#and sometimes I think prayer is just catharsis in God's direction

[queenlucythevaliant]

Actually, yes. DO use strong language at God. That's exactly what I'm saying. You're not gonna make the God of the universe blush with a few "fuck"s.

Just to clarify my thoughts (since I've had a number of people ask me about it) re: Job and cursing God. There's a big difference between cursing God as used in Scripture and how we generally would think of cursing at God today.

Cursing someone, in the Bible, has a lot of depth to it. It's not just saying "screw you " in anger, it's got a sense of forsakenness to it. It's the opposite of a blessing, a removal of blessing. If the blessing is presence, your face shining on the person you're blessing, then a curse is absence. In some translations, Job's wife tells him to "renounce God and die," which I honestly think makes a lot more sense to modern ears.

Job says a lot of unpleasant things to and about God in his anger and grief. So do the Psalmists. A number of the Prophets. So can we. God can take it if we come to him with honest expressions of our emotion, including those not-so-nice ones directed at him. I don't think there's anything wrong with getting mad at God and saying, "How dare you, you bastard" when you suffer unjustly. You can say much worse, I think, without sinning, though I don't feel particularly inclined to give examples. But as long as it's an honest expression of your heart, I think you're doing exactly what prayer is for. You're presenting him your heart with an open hand. He can use that. Opposite of love is not hate but indifference, etc.

Job doesn't renounce God. Neither should we. But I think when you're truly suffering, you're gonna have those feelings toward God either way. He'd rather you address them with him directly than try to avoid them. Cursing at God in the modern sense is actually a great way to keep the relationship strong and not end up cursing/renouncing him in the Biblical sense.

[girlwhocriedsupernova]

Prayer (or Meditation) with ADHD

My whole adult life, I’ve been very interested in contemplative practices (prayer, meditation, journaling, etc.). Unfortunately, solitary (and sometimes communal) contemplation usually requires a purposeful direction of attention, and I cannot Do That. But! I recently resumed this structured prayer I developed like a decade ago for myself, and it occurred to me that it might be useful for others.

You are not obligated to do this the same way that I do. You do not have to be a particular religion, nor do you have to believe in a higher power to adapt this process for yourself. The important thing is finding practices that bring you peace and clarity. So, take everything I say with a grain of salt.

All of that out of the way, here is the process I use:

Find a context in which you can talk to yourself or pray for a long time (like, half an hour at least I think?) and in which you are free to let your mind wander a little. I used to go for long walks by myself in the middle of the night when I was younger, but as a transgender woman living in a city, that’s not the best choice for me anymore, so now I can do it it in the shower or while doing chores when no one else is around (though it does make chores take longer).

Start by making a short list of topics that are on your mind or deserve your attention. These can be people you want to think about or pray for, things that are stressing you out, theological or philosophical ideas that have been on your mind, phrases you have found yourself saying to others recently, or things that need to be said but haven’t been. You can repeat topics from previous sessions. I think four is the best number of topics, in my experience, but 3 or 5 are acceptable. If your list is shorter, I’m sure you can think of something else in your life that deserves a moment; if it’s longer, maybe pick four to focus on for today.

OPTIONAL: Order your topics so that adjacent topics have some link. For instance, if you’re worried about your roommate and also you need to talk about them about your house guest, perhaps those two topics should be addressed one after the other. So for example: 1. Praying for my partner. 2. My stress about household finances. 3. I’ve been starting to question my philosophical commitment to frugality. 4. A conversation I want to have with a friend about our personal philosophies. This step helps the prayer flow more smoothly, and also helps me remember my list of topics. If you don’t do this, maybe consider writing them down.

Open your prayer, or else just remind yourself of what you are doing/why you are doing it. I personally find it very helpful to be able to speak out loud whether to God or to myself.

Address each of your topics in turn. You are not done with a topic until you feel you have said the thing that you needed to say - e.g. said the prayer you need to pray, articulated the the feeling that you need to articulate, or expressed what you think those words have been about. These expressions or articulations can be addressed to God. I often feel a catharsis after I have completed one of the four thoughts for the day, and sometimes that sense of catharsis is very strong.

If your mind wanders, don’t worry! That’s great! But maybe you don’t want to be here for seven hours, so return to the topic. Your mind will wander again, and you will return again. It’s okay.

Close your prayer, and note how you are feeling. I am almost always feeling less tense at this point.

