Order of Essenes: Book Six [Your Thoughts are More Powerful Than You Realize]

Order of Essenes: Book 6 is short, but powerful.

Our thoughts, and the mind that works with those thoughts, offer much more power than we realize.

Opening ourselves to this power from moment to moment gives us a deeper appreciation for our journey and builds the framework of a great life built on consistent habits and thoughts.

Take control of your thoughts and take control of your life…

Order of Essense: Book 6

All mental states are followed by some bodily activity of some sort. They lead to inconspicuous changes in breathing, circulation, general muscular tension, and glandular or other viscereal activity, even if they do not lead to conspicuous movements of the muscles of voluntary life. All states of mind, even mere thoughts and feelings are motor in their consequences.

Thought Gems 💎

Hate, envy, suspicion, fear and worry and the ugly things of life disappear when snowed under by courage, faith, friendliness, love and confidence.

When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long.

Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

Understand that the mind as commonly understood, is an instrument much like a trolley pole, or third rail contact, that can reach inwardly and outwardly and tap powers and resources undreamed of by the mill run of people – this is the beginning and basis of real advancement.

The great intelligence is revealed through nature.

Pettiness is always the soul’s corruptor.

Every thought you let yourself think, every emotion you permit yourself to enjoy leaves its mark and helps either to make you insufficient for life or to give you some greater sufficiency. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Let a man make it his habit to refuse pettiness day by day and to choose robustly, and he can little by little develop a soul which shall, at last, become equal to anything!

It is given to the world to learn one great and divine lesson—the lesson of absolute unselfishness.

This too shall pass.

Worry—is weakness. You will always find a streak of selfishness behind every worry.

In the end you find that trials, difficulties and misfortunes have taught lessons–strengthened the human fibre, sharpened the tools used in life’s battles, and that all things work for good in the end, for it is the law that the life principles are ever working for perfection.

The only fundamental way to change things is to change your consciousness.

You cannot cheat nature – it is the law that you must and always will attain the condition that belongs to your consciousness.

THOUGHT GEMS 💎

If you don’t know where you are going, you are lost before you start.

The fellow who falls down on the job will be back on his feet a lot quicker than the one who lies down on it.

The way to judge your ideals and methods is to look around and see how far they have brought you,–and work.

Some folks get all the life kicked out of them trying to get a kick out of life.

Dudeist Priest Resume Grows – Wedding Two in the Books : New Wedding Script & a Primer on NC Dudeist Officiant Legality

A short five years ago I officiated my first wedding. As a Dudeist Priest no less.

I checked that box on the bucket list. Figured my Reverend status was retired.

Like Jordan coming back from baseball, it turns out my services were still needed.

I was honored to be asked to marry my bro-in-law and his lovely new bride.

A couple weeks ago we enjoyed a beautiful Saturday evening backyard wedding. A smashing success, if I do say so myself.

Check out my updated Dudeist Priest wedding script below.

I also did a bit of research to confirm the legality of my officiant status in NC. As an added bonus, here’s a link to a great discussion of the NC legality on the Dudeist forum.

Go forth and marry, my dudes!

Dudeist Priest Wedding Script

Welcome 

Welcome friends and family. 

It’s a great pleasure to welcome everyone here to celebrate this special moment between XYXZ and ZYX. 

Who gives ZYX to be married to XYZ? 

(Thank you Dad and Mom – Dad, you may take your seat.)

(Flower dudet take flowers)

A marriage is not created by a law or a ceremony; rather it occurs in the hearts of two people.

In witnessing this ceremony today, we are observing the outward sign of an inward union that already exists between XYZ and ZYX.

This ceremony is a symbol of how far they have come, and their promise to continue to build their lives together. 

There are only two official witnesses at a wedding, but each and every person here today will witness the vows XYZ and ZYX will share with each other. 

We should take good care to remember these words; for a marriage needs the love and support of a community of friends and family.  

