10 Mar 2010 @ 21:11
I’m posting this in reply to a comment from A-d in a previous article about Kindness ..
I think that A-d’s comment merits exploration and discussion ;-)
I would like to point out and make it quite clear that I’m just moving ideas around and not for one second taking A-d to task or disagreeng with her about her comment in any way shape or form !
“10 Mar 2010 @ 18:27 by a-d : naey..food... what...????
I thought I sent links about physical Immortality the NEW FRONTIER !...in human Insights!... and why here???? you might ask! simply because that Insight alone will be/come the trigger for many people to be nice/er kinder towards other Living things (outside of the their own skin) because they will feel Hope they never were allowed/able before to express! which in turn will help them to spontanoues KINDNESS!..It is sooo much easier to be kind towards other Living things when you feel safe trusting (that life will not be ripped away from underneeth your feet any second!...)
that was the idea! :-)
See... I believe this is why KINDNESS really IS such a Big Thing!”
Well A-d - your comment started off a whole series of thoughts kaelidoscoping around in my head ..
One of the first things I’d like to reply to is where you say “It is sooo much easier to be kind towards other Living things when you feel safe trusting (that life will not be ripped away from underneeth your feet any second!...” - actually A-d I’m not too sure about that ! More >
9 Mar 2010 @ 07:35
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true. ~Robert Brault
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~Charles H. Spurgeon
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ~Author Unknown
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown
What this world needs is a new kind of army - the army of the kind. ~Cleveland Amory
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama More >
8 Mar 2010 @ 07:16
There are events and issues that happen that we cannot prevent from happening.... I know this and I’m not denying it.... unexpected disasters tragedies and challenges happen every day - every hour !
However - powerless as you are to stop or affect the overall situation (or any one elses individual situation) you DO hold the power to not only control what you will think about it but you also hold the power to what your attitude will be about it and also what you will think to do or not do about it.
Your power of choice does not lie with anyone else.
Your power to make choices and take action lies in your mind - not someone else’s.
Nearly all of the anxiety and loss of control that some people 'feel' about their lives and the world today is created by outside influences !!
Negative influences can have no other effect on your state of mind than negative!
You have to remove yourself from negative influences to be able to shut down negative thoughts in your head.... you have to get away from them - completely.
There really isn't any other option - there isn't any compromise you can make... and If you won’t - well then it's because you CHOOSE not to.... and your negative mindset will never change.
If you subject yourself to destructive influences.... which inevitably generate like thoughts - no one else can remove you from them.
Only you can.
You own your mind — and its power to make you act. More >
David Wilcock .. hmmmm seems to be quite a fascinating chappie !
Not only he believes that he's the reincarnation of the late great Edgar Cayce he combines hard core scientific information with a strong doze of spiritual perspective - which he then mixes all togehter - and reaches some fairly interesting conclusions !
I haven't heard of him before so I don't have an opinion ..
that might change of course after I've watched this video ...
6 Mar 2010 @ 07:49
WOW !
Just discovered this book - how could I have missed it !!
It's now at the head of my wish list !
The Word for World Is Forest is a science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, published in 1976 and based on her 1972 novella. It is part of the 'Hainish Cycle'.
Setting
Several centuries in the future, humans from Earth have established a logging colony and military base named "New Tahiti" on Athshe, a tree-covered planet whose small, green-furred, big-eyed inhabitants have formed a culture centered on lucid dreaming. Terran greed spirals around native innocence and wisdom, turning the ancient society upside down.
Humans have learned interstellar travel from the people of Hain (the origin-planet of all humanoid races, including the Athsheans, despite their appearance). The various planets have been expanding independently, but during the novel it is learned that the 'League of All Worlds' has been formed. News arrives via an ansible, a new discovery. Previously they had been cut off, 27 light-years from Earth, meaning a 54-year delay in question and response.
Athshe's plants and animals are similar to those of Earth, placed there by the Hainish people in their first wave of colonisation that also settled Earth. The Cetian visitor also states categorically that the native humans "came from the same, original, Hainist stock". It is not explained why they are green-furred and only one meter tall. Other distinctive humans such as the Gethenians are said to have been produced by genetic manipulation by the ancient Hainish colonisers.
The events of the novel occur after The Dispossessed, where both the ansible and the League of Worlds are unrealised dreams. Also well before Planet of Exile, where human settlers have learned to coexist. A date in the 24th century has been suggested More >
"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment."
10 Mar 2010 @ 21:11
