What's missing in our lives and the world today?
There's something vitally important and useful that's missing in the lives of people throughout the world.
If we had it things would make sense, our lives would be easier, and we'd feel far more peace, lightness, well-being and happiness.
Our greatest fears would recede before it and we would be more confident to do the things that matter and are meaningful.
We see it practised in the form of 'delayed gratification' - the ability of highly effective people to forgo the "I want it now" attitude, with the confident expectation that their plans will be realised in due course.
What gives us all a deeper sense of certainty, peace and ease is the ability to "put things in context" by understanding, and using the deeper processes of life.
What's the point of 'putting things in context'?
Recently a woman in the United States shot dead her son, then herself. She believed she was the 'anti-Christ' and that she had to send her son to heaven and herself to hell.
The reality of her anguish was demonstrated by her actions.
When we gain a more expansive view of life we come to recognise that ideals of a strict 'right' (perfection, Heaven) and 'wrong' (Fallen, Hell) are a necessary phase of development for any child, group or race.
What's 'wrong' with science, religion and new-age?
In the midst of the 'swine-flu' scare it struck me ... how science, religion and various new-age philosophies are very similar.
The swine-flu scare has gained considerable media coverage, despite 30+ years of researchBI confirming that physical things (bugs, bad genes, obesity, bad diet) account for a minority of the cause of disease, disability and premature death. We now know it is poor 'psycho-social eco-systems' that are the majority cause of early death and illness.
But still the panic, or at least the media hype.
Is it possible to become enlightened?
Enlightenment can mean quite different things to different people. However, the ‘Eastern’ (Hindu and Buddhist) belief in enlightenment is generally taken to mean a state of utmost bliss – a state that transcends the cycle of reincarnation, or a state characterized by having transcended desire, suffering and individual consciousness.
How do we tap future (prephysical) possibilities?
Is 'precognition' a genuine ability, or hocus-pocus?
Some guiding principles for the new millenium.
One of the many wonderful and, in my opinion, revolutionary implications of quantum mechanics is the realisation that the world around us is not all there is.
As Oxford University physicist David Deutsch explained, various experiments in quantum physics1 "unequivocally rule out the possibility that the tangible universe around us is all that exists."2.
Why is sex, religion and politics taboo in the workplace?
How do organisations nurture creativity, fun and openness in the workplace, while maintaining professional standards, results and cohesiveness?
Discussions about politics, religion and sex are just some of the taboos in the work environment.
Sexual harassment and discrimination based on religion and gender are serious issues within organisations.
But why is that? Why are such issues explosive, when it's natural for people to hold views and beliefs on such matters?1
Part of the reason for leaving personal issues at home is that we need to be focused on the organisation – on the operation, well-being or profitability of that entity.
- 1. Examples: Being 'non-judgemental' still requires choice and judgement in order to live and survive – e.g. remaining non-judgemental in the vicinty of someone running amok with an axe or gun would not be advisable. Within certain contexts, life requires one to be emphatically judgemental; Being agnostic or atheist is still a belief or view about religious concepts.
Three Key Principles of Life
Timeless Principles of Life, for Life:
- One and All are interdependentBI
In brief: Key Principle 1 involves responsibility, purpose & meaning for everyone, and everything.
Ideas or beliefs to the contrary (e.g. life is ultimately meaningless) require a disconnect, a separation of One (person, thing, entity) from All (else).
This principle can be variously described depending on the context.
Science: The System-as, Ecosystem-as, or Universe-as Principle.
Religion: The God-as Principle
Social: The Community-as Principle
Business: The Organisation-as Principle
I don't understand the Key Principles. Can you explain them?
And how can I apply them to everyday life?
The Key Principles of Life, for LifeBI merely voice or echo what many intuitively understand.
The simplest way of understanding the Key Principles of Life, for Life is that they're inclusive, without exception.
Most beliefs, be they religious, scientific, political, psychological or even spiritual echo or voice views about life that are "at the expense of ..."
How can I feel confident?
How can I feel confident in the face of the financial crisis and fearing losing my job?
"How can I feel confident ...?" is a question that is relevant to not just keeping our paid income (job) but also to any aspect of life.
The primary success factor common to highly effective people is that they energetically prelive their desired future.
In the current economic situation what many are preliving is not what they desire, but what they energetically fear.
As any sportsperson will explain, remaining focused on the goal, while ignoring the negative thoughts and fears is the primary art and science of winning.
What are some of the 'success factors'?
Highly successful people have a number of traits that utilise the Key Principles of LifeBI1.
According to Belief Institute research, the number one trait of highly effective people is that they 'prelive' their futures. This clarifies direction and is the font of creativity.
Successful entrepreneurs, artists, writers, leaders understand (at least intuitively) the deeper interconnected nature of time - that the probable future is guiding their choices and actions.
- 1. References to (BI) are links to the Belief Institute research website.