30 November 2013

UBUNTU - I am because we are & The Sharing Experiment

UBUNTU - I am because we are

An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each other’s hands and ran together – and then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself they said, “Ubuntu.” And asked him how anyone can be happy if all the other ones are sad?
UBUNTU in the Xhosa culture means: “I am because we are.”

The above reminded me of an experiment by “Action Against Hunger”
that took place to show us how kids react when they feel inequality between them.
Please take 2 minutes to watch this video about sharing.
We can definitely be taught from children.


An African tribe that does the most beautiful thing!

When someone does something hurtful and wrong, they take the person to the center of town, and the entire tribe comes and surrounds him. For two days they’ll tell the man every good thing he has ever done.
The tribe believes that every human being comes into the world as GOOD, each of us desiring safety, love, peace, happiness.
But sometimes in the pursuit of those things people make mistakes. The community sees misdeeds as a cry for help.

They band together for the sake of their fellow man to hold him up, to reconnect him with his true Nature, to remind him who he really is, until he fully remembers the truth from which he’d temporarily been disconnected: “I AM GOOD”.



29 November 2013

John Steinbeck on Falling in Love

“If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
John Steinbeck’s response to his eldest son Thom’s 1958 letter, in which the teenage boy confesses to have fallen desperately in love with a girl while at boarding school.
“New York
November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.
Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.
But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.
Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.
The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.
If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.
Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.
We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.
And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
Love,
Fa”
Source: bainpickings



The crisis is a crisis in consciousness - Jiddu Krishnamurti

Consciousness Crisis
The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions.
And considering what the world is now with all their misery conflict, destructive brutality, aggression, and so on, man is still as he was: is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive, and he has built a society along these lines.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti


You are the teacher - Jiddu Krishnamurti

A transformation of the mind

“What we are trying, in all these discussions and talks here, is to see if we cannot radically bring about a transformation of the mind. Not accept things as they are, but to understand it, to go into it, to examine it, give your heart and your mind, with everything that you have to find out a way of living differently. But that depends on you, and not on somebody else, because in this there is no teacher, no pupil; there is no leader; there is no guru; there is no master, no savior. You yourself are the teacher and the pupil; you are the master; you are the guru; you are the leader; you are everything. And to understand is to transform what is.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti

27 November 2013

Pure Potential - Stillness

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”


Franz Kafka


Painting: "Lorette in a green robe against a black background" by Henri Matisse

Control Drama’s
Human beings are addicted to drama, which they create either consciously or on a subconscious level. Why do we create drama? As energy beings, we are constantly looking to acquire more energy.
A control drama, as depicted in The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, is played by anyone who is low on spiritual energy, to manipulate and steal the energy of another.  This spiritual energy is absolutely critical for our survival, and lack thereof is the prime cause of ALL conflict in the world.
When two people begin an interaction, their energy fields merge into one and there comes the issue of, who is going to control this energy?  If one can get the other to accept their point of view, and see the world as he see’s it, then he has captured both energies, resulting in an instant feeling of euphoria, power, and security.
All of these positive feelings are won at the expense of another person, who then feels off center, anxious and drained of energy. All of these control drama's originate from your childhood, as a defensive measure to counteract the control drama's that your parents played to steal energy from you.

There are 4 types of control drama's:
- Intimidator
- Interrogator
- Aloof
- ‘Poor Me’

Intimidator
For many kids growing up, one or both parents would take a stance of intimidation, and entice their child into feeling afraid and powerless. 
 They would yell at you, scream at you, and ultimately send you to your room, leaving you feeling weak, powerless and drained of energy.
Struggles like these can often be very intense and even traumatic for a child, and as a result, you developed your own control drama to fight back for that energy.  Most respond at first with a 'poor me' drama, where one creates a guilt trip for the intimidator, and if they respond to this, the child will get energy in return, and will continue using that style of control drama throughout their life.
But if the 'poor me' posture goes unnoticed, the only remaining option for the child is to explode into an intimidator themselves, in attempts to regain their stolen energy.  Once this works, the child will exploit the intimidator stance regularly when they're low on energy.
An intimidator may be a very loud and talkative person who tries to force you to give them your attention (energy) by listening to what they have to say. 
They may also be the type of person, who leaves you finding yourself looking over your shoulder, to see where they are and what they will do next.  Devoting your conscious attention to figuring out where someone is, or what they will do, creates a flow of energy to that person. 

Interrogator
An Interrogator is someone who criticizes another, probing, into their world with the specific purpose of finding something wrong.
Once this is found they pounce, and criticize this aspect of another’s life. This type of control  drama will leave you feeling self-conscious around the interrogator, wondering what they are thinking.
If your parents acted this way, you may have interrogated in return, or developed the aloof’s front – lacking concern and sympathy – in hopes they would feel like the interrogation is falling and a resultant energy transfer would occur in your favor. Whichever one worked on your parents would be the same one you use prevalently throughout your life, to this very day.

Aloof
The aloof control drama is perpetrated by distancing oneself from situations and spontaneously acting out to gather people's attention and energy. 
If your parents were distant from you as a child, you were not receiving enough of the nurturing, and loving energy as a child may require. 
The control drama you may have developed to end the distancing would most likely be that of The Interrogator.  You would criticize a characteristic or behavior of theirs to end the distancing, and subsequently, steal the energy you needed from them.

Poor Me
The 'Poor Me' drama is characterized by creating a guilt-trip towards another person, in turn making them feel at fault, resulting in the much-desired transfer of energy. 
Typically, this type of person is quiet, often anxiously waiting for someone to come and ask them what's wrong. 
If someone does come and ask what's wrong, this attention is then exchanged.  Attention is energy; thoughts are energy; and thus, somebody thinking of you translates into energy received.
If this doesn't work for the person, often one will attempt the Aloof control drama until their 'energy tank' is replenished, and their insecurities are temporarily forgotten.  
The Bottom Line: There is a constant battle between people to steal each other's energy.  This matter of energy is the cause of
ALL conflict in the world and the reason that people feel the need to control others.  No human being can evolve until they become consciously aware of the drama they use to manipulate others for energy.

What drama or drama's you use (it could be more than one) to manipulate for energy?

Source: stoptherobbery.com - Accelerating Human Evolution