I’m not sure if I’ve articulated all of this clearly for you, so please feel free to talk to me about this. I really hope someone else finds this process helpful, and I would love to hear your experience.

[11bestofnasir-blog]

Funny Stage Dramas

Think of stage shows and you immediately think of musicals and operas that have entailed theater and drama not just but over the past few centuries. Lots of the popular plays of Shakespeare have been written into musicals that have been popular and shows in addition to stage shows.

In October 2014, The Lion King celebrated 15 decades of stage presence at Lyceum Theatre in London, where it opened first in 1999, with audiences drawn into it. That is an outstanding achievement and it is proven by the facts - by then it had grossed over #4 billion internationally, beating Phantom of the Opera that was the previous record-holder. To understand it The Lion King earnings topped the combined revenues of their best six grossing Harry Potter movies!

Nevertheless, critics were skeptical else they are vestiges of tourist interest for foreigners visiting with a nearby city or nation or if point displays still hold sway within the general public in terms of visual majesty. The answer to their questions has been very much in favour of point shows, which goes to highlight the fact that the public enjoys a show with all of the elements of drama and theater.

What are the basic elements of a stage show? Unlike films and television, stage shows are live performances and living, breathing art types. The key elements are:

• Script or Text - a single that is the domain of this playwright and a theatrical performance's beginning point.

Scenario or Strategies - form the blueprint that a manager uses to build the production up

• Procedure - a co-ordination of the creative efforts put in by the director, actors, dancers, musicians, technicians etc..

• Product - the end result of the procedure 11 Best of Nasir Chinyoti which will be seen by the public

• Audience - each art; the existence of an audience's aspect transforms the functionality.

However, the single most important element for the success of a stage show or a theatre play is the script, the story or the text. This is where the playwright's significance dominates all elements. Aristotle, the established over 2000 years ago the 'theories of playwriting' or Drama's Elements that have since been adopted by many successful playwrights over time. In Aristotle's critical analysis of dramas and several Greek plays, the six components that summarize a script or a story involve:

• Ideas / Theme / Thought

• Action / Plot

• Characters / gamers at the script -

• Language

• Music

• Spectacle

Besides the above, the other elements of play include the sub groups of tragicomedy, melodrama, tragedy and comedy. The achievement of Shakespeare's writing is credited to the single aspect - i.e. all his plays can be slotted into a class of drama.

Drama in this current day is as confusing to folks as every thing for of entertainment. Though as outdated as the scripture drama is referred to as the End Time ministry. It's so-called because it is being used more to edify the kingdom of God in these latter times than in the earliest days.

Drama ministry might be called the ministry where the term is becoming flesh again in our time or put the ministry. This ministry is simpler in reaching out to people.

This ministry isn't a new ministry per-se, as said earlier. Hosea, Ezekiel and Jeremiah are a number of the Old Testament ministers within this ministry. For instance God directed Jeremiah to preach repentance through the marred girdle (Jeremiah 13:1-13) and obedience through the Recabites (Jeremiah 35). The book of Ezekiel is replete with symbolism and visions whereby the prophet preached Holiness unto God. God directed Hosea to preach covenant by his experience of a marriage.

Through His parables, Jesus ministered greatly in drama from the New Testament. Although the parables were not Put into action, using characters and symbolism gives you the chance of visualizing the several messages.

Much like in music, there are various types of drama; royal and sacred, but in this context we are concerned with tradition in play. Similarly as in music, God's kingdom is being edified by not the Gospel play because some of them are acted for not ministry and secular benefits.

Anyone within this ministry must along with the ministerial requirements be a person of vision and understanding. He must be one that can comprehend and visualize any message which he is being given by God. He must have a high amount of boldness and self-control on stage both over the flesh and after the stage. He should be a person of prayer and fasting. This is as laid down by Jesus confrontation could be done effectively through and prayer and because drama ministration is an open confrontation with Satan.

Play helps us picturize the causes and effect of a lousy attitude since there is a dark picture of the nation of human culture and nature. Therefore, that we might not create the Word of God of none effect through our 33, every Christian is called on to practicalize God's love through dramatical and pictorial ways. Dramatizing what we see in everyday life in comparison can help bring the people the Word of God.

