Honestly I think this is at the core of many of our real solutions. Somehow society and people have in mind that to succeed you must bring others down. There are predators in nature but there are countless illustrations of creatures working in harmony and not destroying eachother. If we’re so advanced a species, how is it that our global mind still bases decision on competition with our fellow people rather than support?
“To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.”
-Jose Ortega y Gasset
“The force of the atom, is insignificant compared to the explosive force of human nature. The force we need to consider is that which brought man from the darkness of the cave, to the lights of the cathedral. It’s the energy of man’s ambition striving eternally for a place in the sun. And it must be controlled, not by international agreement, nor by legislation destroying man’s freedom; it must be controlled by the individual himself. The formula is a simple one, is man too young to practice it? It is simply: The Golden Rule. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you”
-Massland Family
“Your Life will come back to haunt you or to help you.”
-Naci
Thank you for visiting.
Thank you for being a positive part of this world.
“What does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul?”
“Like the farmer said to the ‘potata’, I’ll plant you now and I’ll eat you lata”
“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do.”
-Walden, Henry David Thoreau
The circle represents the border of the radar, and the shape in the center is the individual
The stars inside the radar are events, situations, circumstances, people places and things – possibilities that are “seen” by the individual. The stars outside the radar represent the possibilities that are not seen by the individual…beyond the senses and unimagined.
You do not know what good things are out there for you, but it is your Faith that draws them to you. Your Faith brings things that are beyond your imagination into your grasp.
Faith has made events occur that were once unimaginable. There is one large event that has gotten much closer to the individual’s perception, and needs only a continuation of sustained Faith to enter the person’s “world”
“The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful vision of their solitary dreamers. Humanity cannot forget its dreamers; it cannot let their ideals fade and die; it lives in them; it knows them as the realities which it shall one day see and know…
…Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delighful conditions, all, heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.”
-As A Man Thinketh, James Allen
“The grass is not greener on the other side, it’s greener wherever you wet it. It’s greener wherever you wet it.”
-Kirk’s Best Man
“If anyone has hurt me or harmed me knowingly or unknowingly in thought, word or deed, I freely forgive them.
And I too ask forgiveness if I have hurt anyone or harmed anyone knowingly or unknowingly in thought, word, or deed.”
-Theravada Buddhism
Just put something up.
To start the fires you must start small
Get something going happening
“Quick win”
Something meaningful
Not big
Not grand
Something real
meaningful
Spark
“Every minute of life carries with it its miraculous value, and its face of eternal youth.”
-Albert Camus
“What you pay for in life, you get. What you don’t pay for, you don’t get. The currency, is a concerted, persistent effort in thought, word, and deed. Each designed to raise expectations, instill optimism, and imply your inevitable success.”
“We must be watchful, especially in the beginning of temptation;
Because the enemy is easier overcome if he is not suffered to come in at all at the door of the mind, but is kept out at his first knock.
A certain man once said: “withstand the beginning, (because) after the ‘sickness’ has taken vigor from long delay, the remedies come too late”
For first a simple thought comes to mind, then a strong imagination, afterwards delight, and evil motion and consent;
And thus, little by little, the ‘wicked’ enemy gains full entrance when he is not resisted in the beginning;
And the longer a man is negligent in resisting, so much weaker does he daily become in himself and the enemy becomes stronger against him.”
-Thomas A’Kempis (14th century monk)
The first would be down Houston, from Broadway looping to the Williamsburg bridge, and back. Stops at many train stations.
Free rides. Businesses along the way sponsor the route and acquire a stop at their location. Maps with stops and sponsored ads created.
Gamification is the making of something into a game. Challenges, rewards etc.
A system where project management is gamified, made fun, rewarding, all real-time. Things are done. Better.
In a troubled economy, more people can turn to freelance / small business for income. An economy can be created by having them cooperate.
The social network is blog format, connecting freelance / small business together.
You know how dating sites can have alot of people. Difficult to sift thru profiles and emails.
But what if you pass by someone who matches what you’re looking for. This app would register the encounter, and upon successful match, automatically create and sync a first outing in the calendars of both people. Easy to cancel or contact.
The Cannabis industry is booming for many Americans. Often cheaper than prescriptions.
Cannabis can spur creativity, and I want to sketch with cannabis ink.
There’s even a religious idea of resting on the seventh day. Sometimes, you have to let things happen and rest a bit.
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
-Alan Watts
“We have to move from the illusion of certainty to the certainty of illusion.”
-Sam Keen
“Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars…and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they aren’t going to become first ministers or presidents and they aren’t going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers–for no reason. It’s simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.”
-Osho
“Breath sweeps mind.”
-Jakusho Kwong
Things are meant to change. People are meant to change. Growth is change and so is death. When something outlives its usefulness and purpose, it must go. Empires lasting hundreds of years eventually fallen. Languages and cultures and lifestyles have gone so that new ones may arise. Change is a part of life, and humans are agents of that change. Over millennia we’ve affected and changed the outcomes of countless species of plants and animals, and terrain. Dinosaurs roamed the Earth for millions of years, millions! By comparison it’s estimated homo sapiens have been around for 200,000. Now the dinosaurs are gone.
Things change, people change. You cannot prevent yourself from affecting and changing the world. Just by living, you affect the entire planet
Your power is the power of growth and change. You embody the agent of change, if you were to but direct it on to your ambition, change occurs with every single step. And when your path converges on others with the same ambition with same direction of change, the results are amplified manyfold. Things canot remain the same so long as you are discontent. Change is your right, your nature, your duty.
Any way you cut it, you are on a journey. And you are the only one who can decide what this journey will entail. This is similar to the journey of a role playing game, except the game exists in a world of limitation, and you do not.
Our world is without limitation, without boundary, and is awaiting your commands. You have the choices; the power and the duty to create change. You are living an entire lifetime of experiences exclusive to you. You are the Captain, you are in control. Now you decide…what’s next?
“Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let’s love turbulence and use it for change.”
