Don't be put off by the many who are stuck in the safety of the bottom line. Those whose conversations can't rise to anything above the waistline, or whatever.
To be creative you have to be on the edge - not always in the centre.
Nature is not your natural limit ,,,unless you let it be .
Find a hero in your backyard ........and get to know them ; Here's some Warning : they may only be ordinary people ----right now.
If you pretend we need to be anything else, you may miss seeing a real hero and maybe never find what you are looking for for yourself! Modelling - a good start as long as you remember nobody's perfect .
Good things are hard to find . Once you have struggled to find a few heroes , you won't be as easily distracted by the quick fiz or the colour and movement that distracts so many .
Monday, October 05, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Do the impossible!
Remedies for distraught parents with bullied children, according to even our best psychologists last week, were given the name "impossible". The only answer which actually works is, I think ,the impossible one ; The one about "loving your enemies" . Jesus's words .
You don’t believe me? Remember Martin Luther King? It was he who reminded a whole generation of angry Americans, who were provoked to anger on a daily basis, that impossible love actually works. But to actually make it happen, most of us need something a lot stronger than our own best intellectual and wilful efforts ; especially the bit about selling those amazingly impossible options to our children.
Have you tried it?
You don’t believe me? Remember Martin Luther King? It was he who reminded a whole generation of angry Americans, who were provoked to anger on a daily basis, that impossible love actually works. But to actually make it happen, most of us need something a lot stronger than our own best intellectual and wilful efforts ; especially the bit about selling those amazingly impossible options to our children.
Have you tried it?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Pick up some good vibrations
Brian Wilson : I wasn't meant for these times
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.
Google a link to one of his other great songs "Love and Mercy"
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.
Google a link to one of his other great songs "Love and Mercy"
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Dealing with 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 in Macbeth ( that great play about all things nasty ) is that the common reaction ie "being nice " is no answer either - infact such comfort food often fuels the risk of more provokation. ( its a Big story too big to deal with here) .
The best way to see Nice VS Nasty in that story is to study the 2 lead characters; the mum and dad elements . Mum is strong, Dad is weak .
She's ( strong) nasty. He's weak (a woose) . And she rightly says about Him that he's filled with the milk of human kindness.(TMOHK)
Sounds cruel, but its true. He's hiding from grown up stuff, and he's weak .Not all "kindness" works for good .Google "the best intentions" for eg . The best way to deal with those who act tough is to be tough yourself ; not in the same way, but tough none the less . Weak reactions are for those who don't want to grow up .
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; If you are provoked and you respond naturally things will escalate ; Mere revenge is meagre , ineffective, inflammmatory and unending .
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 described a kind of "kindness" thats just not tough enough. She spoke of "kindness" in that play in a way which spoke to her husbands real and woosy weakness (The milky natural kind) . Kindness can be weakness. There is a kind of kindness that needs an "illness" to " fix it". A kindness that kills
Try the 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. The most amazing thing is that by NOT doing what comes naturally , the most impossible things can happen (Impossible Love)
Enjoy this real life , rough and tough play in the same way as they did in the 17century - as ane example of ourselves at our worst!!!! -Behaving like little children Copyright EA
Shakespeare's point in Macbeth ( that great play about all things nasty ) is that the common reaction ie "being nice " is no answer either - infact such comfort food often fuels the risk of more provokation. ( its a Big story too big to deal with here) .
The best way to see Nice VS Nasty in that story is to study the 2 lead characters; the mum and dad elements . Mum is strong, Dad is weak .
She's ( strong) nasty. He's weak (a woose) . And she rightly says about Him that he's filled with the milk of human kindness.(TMOHK)
Sounds cruel, but its true. He's hiding from grown up stuff, and he's weak .Not all "kindness" works for good .Google "the best intentions" for eg . The best way to deal with those who act tough is to be tough yourself ; not in the same way, but tough none the less . Weak reactions are for those who don't want to grow up .
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; If you are provoked and you respond naturally things will escalate ; Mere revenge is meagre , ineffective, inflammmatory and unending .
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 described a kind of "kindness" thats just not tough enough. She spoke of "kindness" in that play in a way which spoke to her husbands real and woosy weakness (The milky natural kind) . Kindness can be weakness. There is a kind of kindness that needs an "illness" to " fix it". A kindness that kills
Try the 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. The most amazing thing is that by NOT doing what comes naturally , the most impossible things can happen (Impossible Love)
Enjoy this real life , rough and tough play in the same way as they did in the 17century - 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.
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 !
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 ?
"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 ?
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