This page has my personal keywords that condense my personal philosophy, faith, and principles. A keyword refers to a word or phrase of words that are seminal. It is a good exercise to personalize, rephrase, un-cliche, rehash, condense, analyze, synthesize, prioritize, place, categorize, compare, contrast, create, stress test, define, explore, examine, etc. ideas.
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Single words
- Explore.
- Integrity.
- Urgency.
- Consequences.
- Respond.
- Responsibility.
- Play.
- Risk.
- Challenge.
- Neoteny.
- Ubuntu.
- Satyagraha.
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Word pairs
- Fixation < Change.
- Ugly < Beauty.
- Try < Do.
- Hard < Easy.
- Fear < Courage.
- Hate < Love.
- Sorrow < Joy.
- Despair < Hope.
- Waste < Conservation.
- Pride < Perspective.
- Greed < Generosity.
- Sloth < Diligence.
- Watching < Doing.
- Expenses < Income.
- Xenophobia < Philoxenia.
- Yard < Metre.
- Other Date Formats < ISO 8601.
- Analysis + Synthesis.
- Respect + Dignity.
- Fairness + Freedom.
- Problems = Opportunities.
- Beauty = Truthful
- Less = More.
- Empiricism --> Faith.
- (Study + Practice) --> Instinct.
- Judging < Understanding.
- Exhaustion < Fortitude.
- Resources < Resourcfulness.
- Noise < Signal.
- Net-Worth < Self-Worth.
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Phrases
- Be present.
- Adjust and accept the probability curve with its good hill and bad tails.
- Do you have X? Or does X have you?
- Wyrd = (Past <--> Present <--> Future).
- Out your inner world.
- There is more to invest & give than money.
- Conflict --> Competition --> Cooperation --> Consolidation.
- In spite of all the rubbish, make efforts to see the other sides of the elephant.
- Create closure even if you can't.
- Crime --> Consequences --> Forgiveness.
- Hear everyone --even those that cannot speak.
- It's a shared space.
- Create spaces for possibilities.
- Be authentically inspired into powerful actions.
- Add value: Do more positive than negative.
- A Mandelbrot system of object models.
- Naked upon a rock.
- It's a constructed reality.
- Cycle reasoning: deductive + inductive (pattern, abductive, creative).
- 侘寂 = Wabi-sabi = imperfect, impermanent, incomplete.
- Shared road.
- Negative capability.
- Tolerance for all but the intolerant.
- Consent, especially in sexual matters.
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Compare and contrast:
- Seven Deadly Sins (in Latin & English): Luxuria = Lust, Gula = Gluttony, Avaritia = Greed, Acedia = Sloth, Ira = Anger, Invidia = Envy, Superbia = Pride.
- Seven Catholic Virtues: Chastity, Moderation, Generosity, Zeal, Meekness, Charity, Humility.
- Seven Contrary Virtues of Prudentius: Chastity, Humility, Kindness, Abstinence, Patience, Liberality, Diligence.
- Seven Heavenly Virtues:
Love, Hope, Faith + Prudence, Temperance, Justice, Courage + Charity, Fortitude
- Seven Corporal Works of Mercy: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, give shelter to strangers, clothe the naked, visit the sick, minister to prisoners, and bury the dead.
- Four Cardinal Virtues of the Ancient Greeks: Prudence, Temperance, Justice, Courage.
- Greek/Hindu/Japanese Classical Elements
- Earth. Cold & dry. Xenophnes. Solids. Stability. Christian ox = physical. Fiore elephant = fortitude.
- Water. Cold & wet. Thales. Liquids. Emotions & change. Christian eagle = emotion. Fiore tiger = speed & agility.
- Air. Hot & wet. Anaximenes. Vapors. Intellect & communication. Christian man = intellect. Fiore lynx = wisdom.
- Fire. Hot & dry. Heraclitus. Plasma. Passion & creativity. Christian lion = spirit. Fiore lion = boldness.
- Aether. Quintessence. Aristotle. Dark energy/matter. Void, zen, & non-fixation. (Not included in many variants)
- Chinese Classical Elements/Animals
- Wood. Crane. Agility. Green/Blue. East. Spring.
- Fire. Dragon. Intelligence. Red. South. Summer.
- Earth. Snake. Energy. Yellow. Center. Change of seasons.
- Metal. Tiger. Power. White. West. Autumn.
- Water. Leopard. Speed. Black. North. Winter.
- The Taoist Yin and Yang.
Yin. Dark. Moon. Feminine. Static. Cool. North. Winter. Right. Introversion. Earth. Even. 6. 8. 0.
Yang. Light. Sun. Masculine. Dynamic. Warm. South. Summer. Left. Extroversion. Heaven. Odd. 9. 7. 1.
- Three Theological Virtues of St. Paul: Love, Hope, Faith.
- Nine Noble Virtues of Ásatrú [W]: Courage, Truth, Honor, Fidelity, Discipline, Hospitality, Self Reliance, Industriousness, Perseverance.
- Seven Virtues of Bushido: 義 = Gi = Rectitude (Right Decisions/Justice and Morality), 勇 = Yu = Courage, 仁 = Jin = Benevolence, 礼 = Rei = Respect, 誠 = Makoto = Honesty, 名誉 = Meiyo = Honor and Glory, 忠義 = Chūgi = Loyalty.
- Seven Principles of Kawanzaa (Nguzu Saba): Umoja =Unity, Kujichagulia = Self-determination, Ujima = Collective work and responsibility, Ujamaa = Cooperative economics, Nia = Purpose, Kuumba = Creativity, and Imani = Faith.
- Seven Blunders of the World by Mahatma Gandhi: Wealth without work[/risk], Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge[/Education] without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principle.
- Noble Eightfold Path by Gautama Buddha: Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration.
- The seven ages of man [W] by William Shakespeare: Infant, Schoolboy, Lover, Soldier, Justice, Pantaloon, Oblivion.
- Dharma = धर्म (Sanskrit) and Tao = 道 (Chinese) = Dao (Pinyin Chinese) = Do (Japanese).
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