As I begin learning the art of blogging, I see that sharing is important. However, I see that sharing inside of a context is even more important and sharing inside of a context that others are interested in is the most important.
Last night I jumped on the subway and shot into Times Square in New York to check out a film that sheds light on the educational system in the US. Of course the people who read this blog will have likely been through the system (one or the other), most from school systems that were proving to show good results. However, there are two sides to the coin and the reality is that not all education systems are the same.
So I write this blog as more of a question of what is it other people think about the school system in the United States? Have you seen the impact that the unions have in terms of creating real change? Where will we be in 10, 20 or 50 years from today? Will the unions survivalist thinking and securitized ten-year be honored the way they are today? Or will the notions of new thinking, proven results, ridding of the old system and moving into the new paradigm become the conversation of the past?
There is no doubt the right now is a shift happening in the US and in the world like never before. Some call it the new paradigm and I have heard it said that we are either serving the old paradigm or honoring the new paradigm.
What is the new paradigm?
Well it has to do with a shift in the fundamental and pervasive thinking of the older generations vs. the forward thinking of the progressive. But more importantly it has to do with enrollment of the collective mind into understanding that perhaps there exists a universal truth or absolute truth as to why we live. Why we exist and why we are here? That shift is a new idea, a new belief and new life which has to do with respect for the planet and love for our neighbors.
I plan to write more about this very topic later showing specific examples and sharing about my vision for what I am and plan to do with regard to my belief in the new paradigm. Which by the way isn't new at all, but simply that we have been distracted by the old paradigm so much that we are just now beginning to see as a whole what the impact of the old systems are and what the difference can be with a new paradigm that works. To serve our fellow man or to not? This is really the only question and once we determine our answer the next question becomes is how.
Enjoy the trailer if you haven't already seen it or share your thoughts on the movie, the system, the future of our world.
Friday, October 29
Wednesday, October 27
Friendship, Trust & Perspective
If I have seen it but have not touched it can I say that I have seen it?
Will anyone believe me if I say that I can see it but that I cannot touch it. Do we not live our life in such a way that breads the concern of whether others will believe us or at least believe our idea or thought or vision? Principally speaking others will believe that which is believable to the extent that trust is present. Trust is the barrier of truth. If I trust then it must be true. But what if I put my trust in a thought or an idea or a person that is not the truth and does not represent the truth? What if I align myself, my thoughts, my energy with a concept or vision that I myself have created in my internal dialog that for not breed clarity and thus I am caught in the whirlwind of either letting go or hanging on to a reality which I have created based on my instinct which then fails to come to fruition and thus I am left with an empty feeling? What then do I do with this empty feeling I side if me? First can we distinguish that a feeling is a made up phenomenon that is chosen by our conscious or subconscious. But you say that feelings make me feel the way that I feel and subsequently determine my thoughts and my actions for me. Then I say that you then are at the effect of your feelings rather than your feelings being at the effect of your freedom to chose. Here which choice we become satisfied by or not is that with which we have chosen. Left or right chose..."where are we going?" left or right chose..."where are we going isn't the question and who said we were going somewhere? If I am asked left or right chose and then determine from the question that we are going somewhere I've then created a reality that did not come from the question that was asked but rather my perception of the question that was asked and thus how it occurred for me. Left or right chose?...left. Why did you chose left? I chose left because I chose left. Now reality is set. Okay I have answered the question and the conversation is complete.
So then what is friendship? Friendship is a bond or a union of souls based on a connection that is unseen yet determined as experienced. Friendship is then not based on expectations but on choice. If I chose to be friends with someone then I call them a friend. I can also chose to no longer call them my friend. Which is to say that I have given up that friendship. Perhaps I didn't see our friendship for what is was if later I am required to give it up? Or maybe my perspective changed and I did not see that what we had connected for and by did not have reason associated to it or I would have said that my friendship with you is based on some expectations that I have of you and if you do not fulfill what I have in mind for who you are for me then I will give up calling you my friend and let go of our connection. Perhaps this is a capacity issue or willingness or not or rather it may not be anything other than the freedom to chose. Perhaps then we are free, free to chose. Ah and others may be offended by the choices we make. Will this limit me and my life to continue choosing. I guess this is my choice.
