We are our own parents

Difficult to believe but truer than we imagine

Here's how

Over hundreds of millions of years humanity has been evolving

Yes many hundreds of millions but let's not go into this here

Modern humans with sexual reproductive procreation around eighteen million years

This evolution continued to the point where humanity evolved a body of mind

Which in turn produced in us a self-reflective consciousness

The power to reason to look back and forward

To be responsible for our thoughts and actions

At this point karma became operative for humanity on an individual basis

Karma is the source or original rule of the universe

The oldest and boss rule of all

Karma simply stated says what we do and think has cause and effect

Put another way what goes round comes round with both thought and actions

So turning to us being our own parents

If what we think and do has consequences then our thoughts and actions now create what we will be in the future

What we are today is what our thoughts and actions created from an earlier time

So in a very real sense we are our own parents

Our mothers provide the workshop where we create ourselves

We provide our own characteristics based upon our accumulated attributes and needs for each new life

Our personalities start evolving each life from the time spent in our mother's wombs.

Our experiences, friends, families and relationships are all a function of our own creation

Our future is created by our thoughts and actions today

Meaning that in a very real sense you are your own parent

Shock horror!

And all the other sensational headlines

Every single day

Without fail a sensational headline

Usually with a less than exciting story line attached

When will they get bored?

All trying to outdo each other

The tabloid press that is

Stop and think how many bright, caring, sensitive, morally upright people work for these newspapers?

If the boss is a workaholic, driven, amoral, cynical, bore then the chances are that he will feel comfortable with and hire people like himself

Guess what that does over time to an organisation

A hierarchy full of workaholic, driven, amoral, cynical bores
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Yes corporations do have character
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Yes they do reflect the ethos of the .

Guess what the output of such types produce
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Yes you've got it

Shock horror headlines day after day!

Must do mode

Produces tension, pressure, undue focus, and seriousness amongst other effects.

Letting go of the must do mode of consciousness fixation is powerful.

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The must do mode tells us we have to do the washing, call someone, run an errand, respond to an email to finally do some put off task

These are things that we finally, inevitably, unavoidably have to do.

However when we go into this must do mode things get tight, our minds move like automatons from one thing to another.

Have to get them done.

See nothing except the task at hand.

Have to get this done.

Only when something snaps you out of this state do you realise that you have been in it.

Stuck, deaf and blind to everything around you except the task at hand.

So how do we get out of this?

Pause, stop every so often walk around notice things around you..

Begin to be more conscious as to how you feel when you are doing things.

Is there tension or pressure?

If yes then this is a sure sign of being in the must do mode.

Do not try to stop it as this will most likely become worse

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Observe when you are in it, be more conscious when you are under tension.

The more you notice it the more it will dissolve and go away.

Lighten up, be less serious

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Learn to control your must do mode.

Take pleasure from these must do items and they become lighter less threatening

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You can even begin to observe how you actually create the pressure by putting them off until they become must do items

Decide to organise your life to include doing must do items as they arise

Do not put them off.

Burma and the rest

And the rest

So many countries ruled by thugs who only understand repression

At some point the people have to find a way

Outsiders might help but more usually than not change starts inside

In Burma there is no higher moral group than the Buddhist monks

Even the army thugs who run Burma have to think twice before murdering monks

They probably will though and then it comes down to the people

Will they find a way to help?

Will the army rank and file side with the monks?

Will China influence events?

So many imponderables only time will show

And us what can we do?

Be conscious

If you meditate then do so for them too

Be clear to anyone who asks that yes you do care

Our politicians will move as their people do

And Darfur?

Sad world but at least things are opening up a bit with the internet and mobile phones

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Next we need more courage and honesty from the world's politicians

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Exposure slowly exposes the real interests of the various groups

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Who is buying Burma's resources?

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Here lies the real leverage

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Will China act?

Where we are

Can matter or then again it does not have to

The difference is how we are not where we are

How we feel inside

How we are with life

How we relate to the outside world is a function of how we relate to ourselves

If we like ourselves then usually the outside world wherever we are is fine too

If we are unhappy then the outside world can be pretty miserable too

Simple observation

However as you live each day one by one how you experience them is critical to your well being

Feeling on top of your game makes life a fantastic experience

Being filled with fear or stress is pretty miserable

Where are you then?