Nonetheless, in order to make sure our voices are heard and much more influences made towards making the world a better place for God to function in people's lives, I'd strongly advise that all play ministers should contribute themselves to acute praying to allow their play ministration have upper hand in breaking the hold of darkness in people's lives. Prayer will always empower each ministration's message in addition to the ministers from the arrows of the enemy both and following stage.

Drama is a term derived from Greek language means actions. It could be defined, "play is an action That's performed on the stage Together with characters before the audience. " For making him agreeable as behaving before god its beginning is adhered to religion. They largely wrote comedies and tragedies. Its beginning is, too, connected to morality plays, mystery plays, magic plays, drama ____ liturgy plays, tragedies, comedies and the modern plays. The modern era divides it into total length plays and plays.

The following are the elements of play:

01. Stage

It's the element that is most important and without it the drama is not done. It is the name of place. It is shaped with various doors for exit and entry. The figures perform their functions, come from 1 doorway and exit from doors. If we believe it broadly we locate two stages, one is for personalities and alternative is for audience but the crowd point differs. The audience extols the celebrities and watches drama. The acting is viewed from both sides. One has full actions;where as the other has complete response expressed in gestures, words and feelings rolling the notions that are various in audience heads.

02. Plot

It is the pact of occasions. The author makes notion from whom he gets the story out lines with into his head. So storyline is the collection of events or actions that are gathered along with the story is made. The dramatist divides events or plot into three parts____ denouement and exposition, middle or body.

I. Introduction or Introduction: It is found or put in the very first act or beginning of the drama. There in all the figures and the chief problem on that the play is written are introduced to the audience. The audience easily understands the movement of drama and the connections. It is a terrific assistance for him to leave the celebrities feelings based on classes. The problem is acquainted and developed entering to the drama's body.

ii. Mid or Body: In this realm conflicts, rising action and activities take place. It is the body of the play And celebrity come face to face and speed tricks or their ideas whether they're positive or not. The audience gets familiarity to external and internal battle of primary characters. At which the external conflict is between the hero and the villain the internal conflict is between the hero and his conscience. Both try to knock every other down or fight. Their tussle reaches the peak and now it has to fall down to the end. They are not solved, although it means problems and all struggles come on the stage for alternative.

iii. Denouement: it's the stage of issues of catharsis or solution. As the announcement is supported by Shakespeare that virtue is rewarded and vice is punished. On this stage is the down of all activities. Here conflicts are resolved and that the audience pressure as well as the characters is published. They all go to the prior degree.

03. Character

Story is carried on by personalities. The dramatist takes characters of all course-- hero, heroin, villain attendants etc.. Nevertheless, the major focus remains on the main personalities like protagonist, heroin, villain etc.. A fantastic chain of characters is found, earning feelings from the audience by behaving. The struggle of celebrities or all characters add work or help to the hero. The hero has to perform actions that are hazardous or adventurous and because of him the other minor or major characters make his aim achievable. By this means, the protagonist succeeds to eradicate evils.

The characters work with wonderful sincerity. They are to great extent faithful for their own professions. For example:. Hero is faithful to alcoholism deeds, villain is true to villainous deeds servants to their professions. It's sincerity, devotion, or faithfulness that pushes their job as a work that is actual. This manner, reality by personalities is prevailed from the drama. Play is called society's reflection

04. Dialogue

The story is written in dialogue form, which are uttered by the characters. The dramatist makes dialogues brief and easythat the figures utter them easily but in one breath. The dramatist sets attraction's spirit. These dialogues have feelings that are sensed by the audience that's why characters' happiness is supposed sorrows as well as the happiness of viewers. Sometimes the audience laughs by bringing out the tears and a few instances weeps.

05. Soliloquy

It is an unconscious and impulsive force of talking to oneself. When a person is beneath the dreadful dominance of dejection, it occurs or is seen in issue, or his mind is unbalanced searching catharsis. In conflict, different ideas come out spontaneously and uncontrollably. Talking makes him unaware of the environment, he believes that he is speaking to himself and everything is key to him, however, it isn't like that. For it is being disclosed by him to all he believes inverse of the fact. Soliloquy is a psychological analysis of man and it is helpful to get familiarity with the working of a single. The dramatists use it with the design of future in advance or a purpose of character thoughts to the audience. It is to expose tendency of judgment's boundary that makes curiosity among the readers or audience or this character.

06. Audience:

It's written for viewers or performed before the audience, although for decorating the shelf drama isn't written. The viewer is inseparable from drama. Indeed it's the audience which makes fans and watches and extols personalities. It's the audience that gets similarity to feelings and feelings. It is the audience that gets consciousness about struggles and bad deeds for making the society free.

