The Brown Book Commentaries

―All parts of my Self are open to sharing Being.‖ ~ E. S. Gallegos
We Being ―open to sharing‖ is a state of mind; a chosen willingness to be open to imminent
acts of kindness should any preset themselves. Being ―open to sharing Being‖, on the other hand,
is a verb – the realization that there is always another sentient being nearby to whom Kindness can
be immediately shown, and then acting accordingly.
Image 087 (Page 43a - bottom) … Here is an enlargement of the center of ―The Soul System‖
mentioned previously on page 85. It represents every moment's choice between ―sinful‖ actions that
are self-serving (and essentially fear-based – located on the outer ring of the diagram) & virtuous choices
that are selflessly caring (and fully soaked in Love – see the diagram‘s inner ring) … Essentially, in every
moment of our lives, at least one of the 9 ―sins‖ on the outer ring tempts us to behave in a way that
furthers our own comfort or well-being, and yet we always have the opportunity to choose that sin‘s
opposing Virtue instead – to tend to the needs of others instead of satisfying our wants for ourselves.
Whenever we give in to the former, the ―sludge‖ that keeps our Empathy-Awareness distanced from
everyone & everything in our surroundings gets thicker. On the
other hand, whenever we choose to set our fears aside and choose
virtuously, a portion of that ―sludge‖ (primarily composed, by the
way, of the residual psychological ―scars‖ left over from the emotional
memories of all the painful events from our younger years) is cleansed
away. Basically, the more we choose to help ourselves, the less
intimacy & Meaning we will experience in our lives over time …
The more we choose to help others, the more Love & peace & Joy
we will be able to enliven – and thus the more Love & peace & Joy
we will experience ourselves. For more information, feel free to
click on the ―9 Noble Virtues‖ link on the ―Logo‖ page of my
webpage (www.inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com)…
―God gave burdens … also shoulders.‖ ~ Yiddish Proverb
Indeed, without difficult times of discomfort and fear and anger and sadness, our acts of
Generosity & Kindness would have no depth or meaning to them … After all what depth is there
to an act of giving when we do so in times of wealth & ease? What meaning is there in an act of
kindness given to an ally or a friend or a lover?
―Action of any nature always begins with zero, counts up to nine, to then end and begin again
with zero. Beyond nine it cannot Go, and yet up to nine it must Go. Nine is Universal.‖ ~ W. Russell
Walter Russell was a very very very very smart man (The New York Herald Tribune even went
so far as to call him ―the modern Leonardo‖) … As such, it is somewhat affirming to see that he
(admittedly inadvertently) holds my use of 9 primary archetypes in the more important aspects of
my Work (from the 9 colors to the 9 seasons to the 9 sins to the 9 Virtues to the 9 levels of the
Universe) to be of high merit.
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