Address 

Today XYZ and ZYX take the first steps on an exciting new journey. A journey that brings adventures, challenges, and moments of courage. 

Marriage brings two people together like nothing else; uniting two people who love each other unconditionally and with endless strength. 

XYZ and ZYX‘s relationship has grown into a love that brings out the best in each other, a care that knows no boundaries, and a dedication to taking on the world together. 

Marriage brings a new commitment. A commitment built on a strong foundation. It’s a promise that has existed in the way you support, appreciate, and encourage each other, long before today. 

Today marks the beginning of a new stage in your lives together, a moment that we are all honored to share with you. 

Wedding Vows 

Let us now hear the declarations and promises that XYZ and ZYX make to each other. 

XYZ, please take ZYX‘s hand and repeat after me. 

ZYX, today I give myself to you. 

I promise to Encourage and inspire you, 

To laugh with you

And to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. 

I promise to love you in good times and bad, 

When life seems easy and when it seems hard. 

When our love is simple, 

And when it is an effort. 

I promise to cherish you, 

And to always hold you in the highest regard. 

These promises I give to you today, 

And all the days of our life. 

ZYX, please repeat after me…. 

XYZ, today I give myself to you. 

I promise to Encourage and inspire you, 

To laugh with you 

And to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. 

I promise to love you in good times and bad, 

When life seems easy and when it seems hard. 

When our love is simple, 

And when it is an effort. 

I promise to cherish you, 

And to always hold you in the highest regard. 

These promises I give to you today, 

And all the days of our life. 

Declaration of Intent 

XYZ, will you take ZYX to be your partner through life? Will you love her, protect her, and spend your days in laughter together forever? 

(I do.)

ZYX, will you take XYZ to be your partner through life? Will you love him, protect him, and spend your days in laughter together forever? 

(I do.)

Exchanging of Rings 

(Little Dude give rings)

XYZ and ZYX, these rings are a physical representation of the love and commitment you share. 

May you be forever reminded of this moment and the joy that fills the air for the rest of your lives.

XYZ please place the ring on your ZYX’s finger and repeat after me…. 

I give you this ring 

to symbolize the continuous flow of my love.

Together we are united, 

unstoppable, 

and unbreakable, 

today and for all of our days. 

ZYX please place the ring on XYZ’s finger and repeat after me… 

I give you this ring 

to symbolize the continuous flow of my love.

Together we are united, 

unstoppable, 

and unbreakable, 

today and for all of our days. 

Declaration of Marriage

XYZ and ZYX, no one but you can declare yourselves married. 

You have begun that declaration here today in speaking your vows before your friends and family, and you will do it again in the days and years to come, standing by each other, sharing your lives together. 

Each tender act and each loving word will be the declaration of what was made here today.

It is my joyful responsibility to officially acknowledge your union as “Husband and Wife”. You may now seal your marriage with a kiss.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my privilege to present to you for the first time as husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. XYZ.

 

Order of Essenes: Book 5 [Common Sense Secrets to Success]

Occam’s Razor discusses the idea that the simplest of explanations is usually the most accurate.

I like simple.

Simple often seems to lead to common sense. Intuition.

Like Wu Wei.

Order of Essenes: Book 5 shares some secrets to success that will feel simple. Common sense. Intuitively correct.

And a fun experiment at the end.

Enjoy.

Effort

Every effort in this world contains within it the seed of a just reward. Every thought and every act is cause at work; an effect is inevitable.

No effort is ever lost in the universe and that makes the law of giving operative.

Appreciation

Your start comes from expressing admiration. Such is the power of sincere appreciation and the expression of gratitude. Such a little thing and yet so powerful.

Common Sense

Common sense is a central sense, toward which all impressions converge and unite in one sentiment—the desire for the truth. People of common sense love directness and simplicity, and ever seek to reduce complications and problems to simples, knowing the world is made up of simples. Common sense is the art of resolving questions.