Drama offers education and amusement, the both are for audience. The dramatist represents it and selects theme and actors from that culture. The dramatist awares them's crowd by representing if the society is moving towards the deeds. So play is a means of uplifting beings and ways of the audience, since the crowd must make war against them and conquer them for ever. That is why the audience is as important as the characters.

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Betty Donovan’s dairy

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Morning brought benevolence. Rain answered at my prayers to give to sun a little power replied me with a sullen stare. I was stricken by that. How dare he to do it? Rain has two meanings – someday it’s rescue and another day it’s affliction. But when you wear pink glasses you may not draw that distinction. And entire world then become your domain.

Maybe, a weather handler is sitting on clouds and whips on slaves’ backs. Or, maybe, he gives us simple inkling – land needs some rest from us, and that’s why he sends this “water of life”. And after the rain all of them return to the quintessence vault where the all gods have gathered before and after their duties.

But rain dulls nerves, which allows reaching catharsis without pain. I think that at the morning, or during nightshift, they’re dicing on the clouds. And even underground, these pit men – they made a wager with men on the clouds. Who will be faster? Nobody grasped between them what it would mean for humans. Nobody wants to take that up with us the next time they play in dice.

But sun makes for them a sudden halt. And the growing trees gouge deep grooves in clouds of rain. They want you being shrewd, tenacious, wary to your desires, but only that you can offer them it’s to be an unintelligent. But if you climb by that tree to the clouds, you can tear off the savory fruit, and, maybe, cook it, stew it. And then your body sets off into brisk waddle, and you never looking back to your ragged tents where you’ve been living last years.

A lean woman am I. Sometimes I see how world bleeding by maroon blood. And people lost their grasp becoming exhausted, even cannot to take up an empty pail with simple desire of the first step in Maslow pyramid. And ancient gods just flicked at your collar with their forefinger and thumb. Then they deferred to you, hoping that you can see your way. You’re going with a stripling slung.

Maroon walls faded by years of sun seemed more precious and natural than sky color. Demons sniggered at you all the time in this room with maroon faded walls. They’re sitting on the trestle table, thousands of them are sitting on the small trestle table, where underneath a threadbare carpet was lying. And now you seek for escape. Demons put you on a smith, just between maul and anvil. While gods still are waiting on the clouds that their seed sprouted as a gorgeous branch from a stone. They are fond of you, always said people and they’re right. People hoard knowledge by centuries, advancing to the lombered mauls. Smith pays no heed to them, because it was just a soulless machine in throat ablaze.

Sometimes a ghost town scuttled up the grey mist, and gnarled peaks stretched to cut the grey blanket. People swat at puddles while walking on streets. They are living balefully and pay attention to nothing. They assembled sometimes under my windows, stretching out their hands, in hope to catch a piece of happiness. But I threw them only embers. Some of them thought that they are naught to get happiness but they are wrong. Every day humans are walking toward to the smith, some of them are going in opposite direction, while I watch on them through my windows. They’re all my sibling, kith and kin, we are all twigs of one tree, but everyone thinks that he is a tree, nobody is around.

I saw a man one day. He fisted a spiked club, walked blithe as I understood to take a look in his smile, barefoot through the snowdrifts. That man was runty boy, but as all of them he wanted the same – to be renowned. I don’t blame him; I have been like him one day. And a vicious little runt was with him besides. But he disguised as a fox. Strange couple they were. They wanted to reach glory, and maul flattened them faster than anyone.

One day I also saw another couple. They were ancient ones. But same humans they were. Woman wore amber pendants and clattering skulls on her belt. Man had on his head antlers of polar goat and wore walrus tusks. They were sitting on a spot and enjoying each other. If you have good eagle eyes you could see tendril of fire between them. Even rubble became hotter near with them. But advancing crowd spurred them to haste. And they did. Gone as others before them.

Maybe today my temper will begin to fray. When clouds are shriveling up, all what I want to do is being a slugabed. And afore warmth fled from my bed I had jostled miss laziness aside. Oh, but there is more shoving at down of my windows. Near with the smith there are mud and muck. And every time when I’m looking at my window I see scarce of happiness under grey grievous clouds in a ghost town, laughing gods at the up and down, and only I can do is to watch.