For those of you who have read, "The Goodness Manifesto", do you think there is a need for an expanded edition, like an ebook that describes more of how to's, tips on getting the goodness manifesto happen? Do let me know, by a comment, or email as you like it.
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Goodness Manifesto for download
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Being the Difference
About to follow is a series of questions/thoughts/actions that will urge you to be the difference that we all brag/complain/protest/love to be in our world.
Because enough is just not enough!
its 12:12 a.m. after a strenuous loong day of shooting for a short production. I had convinced myself 3 hours ago that i needed sleep immediately. 2 hours ago it was definitely on. An hour back I was dozing as I was climbing up the stairs to the apartment. But I'm back here typing this insane post and this insanely tired moment (for my body) and I wonder how? or more importantly why?
And then it dawns. All of us have this backup of energy/force/super power that we have as reserve that pushes us on to do this super human task of pushing our bodies beyond what we ever thought we could.
And then again I wonder, if we didn't have to backup, could we have done something more awesomer in the first place. Thats it. Awesomeness needs encore. Like every superhero who had it made draws on the ultimate power that ever existed that convinces us of the need for him : the power of slow motion!
Our bodies love slow motion. The deliberate pushing our energies into reserve so that we can feel awesome. Do we need it? Your call.....
And then it dawns. All of us have this backup of energy/force/super power that we have as reserve that pushes us on to do this super human task of pushing our bodies beyond what we ever thought we could.
And then again I wonder, if we didn't have to backup, could we have done something more awesomer in the first place. Thats it. Awesomeness needs encore. Like every superhero who had it made draws on the ultimate power that ever existed that convinces us of the need for him : the power of slow motion!
Our bodies love slow motion. The deliberate pushing our energies into reserve so that we can feel awesome. Do we need it? Your call.....
What a 4 year old should know!
Trigonometry, Mountain climbing, Ballet dancing, Cooking.....the way most parents are frenzied about what ALL their kids should be doing, often comparing with the other kids. Magical Parenthood posted an article about what a four-year-old should know and it doesn't have anything to do with how well your kid can spell.
Excerpts from the article
- She should know that she is loved wholly and unconditionally, all of the time.
- He should know that he is safe and he should know how to keep himself safe in public, with others, and in varied situations. He should know that he can trust his instincts about people and that he never has to do something that doesn’t feel right, no matter who is asking. He should know his personal rights and that his family will back them up.
- She should know how to laugh, act silly, be goofy and use her imagination. She should know that it is always okay to paint the sky orange and give cats 6 legs.
For Parents:
That being the smartest or most accomplished kid in class has never had any bearing on being the happiest. We are so caught up in trying to give our children “advantages” that we’re giving them lives as multi-tasked and stressful as ours. One of the biggest advantages we can give our children is a simple, carefree childhood.
Spot on I would say!
Common Zense?
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funny quotes
I do feel that this whole Zen thing is just catching up too fast. According to me "Zen" was the precursor to blogging in the east.
You see the far east can get pretty cold in the winters, and often conversation was halting. There was also the fact of your words getting lost in the harsh winds of the season.
But as we have bloggers today, there were people in those times too who had a penchant for making others suffer by subjecting them to their non-stop banter. However taking into account the harsh climate and the winds, not all of that which was spoken was heard.
The results were phrases like, "Don't use Canon ball to kill mosquito."
the orginal sentence would have been more like this.
"Don Quixote? never heard of the guy. Can you pass me some tea please? I found a better use for chopsticks today! Did you know that it works better if you hold it in one hand? I think that in the future people will come up with stupid names like Canon to brand themselves.that makes two of us. you know that girl down the street, she's got looks that could kill. You know confucious, the mosquitoes might stop biting if you shut up!
Coming back to life in this century.....this zen thing has caught up with me too. So you have me doing the "Zen routine." You know take a bath everyday, levitate for 2 hours, talk to the spirits of the Zen master in Shambala once a week...( OK .....so i was kidding about the bath!)
You see the far east can get pretty cold in the winters, and often conversation was halting. There was also the fact of your words getting lost in the harsh winds of the season.
But as we have bloggers today, there were people in those times too who had a penchant for making others suffer by subjecting them to their non-stop banter. However taking into account the harsh climate and the winds, not all of that which was spoken was heard.
The results were phrases like, "Don't use Canon ball to kill mosquito."
the orginal sentence would have been more like this.
"Don Quixote? never heard of the guy. Can you pass me some tea please? I found a better use for chopsticks today! Did you know that it works better if you hold it in one hand? I think that in the future people will come up with stupid names like Canon to brand themselves.that makes two of us. you know that girl down the street, she's got looks that could kill. You know confucious, the mosquitoes might stop biting if you shut up!
Coming back to life in this century.....this zen thing has caught up with me too. So you have me doing the "Zen routine." You know take a bath everyday, levitate for 2 hours, talk to the spirits of the Zen master in Shambala once a week...( OK .....so i was kidding about the bath!)
published circa 2005 A.D. on this very same blog!
what would a human being do?
Close your eyes for just a minute and ponder that question. 60 seconds. Now.
You, are a human being.
Every life situation/experience/adventure/problem/question begets a human being's response. Have we forgotten to be human? Is our response to our world human or anything lesser?
You, are a human being.
Yes, even the small things, how do we respond when things don't go our way? how do we treat people? especially the ones who are in some way lesser privileged than us? people who provide us with services? Do I demand to be considered as a human being when I don't seem to be like one?
You, are a human being.
You, are a human being.
Every life situation/experience/adventure/problem/question begets a human being's response. Have we forgotten to be human? Is our response to our world human or anything lesser?
You, are a human being.
Yes, even the small things, how do we respond when things don't go our way? how do we treat people? especially the ones who are in some way lesser privileged than us? people who provide us with services? Do I demand to be considered as a human being when I don't seem to be like one?
You, are a human being.
Smart Idiots?
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ideas,
smart idiots,
thinking
Why? Simple because we are always taught to construct our answers based on possible questions we have been asked before. And most of us would have learnt numbers in our kindergarten by being asked to answer based on the number of fingers held out in front of us.
The fact that we fail to understand the above question as a question of how many fingers there are totally (a spatial question) over how many fingers are held up (probability) seems funny considering how smart we are. How did we end up not understanding this simple difference?
There is enough for blame and this time its the brain that takes it all. Our brains are wired to provide rational processes, however our reason or ego within us pushes us to want to appear smarter always, often impairing good judgement over speed. And it is not entirely our blame too, it was always the fastest kid in school with the answers who appeared brilliant to the teacher, the fast answer was the smart answer etc. This is an approach we have carried on with us to this day impairing most of our decisions most of the time.
I call our generation "Smart Idiots". And we are idiots simply because we don't perceive that we are so ;)
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