Try to move into a space where life is fine and not just endless pressure

Money or the lack of it can be part of the difficulty

More important is how you see everything

How you feel wherever you are

Noticing beauty

Not the garbage

What do you see day to day?

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Where are you?

Special energy

There are places where we all feel good

Others where we feel bad

The difference?

The energy

By energy we mean the memories and impulses in that place

Every inch of our planet has memories imprinted upon it

And if we were able to read it this record has been there since the beginning of our planet

Others places have special impulses put on them by those able to do this

Others through promotion and hype have become famous

In individual homes or spaces the same can be felt

Homes where one immediately feels good

Some though are not so nice

Check your spaces and see what they tell you

If you cannot do this then ask others to tell you how they find the space

Might surprise you

The energy in your space has an impact on how you feel

So worth checking that your spaces are filled with pleasant energy

English

Why is English so hard to learn?

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was timeto present the present

8) I did not object to the object.

9) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

10) They were too close to the door to close it.

11) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

12) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

13) I shed my clothes in the shed.

Let's face it - English can be a ridiculous language.

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We take English forgranted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can workslowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea noris it a pig.

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There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in a hamburger; neither apple nor pinein a pineapple.

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English muffins weren't invented in England, nor French fries in France.Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

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And why is it that bakers bake, but grocers don't groce?

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If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

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If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

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If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of Booth - beeth?One goose, 2 geese...

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So one moose, 2 meese?

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One index, 2 indices?

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Sometimes we think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylumfor the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play andplay at a recital?

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We ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

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Have noses that run and feet thatsmell?

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How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and awise guy are opposites?

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You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which Your housecan burn up as it burns down, in which you ' fill in ' a form by 'fillingit out' and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

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English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects thecreativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all).

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Thatis why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights areout, they are invisible.

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And finally, how about when you want to shut down your computer you have tohit "START" button.
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Look at this

I don't mind

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I do mind

Ever thought that the first statement means beyond mind

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It is beyond my mind

And the second statement is really in mind, I am using my mind to object

So?

Mind is modern man's greatest asset and also increasingly his biggest liability

To stay in mind is limiting

To go beyond is mind is literally mind boggling

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Most people have no idea that this is possible

But the gateway to man's evolution lies in going beyond mind
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Into what we casually call mind boggling

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Mind boggling is used casually every day by millions without for one minute thinking about what they are really saying

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As so often with language it can hide and obscure

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It can also illuminate

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It can be so important but we treat it so casually

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Seldom giving any real thought to what we are saying

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Funny thing language.

Cyprus

Is a small island

A pretty island

One with the ongoing problems of being divided into Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot halves

Most people other than the politicians would like it reunited

This means it will not be until some unknown time in the future

Living on an island is always different

The psychology of an island is different from a land nation

Rather like isolated towns it is a good idea to get out once in a while to feel different energy

If you come from other places then note that islands can feel lonely places if you are on your own

Nowhere to drive except round and round, which even if it is a bigger island is still an island

Island people also tend to be conservative, their cultural values often being behind those of their fellow citizens from the mainland

Fortunately or not tourists bring different values to Cyprus

So does membership of the EU

The Greek Cypriot part of Cyprus to its surprise will find many unexpected changes arriving with its EU membership

Not all to its liking

Cyprus and other islands bring a different appreciation of the sea

A respect for the enormity of our planet's oceans and water

Take time to feel this for yourself

Visit Cyprus and feel it's energy

Cyprus, just a small island in an interesting neighbourhood

A different pace of life

It's people evolving divided yet to be one again one day maybe

Cyprus

Your friends

How many do you have?

Ten, twenty?

Friends that is

People who will be there for you when things go wrong

When you really need them

If you have one or two then that's pretty good

Interesting how many people say lots

Lots of friends

Does not happen

Aquaintances yes

Many of us have plenty of them

Friends no

They are special

Value those you have

They are the ones who will be there when you really need them.