Now that we have determined that a feeling is based on choice then we must also consider that the choice must have an impact. So what then we do with feeling is to identify what is as the source of it, what is causing it and what is shaping it so that then we may get to the reality if that which we are projecting as a perception. That perception then becomes our reality and thus creates our experience of our life. If I cannot determine the source of that which is causing my experience then I do not have clarity and thus my view is foggy. Have you ever driven in the fog or played darts with a blindfold on? This is what sharing or expressing feelings is like when disconnected from the source or the truth of what has me feel the way I feel and thus expressing from the point of view of that which I myself am feeling with. If I project my feelings onto you and call them your fault then the game I am playing is blame others for the way I feel and play the victim for how others treat me.
Will anyone believe me if I say that I can see it but that I cannot touch it. Do we not live our life in such a way that breads the concern of whether others will believe us or at least believe our idea or thought or vision? Principally speaking others will believe that which is believable to the extent that trust is present. Trust is the barrier of truth. If I trust then it must be true. But what if I put my trust in a thought or an idea or a person that is not the truth and does not represent the truth? What if I align myself, my thoughts, my energy with a concept or vision that I myself have created in my internal dialog that for not breed clarity and thus I am caught in the whirlwind of either letting go or hanging on to a reality which I have created based on my instinct which then fails to come to fruition and thus I am left with an empty feeling? What then do I do with this empty feeling I side if me? First can we distinguish that a feeling is a made up phenomenon that is chosen by our conscious or subconscious. But you say that feelings make me feel the way that I feel and subsequently determine my thoughts and my actions for me. Then I say that you then are at the effect of your feelings rather than your feelings being at the effect of your freedom to chose. Here which choice we become satisfied by or not is that with which we have chosen. Left or right chose..."where are we going?" left or right chose..."where are we going isn't the question and who said we were going somewhere? If I am asked left or right chose and then determine from the question that we are going somewhere I've then created a reality that did not come from the question that was asked but rather my perception of the question that was asked and thus how it occurred for me. Left or right chose?...left. Why did you chose left? I chose left because I chose left. Now reality is set. Okay I have answered the question and the conversation is complete.
So then what is friendship? Friendship is a bond or a union of souls based on a connection that is unseen yet determined as experienced. Friendship is then not based on expectations but on choice. If I chose to be friends with someone then I call them a friend. I can also chose to no longer call them my friend. Which is to say that I have given up that friendship. Perhaps I didn't see our friendship for what is was if later I am required to give it up? Or maybe my perspective changed and I did not see that what we had connected for and by did not have reason associated to it or I would have said that my friendship with you is based on some expectations that I have of you and if you do not fulfill what I have in mind for who you are for me then I will give up calling you my friend and let go of our connection. Perhaps this is a capacity issue or willingness or not or rather it may not be anything other than the freedom to chose. Perhaps then we are free, free to chose. Ah and others may be offended by the choices we make. Will this limit me and my life to continue choosing. I guess this is my choice.
Now that we have determined that a feeling is based on choice then we must also consider that the choice must have an impact. So what then we do with feeling is to identify what is as the source of it, what is causing it and what is shaping it so that then we may get to the reality if that which we are projecting as a perception. That perception then becomes our reality and thus creates our experience of our life. If I cannot determine the source of that which is causing my experience then I do not have clarity and thus my view is foggy. Have you ever driven in the fog or played darts with a blindfold on? This is what sharing or expressing feelings is like when disconnected from the source or the truth of what has me feel the way I feel and thus expressing from the point of view of that which I myself am feeling with. If I project my feelings onto you and call them your fault then the game I am playing is blame others for the way I feel and play the victim for how others treat me.
Sunday, October 24
Werner Erhard speaks to Kennedy School students
Recently Werner Erhard the founder of the conversation of transformation of life is the realm of the individual via language speaks about the world of Performance. What is distinct about what human beings are saying and what they are doing? Why do we not live the life we want to live? What causes performance of the individual? This talk sheds insight on these questions and more. Enjoy!
The Social Network Post Analysis
Moments ago I left the movie theater after watching the story of Facebook, its entry into the world, the struggles and the success. Watching the story of a one in a life time success story of the youngest billionaire in the world alter the world of online communication at mass level I am left with a lingering feeling of hope, excitement and wonder. Facebook has no doubt proven its phenomenon story. And in the end what people are getting is a community and connection.
