Thursday, June 18, 2009

Pick up some good vibrations

Watch this incredible video and story of a great rock music legend BRIAN WILSON( author of Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys) More here "BW I just wasn't..."
The music and story is inspirational, dealing in a very honest and helpful way with that dangerous obstinacy that we all share in some way with him. A wonderful piece of work. No wonder The good guys are still doing back flips with his work. The title came from reflecting on an dog barking at his mum ,( "bad vibrations" ,he thought, and in his typical way, he turned it around!) A must see

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Dealing with the milk of human nastiness

Sometimes it seems that nastiness is everywhere --the thing that everyone is feeding on . It may fill the air at your school, but don't let it get to you. Resist it . It's baby food and baby stuff!
Shakespeare's point about THE OTHER milk - the one that seems so WEAK .( in Macbeth) is that TMOHK "it's not enough"either. Neither is "mettle" A sort of toughness . Mere "toughness"is not enough. Like your DNA the sequences have no final merit one way or other. Enjoy the play by clicking on the above link .
Lady Macbeth is the symbol of toughness. Toughness can be a good thing-- after all... hubby is weak !We need to be smart; Don't give KIND for KIND; Mere revenge is meagre and ineffective .
No, if you want to keep your family and your friendships going, you need to go past the milk of human kindness to kindness itself . Lady Macbeth categorized a kind of "kindness" thats not tough enough. She spoke of "kindness" in that play in a way which spoke to her husbands weakness (The milky natural kind) . Kindness can be weakness.There is a kind of kindness that needs an "illness" to " fix it".
Try a little kindness that's truly tough - the hard kind. The love genuine kind . speak the truth in love and take the scouling air and sarcasm and bury it-otherwise you will run the risk of just passing the problem on.
Enjoy the play in the same way as they did - as ane example of ourselves at our worst!!!! -Behaving like little children Copyright EA

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Passion, compassion and dispassion

All wonderful ways in which we can think powerfully for good.
But we seem to need experience of pain sometimes in order to really gain them. No pain no gain !.
The reality is that really dealing effectively with our emotions is the key to really enjoying living with each other: If we do not face pain and the fear there is no gain; only fear only pain
The gain comes from facing and overcoming those things that grate and things we hate.
Be persuaded by facing your fears and getting help to face even the biggest obstacles.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Dealing with Anger

Its very scary sure ......so should we face it
Are we too afraid of anger? The western secularist world we live in is often afraid of anger and raw emotion and therefore ----does not allow young westerners to deal with it effectively ( in the way our forefathers did) - this self imposed post modern doctrine is a root cause of depression .( see Wikipedia on Depression and its causes )

Thankfully this fear of anger itself need not be. Fear yes because there are cliffs and their is danger OUT there - but deal with it !!! For a more wholistic view of the danger here - see Jesus statements on murder, hate and anger . ( Watch " Fiddler on the Roof" sometime and see where to direct your anger and questions about life!!!)

From a scientists and medical point of view . Adrenalin should be telling the half baked science worshipers( they talk about " whats scientistssay" but they don't always listen to " what scientists say " --)

Adrenalin and other fight or flight hormones tell us that emotion is Ok - part of the system that helps us keep the balance . But no, the paradigm of monism ( we are only as good as how we behave) controls their view of science and stimulating life facts ( as most faith systems do) .

Most importantly, if you like evidence based answers, our civilization has got over this overtly pedantic political correctness talk before and moved on . Take Jesus and his challenging of the law makers and politically correct of his day. Fighting words that set the scene for freedom from the past . We celebrate today with Obama and America .

SO, next time your wife or your mother yells at you --------don't walk out the door!!! - take it like a man!
For a great CD on the subject by a former Australain SAS troop trainer contact me !
Joy and peace to you !

Monday, September 15, 2008

Live life to the max

Live life to the max With your mind heart and soul wide open .( In honor of Hannah)

"There are only 2 ways to live " so said Albert Einstein .One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is though everything is a miracle"

This weeks panic over the LHC reminds me of the way so many get confused between what we know and what we don't . What we should fear and what we shouldn't .
Physicists aren't worried. They know that they are building on the relativity work of Einstein and while they don't know very much, they know enough to think - what an amazing , predictable ( in parts) and mysteriuos creation we live in .

Where does the fear come from? Jung said it well The evil is in man himself .
Don't be confused - find out what the fear is and face it . .
Think about how England survived WW2 . Watch
CHURCHILLS WAR or THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN available on PAYLESS and reflect on what was said and what miracles happened and could have happened - you may need to read some of what was written by people such as Bonhoeffer and Chesterton as well ?

Monday, October 22, 2007

Need a job?

Tell the truth. as John Hartigan ( Head of News Limited ) said on ABCTV sunday night - it is one of the best jobs "being a journo".
You can practice now, wherever you are and whatever your circumstances. Get good at it and you will be surprised at what doors it can open for you ( Job 38:10)
Did you see Tom Browns school days( also on ABCTV)- another great example where Hughes tells the truth about what really can go on in the hearts and minds of men - and it changes the world bring out the phycologists? (the old wise guard of fearfilled fools "in charge" of the school? --------or just act alone and with conviction !

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Explore- stand back and learn

One of the best ways to get some perpective on your life is to watch others . While he's by no means a role model, Mr Bean's behavior in his latest movie is outstanding and therefore . may i suggest, highly educational and really funny .
MR BEAN ON HOLIDAYS says soemthing profound about our shared temptations and trials . Go see it !