Keeping a horse for recreation indicates a desire to be in charge, and in a big way. Women frequently
outnumber men in this outlet, and for good reason. In most of human society, women are not allowed to
manage, to startup and run companies, or to direct, regardless of their qualifications. At least on horseback they
can soar over obstacles and fly across great distances, all the while acting as a director of these
accomplishments. They are in charge, of something big and powerful, and the world is their audience.
Owners of passive pets or those pets that don't interact with humans, such as fish or lizards or snakes or insects,
are escaping into a world where there is relative peace and quiet, vicariously, through their pets. At the end of a
hectic day, fighting with traffic and unreasonable customers and a demanding boss, they can come home and put
themselves, at least mentally, into the placid world of the fish tank, or bask in the sunlamp with the pet lizard, or
sleep endlessly in one place without a care in the world with their pet snake. They are making the statement that
they wish that were their world.
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ZetaTalk: Chess Matches
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ZetaTalk: Chess Matches
Note: written on Apr 15, 1997
Most games simulate human life in some manner, and thus the interests. Hunting games, where man pits his skill and
cunning against prey is but one step away from a real game where he had to catch the prey in order to live. Thus
games of toss or tag where dodging and zig-zagging on the run are involved are but an extension of this very real
game, and most players recognize that the skills they are learning are doing more than keeping their body fit. In a
pinch, catching prey would be easier for athletic games played in the past. Out maneuvering prey may require physical
fitness, but man has long relied on his ability to plan to carry him farther during times of duress. Careful planning saw primitive man escaping the flood, with stores of nuts and grain, and wrapped in warm fur against the winter cold. Thus
games honing skill in long range planning are highly valued in an increasingly complex world. Thus the popularity of
chess.
Chess matches more than any other sport fit one man’s mind against another. All other sports, including fencing,
engage in team sports to some degree, and most sports are entirely about teamwork. That great chess masters capture the worlds attention and command headlines is due to the relevance of the game to another real game that humans
forever find themselves in - beating out a competitor, and above all, beating the competitor by causing him to seal his
own fate. Head-on confrontations may be won, but often cause a backlash or smoldering resentment. Beating out a
competitor such that his own moves cause him to lose is a deceptive win, and one that often allows the winner to turn
his back on the vanquished as they often don’t realize the game that was played! Lawyers who seem to have a
stumbling presentation but win the case anyway, salesmen who are honest about some of their products weaknesses
but walk away with top sales anyway - check mate!
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ZetaTalk: Self Respect
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ZetaTalk: Self Respect
Note: written by Jul 15, 1995
Self respect is the forerunner of respect for others, and in this regard respect for one's parents and origin is important.
Unless one views the self as worthwhile, with potential, deserving of admiration and concern and on an equal footing
overall with others, one cannot truly give the same treatment to others. Why is this so? Why is the adage to love
oneself important?
Throughout the life-span of an entity, and we are speaking here of the indestructible soul, the entity weighs itself
against others. Consciousness begins this way, but as the others in the vicinity are also young and struggling, self
respect or viewing the self to be as worthy as others is rather natural. Time passes, and on a 3rd Density world growth
rates differ. Some entities advance in their spiritual lessons, take leadership, gain wisdom and knowledge, and the
spread widens as time passes. Should the laggardly entity begin to view itself as falling behind, this takes up all its
concentration and falling behind increases due to neglect. This is not a desirable situation. In fact, all are equal, as the laggard may surge ahead at a later time. Better to put comparisons behind, and concentrate on the important issues, the
lessons. Therefore, love yourself and your family and have self respect, as all are truly equal.
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ZetaTalk: Spanking
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ZetaTalk: Spanking
Note: written on Dec 15, 1996
A frequent argument among those asserting to be child rearing experts is whether to coddle or punish the child,
whether to allow the child to explore his or her world without any restrictions or to limit their scope by drawing
boundaries and borders everywhere, whether to express consequences as a long serious discussion with the child or the
withdrawal of food or privileges or even physical punishment such as spanking. Should children be spanked?
Advocates of spanking point out that the technique works. They say the child comes into line, may smart for a moment or two and sulk a bit, but then understands clearly where the limits and boundaries are drawn and thereafter has a more
peaceful life. Well, of course, the parent's life has become more peaceful, but this is hardly the case for the child. The child’s turmoil has gone underground, simmering and roiling within the child, who has suddenly lost confidence that
its parents understand anything at all about what the child is dealing with. Reaching for a cookie results in a burst of
violence from the mother, but doesn’t the father reach eagerly for his beer and popcorn when watching the game? The
child does not associate concepts of healthy food and a growing body with this action. The child is hardly at peace as a result of this spanking, he is in shock.
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ZetaTalk: Missing Children
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ZetaTalk: Missing Children
Note: written on Aug 15, 2001