The Facebook movement profoundly influenced its users in such a way that has and continues to make the impossible possible. The impact is no doubt strong and the reach is wide but what results is the movement making to impact social change? What is the impact on the undeserved communities? Facebook is the platform for communication. Hello Smile is the platform for communicating prevention.
Prevention of what? Prevention of the pervasive disorders of our society. Today the statistics of totally preventable disease is staggering and the system isn't set up to handle it. Currently, the systems in place in the US are primarily after affect systems that deal with aiding the cure not curing the aid. In order for the aid to be cured prevention is a must. Without prevention we have the continuation of a backwards system working to solve the problems after they happen rather than solve the problem before it starts. Of course, we are blessed to have any system at all and the level of healthcare in the US is of the highest escalon but what is missing the the presence of a system that looks ahead to the future and brings forth the possibility of a system that works, a system that prevents.
Taking into account the issues that cost our health care system billions of dollars the question becomes how do we afford and to implement prevention and at what cost? The argument for the necessity of such a system is not the question being asked. Rather, the question is how? By what means and who will lead the charge? The undertaking is monumental in scope but rather but limited to the action of each individual.
Of course, fighting the current system is a lose lose proposition and one that will never be won. Moreover, the invention and proof of a new system operating at mass levels is the game at play and a game that is worth playing. The current system is based on capitalistic idealism and the wealth game. This is not the problem. These are fair rules of the game however, they should not be the primary motivators or primary drivers of action. Rather, the outcome is health and happiness for all at the stage of prevention is. In ping pong or tennis the game is not to hit the ball to early for fear of missing the court or not to hit the ball to late for fear of the same but to swing at the right time in order to make proper contact for accurate placement. And like Facebooks staggering revelation and successful implementation the numbers speak for themselves. Now is a time in which the resources at hand incalculable and the desire to make an impact is at the forefront of the minds of the masses. The question of how will it look and whom will lead the charge is the only question in flux. While many attempt to solve this puzzle I believe it will be accomplished in my lifetime. And if those who claim belief have a say it will.
The Facebook movement profoundly influenced its users in such a way that has and continues to make the impossible possible. The impact is no doubt strong and the reach is wide but what results is the movement making to impact social change? What is the impact on the undeserved communities? Facebook is the platform for communication. Hello Smile is the platform for communicating prevention.
Prevention of what? Prevention of the pervasive disorders of our society. Today the statistics of totally preventable disease is staggering and the system isn't set up to handle it. Currently, the systems in place in the US are primarily after affect systems that deal with aiding the cure not curing the aid. In order for the aid to be cured prevention is a must. Without prevention we have the continuation of a backwards system working to solve the problems after they happen rather than solve the problem before it starts. Of course, we are blessed to have any system at all and the level of healthcare in the US is of the highest escalon but what is missing the the presence of a system that looks ahead to the future and brings forth the possibility of a system that works, a system that prevents.
Taking into account the issues that cost our health care system billions of dollars the question becomes how do we afford and to implement prevention and at what cost? The argument for the necessity of such a system is not the question being asked. Rather, the question is how? By what means and who will lead the charge? The undertaking is monumental in scope but rather but limited to the action of each individual.
Of course, fighting the current system is a lose lose proposition and one that will never be won. Moreover, the invention and proof of a new system operating at mass levels is the game at play and a game that is worth playing. The current system is based on capitalistic idealism and the wealth game. This is not the problem. These are fair rules of the game however, they should not be the primary motivators or primary drivers of action. Rather, the outcome is health and happiness for all at the stage of prevention is. In ping pong or tennis the game is not to hit the ball to early for fear of missing the court or not to hit the ball to late for fear of the same but to swing at the right time in order to make proper contact for accurate placement. And like Facebooks staggering revelation and successful implementation the numbers speak for themselves. Now is a time in which the resources at hand incalculable and the desire to make an impact is at the forefront of the minds of the masses. The question of how will it look and whom will lead the charge is the only question in flux. While many attempt to solve this puzzle I believe it will be accomplished in my lifetime. And if those who claim belief have a say it will.
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