Become all you can become with Sophie
He that won't be counselled, can't be helped
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As usual, I started my day with emails. Why? because, surprise, I wasn’t aching to tell you something. I had nothing to say.
That doesn’t stop millions, maybe billions of people from talking nonsense, I observe. and in fact I myself was labeled chatty Cathy, or chatterbox in English, or Dumás Dusi in Hungarian. Continue reading “Can you listen while you talk? Do you listen while you talk?”
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Most of what is there to see can’t be seen neither in the small picture, nor does it match what is already approved to see in the culture.
When I look what kinds of fiction, what kinds of stuff attracts people nowadays, I find that the most popular genre is the kind of fiction where evil almost wins. Almost. Continue reading “-Seeing what you cannot see. Seeing what’s worth seeing”
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Life is like a spiral staircase… Every problem, every issue will come back to be addressed on a hopefully higher level…
Like getting unstuck.
I once read a story about Gandhi. A woman came to him with his child. He asked Gandhi to tell the child that eating sugar is bad for him. Continue reading “My first ever webinar in 2009 on getting unstuck”
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A Healthy Man Wants a Thousand Things; a Sick Man Only Wants One
If you feel imprisoned, you want freedom…
But if you don’t feel it, even though you are imprisoned, you’ll want many things. And won’t even think of wanting freedom. Continue reading “A Healthy Man Wants a Thousand Things, a sick man…”
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Attitude, the most misunderstood word in the world…
In this article we’ll take a holographic approach to attitude adjustment.
By the way, that word, approach, is another word for attitude. Approach is a physical, kinesthetic word. You can approach something timidly, bravely, unconsciously, sideways, cautiously, and having the body posture of the boss… superior. A thousand different ways. Continue reading “A holographic approach to attitude adjustment”
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What big words, Sophie… ugh. Mental representation? huh?
We could say safely, that until you can visualize what you say you want to do, you won’t do it, or you won’t do it well.
But it is important to understand what your words mean, the words you use. Continue reading “Mental representation, wrapping your mind around things”
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The main principle of life: The Anna Karenina Principle… the invisible thread that ties it all together
Here is another illustration of the main principle of life: The Anna Karenina Principle… the strait and narrow
I have been using Freecell as a self training tool. Continue reading “The Anna Karenina Principle: seeing the forest for the trees”
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Indulging in emotions and thoughts: it’s unproductive
I measure to what degree you do this in the Starting Point Measurements. This measure is called: ‘To what degree you honor your emotions as reality?‘
Emotions are like the painted decorations, the hubcaps on a car. They have nothing to do with where the car is going, how the car is driving, the only things that do matter. Continue reading “Indulging in emotions and thoughts: it is unproductive”
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I understand what you are saying. I hear what you are saying, I see, I get it. Which one do you say?
When you tell someone something, depending on many factors, you are going to get answers that belie their relationship (attitude?) to what you told them. Continue reading “I understand what you are saying… I hear, I see, I get it”
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Unconditional Love, Hamster Wheel, You Are Never Good Enough. Had Enough?
The gurus talk about unconditional love. I correct myself: they preach about unconditional love.
They pretend. Pius speak.
A few years ago I was invited to a gathering that devotees of a guru gave to celebrate whatever they were celebrating. Can’t remember what it was…
I went because I was curious. I am not a guru follower. Have never been. Continue reading “The Hamster Wheel of You Are Never Good Enough. Had Enough?”
