consistency and texture.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-34222438053513601672021-04-30T08:35:00.005-07:002021-07-11T06:34:50.362-07:00Sharing PeaceWhen we share quiet aesthetic places of peace, rest and meditation we aid other souls.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-11371010990529685042021-01-13T07:02:00.003-08:002021-01-13T07:02:39.001-08:00ChoiceYou may choose to be busy in the outside world or the spiritual realm, but when you fill the glass with water the air leaves it.
Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-63040187254530315502020-09-01T12:00:00.000-07:002020-09-01T12:00:29.429-07:00ChotchkasYou can tell a lot about a soul by the chotchkas it keeps on the kitchen counter.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-84346256001823056742020-06-05T07:03:00.000-07:002020-06-05T07:03:52.856-07:00Deity MapGod and the Devil are the same as love and fear.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-10178935790025125212020-01-10T10:15:00.000-08:002020-01-10T10:15:25.706-08:00TimesenseThe impact upon the path of the soul of physical, spiritual, and emotional events only makes sense when the timeline is reversed. Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-59718744463564602542019-11-07T08:42:00.000-08:002019-11-07T08:42:07.975-08:00TouchingThere's a big difference when a soul touches another out of sensitivity and kindness rather than out of obligation.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-60956164148686675072019-09-17T09:11:00.000-07:002019-09-17T09:11:35.848-07:00The DestinationJust being on a path to *any* destination justifies our movements, observations, and small trespasses.
Hence we create destinations for our selves.
Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-37739992841416748992019-07-31T10:37:00.000-07:002019-07-31T10:37:05.549-07:00Other SoulsThe soul of other things, animals, plants, rocks.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-11825024691877277272019-02-21T08:17:00.000-08:002019-02-21T08:17:53.563-08:00A Global NowWhen you reach for other souls, you lose a piece of the awareness of the global Now.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-64703935299368360202018-12-14T07:33:00.000-08:002018-12-14T07:33:07.276-08:00CourtesyIf we are courteous, we automatically shield other souls from experiences that would make them uncomfortable.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-17361452531792350952018-10-10T07:40:00.000-07:002018-10-10T07:40:13.384-07:00NostalgiaOur soul jettisons off a variety of flotsam as it matures. Material junk, former lovers, philosophies. When you observe other souls' flotsam you are left with the nostalgia of their former anchoring.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-14540657283537282832018-08-14T08:56:00.000-07:002018-08-14T08:56:24.559-07:00Status ComfortStrictly as a matter of comfort, we use the periphery indicators of money or type-of-job or social status to position our selves adjacent to similar souls.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-15096844757329681612018-06-13T17:33:00.000-07:002018-06-13T17:33:30.012-07:00HumilityAll souls owe many other invisible souls penance for their efforts. This is humility.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-64026473882328616422018-04-06T11:33:00.000-07:002018-04-06T11:33:01.037-07:00A God BridgeThe soul interacts with a "god" when it has no other recourse to becoming unstuck. We create our "god" to bridge our passages.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-41078149602849529722018-02-09T07:53:00.000-08:002018-02-09T07:53:39.335-08:00Acts of LoveThe small interacting of souls in love consists of short dances of cajoling and trading to grow each soul.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-52860804289357832762017-12-12T11:14:00.000-08:002017-12-12T11:14:55.028-08:00False KeysMetal keys provide access to periphery indicators that provide for soul "anchoring." We carry keys as we strive to overcome our natural impermanence.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-36554256182654353342017-10-23T13:11:00.000-07:002017-10-23T13:11:28.196-07:00A Permanent DispermanenceThe dispermanence of souls is what drives many of our actions to try to achieve permanence, to leave lasting impressions or place "anchors" in our psychic reality. Dispermanence also provides that empty aftertaste after we "savor" things. The universe of souls is made out of the void, but the void shows through.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353737038560884866.post-68273000846354953302017-09-26T10:24:00.000-07:002017-09-26T10:24:28.461-07:00AwarenessThe sound of distant rattling flatware or the conversation of birds alerts us to a wider awareness. When we are experiencing the forks and knives effect, our souls are most in the present.Jeff Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414277588527738949noreply@blogger.com0