flyingrose/spirituality

More information for the empaths and Indigos among us.

There is a channel on regular television called ION (channel 68 where I am) that has awesome cartoons for kids and adults alike. While many are tagging this as christianity, or Biblical, I do not believe that either cornered the market on wisdom or ethics.

I happened to have Veggie Tales playing in the background today and the wisdom and ethics displayed in that episode were exceptional and just what we all - and especially Americans - really need to learn (or remember if your parents taught you integrity as a child).

Remember that you teach by your ACTIONS - people emulate what they SEE - not what you TELL THEM TO DO. What kind of role model are you REALLY? The most accurate judge of anyone's character is how they behave AT THEIR WORST. THAT is the REAL THEM!

"we found more super-generous Baby Boomers: Marji Greenhut thought globally and acted locally: She applied the Jewish value of tzedakah to donations that shifted her native Maine away from a sweatshop economy and towards a local organic economy.

Lawyer Brad Seligman poured the proceeds from selling his law partnership into a nonprofit that supports class-action suits such as the historic Wal-Mart sex discrimination case.

Are you thinking, "I wish I could do what they've done, but I'm not rich"? You might be inspired, then, by Richard Semmler, a community college professor who donates over half his pay to Habitat for Humanity and scholarships. You don't have to be rich to be a bolder giver."

Someone just asked me is I was a photoreader and I had not heard that term before so I did what I always do when a new idea comes my way: I looked online.

The answer, in my case is, no although it would be a highly useful skill. I do know someone with a photographic memory who can repeat conversations from any length of time ago verbatim. Apparently a high percentage of very young children have that ability but lose it at some point.

What I do is "tune in" to that which has many names: intuition, the universe, God, Spirit - I do so wish more people would stop arguing about semantics and realize it doesn't matter what we call something if we're talking about the same something.

I know others who do this. A very good example is of pedigree analysis for Thoroughbred racehorses. Even with the advanced pedigree program I use tesiopower.com [tesiopower.com] ) which contains the pedigrees of most Thoroughbreds that ever lived, and with decades of knowledge of desirable genetic patterns, selecting racing prospects on pedigree by looking at each one would consume every waking moment between the day the catalogs come out and the sale.

After I known him a very long time, the best Thoroughbred pedigree analyst I ever met shared with me that he uses intuition to make a list of the best horses in any sale. That means even though he HAS the skills all pedigree analysts have he values and trusts his intuition above all else that he knows.

I highly recommend getting in tune with your "higher self" or "intuition" or "one-mind" or whatever YOU want to call it and the sooner the better.

From the page: "How to Process and Understand Materials 3 Times Faster than you do Right Now - With No Practice - Guaranteed - by Pete Bissonette

PhotoReading works on all reading material from magazines to reports to books, from light to highly technical

wayzata, mn. - "PhotoReading" is different from "regular reading"� and different from "speed reading". It is more a way to "process"� and "understand"� information than it is to "read" information. Because PhotoReading uses more of your mind, you can go through infor-mation more easily and with greater understanding.

It has been said we use less than 10% of our brain's capabilities. PhotoReading helps you tap into the other 90%. As a result the average person can "mentally photograph"� printed material at rates exceeding 25,000 words a minute. That's going through a book at one flip a second.

While you may view this as outrageous, everyone experiences these speeds in the seminar.

At these speeds you are able to PhotoRead a book in a matter of minutes, not hours. Because this is faster than you can possibly move your eyes across the lines of a page, you are not really reading. Rather, you are absorbing information directly into the storage areas of your brain, which leads to greater retention."

From the page: "Tools for creating ideas - Creative tools > Tools for individual use or to collaborate with other people."

I hope "keenEddie" will not mind my using him as an example of unrecognized genius. I find new brilliant people every day who THINK there is something wrong with them because they're so brilliant they're DIFFERENT.

They don't conform. They can not just go along to get along. They do not tolerate mediocrity. They may have tried being "normal" but it made them miserable and they were wise enough to know it did. Until they connect here or elsewhere with others who are like them they may feel alone and worthless.

Each of them is brilliant in their own unique way. They have great gifts for us all. KeenEddie is exceptionally talented at many things including the ability to take a concept that would take thousands of words to describe and turn it into images that tell the story. That is a VERY RARE TALENT indeed as he must immediately understand the entire concept and then find the analogy that will convey it easily to the broadest audience (or your target audience).

I want to share here some of his words and background and encourage you to check out the rest of the story in his blog.

From the page: "First, a little background for the (few) uninitiated: I have been a designer for almost 20 years. I graduated college a year ahead, with honors. My areas of study were psychology and biology, but I (foolishly, obviously) went into commercial art by making my own portfolio and teaching myself software on a Mac I had to purchase myself to get the necessary experience. The IIci cost me a fortune back then, but if I still had it, I probably couldn't pay someone to take if off my hands.

I worked for different companies, eventually; I won a few awards and was even mentioned in a few trade publications. I was an art director for a large company, with a couple of "junior" designers under me. Some of the clients I did work for are very large, well-known companies.

When I worked on my own, I started designing websites (again, self-taught) and did the occasional medical illustration for a brochure or annual report. I've been on my own for 10 years and never had any problem working with anyone, no matter where they were located.

But here, it's a whole different ball of fish. [NOTE: The "here" he is referring to is Australia; however, it is still a common notion that where you are matters. It doesn't. Brilliant people are wherever you find them so if you want to get exceptional results and work with them, be flexible.]

So I thought, to mark this occasion, I'd share with you just a small fraction of the responses - some creatively written, I'll admit - I've received as to why I would not be the lucky winner for low-pay work-for-hire:..." [Check out these answers - you'll get a good laugh and have probably heard many of them yourself.]

Liz asks "Are our brains transmitters or receivers? Can we send out a thought or does a thought pull to where we want to be? Are we thought leaders or thought followers in a very real sense?"

My answer: Yes

More from the page: "It Started with an Unsearchable Thought - It started with a blog post. Somehow in writing it, I had a new thought. Seems a good reason NOT to be a thought leader . . . new thoughts aren't searchable. That thought caught a conversation about how our thoughts might connect us..."

Thank you Andy Beard for sharing this with us all. I hope Liz knows that she is NOT where she was two years ago. Rankings mean nothing. Search doesn't matter. Real people are all that count and real people share what they find with their friends - the faster and more efficiently better.

If one method ceases to work for use we simply move on to the next one. As long as you know enough people and have multiple ways of contacting each of them, you can move on faster than our meeting places get bought up and changed.

"Now this morning, I realize . . .Real conversation uncovering new thoughts isn't about keywords or searchable content. How could it be? . . . folks can't search for truly new ideas."

Great comment from the page: "Hi Liz! New thoughts are not searchable because they don't need to. They have their own little strategy to finding their way to people. I did not use a search to get to your blog. However, I got here and ceased to be a stranger :) So who cares if you can't search them? Most of us find new thoughts or are provoked to think exactly when they most need it."