Everything Else, a Poem from Peru May 9, 2008
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The Mirror Trick: You Are Beautiful! May 27, 2006
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A couple weekends ago, I was with a dear friend, Kaaren Henderson, a brilliant woman who has created a fabulous workshop to bring out the beauty in everywoman. For more info, check out Body Feng Shui.
At the workshop, I shared a trick I learned, and she asked me to write it up. So I thought I'd share it here too …
We all know about the power of positive self-talk, and we all know how challenging mirrors can be, but here’s a trick that really works.
I work from home. And there’s a mirror just to the right of my desk. Sometimes, when I’m on the phone or shifting gears between activities, I catch a glance of myself. How often, you might ask, am I tempted to judge what I look like? “Sit up straight! No lipstick? Where are your earrings … oh hush, I’m still in my p.j.s!”
Then I realized that when I look in the mirror, my image takes up only part of what I see. But there is also the background which reflects the window and the wall to the left of my desk. And that wall was blank.
So thinking I’d like to see something nice when I look in the mirror, I selected an art print of a lovely girl/goddess that is inspiring to me.
Now when I glance to wall at the left of my desk, she’s there. And when I glance to the right, I see myself in the mirror, but I also see her serene and beautiful reflection.
Now, rather than thinking, “Oops, who didn’t do my hair yet this morning?”, I instantly think: “She’s beautiful!” Then I look at myself and just smile and feel great.
And, LOL, I don’t think my subconscious really knows the difference!
How You Know You’re Dead, Part 2 January 27, 2006
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This thing has just not let me alone. So here’s the latest:
- Nothing scares you.
- You’re not a member of any clubs or organizations, movements or communities.
- You don’t go on bike rides.
- You haven’t seen a movie for quite awhile, and if you did you don’t remember it much.
- You don’t stretch in the morning.
- You forgot your name.
- You don’t check the mailbox.
- You can’t smell the flowers.
- You don’t get dressed up for anything.
- You feel really stiff.
- You can’t spell.
- You don’t notice anyone around you.
- There’s no journey you are on.
- You are very efficient, using the least amount of power.
Blog for Disruption and The Porous Membrane January 23, 2006
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Another big thanks to Scoble for the tip on Hugh MacLeod. Found his impact of blogging for business and the porous membrane useful. The cartoons are cool too.
Reminds me of a lecture Bruce Lipton gave to the AMA sometime back. I saw a video of it and it was mindblowing. He talked about how biology is responsive to environment at the DNA level, cells respond to perception and all that. There was a bunch of stuff in there about membranes (meme-brains) and how they work. (more…)
How You Know You’re Dead January 22, 2006
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dead, adj. 1. no longer alive; lifeless. 2. not having the capacity to live; inanimate. 3. lacking feeling or sensitivity, unresponsive. 4. no longer in existence, use, force, or operation. 5. devoid of animation, interest, or excitement. 6. not productive, idle. 7. weary and worn-out; exhuasted. 8. without brightness or luster. 9. without resonance. 10. extinguished. 11. lacking elasticity or resilience. See also: deceased, defunct, departed, expired, extinct, lifeless.
- There are places in your body you don’t go anymore, or maybe never did.
- The Wish List is the same as when you were a teenager.
- You cycle between three or four emotions.
- You refer to current loved ones with the same endearment as all the others, or maybe even the same name.
- Every idea you have about movement is immediately countered by a thought for why you shouldn’t, couldn’t, or ought not to attempt it.
- The last time you shared a new idea, it was your mom who replied. And she said, “No.”
On Rankism Over Rankism? January 3, 2006
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In the summer of 2004, way BB (Before this Blog), we hosted a Presidio Dialogues event on “Ending Rankism: Creating a Dignitarian Culture“. Robert Fuller, author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, served as a conversation starter.
During the dialogue we observed that rankism is the only -ism that can’t be countered successfully with another -ism. You can generally top bigotry with ultra-tolerance-ism or wrong-ism with right-ism, but you can’t top rankism with some higher-order-rankism because it just perpetuates the rankism … so to shift the thing, you’ve got to create a new place to stand and a new view of the entire matter.