Don’t Quit

DON’T QUIT when things go wrong. When the road you’re trudging seems all up-hill, when funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, when care is pressing you down a bit.

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Many failures turn about, when he might have won had he stuck it out.

Who are you?

How vitally important it is to learn that you are an unchanging you.

Grasp the idea that the body is just a garment and not the real you. Realize that your functioning mind that receives the messages of the senses, is an instrument for you to use, and is not the you. Your personality is your character role in the play going on, and not you.

Your success and happiness will form in the infinite and begin to manifest the moment you do.

Personality vs. Character vs. You

Your personality is the outward reflection of your moods—your feelings. your thoughts, your commands to your physical instruments.

Personality is one thing, and character another;

Your personality is what you appear to be. Your character is the sum total of real qualities.

You cannot say that the real you is your character. Character changes.

Secret to success!

The secret of success is to deserve success.

Health

It is perfectly natural for all persons to desire health because health creates confidence and gives assurance; it is the foundation of hope and faith; it gives one courage and banishes fear; health is itself energy and force; happiness and success are its twin children.

The ideal of health that each should have is not merely to be free of pain and disease but a health surplus, a reserve in the physical bank. Abounding health makes the eye sparkle, the step buoyant; one has the feeling of vim, vigor, and vitality; it is a quality of the body that radiates; there is an inner sense of joy and gladness.

Health is the first wealth. Personal magnetism is largely a matter of health. The spendthrift of health is the most foolish and reckless of all spendthrifts.

Illness

The creative, restorative, renewing, rejuvenating principle, the life principle is within every one of us.

A serious illness should be regarded as an opportunity to gather dividends, and create energies, that in health were not possible. Like any major experience, illness actually changes us.

An inner liveliness, illuminating the spirit and features of those who have learned to look upon illness as a challenge that must be met with hope and courage. If you have never been sick, never lost so much as a day in bed—then you have missed something!

Power of Thoughts

Every cell in the body gets an impulse from every thought in the mind. Your condition is therefore your thoughts objectified or out-pictured.

Guard well, therefore, the wellspring of life against the poisons of worry thoughts, fear thoughts, anger, revenge, or self-pity. All phases of fear and anxiety contract the blood vessels and impede the free circulation of the blood.

Thinking requires concentration, and when one perfects concentration and shutting out thoughts, and can meditate and accept back from the subconscious the great within, the answer to life’s problems, one has gone a long way on the road to health, happiness, and success. Every philosopher, every sage, every savior, got his thoughts, ideas, theories, philosophies only during a period of meditation, or concentration, or application, or silent uninterrupted study and thought.

We suggest that you find some time and someplace, where peace and quiet prevail. Concentration you may have to learn by degrees.

THOUGHT GEMS … 💎

  • A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view half way up is better than the view from the base and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
  • It is good to dream but it is better to dream and work.
  • Faith is mighty but action with faith is mightier.
  • Desiring is helpful but work and desire are invincible.
  • Those with mediocre minds generally condemn and criticize everything they can’t understand.
  • Search as you may, you can find no evidence of a personal will operating in the universal-only changeless and unchangeable laws such is the “will of God.” If you would find the “Secret place of the “Most High,” the search must be within your own being. Within you is the shrine for resultful worship.

Instructions – Will:

In one simple sentence may be the conclusion from a life time of observation.

Concentration is one of the most marvelous forces that can be conceived. Without concentration, no success is possible.

Concentration develops all our senses and brings them to a degree of remarkable acuteness. He who succeeds in concentrating himself on a manual labor is certain to perform it with a minimum of fatigue, for he will be able to husband his strength, he will save himself from dissipating it in useless exertions, and he will concentrate all his faculties of attention, of calculation, of ingenuity, and of muscular power in order to succeed.

To think of an act which we are performing, to think of it alone, to concentrate everything and forget everything outside of it, there is the secret of so many successes, the explanation of so many good fortunes; the secret, also, of the immense influence which certain men exert over their fellows.