Explore the Values of the Temple of the Crane : Respect, Integrity, Authenticity
*Respect energy – individuality – community – listening
Everything has the right to walk its own path, as long as that path does not consciously try to suppress that right of another. We are all human, we all have the same basic core needs and wants, we just go about it differently. We are all walking our own path, with our own lessons to learn and our own past that we carry. We all carry shadow and light within us, in varying and changing amounts. To be able to show respect for something, you need to understand it. By listening, learning, and feeling the experience, we gain understanding and new perspectives. Seeing new perspectives teaches us “we only know what we know, and there is much that we do not know”. In short, keep an open and fluid mind. – Understanding these concepts and bringing them into action in our lives and practices is the core of respect.
*Integrity vibration – honest – wholeness – emotion
Through respect we built foundations. A place where we can all stand together as people. Integrity is taking those from thought, to living them in action. Experiment and see what holds true for you. What works for one doesn’t mean it will work for another. You must build your own moral and ethical boundaries that represent you, working from a place of respect. Your environment. Do the things you value reflect what you say you value? Are the bonds and connections you build and strengthen allowing you to move forward or are they holding you back? Do your actions match your intention? Within yourself. Do your emotions align with your intention? Do your emotions reflect the mask you wear, or who you are at your core? To be able to assess and evaluate one’s emotions with bias is a skill built over time. It is understanding the core of the emotion, not what floats to the top. By living in and with Integrity, we bring ourselves to wholeness. Mastery of our physical and soul, our light and our shadow, working together. Removing the mask we created and revealing our true self to all.
Authenticity harmony – patterns – cycles – wisdom
Wisdom is born from experience. The mask is gone and you stand in this life now as your true self. Ever expanding as you grow and learn, but only changing your core when based on solid reason. Understanding the cycles patterns, things such as life, seasons, time, to creation, we are able to see the patterns at play around ourselves. How we are connected to them and how we feed or drain those bonds. How we can move and transform them. Age matters for hindsight. As we experience more and our perspectives broaden, our feelings about our memories change. Our understandings of the situations change. Deeper understanding – Wisdom. Bringing to light what we truly value and is important to us, and only revealed over time and distance from the event. Always exploring, experimenting, and evaluating. We are who we are, based on what we know right now, and knowing there is much we do not know. As we gain knowledge, we evaluate our previous understandings and feelings, and change them when needed. Change is based on solid reason and our experience. Listening to multiple voices, various perspectives, explore and experiment for yourself, challenging previous knowledge to see if the new information stands and works for you. Do not follow, ascend.
