Pain vs Suffering: Pain is necessary, suffering is optional

Distinctions are the currency of communication, growth, transformation, and evolution.And when you look distinctions are missing for most humans… I can be almost certain that outside of the thousand special people who have their responsibility gene on… No one else really HAS distinctions, outside of their profession or hobby.

If your life is manageable, you can’t and won’t grow

The first step in AA, Alcoholics Anonymous says: We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol––that our lives had become unmanageable.Whether you know it or not, that is the most important of all the steps. And of life…

There is no gene for the human spirit?! There is, I say!

I never cheated in school. Never made a cheat sheet. I just prepared.The one time I didn’t… I skipped school that day. It was in 1964.I remember it because it was the one time. Never happened again.OK, I didn’t say that so you can now hate me.I just did what was mine to do.But not … Continue reading “There is no gene for the human spirit?! There is, I say!”

Cheat sheet to conquer your wayward emotions. What?!

One of my students is working on creating a cheat sheet for people who have difficulties in life.Why a cheat sheet?Because when you have difficulties in life you find it hard to even think, let alone look at the issue with sober eyes. Without emotions. Look at it like a math problem, or if you … Continue reading “Cheat sheet to conquer your wayward emotions. What?!”

Does Alex Jones, like children, believe his own B.S.?

Are humans even interested in transcendence?Transcendence is growing through and beyond. And whether anyone says it or not, you always go beyond a stage when it is considered by you handled.I am reading a book by the same author who wrote about the predatory genes in another book of his.He is a novelist, a fiction … Continue reading “Does Alex Jones, like children, believe his own B.S.?”

How to turn yourself from a guppy into a majestic dolphin?

Trying to be funny? This is one of my sore spots watching movies or interacting with people in life…I hate people when they are trying… trying to please me, trying to prove that they love me, trying to prove that they are already OK… They are trying my patience!Rant finished… but I do want to … Continue reading “How to turn yourself from a guppy into a majestic dolphin?”

Energetic Truth: ‘Trying’ Makes You Unsuccessful

Trying: the energetic truth why ‘trying’ backfires…‘Trying’ is one of those words that have multiple meanings so you don’t catch that you are actually avoiding something.Example: Trying something in a clothing store: you actually put it on and look and feel how it fits you.But almost everywhere else trying means that you are not doing … Continue reading “Energetic Truth: ‘Trying’ Makes You Unsuccessful”

Turning points: You are not really stuck where you are.

As I promised, I am continuing the discussion about powerlessness… the sense, the feeling, the belief of powerlessness.This sudden awareness was helped along by Alex Hormozi’s video the other day. He talks, no, he rails against what makes you weak and fragile.Watch it and learn. Get knocked conscious of what you are doing to yourself!You … Continue reading “Turning points: You are not really stuck where you are.”

I have something to say in the matter. But what do I say?

I have something to say in the matter… but what can I say?Back in 1986 it was revolutionary. Closed circuit TV across the world.Werner Erhard had his Saturday seminars. I lived in New Jersey at the time, but the audience was in many cities in the US, in Australia, and maybe in Europe…I was green … Continue reading “I have something to say in the matter. But what do I say?”

How I learn and other stories you can learn from

Let’s see if you have a sense of humor? If you don’t… stop here and go darken someone’s dayMoney is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. ~ Woody AllenWhen I first came to the United States in late September of 1985, my trip was paid by a lawyer somewhere on the Palisades of … Continue reading “How I learn and other stories you can learn from”