Thoughts 16

    It is important where one focuses their attention. It takes almost the same energy to make ourselves miserable than it does to make ourselves strong. It is only a matter of personal emphasis. It is our duty to balance the critical nature of our world situation with the joy, wonder, and honour of being alive at this time.

Thoughts 15

       We should take each step with the knowing that it will count – without doubt or egoism – yet with intent, full personal power, and self-conviction.

Thoughts 14

     Each of us helps to support, renew, and rekindle the world through our own separate internal dialogues. It would be helpful if we could consolidate our internal narrative into a unifying, cohesive intent. Now that would be something!

Thoughts 13

     We are entering in a world period of greater responsibility. This is not only in terms of our individual actions but reflects also for each thought, emotion, intention, and energetic expression. Increasingly what we manifest within ourselves becomes a part of the external world. This is why we are encouraged to ‘become the change we wish to see’. We can each participate in manifesting the change we wish to see in the world around us. This is not metaphysical or occult – it is simply how our integral relationship with the world operates. This relationship is becoming more apparent to a growing number of people as more and more individuals awake to the power of change inherent within each person’s mandate of responsibility.

Thoughts 12

     A shaman once said: ‘A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished acting’. Today, agents of change are the new warriors, as hearts in action rather than minds in abstract. Yet this action does not call for a physical demonstration against the incumbent system. Instead, it calls forth an energetic push – a heartfelt impulse – towards an alternative way of being. It is not our aim to be confrontational; rather, it is our aim to be creative.

Thoughts 11

      An evolving consciousness reflects the understanding that conscious energy is primary, and the need to be aware and open to ideas and impacts of evolutionary and spiritual thinking.  The view that consciousness is a primary force/energy in our reality is the key to helping people expand their consciousness and identify with ever more non-local ties and responsibilities.

Thoughts 10

     Working with what one instinctively feels to be necessary can be different from working with what one thinks to be important. This distinction is subtle yet often crucial.

Thoughts 9

     It is important that we embrace ideas now so that they may become acceptable mental currency in advance of their actualization.

Thoughts 8

 Don’t make things into issues – make them into targets.

Thoughts 7

To believe that we live outside of the world of humanity is nothing other than vanity. We are each of us a part of the world, and we are thus compelled to follow and work with the realm of humanity. This is the hardest path, yet one that should not be forgotten. Change must come through human involvement as well as through other means. Each individual is an agent of change, or has the potential to be.

Thoughts 6

         

 

     To work harmoniously with people, with courtesy, respect, and correct manners, is a prerequisite for any achievement in human development. It is as simple and as hard as that.

Thoughts 5

Our greatest obstacles to development are anger and fear. Without first achieving balance within ourselves we will not be equipped to move forward in a harmonious and functional manner. We must always begin with ourselves.

Thoughts 4

          Many revolutions have been fought in blood for social change; too few have been fought compassionately for inner development.

Thoughts 3

Nothing in the world is free: as the aphorism states Take what you want says God – but pay for it! In this life everything must be learned. It is our responsibility to make ourselves open and available to learn, whether de-learning, re-learning, or learning anew.

Thoughts 2

          The human family is a single organism that connects through the heart. We do not need any secret code or password – we are eligible for our inherent emotional and conscious empowerment by being human.

Thoughts

The ability to be functional rests on the type of knowledge we work with. Working with information that is useless will not prepare us for encountering our future needs. We must ensure that each of us has the correct tools, the terms of reference, to be efficient for the participation that is required of us.

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The Future will be Human

‘The Future will be Human: Whoever uses machines does all his work like a machine. He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine, and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. It is not that I do not know of such things; I am ashamed to use them’.

Chuang tzu

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Do You?

‘Nanotech, biotech, artificial intelligence, smart cards, embedded chips, smart dust, fragmentation of humans into consumer, patient, voter, worker roles for sorting by government and corporation: all of these together spell the end of the human in ways we can't entirely grasp, much less control. Are we human? Are we bionic free agents? Are we cogs in the machine?’

What do you want?

What do you love?

Do you love?

Welcome to the Machine

No Pill Required

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal was titled 'There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression'; in this article the author noted a rising pandemic of fear within the minds of ordinary people. Yet it was not only about the economy. It was something more:

the economy isn't the only reason for our unease. There's more to it. People sense something slipping away, a world receding, not only an economic one but a world of old structures, old ways and assumptions. People don't talk about this much because it's too big...

...So where does that leave us? The writer and philosopher Laurens van der Post, in his memoir of his friendship with Carl Jung, said, "We live not only our own lives but, whether we know it or not, also the life of our time." We are actors in a moment of history, taking part in it, moving it this way or that as we move forward or back. The moment we are living now is a strange one, a disquieting one, a time that seems full of endings.

Too bad there's no pill for that.

Perceptive comments for a mainstream media. Yes, we are living a time now that is full of endings... yet we don't need a pill: what is required is for new facilities of perception to emerge. We need a 'new mind for a new world'. The glasses we used to wear are out of focus; we need to return them to the case, and lock the lid. They won't serve us any more...

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Making Agreements With Yourself

According to the Toltec wisdom of Mexican shaman Don Miguel Ruiz:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Words.

2. Don't Take Anything Personally.

3. Don't Make Assumptions.

4. Always Do Your Best.

1. Depending upon how it is used, the word can set you free, or it can enslave you even more than you know. All the magic you possess is based on your word. Your word is pure magic, and misuse of your word is black magic.
2. If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn't walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her...You will only need to trust yourself to make responsible choices. You are never responsible for the actions of others; you are only responsible for you.
3. We make all sorts of assumptions because we do not have the courage to ask questions.
4. There is no time to miss anyone or anything because you are alive. Not enjoying what is happening right now is living in the past and only being half alive. This leads to self-pity, suffering, and tears.

This tells us we have a choice - a choice in how we perceive and dream our world. We all must make this choice to establish how our destiny will play out.

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